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Mr Barrett&Apos;S Secret and Other Stories

Kingsley Amis · 1993 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hutchinson, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by Kingsley Amis. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. In the original dustwrapper designed by Mark Edwards. Contains the stories: Mr Barrett's Secre…

Complete Word-Indexes to J. Van Den Vondel's Bespiegelingen Van Godt En Godtsdienst and Lucifer With Ranking Lists of Frequencies Reverse Indexes.

[Vondel]. King, P.K. · 1973 · Fahrenheit 451

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1973, VIIII,594 pag., hardcover with original dustjacket, small quarto. = The Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre was established in the University of Cambridge in 1964. The work of the Centre was concentrated on the production of wor…

John Gower. Manuscripts, Readers, Contexts,

M. Urban (ed.); · 2010 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.23 | ¥13,554)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2010 Hardback, XII+242 p., 15 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503524702. The essays collected here represent the current state of research into the works of John Gower, poet, philosopher, and contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer. They assess Gower's literary outp…

England&Apos;S Heroical Epistles

Michael Drayton · 1737 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, J. Hazard, 1737. Leather. A collection of Elizabethan heroical poems about the history of England, written in the style of Ovid, by English poet Michael Drayton. A collection of heroical epistles written by Michael Drayton in the style and manner of Ovid's epistles,…

West-oestlicher Divan.Stuttgart, in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung [= Johann Georg Cotta], 1819. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and title page. Contemporary gold-tooled quarter brown calf, with a beige morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, brown marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers, turquoise edges.

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von [and Marianne von WILLEMER]. · 1784 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[1], [1 blank], 556 pp.First edition of Goethe's lyrical poems inspired by the work of the great Persian poet Hafez (ca. 1325-1390). The work was intended to enact a dialogue between Eastern and Western poetry, but also captures Goethe's feelings for the Austrian dancer Marianne…

1914 & Other Poems

Rupert Brooke · 1915 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce second impression of this significant collection of war poetry by Rupert Brooke. First edition. The very scarce second impression, printed June 1915, only one month after the first. In the publishe…

Tales

George Crabbe · 1812 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the Reverend George Crabbe, bound in half paper vellum. The first edition. Bound in half paper vellum with gilt details to the spine and marbled paper to the boards. Bound wit…

Lancashire Dialect and Other Poems Suitable for Recitation

Walter Emsley · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Manchester; London , John Heywood Ltd. c1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this charming poetry collection about Lancashire life, written in the Lancashire dialect. A scarce first edition. Signed by the author to the front paste-down. In the original full…

Street Spices

VINOGRAD, JULIA · 1973 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Berkeley, CA: Thorp Springs Press, 1973. 3rd Printing. Stapled wraps. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a huge doodle, on the front inside cover of the pamphlet, by the author. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphle…

Birds, Beasts and Flowers: Poems

D. H. Lawrence · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Adelphi, Martin Secker, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this collection of poetry from English writer D. H. Lawrence, the author's presentation copy. First US edition. Presented with a card which reads "with Martin Secker's compliments". The aut…

Pastorals and Other Poems

Elinor Sweetman · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, J M Dent, 1899. Cloth. A charming collection of pastoral and floral poetry. A small collection of thirteen poems by the Irish poet Elinor Sweetman. This collection includes 'Pastoral of Galahad', 'Song of Sappho', and 'With Pansies&apos. Sweetman…

Esther Waters: A Novel

George Moore · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, second impression of this novel from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore. Two volumes. First edition. Second impression with publisher's advertisements to the rear and flower in gil…

IL Codice Orsini-Da Costa Delle Rime E Dei Trionfi Di Francesco Petrarca. Integralmente Riprodotto in Fotoincisione E Tricromia Con Ventisette Miniature E Otto Tavole Aureo-Purpuree Più Tre Facsimili Dei Codici Vaticani 3195, 3196, 3197

Petrarca, Francesco · 1904 · Parigi Books

$900.00 (€816.54 | £681.12 | ¥143,736)

[Roma], Danesi Editore, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies (this being #281). Published to celebrate the 6th Centenary of the birth of Francesco Petrarca. 38, clxxx pp. Contemporary full brown polished calf, sides ruled in blind, spine with fi…

Under-Woods. Consisting of Divers Poems

Ben Johnson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Cambridge, University Press, 1905. Leather. A limited edition facsimile of Ben Jonson's seventeenth century poetical work, bound in full reversed calf. A limited edition facsimile of the original 1640 edition, being one of only two hundred and fifty copies printed, of which…

Acanthia

William Stigand · 1907 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of this scarce volume of poetry. A scarce first edition collection of poems. Bound in publisher's original black pictorial boards. An author's presentation copy…

Greece Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical

Christopher Wordsworth · 1859 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€683.33 | $753.18 | ¥120,287)

London, John Murray, 1859. Leather. A beautifully bound and illustrated copy of this work on Greece. In an attractive red morocco binding with gilt detailing. Original publisher's advertisements to the rear. Profusely illustrated with fifteen steel engraved plates, four map…

Rain: A Volume of Poems

Jean Kenward · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, W. H. Allen & Co, 1946 . First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author, this is a bright example of the very scarce first edition of Jean Kenwards' illustrated poetry collection. A very scarce first edition, first impression, flat signed by the author to a front bl…

Lusus: A Verse Lecture

George Macbeth · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Fuller d'Arch Smith, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of George Macbeth's 'Lusus', described by Macbeth as 'a serious poem&apos. The first trade edition, first impression.In the publisher's origina…

Characters and Passages from Note-Books

Samuel Butler · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1908. Leather. A nicely bound collection of character sketches by the noted poet and satirist Samuel Butler, an entertaining work on Stuart society. In a signed binding by Palmer Howe & Co, Manchester.A selection of entertaining character s…

Display a Tale

Jane Taylor · 1820 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1820 . Leather. The ninth edition of this popular novel in an attractive morocco binding. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Written by poet and novelist Jane Taylor. Taylor's best…