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An Essay on Painting in a Poetical Epistle to an Eminent Painter with Notes
William Hayley · 1781 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
Dublin, Pat Byrne, 1781. Paperback. A scarce, second edition of this poetical essay written by the eighteenth century poet and playwright, William Hayley. This poetical essay is addressed to Hayley's friend, George Romney. Added to the titular work is an Epistle to a Friend…
Poetry London X
A. J. Bull; Elizabeth Bartlett; Tambimuttu [ed]; et al. · 1944 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. Volume 2, number 10 of the brightly illustrated and highly regarded literary magazine, 'Poetry London&apos. The first edition. Volume 2, number 10. Illustrated with two monochrome plates, three lithographic coloured pl…
Exercises de Dessin Linéaire de de Lavis Des Aspirants à L'Ecole Central Des Arts Et Manufactures. First Edition
Bouchet, Jules (1799-1860) · 1855 · Wittenborn Art Books
$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)
Paris: Jules Bouchet, 1855. Oblong folio. Portfolio with 5 of 6 engravings, Small stain in lower margin. 35 x 50 cm. Original wraps, torn. Rare.. No copies i OCLC. Jules-Frédéric Bouchet was an architect and engraver who began his career as a student of French architect and desi…
Ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum, opera Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus, (etc.) Quae huic tertiae, ac postremae edition sint addita, epistola ad lectorem, ordine tertia, fusissime docebit.
HORATIUS. · 1579 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954
€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)
Paris, Joh. Macaeus, 1579. Folio. (32x19,6cm). 2 parts in 1 vol. [xii],348,[44]-412,[76] pp. Modern quarter-calf. (title-page soiled, some repairs on title-page (causing text loss on verso side in the Privilège.) and last pages repaired (with some loss in colophon and index); nu…
Language and Symbolic Systems
CHAO, YUEN REN · 1968 · S. Howlett-West Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some edge wear, rubbing a…
Poems & Arias from a Love Opera
Robert Conquest · 1955 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1955-1969. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from British-American writer Robert Conquest. Two volumes. First editions. A collection of poetry from George Robert Acworth Conquest, a British and American historian, …
London Lyrics
Frederick Locker [Frederick Locker-Lampson] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, W. Isbister and Co. 1874 . Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the seventh edition of Frederick Locker's popular volume of verse. A signed presentation copy of the scarce seventh edition of this volume of poetry from English man of letters, bibliophile and poet …
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor
Mervyn Peake · 2001 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2001. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first Candlewick Press edition of this children's pirate romance story from British writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake. First Candlewick Press edition, first impression. The author's first book…
Montevideo Bajo El Azote Epidemico
Heraclio C. Fajardo · 1857 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Montevideo, Imprenta del Sr. Rosete, 1857. First edition. Cloth. Colorado Party politician Heraclio C. Fajardo's contemporary account of the mid eighteenth century Uruguayan Yellow Fever epidemic. The very scarce first edition. In the original Spanish.The very scarce first …
Robert E Lee
John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A play by John Drinkwater. This dramatic work is based on Robert E Lee, an American and Confederate Soldier. He was a top army commander of the Confederate States of America. The first edition of this work. Held in origin…
Wither&Apos;S Motto. Nec Habeo, Nec Careo, Nec Curo.
George Wither · 1814 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Birmingham, R. Beilby and T. Knott, 1814 . Hardback. An early nineteenth century reprint of this very scarce satirical poem by George Wither, a work that was considered libellous and led to the author's imprisonment. First published in 1621, contemporary seventeenth century…
Poems, Chiefly Religious
Henry Francis Lyte · 1833 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, James Nisbet, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of Anglican poems by Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet Henry Francis Lyte. The very scarce first edition of this work, a charming volume of religious poetry, with titles includin…
Sleepers Awake
Kenneth Patchen · 1946 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)
New York, Padell Book Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this important work of imaginative invention from American author Kenneth Patchen. First trade edition. An extraordinary piece of imaginative invention described as "novelistic fantasy", in which…
Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Edward Garrett [ed.] · 1868 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Strahan and Co. 1868. Cloth. A charming illustration edition of 'Aesop's Fables', edited under the pseudonym Edward Garrett, likely Scottish writer and suffragist Isabella Fyvie Mayo. A particularly scarce edition of these classic fables.The editor is cred…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam · 1936 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1936. Fine Binding. A finely bound Bayntun-Riviere copy of this famous poem by the Persian philosopher and poet. With the binder's stamp 'Bayntun Riviere' to the verso of front endpaper. This copy is posted from the Golden Treasury Series…
Poems
William Hayward Roberts · 1774 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, J. Wilkie, 1774. Leather. The scarce poetical collection of William Hayward Roberts, an English schoolmaster, poet and Provost of Eton College. A new edition. First published in 1774. Bound in full embossed calf, with raised bands and marbled endpapers. Bound with the or…
Lost & Castro&Apos;S Dream
Lucy Wadham · 2000 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Faber and Faber, 2000-2003. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition copies of the first and second novels from British writer Lucy Wadham, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Luc…
Starved Rock
Edgar Lee Masters · 1919 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry by Edgar Lee Masters, with a letter to Kay Laurel. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, with &a…
William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends
Philip Henderson · 1967 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Philip Henderson's detailed biography of William Morris, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's work. The first US edition, first impression of this illustrated biogra…
Nostalgia for No Known Place
Cameron Cathie · 1938 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Not Stated, Roger Ingram, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition collection of poetry by Cameron Cathie, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First and only edition. Limited edition, being one two-hundred and fifty published copies.In the publisher's origi…