Rooke Books
The Dispensary, 8 Cleveland Pl,
Bath,
BA1 5DJ GBR
01225448831
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$72.88 Description: None. Very Good. A collection of plays by French dramatist Alfred de Vigny. Comprising of Chatterton, La Marechale D'Ancre, Quitte Pour La Peur, La More de Venise, and Shylock. Two of these are adaptations and translations of Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice. Alfred de Vigny was a French poet and early leader of Romanticism. He wrote many translations of Shakespeare as well as many original novels and plays. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards. ... Read More
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$59.30 Description: None. Very Good. A nicely bound French novel by Louis Enault. The third edition. In the original French. Louis Enault was a French journalist and novelist. He was also a translator and collaborated with Gustave Dore. His main translations were Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin. ' and Goethe's 'Werther'. In a half vellum binding with marbled paper boards. Externally, bumped to the head and tail of spine. Loss to the spine label. Patches of light rubbing to the boards. Small loss to the ... Read More
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Days With Sir Roger De Coverley a Reprint From the Spectator $92.65 Description: Hugh Thomson. Very Good. The third edition of this work by Joseph Addison with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 'Days with Sir Roger de Coverley' first appeared in the spectator. This is the third edition in book form. Author is not stated, although attribution is to Joseph Addison. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. Binder's stamp to the front pastedown, Stoakley, Cambridge. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, generally smart with patches of rubbing to the ... Read More
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$74.12 Description: None. Good. A novel by French novelist, Charles Paul de Kock Complete, with four volumes bound as two. Charles Paul de Kock was a French novelist. His bibliography was extensive having written over 100 works. He wrote several historical romances and humorous writings. In half calf bindings with marbled paper boards. Externally, rubbed to the paper boards. Further patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. ... Read More
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$55.59 Description: None. Very Good. A nicely bound copy of this famous novel by Xavier-Boniface Saintine An early edition of this novel, which was first published in 1836. With a vignette to title page. In the original French. 'Picciola' is a novel about the character of one Count Charney, a former soldier. Charney lost his trust in man and then was jailed for conspiring against Napoleon. Charneys sense of reason was saved by his cultivation of a tiny flower growing between paving stones in the prison yard. The ... Read More
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$92.65 Description: None. Very Good. A collection of essays on art by J Comyns Carr. Well bound in leather with an attractive bookplate. Five essays in total, comprising of 'Drawings by the Old Masters', 'James Barry', 'Sir Joshua Reynolds', 'Thomas Gainsborough' and 'Rossetti's Influence in Art'. J Comyns Carr was an English drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet and playwright. Carr was an advocate for Pre-Raphaelite art and a vocal critic of the 'short-sighted' art establishment. In a half calf ... Read More
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The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell $105.00 Description: None. Very Good Indeed. An anthological work of James Russell Lowell's poetry. With an illustrated frontispiece of Lowell. With an introduction by Thomas Hughes, the author of 'Tom Brown's School Days', a semi-autobiographical novel. In a lovely tree-calf binding with a school crest gilt stamped to the front board with the name of Carlisle School in Latin. James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor and diplomat. He is associated with the New England Fireside Poets who ... Read More
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The Secret Woman a Play in Five Acts $555.90 Description: None. Good Only. A scarce private copy of this play by Eden Phillpotts. With a letter loosely inserted relating to the proposed censorship of the play. This letter was sent out to oppose the censorship by the Lord Chamberlain, who planned to prevent the play from being performed. The letter bore the name of many of the leading authors of the day, including J M Barrie and Gilbert Murray, who's signature is in this copy. In the original paper binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Front wrap is ... Read More
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$92.65 Description: None. Very Good Indeed. A first edition of this collection of poetry by Holger Drachmann. The first edition, in the original Danish, with the original paper wraps bound in. Holger Drachmann was a Danish poet and dramatist and a key figure in the Modern Breakthrough, a period of literature in Scandinavia between 1870-1890 in which Scandinavian literature reached the popular market of wider Europe. In a half morocco binding with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the ... Read More
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