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One Hundred Quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Rendering in English Verse by Elizabeth Alden Curtis with an Introduction by Richard Burton
KHAYYAM, OMAR; ELIZABETH ALDEN CURTIS (TRANS); RICHARD BURTON (INTRO) · 1899 · Round Table Books, LLC
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)
Gouverneur, NY: Brothers of the Book, 1899. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Limited Edition (No. 304 of only 600). Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, fore and bottom edges deckle. The six hundred copies of this book were privately print…
ARCHIVE OF ROBERT J. GIVEN. Letters and Ephemera
[Scrapbook - U.S. Navy] · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA
$434.50 (€394.21 | £328.83 | ¥69,392)
(various): , 1947. Brown faux leather boards, tan thick paper leaves 2-hole punched, bound with brown knitting yarn. 29 leaves. Approximately 240 letters (on USO and U.S.S Alexander J. Luke letterhead) and 80 post cards. Many loose (and tipped in) ephemeral items as well. Illust…
![[Epitome rerum Romanarum].Leiden, Adriaen Wijngaerden (colophon: printed by Philippe de Croy), 1648. 8vo (18 x 12 x 3 cm). With an engraved allegorical title page by Cornelius van Dalen. Contemporary or near-contemporary calf. The decoration on the binding is believed to have been executed in Bologna ca. 1880/1900 by a group of forgers: each board with the same scene, showing 2 women in Ottoman costume, one kneeling to play a qanun (Turkish zither) at left and the other perhaps dancing at right, framed by drapery as though on a stage, with a crescent moon and 5-pointed star in each corner and the name "IBRAHIM" at upper left, the whole in a frame of double fillets. The figures' skin is painted white and the clothes and drapery red and green. The crescent moon and star repeat in spine compartments 1 and 3-5.](https://images.antiqbook.com/books/ashe16/1715874071/epitome-rerum-1-small.avif)
[Epitome rerum Romanarum].Leiden, Adriaen Wijngaerden (colophon: printed by Philippe de Croy), 1648. 8vo (18 x 12 x 3 cm). With an engraved allegorical title page by Cornelius van Dalen. Contemporary or near-contemporary calf. The decoration on the binding is believed to have been executed in Bologna ca. 1880/1900 by a group of forgers: each board with the same scene, showing 2 women in Ottoman costume, one kneeling to play a qanun (Turkish zither) at left and the other perhaps dancing at right, framed by drapery as though on a stage, with a crescent moon and 5-pointed star in each corner and the name "IBRAHIM" at upper left, the whole in a frame of double fillets. The figures' skin is painted white and the clothes and drapery red and green. The crescent moon and star repeat in spine compartments 1 and 3-5.
FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus. · 1624 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€28,500.00 ($31,412.90 | £23,773.13 | ¥5,016,834)
[32], “595” [= 535], [69], [4 blank] pp. including the integral engraved title page.A second-century history, in the original Latin, celebrating the glory of the city, republic and empire of Rome and their people from the city's mythical foundation by Romulus to the early years …
Macbeth and the Emperor Jones
HEYDRICK, ALFRED AND ALFRED MAY · 1959 · Bookshop Baltimore
$5.50 (€4.99 | £4.16 | ¥878)
Noble and Noble, 1959. Hardcover. Ex-school book. ; Clean text, mild board wear. Frontispiece is Lawrence Tibbett as The Emperor Jones, as presented at the Metropolitan Opera House. The Comparative Classic book - based on presenting an older classic side by side with a modern on…
Read Alouds Plays and Choral Readings: Grade 5, Level 11
LIPPERT, MARGARET · 1997 · Bookshop Baltimore
$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)
MacMillan McGraw-Hill, 1997. Softcover. ISBN: 002181287X. Clean book, 393 pages. Very good binding, cover has bending. Illustrated. Includes poems, folk tales, fables, plays, etc. Some are: Castles and Queens by Ian Ellis James with teacher and student resources: Blocking Diagra…
International Law And Ethnic Conflict
David Wippman · 1998 · Book Haven
$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)
Cornell University Press 1998 Hardback 354 The breakup of the former Yugoslavia demonstrates the limitations of international law in the face of ethnic conflict. The contributors to this book examine the various roles international law and international institutions play in deal…
The rise of the cult of Rembrandt. Reinventing an old master in nineteenth-century France
McQueen, Alisson · 2003 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA
€23.00 ($25.35 | £19.19 | ¥4,049)
Amsterdam University Press, 2003 Hardcover. 388 pages. Text in English. As new. Rembrandt's life and art had an almost mythic resonance in nineteenth-century France with artists, critics, and collectors alike using his artistic persona both as a benchmark and as justification fo…
