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Miniatur Bibliothek Der Deutschen Classifer Klopstock&Apos;S Messias

F G Klopstock · 1828 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Not Stated, Gotha & Neu York Im Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1828. Leather. An original German pocket sized edition of Gottlieb Klopstock's poem 'Messias&apos. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's epic poem Messias. In the original German. Bound by John Bird …

Harper&Apos;S Young People Illustrated

Various · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 1888. Cloth. Volume IV of Harper's Young People Illustrated. An illustrated children's periodical from America. This is UK published edition of the periodical, comprising of November 1887-November 1888. It is also volume IV of this …

Words for the Wind and Landmarks and Voyages

Theodore Roethke; Ted Hughes · 1957 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Secker and Warburg and the Poetry Book Society, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Theodore Roethke, with a supplement pamphlet of collected poems of the Poetry Book Society. Both volumes are first editions. This edition of Words for the Wind preceded …

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose.

Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A.M. (ed) · 1806 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin et al, 1806. Leather. A scarce eight volume, leather bound set of The Works of Alexander Pope edited by William Lisle Bowles. This is the first edition of The Works of Alexander Pope that was edited by William Lisle Bowles. Eigh…

Musico stilo. Aspects of the Poetry of Ennodius

Franca Ela Consolino · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€84.80 ($93.47 | £70.74 | ¥14,927)

, Brepols, 2025 Paperback, 309 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:4 tables b/w., Languages: English, Latin. ISBN 9782503611129. Summary Since the end of the last century, Ennodius has been the object of increasing interest among scholars of late antiquity. Developments in…

From Sithiu to Saint-Bertin. Hagiographic Exegesis and Collective Memory in the Early Medieval Cults of Omer and Bertin

David Defries · 2019 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.24 | ¥16,723)

, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, xiii + 340 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Illustrations:3 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9780888442192. Summary Medieval historians who have explored the abbey of Sithiu (modern Saint-Omer) have often done so to explain the competition between the canon…

King of the Golden River, the

RACKHAM, Arthur; Ruskin, John · 1932 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.28 | ¥35,934)

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1932. The First American Trade Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. RUSKIN, John. The King of the Golden River. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. n.d. [1932]. First American trade edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 3/4…

Twenty-Second Anniversary of the Class of 1892 - Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, Dec. 5, 1914

Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant · 1914 · Wittenborn Art Books

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

San Francisco: Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant,1914. 2pp. of text with members present at the banquet and 8 course Menu with wines. 7.25 x 4.625 inches. Color cover with red ribbon. Forerunner of UCSF: 1868-1898 The Origins of the University of California and Affiliated…

Room at the Top [with Uncorrected Proof]

BRAINE, John (1922-1986); John Minton (1917-1957) · 1957 · Fine Editions Ltd

$949.00 (€861.00 | £718.20 | ¥151,561)

London Eyre & Spottiswoode First Edition First Impression of Braine's first book, offered with the scarce uncorrected proof. Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm): 256pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gold, in the striking dust jacket (price-clipped) illustrated by John Minton. A…

[Photobook] The English at Home

BRANDT, Bill (1904-1983) · 1936 · Fine Editions Ltd

$424.00 (€384.68 | £320.88 | ¥67,715)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition First Printing (U.S. issue, with "Scribners" to tail of spine) of the photographer's first book, introduced by Raymond Mortimer. Royal 8vo (235 x 180 mm): 8pp, with 63 full-page captioned gravure plates by Brandt. Publisher's glazed…

Seven Years in Tibet

Harrer, Heinrich · 1956 · Bookbarrow

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books Ltd. London, 1956. First Paperback Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/N/A.. ‘Seven Years in Tibet’ has been described as 'the greatest travel book of our time'. Yet even this commendation does not do justice to the unique experiences which it unfolds. No European …

The Eating Gorilla Comes in Peace the Transcendental Principle of Life Applied to Diet and the Regenerative Discipline of True Health

JOHN, BUBBA FREE · 1979 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Middletown, CA: The Dawn Horse Press, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0913922196. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a thick trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light …

The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.61 | $3,831.95 | ¥611,986)

London, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894-97. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of all thirteen volumes of the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book&apos. Each volume the first edition, first impression with book lists and/o…

Sedition. The Spread of Controversial Literature and Ideas in France and Scotland, c. 1550-1610

John O'Brien, Marc Schachter (eds) · 2021 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.07 | ¥15,843)

, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 324 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:6 b/w, 1 col., Language(s):English, French. ISBN 9782503589909. Summary This interdisciplinary collection examines the notion of sedition in the period of the French Wars of Religion (1560-1600) and focuses …

Archaeological Campaigns below the Florence Duomo and Baptistery, 1895-1980

Toker · 2013 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€195.00 ($214.93 | £162.66 | ¥34,326)

, Brepols, 2013 Hardback, 536 p., 591 b/w ill. 124 colour ill., 220 x 280 mm, Languages: English. ISBN 9781905375523. Based on the excavations of 1965-1980, this second volume in the series provides an overview of the medieval art and architecture that was found below the Flo…

Columbia Press Book Book for the Film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ". First Edition

Kubrick, Stanley Director; Stanley Kubrick,Terry Southern, Peter George, Writers; Peter Sellers; George C. Scott; Sterling Hayden, Stars · 1964 · Wittenborn Art Books

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.80 | ¥59,890)

Hollywood: Columbia, 1964. 18 pp. 38.2x38.2 cm (15x15"). Three pressbook inserts laid in. Covers and leaves curling, edges toned and worn, some separation along binding...... The film opens with a title card that reads: "It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their…

Down Your Street, Cambridge Past & Present: Volume I Central Cambridge

Payne, Sara · 1983 · Bookbarrow

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The Pevensey Press, Cambridge, 1983. Reprint, Paperback, Illustrated by: Photo's. Very Good/N/A. 9780907115168 b/w. map frontis; "Side by side, the M.A. and the mechanic, men in broad cloth and boys in fustian." John Pink was describing users of the Cambridge Free Library (in "T…

The Man Who Died

D. H. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London , Heinemann, 1935. Cloth. An first edition thus of The Man Who Died (the alternative title to Lawrence's preferred The Escaped Cock), illustrated by John Farleigh. The novel was originally published as The Escaped Cock in 1929. It was inspired by Lawrence's visi…

1939 World War II Diary of British Merchant Navy Sailor Serving As an Apprentice on the M/V Willowbank and Sailing to Turkey

R. BRUGGEY · 1939 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,895.99 (€2,627.45 | £2,191.67 | ¥462,507)

London, England, AT Sea, 1939. Softcover. On offer is a fascinating diary kept by a teenaged British Merchant Navy sailor in WWII who turns 17 while serving aboard the M/V Willowbank. The author of this diary is one R. Bruggey. Our research has not turned up any biographical inf…

Mi Fu on Ink-stones. Translated by R.H. van Gulik with an introduction and notes.

Gulik, R.H. van. · 1938 · Fahrenheit 451

€550.00 ($606.21 | £458.78 | ¥96,816)

Peking, Henri Vetch, 1938, 1st ed., VIII,(4),70,(2) pag., colour frontsipiece, full-page coloured illustration, full-page map, further b/w illustrations, original black cloth stamped in white and red, bevelled edges. = Quite rare. The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1…