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Love in a Life

MOTION, ANDREW · 1991 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Faber and Faber. 1991, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [x] 62 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first paperback edition of Motion's sixth volume of poetry and the first published with Faber. Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999-2009 and was knighted for his...

Painting with Water

ROLLINS, SCOTT · 1991 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Amsterdam, ADM International. 1991, Signed Limited Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 48 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A very nice signed limited first edition of this poetry debut. Very Good.

Selected Poems

MURPHY, RICHARD · 1979 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London, Faber and Faber. 1979, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 63 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First edition in fine condition from this much-admired Irish poet. Fine.

By the Fisheries

REED, JEREMY · 1984 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1984, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 79 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First edition of Reed's first collection of poetry and winner of the 1985 Somerset Maugham Award. Fine.

Nero

REED, JEREMY · 1985 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 128 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First edition of this early collection of poetry from this award-winning poet. Fine.

Nineties

REED, JEREMY · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1990, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [xii], 148 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First edition in excellent condition of this celebrated and award-winning writer. Fine.

To Amuse a Shrinking Sun

DIGBY, JOHN · 1985 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Anvil Press Poetry. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Digby, John. Book, 8vo. 69 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First paperback edition of Digby's third collection, enhanced by his very distinctive collages, based on birds and animals. Fine.

Vanishing Lung Syndrome

HOLUB, MIROSLAV · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Faber and Faber. 1990, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [ix] 68pp. Illustrated card wraps. First paperback edition of this fabulous collection in English, translated by David Young and Dana Hábová. Fine.

The Occasions of Poetry

GUNN, THOM · 1982 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Faber and Faber. 1982, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 188pp. Brown boards with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with one small chip and removed price-sticker to front. Otherwise a very good first edition of Gunn's excellent 'Essays in Criticism and...

The Sense of Movement

GUNN, THOM · 1968 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Faber and Faber. 1968, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 12mo. 62pp. Illustrated card wraps. First paperback edition in fine condition of Thom Gunn's second collection, which includes his famous work: "On the Move". As a poet, Gunn disturbed many people with his fascina...

Melting Into the Foreground

MCGOUGH, ROGER · 1987 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)

London, Penguin Books. 1987, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 77 pp. Illustrated card wraps. First paperback edition of this collection from one of Britain's best-loved poets with only slight creasing to front. Good.

Seeing Things

HEANEY, SEAMUS · 1991 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Faber and Faber. 1991, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [x] 113pp. Illustrated card wraps. A very good copy (first paperback edition) of the Nobel Prize winner's 1991 collection. Very Good.

New Selected Poems 1966-1987

HEANEY, SEAMUS · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Faber and Faber. 1990, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [x] 245pp. Illustrated card wraps. A very good copy (first paperback edition) of the Nobel Prize winner's selected poetry. Very Good.

Presences: New and Selected Poems

KAVANAGH, P.J. · 1987 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1987, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 112 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first edition copy of this generous selection of Kavanagh's poetry. Fine.

Meeting the British

MULDOON, PAUL · 1987 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London, Faber and Faber. 1987, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [xii] 60 pp. Card wraps with cover illustration by Charlotte Everest-Philips. A fine copy of Muldoon's fifth collection of poems. Very Good.

Liberty Tree

PAULIN, TOM · 1983 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London, Faber and Faber. 1983, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 78 pp. Illustrated wraps. A fine first edition of Paulin's third collection of poems, treating the theme of national identity. Very Good.

Fivemiletown

PAULIN, TOM · 1987 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Faber and Faber. 1987, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [x] 67pp. Illustrated wraps by Pierre le Tan. A fine first paperback edition of Paulin's 'exploration of the Northern Irish predicament'. Fine.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Die Vier Apokalyptischen Reiter

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM · 1984 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

Bonn, Expanded Media Editions. 1984, First Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Kohlhofer, Christof. Book, 8vo. 80 pp. [= 35 + 45 pp.]. Original illustrated card wraps. Printed head-to-toe and back-to-back in English and German. Burroughs's speech delivered in 1980 on the occasion of th...

Some Natural Things

LAUGHLIN, JAMES · 1945 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

Norfolk, Connecticut, New Directions. 1945, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 12mo. 48pp. Original pale green cloth. A nice first edition from the founder of New Directions, printed at the Prairie Press on Ansbach paper. Very Good.

Rabbit at Rest

UPDIKE, JOHN · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1990, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. x. 518pp. Blue cloth boards with original unclipped dustjacket. A fine unread first trade edition of Updike's fourth Rabbit title and winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine.