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On Actors and the Art of Acting
George Henry Lewes · 1875 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. An excellent second edition of this interesting work on the art of acting by the English theatre critic, George Henry Lewes. The second edition, published the same year as the first edition. In the publisher's origina…
Reconstruction: Six Poems
Randall Swingler · 1933 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry from English writer Randall Swingler. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of six poems, including: New Year, Ode to a Plane Above the City, Sunset …
Hot Milk
Deborah Levy · 2016 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of Deborah Levy's Man Booker shortlisted novel 'Hot Milk&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. Shortlisted for the 20…
The Flower of the Mind: A Choice Among the Best Poems
Alice Meynell · 1898 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London , Grant Richards , 1898. Paperback. A limited edition collection of English poems from the sixteen century up until the late nineteenth century. One of 250 copies of this work. This work has been reissued in this format. Very scarce. A collection of poems from the sixteen…
The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1930 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Oxford , Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A limited vellum edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal. A limited edition, with four hundred and seventy five copies printed. In vellum. The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners pla…
The Beauties of the Poets
Rev. Thomas Janes, of Bristol · 1788 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Cicero Press by and for Henry Fry; Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1788 . Leather. An uncommon and charming late 18th century anthology of poems by eminent writers, reflecting on moral and sacred themes. First published in 1773, this work is uncommon in all contemporary editions…
The Poetry of Flowers; Being a Collection of Verse Illustrating the Nature, Beauty, Sentiments, Teachings, and Associations of the Floral World
Various · 1877 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Ward, Lock, And Tyler, [1877]. Leather. A beautifully bound scarce copy of this collection of nature poetry from notable writers. A very scarce work.Smartly bound in full decorative green and white morocco, with a gilt to top edge. Includes a slipcase. A collection of n…
Sidelights on Charles Lamb
Bertram Dobell · 1903 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London , Published by the Author , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work, Sidelights on Charles Lamb with a frontispiece. A first edition copy of this work. Charles Lamb was an English essayist and poet best known for his Essays of Elia and for the child…
Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay, and Critical Comments
Leigh Hunt [ed.] · 1846 · Rooke Books
£137.00 (€164.24 | $181.03 | ¥28,911)
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…
Some Old Love Songs
Various · 1892 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1892] . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated nineteenth-century collection of old love songs by a variety of acclaimed authors. An uncommon work. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated in colour throughout by Alice Havers, …
Philip Van Artevelde; a Dramatic Romance in Two Parts. In Two Volumes
Henry Taylor · 1834 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Edward Moxon, 1834. Leather. A smart set of Taylor's acclaimed play, dating from the nineteenth century. Complete in two volumes. Sir Henry Taylor (18 October 1800 27 March 1886) was an English dramatist.Taylor wrote a number of plays, including Isaac Comnenus (18…
Greeks & Barbarians
J A K Thomson · 1921 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of J A K Thomson's 'Greeks & Barbarians&apos. This copy is in the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. A highly regarded scholar of classical history and lit…
Christmas with the Poets a Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas
Various · 1852 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London , David Bogue, 1852 . Leather. A collection of festive carols and poems from numerous authors. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and tinted vignettes by Birket Foster. Signed by Birket Foster to the front free-endpaper. With contributions by George Wither, Shakespe…
Original Poems and Translations
James Beattie · 1760 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London , A. Millar, 1760. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of Original Poems and Translations by James Beattie. A first edition copy of Original Poems and Translations by James Beattie, who was a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher. His first book, published a…
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch [editor] · 1957 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1957. Leather. A very smartly bound copy of the new edition of The Oxford Book of English Verse. New edition. An anthology of English verse from 1250 to 1918, with poems from writers such as: Geoffrey Chaucer, John Skelton, Sir Walter Ralei…
Yet Again
Max Beerbohm · 1910 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, John Lane, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first American edition of this collection of essays by Max Beerbohm. The vanishingly scarce first U.S edition. First published in the UK in 1909. In the publisher's original cloth. This volume features …
The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations (Revised Fourth Edition)
Angela Partington · 1996 · Book Haven
$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)
Oxford University Press 1996 Hardback 1104 Now updated and expanded, and containing over 17,000 quotations from 2,500 men and women from all walks of life, this revised edition of the foremost dictionary of quotations offers the ideal bon mot for every occasion. Quotes from all …
Weatherland Writers & Artists Under English Skies
Alexandra Harris · 2016 · Book Haven
$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,837)
Thames & Hudson 2016 Hardback 432 A lively look at the English literary and artistic responses to the weather from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Keats and Ian McEwan In a sweeping panorama, Weatherland allows us to witness England’s cultural climates across the centuries. Before th…
Norma Shearer
[20th Century Photographer] · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Films, [Ca. 1930s]. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Minor wrinkle in top right corner. Made in Great Britain. Scarce. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American …
Gulielmus Shakespear
Miller, Andrew (engrav.); Charles Delaffontaine (intermediary draughtsman); Pieter Scheemaeckers (after statue); William Kent (after design · 1741 · Wittenborn Art Books
$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)
[London, UK: 1741]. Engraving. 402 mm. x 265 mm. Good with losses, small tears & creasing at margins. In protective sleeve. Text in Latin. Portrait after Scheemakers' memorial statue of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey. Lettered on a plaque within the image above Shakespeare's h…