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Season of Anomy

Wole Soyinka · 1973 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rex Collings, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poignant novel from Nobel-winning Nigerian author, Wole Soyinka, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the or…

Warren Hastings

Sir Alfred Lyall · 1894 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1894. Leather. A later edition of this work on British colonial administrator Warren Hastings from the English Men of Action series by Macmillan. Later edition, originally published 1889. English Men of Action series from Macmillan. Illustrated…

1905 Spiritual Adventures

Arthur Symons · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Spiritual Adventures, a collection of eight short stories by magazine editor Arthur Symons. A first edition of Spiritual Adventures, a collection of eight short stories by British poet and cr…

Drive, He Said

Jeremy Larner · 1965 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Anthony Blond, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this explicit debut novel from American writer Jeremy Larner, with the scarce original wraparound band. First UK edition. With the vanishingly scarce original wraparound band. The author's debut …

And Even Now and Yet Again

Max Beerbohm · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William heinemann, 1950-1. Cloth. Two collections of essays by Max Beerbohm, in the original dust wrappers and vanishingly scarce original glassine covers. New impressions. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers and the vanishin…

Esther Waters

George Moore · 1894 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd. 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Moore's notable novel Esther Waters. First edition of Esther Waters by George Moore in the original publisher's cloth binding. Esther Waters is set in Victorian England and shares the s…

I Advance with a Loaded Rose

Douglas Blazek · 1969 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

San Francisco , Twowindows Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from Polish-American author Douglas Blazek, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number fourteen. This…

London Types

W. E. Henley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of William Nicholson and William Ernest Henley' entertaining look at the figures of Victorian London. The first trade edition.A collection of lithographs by William Nicholson, showing the differe…

Solitary Hours

Caroline Southey · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons, 1839. Cloth. The second edition of a collection of poetry by Caroline Southey, an association copy owned by her great granddaughter. Association copy, with the ink inscription from Bridget Downing Bowles Gardiner to the title page. Bridget wa…

Vega and Other Poems

Lawrence Durrell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Faber and Faber , 1973. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce review paperback copy of Lawrence Durrell's poetry collection. A very scarce review copy of the first edition. With the publisher's review slip tipped in. A booklet held within the publisher&apos…

Original Plays

William S. Gilbert · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Chatto & Winduss, 1906-1908. Cloth. A bright complete three volume set of the original plays of William S. Gilbert. A complete three volume set of Original Plays by William S. Gilbert.William S. Gilbert was an English dramatist, poet and illustrator, best known for his …

In Nicander Theriaca scholia auctoris incerti, et vetusta et utilia.Including: In eiusdem Alexipharmaca diversorum auctorum scholia.Paris, Morelius, 1557. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Each part with its own title page, with a woodcut caduceus device on all three. Set in roman and Greek types. Late 17th- or early 18th-century richly gold-tooled red morocco, with the author lettered in gold on the spine, a panel design on both boards with elaborate borders, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, marbled end papers, gilt edges.

NICANDER of Colophon. · 1505 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

[8], “225” [= 215], [1 blank]; “80” [= 72] pp.Bilingual edition (Greek & Latin) of two medical hexametric poems by the Hellenistic poet and physician Nicander of Colophon (fl. second century BCE), followed by a part with ancient scholia in Greek. The two poems are followed by co…

Les aventures de Télémaque.Paris, [Pierre François Didot le jeune], 1785. 2 volumes. Super royal 4to. With 98 hand-coloured plates, namely two engraved title pages in volume 1, 72 illustration plates engraved by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard after drawings by Charles Monnet, and 24 engraved plates with summaries of the "books" in decorative frames. Further with an elaborate armorial device on the title page of each volume. Contemporary gold-tooled dark greenish-brown morocco, a red morocco title and volume label on the spine, lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.

FÉNELON, François. · 1732 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€32,500.00 ($35,820.92 | £27,113.64 | ¥5,720,137)

[3], [1 blank], [4], 309, [3 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 297, [1 blank], [2] pp.Deluxe hand-coloured edition of Fénelon’s popular didactic novel, printed with newly designed type by Didot. This is also the first edition to include the 72 beautifully engraved plates drawn by the Fren…

[Harlem Renaissance] Copper Sun; with decorations by Charles Cullen

CULLEN, Countée P. (1903-1946) · 1927 · Fine Editions Ltd

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.86 | ¥19,801)

New York Harper & Brothers First Edition Two copies in different binding variants (one a later issue) of the poet's second collection. Crown 8vo (190 x 127mm): xi,[1],89,[1]pp, illustrated throughout. First Printing (with "first edition" and "G-B" on copyright page): Publisher's…

Adamastor

Roy Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cape Town, Paul Koston, 1950. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Roy Campbell's notable poetry collection, with illustrations by the author. The first illustrated edition of this work in a half calf binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with …

Letters from America

Rupert Brooke · 1916 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916. Cloth. A third impression of this collection of letters from Rupert Brooke during his tour of the United States of America, with a preface by Henry James. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a frie…

Enku. Master carver.

ENKU. Dotzenko,Grisha F. · 1976 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Tokyo [etc.], Kodansha International, [1976]. 156 pp. B./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (orange cloth with black lettering on spine), d./j. 4to. This English-language book is a monograph on the life and artistic work of Enku (1632-1695), a 17th-century Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk, '…

Carton d'invitation pour le gala de poésie organisé par Olga Nilza concernant Arthur Rimbaud

(Arthur RIMBAUD) - COLLECTIF · 1980 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

S. n. | Paris s. d. [circa 1980] | 12.50 x 15.50 cm | une feuille | Rare carton d'invitation du gala, ce jour-là consacré à Arthur Rimbaud, donné au musée Guimet par Olga Nilza et faisant partie du cycle "Les grands poètes européens". Agréable exemplaire. Participation d'André D…

Les Sonnets Du Docteur . . 2e édition Avec 2 Héliogravures Par Félicien Rops: Ecchymoses & Auscultation

Camuset , Georges (Author) (1843-1905); Armand Silvestre ( introduction.); Charles Monselet, author; Félicien Rops, artist; Emile Bayard, artist; · 1888 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

Dijon, Imprimerie Darantiere) Chez la plupart des libraires, Paris, 1888. 4to. 16.4 x 23.4cm. Original wraps with new spine. One of 200 copies...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 457252941..A collection of 37 erotic and humorous poems written by the French physician and poet Geor…

Andanté (Poèmes); Dessin de la couverture par Henri Beaulac

Leclerc, Félix (1914-1988) · 1945 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Montréal, Quebec Fides First Edition, Second Printing pp.158. 8vo., measuring 17 x 22 cm. Original red cloth over boards, stirking gilt-and-coral endpapers. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, ex-library with unobtrusive instiutional stamps to the front endpaper and title…