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Beautiful Snow and Other Poems
WATSON, J. W. (JOSEPH WARREN) · 1869 · S. Howlett-West Books
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
Philadelphia, PA: Turner Brothers & Co, 1869. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to th…
Nginash Ben Jehudah : Selection of Poems and Memorials
FINE, ISRAEL · 1907 · Bookshop Baltimore
$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)
Baltimore, MD: Israel Ben Yehudah Fine, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good reading copy. Maroon cloth boards. Back of the book has a small, taped-in card, print states that states Compliments of Israel Fine, Baltimore, Md. Tissue guard overlay with frontispiece of Israel Fine …
A Collection of Volumes from Cassell&Apos;S National Library
John Evelyn; William Shakespeare; William Makepeace Thackeray; Edmund Burke; Cicero · 1904 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1904-1905. Cloth. Five smart volumes by great writers from the Cassell National Library. Five volumes. Cassell's National Library. Each volume includes a portrait frontispiece. This set includes: The Diary of John Evelyn (Reign of Charles…
KriegsãâLieder Aus ãâSterreich 1914 Erstes Heft ; Der KriegsãâLieder Aus ãâSterreich Zweites Heft
Richard Schaukal · 1914 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Munich, Georg Müller, 1914-1915. First edition. Paperback. Two scarce First World War poetic pamphlets by Richard Schaukal, each signed and inscribed by the author, capturing Austro-Hungarian patriotic sentiment at the opening years of the war. In the publisher's original …
Flora, a Book of Drawings by Pamela de Bianco
Walter De La Mare · 1919 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, William Heinemann, 1919. Hardback. A first edition collection of the artwork of child prodigy Pamela Bianco, with poetry to accompany by Walter de la Mare. Complete with the dust wrapper. Pamela Bianco (1906-1994) was a painter and illustrator who was a child prodigy kno…
Levensschets, en bloemlezing uit de geschriften, van den hoog-eerwaardigen heer Jan Scharp; ... overleden, als rustend leeraar der Nederduitsche Hervormde Gemeente te Rotterdam, 2 maart 1828.
SCHARP, J.- [W.C. de VLETTER, ed.] · 1828 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.
€225.00 ($247.99 | £187.71 | ¥39,601)
Rotterdam, bij de Wed. Ph. Tuinzing, 1828. 8vo. Nice modern period style marbled brds., w. paper title shield. [n2, A-F8, G8 [-G7], H-P8]. (IV, 1-108, 111-240 pp.). (Removed leaf G7, pages 109-110, see note below). (Some spots and occasional light soiling.). Publication compiled…
A Shropshire Lad
A.E. Housman [Alfred Edward Housman] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
London, Grant Richards, 1898. Cloth. The second edition of Housman's famous poetic cycle, the first to be a hit, and would later gain great popularity among young audiences during World War I. The sought after second edition of A Shropshire Lad, a poetic cycle, written by E…
Poems with a Dramatic Entertainment
[Anne Percy] · 1771 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)
London, J. Dodsley; P. Elmsly; T. Davis, and F. Newbery, [1771]. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of the poetry of Anne Penny, a brilliant collection including Penny's translations. The first edition of this scarce work.ESTC citation number T42683.Illustrated …
Voyage En Orient, Detache Textuellement Des Souvenirs, Impressions, Pensees, Et Paysages
M. de Lamartine · 1836 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Malines et Brussels , P.J. Hanicq Et Editeurs, 1836. Leather. A smart, pocket-sized copy of this uncommon work about the author's luxurious journey throughout Asia, made from 1832 to 1833, illustrated throughout. A smart, pocket-sized work the author's journey through …
Plays for an Irish Theatre
W. B. Yeats · 1911 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, A. H. Bullen, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this significant collection of Irish plays for the theatre, from Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist W. B. Yeats. First edition.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards.Illustra…
