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Select Essays of Dr. Johnson

Samuel Johnson; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, J.M. Dent And Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition illustrated two volume set of collected essays by English writer Samuel Johnson. A lovely two volume set of collected essays by Samuel Johnson.A limited edition set of works, with only 750 copies for Englan…

Oeuvres

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU · 1753 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

S. n. | à La Haye • et se trouve à Paris 1753 | 8 x 14.30 cm | 3 volumes reliés | Nouvelle édition. Un portrait au frontispice. Pages de titre en rouge te noir. Reliure en plein veau brun glacé d'époque. Dos lisse orné. Pièce de titre de veau brun, pièce de tomaison de veau noi…

Illustrations of British Entomology. Mandibulata Vol. I-VII [and] Haustellata. Vol. I-IV [and] Supplement

Stephens, James Francis · 1828 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,650.00 (€1,978.07 | $2,180.25 | ¥348,199)

Baldwin and Craddock/Henry G. Bohn London , 95 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. 12 vols, roy. 8vo, cont. qtr leather, marbled boards, heavily scuffed, worn, spines fragile with some loss to head or foot; several joints partly split to top or bottom. Haustellata, Plate 5 (Albin's …

DESIGNS BY MR R. BENTLEY For Six Poems by ...

Gray Mr T[homas]. · 1766 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

London: Printed for J. Dodsley ... 1766. 4to. [8]p.,35 leaves,[4],39-55,[1]p. Additional mounted port. frontis. by W. Henshaw after Mr Mason, title page vignette, 6 engraved plates, 13 engraved vignettes, 6 engraved historiated initial letters. From the Library of Jerrold Northr…

Chronica Von Dem GeschloßE Und Der Vesten Ze Lebenberg. Geschrieben Und Mit Bildern Gezieret. Durchgesehen Von Fr. Defregger Und I.V. Zingerle

LENTNER, JOSEF FRIEDRICH · 1880 · Round Table Books, LLC

$900.00 (€816.54 | £681.12 | ¥143,736)

Meran: Verlag Von Fridolin Plant, N.D.. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Josef Friedrich Lentner. Folio with numerous full-color in-text illustrations, all edges deckle. nd (c. 1880). In Merano, Josef Friedrich Lentner worked on his novellas, novels…

D. Iunii Iuvenalis Satirarum libri V. Sulpiciae Satira. Nova editio, cura Nicolai Rigaltii.

JUVENALIS. · 1616 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€260.00 ($286.57 | £216.88 | ¥45,768)

Paris (Lutetiae), Ex officina Rob. Stephani, 1616. 12mo. (XL),126,(2 blank) p. 19th century half cloth. 13.5 cm 'The most important, most widely read, most influential classical poet throughout the 17th and 18th centuries' (Ref: Schweiger 2,503/04: 'Neue Recension, nach Handsc…

Corinne Ou L&Apos;Italie

Madame de Stael · 1871 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1871. Vellum. A vellum bound copy of Madame Germaine de Stael's novel and homage to Italy, 'Corinne', in a smart binding with gauffered fore edge. In a full vellum binding, with gauffered decoration to the fore edge. In the…

Dr. Bradley Remembers, Deep Sea and They Seek a Country

Francis Brett Young · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1939 - 1949. Cloth. A collection of novels by Francis Brett Young. The set consists of: 'Dr. Bradley Remembers', 'Deep Sea' and 'They Seek a Country&apos. Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English no…

L&Apos;Assommoir

Emile Zola; Arthur Symons · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Emile Zola's enlightening novel 'l'Assommoir', with a frontispiece, signed by the translator, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition work, limited to one-thousand copi…

Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats

ALVAREZ, AL · 2001 · Lady Lisa's Bookshop

£20.04 (€24.02 | $26.48 | ¥4,229)

Bloomsbury. 2001. (ISBN: 9780747553779). Hardcover. Hardback with D/J in like new condition. Amazon In Poker Bets, Bluffs, and Bad Beats, journalist, poet and novelist Al Alvarez looks back on a lifetime's immersion in the business of playing cards for money, and quantifies the …

A Selection of Plays and Miscellaneous Pieces

Various · 1819 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Edinburgh and Paris, Henry Colburn et al. 1819-1839. Cloth. A scarce anthology of Georgian theatrical pieces as well as the first edition of "Massaniello; or a The Revolt of Naples" by Sir John Dean Paul. Includes the third edition of "Mirandola" a tragedy by Barry Cornw…

A Collection of Works from William Golding

William Golding; John Carey [editor] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1982-1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first editions of works from Nobel Prize winning British novelist and playwright, William Golding. Five volumes. First edition. Written by William Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet wh…

Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold (Golden Treasury Series)

Matthew Arnold · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1898. Leather. An attractively bound example of Matthew Arnold's 'Selected Poems', in a desirable period binding by Ramage, London. A carefully selected collection of poems from Matthew Arnold, issued for the 'Golden Treasu…

Poems

Eliza Acton · 1826 · Rooke Books

£2,399.99 (€2,877.19 | $3,171.25 | ¥506,469)

London, R. Deck, Longman and Co. 1826. First edition. Leather. A bright, scarce first edition of Poems by Eliza Acton. Bound in the original publisher's boards, skilfully re-backed to suit. With the original half title. First Edition. Very scarce. Only appears once in aucti…

War

Ernest McGaffey · 1937 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Los Angeles , Graphic Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed vanishingly scarce book of war poetry from Chicago lawyer Ernest McGaffey, being one of only twenty-one copies. A limited edition, being one of only twenty-one copies printed. This copy is number 20.With the autho…

Oscar Wilde Biographies

Rupert Croft-Cooke; Sheridan Morley; Jonathan Fryer · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, W. H. Allen; Constable; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972-2000. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating three volume set of illustrated biographies detailing the life of notable Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A three volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the or…

Ionica

[William Johnson Cory] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1858. First edition. Cloth. The sought after first edition of William Johnson Cory's chief poetical work, 'Ionica', in the original cloth binding. The very scarce first edition of this poetical volume by William Johnson Cory, poet and …

Thomas Tusser 1557 Floruit: His Good Points of Husbandry

Thomas Tusser; Dorothy Hartley [editor] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Country Life Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful facsimile of Thomas Tusser's poetic work, which provides a 'homely mix of instructions' and observations on farming life, edited with notes by Dorothy Hartley. First edition of this facsimile. I…

Not So Deep As a Well Collected Poems

Dorothy Parker · 1937 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1937. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first UK edition of this poetry collection by Dorothy Parker. Dorothy Parker was an American poet and satirist. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Gift inscription to the recto of fr…

Bill Viola

Ross, David A. and Peter Sellars · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art / Flammarion, 1997. Softcover. Color illus. wraps, 206 pp. many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1997-2000 exhibitions of selected work from 1972-1996 rendered by contemporary video artist Bill Viola (b. 1951). Wit…