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A Collection of Studies on the Life and Works of Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell; Richard Fifoot; Geoffrey Elborn; Richard Greene [editor] · 1963 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London; New York, Rupert Hart-Davis; Sheldon Press; Peter Owen; Sinclair-Stevenson Peter Lang; Virago Press, 1963-1997. First edition. Cloth. A collection of smart volumes on the life and works of British poet and critic Edith Sitwell, with one signed volume. Six volumes. A coll…
Why Did You Didn't? Expanded Quotables from the Year of 1979. Illustrated by Ellen Lanyon. Communicated for Children's Community School, Mount Horeb, with a Hope That Our Friends Will Be Even More Generous to the Genius in Little Kids in This Year After the Year of the Child 1980
Hamady & Friends, Laura Evans and Ellen Lanyon, illustrator · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books
$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1980. Original handmade paper cover. 13.5 x 17cm. 12 page surfaces, 9 printed. Edition of 275 copies. Fine. Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited, no. 94. Walter Hamady (born 1940) is an American artist, …
Specimens of the Early English Poets, to Which Is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language; in Three Volumes.
George Ellis · 1811 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. A comprehensive three-volume set of English poetry, rebacked in full calf. The fourth edition of this work rebacked in full calf bindings, with the original mottled calf laid down to the boards. Volume I contains chro…
W(raps)- Wortwelten, Schriftbilder : GlobalLingo,
Thenior, Ralf, · 2016 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR
€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)
Erstausgabe, Dortmund, vorsatzverlag, 2016, 8°, 62 S. mit Farb-Abb. seiner 'Schrifttafeln', original Kartonage (Paperback), sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at th…
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
Hannah More · 1801 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, A. Strahan; T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1801. First edition. Leather. The two volumes ninth edition of Hannah More's treatise on women's education, including discussion of religion, reading, sensibility, and the importance of cultivating inner rather than outer vi…
The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman
H. Halliday Sparling · 1924 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscott …
Laura Everingham, or, the Highlanders of Glen Ora
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A wonderfully bound Victorian classic set in the rolling Highlands by James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, includ…
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott
John Gibson Lockhart · 1839 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Edinburgh , Robert Cadell, 1839. Leather. A complete set of this biography of renowned poet Sir Walter Scott. Second edition. This biography has been called the second most admirable in the English language, after Boswell's Life of Johnson. It was published a great number o…
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1887 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. Leather. A full morocco edition of William Edmonstoune Aytoun's beloved Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, with subtle gilt decoration to the corners of the boards and along the spine, complete with a gilt fore edge. A full morocco e…
Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month
Archbishop of Cambray [Francois Fenelon] · 1812 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Nottingham, Not Stated, 1812 . Leather. A pocket-sized edition of daily reflections from Fénelon, a key figure in the French Quietist movement, providing spiritual, introspective theology for each day of the month. Bound in quarter calf binding with paper boards. This edition …
The Orchard Book of Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop; Michael Morpurgo · 2004 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Orchard Books, 2004. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition, first impression of this collection of the fables of Aesop, retold for children, with bright illustrations throughout. First edition, first impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collectio…
The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1879-1922
Sir Walter Raleigh; Lady Raleigh [ed.]; David Nichol Smith [preface] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Methuen & Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart two-volume collection of the letters of the English scholar Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, edited by Lady Raleigh. The second edition of Volume I, published in the same year as the first edition, and the first edition of V…
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Oliver Goldsmith · 1824 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, William Charlton Wright, 1824. Cloth. A very scarce three volume edition of Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, with numerous engraved illustrations. The very scarce three volume illustrated 1824 edition of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Golds…
The Novels and Selected Plays of Thomas Holcroft
Thomas Holcroft; W.M. Verhoeven [ed.] · 2007 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Pickering & Chatto, 2007 . Cloth. A smart complete five volume set of this collection of the plays and novels of noted English dramatist Thomas Holcroft. Complete in five volumes. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings, with red spine labels. A collecti…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
Sir Walter Scott, Bart. · 1883 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1883. Leather. A beautifully bound illustrated copy of this collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott. Bound in full Morocco with gilt decorations, edges and lettering. Marbled end papers and raised bands.Frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scot…
The Poetical Works of John Dyer Carefully Corrected
John Dyer LLB · 1795 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Unknown, 1795. Leather. A collection of John Dyer's poetical works. Rather rare, he does appear in the Cooks series but a sigle published volume like this is hard to find. Comprising of all four books of The Fleece, his 'Grongar Hill' and 'The Ruins o…
Precepts in Practice, or Stories Illustrating the Proverbs
A. L. O. E. [Charlotte Maria Tucker] · 1873 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1873 . Cloth. A very scarce, early edition of this collection of short stories surrounding the truths from the book of Proverbs, by Charlotte Maria Tucker. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. First published in 1858. Very s…
A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages
Joseph Baretti · 1760 · Rooke Books
£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)
London, J Richardson, 1760. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of Joseph Baretti's noted Italian to English dictionary. A great success, this work was reprinted numerous times for centuries. This is the imprint with Richardson as the sole publisher to the title page. Ther…
A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches
Forrest Reid · 1918 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Dublin, The Talbot Press Ltd. 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of Forrest Reid"s lyrical stories and sketches, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered…
A Handbook to the Works of Robert Browning
Mrs. Sutherland Orr · 1887 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, George Bell & Sons, 1887 . Leather. A decorative, Zaehnsdorf-bound copy of Mrs. Sutherland Orr's handbook to the works of Robert Browning, this copy belonging to the personal library of W. A. Foyle of Foyle's bookshop. Third edition, revised. Bound by Zaehnsdor…