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De Kanonneerboot: Vaderlandsche Romance, door A. van der Hoop Jr.

HOOP JR., ADRIAAN VAN DER, · 1831 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€86.25 ($95.06 | £71.96 | ¥15,180)

Rotterdam, A.F.H. Smit, 1831, iv,13 pages, half cloth library binding, library stamp on titlepage, poem written about the gunboat of Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 - 5 February 1831), who was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in…

Love Poems: Homage to Housman. (Signed)

Steward, Samuel M. · 1984 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Boyes Hot Springs, Calif.: Manroot, 1984. 8vo. Original printed wraps in mylar. 44 pp. Hors commerce copy signed by the author-artist. Love Poems: Homage to Housman was designed, handset and letter pressed on an 1897 Challenge-Gordon press by Paul Mariah for ManRoot Books. The t…

Kaikodo Journal: Worlds of Wonder (Vol. 20, 2001)

Gage, Deborah · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY, Kaikodo, 2001. Softcover. Textured slate wraps with color illus. and silver lettering. 379 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. This corresponds to the exhibition, being a sleek and lavishly-illustrated catalogue of pieces of Chinese and Japanese art, all annotated and…

Universe Sculpture Series : Arp

Seuphor, Michel ; Arp, Jean · 1961 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, NY, Universe Books, 1961. Hardcover. White dj with blue blocks, bw illustration over plain tan boards. ~67 unnumbered pages. 32 bw plates. "For a long time the poet-sculptor Jean (Hans) Arp was not taken seriously, and his work was only known to a small group of friend…

Alfonso Reyes Y Los Territorios Del Arte

Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico) · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Mexico, Museo Nacional de Arte, 2009. Softcover. Tan and red wraps with tissue paper cover, xv, 211 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. Written in Spanish. "Poet, essayist, fabulist, playwright, scholar, diplomat, and art critic, Alfonso Reyes was one of the most comprehe…

Ransom

Haft, Peter and Jean St. Pierre · 1978 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

, Peter Haft and Jean St. Pierre, 1978. Special Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. #98 of 222 SIGNED and NUMBERED copies of this Special Edition, signed by both the poet, Peter Haft, and the artist, Jean St. Pierre, at the page of limitation. Heavy folded card-stock pa…

Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam: Darinnen von derselben ersten ursprunge bis auf gegenwärtigen Zustand, ihr unterschiedlicher anwachs, herliche Vorrechte, und in mehr als 70 Kupfer-stükken entworfene führnehmste Gebeue, zusamt ihrem Stahts-wesen, Kauf-handel, und ansehnlicher macht zur see, wie auch was sich in und mit derselben märkwürdiges zugetragen, vor augen gestellet werden.Amsterdam, Joachim Noschen, 1664. 4to. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, a large engraving in the text showing two prisoners at work in the Amsterdam penal institution, the "Rasphuis", and 73 (one added twice) engraved plans and views of Amsterdam (1 full-page, 68 double-page, 4 folding). Contemporary overlapping vellum.

ZESEN, Philipp von. · 1619 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

[8], 398, [22] pp.Very rare complete first edition of a richly illustrated description of Amsterdam and its history, with the almost always missing "List of plates", which Nijhoff and Van Hattem have found in only one other copy, bound at the end. Considered "one of the nicest t…

In Fires of No Return

James K. Baxter · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this compelling collection of poetry, written by New Zealand author James Baxter in the years following his conversion to Catholicism, this being a review copy sent to fellow poet Roy Fuller…

Starveling Year

Mary Stanley · 1994 · Book Haven

NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.73 | ¥1,632)

Auckland University Press 1994 Paperback, 50pp. Starveling Year , Mary Stanley's only book of poems, was first published in 1953. In recent years, with the sharp contemporary focus on writing by women, and the revival of interest in women writers of the past, Stanley's elegant, …

