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An HISTORICAL ESSAY On MR. ADDISON

[Tyers, Thomas. 1726 - 1787]. Addison, Joseph [1672 - 1719] - Subject · 1783 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.52 | ¥35,131)

London: Printed by J. Nichols for the Author, 1783. 1st Edition thus, i.e. issue with 76 pages. Cf ESTC T2812. In a later tan half-calf binding with marbled boards. viii, 76 pp. Untrimmed. T.p. vignette. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Binding - VG+. Text block - VG, with some age-toning,…

Kenneth Rexroth: A Checklist of His Published Writings

Hartzell, James and Richard Zumwinkle · 1967 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Los Angeles, California, Friends of the UCLA Library, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable c…

Vale, and Other Poems

A.E. · 1931 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A.E." and "AE" were the pen-name pseudonyms of George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who was "an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist" and wh…

Signature to Petition on Ten Pound Island Asked of Me by Mr. Vincent Ferrini

Olson, Charles · 1964 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

San Francisco, Oyez, Publisher. Printed by the Auerhahn Press, 1964. Unbound. Single sheet, broadside. Printed on a single side only. 17 ¼ by 11 inches. A broadside print of a poem by Charles Olson, presumably excerpted from his larger work, the Maximus Poems. Charles Olson was …

Asiatic Studies Religious and Social by 1906 - London - ;

Alfred C Lyall · 1906 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Murray, 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of the British civil servant, literary historian and poet Alfred C Lyall's 'Asiatic Studies', in its second series. Following a career in the Indian Civil Service and as Home Secretary to the Government of India Lyall…

Mandelshtam&Apos;S Octets

Osip Mandelstam; John Riley · 1976 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Pensnett, Grosseteste, 1976. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of this translation of Osip Mandelstam's poems. A scarce limited edition, limited to three hundred copies, of which this is numbered two hundred and sixty two. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A transla…

Numa Pompilius, Second Roi de Rome

M de Florian · 1786 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Paris, Didot l'Aine, 1786. First edition. Leather. Volume I of Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian's short tale inspired by the life of Numa Pompilius, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Published in the 'Oeuvres de M de Florias' series. Volume I of…

Sir John Vanbrugh: Architect and Dramatist

Sir John Vanbrugh, Laurence Whistler · 1938 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London , Cobden-Sanderson, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A biographical work on Sir John Vanbrugh, a seventeenth century architect and dramatist. This is a first edition. Illustrated throughout, with fifteen plates of buildings designed by Vanbrugh as well as plans. Collated, comp…

Pippa Passes

Robert Browning · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Duckworth and Co. 1898. Cloth. A pleasing illustrated edition of Robert Browning's verse drama, 'Pippa Passes&apos. A charming illustrated edition of this verse drama by English poet and playwright, Robert Browning. In the publisher's original cloth bindi…

France Heroique Vies Et Recits Dramatiques

M. Bathild Bouniol · 1874 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Bray et Retaux, 1874. Leather. A scarce complete four volume set of Bouniol's collection of dramatic tales, in the French language. French language. Four volumes. Scarce work. Fourth edition. A collection of dramatic tales and biographical sketches of important indiv…

Harold a Drama

Alfred Tennyson · 1877 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London , Henry S. King & Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this drama by Alfred Tennyson. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and rema…

Uncle Sam (Portrait of Samuel Ward) (Original Lithograph)

Sir Leslie Matthew Ward ("Spy") · 1880 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London: Vanity Fair, 1880. Original color lithograph, 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good. Foxing in left margin. One page biography of subject laid in. Scarce. Published on January 10, 1880, depicting Samuel Cutler Ward (January 27, 1814 - May 19, 1884), an American poet, politician, …

Psychology And Other Essays

Rivers, W H R [ William Halse Rivers ] & Smith, G Elliot [editor] · 1923 · Eastleach Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Kegan Paul, trench, Trubner & Co Ltd 1923 1st edition. Cloth, VG. viii+181pp+10pp publishers adverts, hinges repaired at some time with archival tape ( prior to the book being for sale at Parker's Oxford as their booksellers ticket overlays the tape ), cloth marked, endpapers fo…

On Christmas Eve

ROSENBERG, LIZ & JOHN CLAPP · 2002 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Brookfield, CT: Roaring Brook Press, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0761316272. Illustrated by John Clapp. Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the illustrator on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near F…

Chatterton

ACKROYD, PETER · 1988 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc, 1988. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802100414. This book is in Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. This is a First American Edition. This is Peter Ackroyd's third novel and nominated on the short list for the …

MY CHINESE MARRIAGE. By M. T. F.

Franking, Mae. [Porter, Katherine Anne. 1890 - 1980] - Ghostwriter · 1921 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

New York: Duffield and Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Dark green cloth spine over yellowish boards, with gilt stamped lettering. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. Lacks the uncommon dust jacket, though now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. [10], 169, [1 (blank)]…

Cyrano de Bergerac

ROSTAND, EDMOND (INTRODUCTION BY CLAYTON HAMILTON) · 1929 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1929. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a small format hardback book. This is a stated First Modern Library edition. The book is in Maroon / dark red balloon limp cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. The book …

Lucrece Tragedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers

M Francois Posard · 1843 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Furne et Cie, 1843. Leather. An early edition 'Lucrece' written by the dramatic poet Francois Posard Francois Posard (1814-1867), was the head of the school of common sense which held the balance between classic and romantic. His first play Lucrece, played in …

Poems of Oisin, Bard of Erin

John Hawkins Simpson · 1857 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Edinburgh and Dublin, Bosworth & Harrison, 1857 . Cloth. A smart collection of Irish poetry narrated by the important fictional bard Oisin. Containing 'The Battle of Ventry Harbour', 'Conlock son of Cuthullin', 'Deardra', 'Dialogue betw…

Thirty Preliminary Poems

George Barker · 1933 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, David Archer; The Parton Press, 1933 . First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of celebrated twentieth century poet George Barker's debut poetry collection. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original paper covered boards with French…