![Peristromata Turcica, sive dissertatio emblematica, praesentem Europae statum ingeniosis coloribus repraesentans.With: (2) [HARSDÖRFFER, Georg Philipp]. Germania deplorata, sive relatio, qua pragmatica momenta belli pacisque expenduntur.(3) [MILAG, Martin]. Aulaea Romana, contra Peristromata Turcica expansa: sive dissertatio emblematica, concordiae Christianae omen repraesentans.(4) [Anonymous French critic of Cardinal RICHELIEU]. Gallia deplorata, sive relatio, de luctuoso bello, quod rex Christianissimus contra vicinos populos molitur.[Nürnberg, Wolfgang Endter] (ad 1 with a false colophon: Paris, Toussaint du Bray), [each title-page with a chronogram:] 1641 (ads 1-2, 4) & 1642 (ad 3). 4 editions published together in 1 volume. 4to. With 4 letterpress title-pages in red and black, each with the date in a chronogram, 2 engraved title-plates plus 12 full-page engraved emblematic illustrations, all on integral leaves, each with a small plate nested in a larger plate (7 in the Peristromata with a varying rectangular central plate in dark blue or black and the same outer plate of a Persian carpet in orange; 7 in the Gallia with a varying oval central plate and the same outer plate representing peace with the palm tree in a landscape device of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft and a border representing war with military attributes). Further with 5 woodcut head- and tailpieces (plus 8 repeats), 21 “woodcut” decorated initials (5 series, at least some actually metal castings made from woodcuts) plus 8 repeats, and cast vine-leaf ornaments, acorns and other fleurons. Set in roman and italic types with incidental Greek and Hebrew. Light brown calf (ca. 1820?) by Charles Murton (ca. 1795?-ca. 1860?) in London, with his stamp on the front paste-down, sewn on 5 cords, gold-tooled spine with black morocco label, gold thick-thin fillets on boards, gold-tooled board edges, blind-tooled turn-ins, curl-marbled endpapers (white, red, blue, yellow and blue-green in that order), and an orange silk ribbon marker.](https://images.antiqbook.com/books/ashe16/1698398219/peristromata-turcica-1-small.avif)
Peristromata Turcica, sive dissertatio emblematica, praesentem Europae statum ingeniosis coloribus repraesentans.With: (2) [HARSDÖRFFER, Georg Philipp]. Germania deplorata, sive relatio, qua pragmatica momenta belli pacisque expenduntur.(3) [MILAG, Martin]. Aulaea Romana, contra Peristromata Turcica expansa: sive dissertatio emblematica, concordiae Christianae omen repraesentans.(4) [Anonymous French critic of Cardinal RICHELIEU]. Gallia deplorata, sive relatio, de luctuoso bello, quod rex Christianissimus contra vicinos populos molitur.[Nürnberg, Wolfgang Endter] (ad 1 with a false colophon: Paris, Toussaint du Bray), [each title-page with a chronogram:] 1641 (ads 1-2, 4) & 1642 (ad 3). 4 editions published together in 1 volume. 4to. With 4 letterpress title-pages in red and black, each with the date in a chronogram, 2 engraved title-plates plus 12 full-page engraved emblematic illustrations, all on integral leaves, each with a small plate nested in a larger plate (7 in the Peristromata with a varying rectangular central plate in dark blue or black and the same outer plate of a Persian carpet in orange; 7 in the Gallia with a varying oval central plate and the same outer plate representing peace with the palm tree in a landscape device of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft and a border representing war with military attributes). Further with 5 woodcut head- and tailpieces (plus 8 repeats), 21 “woodcut” decorated initials (5 series, at least some actually metal castings made from woodcuts) plus 8 repeats, and cast vine-leaf ornaments, acorns and other fleurons. Set in roman and italic types with incidental Greek and Hebrew. Light brown calf (ca. 1820?) by Charles Murton (ca. 1795?-ca. 1860?) in London, with his stamp on the front paste-down, sewn on 5 cords, gold-tooled spine with black morocco label, gold thick-thin fillets on boards, gold-tooled board edges, blind-tooled turn-ins, curl-marbled endpapers (white, red, blue, yellow and blue-green in that order), and an orange silk ribbon marker.
