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Poems on Several Subjects : To Which Is Prefix&Apos;D, an Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients; in Two Letters Inscribed to the Right Honourable James Lord Deskfoord
John Ogilvie · 1762 · Rooke Books
£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)
London, G Keith, 1762. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce poetry collection by Scottish antiquary, John Ogilvie. Illustrated, with beautiful headpieces and two engraved plates. A scarce edition of this collection, with only one held on Copac, being the ESTC…
High-Ways and by-Ways; or Tales of the Roadside: Picked Up in the French Provinces by a Walking Gentleman in Two Volumes and the Second Series in Three Volumes
[Thomas Colley Grattan] · 1824 · Rooke Books
£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)
London, Henry Colburn, 1824-1825. First edition. Leather. A scarce, combined set of High-Ways and By-Ways, series one and the first edition of series two, dedicated to Washington Irving. A pleasing combined set of High-Ways and By-Ways, comprised of; the fourth edition of the fi…
Miscellaneous Essays by Monsieur St Euremont Translated out of the French
Mr Dryden · 1692 · Rooke Books
£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)
London, John Everingham, 1692. First edition. Leather. A collection of Saint-Evremond's essays, continued by John Dryden. The first edition of this work, and in fact the first English translation of Evremond's works. This is the first volume of this work, a second volu…
The Works of Lord Byron in Six Volumes, with Don Juan
Lord Byron · 1829 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, John Murray; Printed for the Bookseller, 1829 . Leather. Published only five years after his death, this eight volume set of the works of infamous Romantic poet, Lord Byron, is uniformly bound in half calf, and features a two volume edition of 'Don Juan&apos. An cha…
Selected Works of Henry Hart Milman
Rev. H. H. Milman [Henry Hart Milman] · 1818 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, John Murray, 1818-1823. First edition. Vellum. A wonderful set of five volumes of early and first editions of the poetry of Henry Hart Milman, in full vellum bindings. Five volumes of poetical works from Milman, an accomplished poet and writer was also responsible for an…
Tunc; Nunquam; Livia or Buried Alive; Constance or Solitary Practices; Sebastian or Ruling Passions; Quinx or the Ripper&Apos;S Tale
Lawrence Durrell · 1968 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Faber and Faber , 1968-1985. First edition. Cloth. A handsome set of Lawrence Durrell novels, comprising the complete 'Revolt of Aphrodite' and four from 'The Avignon Quartet&apos. First editions. A bright six-volume set made up of novels from two series, …
An A4 poster advertising a 12th March 2003 'Laureates Evening' talk by Edwin Morgan and Stewart Conn for The Poetry Association of Scotland. (SIGNED)
EDWIN MORGAN AND STEWART CONN. · 2003 · Clearwater Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
[no publisher / no place], Signed by Author(s), This copy signed by both poets above their printed names. In fine state. In 1999 Morgan was named the first Glasgow Makar (National Poet of Glasgow) and in 2004 he became the first National Makar (National Poet for Scotland), whils…
The Letters of Queen Victoria, a Selection from Her Majesty&Apos;S Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861
Queen Victoria et al. ; Arthur Christopher Benson, Viscount Esher [editors] · 1908 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John Murray, 1908. Cloth. This illuminating selection of Queen Victoria's correspondence in three volumes with several monochrome plate illustrations, full bound in blind stamped red cloth. This smart three volume set in the publisher's original, blind stamped,…
Casualty Ward
Robert Conquest · 1974 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
Presence
Glyn Hughes · 1971 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1971. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
Target. Poems. [Titled 'Target: Preliminary Poems' on the half-title]. (SIGNED)
JEREMY REED. · 1972 · Clearwater Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Andium Press Ltd., Jersey, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, limited to 350 copies printed at the Daedalus Press. This is one of just 100 copies signed by the author on the colophon, with his signature also on the half-title, and with his inked contemporary presen…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Complete in One Volume
Sir Walter Scott · 1841 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Edinburgh , Robert Cadell, 1841. Leather. A complete volume of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with illustrations. This volume contains a complete collection of Sir Walter Scott's Poetry including his works The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake…
Impolitic Bodies - Poetry, Saints And Society In Fifteenth Century England - The Work Of Osbern Bokenham
Delany, Sheila · 1998 · Eastleach Books
£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)
Oxford University Press 1998 1st edition. Paperback, F. xii+236pp, 6 b/w illustrations, 8 text figs, index, a nice fine copy. New Study of the work of an English Augustinian Friar, an ardent Yorkist and a gifted poet, on the eve of the Wars of the Roses. The book concentrates on…
Impolitic Bodies - Poetry, Saints And Society In Fifteenth Century England - The Work Of Osbern Bokenham
Delany, Sheila · 1998 · Eastleach Books
£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)
Oxford University Press 1998 1st edition. Paperback, F. xii+236pp, 6 b/w illustrations, 8 text figs, index, a nice fine copy. New Study of the work of an English Augustinian Friar, an ardent Yorkist & a gifted poet, on the eve of the Wars of the Roses. The book concentrates on o…
The Manuscript of Milton&Apos;S Paradise Lost Book 1
John Milton; Helen Darbishire · 1931 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1931. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy of the manuscript of the first book of the epic poem Paradise Lost. This volume contains the manuscript of Book 1 of Paradise Lost, with an elaborate study of the characteristics of th…
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian
Colley Cibber · 1740 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, John Watts, 1740 . Leather. The second edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. The second edition of this work, published in the …
The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems
William Cowper; Rev T. S. Grimshawe · 1860 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London , William Tegg, 1860. Leather. A fifth edition copy of the complete works of William Cowper, with illustrations throughout. A fifth edition copy of The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems, first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private corr…
Lars Porsena or the Future of Swearing and Improper Language
Robert Graves · 1926 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. [1926]. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, first impression copy of this passionate treatise on preserving improper language in England. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original maroon hardback bin…
History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Vol. I-IV
Goldsmith, Oliver · 1834 · Pemberley Natural History Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
A. Fullarton & Co. Glasgow xii, 288; 289-552; iv, 276; 277-552; vi, 300; 301-567; vii, 344; 1-4, 345-703, 1 portrait frontis, 4 additional engraved title-pages, 109 plates (1 folding). . HB. 4 vols bound in 8, 12mo, cont. cloth, some minor wear, partly faded, gt lettering to spi…
The Unpartizan Review. Jan-Mar. 1921. No. 29. Vol. XV
Lowell, Amy; Merritt, Walter Gordon et al. · 1921 · Mare Booksellers
$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1921. Wraps. Printed wraps. 221 pp. A single issue of this magazine, originally named the 'Unpopular Review,' and containing articles on literature, politics, history, etc. This issue features the poem 'Threnody' by the Imagist poet Amy Lowell, …