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CLAUDIANUS. · 1759 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€225.00 ($248.00 | £187.68 | ¥39,607)

Leipzig (Lipsiae), In officina Fritschia, 1759. 8vo. 2 volumes: (XIV) p., p. 1-400; (2),401-720; 222 (index),(2 blank). Vellum. 20 cm (Ref: Neue Pauly, Suppl. 2, p. 178: 'enthält (...) nützlichen lat. Komm.'; Schweiger 2,184: 'Im wesentlichen ist der Text der Ausg. von Heinsius…

Cognac

Louise de Vilmorin · 1962 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Paris, Remy Martin, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this extensive photobook exploring the history of cognac and its development into the modern day. First edition. Illustrated with three tipped-in colour plates, numerous black-and-white photographs, and many …

Les Orientales; Les Feuilles D&Apos;Automne; Les Chatiments

Victor Hugo · 1890 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, J. Hetzel & Cie, c1880-1890. Leather. A smart three volume set of poetry collections by the noted French Romantic author Victor Hugo. A three volume set. Uniformly bound in the original quarter red morocco bindings. From the Complete Works of Victor Hugo. This set compris…

Birds and Beasts

Chiang Yee · 1939 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Country Life Limited, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming work by Chiang Yee, collecting together twelve beautiful plates of animals. The first edition of this work.A charming portfolio containing twelve plates of animals by Chiang Yee.The lov…

Selected Poems

Clark Ashton Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.88 | $138.74 | ¥22,158)

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition collection of the poetry of prolific writer Clark Ashton Smith, published by Arkham House. This is a first edition, with just over two thousand copies published.Contains a number of translated…

Saul

Robert Browning · 1890 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Boston, L Prang and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first Prang edition of Robert Browning's poem 'Saul,' profusely illustrated by Frank O Small. The first Prang edition of this work. Profusely illustrated throughout by astonishing illustratio…

Shadowy Thresholds

Cale Young Rice · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, The Century Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon presentation copy of this volume of poetry from American writer Cale Young Rice. An uncommon presentation copy of this title, signed and inscribed by author Cale Young Rice to the front free endpaper.Cale Young Ri…

Den Gyllene Ungdomen

Karl Ragnar Gierow · 1928 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Stockholm , Norstedt , 1928 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound collection of Swedish poetry, written by theatre director, author and poet, Karl Ragnar Gierow. The first edition. Bound by Knut Hasslers Bookbinders in half crushed morocco with marbled paper-covered boards.S…

Croazia Segreta

Giuseppe Ungaretti · 1970 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Milano, M'Arte Editzioni, 1970 . Cloth. A fine limited edition poem in Italian by Giuseppe Ungaretti, illustrated with two numbered colour plates by Bona de Pisis. With a facsimile of the poem in the author's hand, as well as his facsimile signature.Complete with the o…

Poems 1937-1942

David Gascoyne · 1948 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Editions Poetry London Ltd. 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, third impression of Gascoyne's anthology of poetry between 1937 and 1942, illustrated by Graham Sutherland. The first edition, third impression of this work in a quarter cloth binding, with pic…

Poems

Winthrop Mackworth Praed; Ferris Greenslet · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1909. Vellum. A lovely limited edition volume of poems from Winthrop Mackworth Praed. A limited edition of 440 numbered copies. This copy is number 10. In the publisher's original quarter vellum over paper covered boards. A charming sele…

Loaves and Fishes

Pauline Tennant · 1992 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Ledbury, Tilley Printing, 1992. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this very scarce collection of poems from actress and socialite Pauline Laetitia Tennant. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce poetry collection from English actres…

A Handbook for Water

K.C. Killingsworth; Willard R. Espy [intro.] · 1996 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oysterville, Washington, Cranberry Press, 1996. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce limited edition copy of K.C. Killingsworth's first collection of poetry, with an introduction by Willard R. Espy. A vanishingly scarce work.  A imited edition copy, with this being No.181/250. Hands…

Perche No Spero

Bunting, Basil and Robert Perkins (artist) · 1983 · Wittenborn Art Books

$475.00 (€430.95 | £359.48 | ¥75,860)

New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 1983. Color lithograph; 19 x 32 inches. Edition of 40 numbered copies, signed by the poet and artist. Printed by master lithographer Maurice Sanchez and published by Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in 1983, "Perche no spero" and "McKane's Falls" ar…

Gagosian Magazine, Summer 2023

Various · 2023 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Gagosian, 2023. Softcover. oversized, black pictorial wraps w/ green & gilt printing. approx 182 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. "Inside the issue, we celebrate the centenary of Avedon’s birth with reflections from a range of cultural figures and a personal essay by a…

HACIENDA

Porter, Katherine Anne [1890 - 1980] · 1934 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,045.00 (€948.10 | £790.85 | ¥166,893)

New York City: Harrison of Paris, 1934. 1st Edition, 1st issue [no cancel], 1st state [w/o the errata]. Copy # 43 of 895 cc. Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering, TEG, with slipcase. Book protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. [4 (blank)], 81, [3 (bl…

MILTON'S SONNETS

Milton, John [1608 - 1674] - Subject. Sampson, Alden [1853 - 1925]. Watts-Dunton, Walter Theodore [1832 - 1914] - Former Owner · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

New York: The De Vinne Press, 1886. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Sampson to Theodore Watts, dated 1887. Original publisher's quarter-vellum over grey paper wrapped boards; title stamped in blind to front board. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. 72 pp. Err…

Hornets in Hollyhocks

George Graham Currie · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The C. W. Daniel Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce book of poetry by Canadian writer George Graham Currie. A very scarce copy of the first and only edition of this work.A charming pocket-sized book of verse by Canadian poet George Graham Currie, in ori…

Poems Epigrams and Sonnets

R.E. Egerton-Warburton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877. First edition. Leather. Scarce first edition of this collection of poems by Rowland Egerton-Warburton. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy of this anthology of the poems of R.E. Egerton-Warburton, English landowner and poet of th…

Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen and Co. 1899. Leather. A collection of ballads and poems by Rudyard Kipling. Fifteenth edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 ? 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of …