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The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
Thomas Hardy · 1876 · Rooke Books
£985.00 (€1,180.68 | $1,301.32 | ¥207,804)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1876. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's charming novel, a rather audacious work unlike anything he had written before. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Originally published in monthly instalments in the Cornhill Ma…
Oberon, a Poem. From the German of Wieland
[Christoph Martin Wieland]; William Sotheby · 1805 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co for T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1805. Leather. The scarce second edition of William Sotheby's translation of Christoph Martin Wieland's epic poem, 'Oberon', from the library of Roger Senhouse. Second edition, complete in two …
The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with Memoir
Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1844 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Frederick Warne , c1892. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound collection of poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in the Albion Edition from Frederick Warne. Containing a lovely frontispiece of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, protected by an intact tissue guard. Also including a…
The Poetical Works of Thomson, Goldsmith, and Gray
James Thomson, Oliver Godsmith, Thomas Gray · 1855 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1855. Cloth. A poetical anthology comparing the works of eighteenth century British poets James Thomson, Oliver Goldsmith, and Thomas Gray. The Poetical Works of James Thomson, Oliver Goldsmith, and Thomas Gray, a poetical anthology of the three eight…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Sir Walter Scott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Leather. A smartly bound complete collection of the poetical works of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, with his original introductions and notes. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, illustrated title page, a folding facsimile of Sc…
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog
Dyland Thomas · 1940 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this autobiographical short story collection by Dylan Thomas, set in his home town of Swansea, Wales. The first edition, first impression of this work with no other editions or impressions sta…
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
William Barnes · 1887 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887 . Cloth. A lovely collection of poems by William Barnes, capturing the essence of rural Dorset life in poetry with the authentic dialect. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.A later edition, first published in 1844.This volu…
The Lawn Road Flats. Spies, Writers and Artists
David Burke · 2014 · Book Haven
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)
Boydell Press 2014 Hardback 271 The Isokon building, Lawn Road Flats, in Belsize Park on Hampstead's lower slopes, is a remarkable building. The first modernist building in Britain to use reinforced concrete in domestic architecture, its construction demanded new building techni…
Jacek Malczewski: Romantyczny / the Romantic (Polish/English Edition)
Malczewski, Jacek; Kozakowska-Zaucha, Urszula; Herudzinska-Oswiecimska, Marta · 2022 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)
Krakow, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, 2022. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Matte illustrated boards. 253 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Polish text and parallel English translation. Jacek Malczewski is one of the most outstanding individuals of Polish art, one who occupies a specia…
The eye of history : when images take positions.
Didi-Huberman, Georges & Lillis, Shane B. · 2018 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,224)
Toronto : RIC Books & Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2018. Hardcover. xxx,257 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - An exploration of the interaction of aesthetics and politics in Bertolt Brecht's photoepigrams. From 1938 to 1955, Ber…
Sonnets and Verse: The Collected Poems of H. Belloc
H. Belloc · 1945 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Duckworth, 1945. Cloth. A smart reprint of this collection of verses from Franco-English writer, Hilaire Belloc. New edition, with additional poems. Reprinted, originally published 1923. A collection of poetry with several unpublished sonnets, new epigrams, and a long he…
The Gift of Friendship: A Present for All Seasons
Various · 1851 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Darton and Co. 1851. Leather. A charming collection of writings on friendship from important authors of the day, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and eight plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of writings on fr…
The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed with a Memoir
Winthrop Mackworth Praed; Rev. Derwent Coleridge · 1865 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, W. J. Widdleton, 1865. Cloth. A very smart two-volume set of the poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, with a memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. A revised and complete US edition of this work in a two-volume set, uniformly bound in the publisher's original blind-s…
The Art of Botticelli: An Essay in Pictorial Criticism
Laurence Binyon · 1913 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1913. First edition. Vellum. The scarce limited edition of Laurence Binyon's comprehensive essay on the work of Early Renaissance painted Sandro Botticelli. Large paper copy. The first limited edition of this work, one of two hundred and seventy fi…
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley
William Hayley; John Johnson [ed.] · 1823 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Henry Colburn & Co, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressive two volume account of the life of writer William Hayley, in half calf bindings. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiec…
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Sir Walter Scott · 1837 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1837. First edition. Cloth. Complete first edition set of memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, with a frontispiece and facsimile handwriting. A smart complete first edition set of memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.In full brown clo…
The Seasons, Hymns, Ode, and Songs of James Thomson
James Thomson · 1813 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, J. W. H. Payne , 1813 . Leather. A charming illustrated edition of James Thomson's poetical works, with a life of the author, glossary, index and wood-engraved plates. A stereotype illustrated edition of James Thomson's influential poem, 'The Seasons'…
The Death of King Arthur. A new verse translation.
Simon Armitage (transl.). · 2012 · SomeThingz, books etcetera
€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)
New York Norton 2012 Bound, hardcover with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane), 301pp., 16.5x24.5cm., . ISBN 9780393073973. King Arthur comes to vivid life in this gripping poetic translation by the renowned poet and translator. First appearing around 140…
The Beaver, Exploring Canada's History, December 1991/January 1992
Hudson's Bay Company (Dafoe, Christopher, ed. with Carol Preston, managing ed.) · 1992 · Books on the Web
$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Company, 1992. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled wraps, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 62pp. Ships lettermail. A very good or better copy (other copies of this issue may also be available). …
The Testament of Beaut : A Poem in Four Books
Bridges, Robert Seymour · 1929 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)
New York, Oxford University Press, 1929. Original edition. Hardcover. Red faux wood-grain paper/boards. Black cloth spine. 183 pp. with no illustrations. Publisher's note about spelling, syntax, etc. laid in. The Testament of Beauty is a long poem in four books, and was the last…