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Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum,

[TENGNAGEL, Mattheus Ganzneb]. · 1613 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

171, [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of Tengnagel's most acclaimed work, beautifully and luxuriously executed. Mattheus Ganzneb Tengnagel (1613-1652) was a popular Amsterdam poet and playwright, notorious for his licentious lifestyle. The present play is a comedy, based on La gi…

Lost Lane

Dorothy Wellesley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition of this short volume of poems from 'Lady Gerald Wellesley', Dorothy Wellesley. A signed first edition of this collection of poems from Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, a pr…

Down-Adown-Derry, a Book of Fairy Poems

Walter De La Mare · 1922 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of this book of fairy poems by Walter De La Mare. Charming collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare featuring more than 60 illustrations by Caldecott Medal winning artist Dorothy Lathrop.…

Legendes de la Guerre de France

Saint-Georges de Bouhelier · 1917 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Paris, Charpentier, 1917 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this volume of war poems by Saint-Georges de Bouhelier, inscribed to French translator Rene Puaux. In the original French.A signed presentation copy, i…

Lettres d'un Persan en Angleterre, à son ami à Ispahan, ou nouvelles lettres persannes, où l'on trouve la continuation de l'histoire des Troglodites, commencée par M. de Montesquieu. Nouvelle traduction libre de l'Anglois.

(Lyttelton, George (1709-1773)). · 1770 · Fahrenheit 451

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

London/ Paris, J.P. Costard, 1770, XX,337 pag., 19th cent. white halfleather with mounted faux-leather ribs and title-shield of gilt brown paper, glazed paper boards (19,3 x 12,4 cm.). = Fine untrimmed copy from the library of "Comes Baillet de Latour" with his engraved armor…

VOYAGE DANS LES MERS DU NORD. A Bord de la Corvette la Reine-Hortense.

Edmond, Charles. · 1863 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Paris Michael Lèvy Frères ... 1863. 2nd Ed. Sm. 4to. [8] + 536pp. 12 plates, vignette to title page and last leaf. French text. Light browning, prelims with closed tears sl. chipped and soiled, ‘C.E. Chojecki’ in pen to title page, ownership inscriptions to front f.e.p., with th…

Exit Music

Rankin, Ian · 2007 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,059)

Orion. First UK edition-4th printing. Book. Fine condition. Orion, 2007. First UK edition-4th printing(5 7 9 10 8 6 4).Black hardback (red lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj (two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both i…

Sonetti Del Burchiello Del Bellincioni E D&Apos;Altri Poeti Fiorentini Alla Burchiellesca

Burchiello · 1757 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London; [Lucca and Pisa], Not Stated, 1757. Leather. An uncommon collection of the sonnets of the Italian poet Burchiello, in the original Italian, with a portrait frontispiece. In the original Italian. An uncommon work.Complete in two parts, with 'De Sonetti di Burchiello…

For Api

Arthur Symons · 1913 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Arthur Symons's tribute to his beloved black dog, Api. Detailing the arrival of Api in their family, and his death and the aftermath.…

A Collection of Humorous Stories and Illustrations

Wilhelm Busch · 1880 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Munich; Lahr, Verlag von fr. Baffermann; Moritz Schaunenburg, 1880-1888. Leather. Two volumes full of humorous stories and verses from Wilhelm Busch, with illustrations by the author. In the original German language. German language. Thirteen volumes bound in two. Illustrated th…

Tunc

Lawrence Durrell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Lawrence Durrell's Faustian novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Tunc' is the first novel in a two novel…

Oeuvres D&Apos;Horace En Latin Et En Francois

Horace · 1803 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, A. Hambourg, 1803. Leather. A scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French and the original Latin, bound in contemporary leather. Horace (65-8BC) was a Roman lyric poet writing during Augustus' reign. He wrote plentiful works, including his Odes, Sa…

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1818 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Chiswick, C. Whittingham Press, 1818. Leather. A pleasing two volume edition of Samuel Butler's renowned satirical allegory, 'Hudibras&apos. Samuel Butler was a renowned poet and satirist, and author of the most memorable burlesque poem in the English language 'Hu…

A Wanderer in London

E. V. Lucas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Methuen and Co, 1925. Leather. A tour of London during the interwar period. With colour plates and in a full calf binding. Illustrated throughout, and featuring a map of London. With 16 colour plates by English artist Nelson Dawson. Collated, complete.E. V. Lewis, an Eng…

Paolo & Francesca a Tragedy in Four Acts

Stephen Phillips · 1916 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Stephen Phillips's tragedy 'Paolo & Francesca', in a signed Bumpus binding. Stephen Phillips was a notable English poet and dramatist, widely renowned for this play, 'Paolo & Fr…

Unrecorded Histories

Charles Ricketts · 1933 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Poet and artist Cecil French's copy of this limited edition first edition collection of short prose pieces by Charles Ricketts, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this limited edition work, one of 950 copies…

Iter Boreale with Large Additions of Several Other Poems

R Wild · 1668 · Rooke Books

£3,200.00 (€3,835.71 | $4,227.65 | ¥675,101)

London, Booksellers, 1668. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first collected edition of Robert Wilde's works with the famous poem 'Iter Boreale&apos. Comprising many poems by Wild, with  'The Recantation of a Penitent Proteus' , and 'The Fair Quarre…

Actions and Reactions

Rudyard Kipling · 1909 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Rudyard Kipling"s work, containing eight stories and eight poems written at the height of his career. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with Kipling's gilt elephant ins…

Poems by Mrs. M. Robinson

Mrs. M. Robinson [Mary Robinson] [Perdita] · 1791 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, J. Bell, 1791 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this celebrated collection of poems by 'the English Sappho' Mary Robinson, a mistress of King George IV. A very scarce first edition. The collected poems of English actress, poet, dramatis…

Poetry, 1751 | De Herderszangen en Mengeldichten. Amsterdam, T. Crajenschot, 1751, (20) 392 (8) pp.

Haen, A. de. · 1751 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€76.30 ($84.10 | £63.65 | ¥13,429)

With an engraved frontispiece and a portrait of the author (after J.M. Quinkhard's painting at the Rijksmuseum) by C.F. Frietzsch, and a large number of vignettes throughout the text.Abraham de Haen was an etcher, a draughtsman and a poet. He was trained by Cornelis Pronk and mo…