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Kahlil Gibran: His Background, Character and Works

Hawi,, Khalil S. · 1972 · Bookbarrow

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing,, 7, 1972. First Edition, Hardcover (Original White Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Patterned end-papers. Titles, contents list & introduction to front. 'Kahlil Gibran his Background, Character and Works' has been heralded as the defin…

Wilderness Tips

ATWOOD, MARGARET · 1991 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: Doubleday / Nan Talese, 1991. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385421060. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jack…

Kerk-zeeden ende gewoonten die huiden in gebruik zijn onder de Jooden ...Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1683.Including: Richard SIMON; Abraham GODART (transl.). Vergelyking der Joodsche ceremonien of kerk-zeeden. ...2 works in 1 volume, issued as 1. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, dated 1684, of a circumcision and 4 folding engraved plates. Also with woodcut vignettes on the title pages and woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine.

MODENE, Leo de; Abraham GODART (transl.); Richard SIMON. · 1637 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

[64], 200, [10]; 201 [=203], [4] pp.First edition of the Dutch translation of Léon de Modene’s Historia degli riti hebraici (1637). The translation was made by the minor Utrecht poet Abraham Godart (fl. 1666-1683) after the French translation which had appeared in 1682 in The Ha…

Della Origine Et de&Apos;Fatti Delle Famigle Illustri Di Italia. Nel Quale, Oltre Alla Particolare Cognitione, Cos de Principi, Come Anco Delle Dipendenze, Et Parentele Di Esse Case Nobili, Si Veggono Per Lo Spatio Di Pi Di Mille Anni, Quasi Tutte le Guerre Et Fatti Notabili, Successi in Italia, Et Fuori, Fino a Tempi Nostri. Con I Nomi de I Pi Famosi Capitani Et Generali Che Siano Stati, Cos Antichi, Come Moderni

Francesco Sansovino · 1609 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

Vinegia/Venezia, Altobello Salicato, 1609. Vellum. An original Italian work on the grand families of Italy, bound in a contemporary paper vellum binding. In the original Italian.A work on the history of grand Italian families.The work discusses the princes, dependencies and kins…

HÊSIODOU ASKRAIOU ta heuriskomena. Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant. Daniel Heinsius interpretationem infinitis locis emendavit. Introductionem in Opera & Dies, in qua Hesiodi philosophia nunc primum exponitur, item notas, addidit.

HESIODUS. · 1613 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex Officina Ioannis Patij, Iurati & Ordinarii Academiae Typographi, Prostant in Bibliopolio Commeliniano, 1613. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. (XXXVIII),(2 blank),1-204,(2, second title),205-312,(3),(3 blank) p. Vellum 18.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 059312521; Hoffmann…

Ranger&Apos;S Progress: Containing a Variety of Poetical Essays, Moral, Serious, Comic, and Satyrical.

Honest Ranger, of Bedford-Row · 1760 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, For the Author, 1760. First edition. Leather. The first and only known edition of this scarce collection of witty poetic verse by an anonymous Honest Ranger, including the Ranger's Arrival at Bath. The first edition of this work.  Bound in contemporary quarter calf…

Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

John Donne; John Hayward [ed] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Nonesuch Press, 1929 . Leather. A scarce copy of the limited Nonesuch Press edition of John Donne"s complete poetry and selected prose, specially bound in the original full crushed turquoise morocco by Best & Co. In the publisher's original turquoise crushed moroc…

Memories & Portraits, Men & Books, and Virginibus Puerisque

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1901. Leather. Three smartly bound volumes of works from Scottish novelist and essayist, Robert Louis Stevenson. Three volumes. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer best known for his works Treasure Is…

Nonsense Songs

LEAR, Edward; GLASS, Dudley · 1935 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1935. Edward Lear's "Nonsense Songs" Set to Music by Dudley Glass LEAR, Edward. Nonsense Songs. Set to Music by Dudley Glass. All the Original Pictures. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. [ca. 1935]. Early reprint (first published 1934). Large quart…

Japonica

ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN M.A. K.C.I.E. C.S.I. · 1891 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Blum, Robert. "As I am quitting Japan a communication arrives from the conductors of 'Scribner's Magazine,' intimating their desire to reprint the articles entitled 'Japonica' in book form and invi…

Fábulas literarias.Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1782. 4to. With rococo decorated capitals. Mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine with red morocco label lettered in gold, double blind fillets on boards.

