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A Preface to Coleridge and Coleridge&Apos;S Variety

John Beer [ed.]; L.C. Knights [intro.]; Allan Grant · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London; New York, Macmillan; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972-1974 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart two volume set of first edition literary criticism on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a founder of the Romantic Movement. A two volume set of works of literary criticism on Samuel…

Poems

Thomas Moore · 1863 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1863. Leather. A charming illustrated edition of the poetry of Thomas Moore, Irish literary figure and pioneer in the Romantic movement. Poems by Thomas Moore, published by William P. Nimmo in 1863. An illustrated edition of his original Poetical Wor…

Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1863 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1863 . Leather. A beautifully bound edition of the poetry and personal letters of celebrated 18th century poet Thomas Gray, illustrated with albumen prints and in a Riviere binding. In a full morocco signed binding by Riviere.Illustrated wi…

Why We Have Day and Night; Donald Has a Difficulty

Peter F. Neumeyer · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1970 . Paperback. A smart two volume set of works by Peter F. Neumeyer, illustrated profusely by the noted artist Edward Gorey. A two volume set.In the publisher's original pictorial paperback bindings.A set of works by Peter F. Neumeyer, a Germa…

Boris Vian de a ã  Z

Noel Arnaud [ed] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Not Stated , Oliques , 1976. Paperback. Trade edition of the illustrated special issue of French literary magazine 'Obliques' dedicated to the work of Boris Vian. Dedicated to influential French author Boris Vian, polymath, poet, singer, translator, critic, inventor, a…

Violet Jermyn, or Tender and True

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1882. Leather. A lovely edition of this rebound yellowback novel by Scottish writer James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety boo…

A Reverie of Bone and Other Poems

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Bertram Rota, 1967 . First edition. Paperback. A superb numbered first edition of Peake"s final lifetime poetry collection, uniting twenty-four of his poems with four of his own drawings in one of only 320 copies. In the publisher"s original stiff card wraps. Complete wi…

L'Homme de Cristal

Max JACOB · 1967 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.12 | ¥26,404)

Gallimard | Paris 1967 | 14.50 x 20.50 cm | broché | Nouvelle édition en partie originale, un des 56 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil, le nôtre un des 10 hors commerce en chiffres romains réservés aux "Amis de Max Jacob", tirage de tête. Bel exemplaire. Liminaire de Pierre-Albe…

Mislaid

Nell Zink · 2015 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Ecco Press 2015 Hardback, 256pp. 'Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ingenue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage…

Observationes in poëmata Homeri et Virgilii, e Gallico latine redditae. (Jano Broukhusio interprete).

(RAPIN,R.) · 1684 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.24 | ¥52,809)

Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum), Apud Franciscum Halma, Academ. Typogr. Ordinarium, 1684. 12mo. 128 p. Contemporary calf 17 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,1247; Hoffmann 2,377; A. Grafton, The classical tradition, Cambr. Mass., p. 496) (Details: Gilt back with 5 raised bands, and a small r…

HÊSIODOU ASKRAIOU TA HEURISKOMENA. Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant. Ex recensione Johannis Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem animadversionibus & notis. Accedunt notae ineditae Josephi Scaligeri et Francisci Guieti. (Bound with:) Johannis Georgii Graevii Lectiones Hesiodeae, ut & notae Josephi Scaligeri et Franscisci Guieti.

HESIODUS. · 1667 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1667. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1: (XXXII),163,(9 fragmenta); (IV),183,8 (7 index & 1 errata),(1 blank) p. Vellum 16 cm (Ref: STCN 850625599; Neue Pauly, Supplement 2, p. 282: Hesiodus EF 10; Willems 1378; Berghman 830; Rahir 1439; Bru…

ENGLISH NOTES. A Rare and Unknown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes" With Critical Comments by Joseph Jackson and George H. Sargent.

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Poe, Edgar Allan [1809 - 1849] - Attributed to. Jackson, Joseph [1867 - 1946] & Sargent, George H[enry. 1867 - 1931] - Contributors · 1920 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$412.50 (€374.25 | £312.18 | ¥65,879)

New York City: Lewis M. Thompson, 1920. 1st edition. Limited to 100 cc. Not found in Gimbel. Parchment binding with light brown stamping. TEG. Dark green paper dust jacket. 182 pp. 2 plates depicting Poe: frontis of a 35 year old Poe, from an engraving that appeared in Graham's …

"... J'ai vu Gide à ce sujet ; il a accepté de participer d'une façon modeste à la consolidation financière de cette revue utile... " • Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté à propos du sauvetage de la revue Antée menacée de disparition

Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN · 1907 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

S. n. | La Roche à Guet 30 Novembre 1907 | 13 x 18 cm | deux pages | Lettre autographe signée de Francis Viélé-Griffin (31 lignes à l'encre noire depuis La Roche à Guet dans la Vienne) adressée à Edouard Ducoté, poète, bibliophile et directeur de la revue l'Ermitage depuis 1895.…

Poems and Drawings

Mervyn Peake; Maurice Collis [Foreword] · 1965 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, The Keepsake Press, 1965 . First edition. Unbound. An exceptionally scarce trial state of Peake"s intimate combination of poetry and drawing, surviving from a handful of rejected sheets. A complete set of eight loose leaves from the pre-publication trial printing, never …

Lsd, My Problem Child

Hofmann, Albert · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1980. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with orange spine lettering; xiii, 209 pp; bw chemical formula diagram on rear page. "Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests…

Maclean's Magazine, 25 January 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson Cover Photo

TYSON, IAN; ET AL · 1964 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.32 | ¥31,933)

Toronto: Maclean Hunter, 1964. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Newlands, Donald; Photographer. 48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for the 1964 Chevrolet inside front cover; The Caravelle Uproar - TCA Wanted a good plane; Ian Sclanders writes on right wing US…

Northern Numbers: Selections from Scottish Poets

C.M. Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid], John Buchan, Violet Jacob, Neil Munro, Will Ogilvie, T.S. Cairncross, Joseph Lee, John Ferguson, A.G. Grieve, Donald A. Mackenzie and Roderick Watson Kerr. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Edinburgh, T.N. Fouls, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first postwar Scottish verse anthology, signed by Scottish literary figure Hugh MacDiarmid. The signed first edition of Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Poet…

Le Barbier de Seville Ou la Precaution Inutile le Deserteur Les Fausses Infidelites la Brouette Du Vinaigrier

Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais · 1768 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Paris; Geneva; London, Ruault; Laurent Prault, 1768-75. First edition. Leather. A collection of four French eighteenth century plays, three of the plays being first editions. Including plays by Beaumarchais, Mercier, and Barther. A collection of four French plays. 'Le Barbi…

Bello CIVILI Hug Grotii Farnabii Notis Integris Et Variorum Selectissimis Accurante Corn. Schrevelio

Annaeus Lucanus, Hugo Grotti, Corn Schrevel · 1818 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Prostant Venales, 1818. Leather. A comprehensive, scholarly edited copy of Lucan's famed epic poem 'Pharsalia' or 'De Bello Civili&apos. A New Edition of this work. This poem details the war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great's Roman sena…

Mitsou Quarante Images

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1921 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,495.62 | $4,955.11 | ¥791,361)

Erlenbach-Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfel Verlag, 1921. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first artistic work of Balthus, published when he was 13 years old, a lovely work showing forty of his lithographs. The first edition of this scarce work.Unrestored. Clean…