The Empress Eugenie
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1938 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Longmans Green and Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' play 'The Empress Eugenie&apos. Lowndes was a prolific writer and had her works adapted for screen several times, including by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927. This edit…
Thank You Fog Last Poems
W. H. Auden · 1974 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. H. Auden's posthumous book of poetry, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work features a collec…
Self&Apos;S the Man
John Davidson · 1901 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Grant Richards, 1901. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tragi-comedy by John Davidson. This is a tragi-comic play featuring a Roman cast, set on the outskirts of Pavia in Italy.John Davidson (1857-1909) was a Scottish playwright, poet and novelist. His poetry greatly…
The Guardian a Comedy of Two Acts
David Garrick · 1759 · Rooke Books
£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)
London, J Newbery et al, 1759. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of David Garrick's comedy play 'The Guardian&apos. Prior owner's inscription to the head of title page. Written by esteemed actor and playwright of the eighteenth century, David Garrick. A…
Full Moon
P. G. Wodehouse · 1947 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
New York, Doubleday and Company Inc, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first US edition of this farcical novel from P. G. Wodehouse, set at Blandings Castle. The first US edition, first printing of this work. This US edition was actually published four months prior to the UK…
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party
Graham Greene · 1980 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, The Bodley Head, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A novel by twentieth century author Graham Greene. The first edition. With original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party' follows narrator Alfred Jones and his experiences with Dr Fische…
Collection of Comedies
Various · 0 · Rooke Books
£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)
London, John Cumberland; T Dolby, c1826. Leather. A scarce collection of comedic plays bound as one. The Honey Moon by John Tobin, Amateurs and Actors by Richard Brinsley Peake, A Trip to Scarborough by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Soldier's Daughter by Andrew Cherry, The…
Angel Pavement
J. B. Priestley · 1935 · Rooke Books
£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. Leather. A leather bound edition of Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley, A social panorama of the city of London seen through the eyes of employees situated on the first floor of No. 8, Angel Pavement. Originally published in 1930, Angel Paveme…
In a Balcony
Robert Browning · 1902 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New York, The Laurentian Press, 1902 . Cloth. A beautifully designed limited edition of Robert Browning's one-act play, which was originally written in 1853. An uncommon limited edition, with this being number 98 of 265 numbered copies printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper.…
Phoenix Broadsheet No. 27: O Mistress Mine
William Shakespeare · 1973 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Leicester, Toni Savage and Zeta Alessandra, 1973. Loose Pages, Articles. A very scarce phoenix broadsheet featuring William Shakespeare's poem 'O Mistress Mine&apos. A single loose sheet. With a charming colour illustration to the head of the page. A very scarce work…
The Player Queen
W. B. Yeats · 1922 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1922 . First edition. Paperback. A bright example of the first edition of William Butler Yeats's single act drama, a work he developed while working at the Abbey Theatre. The first edition of this work, of which 1,000 copies were produced. W. B. Ye…
Girl with a Pearl Earring: A Novel
Tracy Chevalier · 2000 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
New York, Dutton, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition first printing of this historical novel from American-British writer Tracy Chevalier. First US edition, first printing. Set in seventeenth-century Delft, Holland, this historical novel was inspired by local p…
Mary, Queen of Scotts, a Tragedy As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
John St. John · 1789 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, J. Debrett, 1789. Disbound. The play of Mary Queen of Scots as originally performed at the Theatre Royal at Drury Lane. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in March of 1789. The dramtisation of the tragedy of Mary Queen of Scots, Queen of Scotland from 1542 unt…