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An Equal Music & Two Lives

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Phoenix House; Little Brown, 1999-2005. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition, first impression volumes from Indian novelist Vikram Seth. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Vikram Seth, an award-winning Indian novelist and poet. This se…

Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, Et Oeuvres Poetiques de N. Boileau

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; Pierre Beaumarchais · 1880 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Lamplace, Sanchez et Cie; Garnier Freres, 1880-1885 . Leather. Two delightful volumes of French poetry, from famous French writers, illustrated with hand coloured plates. In the original French.The first work present is an 1880 edition of the poetry of Nicolas Boileau-Des…

Le Livre de Mon Ami

Anatole France · 1924 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris , Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1924. Leather. A copy of France's Le Livre de Mon Ami. With original paper cover. Anatole France (1844 – 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, …

Anne Bell, Histoire Anglaise

M. D'Arnaud [Francois-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d 'Arnaud] · 1769 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Le Jay, 1769. Paperback. A very scarce work of fiction, in the original French, from François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud. In the original French.A very scarce short work of fiction from French writer, playwright, poet and novelist François-Thomas-Marie de Ba…

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of John Betjeman's intimate, autobiographical poetry. A first edition copy of Summoned by Bells, a collection of poetry by Poet Laureate John Betjeman. In the original publisher's blind-toole…

A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

Charles Mackay · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1890]. Leather. Collection of English prose classics selected and arranged by Charles Mackay. Dated via Jisc. Containing a vast selection of English prose including extracts from pieces by the most celebrated writers of English prose, from th…

La lame et le fourreau

PAUL-SENTENAC · 1921 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Editions Sansot | Paris 1921 | 11.50 x 18.50 cm | broché | Edition originale pour laquelle il n'est pas fait mention de grands papiers. Rare et agréable exemplaire. Bel envoi autographe signé de Paul-Sentenac : "Pour Auguste Dorchain, pour le poète émouvant, pour l'auteur de l'A…

Aragon

Hubert JUIN · 1960 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Gallimard | Paris 1960 | 12.50 x 20.50 cm | broché | Edition originale pour laquelle il n'a pas été tiré de grands papiers, un des exemplaires du service de presse. Exemplaire complet de son prière d'insérer, iconographie. Envoi autographe signé d'Hubert Juin au poète Charles Do…

Complot

Alain GUÉRIN · 1953 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Editions Art Vulc | Bordeaux 1953 | 13.50 x 18.50 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 10 exemplaires lettrés sur B.F.K. de Rives, tirage de tête. Ouvrage orné d'illustrations de Mitelberg. Dos et plats marginalement insolés, agréable état intérieur. Bel envoi autographe daté…

Lettre à madame C...

Paul VALÉRY · 1928 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,200.00 ($1,322.62 | £1,001.12 | ¥211,205)

Grasset | Paris 1928 | 14.50 x 19.50 cm | broché sous chemise et étui | Edition originale, un des 200 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin Rives blanc, le nôtre un des 24 hors commerce réservés à l'auteur et ses amis. Précieux envoi autographe signé de Paul Valéry : "A Charles Maurra…

Poematum libri sedecim. Ed. David Hoogstraten

BROEKHUIZEN, Johan van. (BROUCKHUSIUS). · 1711 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Amsterdam, Fr. Halma, 1711. 4to. [xxiv],502,[14] pp. With engr.frontispiece and engraved title vignette, and numerous vignettes in the text. Speckled calf, richly gilt spine with morocco title-shield. Board edges gilt; edges marbled. (Small corner clipped from flyleaf; small, li…

A Book of Dying

Mezey, Robert · 1970 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Kayak Press, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 1970. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Dane Olson. Near Fine Condition. 1500 copies of this book were printed by George Hitchcock at the small press publisher Kayak Press in California. Title page printed in green, poems & drawi…

Dramatic Poesy and Other Essays (Everyman's Library #568)

DRYDEN, JOHN · 1939 · Bluebird Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1939. Hardcover. A 1939 reprint of the 1912 issuance. A collection of critical essays by the first Poet Laureat of England, John Dryden (1631-1700). This abridged edition was later followed …

Myself

ASHTON-WARNER, SYLVIA · 1967 · Round Table Books, LLC

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g. (yellow). Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner MBE (1908 – 1984) was a New Zealand writer, poet and educator. She spent many years teaching Maori child…

Nieuwe keuren tot vordernisse van de getimmerten ende tbouwen van huyzen binnen dezer stadt Leyden. Ten bevele van die vande Gerechte der voorschreven stede.Leiden, gedruct opt raedhuys aldaer [= Jan van Hout], 1586. With: (2) [RAADHUISPERS - JAN VAN HOUT (publisher)]. Keuren opt ampt vande craemverzorchsters, inne-nemen vande craemvrouwen, tampt vande aelmoeseniers, generale verdeelinge, ende misbruyc der aelmissen.Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1586.(3) [RAADHUISPERS - JAN VAN HOUT (publisher)]. Provisionele ordonnantie gemaect by Schout ende schepenen dezer stade, op tbrouwen vande zware bieren (including the Aenhang vande burgelicke keuren).Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1587.(4) [RAADHUISPERS - JAN VAN HOUT (publisher)]. Ordonnantie gemaect by die van de Gerechte deze stadt Leyden ten dagen hier naer genomt, opt wijden vande wateren ende grachten, daer naer hem elc eenen van nu voorts-aen zal hebben te gedragen int maken, versteken, ende vernieuwen van haer platingen. Leiden, Raadhuispers [Jan van Hout], 1588. 4 works in 1 volume. 4to. The title of ad 1 is set within an ornamental border built up from typographical ornaments, with a woodcut printer's device, a large woodcut with the coat of arms of Leiden on the final leaf of ad 1, and 24 decorative woodcut initials. 18th-century vellum over boards, sewn on 4 supports laced through the joints.

[RAADHUISPERS - JAN VAN HOUT (publisher)]. · 1578 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[1], [1 blank], [9], [1 blank]; [7], [1 blank]; [8]; [24] pp.Four very rare and very finely produced collections of statutes and ordinances, for the greater part printed in civilité type. They were produced by the famous Raadhuispers (the official press at the Town Hall at Leide…

Chant de L’Amour Et de la Mort Du Cornette Christoph Rilke

Rilke, Rainer-Maria; Maurice Betz, translator · 1940 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, France, Éditions Émile-Paul Frères, 1940. First Edtion Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Translated into French from the original Austrian-German by Maurice Betz, thus a First Edition Thus. Translated into English, "The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilk…

Four Translated Works by Francois Mauriac

Francois Mauriac; Gerard Hopkins [trans.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948-1949 . Cloth. Four translated works by Francois Mauriac uniform in the publisher's dust wrappers. A lovely collection of works by Francois Mauriac in the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers. Early editions …

Yearnings

William Earl Phipps · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Boston, Gorham Press, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of a powerful poetic anthology written by William Estill Phipps, a copy previously belonging to fellow writer Clement Wood. The very scarce first edition of Yearnings, a poetic anthology, written by …

Lalla Rookh an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1858 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858. Leather. An illustrated edition of this famous romance work. In a lovely Mansell binding. With binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper. Lalla Rookh comprises of four narrative poems, with a connecting tale in …

Five Degrees South

Francis Brett Young · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , Martin Secker , 1917. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of Francis Brett Young"s early poetry collection, signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original paper wraps. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front en…