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Evelyn Waugh · 1947 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1947. First edition. Cloth. Evelyn Waugh's uncommon novella following the character of Scott-King. An excellent first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this novella by the noted author Evelyn Waugh. Published for the firs…

Elogio del Principe Raimondo Montecuccoli.

PARADISI (Agostino): · 1776 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

Bologna Dalla Stamperia di Lelio dalla Volpe, 1776. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 186 x 114 mms., pp. [5] 6 - 85 [86 blank, 87 errata, 88 - 90 blank], engraved portrait of Montecuccoli as frontispiece, text within borders, contemporary sheepskin, gilt borders to a Greek key design on co…

[Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]

Rai Ky?hei ??? [aka Shuns? or Manshiro], artist · 1756 · Boston Book Company

$3,600.00 (€3,266.25 | £2,724.92 | ¥574,873)

Rai Ky?hei ??? [aka Shuns? or Manshiro], artist. [Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] [Landscape]. N.p. n.d. Landscape painting of a mountain scene with pine trees. Hanging scroll (kakemono ???) beautifully mounted on brocade with black wooden jiku handles. Image size 44.7x18.4cm wit…

Trois Mois Au Pouvoir

M. de Lamartine [Alphonse de Lamartine] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères,, 1848. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition of this political memoir by Alphonse de Lamartine, recalling the events of the February revolution and the critical early months of the Second Republic. Smartly bound in half calf binding wi…

Poems

Frederick Locker [Frederick Locker-Lampson] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Wilson, 1868. First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of this very scarce poetry collection from Frederick Locker-Lampson, featuring an illustrated frontispiece from George Cruikshank. An author's presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this v…

Ten Sonnets

G.H Johnstone [George Harcourt Johnstone] · 1921 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1921. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce poetry anthology, previously owned by peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group Roger Senhouse, written by George Harcourt Johnstone. Ten Sonnets, a very scarce poetry anthology, written by British author, di…

Monks, Nuns and Monasteries

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very good first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's history of monasteries and nunneries through the Medieval period and the eighteenth century First edition with original publisher's binding and original…

Old Friends

Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890 . First edition. Hardback. A large paper, limited edition copy of this charming collection of epistolary parodies by Andrew Lang. Limited edition, with only one-hundred-and-fifty copies produced. This is number thirty two. Bound in the publi…

Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings; Wise Children

Angela Carter · 1991 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1991-1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first edition copies of this novel and collection of writings by English novelist Angela Carter, in the original dust wrappers. A two volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the …

Opere Dell&Apos;Abate Pietro Metastasio, Poeta Cesareo

Pietro Metastasio · 1823 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.27 | $720.02 | ¥114,978)

Prato, Dalla Tipografia di Luigi Vannini, 1823. Vellum. A delightful vellum-bound, complete collection of the writings of Metastasio in the original Italian language, illustrated with engraved plates. Peitro Metastasio was an Italian poet and librettist active during the eightee…

Victorian Ode for Jubilee Day

Francis Thompson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Not Stated, 1897. First edition. Paperback. A publishers' presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Francis Thompson's celebatory poem written for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The first edition of this work.A scarce work.Privately printed.Franc…

Joost Van Den Vondel (1587-1679)

Jan Bloemendal 113361, Frans-Willem Korsten 156516 · 2011 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

BRILL, 2011, Gekartonneerd, 652, Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was the most prolific poet and playwright of his age. During his long life, roughly coinciding with the Dutch Golden Age, he wrote over thirty tragedies. He was a famous figure in political and artistic circles of…

[Converstation between B. Endres and P. Eugenius]

[PASSI, GIUSEPPE] ?, · 1569 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€28.75 ($31.69 | £23.99 | ¥5,060)

Incomplete without titlepage, so we have no information about the title, place, printer or date of publication. It concerns a conversation between B. Endres and P. Eugenius, printed in German in a Gothic font. Based on the content we suspect the text is a German translation of a…

Virgil. His Life and Times.

LEVI, P., · 1998 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€21.50 ($23.70 | £17.94 | ¥3,784)

Duckworth, London, 1998. VII,248p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. 'More encomium than biography, Levi's work traces the great Roman poet's inspirations and influences backward and forward through time, via close readings of classical and modern texts. Though not …

1903 Handwritten Book Dedication from Acclaimed Canadian Author, Physician and Member of Parliament, Dr. Thomas Chisholm

DR. THOMAS CHISHOLM · 1903 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

Ontario, Canada, 1903. Non-Book. On offer is a page with a handwritten dedication from the author, removed from a book. Handwritten at the top of the page is: "To JS Souiers with the Compliments of the Author. 4/7/03”. Below, the following is typed: “Thomas Chisholm, M. D. (1842…

Some British Birds

Edward Thomas [ed.]; et al. · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of wonderfully illustrated study of British birds, edited by Edward Thomas. First edition.Very scarce. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth, rebacked. Edited by British write…

Antique portrait print I Humanist Lievin van der Beken, Laevinius Torrentius (1525-1595), published ca. 1710-1730, 1 p.

Jan Baptist Jongelinx (1689-1716) · 1525 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€121.00 ($133.36 | £100.95 | ¥21,297)

Bust portrait of Lievin van der Beken (Laevinius Torrentius) (1525-1595). In an oval frame, shoulders turned to the left, with fur collar. Under the frame a plinth with inscription. Between the frame and the plinth his coat of arms with motto: DEUM SEQUERE.Inscribed on the plint…

Der mittlere Baumgarten im mittlern Druck: Darinn ... Morgen- Abend- Mess- Vesper- Beicht- und Communiongebether, wie auch zu dem ... Sakrament des Altars, und der allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit ....

(MARTIN (LINIUS) VON COCHEM, O.Cap.). · 1710 · Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

CHF 1,680.00 (€1,817.22 | $2,002.91 | £1,516.05 | ¥319,839)

c. 1710 With woodcut frontispiece showing Christ appearing in a tree. (11) leaves, 350 pp., (4) leaves. 8vo. Contemp. vellum, painted blue and green in a panel design with some gilt stamping, spine with 2 green compartments, edges gauffered (color rubbed off slightly). Glatz, Fr…

"...j'en ai plusieurs que je veux réserver pour l'épreuve d'une lecture sévère, avant de les livrer à la publicité" • Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté

Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN · 1896 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

S. n. | Nazelles 4 Septembre 1896 | 13 x 20.50 cm | une page | Lettre autographe signée de Francis Viélé-Griffin (23 lignes à l'encre violette depuis sa propriété de Nazelles en Indre-et-Loire) adressée à Edouard Ducoté, poète, bibliophile et directeur de la revue l'Ermitage dep…

Les quatre premiers livres de la Franciade [Ensemble] Le bocage royal [Ensemble] Les eclogues et mascarades [Ensemble] Les elegies

Pierre de RONSARD · 1630 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€900.00 ($991.96 | £750.84 | ¥158,404)

Chez Samuel Tibout | à Paris 1630 | 8 x 14 cm (In-12) | relié | Nouvelle édition et dernière édition ancienne collective de ces oeuvres de Ronsard composant les tomes IV, V, VI, et VII. Portraits gravés de Charles IX et Henri III (la même répétée) et 2 vignettes en bandeau avec …