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Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this poetry anthology by Thomas Hardy. A first edition copy of Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses by Thomas Hardy.Â This anthology of poetry contains the works Weathers, Summer Sche…

Bijster no 3 - 1969

Ed van der Elsken, Remco Campert, Jan Cremer · 1969 · Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij. First edition, first printing. 30 pp., 32x23. Condition: Very Good (VG). Nice copy, minimal wear to wrappers. Bijster no 3 - 1969 is the third issue of 'Bijster', an experimental and groundbreaking Dutch magazine published by De Bezige Bij. This publica…

Uncommon Clay

Cardozo, Sidney B. and Masaaki Hirano; Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator · 1987 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

TOkyo, Japan, Kodansha International, 1987. First Edtion Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Published first as The Art of Rosanjin. Br…

Romola

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this study of city life from English novelist George Eliot. Stereotyped edition. A historical novel set in the fifteenth century seen as a study of life in the city of Florence during the Italian Renaissan…

Poems of Love

John Donne; Kingsley Hart · 1958 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Folio Society, 1958. Cloth. A pleasing Folio Society collection of the love poetry of influential English writer John Donne, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece. A collection of the love poetry of John Donne, an English poet, scholar, soldie…

Pegasides pleyn. Ofte den lust-hof der maechden.Volume 1: Delft, Adriaen Gerritsen, 1615 (colophon: 1614); volume 2: Leiden, Jan Paets Jacobszoon, 1611. 8vo. Volume 1 with an engraved title-page by Jan Wiericx and 8 full-page engravings by Jan Wiericx; volume 2 with the main text set in civilité type. Uniform contemporary vellum.

HOUWAERT, Jean Baptista. · 1533 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,950.00 ($4,353.62 | £3,295.35 | ¥695,217)

XLVI, [2], 867, [1]; 464, 1-471, [1 blank] pp.Late editions of a very popular poem for young women, the most famous work of the Belgian humanist poet Jean Baptista Houwaert (1533-1599). The poem is divided into sixteen books, offering numerous historical and legendary narratives…

Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata. (Bound with:) Marci Antonii Mureti Juvenilia. (And:) Johannis Secundi Hagiensis Juvenilia.

BEZA, MURETUS, JANUS SECUNDUS · 1757 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€280.00 ($308.61 | £233.59 | ¥49,281)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), 1757. 12mo in 8 & 4 sheets. 3 volumes in 1: (IV),IV,124 p., a portrait of Beza; X,106 p., a portrait of Muretus; IV,3-156 p. Green morocco 16 cm (Ref: Brunet 1,239; Graesse cf 1,359, where we find the imprint Paris 1757) (Details: Green morocco; red …

Alle de wercken. Zo in de medicyne als chirurgie.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, [1656]. Containing:(1) Schat der gesontheydt.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656. In 2 volumes.(2) Schat der ongesontheydt, ofte genees-konste van de sieckten.Amsterdam, (volume 1 only: Jan Jacobsz. Schipper), 1656. In 2 volumes (title page of volume 2, on (i)2r, while (i)1v, the last page of vol. 1, has a catchword pointing to (i)2r). Each of the 3 appendices at the end has its own divisional title, without imprint.(3) Inleydinge tot de Hollandtsche genees-middelen. Ofte Kort bericht, dat elck landt ghenoegh heeft tot onderhoudt van het leven ende de gesondtheydt der inwoonders.[and with its own title-page on C4r and continuing the same series of page numbers:] Steen-stuck. Aenwijsende den oorspronck, teyckenen, ’t voorkomen, en ghenesen van steen en graveel.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656.(4) Heel-konste, ofte derde deel van de genees-konste, om de uytwendige gebreken te heelen. Met alderhande historien verlicht, ende met nieuwe curieuse platen verçiert. De platen van de aderen, slagh-aderen, ende zenuwen, &c. die in den voorgaenden druck seer onordentelijck zijn gestelt: midtsgaders de rekeningen die op deselve platen seer sloridgh aengewesen hebben geweest, zijn nu alle op haer bequame ordre gebracht, followed by Vervolgh van de heel-konste, verhandelende wonden, gehardtheydt, oorsponck van bus-poeder, ende geschut, kout-vyer, ontleden, ende gebroke beenderen. Met alderhande historien verlicht. 4 works (some with subdivisions) in 1 volume. Large 4to.(27 x 20.5 cm). With a richly engraved illustrated title page (with general title and undated imprint for the whole collection) drawn by Crispijn van de Passe the younger and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, and 8 letterpress title pages for the 4 separate publications (also issued separately), all dated 1656 (that for volume 2 of the second work names no publisher, but shares a quire with the last leaf of volume 1), plus 2 divisional title pages without imprint (another subdivision has merely a drop-title). 5 of the title pages have the woodcut “konst baert roem” publisher’s device first used by Adriaen van de Venne in The Hague in 1628 (also used by Jan Friedrik Stam in 1657); ad 2, volume 2 has an engraved human anatomical figure; ad 3, part 1 has a woodcut decoration with 2 satyrs blowing horns. With 55 engravings in the text and 3 full-page engraved human anatomical plates, woodcut tailpieces and woodcut decorated initials. Set in roman type with incidental italic and textura, plus occasional words in Greek. 18th-century sprinkled half calf, sewn on 5 supports laced into the boards, sprinkled paper sides, black morocco spine label.

