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Portraits of a People Picturing African Americans in the 19th Century

Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

University of Washington Press, 2006. Softbound. Color illustrated glossy wraps. 184 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, 14 January-26 March 2006, and two subsequent locations. "…

Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library

BAKER, C. H. COLLINS (ENLARGED AND REVISED BY R. R. WARK) · 1963 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1963. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by William Blake. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine …

A Channel Passage and Other Poems

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Algernon Charles Swinburne's final poetry collections. The first edition of this work.A collection of the popular yet controversial poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne.Swinburne was a Victoria…

The Jonson-Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Johnson from 1597 to 1700

Jesse Franklin Bradley; Joseph Quincy Adams · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this vanishingly scarce study of allusions to Ben Jonson in the seventeenth century. The very scarce first edition of this work.Authored by Jesse Franklin Bradley and Joseph Quincy Adams…

Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay, and Critical Comments

Leigh Hunt [ed.] · 1846 · Rooke Books

£137.00 (€164.22 | $181.00 | ¥28,903)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1846. First edition. Leather. A very charming, uncommon first edition copy of this collection of poems by various English writers with critical comments, edited by Leigh Hunt. The first edition of this work. Comprising a selection of poems by Englis…

Poster for "Jazz Idiom: Blueprints, Stills, and Frames: The Jazz Photography of Charles L. Robinson.

ROBINSON, Charles L. (photographs) · 2008 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2008. Poster on foam core. 17.75 x 20 inches. Jazz Idiom showcases the intimate photography of Charles L. Robinson. A friend to many of the jazz musicians photographed, he often caught them in moments of candor: Charles Mingus, goateed and pensive, hunche…

Tomorrow's Fire

WILLIAMS, JAY · 1971 · Kalamos Books

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

London, New English Library. 1971, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0450006964) Pbk. Book, The journal of a Crusading troubadour. Deny was a restless youth, determined to seek his fortune as a singer and poet as he wanders from castle to castle, from one baron's lady to another. Then he …

Pleasure and Politics at the Court of France. The Artistic Patronage of Queen Marie of Brabant (1260-1321)

Tracy Chapman Hamilton · 2019 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.80 | ¥24,641)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2019 Hardback, 328 pages, Size:220 x 280 mm, Illustrations:37 b/w, 140 col., Language: English. ISBN 9781905375684. Summary For her commissioning and performance of a French vernacular version of the Arabic tale of the Thousand and One Nights - recor…

Salamander

Jon Manchip White · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Fortune Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce first edition volume of poetry, with original dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition volume of poetry. Penned by Welsh American novelist, non-fiction writer, poet and screenwriter …

2 Vols the Odes of Pindar in English Prose

Pindar; Gilbert West; [P. E. Laurent] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Munday and Slatter; G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824 . Cloth. The first edition of Laurent"s complete prose translation of Pindar"s victory odes, accompanied by Gilbert West"s substantial history of the ancient Olympic Games, complete in two volumes. In the publisher's …

The Novels of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (Library Edition)

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton · 1859 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons, 1859-1866. Leather. A pleasing set from this Library Edition of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novels, uniformly bound by Hatchard & Co. Comprising seventeen out of the forty-seven total volumes that make up this 'Library Edition&apo…

Epistolae Ho-Elianae the Familiar Letters of James Howell

Joseph Jacobs (Ed) · 1890 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

London, Published by Davis Nutt in The Strand, 1890. Cloth. A nineteenth century reprint of the family letters of James Howell, in the publisher's original cloth binding and edited by Joseph Jacobs. This particular reprint in a copy of 10th edition of the work, originally p…

The Standard, 5 April 1947 - Weekly Montreal Pictorial Newspaper

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1947 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

Montreal, Quebec: The Montreal Standard Publishing Company, 1947. First Edition. Paperback. 16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated story of Royal Tour (King, Queen and Princesses) of South Africa; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods; Great swim…

Produce for Greatness

ALFONSO P. SANTOS · 1975 · Mike Long Books

$69.75 (€63.28 | £52.80 | ¥11,138)

Manlapaz Publishing. 1975. Soft Cover. Gd. Condition - Poems from the New Society .. (TN2663ml). Good.

The WORKS of ALEXANDER POPE ESQ. In Ten Volumes Complete. With His Latest Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, As They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death.; Printed verbatim from the Octavo Editon of Mr. Warburton

Pope, Alexander [1688 - 1744]. Warburton, William [1698 - 1779] · 1764 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.52 | £624.46 | ¥131,742)

Dublin: Printed by J. Potts, at Swifts-Head, in Dame-Street; and J. Williams, in Skinner-Row, 1764. 1st edition thus, i.e. first 10 volume edition. Period full brown calf bindings with raised spine bands, maroon title labels in the second compartment, gilt stamped volume number …

The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish&Apos;D in His Life-Time.

George Farquhar · 1742 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. and P. Knaptop, G. Strahan, J. Clark and H. Lintot, 1742 . Leather. An early edition of the complete collected works of Irish dramatist and poet, George Farquhar, complete in two volumes. The eighth edition. Complete in two volumes, uniformly bound in full calf. The c…

Lyra Eboracensis; or, Native Lays : Containing a Brief Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the Ancient City of York, from the Conquest of Severus, with Other Miscellaneous Poems.

[Thomas Hollins] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1839 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an extremely scarce collection of poetry relating to the city of York, written by Thomas Hollins. The first edition. Bound in black cloth, with renewed endpapers. The half title and original spine la…

Dramatic Sonnets, Poems, and Ballads: Selections from the Poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton

Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. 1903. Vellum. A charming 'Canterbury Poets' volume comprising the works of Eugene Lee-Hamilton, in a quarter vellum binding. The first of this collected edition published for the 'Canterbury Poets' series, edited by Sco…

The Letters Pf Rudyard Kipling: Volume 1: 1872-89; Volume 2: 1890-1899

Thomas Pinney [ed.] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes from this series comprising the selected letters of Rudyard Kipling, both in excellent condition. The first edition. Containing Volume 1 and Volume 2 out of the six-volume series containing the letters of jour…

Card from Frédéric Mistral with New Year Greeting to the Marquis D'Eguilles. Als

Mistral, Frédéric (1830-1914) · 1888 · Wittenborn Art Books

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Martigues: 8 septembre 1888. Picture postcard of Provence with message and signature verso.. MISTRAL (Frédéric). Carte postale a. s. de voeux pour 1913, au marquis d'Eguilles..Mistral was both an epic and a lyrical poet. His work is determined by Provence, not only in language, …