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Evenings at Derley Manor: Pencilings and Sketches of the English Poets and Their Favourite Scenes

Anonymous · 1849 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1849. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of writings on important English poets, with a colour frontispiece. First edition. Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece. A collection of commentaries on important Eng…

In Friendship&Apos;S Name

Volney Streamer [compiler] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Brentano's, 1904. Leather. A smartly bound fourteenth edition of this collection of quotes and verses on friendship. Fourteenth edition. A collection of quotes and verses on the subject of friendship, from writers such as: Shakespeare, Ennius, Victor Hugo, Christi…

Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1876 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A well presented pamphlet written by a poet, writer and critic on the war between Russia and Turkey. This is a very smart pamphlet detailing Algernon Charles Swinburne's opinions as an English Republican on…

The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming romance story from Charles Reade. In the scarce publishers' lithographed front cover. First edition. This works title is in reference to the famous quotation, taken from the line spoken …

Poems

Greta Rowell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1938. Paperback. A scare collection of twentieth-century poetry by Greta Rowell, inscribed by the author to the title page. A collection of poetry by Greta Rowell, chiefly concerning nature and British topography. Including 'Novemeber 11, 193…

Bukowski on Bukowski: Charles Bukowski in His Own Words

Charles Bukowski · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Little Lagoon Press, 2002 . Paperback. An illustrated magazine devoted to Charles Bukowski's opinions on a variety of subjects. Illustrated throughout, and with a CD inserted. A fascinating short volume consisting of American poet Charles Bukowski's thoughts on…

Lectures on the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt · 1819 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these fantastic eight literary essays by William Hazlitt, discussing various comical writers in English history. The first edition of this work.A selection of eight essays by William Hazlitt, studying …

ULYSSES.

JOYCE. JAMES. · 1924 · Paul Foster Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Shakespeare and Company. Paris. 1924 FIFTH PRINTING. Large 8vo. (8 x 6.2 inches). 736pp including 4 pages of additional corrections, implementing on the errata issued in the second and third printings. Previous owner name on the half title and title pages. Four pages at the begi…

The Decameron : Selected Tales

Giovanni Boccaccio · 2011 · Book Haven

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Dover 2011 Paperback 169 While the Black Death rages through fourteenth-century Florence, a group of young people retreat to the healthful air of the countryside and amuse themselves by telling tales of romance and adventure. This is the premise of Boccaccio's Decameron, a landm…

The mystery of things.

Grayling, A.C. · 2004 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€14.50 ($15.98 | £12.10 | ¥2,552)

Orion Publishing 2004 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 229pp., 14x20.5cm., in very good condition. ISBN 9780297645597. In this new collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and thei…

Religion, 1700, Translation | Historie van 't Leven en de Doot van onsen Saligmaker Jesus Christus. Opgehelderd door Aanmerkingen en Vertoogen over de bysondere gedeeltens deser Historie : door Jeremias Taylor, Bisschop van Down and Conner in Yrland. T' Utrecht, By Wilhelm Broedelet, 1700, 3 parts in 1 volume.

Taylor, J. · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€436.00 ($480.56 | £363.69 | ¥76,749)

Three parts in one volume. A Dutch translation of the original English text by the cleric Jeremy Taylor, sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression. The text enjoyed great popularity in its home country, where at least 7 editions were publ…

Case e cimeli di uomini celebri.

PADOVAN Adolfo - · 1912 · Libreria Piani

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Milano, 1912, estratto con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 919/926 con ill. (Hugo, Shakespeare, Boccaccio, Manzoni, ecc.) - ! ATTENZIONE !: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato…

Sammlung von 50 Bänden

"Staufenbacher-Verlag - "Klassik"" · 1973 · Celler Versandantiquariat

€154.00 ($169.74 | £128.46 | ¥27,109)

Staufenbacher-Verlag - sehr gute Exemplare - dekorative, einheitliche Einbände/ Enthalten: Gottfried Keller Werke in 5 Bänden neu bearbeitet von Wolfgang Denninger (komplett)/ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Werke in zehn Bänden neu bearbeitet von Gisela Spiekerkötter (komplett)/ C…

The Bibliographical Society 1892-1942. Studies in Retrospect.

FRANCIS, F.C. [PREF. ]. · 1949 · Antiquariaat Schot

€19.20 ($21.16 | £16.02 | ¥3,380)

London, Bibliographical Society. 1949. Original publisher's gray cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards, black lettering lettering frontcover, reprint [1945], large 4to: frontispiece, viij, 216pp., 12 contrubutions, footnotes & references, list members & officers 1892-1942, list…

Theater heute 9/1963. THEMA: Carl Sternheim: Der Kandidat.

1963 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Friedrich Velber bei Hannover 1963. ca. 68 S. Standardeinband. INHALT: Oscar Fritz Schuh: Was kommt nach Gründgens? Der neue Intendant des Deutschen Schauspielhauses stellt sich vor. Bayreuth 1963 - Friedrich Hommel: Der Regisseur Wieland Wagner - Hans Mayer: Die Meistersinger …

Sinn und Form 4/1981.

1981 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Rütten & Loening Berlin 1981. ca. 200 S. Standardeinband. INHALT: Anselm Schlösser. Der Friedensgedanke bei Shakespeare. Günther Rücker: Aquarelle eines Bildhauers. Auf des Messers Schneide: Gespräch über Frieden. Zwiespältiges Preussen. Gotthold Gloger: Spaziergang nach Granse…

A Judge and Peer (Portrait of James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance) (Original Lithograph)

Carlo Pellegrini (Ape) · 1869 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London: Vanity Fair, 1869. Original color lithograph, 14 x 9 inches. Very Good+. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on December 18, 1869, depicting James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, PC (12 July 1816 - 9 December 1899), a noted British judge and rose…

Portrait of the Actress Ada Rehan (1857 - 1916). Original Etching

Worrall, Clarence Augustus (1858-1920) · 1889 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Troy, NY: Nims & Knight, 1889. Original etching on thin India paper, mounted on board at the corners. 10 x 7.25 inches sheet size. Includes a separate 2 page letterpress biography of the actress by Robert. N. Stephens. Originally published in the portfolio entitled: "Queens of t…

Wege nach Weimar. Beiträge zur Erneuerung des Idealismus. Mischauflage. 6 Bde. (= komplett).

Lienhard, Friedrich. · 1917 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

Stuttgart, Greiner & Pfeiffer, [ 1917/1918]. 194 S. Mit Illustr. u. Buchschmuck v. Ernst Liebermann. OLn. mit Goldpräg. Bd. 1.] Heinrich von Stein - Emerson; Bd. 2.] Shakespeare - Homer; Bd. 3.] Friedrich der Große; Bd. 4.) Herder - Jean Paul; Bd. 5.] Schiller; Bd. 6.] Goethe.…

Ueber Shakespeare's Hamlet. [Zwei Werke in einem Band (s.u.)].

Pries, J. F. [Johann Friedrich]. · 1825 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€145.00 ($159.82 | £120.95 | ¥25,524)

Rostock, Adlers Erben, 1825. XII, 112 S.; 56 S., 2 gefaltete Tabellen. 18 cm. HLdr d. Zeit mit 2 verschiedenfarb, goldgepr. Rückenschildern. Erste Ausgabe. - Darin u.a.: Gedanken zur Beherzigung für Bühnenvorsteher und Schauspieler. - BEIGEBUNDEN: Ders.: Ideen zur Chronographie…