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Montes the Matador & Other Stories

Frank Harris · 1906 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Alexander Moring, 1906 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Frank Harris's short story collection. The second edition of this work, first published in 1900.Flat signed by the author to the half title with the inscription 'to John Ward fr…

The Long Night

Stanley Weyman · 1903 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this historical novel by the "Prince of Romance" Stanley Weyman. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stanley Weyma…

An Expensive Place to Die

Len Deighton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this spy novel by Len Deighton in the original dust wrapper. First edition of An Expensive Place to Die by Len Deighton in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The novel is ent…

A Masque of May Morning

W. Graham Robertson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Graham Robertson's beautifully presented play, with illustrations by the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated with twelv…

The Little Ottleys: Three Novels by Ada Leverson

LEVERSON, ADA · 1962 · Round Table Books, LLC

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

NY: W. W. Norton, 1962. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ada Leverson (1862-1933), the devoted friend of Oscar Wilde (who called her the wittiest woman in the world), wrote six timeless novels, each a classic co…

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Soixante-Dix Reproductions de Léon Marotte Avec Un Notice Et Un Catalogue Par Maurice Joyant. First Edition

Toulouse-Lautrec; Henri de ; Léon Marotte (born 1862) , designer after; Maurice Joyant, text, Maison Aillaud, clichés; Imprimerie Lahure, printer · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$2,250.00 (€2,041.36 | £1,702.79 | ¥359,339)

Paris: Chez Helleu et Sergent Éditeurs, 1930. Folio. 32 x 44cm. Dark blue quarter-morocco and decorative marbled boards, and marbled endpapers (few small defects at edges of front fep); spine lettered in gilt amid raised bands, top edge gilt. The reproductions appear to be collo…

Vlaamsche Arbeid. Tweemaandelijksch Tijdschrift voor Vlaamsche Letterkunde. Jaargang 1 en 2 compleet.

VLAAMSCHE ARBEID · 1905 · Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis (ILAB/NVVA)

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Antwerpern, Vlaamsche Arbeid, 1905-1909. 26 x 20 cm. 12 nummers. Jaargang 1 met 192 p. plus in elk nummer ca. 4 p. reclame achterin. Jg. 2 192 p. met minder reclmae. Met de (rode) omslagen. Tekstpagina's met wat roest. In behoorlijk goede staat. Mooi literair tijdschrift gehuld …

Women, Seduction, and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative. ISBN 9780521475600

BACH, ALICE · 1997 · Antiquariaat Spinoza

€8.72 ($9.61 | £7.27 | ¥1,535)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997. XIV, 296 pp. Very good. Softcover. Old Testament - Bible. This accessible, readable book looks at the cultural study of the Bible, challenging the traditional mode of reading the women in the Bible. Alice Bach applies literary theory…

Communiquer et traduire. Hommages à Jeam Dierickx. Communicating and Translating. Essays in honour of Jean Dierickx.

DEBUSSCHER, G., and J.P. VAN NOPPEN, (eds.), · 1985 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.01 | ¥3,169)

'Edition de l'Université de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1985. 339p. Paperback. Nice copy. A.o.: I. HEIDELBERGER-LEONARD: Translation as the prime art of communication? (pp.19-27); M.J. DE VRIENDT-DE MAN: Des Sentences dorées ou la poussière de la segesse populaire (pp.47-55); P. HADE…

Uplands of Dream : Numbered 350 of 750 Copies

Saltus, Edgar; Honce, Charles (Ed) · 1925 · Ariel Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Pascal Covici Edgar Evertson Saltus (1855-1921) was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans and Oscar Wilde. Contains a 1925 compilation of sixteen essays published in magazi…

Sugimoto Portraits

Bashkoff, Tracey and Nancy Spector et al. · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2000. Softcover. BW illustrated glossy glued wraps, 170 pp. many BW illus. two fold-outs. Issued in conjunction with several 2000 exhibitions of portrait work by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948). With five thematic …

An Anthology of Nineties Verse

SYMONS, A. J. A. (EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY) · 1928 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London, England: Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd, 1928. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends…

The Green Carnations. A novel.

ROBERT HICHENS (published anonymously). · 1894 · Clearwater Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

William Heinemann, 'The Pioneer Series', London, 1st Edition, First edition, the casebound issue, published alongside a card wrapper edition. 8vo. 183pp + xx publisher's catalogue dated August 1894. Green cloth lettered in white at the spine and upper board. The half-title with …

Memories of a Sculptor's Wife

Mrs Daniel Chester French · 1928 · Richard Thornton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Houghton Mifflin Company This is a Good Ex Library Copy of this book in Blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.There is a library code number to base of spine and remnant label marks to the rear pastedown of the book.Illustrated with some 26 b&w plates.Thi…

The First Score: An Account of the Foundation and Development of the Beaumont Press and Its First Twenty Publications 1917-1927

Beaumont, Cyril W. · 1980 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Bronxville, NY, Nicholas T. Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor hig…

Scenes of sympathy : identity and representation in Victorian fiction.

Jaffe, Audrey. · 2000 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 184 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. Includes bibliographical references and index. - In Scenes of Sympathy, Audrey Jaffe argues that repr…

Great Lovers

MELLY, GEORGE · 1981 · Round Table Books, LLC

$24.95 (€22.64 | £18.88 | ¥3,985)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. 0224019422. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0224019422. Illustrated by Walter Dorin. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, brown endpapers. 4to. 47 pp. Illustrated with 20 full-color, full-page paintings by Walter Dorin. This…

How to Speak Brit / The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases

Christopher J. Moore · 2014 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Penguin. 2014; hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy. <b>The quintessential A to Z guide to British English—perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier</b><br> <br>Oscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common wi…

Sailing to an Island

Richard Murphy · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London; New York, Faber and Faber; Chilmark Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A charming set containing the true first and first US edition of this poetry collection by Richard Murphy, one of which is signed. This set offers both the true first UK edition and the first US editi…

The Collected Satires of Lord Alfred Douglas

Lord Alfred Douglas · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Fortune Press, 1926 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this work collecting the satires of Lord Alfred Douglas, bound in quarter morocco. The first edition, limited to 550 copies. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled paper-covered boards. The collected s…