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La reconnaissance de Sacountala, drama sanskrit et practit de Calidasa, publié pour la première fois, en original, sur un manuscrit unique de la Bibliothèque du roi. Accompagné d'une traduction française, de notes philologiques, critiques et littéraires, et suivi d'un appendice. [Large paper copy in deluxe leather binding].
Kalidasa (Calidasa), Chézy, Antoine-Léonard (ed.). · 1830 · Fahrenheit 451
€1,150.00 ($1,267.54 | £959.27 | ¥202,434)
Paris, à la librairie orientale de Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1830, (4),XXXI,(1),268 (entirely Sanskrit); (4),268; 100,(1) pag., 1 fold. lithographed plate by "Imp. Lith. de Knecht - Senefelder" after Jouy,19th century full calf with central gilt vignette on frontcover, repeated…
Geschiedenis van Oud Griekenland, van de vroegste tijden af, tot dat het een Romeinsch wingewest werd. Naar den tweeden druk uit het Engelsch vertaald.
ROBERTSON,W. · 1780 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta
€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.73 | ¥14,082)
Utrecht etc., A. van Paddenburg, W. Holtrop & C. van der Aa, 1780 - 1781. 3 volumes in 2: XIV,345,(1 blank); (IV),330; (IV),182;(19 index),(1 blank) p. Half calf. 23 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 261832115) (Details: Back ruled gilt, and with 5 raised bands) (Condition: Bindings worn & scu…
Five Variations on a Theme
Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books
£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)
London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 - 9 December 1964) who was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. First edition. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some …
Italy, a Poem.
Samuel Rogers · 1830 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, T. Cadell, 1830 . Leather. A smartly bound example of the first illustrated edition of Samuel Rogers' epic poem illuminating his time spent in Italy. The first illustrated edition, first issue, with the incorrect engravings to pages 88 and 91. Illustrated with two f…
Eighteenth Century Vignettes
Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1892-1894. First edition. Leather. Beautifully bound extra-illustrated copies of the first edition of the first and second series of Austin Dobson's collection of literary essays, with volume I being signed by the author himself. Extra-illustrated e…
Works of Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset · 1857 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Paris, Charpentier, 1857-1858 . Leather. A smart set of seven volumes of works by Alfred de Musset, including his novel La Confession d'un Enfant du Siècle. Seven volumes of work by French writer Alfred de Musset. In the original French. Alfred de Musset was a French dra…
Poems
Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Eton, Printed at the Eton College Press, 1894. Leather. A full calf Eton prize binding of poems and translations by Thomas Gray, who once turned down the position of Poet Laureate. A collection of poems in full calf Eton prize binding. With binder's stamp to front blank: R.…
A Stronger Climate
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · 1983 · Book Haven
NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)
Grafton 1983 Paperback, 208pp. Nine short stories exploring British and Indian culture. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born in Cologne, Germany on May 7, 1927. She had to emigrate to England in 1939 with her family because of their Jewish faith. She earned a degree in English literatu…
Plays, Acting and Music. (signed).
SYMONS, ARTHUR. · 1903 · Chilton Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London: Duckworth and Co, 1903. 1st edition. Essays. Pp.196, photo portrait frontispiece (Eleonora Duse) + 9 further black & white plates, signed by Arthur Symons to front free endpaper, bookplate of Disabled Officers Residential Club to inside front board, slight toning to page…
First Love and Last Love
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A lovely edition of prolific Scottish writer James Grant's military novel. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books…
3 Vols Classic Tales: Serious and Lively
Leigh Hunt [Editor]; Samuel Johnson; Henry Mackenzie; Oliver Goldsmith; Henry Brooke; Jean-François Marmontel; Various · 1784 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, William Paterson & Co. c1895. Leather. A very scarce three-volume collection of tales collected by Leigh Hunt, featuring moral and entertaining stories with Hunt"s own critical essays introducing the authors. Rebound in half blue calf with marbled paper boards.This set c…
We&Apos;Re Going on a Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen · 1989 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Walker Books Ltd, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated ninth printing of this popular children's book from English children's author Michael Wayne Rosen. First edition, ninth impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. The winner of numerous awa…
3 Vols Ouvres de Alfred de Musset: Comã©Dies Et Proverbes
Alfred de Musset · 1936 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
Paris, Gallimard, 1936 . Leather. A scarce, smartly bound, three volume set that provides Musset"s celebrated romantic comedies in chic "Génie de la France" format. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled paper boards.This series, written during the 1830s-1840s, The Comédies et Pr…
Dessin original au feutre noir et rehaussé aux feutres vert et orange représentant son grand ami le poète André Salmon
Carlo RIM · 1968 · Librairie Le Feu Follet
€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.39 | ¥12,322)
Sanary-sur-Mer 1968 | 20 x 25.50 cm | une feuille | Dessin original au feutre noir et rehaussé aux feutres orange et vert, légendé au feutre noir "André Salmon La Hune 1968 Carlo Rim" représentant en buste et la tête tournée vers la gauche assis dans un fauteuil, son grand ami l…
Gratulatio Solennis Universitatis Oxoniensis ob Celsissimum Georgicum Fred. Aug. Walliae Principem Georgio III. et Charlottae Reginae Auspeicatssime Natum.
GEORGE III. [PYE (Henry James)], inter alia. BROWNE (Josephus), editor: · 1762 · John Price Antiquarian Books
£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)
Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1762. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Folio, 367 x 233 mms., pp. [174], contemporary red morocco, two gilt panels on covers within gilt border, spine ornately gilt in compartments to a regal motif, all edges gilt, Dutch end-papers, bookplates of Joh…
Mi Fu on Ink-stones. Translated by R.H. van Gulik with an introduction and notes.
Gulik, R.H. van. · 1938 · Fahrenheit 451
€550.00 ($606.21 | £458.78 | ¥96,816)
Peking, Henri Vetch, 1938, 1st ed., VIII,(4),70,(2) pag., colour frontsipiece, full-page coloured illustration, full-page map, further b/w illustrations, original black cloth stamped in white and red, bevelled edges. = Quite rare. The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1…
A Collection of Novels by Francis Brett Young
Francis Brett Young · 1930 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, William Heinemann, 1930-1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four first edition novels from English writer Francis Brett Young. Four volumes. First editions. Written by Francis Brett Young, an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier.…
Craigcrook Castle
Gerald Massey · 1856 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, David Bogue, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Gerald Massey's poetry collection. Including the author's own manuscript corrections, which were made to the second edition, published in the same year. The scar…
A Collection of Travel Books on Italy, Belgium, and France
Gabriel Faure; Pompeo Molmenti; Roger Tissot; C. Holland; Paul Guiton · 1926 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
Grenoble, Editions J. Rey, 1926-19 . Leather. Six smartly bound travel books on Italy, Belgium, and France, with illustrations throughout. In the original French language. French. Six volumes. Illustrated with numerous photographs through each volume. This collection contains: R…
Ode to France
Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1942. Leather. A signed limited edition poem by Charles Morgan, a beautiful ode to the country of France at the end of the war. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and fifty-five.Signed …