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PARADISE REMEMBERED. An Autobiography. (Edited by Roger Buckley with the assistance of Joyce Kennedy).
PARADISE REMEMBERED. An Autobiography. (Edited by Roger Buckley with the assistance of Joyce Kennedy).
Williams, Ursula Vaughan. · 2002 · Francis Edwards Booksellers
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)
Albion Music Ltd. 2002. 1st Ed. [viii] + 224pp. + [xii] index. 16 pages of b/w. photos. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore with occasional pencil annotations, upper hinge split but firm, good in d/w. lightly faded to spine. ‘Joan Ursula Penton Vaughan Williams, née Lock…
Isaac Watts Remembered. 1674-1748.
FOUNTAIN, DAVID. · 1998 · Chilton Books
£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)
Southampton: Mayflower Christian Bookshop, 1998. 090355657X. 3rd edition. "Isaac Watts became the father of the English Hymn, and the writer of more hymns in popular use than any other man, except possibly Wesley." Pp.112, occasional black & white illustrations throughout. Pbk. …
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne; George Parsons Lathrop · 1890 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890-1891. Cloth. A smart collection of thirteen volumes of the works of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Complete in thirteen volumes. Riverside edition. Illustrated with etchings by Blum, Church, …
The Works of G.J. Whyte-Melville
The Works of G.J. Whyte-Melville
G. J. Whyte-Melville; Sir Herbert Maxwell [ed.] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, W. Thacker & Co. 1898-1899. Cloth. A limited edition ten-volume set of the prose and poetry of the Scottish novelist George Whyte-Melville. A ten-volume collection of works in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Ink inscription to the title page of each volume,…
The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior
The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior · 1779 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington et al, 1779 . First edition. Leather. Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed's personal copy of the two volume first edition of this collected edition of Matthew Prior's poetry, with tipped in notes from Reed throughout. The first c…
The Comical Romance and Other Tales
The Comical Romance and Other Tales
Paul Scarron; Tom Brown (Trans.); John Savage (Trans.); J. J. Jusserand · 1829 · Rooke Books
£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,299)
London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1829. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated set which contains 'The Comical Romance' and other stories by French writer Paul Scarron, and is one of 1,000 limited edition copies. Limited edition, being No. 621 of one-thousand copies 'printed…
The Novels of Sir Walter Scott
The Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1862 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1862-1867. Leather. This is an attractive set of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Titles are as follows: Volume I- Waverely Volume II- Guy Mannering Volume III- Antiquary Volume IV- Rob Roy Volume V- Old…
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope · 1717 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1717. First edition. Leather. A large-paper folio first edition of Pope"s Works, an early lifetime collection issued well ahead of convention, bound in a full contemporary calf. In a contemporary full calf binding. Rear board full…
The Gotham Book Mart and Funk & Wagnalls Company Cordially Invite You to Meet Jean Cocteau, Who Will Atuograph Copies of His Latest Play, the Eagle Has Two Heads
The Gotham Book Mart and Funk & Wagnalls Company Cordially Invite You to Meet Jean Cocteau, Who Will Atuograph Copies of His Latest Play, the Eagle Has Two Heads
Cocteau, Jean · 1948 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
New York: The Gotham Book Mart, [ca. 1948]. Invitation to a reception and book signing for the famous French poet, playwright and filmmaker. Typewritten on Funk & Wagnalls stationery. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. No year given, but Funk & Wagnalls brought out Cocteau's play in 1948. Le…
The Dramatic Works of Colley Cibber, Esq. In Five Volumes (Vol. 4)
Cibber, Colley · 1877 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
London, J. Rivington and Sons, 1877. Hardcover. One vol. Brown speckled leather with gilt edges on bindings, yellow-edged pages, marbled flyleaves, 381 pp. Volume 4 of a 5-volume set containing plays by one-time English poet-laureate Colley Cibber (1671-1757). Contents: The Refu…
Good Cheer From Year To Year - A Song Circles Of Poems [ The Ella Wheeler Wilcox Calendar ]
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler & Miles, Alfred H [editor] · 1914 · Eastleach Books
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
