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Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Duckwork, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book of poetry by Edith Sitwell, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Pavel Tch…

Ten Works by Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley; Thomas Hughes · 1881 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1881-1889. Leather. A handsome set of Charles Kingsley's most famous works, in half calf bindings by Mudie. A ten-volume set in half calf bindings, with marbled boards, end papers and edges. Binder"s stamp of Mudie to the verso of the front free en…

Original Poems.

SANDERSON (Thomas): · 1800 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Carlisle, Printed by F. Jollie; and sold by W. Clarke, F. Robons, and R, Faulder, London. 1800. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo, 170 x 100 mms., pp. [iv] v - xxiii [xxiv blank], 238, including 15 page list of subscribers, recent binder's cloth, paper label on spine; short tear in…

Neue Weltliche Hochdeutiche Reime Ethaitend Die Ebentheyerliche Doch Warhhaftige Historiam Von Der Wunderichonen Durchlauchtigen Kaiserlichen Prinzellinn Europa Und Einem Aralten Heidnischen Gozen, Jupiter Item Zeus Gennant

Gottfried August Burger · 1919 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Berlin, A. R. Meyer, 1919. Paperback. A scarce German poem drawing inspiration from European mythology, illustrated with a delightful colour frontispiece. A German poem on the subject of Europa, Jupiter, Zeus and Gozen. Written by Gottfriend August Berger, a German poet of the …

Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands: … Om uyt te drucken, en te vinden, 't begrip van alle sinnebeelden, invallen, devijsen of sinteykenen. …Amsterdam, Dirck Pietsz. Pers, 1644. 4to. With engraved allegorical frontispiece and 196 emblematic woodcut illustrations (ca. 8.5 x 6 cm) in the text by Jan Christoffel Jegher. Parchment (ca. 1725?).

RIPA, Cesare. · 1560 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

[14], 636, [8] pp.First Dutch edition, newly and extensively illustrated, of a famous encyclopaedia of iconology, the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1560-1645). It describes about 650 symbolic human or semi-human figures, illustrates nearly 200, and was intended as a guide for all k…

Versi.Parma, Giambattista Bodoni, 1802. 8vo. Mid-19th-century gold-tooled red morocco, both sides with a gilt border consisting of double fillets, circles and asterisks and a dotted line, and the cypher monogram of Alexine Boucaumont de Montfaud (AM under a laurel wreath with 10 stars in centre), gilt edges.

CASSOLI, Francesco. · 1749 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)

[6], 54, [1], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a collection of poems by the Italian poet Francesco Cassoli (1749-1812). The volume of "sincera e meditativa poesia" (Treccani), consists of 16 sonnets and poems, and is printed by the famous Giambattista Bodoni. Cassoli is best known …

Old Humphrey&Apos;S Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey [George Mogridge] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1843. Cloth. A charming copy of George Mogridge's walks through London, published under his popularly used pen-name "Old Humphrey". This work offers a series of walks through London and its surrounding areas, as told through the eyes of…

Melanie and Other Poems

N. P. Willis [Nathaniel Parker Willis] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Nathaniel Parker Willis. The first U.S edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original embossed cloth. This poetical work was written by N…

PATERSON (Books 1-5)

WILLIAMS, William Carlos · 0 · Charles Agvent

$5,000.00 (€4,536.46 | £3,784.61 | ¥798,435)

New York. New Directions. First Edition. Five volumes, all First Editions in dustwrappers. The first four books limited to 1000 copies, the fifth to 3000. Williams's masterpiece, SIGNED by the poet in an early hand on the front free endpaper of the first volume and quite scarce …

Aurelii Prudentii Clementis V.C. Opera. Ex postrema doct. virorum recensione.

PRUDENTIUS. · 1625 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥66,002)

Amsterdam (Amsterodami), Apud Guiljel. Janss. Caesium (Blaeu), 1625. 12mo. 261,(1 blank) p. Vellum. 11.1 cm Horatius Christianus (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved title, it depicts a huge Christian warrior who makes mincemeat of heathens and heretics. There…

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) Describing his First Book

AUDEN, W. H · 211947 · Charles Agvent

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

New York. Scarce AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the poet to a Mr. Roberts about his first book. In part: "Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, I can help you very little myself. There was a little privately printed (on a hand-press by Stephen Spender) book of my poems in 1928. …

Artists of a Certain Line. A Selection of Illustrators for Children\'s Books.

RYDER, JOHN. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: The Bodley Head,1960. 1st edition. "Outlines the background information required to assess the qualities of a book for children..then presents a gallery of drawings by contemporary artists, together with accompanying biographical notes - sometimes amusing, sometimes prov…

Plicht: Krijgsnovellen Met Schets Van Den Fransch-Duitschen Oorlog Van 1870-71 En Een Kort Overzicht Van Liliencron's Leven & Werk Door de Vertalers

Detlev von Liliencron · 1912 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Bruges, J. Houdmont-Carbonez, 1912. Paperback. 222p. A fragile softcover book in FAIR condition. Edges worn and chipped. Spine ends torn and spine both creased and faded. Pages foxed and spotty stains on front cover. Binding is limp due to extensive wear, but will continue to ho…

Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, Sculptor, in Hallamshire and Elsewhere

John Holland · 1851 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Sheffield, J. Pearce , 1851. First edition. Leather. A charming biography of Sir Francis Chantrey by John Holland. First edition. The life of Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, an English sculptor who became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and st…

Eve and Other Poems

Ralph Hodgson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Printed by A. T. Stevens, 1913. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A charming illustrated pamphlet of poems from Ralph Hodgson. The first edition of this pamphlet, published simultaneously as the limited edition printed on Japan vellum as well as a large paper edition. I…

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges · 1914 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1914. Leather. An attractively bound collection of the poems of Robert Bridges. Containing Demeter, Prometheus the Firegiver, and Eros and Psyche, amongst others. As a poet Bridges stands rather apart from the current of modern English verse, but his wo…

Tennyson&Apos;S Poems: Illustrated by Eminent Artists

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London , Collins' Clear-Type Press , c1900. Leather. A charmingly illustrated pocket book of Alfred Tennyson's poems, bound in half crushed morocco. A charming illustrated anthology of poems by Alfred Tennyson, the celebrated Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria…

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Griffith, Farran and Co, c1817. Leather. An uncommon vignette edition of Thomas Moore's romantic poem, smartly bound in half calf by Palmer Howe. The vignette edition of this work.Bound in signed half calf by Palmer Howe and Co, with marbled boards and decorative gi…

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear · 1894 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1894 . Cloth. The delightfully illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. The ninth edition of this work, which was first published in 1870.The work of English illustrator, author and poet Edward …

Le Monde Ou L&Apos;on S&Apos;Amuse: Comedie En Un Acte

Edouard Pailleron · 1883 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1883. Leather. A scarce edition of Pailleron's best known work, in the original French language. French language. Scarce edition. Sixth edition. A delightful comedy commenting on social customs and upper class society of the time. This work lead Pailler…