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The Gum Trees
Roy Campbell · 1930 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930. First edition. Hardback. A limited first edition of Roy Campbell"s The Gum Trees, featuring a frontispiece and colour plate illustration by David Jones. In the publisher's original red paper covered boards.This volume is a first large-paper …
The Golden Treasury
Francis T. Palgrave; Laurence Binyon · 1930 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1930. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this popular anthology of English poetry selected by British critic Francis Turner Palgrave. Later edition. A popular anthology of English poetry, excluding the works of all poems by poets still a…
Reynard the Fox
John Masefield · 1919 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, William Heinemann, 1919. First edition. Cloth. An extremely smart, limited edition copy of John Masefield's narrative poem 'Reynard the Fox&apos. Limited edition, numbered 173 of 250 copies signed by John Masefield to the limitation page. 'Reynard the Fox&…
THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE
IRVING, John · 0 · Charles Agvent
$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)
New York. Random House. First Edition. Irving's third book, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to the partner of the poet William Meredith.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
ON THE EDGE & OVER
LEVINE, Philip · 1976 · Charles Agvent
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)
(Oakland). Cloud Marauder Press. First Edition. Pictorial blue wraps. A selection from his first book with some new poems and some "lost" poems. SIGNED on the title page by the poet.. Fine
The Seasons
James Thomson, [intro. Patrick Murdoch], [ed. by Bolton Corney] · 1842 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. Leather. A charming illustrated edition of Thomson's beautiful poetical cycle on nature, with numerous engraved illustrations from The Etching Club. A charming illustrated edition of The Seasons, the celebrated poetical cycl…
In the Tents of the Shepherd Prince: A Folk Play in Six Episodes (Poets of the West: III Series)
Miller, Nellie Burget · 1950 · Clausen Books, RMABA
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Sage Books inscribed by Colorado's Poet Laureate, Nellie Burget Miller, to her friend and fellow author/poet Inez Hunt, dated January, 1952; a beautiful copy with light shelf wear in a lightly worn dust jacket; Alan Swallow, the publisher of Sage Books, was a great friend of We…
Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel
DUNDES, ALAN · 1973 · Mike Long Books
$44.75 (€40.60 | £33.87 | ¥7,146)
Prentice-Hall Publishing. 1973. (ISBN: 0136030017). Soft Cover. Gd. condition : Readings in the interpretation of Afro-American Folklore ... (J31559ml). Good.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
William Morris · 1904 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1904. Cloth. A very scarce title, retelling old Norse myth, structured as an epic poem, written by William Morris. A very scarce title, in original binding. An epic poem penned by English artist, poet, socialist activist, most known for his distin…
The Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Phyllis Hartnoll [ed.] · 1957 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Oxford University Press, 1957. Leather. A lovely second edition of this Oxford encyclopedia for the theatre, rebound in full crushed morocco. Second edition, being the first with illustrative supplement. First published 1951. Bound in full blue crushed morocco. With th…
The Burglar the Miser and Clementine
Hilary Douglas Clarke Pepler · 0 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Samuel French LTD, c1930. Paperback. A very scarce collection of three humorous mimes, written by Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler. A very scarce work.Undated, dated around the time that the author was active.This work is a collection of three entertaining mimes, 'The Bu…
The Devil's Playground and the Sea
Colman, R. Clarkson [Roy] · 1936 · Kaaterskill Books
$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)
La Jolla, Calif. Colman, 1936. First edition. Redwood with cloth strips, handpainted titles, paper label, rope ties. xxii, 89 pp. 36 b/w illustrations. Sm. 8vo. (5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.). Signed and numbered by Colman on the limitation page. This is number 237 of 500 copies. "The cove…
The Riviera: Pen and Pencil Sketches from Cannes to Genoa
The Dean of Canterbury [Henry Alford] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Bell & Daldy, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the Dean of Canterbury's beautifully illustrated guide to the Riviera. The first edition of this work from English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer, Henry Alfo…
Ride the Nightmare
Adrian Mitchell · 1971 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Paperback. A fine first edition of this collection of poetry by Adrian Mitchell. First edition. A collection of satirical and political poetry. Written by Adrian Mitchell, an English poet, novelist and playwright. A former journalist, …
The Cretan Journal
Lear, Edward & Fowler, Rowena [editor] · 1985 · Eastleach Books
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
Denise Harvey & Company Athens & Dedham 1985 2nd edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 118pp, b/w frontis, 18 tipped in colour plates, b/w illustrations, 2 b/w maps, a fine copy in a slightly edge bumped dustjacket. Nicely produced edition of Edward Lear's travel journal of his 1864 move…
THE DARK HOUSES
HALL, Donald · 1958 · Charles Agvent
$218.80 (€198.52 | £165.61 | ¥34,940)
New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Hall's second major collection INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet David Ray on the front endpaper: "For Dave in Ithaca,/with friendship and in admiration,/on a good visit,/Don Hall/April 12, 1962.". Fine in a close to…
The Broad Stream
STEWART DOUGLAS · 1975 · Little Lane Books
A$15.00 (€9.22 | $10.16 | £7.69 | ¥1,623)
Angus & Robertson, Australia. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0207131937) Pictorial Card Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, PERSPECTIVES IN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE "An excellent collection of essays on the work of a wide range of Australian writers and poets by Douglas Stewart, …
In the Event
Corman, Cid · 1979 · Mare Booksellers
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)
Bangor, ME, Theodore Press, 1979. Wraps. White, thin card stock covers, with a printed blue dust wrapper, with the text block laid in. 20 pp. Composition and presswork done by hand, as stated on the rear jacket flap. A chapbook publishing of this single poem by Cid Corman, an Am…
The Elect Lady.
MacDonald, George, edited by Dan Hamilton, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Wheaton, IL, Victor, (1988). VG PB. First published in England in 1888. MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish clergyman, novelist, poet and writer of fantasy for. children and adults, author of more than 50 books. When George Crawford is injured ina train wreck in the Scottish Hi…
The Blue Flower.
Fitzgerald, Penelope, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)
Boston, Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, (1995). 12th ptg. VG PB. Set in age of Goethe in small towns & great universities of late- 18th cent. Germany, true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg. a student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the romantic poet Novalis. Fritz wants to …