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A Philosophical Historical and Moral Essay on Old Maids

William Hayley · 1785 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

London, T Cadell, 1785. First edition. Leather. A bright, first edition copy of these essays by William Hayley, regarding the 'sisterhood of old maids' in the late eighteenth century. With essays on the 'situation and treatment of old maids in general', &apos…

Reading from Homer - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ca. 1885

Alma-Tadema-- Sir Lawrence · 1885 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)

A READING FROM HOMER – VICTORIAN ERA PHOTOGRAVURE AFTER LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA "A Reading from Homer", photogravure made by the Berlin Photographic Company around 1885, after the celebrated painting (Opus CCLXVII) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. With original hand colouring. Size: app…

Australia's Eucalypts

Smith, Robin · 1980 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Currey O'Neil, Melbourne, Australia, 1980. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780859020251 Photographs by Robin Smith & text by Bruce Edwards; brown end-papers. The eucalypts possess a unique beauty. It is a beauty which, more than any oth…

Kathrina: Her Life and Mine: In a Poem

HOLLAND, J. G. · 1869 · Round Table Books, LLC

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

NY: Charles Scribner & Company, 1869. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by W.J. Hennessy, C.C. Griswold, W. J. Linton. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt and reverse-gilt lettering and elaborate gilt tooling on spine and both covers, including blind-stamped de…

El Lugat ül Nevã'iye [Title in Turkish] Dictionnaire turk-oriental destiné principalement à faciliter la lecture des ouvrages de Bàber, d'Aboul-Gàzi et de Mir-Ali-Chir-Nevaï. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1870.

PAVET DE COURTEILLE, ABEL JEAN BAPTISTE MICHEL: · 1880 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Tall 8vo. Pp. xiv, 560. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine detached. Contemporary manuscript notes. Occasionally some foxing. Housed in a specially made box, cloth on marbled paper covers. Old ownership signature on title dated Constantinople 1880. First edition. Rar…

Die Jünge Parze - Exemplaire d'Edgar Jené • [La jeune Parque - Exemplaire d'Edgar Jené]

Paul CELAN (Trad.) - (envoi à Edgar JENÉ) - Paul VALÉRY · 1960 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€2,300.00 ($2,535.08 | £1,918.53 | ¥404,867)

Insel verlag | Wiesbaden 1960 | 21.50 x 33.50 cm | broché sous étui | Edition originale de la traduction allemande établie par Paul Celan et imprimée sur vergé. Légères piqûres sans gravité sur un plat de l'étui. Agréable exemplaire. Envoi autographe daté et signé de Paul Celan …

Fifty Caricatures

Max Beerbohm · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, William Heinemann, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of caricatures from English parodist and caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm. First edition. Illustrated with forty-eight tipped in plates and two standard plates. The fifty ca…

Saturday

Ian McEwan · 2003 · Klondyke BV

€4.95 ($5.46 | £4.13 | ¥871)

Hardcover, hardcover; 1e druk; Anchor; 279pp.; Conditie: Goed; Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man - a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind, a newspaper lawyer, and proud father of two grown-up children, one a promising poet, the oth…

Militairiana

JACQUE, Charles Émile · 1840 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$4,500.00 (€4,082.72 | £3,405.58 | ¥718,678)

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1840. He draws richly and wittily, and his caricatures, like all he does, have the causticity and unexpectedness of the observer poet." - Charles Baudelaire JACQUE, Charles-Émile, illustrator. Militairiana [Charges burlesques]. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.…

Phaedri, Aug. liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V. Cum integris commentariis Marq. Gudii, Conr. Rittershusii, Nic. Rigaltii, Is. Neveleti, Nic. Heinsii, Joan. Schefferi, Jo. Lud. Praschii, & excerptis aliorum curante Petro Burmanno.

PHAEDRUS. · 1728 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€220.00 ($242.49 | £183.51 | ¥38,726)

Leiden (Lugduni in Batavis), Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1728. 8vo. 2 parts in 1: (LXII),398;258,(70 index) p., including frontispiece. Calf 21 cm (Ref: STCN 296744565; Schweiger 2,736; cf. Dibdin 2,280; cf. Moss 2,394; Graesse 5,253; Brunet 4,588; Ebert 16595) (Details: Back with…

Oeuvres de Moliere

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere; Voltaire [ed.] · 1765 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

Amsterdam; Leipzig , Chez Arkste'e & Merkus , 1765. Leather. A complete collection of the works of J. B. de Moliere, an eighteenth century scarce edition edited by M de Voltaire and illustrated with engravings by J Punt, in uniform full calf bindings, A complete set in six …

Shapes & Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1941 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mervyn Peake"s first collected volume of poetry, one of 1,000 copies issued. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper boards. Lacking the original dust wrapper. First edition. Iss…

In Arcadia

W. Macneile Dixon [William Macneile Dixon] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1933. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of In Arcadia, a curious poetic anthology written by scholar William Macneile Dixon, including a play on Thomas Rhymer. The signed first edition of In Arcadia, a poetic anthology written by …

Clausentum

John Arlott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of John Arlott"s lyrical sonnet sequence inspired by the ancient site of Clausentum, beautifully illustrated with seven plates by Michael Ayrton. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Complete with the o…

Steamers V Stages or Andrew and His Spouse

Thomas Hood · 1830 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Kidd, 1830. Leather. A scarce humourist publication from the nineteenth century. This poem, Steamers v Stages or Andrew and His Spouse is attributed to 'The Author of York and Lancaster', better known as English poet Thomas Hood. Hood is mentioned to th…

Cum erudito Laevini Torrentii Commentario, nunc primum in lucem edito. Item Petri Nannii Alcmariani in Artem poëticam.

HORATIUS. · 1608 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€1,200.00 ($1,322.65 | £1,000.97 | ¥211,235)

Antwerp, ex Officina Plantiniana, Johannes Moretus, 1608. 4to. (25,3x17,4cm). [xx],839,[46] [2 blank] pp. With printer's device on title-page and last page, and portraits of Torrentius and Horatius. Laced vellum with turned edges. (two small burn holes; ties gone). ¶ Early priz…

A Collection of Poetry by Norman Maccaig

Norman MacCaig · 1955 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, The Hogarth Press; Chatto & Windus, 1955-1983. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eleven poetry books from Scottish writer and teacher Norman MacCaig. Eleven volumes. First edition. Many volumes from the Phoenix Living Poets series, intended to offer a cross-section o…

Cursory Rhymes

Humbert Wolfe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition poetical volume from Humbert Wolfe, from the library of Sir Hugh Walpole. This edition limited to 500 copies printed on Van Gelder paper and signed by the author.  Signed to the colophon.  With …

Man Part One and Part Two

Ronald Duncan · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Rebel Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set of Ronald Duncan poetical work 'Man' that attempts to bring together science and literature. Both volumes are first edition, limited edition and signed. Part one and two of Ronald Duncan's poetical …

Cartas de Piel; Xilografias de Sally Weintraub

Weintraub, Sally / Prologo de Ernesto B. Rodriguez / Poema de Francisco Tomat-Guido · 1966 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$812.56 (€516.71 | $569.52 | £431.01 | ¥90,956)

Buenos Aires, Argentina Francisco A. Colombo 1st printing Folio. Each print measures approximately 41 x 28.5 cm on stiff Dutch paper. The very bottom edge of the prints show slight soiling and a little creasing; otherwise each is in excellent condition. The stiff card folder is …