[LA HAYE, Jean de]. · 1607 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)
46, [1], [1 blank]; [3], [1 blank], 34; 64; 51, [1 blank] pp.Rare first and only Latin editions (probably the first and only early editions in any language) of four closely related polemical pamphlets on European policy toward the Ottoman Empire. The publication was instigated b…
Illustrated, Landscapes, 1728 | Haarlemmer duinzang, ter eere van des zelfs vermakelyke land- en watergezigten van Santvoordt af tot Haarlem. Amsterdam, H. Bosch, 1728.
Tijsens, Gijsbert / Claes Jansz Visscher · 1587 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)
€1,907.50 ($2,102.41 | £1,591.36 | ¥335,728)
4°, oblong, contemporary marbled paper cover, (4) 12 (12) pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587-1652), as well as a vignette on the title page; all impressions with good contrast. The occasional light stain, not affecting images or text. Spine sho…
Poems On Several Occasions
Hamilton, William & Smith, Adam [preface] · 1749 · Eastleach Books
£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)
Printed by Robert And Andrew Foulis, Glasgow 1749 2nd impression. Half calf over marbled boards, VG. vi+148pp, booksellers ticket of Thomas Miller of Dundee to the pastedown, a previous owner has added 'Hamilton of Bangour' in ink to the title, a nice clean near fine copy. Paper…
Teducation: Selected Poems (First edition-first printing)
Joans, Ted · 1999 · Alpha 2 Omega Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Coffee House Press. First paperback edition-first printing. Book. VGC. Coffee House Press, 1999. First paperback edition-first printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback (a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w plates…
Selected Gems
P. J. Pendergast · 1917 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Angel Guardian Press, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, inscribed by the author, of this exceptionally scarce 1917 collection of Irish-American devotional and patriotic verse, with only two copies held institutionally. In the publisher&ap…
Elisabeth: Bilder einer Kaiserin
Herausgegeben von Brigitte Haumann · 1982 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
Amalthea. 1982, paperback, goed exemplaar. Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, was — apart from her position in society — one of the most interesting women of her time. It was not in her duties at court that she was interested but in realizing her own…
Bread and a Pension : Selected Poems
Johnson, Louis Albert (1924-1988) · 1964 · Ariel Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
Pegasus Press In the post-war literary scene Johnson became a prominent figure as a prolific poet and a sometimes controversial editor, as well as a respected critic, writer and broadcaster on literature. He was associated with the so-called Wellington school of poets in the 195…
Contes et Facéties.
Nerval, G. de and Malfredier · 1925 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
Paris, Éditions Art et Pensée, 1925. Folio (26.7 x 21.4 cm). 103 pp.; Full-colour frontispiece; title page in gilt and black, numerous full-colour pochoir illustrations. (Near) contemporary full green morocco. Spine with gilt title. Boards with a gilt-bordered, raised lattice wi…
Almanach Dramatischer Spiele Zur Geselligen Unterhaltung Auf Dem Lande
August von Kotzebue · 1813 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Leipzig, Hartmann, 1813. Paperback. An attractive volume of this popular German-language theatre almanac edited by August von Kotzebue, illustrated with hand coloured plates. In the original German.An 1813 edition of this entertaining almanac of dramatic works, thirty-two volume…
Nouvelles & Contes
Alfred De Musset · 1877 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Paris, G. Charpentier , 1877 . Leather. A beautifully bound collection of French short stories by Alfred de Musset, bound by Riviere in a uniquely patterned full calf. Elegantly bound by Riviere in full calf, with a unique and decorative pattern, a gilt fore edge and dentelles. …