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Friedrich Schiller

ROSMÄSLER, JOHANN AUGUST, · 1759 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

Bust-length portrait of Schiller, looking to the right. Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a German polymath. He was a poet, playwright, historian, philosopher, physician and lawyer. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. Stip…

[Als] Friedrich Jacobi Arranges for a Visit with Heinrich Wilhelm Von Gerstenberg

Jacobi, F.H. [Friedrich Heinrich] · 1797 · Kaaterskill Books

$900.00 (€816.56 | £681.23 | ¥143,718)

Windsbach, Germany, 1797. [1 pp.] bifolium. with integral address. 7.5 x 9 inches. Rare signed letter by German philosopher & influential literary figure Friedrich Jacobi (1743-1819) who was known for his critical views of the more liberal philosophies of the day, including Enli…

Pikaso [Picasso]

Kanbara Tai ??? [also, Kambara] · 1925 · Boston Book Company

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Kanbara Tai ??? [also, Kambara]. Pikaso [Picasso]. ARS (Arusu-sha ????). Tokyo. Taisho 14 ?? [1925]. 19 x 13.5cm book with red fabric cloth hardcovers is bound Western style and opens Japanese style. The front cover has a black border and a red dot in the center and the binding …

Saeculum XII : Helinandi Frigidi Montis monachi, necnon Guntheri Cisterciensis: Opera omnia. Accedunt … [in: Patrologia Latina, 212 (tomus unicus)]

HELINANDUS FRIGIDI MONTIS O.CIST. [HELINAND OF FROIDMONT], GUNTHERUS O.CIST. [GUNTHER OF PAIRIS] e.a. (MIGNE J.-P., ed.) · 1855 · Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar)

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Paris, Migne [Continuation of the title: "Odonis de Soliaco Parisiensis episcopi ; Petri de Riga et Aegidii Parisiensis scripta vel scriptorum fragmenta"], [544] pp. (i.e. 1088 columns), 28cm., original 1855-edition, in the series "Patrologiae cursus completus. Series secunda"…

Korners Werke

Theodor Korner · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Leipzig und Wien, Bibliographisches Institut, c1893. Leather. An uncommon German language, two volume collection of the works of Theodor Korner. An uncommon German language, two volume collection of the works of Theodor Korner. Korner was a German poet and soldier noted for his …

Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets Etc. Etc.

Edward Lear · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Frederick Warne and Co , 1889. Cloth. The fifth edition of this witty children's book of alphabets by Edward Lear, with 162 illustrations alongside humorous captions. The fifth edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.An abundantly …

Poetry and Pictures from Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Co. 1858. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Irish writer Thomas Moore, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout. A collection of poems, including: Love and Reason, The Pretty Rose-Tree, A Temple to Frie…

Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format. It opens with an Apology in pr…

Windmills

Hayter Preston · 1923 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated study of windmills, with watercolours by Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn. First edition. In the original cloth binding. A charming history and homage to windmills across the British Isles, in…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Alexander Moring: The De La More Press, 1902. Cloth. A later edition of this classic work, translated by Edward Fitzgerald with twelve illustrations from Blanche McManus. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khay…

A Bibliography of Yeats Criticism 1887-1965

K. G. W. Cross; R. T. Dunlop · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this bibliographical study of Yeats criticism, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A bibliography of the critical writings on William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, a…

Sir Walter Scott, Bart. : A New Life

Sir Herbert Grierson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Constable & Co. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of Grierson's uncommonly seen biography of the renowned writer Sir Walter Scott. The first edition, second impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding.…

Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh , Adam & Charles Black , 1888 . Leather. A lovely illustrated and leather bound edition of the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. This is a lovely edition of the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, edited by Wm. Minto, who was professor of English Language at the Univ…

A Sleep of Prisoners a Play

Christopher Fry · 1951 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Christopher Fry. With the dustwrapper design by Ronald Searle. 'A Sleep of Prisoners' was first performed at St Thomas' Church in Regent Street London in 1951. The play del…

Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough

Arthur Hugh Clough · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1895. Leather. A handsome selection of the poems of Arthur Hugh Clough, presented in full signed tree calf by Bickers & Son. Offering the poems of Arthur Hugh Clough who, as well as being a poet, was an educationalist and devoted assistant to pioneering…

Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense

W. S. Gilbert · 1877 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1877. Cloth. An illustrated collection of light verses from English writer W. S. Gilbert, with his own illustrations. Illustrated throughout with comic images. A collection of entertaining and humorous light verse which developed the author'…

Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan And Co. 1922. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection, complete with an 'apology' to his critics. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format…

Lying Figures

Francis Warner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Oxford, Oxford Theatre Texts, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of Francis Warner's compelling play, Lying figures. A first edition copy of Lying Figures, a surrealist and experimental play. Lying Figures is the first part of Requiem, a trilogy,…

Poems

Rachel Annand Taylor · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce first edition of Rachel Annand Taylor's first collection of poetry, with a brilliant personal inscription by the author. This is Annand-Taylor's first poetry collection.Rach…

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£63.00 (€75.52 | $83.23 | ¥13,291)

London, Faber and Faber, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. Written as the journal of a young aristocrat, Edmund Talbot, whose influential godfather has …