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Hirtengedichte aus spätrömischer und karolingischer Zeit. Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Modoinus. Hirtengedicht aus dem Codex Gaddianus. Herausgegeben und übersetzt.
KORZENIEWSKI, D. (ed.), · 1971 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity
€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1971. XIV,116p. Paperback. Cover partly bit yellowed and mottled. Else fine. Series: Texte zur Forschung, Band 26. 'This sequel to Korzeniewski's edition of the Neronian bucolics (1971) has a similar format - bibliography; succinct…
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Theophile Gautier · 1892 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)
Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this historical romance novel, in the original French. French. New edition. A historical romance based on the life of French opera star Mademoiselle Maupin, who was a first-rate swordswoman and often …
Essays in Criticism: First Series
Matthew Arnold · 1905 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905. Leather. A finely bound copy of the first series of Essays in Criticism from English cultural critic Matthew Arnold, bound by Bickers & Son. Later edition. A collection of essays on criticism which remains a significant authority on criti…
Holberg Considere Comme Imitateur de Moliere
A. Legrelle · 1864 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1864. First edition. Leather. A fascinating thesis on the works of the notable Enlightenment Scandinavian literary figure Ludvig Holberg, by the renowned French Historian A. Legrelle, accusing the author of imitating the French playwright and poet, Mol…
Island Lights
Geoffrey Fyson · 1925 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Elkin Mathews Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of Geoffrey Fyson"s second poetry collection, inscribed by the poet. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the h…
Westward Ho!
Charles Kingsley · 0 · Rooke Books
£117.00 (€140.24 | $154.57 | ¥24,683)
London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. c1900. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical novel from British author Charles Kingsley. With a frontispiece. A historical novel beginning in Bideford in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I. The novel follows the adventu…
Stalky & Co.
Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming novel following adolescent boys at boarding school from Rudyard Kipling. First edition. A novel following a group of adolescent boys at a British boarding school comprised of a …
Gertrude of Wyoming and Other Poems
Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1825. Leather. A smart copy of Thomas Campbell's Spenserian stanza and other poems, exploring themes of war, conflict and romance. In full calf binding with gilt detailing. Two monochrome plates with the title pages from the 1…
Benito Cereno
Herman Melville · 1926 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this novella from Herman Melville, with hand-coloured illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 1650 copies, of which this is number 1243. Reproduced from that of the first edition of The Piazza Tales, 1…
Graziella
A De Lamartine · 1926 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Paris, Librairie Des Bibliophiles E Flammarion, 1926. Leather. A smart copy of this famous novel by Alphonse de Lamartine, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. During a trip to Naples, a young French …
A Fox Inside
David Stacton · 1955 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, Faber and Faber , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first impression of this novel by David Stacton, complete with this unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce first edition, first impression of this novel by David Stacton, American novelist, historian, an…
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1899 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1899. Leather. A finely bound twenty-second edition of this collection of essays from Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, bound by Bickers & Son. Twenty-second edition. The first collection of Stevenson's essays, containing personal writings pro…
Captain Beaky
Jeremy Lloyd · 1977 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Chappell and Company Limited, 1977 . First edition. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this delightful collection of poetry by Jeremy Lloyd. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial boards. Written by English writer, screenwriter, poet …
Poems
William Cowper · 1800 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, J. Johnson, 1800. Leather. An early edition of the collected poetical works of William Cowper. Two volumes. New edition. Illustrated with four plates in Volume I and six plates in Volume II. Collated complete. The collected poetical works of William Cowper, an English po…
Friends in Solitude
Percy Withers · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce collection of prose from Percy Withers. A signed presentation copy of these writings from Percy Withers. With a personal letter from the author loosely inserted.In the publisher's …
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1919 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the essays of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. A collection of the essays of Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer best known for the novel Treasure Island (1883)…
Poems
Mary Ann H. Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Hartford , Case, Tiffany and Burnham, 1844. First edition. Cloth. A delightful copy of this vanishingly scarce poetry collection from Mary Ann H. Dodd. A vanishingly scarce work. One copy found on auction in 1869. The first edition. In the original cloth binding, decoratively …
Milton&Apos;S Arcades and Comus with Introduction, Notes and Indexes
John Milton; A. Wilson Verity · 1891 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Cambridge , University Press, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing Milton's masques, 'Arcades' and 'Comus', with the author's literary notes and biography of the poet. The first thus of this work.In the publishers' origin…
Poems
Thomas Hoos · 1866 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1866 . Leather. The nineteenth edition of this collection of poetry by Thomas Hood in Bickers calf binding. Nineteenth edition of Poems by Thomas Hood in full Bickers signed calf binding. Thomas Hood was an early nineteenth century English poet and hu…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1942 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Philadelphia, David McKay, 1942. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this selection of poems attributed to Omar Khayyam. A new edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Illustrated by Willy Pogany with a frontispiece, engraved title page, four decorative…