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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated Into English Verse

Decimus Junius Juvenalis; William Gifford [trans.] · 1802 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. and W. Nicol, 1802. First edition. Leather. A smart English translation of Juvenal's satirical poems, by critic, editor and famous satirist William Gifford. First edition of this English translation by William Gifford, with notes.…

The Book of Bond or Every Man His Own 007

Lt.-Col. William Tanner [Kingsley Amis] · 1965 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting and insightful fictional work on the British Secret Service, as told by James Bond's closest friend, Bill Tanner. The first edition of the work. Illustrated with brown and red ima…

Q. Horatii Flacci Opera Omnia [the Complete Works of Horace]

Horace; Guil Dillenburger [ed.] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Bonn, Adolf Marcus, 1848. Leather. An 1848 edition of The Complete Works of Horace written in Latin, in a full calf prize binding with gilt decoration.  An 1848 edition of The Complete Works of Horace (Horatii Flacci Opera Omnia) written in Latin, in a full calf prize binding w…

A Sense of Danger; Epithets of War; the Winter Man

Vernon Scannell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Putnam; Allison and Busby; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962-1973. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of three signed presentation copies of poetical works from boxer and author Vernon Scannell. Three signed first editions poetry works from Vernon Scannell, the Britis…

Poems, The Second Edition, Altered and Corrected, With Several Additions.

DOWNMAN (Hugh): · 1790 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

Exeter: Printed by R. Trewman and Son, For G. G. and J. Robinson..., 1790 8vo, 178 x 114 mms., pp. 256, ms. correction on page 179, contemporary mottled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments to a fan motif, red morocco label, and numbering label \"1\" spine; joints cracked,…

Turn Right At Istanbul: a Walk on the Gallipoli Peninsulat

Tony Wright · 2003 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Allen & Unwin 2003 Paperback, 250pp. Tony Wright stuffs a copy of his great-uncle George's Gallipoli diary into his backpack and sets out from Sydney to discover how and why thousands of young Australians and New Zealanders make the trek to the Gallipoli Peninsula every year. Ar…

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (Complete in One Volume)

MOORE, THOMAS · 1857 · Round Table Books, LLC

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

NY: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full leather, embossed decoration and gilt lettering on covers, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Generously illustrated…

The History And Antiquities Of The County Of Suffolk: With Genealogical and Architectural Notices Of Its Several Towns And Villages. By The Rev. Alfred Suckling, LL.B. Rural Dean , Rector Of Barsham, &c., .

SUCKLING, REV. ALFRED [ ALFRED INIGO SUCKLING 1796-1856 ] · 1846 · Chilton Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London : John Weale, 59, High Holborn, M.DCCC.XLVI. [1846] / [Vol. II.] Printed For The Author, Barsham Rectory, Beccles, Suffolk, M.DCCC.XLVIII. [1848] . 0. A very good two volume set. Large paper edition. Matching early green cloth binding. Spine with gilt banding and red leat…

The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1829 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

Edinburgh, Cadell and Company, 1829-1833. Leather. A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Bound by Morrell, London. Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. Written by Sir Walt…

A Tribute to Henry Miller by the Author Jerry Kamstra Reading from the Major Works with a Special Guest Reading Anaïs Nin . Monday Sept. 8th 7-9 P.M. At River Inn in Big Sur. $3. 00. Final State of the Smaller Version of the Poster

Kamstra, Jerry ( 1935 - 2019); Henry Miller (1891-1991 ); Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Big Sur, Calif.: 1980. Smaller version of the poster, wiith text about the two Henry's beneath the image. 15.5 x 11inches... Jerry Kamstra (January 2, 1935 - November 26, 2019) was an American novelist, poet, artist and community organizer. Kamstra is best known for his novels W…

A Tribute to Henry Miller by the Author Jerry Kamstra Reading from the Major Works with a Special Guest Reading Anaïs Nin . Monday Sept. 8th 7-9 P.M. At River Inn in Big Sur. $3. 00. First State of the Smaller Version of the Poster

Kamstra, Jerry ( 1935 - 2019); Henry Miller (1891-1991 ); Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Big Sur, Calif.: 1980. Smaller version of the poster, before the printed text beneath the image. 17 x 11inches... Jerry Kamstra (January 2, 1935 - November 26, 2019) was an American novelist, poet, artist and community organizer. Kamstra is best known for his novels Weed: Advent…

Collected Essays Paper &C of Robert Bridges VI the Poems of Mary Coleridge VIII Lord de Tabley&Apos;S Poems

Robert Bridges · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. An advanced review copy of two of Robert Bridges poetical poems, one about Mary Coleridge, and the other about Lord de Tabley. This book is a review copy, with two paper slips loosely inserted from the Manchester Guard…

The Works of Hannah More a New Edition with Additions and Corrections

Hannah More · 1830 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, T Cadell, 1830. Leather. The complete works of Hannah More in eight volumes. In a smart diced calf binding. Complete in eleven volumes, this is the 'New Edition' of More's works. Hannah More was an English religious writer and philanthropist. She wrote as …

The Old Court Suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical

Leigh Hunt · 1855 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of Leigh Hunt's reminisces of Kensington, complete in two volumes.  The first edition of this collection of Leigh Hunt's reminisces of Kensington, complete in two volumes. I…

Democracy and the Arts a Hitherto Unpublished Essay with a New Portrait

Rupert Brooke · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Rupert Hart-Davis, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this essay by Rupert Brooke. A first edition copy. This essay was written in 1910 and delivered to the University Fabian Society. The essay raises the priblem of the creative artist under socialism.…

The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text, with Illustrative Notes

Geoffrey Chaucer; Thomas Wright · 1400 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Charles Griffin and Company, c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce collection of the Canterbury Tales with illustrative notes from Thomas Wright. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece and vignette to the title page. The collected twenty-four short stories of the …

Lord Coleridge; the Silver Voiced. Issue 2098. (Rare Colour Half-Tone Gravure. )

Spy (Sir Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) · 1909 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London: Vanity Fair, 1909. Original colour half-tone gravure. 38 x 26 cm (15 x 10 inches). Good. Some staining and wear in right and bottom-right margins, not affecting image. Accompanied by 1 sheet of description, Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair, 13 January 1909. Hentschel-…

The Works of Mr Edmund Smith, Late of Christ-Church, Oxford

Edmund Smith · 1719 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Bernard Lintot, 1719. Cloth. A collection of theatrical and poetical works from Edmund Smith, including his popular work 'Phaedra and Hippolitus', an excellent copy of this scarce collection in modern cloth. The third edition, first published posthumously in 17…

Letters from the North of Italy. Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq.

William Stewart Rose · 1819 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of William Stewart Rose's travel work on Italy, recounting his experiences exploring the north of the country. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.The travel letters of William Stewart Ro…

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning Two Volumes Bound As One

Robert Browning; Augustine Birrell (ed.) · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Murray, 1946 . Leather. A lovely half calf bound edition of The Works of Robert Browning with portrait illustrations. Half calf bound edition of The Poetical Works of Robert Browning with portrait illustrations. Two volumes bound together in one. Includes editors n…