G Delgado Ltd 1914 1st edition Card wrappers, VG. unpaginated [ 32pp ], edges a little rubbed & chipped with slight loss, 'Greetings' page with inscription, calendar section unused. A selection of poems by Wilcox, facing a month a page calendar. Ella Wheeler Wilcox [ 1850 - 19…
Art and the Evolution of Man: Lecture Delivered at Conway Hall, London, on April 10th, 1951
Art and the Evolution of Man: Lecture Delivered at Conway Hall, London, on April 10th, 1951
Herbert Read · 1951 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)
London, Freedom Press, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 51p. A cloth hardcover book in very good condition. A few light smudges on the cloth, and endpapers are tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. First edition of this lecture by the famous 20th-century art critic a…
Rex Whistler&Apos;S War 1939-July 1944 Artist Into Tank Commander: Catalogue to the Special Exhibition at the National Army Museum, London
Rex Whistler&Apos;S War 1939-July 1944 Artist Into Tank Commander: Catalogue to the Special Exhibition at the National Army Museum, London
Jenny Spencer-Smith; Laurence Whistler · 1994 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, National Army Museum, 1994. First edition. Paperback. An excellent first edition of this detailed catalogue, created for a special exhibition for British painter and muralist, Rex Whistler. The first edition of this catalogue. In the publisher's card covers.Rex Whi…
Manet in Merkers. First Edition of the Published Broadside
Manet in Merkers. First Edition of the Published Broadside
Rosenberger, Coleman Francis (1915-1986) · 1945 · Wittenborn Art Books
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)
Washington, DC: The Black Sun Press, 1945. Letterpress on pink paper. 30.5 x 20.3cm. As published in Portfolio One , edited by Caresse Crosby.. Francis Coleman Rosenberger, 72, retired chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee, died Oct. 19. 1986 at Fair…
2 Vols Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah; Written Previous to, and During the Period of His Residence in England. To Which Is Prefixed, a Preliminary Dissertation on the History, Religion, and Manners, of the Hindoos
2 Vols Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah; Written Previous to, and During the Period of His Residence in England. To Which Is Prefixed, a Preliminary Dissertation on the History, Religion, and Manners, of the Hindoos
Eliza Hamilton · 1801 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Printed for G. and J. Robinson by J. Crowder , 1801. Leather. The second edition of this compelling epistolary satire, in which Elizabeth Hamilton turns the imagined observations of an Indian rajah upon British imperial pretensions. In a contemporary half calf binding wi…
The Life of Langston Hughes: volume 1: 1902-1941: I, too, sing America.
Rampersad, Arnold, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
NY, Oxford Univ Press, 1986. 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Poet, playwright, novelist, a grand figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Traces his life from birth in. Missouri in 1902 to the winter of 1941, a driven man who strove to give the appearance of a happy wandere…
The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
John Milton · 1851 · Rooke Books
£1,650.00 (€1,977.79 | $2,179.88 | ¥348,099)
London, William Pickering, 1851. Leather. A collection of poetry and prose by the renowned English poet John Milton, bound in full calf. A collected edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and two folding plates to 'Volume One&apos. A complete eight volume set.T…
The Year&Apos;S Poetry 1936: A Representative Selection
The Year&Apos;S Poetry 1936: A Representative Selection
Denys Kilham Roberts; John Lehmann · 1936 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this third annual publication of the poems of the year, compiled by Denys Kilham Roberts and John Lehmann. First edition. Third annual publication. An anthology containing a representative…
The Miscellaneous Writings, Speeches and Poems of Lord Macaulay
The Miscellaneous Writings, Speeches and Poems of Lord Macaulay
Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1880 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1880. Cloth. A smart set of the collected writings of British historian and Whig politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay. Complete in four volumes. Inscribed and presented on behalf of the publisher. A collection of writings from Thomas Babington M…
Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.
Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.
William Cowper · 1787 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
Dublin, John Jones, 1787 . Leather. The two volume, attractively bound, fourth Dublin edition of William Cowper's poems. The fourth edition of this work, published in Dublin. Complete in two volumes.A wealth of poetry by the Romantic poet William Cowper. These volumes inclu…