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Matthew Arnold · 1885 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1885. Cloth. A collection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold. Early poems, narrative poems and sonnets. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thom…

Gems of English Art of This Century: Twenty-Four Pictures from National Collections

Francis Turner Palgrave · 1869 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1869. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this bright collection of artworks from national collections. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty three colour plates. Collated complete. A gallery in boo…

La Hollande

Edmondo De Amicis; Frederic Bernard [translator] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1894. Leather. A smart fourth edition of this translation of this travel volume from Italian novelist Edmondo De Amicis, translated into French. French. Fourth edition. Illustrated with nineteen plates. Collated complete. A charming guide …

Monsieur Teste

Paul Valery; Jackson Mathews [translator] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Peter Owen Limited, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of this translated work by Paul Valery. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Translated from the French with a note on Valery by Jackson Mathews. Monsieur Teste reflects Valery's preoccupation with t…

An Anthology, Letters by May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys

Miss May Chesshire; Diana Harding [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Horsham, Sussex, Stuart Guthrie, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first limited edition of this anthology of letters from May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys. First limited edition of An Anthology, Extracts from Letters written by May Chesshire a West Country Poet to Llewely…

Original Tls Franklin Rosemont to Mel Gordon, 18th August, 1973

Franklin Rosemont; Mel Gordon; Arsenal Surrealist Subversion · 1973 · Wittenborn Art Books

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

Chicago: Franklin Rosemont, 1973. Illustrated envelope and one page typed letter, signed in ink by Franklin Rosemont, sent to Mel Gordon of The Drama Review, New York. Very Good with minor creasing & pinholes. In 1965, Penelope & Franklin Rosemont co-founded the Chicago Surreali…

Leaves painted gold to please a child

CUMBERLEGE, Marcus · 2009 · Marc Van de Wiele Antiquariaat

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Brugge, Van de Wiele, 2009. 120 pp. Soft cover. Text in English The hitherto much-travelled poet Marcus Cumberlege, winner of the Eric Gregory Award and widely published in Britain in the 60’s and 70’s, settled with his Flemish wife in Bruges shortly before the canals were sanit…

Marcel Duchamp: Appearance Stripped Bare

OCTAVIO PAZ · 1981 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€29.26 ($32.25 | £24.41 | ¥5,150)

New York : Seaver 1981 First paperback edition First Print XIII + 211 p., full page ills,chronology SOFTCOVER: (Orig. decor. wrpprs. VERY GOOD) Mexico's leading poet, essayist, and cultural critic "Perhaps the two painters who have had the greatest influence on our century," wr…

Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing

Gilliam, Sam, Jr. and Hans Ulrich Obrist, et al. · 2020 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$58.00 (€52.62 | £43.90 | ¥9,262)

New York, N.Y. Pace Gallery, 2020. Hardcover. Light blue and white boards with color illustration and black lettering; 143 pp.; richly illustrated, chiefly in color. "Published for Sam Gilliam's recent exhibition, Existed Existing [Pace Gallery, New York, November 6th through De…

Serenissima a Novel of Venice

JONG, ERICA · 1987 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0395429226. Illustrated by Carol Wald. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pag…

5 Vols Works by Maurice Hewlett

Maurice Hewlett · 1901 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London; Westminster , Macmillan and Co. Limited; Archibald Constable & Co, Ltd. 1901-1905. Leather. A smartly bound five-volume collection of first editions and reprints by Maurice Hewlett, in full green crushed morocco, a signed binding by Hatchards. In a smart full green crush…

Oeuvres D&Apos;Horace Traduites En Francois, Avec Des Notes, Et Des Remarques Critiques Sur Tout L&Apos;Ouvrage: Dernier Edition, Avec L&Apos;Original Latin

Horace; M. Dacier [trans.] · 1691 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1691. Leather. An early edition of this scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French, with the original Latin. A late 17th century translated collection of works from leading Roman lyric poet, Horace. In both French, with t…

Il disprezzo del mondo opera bellissima & utile e necessaria a cadauno Christiano. Novamente di Latino in volgar tradotta per Pietro Lauro Modonese. Con la tavola de tuute le materie e capitoli che sono ne lopera[!].Venice, Comin de Trino di Monferrato, 1543. 8vo. With a woodcut illustration on the title page, which is repeated at the end, and 12 decorated woodcut initials. Modern gold tooled half red morocco.

INNOCENT III, Pope, and Pietro LAURO. · 1472 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

29, [1], [2 blank] ll.Extremely rare first and only edition of Lauro's Italian translation of De miseria condicionis humanae (on the wretchedness of the human condition), also known as Liber de contemptu mundi, a very popular and influential 12th-century religious text on asceti…

A Trojan Ending

Laura Riding · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Deya Majorca; London, The Seizin Press; Constable & Company Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this respected novelistic retelling of the final years of the Trojan War, including a colour folding map. First edition.In the publisher's original cloth bindin…

Choix Des Poãƒâ©Sies de CLãƒâ©Ment Marot Et de Ses Devanciers. Depuis le Xiie, Jusqu&Apos;Au Xvie Siãƒâ¨Cle

Clément Marot · 1825 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Chez Werdet , 1825 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce 1825 Parisian anthology reviving Clément Marot and his poetic peers from the 12th to 16th centuries. Smartly bound in red cloth with decorative blind-stamped patterns.This copy features a frontispiece engraving of …

Meadow-Grass: Tales of New England Life

Alice Brown · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1896. Paperback. An uncommon collection of New England-based stories from American writer Alice Brown. Seventh thousand edition (August). First published July 1895. In the publisher's original illustrated wraps. This charming short-story collecti…

Misfits: A Book of Parodies

George Forrest · 1905 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Frank Harvey, 1905. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce collection of parody sketches of the works of noted authors such as Doyle and Kipling, featuring the Sherlock parody 'The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace&apos. The first edition.In the …

Scarce War Poetry Collection

Gordon Mitchell; Esses Tok; W.R. Titterton · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Stirling; Aberdeen; London, Scott, Learmout and Allen; William Smith and Sons, T. Werner Laurie, 1916-1943. First edition. Paperback. Three scarce war anthologies commemorating British soldiers in the First and Second World Wars. Poems for the Forces is signed by Titterton, whil…

Roman Epic: An Interpretive Introduction

Albrecht, Michael Von · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Leiden/ Boston, Brill, 1999. Hardcover. Light blue boards with gilt lettering; dark blue dj, mylar cover; x, 371 pp. This book discusses some works of these poets: Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Ennius, Virgil, Ovid, Albinovanus Pedo, Cornelius Severus, Lucan, Valerius Flaccus, Sta…

Una elegia giocosa di Elisio Calenzio. Ristampata dall'unica edizione del MDIII. [Printed in 50 copies only].

Calenzio, Elisio (1430-1503). · 1933 · Fahrenheit 451

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Naples, S.I.E.M., 1933, (8) pag., printed in 50 copies numbered on the press, Italian text, original (?) marbled boards with giltlettered red morocco title-shield on frontcover,with ribbon. = Reprinted from the edition 1503. Eliseo Calenzio, Latin Calentius, (1430, Apulia - 15…