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Tales and Poems

Lord Byron · 1855 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1855 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with vignette engravings by Edward Finden, this is a delightful collection of tales and poetry by Lord Byron, including his best known works. In an attractive half morocco binding. This is an early edition of the work…

Destiny and Desire a Novel

FUENTES, CARLOS (TRANSLATED BY EDITH GROSSMAN) · 2011 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: Random House, 2011. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1400068800. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and c…

Selected Poems

SMITH, CLARK ASHTON · 1971 · S. Howlett-West Books

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.17 | ¥21,560)

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9997546156. Limited to 2000 copies (actually 2118 copies) . 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 page…

St Andrews: Two Poems

Rudyard Kipling; Walter de la Mare · 1926 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, A. & C. Black, 1926. Hardback. A richly illustrated edition of these two memorial poems, written by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare to benefit St Andrews University. Kipling was the rector of St Andrews University between 1922 and 1925; these poems were both writte…

Gladys of Harlech. An Historical Romance

Anonymous · 1858 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Charles J. Skeet, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this historical romance in the original cloth binding; complete in three volumes. Often incorrectly attributed to the popular English novelist and poet Anne Beale (due to Beale's publi…

Works of Arthur Christopher Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906-1915. Cloth. Five very smart volumes of essays and long form works by Arthur Christopher Benson. Five volumes. Written by Arthur Christopher Benson, an English essayist, poet and academic, whose literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays we…

Poems of Pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Chicago, W. B. Conkey Company, 1893. Leather. An early edition of this popular anthology of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in a smart morocco binding. An early edition.Ella Wheeler Wilcox's companion anthology to her 1883 collection 'Poetry of Passion&apos.'Poems o…

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer

Siegfried Sassoon · 1931 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Faber and Faber, 1931 . First edition. Hardback. The first illustrated edition of this fictionalised autobiographical novel from war poet Siegfried Sassoon, illustrated throughout with the colour plates of Barnett Freedman and in the original dust wrapper. The first illu…

P. Papinius Statius Silvae Book II. A Commentary. Proefschrift.

DAM, H.-J., van, (ed.), · 1984 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Brill, Leiden, 1984. X,539,(5)p. Theses. Paperback. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. Upper corner front cover as well as first pages a bit creased. ‘Like Fraenkel’s Agamemnon, this book is striking for its seize - 529 pages, of which the text occupies twenty. Perhaps Statius’s l…

Al Taylor: Early Paintings

David Zwirner (Gallery) · 2017 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, David Zwirner Books, 2017. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. 94 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Al Taylor, Early Paintings, held at David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, New York, February 24-April 15, 2017. New scholarsh…

View of Chinese Rugs

Lorentz, H.A. · 1973 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Personal copy of D.R. Wagner, who signs the work at title page, having been given this as a gift by "Nancy." D.R. Wagner is a noted needlepoint tapestries artist and who works in poetr…

Poems by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1887 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. A finely bound Eton College prize copy of Thomas Gray"s poetry by Riviere & Son, illustrated with engraved plates. Bound in signed full armorial calf by Riviere and Son, with gilt detailing to the boards and dentelles. An Eton College priz…

Known Signatures

Various, [ed. by John Gawsworth] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Rich & Cowan, 1932. First edition. Cloth. An anthology comprising the newly released poems of esteemed poets from the early twentieth century, as compiled by eccentric John Gawsworth. The first edition of Known Signatures, a compiled anthology of new poems from distingui…

William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and About William Morris

John J. Walsdorf · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive bibliography concerning works associated with the artist William Morris. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slipcase.John Walsdorf's extensive bibliography…

Mother Goose for Grown Folks a Christmas Reading

ANONYMOUS (WHITNEY, MRS. A. D. T.) · 1867 · S. Howlett-West Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, NY: Carleton, Publisher, 1867. Early printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Billings. B&W Illustrations; 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. The spine ends and…

Each In His Own Way. (signed).

PRICE, NANCY. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1960. 1st edition. Personalities I Have Valued, Selected From My Album Of Memories. "This distinguished actress and authoress is equally at home in the sophisticated world of the theatre and in the quiet country lanes among the country people an…

Detective Inspector Chance

SIMS, GEORGE R. · 1974 · S. Howlett-West Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

London, England: Ferret Fantasy Ltd, 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This book is limited to 200 unnumbered copies. This is a thin, oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust ja…

Has ludentis otii Carolo Rubeo singularis amicitiae pignus D.D.D.[Rome, ca. 1725]. 4to. With an etched frontispiece and 59 full-page etchings (of which 1 duplicate), all signed in the plate. Mid- to late 18th-century gold-tooled mottled calf.

ROSA, Salvator. · 1656 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€35,000.00 ($38,577.24 | £29,195.08 | ¥6,161,024)

[60] ll.Exceptionally rare series of 60 etchings printed from the original copperplates, in beautiful dark impressions, and with wide margins. The etchings are part of Salvator Rosa's famous Figurine series, which "were so widely copied and forged that they can lay claim to bein…

Mervyn Peake: Twelve Poems 1939-1960

Mervyn Peake · 1975 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Hayes, Middlesex, Bran’s Head Books Ltd, 1975 . First edition. Paperback. A very smart limited first edition of Peake"s posthumously published "Twelve Poems," one of just 350 copies, illustrated by the author and preserved in the original glassine wrapper. In the publisher"s or…

More Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Frederick Warne, 1897. Cloth. A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated, humorous work 'More Nonsense&apos. Profusely illustrated by Lear throughout. Collated, complete. 'More Nonsense' follows Lear's 1846 'A Book of Nonsense&ap…