BEVERWIJCK, Johannes van. · 1594 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[8], 200; [8], 207, [1 blank]; [4], 124; [2], 46; [6], 154, [8] pp.A collection of classic works on health care, including internal and external medicines, surgery, hygiene and societal matters, all by Johan van Beverwijk (1594-1647), bringing together four works (each with mult…

Rhymes of a Rollicking Rover

Harold L. Morris · 1916 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Denver, Not Stated, 1916. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of the first edition, by American poet Harold L. Morris. An incredibly scarce first edition presentation copy, in original binding.A collection of American poetry published in Denver, with the…

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) who was a British poet and critic. First edition. Published by independent British Publisher Duckworth, founded in 1898 by Gerald Duckworth. Important in the development of English l…

In a Balcony

Robert Browning · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

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.…

Skrifter Av Gustaf Froding

Gustaf FrÃ¶ding · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, 1935. Leather. A lovely, leather bound copy of Gustaf FrÃ¶ding's collections Undomsdikter and Gitarr och Dragharmonika. A lovely collection of poetry by Swedish poet Gustaf FrÃ¶ding, comprising his Youth Poems and Guitar and Concertina. Published…

Dean Swift and His Writings

Gerald P. Moriarty · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1893. Cloth. A very smart limited edition copy of this biography of Dean Swift with details of his works. Limited edition. Only one hundred and fifty copies are printed, this copy in number 15. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight plates. Collate…

Crete-Rouge

Leon Cladel · 1880 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, G. Marpon and E. Flammarion, 1880. Leather. A little-known work of French author Leon Cladel, a literary discipline of Baudelaire, famous for his evocations of peasant life. With a publisher's catalogue bound to the rear of the work.Charles Baudelaire was an importan…

Sauve Qui Peut

Lawrence Durrell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of humorous stories from British novelist Lawrence Durrell. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A new collection of tales of diplomatic life following Antrobus in the sam…

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1946 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

Eton, Eton College at the Riccardi Press, 1946. Vellum. An attractive prize presentation copy of the poems of Thomas Gray. Privately printed for Eton College at the Riccardi Press. Gray was an Etonian himself, and this volume includes his "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton Colle…

Le livre des blessures

Jean MARCENAC · 1971 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Editeurs français réunis | Paris 1971 | 13.50 x 18.50 cm | broché | Edition originale sur papier courant. Agréable exemplaire en dépit d'une trace de pliure en pied du corps de l'ouvrage. Envoi autographe signé de Jean Marcenac au poète Charles Dobzynski et sa femme Eliane : "..…

MATTHIAS CLAUDIUS / WERKE / ASMUS OMNIA SUA SECUM PORTANS, ODER SAMTLICHE WERKE DES WANDSBECKER BOTEN

[MATTHIAS CLAUDIUS] Dr. C. Redlich · 1902 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$81.21 (€51.63 | $56.91 | £43.07 | ¥9,087)

Gotha Friedrich Andreas Bertes pp. volume 1, pp. xii, 508; volume II, pp. x, 509. 8vo. Our set is handsomely bound in quarter crushed morocco over grey cloth, and both volumes settle nicely into a felt-lined slipcase. Volume I is inscribed to J. Christian Bay. Each volume shows …

Poésies du Père Du Cerceau [2 vols.]. Nouvelle edition

Jean-Antoine du Cerceau 269865 · 1785 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€145.00 ($159.82 | £120.97 | ¥25,521)

Eugène Onfroy, 1785, Contemp. leather, Vol. 1: Poésies - Vol. 2: Fables et Contes. Complete in 2 vols. Jean-Antoine du Cerceau (12 November 1670 – 4 July 1730) was a French Jesuit priest, poet, playwright and man of letters. Du Cerceau taught at several Jesuit colleges, where h…

ERINNA TO BAUCIS With an Epigram by Antipater of Sidon

ERINNA · 1978 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. Privately Printed. First Edition. Two folio sheets folded into fours, 7-3/4" x 10-1/2", printing the papyrus fragment of the poem along with a full-page commentary by Marylin B. Arthur who did the translation along with Daniel Haberman. Drawing by Cornelia Brendel Foss…

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