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RENAULT,MARY · 1979 · Kalamos Books

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

New York, Bantam. 1979, Reprint. (ISBN: 0553128981) Pbk. Book, Beautifully crafted novel based on the life of the Lyric Poet,Simonides of Keos ,and covering all aspects of 6th.C. Greece . Good>Very Good.

The Moment Stilled

Frederic Vanson · 1975 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Hebburn, Here Now, 1st Edition, Scarce collection from much published Essex poet. Considerable foxing to first and last pages, but occasional otherwise. Staples rusting. Inscribed and signed with first name by author. 8vo. 30pp, Inscribed by Author(s), Fair, No Jacket, 8vo - ove…

1903 Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood; 1903 Lycidas; 1903 Hebrew Melodies; 1904 Thomas Carlyle on Shakespeare from the Hero As Poet; 1904 Goethe on Shakespeare Being Selections from Carlyle"S Translation of Wilhelm Meister; 1904 Emerson on Shakespeare from His Essays on Representative Men.

William Wordsworth; John Milton; Lord Byron; Thomas Carlyle; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The De La More Press, 1903-1904. Paperback. A very scarce selection of significant poetry and literary criticism from the De La More Press, encased in the exceptionally scarce slip case. Very scarce. In the publisher's original soft covers, encased in the especially…

On The Side Of Angels - The Second Volume Of The Journals Of Elizabeth Smart

Smart, Elizabeth & Van Wart, Alice [editor] · 1995 · Eastleach Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

Flamingo 1995 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 144pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, pages a little tanned. The second selection from the diaries of Smart, cvoering the period from the 1940s onwards when she was living in London. Elizabeth Smart [ 1913 - 1986 ] Canadian poet and novelist.

The Poetical Works of Mrs Hemans: With Memoir, Explanatory Notes, etc

Hemans, Felicia · 0 · Naomi Symes Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

(Frederick Warne & Co, n.d.) Hardback. An edge-worn copy, internally good. Page edges gilt. xxiv + 708pp.

The Poetical Works of John Milton, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author

John Milton · 1844 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1844. Leather. The poetical works of the English poet John Milton, bound in full morocco. Bound in full morocco with gilt details to the boards and spine and raised bands. This work features the poetical works of John Milton, the popular English poet, Polem…

The Teeth of the Lion

Kenneth Patchen · 1942 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Connecticut, New Directions, 1942. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this poetry collection from American author Kenneth Patchen. First edition. A collection of poetry from Kenneth Patchen, an American poet and novelist likened to William Black and Walt Whitman f…

The Woman in the Alcove

Anna Katharine Green · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1914. Paperback. A scarce paperback edition of this mystery novel by Anna Katharine Green. A scarce paperback edition, being a Hodder & Stoughton's sixpenny novel. Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist and one of the first writ…

The Flight of the Dragon

Laurence Binyon · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Murray, 1935. Cloth. An uncommon reprint of this essay collection regarding Chinese and Japanese art by Laurence Binyon. This work explores Asian art, including chapters on colour, movements in art, art and life, the relation of man to nature, technique and the drag…

The Tale of Chloe - the House on the Beach - the Case of General Ople and Lady Camper

George Meredith · 1894 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of Meredith's novels. First Edition. George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. In a cloth binding. Externally, very s…

Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse

MASEFIELD, JOHN · 1928 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

London, William Heinemann. 1928, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Half-Vellum. Book, 8vo. [x], 207 pp. Blue-green boards. Half vellum with gilt to spine. Top-edge gilt. Uncut and mainly unopened. Original dustjacket. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of 275 copies. [n.d. =…

The Seasons, and the Castle of Indolence

James Thomson; Allan Cunningham [intro.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841 . Leather. A charming illustrated edition of two of James Thomson's most popular poetical works, with an introduction by Allan Cunningham. In a full red morocco binding. A series of poems by James Thomson, a Scottish poet and playwright. The Sea…

The Third Annual Conference of the Great Mother and the New Father

Bly, Robert, Elsa Wycisk, Peter Martin · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

ca. 1980s. Poster. 17 x 22 inches. Single sheet of heavy blue paper, printed on one side. Sheet has been folded in twelve. Otherwise Near Fine. Poster for the Third Annual Conference, founded by poet Robert Bly. From Bly's website: "The Great Mother and New Father Conference was…

Persian Literature : Comprising the Shah Nameh, the Rubaiyat, the Divan and the Gulistan, Volume II

Gottheil, Richard J H. · 1900 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, NY, The Colonial Press, 1900. Rev. Ed. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt text and decorative boarder on cover and spine. (2) 3-296 pp. few bw illustrations. "The Persian poet Sa'di, generally known in literary history as Muslih-al-Din, belongs to the great group of wri…

Poems by C. Churchill

C. Churchill · 1965 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , John Churchill, 1965. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poems by Charles Churchill. Containing The Conference, The Candidate, Gotham (In Three Books), Farewell and many others. Charles Churchill (February, 1732 – 4 November 1764), was an English poet and satiri…

At The Sign Of The Reine Pédauque

France, Anatole [ Thibault, François Anatole ] & Jackson, Mrs Wilifred [translator] · 1923 · Eastleach Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

John Lane - The Bodley Head 1923 2nd edition. Cloth, VG. x+275pp+2pp publishers adverts, cloth a little rubbed & marked to the spine, internally fine. Publisher's Library Edition of the Works of Anatole France. A novel which tells of the tribulations of the young Jacques Ménétr…

Tethered

WATKIS, JOSHUA "SCRIBE · 2020 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Toronto, Joshua Watkis / Word is Bond. 2020, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 9781777146609) Soft cover. Book, A lifetime immersed in the performing arts has made Joshua "Scribe" Watkis entirely devoted to the gift of storytelling. Through Spoken Word Poetry and Hip-Hop .The Scarbor…

A Few Late Chrysanthemums

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this work from Poet Laureate John Betjeman. A bright first edition, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The poems of this work are amusingly divided into three groups - Medium, L…

The Lamp and the Veil Affinities

Vernon Watkins · 1945 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber & Faber, 1945-62. First edition. Cloth. Two charming first editions of these entertaining poetry collections by the Welsh poet Vernon Watkins. The first edition of these works."Affinities" in the original unclipped dustwrapper. "The Lamp and the Veil" dustwrapper i…

Rattlesnake Karma

RICHARD SUTPHEN · 1985 · Mike Long Books

$29.75 (€26.99 | £22.52 | ¥4,751)

Valley of the Sun Press. 1985. Soft Cover. Gd. condition - the poetry of Richard Sutphen .. (TK89961z). Good.