Cerca libri

Goethes Metamorphose der Pflanzen. Geschichte einer botanischen Hypothese.

GOETHE,J.W.VON. Hansen,Adolph. · 1907 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,320)

Giessen, Alfred Töpelmann, 1907. 2 vol. 2 vols (text & plates). XI,[1],380 pp. Orig. cloth backed boards. 8vo. (= text vol.) + [10],[6] pp. 9 col. plts after Goethe & 19 plts with b./w. ills. by the author, together in uniform cloth backed boards portfolio. 4to. - Spine ends & c…

Spanje. Een reisverhaal door Jozef Israëls met reprodukties naar tekeningen van den schrijver.

Israëls,Jozef. · 1899 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

's-Gravenhage Martinus Nijhoff, 1899. [1]210,[2] pp. B./w. ills by the Jozef Israels. Bound in fine 20th century red h.mor., spine raised in compartments, gilt lettered / dec. on spine. 8vo. - Top edge of the title-page & first page strengtened with piece of Japanese paper on ve…

Ballistic Femme World Premiere Promotional Postcard for Sunday, July 27, 1997

1997 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Santa Monica, Highways Performance Space, Publisher, 1997. Unbound. Single sheet, thick paper stock, approximately 4 by 6 inches. Printed on both sides. Front side features a close up photo of a woman's torso, with the reverse containing information about the performance and a f…

Ronsard

Lewis, D.B. Wyndham · 1946 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, Sheed & Ward, 1946. Third Impression. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and for a time, definitive study of the influential French Renaissance poet Ronsard. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy pa…

Le vite de'pittori, scultori, architetti, ed intagliatori, Dal Pontificato di Gregorio XIII. del 1572. fino a'tempi di Papa Urbano VIII. nel 1642. Scitte da Gio: Baglione Romano, Con la vita di Salvator Rosa Napoletano, pittore, e poeta, scritta da Gio: Batista Passari, Nuovamente aggiunta.

BAGLIONE, Giovanni. · 1733 · Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

CHF 1,350.00 (€1,460.27 | $1,609.48 | £1,218.25 | ¥257,013)

1733 Woodcut printer's mark on title, some figurated initials. (2), 304, 4 pp. index. 4to (250 x 185 mm). Contemporary vellum. Naples, n.pr., 1733. First edition to include for the first time the life of Salvatore Rosa (1615-73), painter and poet, written by G. B. Passeri (1610-…

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear; Sir E. Strachey · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

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

Historic Buildings of North Wales: A Map & Guide Illustrating 400 Buildings

John Betjeman · 1958 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Stafford, Architectural Maps , 1958. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce and beautifully illustrated large folding colour map depicting historic buildings of North Wales, by John Betjeman and D. B. Peace. The first edition. Illustrated by D. B. Peace…

Oeuvres Choisies de la Chaussee

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussee · 1810 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, De'L'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes , 1810. Leather. scarce anthology of theatrical scripts by the French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy. Featuring 'Le Prejuge a la Mode', 'Melanide', 'Amour Pour Amo…

Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; John Hayward [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926 . Leather. A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere. Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation.In a beautiful crushed morocco signed binding by Bayntun Riviere.A wonde…

Histoire de France Depuis L&Apos;Origine Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

Emile de Bonnechose · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Frres, Fils et Cie, 1859. Leather. A complete set of Emile de Bonnechose's history of France, written in the original French. A leatherbound two volume set of de Bonnechose's Histoire de France. Emile de Bonnechose (1801 - 1875) was an …

Life and Its Author, an Essay in Verse

Ella Haggard; H. Rider Haggard · 1890 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this essay in verse from Ella Haggard with a memoir written by her son H. Rider Haggard. First thus. With a portrait frontispiece from a miniature. An essay in verse by Ella Haggard, an English aut…

Antique portrait print, etching | JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL, published 1727, 1 p.

Jan Lievens (1607-1674) · 1727 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€242.00 ($266.73 | £201.89 | ¥42,593)

Portrait of the poet Joost van den Vondel. Half-length, with a roll of paper in his hands. On the left background an open window overlooking the woods.Inscribed below: 'Agrippina parens ostum pater Amsterla sedem VONDELIO famam Belgica Musa dedit, Priscaque Relligio, custos et n…

Poems

Charles Friend · 1893 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Printed by Wertheimer, Lea and Co. 1893. Leather. A vanishingly scarce poetical volume from one Charles Friend, presented in a full blue morocco binding. A vanishingly scarce volume of poems by one Charles Friend. Handsomely bound in full blue morocco, with gilt, lovely…

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng · 2022 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Little, Brown Book Group 2022 Paperback. From the 1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere , a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his l…

Bringing Jazz!

Maxwell Bodenheim · 1930 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Maxwell Bodenheim's jazz poetry, a wonderful collection reflective of the Jazz Age. The scarce first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The poetry of Maxwell Bodenhei…

Apollinaire

Apollinaire; Roch Grey; Andre Salmon; et al. · 1924 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Paris, Editions de l'Esprit Nouveau; Librairie Jean Budry & Cie, 1924 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated special Apollinaire number of 'L'Esprit Nouveau,' with tributes to the poet, critic, and author, from leading figures …

Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 1877 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1877-1879. Leather. A charming set complete in forty eight volumes with the illustrated edition of Sir Walter Scott's novels. The illustrated edition complete in forty eight novels. Comprising Waverley, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Ro…

Berceuses Du Chat, Suite de Chants Pour Une Voix de Femme Et Trois Clarinettes. Signed Presentation Copy to René Morax . First Edition

Stravinsky (Strawinsky), Igor (1882-1971) · 1917 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. Oblong 4to. 19.8 25.7 cm. [2],8pp. Original wraps, loose as issued. Signed at Morges, Switzerland and dated Noel 1917 and inscribed ..The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières, Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely…

Cinq Pièces Faciles Pour Piano à Quatre Mains. Signed Presentation Copy to René Morax . First Edition

Stravinsky (Strawinsky), Igor (1882-1971) · 1917 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. 24 x 31.5 cm. [4], 20pp. Original wraps. Front cover stained along edges. Signed and dated 28 viii 17 and inscribed ..The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières, Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so as t…

Pribaoutki (Chansons Plaisantes) Pour Une Voix Et Huit Instruments. Signed Presentation Copy to René Morax. First Edition

Stravinsky (Strawinsky), Igor (1882-1971) · 1917 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. Oblong 4to. 19 x 27.7 cm. [2], 14pp. Original wraps. Signed at Morges, Switzerland and dated 21 Nov. 1917 and inscribed ..The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières, Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so …