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Poems By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH · 1852 · S. Howlett-West Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. New Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. These two books have brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to the spines and stamped decorations on the front and rear covers. The books are in Very Good condition and lack dust jackets. The sp…

Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds.

Gordon, Lyndall. · 2010 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

New York : Viking, 2010. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 491 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-470) and indexes. Contents : A poet next door -- 'A still--volcano--life.…

Fabulae Aesopiae, curis posterioribus, omnes fere, emandatae, accesserunt plus quam CLXX nova; tum etiam observations, grammaticae praesertim, complures, et Index copiosus, nec desunt … Hominum et pecudum figurae elegantes.Mannheim, Typis Academicis, 1768 [colophon: 1767]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With a frontispiece and 15 engraved plates by Egid Verhelst (1733-1804). Contemporary vellum with spine label, red edges.

AESOP. (Francois Joseph DESBILLONS, comp.). · 1711 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

[2], 58, 290, [2], 291-615 pp.First illustrated edition of the vast complete collection of Aesop fables, arranged in 15 books to give a total of 532 fables in Latin verse, with extensive footnotes, brought together by Francois Joseph Terrasse Desbillons (1711-1789), a Jesuit and…

Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore · 1817 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh in full straight-grained green morocco with decorative blind stamping, marbled endpapers and a gilt fore edge. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh …

A Manual of Photography

Robert Hunt · 1853 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Joseph Griffin, 1853 . Cloth. The scarce third edition of the first English treatise on photography by key figure in the birth of photography, Robert Hunt. The third edition, enlarged. With a second title page of 'Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Or, System of Univ…

Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Study

Arthur Ransome · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Stephen Swift and Co Ltd. 1912 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this comprehensive volume of literary criticism on influential writer Edgar Allan Poe. A very scarce publishing of the work.In the original black cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece. A work of literary c…

Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down

Ishmael Reed · 1971 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Allison & Busby, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Ishmael Reed's satirical Western novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition, published in two years after the 1969 American Edition. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. &a…

1882-1895 Sterne; Robert Burns: English Men of Letters

H. D. Traill; Principal John Campbell Shairp · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1882-1895 . First edition. Leather. Two smartly bound entries from the 'English Men of Letters' series, concerning prominent writers Robert Burns and Lawrence Sterne. Each volume is illustrated with a hand coloured portrait frontispiece.The fi…

Doctor Zhivago

PASTERNAK, Boris · 1958 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1958. First English Edition of Doctor Zhivago PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1958. First English edition. Octavo ( 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 1…

Earth, Dear Earth (SIGNED COPY)

Mackereth, James Allan · 1928 · Bookbarrow

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

John Lane; The Bodley Head, London, 1928. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Brown Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Signed presentation copy with inscription to fep. which reads: "To D. G. Bridson Esq. with James Mackereth's complements August '39". …

Sailor Town. Sea Songs and Ballads.

FOX-SMITH, C. [CICELY]. · 1914 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Elkin Mathews, 1914. The Vigo Cabinet Series. Second Century No.25. 16.4cms x 12.5cms. Pp.53/ 6(publisher's catalogue), occasional foxing. Dark blue stiff card covers, minor fading to rear. Scarce. Good.** "Cicely Fox Smith (1882 -1954) was an English poet and writer..Fr…

J. v. Vondels Palamedes, of vermoorde Onnozelheit. Treurspel, met aenteekeningen uit 's Dichters mondt opgeschreven. Den derden druk merkelyk vermeerdert. (Bound with:) J. van Vondels Hekeldigten, met aenteekeningen, uit 's Dichters mondt opgeschreven, thans merkelijk vermeerdert. Verciert met koperen platen.

VONDEL,J. VAN DEN. · 1736 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€160.00 ($176.35 | £133.48 | ¥28,161)

Amersfoort, ('t Amersfoort), By Pieter Brakman, 1736. 4to. 2 volumes in 1: (IV),(XVI),82;(2),179,(5) p. Frontispiece and plates (see description below). Early 20th century half cloth. 19 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 271408340; Schuytvlot 471; Unger 18,143) (Details: 'Pieter Brakman' was a…

A Handwritten Book of Sheet Music

Anonymoys · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

N/A, N/A, c1850 . Leather. A charming nineteenth century volume of handwritten sheet music and accompanying lyrics. A half calf volume with ninety-six leaves of sheet music, with the majority of leaves left blank.The first twelve pages of this work feature handwritten music and …

Le Livre de L&Apos;Emeraude

A. Suares · 1927 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.30 | $4,623.99 | ¥738,391)

Paris, Les Editions d'Art Devambez, 1927. Leather. A beautiful limited edition ode to Brittany, illustrated throughout with detailed engravings, and bound in a morocco binding by Willard. A limited edition work, one of one-hundred and forty copies on Arches vellum, containi…

A Selection of Fifty of Moore&Apos;S Irish Melodies, Harmonized for Four Voices

M. W. Balfe · 1859 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, J. Alfred Novello, 1859. Cloth. A collection of Moore's Irish Melodies harmonized for four voices, with the original musical score from Michael William Balfe. Very scarce work. A collection of the Irish Melodies of Thomas Moore, an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, …

Les Grand Frissons: Poemes

Christine de Burgat · 1920 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Paris, Jouve & Cie , 1920 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce presentation copy of this patriotic WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author Christine de Burgat to the novelist Jacques des Gachons. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition. An ex…

Copper Sun

CULLEN, COUNTEE · 1927 · S. Howlett-West Books

$275.00 (€249.51 | £208.15 | ¥43,914)

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1927. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Charles Cullen. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text…

Pleased to Meet You

MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER · 1927 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New Haven, CT: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only glassine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some light bumping and rub…

A Natural Curiosity

Drabble, Margaret · 1989 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£9.20 (€11.03 | $12.15 | ¥1,941)

Viking. First edition-first printing. Book. VGC.Viking,1989.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,nick and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of small tears,nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj …

De Flagello Myrteo: Thoughts and Fancies on Love

[Richard Garnett] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of musings by Richard Garnett, with a signed presentation slip by the author. A scarce first edition.  With a tipped-in presentation slip signed by the author to the front free endp…