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The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. In Two Volumes
Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A wonderful collection of Lord Macaulay's contributions to the Knight's Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as miscellaneous poems and inscriptions. Featuring a …
The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone
William Shenstone · 1764 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of prose and verse from English poet and early practitioner of landscape gardening, William Shenstone. With a folding map of his estate. First edition. Complete at the time of issue in two volum…
In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays
John Addington Symonds · 1893 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Elkin Mathews & John Lane , 1893. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of essays from English poet and literary critic, John Addington Symonds. Published the year of his death. First edition. Comprising essays never before printed as well as others republish…
The Illustrated Universal Pocket Diary and Almanack for 1871
1871 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, N. J. Powell, 1871. Leather. This very scarce illustrated pocket diary and almanack for the year 1871, full bound in the original publisher's morocco leather. Full bound in the original publisher's morocco leather.With five gilt decorated plate illustrations of…
Specimens of the Later English Poets, with Preliminary Notices
Robert Southey · 1807 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Southey's anthology of English poetry, comprising extracts from Swift, Akenside, Dryden, Addison and others. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in co…
A Changed Man, the Waiting Supper and Other Tales
Thomas Hardy · 1913 · Rooke Books
£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)
London, Macmillan, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of this collection of short stories from celebrated poet and novelist Thomas Hardy. The first edition of this work from Thomas Hardy, volume XVIII of The Wessex Novels, containing eleven short …
1824 Peter Schlemihl from the German of Lamotte Fouque
Lammotte Fouque; John Bowring · 1824 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition, third state of Peter Schlemihl from the German of Lamotte Fouque with illustrations from George Cruikshank. First edition, third state of Peter Schlemihl from the German of Lamotte Fouque, o…
Bayamus and the Theatre of Semantic Poetry. A Novel.
[Gaberbocchus Press]. Themerson, Stefan. · 1965 · Fahrenheit 451
€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)
London, Gaberbocchus Press, 1965, new and revised ed., 111 pag., illustrations, lay-out and original glazed wrappers in red and black by Stefan Themerson (19,2 x 12,2 cm.). = Gaberbocchus Paper Back. First published in 1940. Gaberbocchus Press was a London publishing house foun…
Homage to Adrienne Fontainas Passionate Pilgrim for the Arts
Jane Block Co-redacteur Claude Sorgeloos · 2017 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS
€73.00 ($80.46 | £60.90 | ¥12,848)
, Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2017 Hardcover 22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm 359 pagina's. The twenty-two essays in this volume are contributed by Belgian, French, and American scholars to honor the memory and work of Adrienne Fontainas (1929-2010). The interdisciplinary scholarship this c…
That Lonesome Road - the Autobiography of Carrie M. Best
BEST, CARRIE M. [SIGNED] · 1977 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$950.00 (€861.93 | £719.08 | ¥151,703)
Canada: Clarion Publishing, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Munroe, Daniel. Signed and dated, without inscription, by Carrie M. Best upon title page. "A woman of outstanding worth, a tenacious crusader for good and noble causes, a gracious lady who has devoted her…
Seen & Unseen Or the Monologues of a Homeless Snail
NOGUCHI, YONE · 1913 · S. Howlett-West Books
$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)
New York, NY: Orientalia, 1913. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. 2nd Edition, following a printing by 1897 Gelett Burgess printing (who published Noguchi's first verses in his magazine, The Lark). Limited to 500 copies. This copy includes Yone Noguchi's business card with…
Times of Alchemy (Book 6 of the Surgeon's Stories)
TOPELIUS, ZACHRIS (ZACHARIAS) · 1884 · S. Howlett-West Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Chicago, IL: Jansen, McClurg, & Company, 1884. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1st American Edition - volume 6 only. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some l…
Generosity and the limits of authority : Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton.
Flesch, William. · 1992 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)
Ithaca : Cornell University Press,1992. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xii,279 pp. Index. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Generosity is an ambiguous quality, William Flesch observes; while receiving gifts is pleasant, gift-giving both…
Oberon a Poem; from the German of Wieland
William Sotheby · 1798 · Rooke Books
£515.00 (€617.31 | $680.39 | ¥108,649)
London, Cadell and Davies, 1798. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Sotheby's translation of Oberon. Translated from the German of Christoph Martin Wieland. The original poem was very popular at the time and Sotheby is noted for translating in to English. Wie…
The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal English and Latin
Tho Shadwell · 1687 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, D Mallet, 1687. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Thomas Shadwell's translation of Juvenal's tenth satire. A very scarce work, which includes a commentary by Shadwell. First thus, the first edition of this particular translation. Published by D Mal…
The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Percy Fitzgerald · 1876 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, E. Moxon and Co, 1876. Leather. A set of the collected writings and biography on Charles Lamb, including his best known works. Complete in six volumes.A biographical account of the life, letters, and writings of Charles Lamb.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I. C…
Minna Von Falkenstein: A Legend of the Rhine
Godfrey dEstelle [George Lloyd] · 1837 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Wrexham, Thomas Painter, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce Wrexham-printed Rhine romance, published pseudonymously by the young traveller and poet George Lloyd of Bryn Estyn. In a modern red cloth binding. First edition. A remarkably scarce provincially print…
Inventing English - A Portable History of the Langauge
Lerer, Seth · 2007 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
Columbia University Press, 2007 Hardcover, with dust jacket. 305 pages. Text in English. Clean, tight and fresh copy with minimal signs of use to the dust jacket. Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly re…
The Triumphs of Divine Grace, a Poem in Two Parts to Which Are Added Promiscuous Pieces
Samuel M. Phelps; Harriette E. Phelps · 1835 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, Craighead and Allen , 1835. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of poetry from Samuel and Harriette Phelps. Very scarce work. A religious verse in two parts, the first being The History of a Penitent Sinner, and the second being A Description of the Millennial…
Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison; Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C.
Joseph Addison; Mr Tickell [ed] · 1736 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, J. and R. Tonson, 1736. Leather. Four smart full calf volumes of the works of Joseph Addison, featuring his miscellaneous works in three volumes, and the fifth edition of his Italian travelogue. Four 1736 volumes of the works of English essayist, poet, playwright and pol…