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William Cowper · 1817 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Edinburgh, W M'William; P Brown, 1817. Leather. A Poems by William Cowper with a portrait of the author to frontispiece to volume one. First published in 1782. In two volumes complete. William Cowper (1731 - 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular p…

Poems 1937-1942

David Gascoyne · 1934 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)

London, Poetry London Editions; Nicholson & Watson, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of English surrealist poet David Gascoyne's impressively illustrated volume of poetry, with plates from Graham Sutherland. The first edition, first impression, in the publishe…

Love Poems of W.S. Blunt

W. S. Blunt · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, John Lane, 1902. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this scarce collection of love poetry from English writer Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Very scarce edition. An early collection of poetry with Blunt's complete collection appearing in 1914. With art nouveau designs throughou…

Oeuvres de Leconte de Lisle: Poemes Barbares

Leconte de Lisle · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur , 1935. Leather. A charmingly bound copy of these 'Poemes Barbares' from French poet of the Parnassian movement, Leconte de Lisle. From the publisher's 'Oeuvres' series of French poet Leconte de Lisle, being a collection…

From Gold to Grey: Being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature

Mrs. Mary D. Brine · 1886 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

New York, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated first edition of this collection of poetry by American poet and novelist, Mary Dow Brine. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Comprised of the poetical works…

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak · 1958 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Collins and Harvill Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, second impression of Boris Pasternak's important historical novel, set between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and World War II. First UK edition, second impression.Translated from the Russi…

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1902 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Eton, Eton College Press, 1902. Leather. A handsome edition of Gray's poetry printed as a presentation volume for students at Eton College. Featuring a portrait frontispiece and several further plates. Binder's stamp of Spottiswoode and Co to verso of front free-endpap…

Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 (2 Vols)

Richards, Laura E. and Maud Howe Elliott · 1916 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$31.50 (€28.58 | £23.84 | ¥5,031)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hardcover. Blue cloth, library binding; 392 + 434 pp.; BW frontispiece in each volume, 14 + 10 bw illustrations. Biography of Howe, the American abolitionist, poet, and the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Good (Ex-…

Translations from Prudentius: A Selection from His Works, Rendered in English Verse with an Introduction and Notes

Francis St. John Thackeray · 1890 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 227p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE BISHOP OF OXFORD. Corners and spine bumped. Edges rubbed. Spine tanned. Front free endpaper slightly chipped at edge. Text clean and t…

Lapsus Calami and Other Verses

James Kenneth Stephen · 1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1896. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of this collection of poems by James Kenneth Stephen. A beautifully bound collection of poems by James Kenneth Stephen. This poetry collection includes Lapsus Calami, Combi Songs, Sincere Flattery, and L…

Lectures on poetry.

Trapp, Joseph. · 1969 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.01 | ¥3,169)

Hildesheim : Georg Olms Verlag, 1969. Reprint 1742-edition. Orig. cloth binding. xxiv,358 pp. 17 cm. (Anglistica & Americana, 45). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Joseph Trapp (1679-1747) was an English clergyman, academic, poet and pam…

Private Correspondence of William Cowper with Several of His Most Intimate Friends

William Cowper · 1824 · Rooke Books

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

London , Henry Colburn , 1824. First edition. Leather. Two lovely leather bound, first edition copies of the letters of poet William Cowper. A complete two volume set of the Private Correspondence of William Cowper With Several of His Most Intimate Friends. This collection of le…

Memorials of Robert Burns and Some of His Contemporaries

Robert Burns; P. F Aiken · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington , 1876. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Memorials of Robert Burns and Some of His Contemporaries. A first edition copy of Memorials of Robert Burns and Some of His Contemporaries and their Descendants by P. F…

More Than Coronets

Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks (Isabella Banks) · 1882 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Manchester , Abel Heywood and Son , 1882. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce novel from Victorian author and poet, Isabella Banks, bound in striking decorative cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. 'Mo…

Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry; Rhymes on Art

Robert Bloomfield; Martin Archer Shee · 1806 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; William Miller, 1806-1809 . First edition. Leather. A delightful volume containing two early 19th century works of literature, including the first edition of Bloomfield's 'Wild Flowers' and the third edition of 'Rhymes on Art…

Bulbul Lama Kacha

HILLEL, AYIN · 1966 · Bookshop Baltimore

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Masada, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrated by Schmuel Katz, Drawings. Hebrew text only. Unpaginated. Author was an Israeli poet and children's author (1926-1990). Adventures of a little boy told in the form of rhymes. G .

[Antique print, portrait, etching and engraving] Portrait of Peter Rabus in a cartouche, published 1740.

Jan Caspar Philips (1680/1700-1775) · 1740 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,260)

A decorative frame with two sphinxes, one on each side, contains a monument on the top of which two putti are hanging the portrait of the writer and poet Peter Rabus. In the foreground a swan and in the background towards the right a seascape with the profile of a city visible i…

Selections from Sleight of Pen - Ballades and Other Poems

H. S. Mackintosh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Buenos Aires, The English Printery , 1940 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry from Scottish poet, H. S. Mackintosh. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. The first edition.Signed by the author. Inscribed to J…

Fortune And Romance - Boiardo In America

Cavallo, Jo Ann & Ross, Charles [editors] · 1998 · Eastleach Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Tempe 1998 1st edition. Cloth, F. x+371pp, 19 b/w illustrations, 1 b/w map, index, a fine copy. MRTS vol 183. A collection of 17 essays by American scholars on the life & work of the Italian Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo [ 1440 - 1…

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of personal and intimate poetry from Betjeman, illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Written in blank verse, this collection of poetry is an autobiography desc…