Thomas Love Peacock

PRIESTLEY, J. B · 1966 · Bookshop Baltimore

$6.40 (€5.81 | £4.84 | ¥1,022)

St Martin's Press, 1966. Hardcover. 215 pages. Clean text, good binding. DJ has edge tears. Introduction by J. I. M. Stewart. Book in very good condition, DJ has edge tearing, scuffing. Eight chapters, Index. A critical study of Peacock, (1785-1866) , an English novelist and poe…

Chwedlau Neu Ddammegion Aesop; Wedi Eu Cyfieithu O&Apos;R Argraffiadau Goreu Yn Yr Iaith Seisonig

Glan Alun · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Wrexham, Argraffwyd a Chyhoeddwyd, gan R. Hughes & Son, c1840. Cloth. A charming illustrated Welsh edition of Aesop's Fables by Thomas Jones. A scarce Welsh copy of Aesop's fables, "translated from the best editions in the English language." In the original cloth bind…

Poema proshchaniia. Illustrated by N. Kalita. [Signed by author on first free endpaper].

Sofronov, Anatoly (1911-1990). · 1969 · Fahrenheit 451

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Moscow, Sov. pisatel, 1969, 1st ed., 146,(2) pag., Russian text, illustrations and original wrappers with dustjacket by N. Kalita, 16,6 x12,8 cm. = Anatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor (Ogonyok, 1953-1986) and litera…

D. Quixote. 21 Desenhos de Candido Portinari. Glosas de Carlos Drummond de Andrade

CERVANTES, MIGUEL; DRUMMOND, CARLOS; PORTINARI, CANDIDO · 1972 · The Wild Muse

$994.96 (€902.72 | £753.11 | ¥158,882)

Rio de Janeiro: Diagraphis, 1972. 1st. Hard. Folio. First edition. Limited to 1,200 numbered copies, printed on Chambril and Kraft papers. Copy #299. Large folio, 14 1/4" x 20", with 21 illustrations in colored pencil by Candido Portinari reproduced in the size of the originals.…

Strict Joy: Poems

James Stephens · 1931 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this poetry collection from Irish writer James Stephens. First edition. A collection of poetry including titles such as: Cadence, Apple Blossom, The White Swan, Reverie on a Rose, and Sarasva…

Mary Stuart, a Play

John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1923. Leather. A gorgeous prize-bound later impression of John Drinkwater's historical play. A play based on the life of Mary Stuart.Written by John Drinkwater, a poet and playwright known for his plays based on historical figures.Awarded to…

Vega and Other Poems

Lawrence Durell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1973 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce uncorrected proof copy of this selection of poetry by Lawrence Durrell. Uncorrected Proof Copy of Vega and Other Poems by Lawrence Durrell.In the original publisher's paper wraps. 'Not for Sale' …

Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes

Walter De La Mare · 1913 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Walter De La Mare. First edition. A collection of poetry with titles such as: Up and Down, Tired Tim, The Huntsmen, Bread and Cherries, and The L…

Seven Men

Max Beerbohm · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Heinemann, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of five short stories by English caricaturist and writer Max Beerbhom. The first edition of this collection of five tales described by Virginia Woolf as 'a little masterpiece&apos.This coll…

Toyland

Arthur O'Shaughnessy; Eleanor O'Shaughnessy · 1875 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Daldy, Isbister, & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of stories from Arthur and Eleanor O'Shaughnessy. First edition. Scarce work. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of children's stories, including: Old Gutty, T…

Vogue Magazine (Us), January 2006 - Sienna Miller Cover Photo

TALLEY, ANDRE LEON; ET AL · 2006 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$79.95 (€72.54 | £60.52 | ¥12,767)

USA: Conde Nast, 2006. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Penn, Irving; et al. 168 pages. Features: Life with Andre; Return of the Pantsuit; Cool New York Store 'Addict"; Charm School; Supersize Me; Sienna Miller; The year of dressing dangerously; Who wears the…