[BROOKE (STOPFORD A.)]

Riquet of the Tuft: A Love Drama

London, Macmillan and Co. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. Browning to endpapers with the rear endpaper lacking resulting in browning to the last text page. Slight fraying to the head of the spine. Near Fine and quite scarce Stopford Augustus Brooke (14 November 1832 – 18 March 1916) was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a correspondent of many famous writers of his time. In 1890-1 he took the lead in raising the funds to purchase Dove Cottage, William Wordsworth’s home in Grasmere from 1800 to 1808, and establishing it "for the eternal possession of those who love English poetry all over the world.

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018597

Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature

Keywords: 19th Century British Literature, Anonymous Literature, Plays, Religion 19th Century Literature 19th Century British Literature William Wordsworth Theater

BROOKE, STOPFORD A.

Christianity and Social Problems

London: British And Foreign Unitarian. First Edition; First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Well bound with cloth, no print and slight soiling. Book in good quality condition. With signature to front free end paper. Lower joint lightly cracked, binding otherwise tight. ; 16mo (very small). Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 81587

Brooke, Stopford A

The Development Of Theology As Illustrated In English Poetry From 1780 - 1830

Philip Green & Co, 1893, 1st edition. Cloth, G++. 55pp+8pp publishers catalogue, lacks frontis with resulting split to binding, cloth marked, otherwise a nice copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ An uncommon work discussing the incorporation of religious ideas into popular poetry.

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Book number: 3343

Keywords: theology, poetry, religion

Rev. Stopford Brooke

English Literature

New York, American Book Company, 1894. New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Hardcover. 240p. A small, brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Former owner's pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Private library stamps on endpapers. Scattered pencil marks in margins. Stains at top of p.203. Otherwise, binding tight. A good reading copy. One of the Literature Primers edited by John Richard Green. Appendix on American literature by J. Harris Patton. Study questions in back. Measures approx. 6.25" x 4.25.

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 164240

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction

BROOKE, STOPFORD A.

History of Early English Literature - 2 Vols.

London, Macmillan. 1892, First Edition. Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 6 x 9"; 344+337pp; blue cloth with gilt; tear to upper spine vol 2 without loss;. Good/No Jacket - as issued.

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Book number: 1059

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; History; Early English;

Brooke, Stopford A

Jesus and Modern Thought

London, Philip Green, 1894. First. Paperback. 8vo. A good copy. spine split at side Good.

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Book number: 500020380

Keywords: CHRISTIANITY

BROOKE, STOPFORD A.

Life and Letters of Fred W. Robertson. Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1847-53.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench,Trubner & Co,1882. 0. People's Ed. Pp.24/351,owners details to half title. Black cloth over bevelled boards, gilt title to spine,top of spine slightly chipped. G+.

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Book number: 2315

Catalogue: Religious Biography

Keywords: Brooke Life Letters Robertson Brighton Preacher Sermons Biography Correspondence 42806 Religious Biography

BROOKE, Stopford A. (ed)

Life and letters of Fred W.Robertson, M.A. incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1847-53

London, Henry S. King, 1872. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in brown half-leather with marbled b New ed.. 'People's edition', a cheap edition for the Working Men. Tredegar Library and Literary Institute bookplate on front pastedown. Front hinge cracked & repaired, but fragile. Leather worn on spine, which appears to have been repaired at some time. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS108452I

BROOKE, STOPFORD A.

Milton (Classical Writers)

London: MacMillan, 1914. First Edition; Fifth Impression. Original blindstamped cloth. A few pages miscut. Fore and bottom edges of book block somewhat discoloured. Slight wear & some soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; 12mo; 168, (4) pages. Very Good- .

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Book number: 62557

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: English Poets History Renaissance Biographies Autobiographies & Memoirs

Stopford A. Brooke; John Richard Green

Milton

London, Macmillan and Co. 1879 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition, first impression of this biography of John Milton by Stopford A. Brooke in full leather binding. First edition, first impression of Milton by Stopford A. Brooke in full morocco binding. This biography of John Milton covers topics such as 'The Early Life of Milton', 'Milton's Secretaryship' and 'Paradise Lost&apos. John Milton was an English poet and intellectual of the seventeenth century. His is one of the best known English poets. His epic poem 'Paradise Lost' (1667) was written at a time of political tension and religious upheaval in Britain and is his best known work. Stopford A. Brooke was an Irish churchman and author. With gilt to the spine, boards and fore edge.  In full morocco binding. Externally there is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine which has resulted in some very minor wear to the leather in this area. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 832W41

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: John Milton Biography Stopford A. Brooke First edition Biography Morocco binding None

BROOKE, Stopford A.

Naturalism in English Poetry.

Kennikat Press, 1964 (1920). Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to clean and bright text). No dust jacket. 289pp.

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Book number: 68562

Keywords: history historical literature literary criticism english poetry naturalism poems

STOPFORD AUGUSTUS BROOKE

Naturalism in English Poetry (The Kings Treasuries of Literature)

Dent. 1920. hardcover, 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo). [1920?]. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 268907

Catalogue: Poetry

Stopford Brooke

A Note by Stopford Brooke on the Picture by Professor Giovanni Costa Entitled Twilight on the Campagna and on the Mezzotint Scraped from It by Frank Short

London, Robert Dunthorne , c1915. First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this commentary on art pieces by Stopford Brooke. C1915, 'Robert Dunthorne' published with "& Son" from 1922-4. Containing Stopford Brooke's note on Giovanni Costa's 'Twilight on the Campagna' and Frank Short's mezzotint scraped from it. A very scarce copy. Rebound in half crushed morocco binding over marbled boards, original wraps bound in with the volume. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 832A32

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: very scarce first editions art first editions None

Brooke, Stopford & Turner, J M W

Notes On The Liber Studiorum Of J M W Turner

The Autotype Company, 74 New Oxford Street - Henry Southeran & Co 36 Piccadilly, 1885, 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xxii+266pp, sepia frontis & 4 sepia plates by the photo gravure process, 1 etched plate, top edge gilt the rest uncut, cloth a little rubbed, some offsetting from the plates which has browned the page opposite, endpapers browned, a nice copy. Ex libris H A Freeman of Barrow on Humber with their name on the pastedown & Fanny Mills ( from Aunt Agnes ) with her signature dated 1889 on the title. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ A detailed study of Turner's major venture into printmaking, the Liber Studiorum which he worked on 1809 - 1819 & which contained 90 prints in etching & mezzotint. and was according to Finberg 'the pith of all that is best in his life and work`.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41423

Keywords: art, painting, etching, fone art, mezzotint

Rev Stopford Brooke:

Notes on the Liber Studiorum of J M W Turner R.A.

London: The Autotype Company, 1885. First edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 13cm), xxi, 266pp, 1pp adverts. 6 plates. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Titling a little dulled on the spine, light bumping and chafing to the extremities of the binding, endpapers browned, contents VG. Overall, this book is in good condition.

Cornell Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 64742

Catalogue: 3