IRIARTE (YRIARTE) y Oropesa, Tomas de. · 1750 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)

[4], 157, [16] pp.First edition of the best-known work of the famous Spanish neo-classical poet Tomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte) y Oropesa (1750-1791). His name is most intimately associated with the present Fábulas literarias (1782), composed in a great variety of metres, and know…

Harmonies Poãƒâ©Tiques Et Religieuses; Recueillements Poãƒâ©Tiques; Poãƒâ©Sies Diverses

A. de Lamartine [Alphonse de Lamartine] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, V. Lecou; Pagnerre; Furne, 1855. Leather. Three poetry collections by the French writer Alphonse de Lamartine, compiled in one handsomely bound volume. Three volumes in one, bound in a full calf binding, with decorative blind stamping to the boards and square, and intrica…

Collection Museo Picasso Mãƒâ¡Laga; Picasso: Twentieth Century, 1901-1972

Carmen Giménez; Francisco Calvo Serraller; Jean Clair · 2003 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Málaga, Museo Picasso Málaga, c2003. Cloth. An extensive, beautifully illustrated set on the artist's collection held at the Museo Picasso Málaga, smartly presented in the original slipcase. Collection comprised of:Collection Museo Picasso Málaga;Picasso: Twentieth Cent…

Poems

John Lee Lewes · 1811 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Liverpool, James Smith, 1811. First edition. Hardback. Signed by the author, this scarce collection of poems is by John Lee Lewes, son of the comic actor Charles Lee Lewes. The first edition of this poetry collection. In the publisher's original boards. Several leaves remai…

Xixth Century Classics: Alaric at Rome & Cranford

Mathew Arnold; Mrs. Gaskell [Elizabeth Gaskell; Clement King Shorter [editor] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart volumes from Ward's XIXth Century Classics, being a collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold and episodic novel Cranford from Elizabeth Gaskell. Two volumes. From the XIXth Century Classics series. Edited by Clem…

Orlando Innamorato di Matteo Ma. Bojardo rifatto da Francesco Berni.

BOIARDO (Matteo Maria): · 1799 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Venezia Presso Sebastiano Valle, Con Licenza de Superiori e Privilgio 1799. 5 volumes. 12mo, 154 x 89 mms., pp. [vi], 356 + 13 engraved vignettes; [vi], 312 + 14 engraved vignettes; [vi], 330; [vi], 324 + 14 engraved vignettes; [vi], 309 [310 blank] + 14 engraved vignettes, con…

Poems on Several Occasions

Samuel Wesley · 1736 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Printed for the Author by E. Say, 1736. First edition. Leather. The first edition of 'Poems on Several Occasions', an uncommon collection from the eldest brother of both Charles and John Wesley, Samuel Wesley. First edition.  This copy is a variant with leaf A1…

War Poems and Other Translations

Various [trans. by Lord Curzon of Kedleston] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. Cloth. A collection of translated war and classical poetry, signed by the translator Lord Curzon, former Viceroy of India and future British foreign secretary. The presentation copy of War Poems and Other Translations, signed by the auth…

Poems from Belmont; Three Journeys

A. E. Dodd · 1955 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Fortune Press, 1955-1958. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of the poems of A. E. Dodd, one of which is signed by the author, in the original dust wrappers. The first editions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origina…

Ut vidimus in Marchia : divagazioni su Cino da Pistoia e il suo soggiorno nelle Marche.

Falaschi, Pier Luigi. · 1987 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,928)

[Napoli] : Jovene, 1987. Paperback. 212 pp. 24 cm. (Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di giurisprudenza della Università di Camerino, 32). Italian text. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Study on the the presumed stay of the jurist and poet Cin…