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"Abraham et Guillevic sont mes parrains et comme d'autre part Jouglet se trouve être mon cousin, je m'y trouverai en famille... Parrains ! cousin... et toi bien sûr comme frère." • Lettre autographe signée adressée à son ami le poète Charles Dobzynski évoquant son anthologie de la poésie prolétarienne et son adhésion au Comité National des Ecrivains

Jean L'ANSELME · 1955 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

s. l. s.d. (ca 1955) | 21 x 27 cm | une feuille | Lettre autographe signée d'une page de Jean L'Anselme adressée à son ami le poète Charles Dobzynski (23 lignes à l'encre bleue) dans laquelle il évoque le projet d'une anthologie de la poésie prolétarienne où pourrait figurer Cha…

Chronique des rois d'Angleterre, ecrite en Anglois selon le stile des anciens historiens Juifs.London [= Hanover?], Thomas Cooper [= Johann Wilhelm Schmidt?], 1743. Title in red & black with engraved vignette (a seascape with a sea creature in the foreground), headpieces and tailpieces.

BEN SADDI, Nathan (= Robert DODSLEY). · 1743 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

144; [4], XXIV, 191, [1 blank], [2], 192-228; 108; 16 pp.Ad 1: One of two probably simultaneous issues of the rarer of the first two French editions, all dated 1743, of a chronicle of the kings of England that covers the period 1066-1603, first published in English in 1740. Robe…

Berenice

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this romance novel with an air of mystery, written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and illustrated by Howard Somerville. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. An excell…

A Communication to My Friends

George Moore · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Nonesuch Press, 1933. Cloth. The first edition of George Moore's Communication. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Limited edition published by the Nonesuch Press. Number 18 of 1000 copies. Title pa…

Uncle Stephen

Forrest Reid · 1945 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. Cloth. An early edition of Forrest Reid"s sensitive novel of a lonely boy and the quiet, formative bond with his uncle, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First published …

Rainbow Verse: A Book of Helpful Sunny Philosophy

W. Dayton Wegefarth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Philadelphia , George W. Jacobs & Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce post-WWI collection of Wegefarth"s uplifting verse, the first edition, inscribed and signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Signed and …

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Alphonse Lemerre , 1876-1880. Leather. A collection of illustrated works by Alfred de Musset bound in full calf. Eleven volumes. Bound in full calf. With frontispieces, illuminated letters, headpieces and 6 plates to 'Contes de Nouvelles', 2 to 'Comedies…

La Comedia de la Mort

Theophile Gautier · 1838 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Paris, Desessart, 1838 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the macabre poetry of Theophile Gautier. Gautier ruminates on the theme of death, viewing it as an escape from the tortures of life. In the original French.A bright copy of the first edition of the macabre poe…

Saint Joan of Arc

Vita Sackville-West · 1936 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1936. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Vita Sackville-West's classic biography of Joan of Arc, bound in beautiful half morocco by Maltbys. The first edition. Rebound in a beautiful contemporary half morocco binding by Maltbys. With a…

L&Apos;Anneau D&Apos;Amethyste

Anatole France · 1899 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1899. Leather. A seventh edition copy of part three of Anatole France's four-part chronicle, 'L'Histoire Contemporaine', rebound in quarter morocco by Birdsall & Son. Presenting L'Anneau d'Amethyste, part three of this four-par…

Thãƒâ©Atre Des Maisons D&Apos;ãƒâ‰Ducation

L. F. Jauffret · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Lyon; Paris, Chez Perisse Freres, Libraires; Au Depot de Libraire de Perisse Freres, 1835 . Leather. A very scarce full-morocco collection of French children's plays, intended for performance in schools. Third edition. Very scarce.   A smart, red, full-morocco prize bindin…

On a Glass Lightly

Simon Whistler · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. Signed limited first edition on the glass engravings of Simon Whistler, illustrated with over 100 photographs. First limited edition. No. 106 of 200 copies.Signed by the author to limitation page.In publisher's origin…

Dorsetshire Folk-Lore

John Symonds Udal · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Hertford, Stephen Austin and Sons Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Udal's intriguing collection on folk-lore in the English county of Dorset. The first edition of Dorsetshire Folk-lore, written by British antiquarian John Symonds Udal. Printed by St…

Our Village

Mary Russell Mitford · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893. Cloth. Hugh Thomson's charming illustrated edition of Mary Russell Mitford's rural sketches. The first Hugh Thomson illustrated edition of 'Our Village', decorated with one-hundred full-text and in-text drawings.In full cloth b…

For Sylvia an Honest Account

ACKLAND, VALENTINE · 1986 · Little Lane Books

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

W W Norton & Co Inc. 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, 21.5cm. Book, 135pp, lesss than 500g to post. Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was a British novelist and short-story writer. Born at Harrow School, Middlesex, where her father was a schoolmaster; Sylvia Townsend Warner wa…

Karel Appel. Gallery Guy Pieters. 5/6 - 5/7/1988.

Alan Bowness and Rupert Martin. · 1988 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€21.50 ($23.70 | £17.94 | ¥3,784)

Knokke-Zoute Gallery Guy Pieters 1988 Softcover, ca. 120 non-numb. pp., 25.5x25.5cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition. This catalogue documents a solo exhibition of the Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel at Gallery Guy Pieters in Knokke-Zoute, Belgium, held …

Black Elk's Story: Distinguishing Its Lakota Purpose

Rice, Julian · 1994 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press First Paperback Edition pp. xiii, 165. Appears unread; as new. "Black Elk Speaks, the book of John G. Neihardt's interviews with the Lakota visionary, is one of the most successful popularizations of Native American religious thought. U…

Indian Affairs a Novel

WOIWODE, LARRY · 1992 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1992. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0689121555. Illustrated by David Frampton. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean…

Airport Encounter

James Badger · 2012 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$33.00 (€20.28 | $22.36 | £16.92 | ¥3,570)

Privately Printed First Edition New Book 21cm x 15cm. [iii], 401 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Erotic coming of age fiction with some homosexual themes set in Brisbane, Armidale, and Toulouse. Limited private printing of 100 copies. "Nigel Wellesley is an Australian choirboy and …

El Monje: Y La Hija Del Verduo

Ambrose Bierce; Santiago Caruso · 2011 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$71.50 (€43.95 | $48.44 | £36.67 | ¥7,735)

Libros del Zorro Rojo Barcelona First Edition Very Good Condition Very Good Signed by Illustrator 25cm x 17cm. 136 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards, illustrated jacket. Text is in Spanish. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American short story writer…