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Garden History: the journal of the Garden History Society

Elliott, B. (ed.) · 1987 · Acanthophyllum Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Garden History Society. Vol. 15 part 1. V.g.. Little used. Includes articles as follows: John H. Harvey Ñ The square garden of Henry the Poet; E. Charles Nelson Ñ Joseph SpenceÕs plan for an Irish garden; Fiona Cowell Ñ Richard Woods (?1716Ð93): A preliminary accountÑII; R. Todd…

The Shadow of the Hawk, and Other Stories by Marie de France

Reeves, James · 1975 · The Childrens Bookshop

£7.45 (€8.93 | $9.84 | ¥1,572)

Dalton, Anne Collins 1st Very Good With dustwrapper. A retelling of the lays of 12th century French poet, Marie de France.

Many Winters; Prose and Poetry of the Pueblos

WOOD, NANCY C. · 1975 · Mike Long Books

$44.75 (€40.60 | £33.87 | ¥7,146)

Doubleday. 1975. (ISBN: 0385022387). Hard Cover. Gd. condition : A text of verse and beautiful Indian drawings and paintings ... (HA51709ml). Good.

The Chase of the Golden Meteor

Jules Verne · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Grant Richards, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of The Chase of the Golden Meteor by Jules Verne. Illustrated. Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his pr…

In the Basilica of the Annunciation

D. J. Enright · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1971. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

The Devil and the Floral Dance

D. M. Thomas · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Robson Books, 1978. First edition. Hardback. First edition of this illustrated work telling the story of the ancient Cornish town of Helston on one special day. First edition of this work. The illustrated story of the Flora - Day of the Flowers - in the ancient Cornish t…

AFTER The CRIES Of The BIRDS

FerlinghettI, Lawrence [1919 - 2021] · 1967 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books, 1967. 1st edition. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti on the t.p. [in 1994]. Blue, white & yellow wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8". Modest wear, age-toning. A VG - VG+ copy. Ferlinghet…

The Return of the Blue Cat

Reeve, F.D. · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

New York, Other Press, 1991. Wraps. First printing. Wraps with French flaps. 66 pp. plus black and white photos in the rear. With a CD recording of the poetry set to music in a rear pocket. Of note is a typed letter from the author, with his signature (initial) in ink, with seve…

The Life of Dylan Thomas; the Selected Letters of Dylan Thomas

Constantine FitzGibbon · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1965-1966. Cloth. Two popular biographical works on the prolific Welsh poet, both offering a personal glimpse into the poet's inner world. The Life of Dylan Thomas, and the first edition of Selected Letters of Dylan Thomas, two popular biographi…

Tls from Carolyn Kizer for the National Endowment for the Arts, to Norman Moser

Kizer, Carolyn · 1967 · Wittenborn Art Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1967. TLS on National Endowment for the Arts letterhead, dated February 10, 1967, from poet Carolyn Kizer to poet, editor, and graphic artist Norman Moser, reminding Moser to forward copies of his magazine Illuminations to the edi…

Voices from the March on Washington

J. PATRICK / GEORGE ELLA LYON · 2020 · Mike Long Books

$53.70 (€48.72 | £40.65 | ¥8,575)

Word Song. 2020. (ISBN: 1635923025). Soft Cover. Gd. condition - Verse from "The March" .. (AN2). Good.

The Origins Of The School For Scandal - The Slanderers - Sir Peter Teazle

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley & Redford, Bruce [editor] · 1986 · Eastleach Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Princeton University Press 1986 1st edition. Cloth, dj, G/G. 165pp, b/w illustrations, slight evidence of damp staining to the upper L corner of the covers ( when viewed from the front ), top of the text block spotted, a solid working copy. Text unmarked. A facsimile reproductio…

The Spirit Level

Seamus Heaney · 1996 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Faber and Faber, 1996. First edition. Cloth. The fifth impression of a collection of poems by renowned Irish poet Seamus Heaney, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, fifth impression of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. In …

The Woodland Life

Edward Thomas · 1897 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.27 | $720.02 | ¥114,978)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of the first book of well-known poet and essayist Edward Thomas. The uncommon first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. This debut collect…

The Spanish Fryar: Or The Double Discovery. Acted At The Theatre Royal, By His Majestys Servants

Dryden, John · 1734 · Eastleach Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

printed for J Tonson and the rest of the Proprietors; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster 1734 reprint. Modern marbled wrappers, VG. 96pp, b/w frontis, paper browned, an attractive copy. One of the better comedies by the English poet & playwright Dryden [ 1631 …

The Seven Very Liberal Arts

Taylor, Marilyn · 2006 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

No Place, Aralia Press, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, one of 120 copies printed. Blue cloth. No jacket. 14 pp. Signed, with a dedication, by the author on the page facing the title page. A small press collection of poetry reflecting on the liberal arts as defined by…

Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And the Ghost, in Four Books. Volume I. And Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Conference. The Author. The Duellist. Gotham, in Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And Fragment of Journey. Volume II.

Charles Churchill · 1763 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, For the Author; John Churchill, 1763-65. First edition. Leather. A fantastic, leather bound first collected edition of poetic works by Charles Churchill, published by the poet with volume two signed by his brother. The very scarce, first collected works of English satiri…

The Folks That Live on the Hill

Kingsley Amis · 1990 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

London, Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Cloth. This is a first edition copy of this work by Kingsley Amis. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher who wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry and various short stories, scripts and works of social…

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 0 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Thomas Nelson and Sons Hardback. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–-a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the …

Interrogating the Oracle a History of the London Browning Society

William S. Peterson · 1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Ohio, Ohio University Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of Peterson's exploration into the Browning Society, Interrogating the Oracle. Browning societies were groups of people who met regularly to discuss the works of Robert Browning. Emerging from vario…