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George Crabbe&Apos;S Poetical Works
George Crabbe · 1840 · Rooke Books
£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)
London , Charles Daly, 1840. Cloth. A pocket sized edition of George Crabbe's poetical works. With an essay on Crabbe's 'genius and writings&apos. Undated, dated from Copac. In a lovely pocket sized format from Charles Daly, allowing ease of travel with this work.…
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus
Andrew Lang [trans.] · 1889 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1889. Vellum. A limited large paper edition of these ancient Greek pastoral poems rendered by Andrew Lang, in the publisher's scarce limp vellum binding. One of two hundred and fifty copies of this large paper edition, printed in June 1889.In a spe…
Cotswold Ballads
Frank Mansell; Laurie Lee [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Stroud, Richard Courtauld, 1974 . Cloth. A signed copy of this expanded, illustrated edition of Frank Mansell's very scarce volume of ballads about the Cotswolds. Flat signed by the Gloucestershire based poet Frank Mansell to the front free endpaper.In the publisher's …
Oeuvres de J.B. Poquelin de Moliere
j. B. Poquelin de Moliere · 1789 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Paris , De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot L'Aine, 1789. Leather. Five volumes of plays by the wonderful French writer Moliere. Stereotype edition. Five volumes of eight, missing volumes two, four and six. Moliere was a French playwright, actor, poet and is regarded as one …
Nettles: Criterion Miscellany, No. 11
D. H. Lawrence · 1930 · Rooke Books
£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)
London, Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this collection of poetry by renowned modernist author D. H. Lawrence, part of the Criterion Miscellany. First edition. A collection of poetry from D. H. Lawrence; No. 11 of the Criterion Miscellany…
Nonsense Songs and Stories
Edward Lear · 1895 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1895]. Cloth. A charming edition of Lear's famous and popular nonsensical verses, complete with music and illustrations. A collection of Lear's renowned nonsense verse.This is a ninth edition of this work, demonstrating its popularity. E…
A Flight of Words
Jean Kenward · 1966 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Youth Press, 1966 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful example of this very scarce poetry collection from Jean Kenward, with a signed letter from her publisher loosely inserted. The very scarce first edition, first impression.With a signed letter from the publisher, d…
Candle-Ends
Hermon Ould · 1920 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, The Bloomsbury Press, 1920 . First edition. Paperback. First edition, signed and inscribed by Hermon Ould, a scarce early collection of verse by the future co-founder of P.E.N. International. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition. Signed and inscribe…
A Book of Bristol Sonnets
H. D. Rawnsley · 1877 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce book of sonnets from Bristol compiled by H D Rawnsley. The first edition of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen in commerce. Found in institutional libraries including the British…
After Martial.
PORTER, P., · 1972 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity
€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)
Oxford University Press, London, 1972. 47p. Paperback. Some erasable -critical- pencil markings and annotations in Dutch. Martial is famous for his epigrams. He is also notorious as the most ribald poet of the classical world. Too few people know his more extended epigrams, whi…
La France de Profil
Strand, Paul and Claude Roy · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
New York, Aperture, 2001. Second Edition. Hardcover. BW-photographic dust jacket with black lettering. Slate cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. 119 pp. BW photographs. "In this first English translation of La France de Profil, Paul Strand's photographs, combined w…
Equatorial Dawn Travel Letters From North,East,and Central Africa
Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1936 · Richard Thornton Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Eyre & Spottiswoode This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original black cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No dust-jacket.The book has a firm bidning with NO hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine.Illustrated with 40 photographs and there is the fol…
Birches
FROST, ROBERT · 1973 · S. Howlett-West Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
Lenexa, KS: April Editions, 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letterpress of Harry Duncan at the University of Nebraska. "First printing of this uncommon private press edition of a selection of Frost's short poems - 48 pp. Hand set by Harry Duncan at Cleary House - University of…
Poems of Felicia Hemans
Felicia Hemans · 1808 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Edinburgh and London, Wliiam Blackwood and Sons, c1851. Cloth. A three volume set of the poems of Felicia Hemans. Dated from copac. Appears to be three of six volumes. Felicia Hemans was an English poet. Her first poems were published in 1808 when she was only fourteen, and it w…
Lyrics & Ballads
Margaret L. Woods · 1889 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this scarce first edition anthology of verses by Margaret L. Woods. Scarce first edition, first impression of this work. A scarce book. First anthology of poems by Margaret Louisa Woods, English author …
Dartmoor a Descriptive Poem
N T Carrington · 1826 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this narrative poem, by N. T. Carrington, profusely illustrated throughout. With twelve etched plates. With a half title and with the subscribers list and publisher's advertisment to the rear. With f…
Proverbs in Porcelain to Which Is Added &Apos;Au Revoir&Apos; a Dramatic Vignette
Austin Dobson · 1893 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1893. Cloth. An illustrated collection of poetry by English poet Austin Dobson. With 25 illustrations by Bernard Partridge including a frontispiece and an illustrated title page. John Bernard Partridge was an English illustrator known f…
Poems 1902-1925
Edward Thompson · 1926 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Selwyn & Blount, Ltd. 1926. First edition. Hardback. An incredibly scarce first edition volume of poetry, featuring an inscription by the author. A very scarce first edition volume of poetry by poet Edward Thompson.A presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpape…
Tales of Truth, for Young People
Mary Elliott [Mary Belson Elliott] · 0 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Darton and Clark, c1840. Leather. A very scarce and charmingly illustrated collection of tales for the young, by British author and poet Mary Belson Elliott. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight further charming engraved plates.Aiming to provide moral guidance and e…
A Garland of Poems
R L Cook · 1980 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Kinnesswood, The Lomond Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. An exceptional copy of this limited edition poetry collection. With poems by Michael Baldwin, Ted Hughes, Norman Nicholson and Clive Sansom among many other famous names. The first edition of this poetry collection, …