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On Gardens: Two Essays

Francis Bacon; Abraham Cowley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Siegle, Hill & Co. 1910. Paperback. A scarce work of two charming essays on gardens, for the Astolat Oakleaf Series. Scarce work. Astolat Oakleaf Series. Two charming and lyrical essays on gardens from Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman whose work remain…

Morning and It's Summer, A Memoir (SIGNED PRE-PUBLICATION COPY)

Purdy, Al · 1983 · Inno Dubelaar Books

$275.00 (€249.51 | £208.15 | ¥43,914)

Dunvegan, Quadrant Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First printing this limited edition of 350 copies. 53 pp. in grey cloth with blue titles, oversized (quarto) format, in a matching slipcase. This copy came from the group of 50 copies that were produced from the unbound and uncut s…

Five First Edition Works by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan , 1909-1925 . First edition. Cloth. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, present here are the first editions, first impressions of five works of literature from celebrated poet and novelist Thomas Hardy. A wonderful collection of first edition works…

Corinne Ou L&Apos;Italie

Germaine de Stael · 1820 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, Truttel et Wurtz , 1820. Leather. Madame de Stael's most famous work, inspired by Italian poet Diodata Saluzzo Roero, a new edition in uniform bindings. A new edition of this work, complete in two volumes. The most famous work by this author, novel inspired by the It…

Sappho a Play in Verse

Lawrence Durrell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this verse play, with original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart first edition copy of this play, bound in publisher's original grey cloth. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.  Penn…

Invisible / druk 1. Paul Auster

Auster, Paul Auster · 2010 · Klondyke BV

€4.95 ($5.46 | £4.13 | ¥871)

Paperback; 1e druk, 2010; Faber And Faber, Faber & Faber, Incorporated; 307pp.; Paar zeer fijne leeslijntjes in de rug, overigens puntgave pocket met fris en schoon binnenwerk. -- Conditie: Goed; Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Invisible opens in New York City …

Gallery

John Stevens Wade · 1969 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Poet & Printer, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A very smart, illustrated first edition, with very scarce letter, presenting this copy as a gift from the binder, who also signs the letter. A very smart first edition. Bound in publisher's original pink paper wraps. …

El Guiton Onofre

Gonzalez, Gregorio (Goncalez) (Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza, editor) · 1988 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Salamanca: Almar, 1988, SCARCE FIRST EDITION of Cabo's critical edition of this picaresque novel, written around 1604 but not printed until recently. A PRESENTATION COPY, with a signed inscription on the half-title and a laid-in TNS from the editor to Claudio Guillen, son of p…

Letter from Laurent Tailhade to Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen Thanking Him

Tailhade , Laurent (1854 - 1919) and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) · 1904 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Paris: 1904. Als. 2 sided card. Laurent Tailhade (French: [tajad]; 16 April 1854 - 2 November 1919) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. His most well-known poetry collections, Au Pays du mufle…

Barnasálmar eftir Valdimar Briem; Önnur Prentun ; [Children's Hymns: Second Edition]

Briem, Valdimar (1848-1930) · 1898 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Reykjavík, Iceland Sigurður Kristjánsson Second Printing pp. [2], 50, [3 leaves of an index]. 24mo., measuring 8.5 x 13.5 cm. Quarter black cloth over pebbled boards. Rubbing, and edgewear to the boards. Light toning, and occasional, unobtrusive, spotting to some leaves, else, v…

Peter L.M. Giele. Verzamelde werken.

GIELE,PETER L.M. Heytink,Harry, a.o. · 2003 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

[Amsterdam], Uitgeverij Aksant, 2003. 162 pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Softcover. 4to. Commemorative book about Peter Giele (1954 - 1999), visual artist, poet, designer and organizer, also offers a look back at the Amsterdam art scene during the eighties. Giele was the driving force …

Na Borbu S Khuliganstvom V Literature. Flegon Reprint of Klutsis Design. Izdanie Avtora.

KRUCHENYKH, A.. (Flegon edition) · 1960 · Marijana Dworski Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London, Flegon Press, n.d. Probably late 1960s early 1970s. Card covers printed in black, 32pp. Covers a little faded, small closed tear to upper cover, owner name inside. Else clean and tight. Used; Very Good Undated facsimile edition by the notorious Flegon Press. Kruchenykh w…

Poems. Poems

Li Po, Tu Fu · 1973 · Klondyke BV

€4.95 ($5.46 | £4.13 | ¥871)

Paperback; 1e druk, 1973; Penguin Classics; 249pp.; Paperback met fris en schoon binnenwerk. Gave omslag. Randjes en hoekje hebben lichte slijtage. Omslag met gebruiksspoortjes. -- Conditie: Redelijk; Li Po and Tu Fu were devoted friends who are considered to be among China's gr…

Jack Lenor Larsen: A Weaver's Memoir

Larsen, Jack Lenor · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, H.N. Abrams, 1998. Softcover. Green, blue and color illustrated wraps, with white and yellow lettering on spine, 160 pp. bw and color illustrations. "It has been said that world-renowned textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen could have been a painter, an architect, or a p…

Kitab al-muhadara wal-mudakara. Volumen II. Traducción

Mose Ibn Ezra / Montserrat Abumalham Mas (trad.). · 1986 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Madrid Consejo Superior de investigaciones cientificas instituto de filologia 1986 Softcover with flaps, 374pp., 16x21.5cm., in very good condition. rare. Spanish translation of Kitab al-Muhadarah wal-Mudhakarah, a medieval treatise on rhetoric and poetry by Moses ibn Ezra (105…

Poems

Alfred Tennyson · 1855 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Edward Moxon, 1855. Leather. A handsome full-morocco edition of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Tenth edition. Bound in full contemporary green morocco. A lovely collection of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Poet Laureate for most of Queen Victoria's reign…

SUNSET GUN

PARKER, Dorothy · 1928 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

New York. Boni & Liveright. First Edition. Purple boards with a gilt-lettered white cloth spine. Parker switched titles at the last moment from the rather cheerful SONGS FOR THE NEAREST HARMONICA to the darker SUNSET GUN, a reference to the cannon that is traditionally fired at…

Confusion de confusiones (Amsterdam, 1688) - Verwarring der Verwarringen. Herdruk van den Spaanschen tekst met Nederlandsche vertaling. Inleiding en toelichtingen door Dr. M.F.J. Smith. Vertaling door G.J. Geers. (Werken uitgegeven door de Vereeniging Het Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief te 's-Gravenhage). 1939. Facsimile reprint

VEGA, JOSEPH DE LA (Josseph Penso de la Vega Passariño). · 1996 · Antiquariaat Spinoza

€30.52 ($33.64 | £25.46 | ¥5,372)

Amsterdam, Gestion, 1996. XXIV, [8], 192, 297 pp. Fine copy. Orig. cloth. The oldest book ever written on the stock exchange business. The original Spanish text with Dutch introduction, translation and commentary. Facsimile of this famous book on the stock-market, originally pu…

A Collection of Novels by Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley · 1905 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905-1910. Leather. Five smartly bound volumes of works from English social reformer and novelist, Charles Kingsley. Five volumes. Reprints. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, so…

Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1839 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Edward Moxon, 1839 . Leather. A handsomely bound example of this epic poem inspired by English poet Samuel Rogers's own tours of Italy, with vignette illustrations throughout. First published in 1882, this is a poem inspired by the author's own tours of Italy, …