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Cousin Kate; or, the Punishment of Pride: A Tale
Catherine Grace Godwin · 1837 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John W. Parker , 1837. Cloth. A very scarce moralistic tale for young readers by Scottish novelist Catherine Grace Godwin, in the original cloth. Second edition, concluded based on copies held by the British Library and Trinity College dated 1836. An early Victorian mor…
A Collection from Anatole France in the Original French
Anatole France · 1903 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre; Calmann-Levy, c1893-1903. Leather. Three smartly bound volumes from French writer Anatole France, in the original French. French. Three volumes. Written by Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. With a writing …
The Vita Nuova or New Life of Dante Alighieri
Dante Alghieri; Frances de Mey [Trans.] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, George Bell and Sons, 1902. Vellum. An interesting vellum-bound edition of Dante"s "Vita Nuova," richly decorated and faithfully translating his autobiographical account of his idealised love for Beatrice. Bound in a full vellum binding with exposed ties, with decoration…
The Queen&Apos;S Maries a Romance of Holyrood
G. J. Whyte-Melville · 1902 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Ward, Lock & Co ltd, [1902]. Leather. G. J. Whyte-Melville's novel bound in half calf and illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch with a monochrome frontispiece and three plates. This…
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear
Mrs. Montagu [Elizabeth Montagu] · 1777 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)
London, Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777 . Leather. The fourth edition of Blue Stockings Society founder Elizabeth Montagu's work of literary criticism praising Shakespeare, in a half calf binding. The fourth edition of this work, which was first published in 1769. This fourt…
Seasonable Reproof, a Satire, in the Manner of Horace.
[James Miller] · 1735 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, L. Gilliver, 1735 . First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this very scarce satirical poem surrounding the follies and decadence of society, loosely based on Horace's satires. The first edition. Very scarce work.Disbound. Written anonymously, this satire is a…
His Brother&Apos;S Blood: The Last (Unfinished) Novel
E. W. Hornung; Peter Rowland [ed.] · 2015 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Greensboro, ELT Press, 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of the last, unfinished novel of E. W. Hornung, published here for the first time 94 years after his death. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, un…
The Scattered Papers of Penelope: New and Selected Poems
ANGHELAKI-ROOKE, KATERINA · 2009 · Kalamos Books
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
Graywolf Press. 2009, 1st US Edition. Trade Paperback. Ill.: Trans. Karen Van Dyke. Book, Drawn from the traditions of Greek myth, history, and literature, The Scattered Papers of Penelope is poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke's first full retrospective collection available in Englis…
The North American Review, Volume 102 (January-April 1866)
1866 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 649p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in imitation leather. Spine barely faded. Library stamps on endpapers and title page. All pages age-toned. Gutter of pages 320-321 is tanned. Otherwise cle…
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume
Thomas Moore · 1843 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Leather. The complete poetical works of Thomas Moore published in one volume. With an engraved portrait of Moore to frontispiece and a vignette half title. Bound by Maclehose, Glasgow with binder's stamp to verso of front fr…
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sidney
Thomas Zouch · 1808 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1808. Leather. A complete biography of the life and works of Sir Philip Sidney. With portrait frontispiece. The life and works of Sir Philip Sidney, an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures o…
Songs and Verses Selected from the Works of Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller · 1902 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Sussex, Pear Tree Press, 1902. Hardback. A charming limited Pear Tree Press edition of Edmund Waller"s Songs and Verses, elegantly produced with decorations by Pickford Waller. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with grey paper covered boards.A limited …
The Oxford Book of French Verse: Xiiith Century - Xixth Century
John Lucas · 1908 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1908 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this collection of French verse from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, edited by John Lucas. First edition, being the first compilation of this collected verse by John Lucas.Bound in …
A French Eton; or, Middle Class Education and the State
Matthew Arnold · 1864 · Rooke Books
£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this examination of the state of middle class education in France during the nineteenth century. First edition. An insightful critical examination of middle-class education and the state in n…
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume
Thomas Moore · 1846 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. Leather. A complete anthology of Thomas Moore's poems, presented here in one decorative calf-bound volume. A collection of the poetry of Thomas Moore, an Irish writer, poet and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Bo…
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume
Thomas Moore · 1852 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Leather. A lovely collection of the poetical works of the Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer Thomas Moore, best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and for his role as Lord Byron's named literary exe…
THE MINOR POEMS OF JOHN MILTON. With Twelve Illustrations by ...
Palmer, Samuel. · 1889 · Francis Edwards Booksellers
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
Seeley and Co. 1889. 1st Ed. Large Paper Copy. xx + 124pp. 12 photogravure plates (prepared by the artists son). One plate with minor marginal stain, light sporadic foxing, ‘Pip from Arthur Aug. 2. 1893’ to front free end paper, from the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, origin…
Tls: Letters to Paul Newman C/O Save the Children
Moser, Norman · 1983 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Berkeley, CA: Norman Moser, 1983. Two-page TLS from poet, editor and graphic designer Moser to actor Paul Newman, asking for Newman's patronage for his writing and publishing activities. Letter details Moser's writing career and the difficulty of making a living as a writer and …
Menander: Samia (The Woman from Samos). Edited by A.H. Sommerstein.
MENANDER, · 2014 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity
€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)
Cambridge University Press, 2014. XII,367p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and adaptations, engendered a tra…
THE NORTH STAR. A Motion Picture About Some Russian People
HELLMAN, Lillian · 1943 · Charles Agvent
$625.00 (€567.06 | £473.08 | ¥99,804)
New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. The printed script for the film THE NORTH STAR starring Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Erich Von Stroheim, and Farley Granger in his debut performance. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards includ…