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(The Lives of the English Poets). 2 Bde. (= komplett).
Johnson, Samuel. · 1858 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel
€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)
(Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1858). 402; 414 S. (= Collection of British Authors, 418). 16 cm. Braunes Leder d. Zt. mit floraler Innenkantenvergoldung und Ganzgoldschnitt. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), oft auch bloß Dr Johnson, englischer Autor, Poet, Essayist und Literaturkriti…
Error and Angels
MAUREEN BLOOMFIELD · 1997 · Mike Long Books
$29.75 (€26.99 | £22.52 | ¥4,751)
University of South Carolina Press. 1997. Soft Cover. PB/pub.1997/VG condition/59 pages - At the heart of these poems is the mystery of language as it demonstrates the exigencies of good will and grace. [KT312507]. Good.
The Poems Of Lowell
Lowell, James Russell · 1911 · Eastleach Books
£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)
Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh 1911 1st edition thus. Cloth spined boards, G. vi+70pp+2pp publishers adverts, pictorial endpapers, art nouveau border to the title, boards rubbed, endpapers worn & pages a little thumbed & grubby. Small ( 2.25 inches by 3.5 inches ) edition. The…
The Poetry Of Life
Carman, Bliss · 1906 · Eastleach Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)
Hodder & Stoughton 1906 1st UK edition. Cloth, VG. xvi+258pp, b/w frontis, occasional foxing, bevel edged boards a little rubbed, paper spine label yellowed & chipped along the top edge. Literary criticism on poetical themes by the Canadian poet William Bliss Carman [ 1861 - 19…
The Moth And The Candle : A Life Of James Boswell
Finlayson, Iain · 1984 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Constable 1984 Hardback 288 In this delightfully witty and perceptive book, the author traces Boswell's career from student to traveller, dandy, would-be guards officer, rake and libertine, failed lawyer, journalist, propagandist and awful poet, laird, family man and friend of t…
The Moth and the Candle a Life of James Boswell
FINLAYSON IAIN · 1984 · Little Lane Books
A$30.00 (€18.44 | $20.33 | £15.38 | ¥3,246)
Constable London. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094655405) Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, "In this delightfully witty and perceptive book, the author traces Boswell's career from student to traveller, dandy, would-be guards officer, rake and libertin…
THE GOLD & THE GREY Some More Collected Verses 1930 - 1935
Hilton Brown · 1936 · Dodman Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1st Edition, Exceptionally scarce collection of poetry by Hilton Brown, Scottish writer, poet, novelist and Indian Civil Service officer, who was known for his writings on the history and social life of Scotland and South India, as well as a biography of…
The Kabir Book: 44 of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.
Bly, Robert, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)
Boston, Beacon, (1977). VG PB. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his. time. Translated into English only once before, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction, he has breathed n…
The Boy from the Green Cabaret Tells of His Mother.
MacSweeney, Barry, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
NY, David McKay, (1969). 1st Amer ed. VG in G DJ. How does one account for the magnitude of the popularity and the success of an unemployed, formally uneducated 21 year old. poet?.the poetry itself itself fresh and uninhibited in the tradition of Rimbaud and Allen Ginsberg.a uni…
The Poets of Great Britain in One Hundred and Twenty-Four Volumes: The Poetical Works of William Broome with the Life of the Author by Samuel Johnson
William Broome; Samuel Johnson · 1807 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Cadell and Davies, 1807. Leather. A neat edition of this collection of poetical works by William Broome. From The Poets of Great Britain Series. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page. A collection of the poetical works of William Broome, an English poet and tra…
The Idle Demon
Robert Percival Lister · 1958 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this collection of poems by British author, poet and artist, R. P. Lister. A smart first edition of this work, in the original black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This …
The Blocked Heart
Edwin Brock · 1976 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, New Directions, 1976. Cloth. The signed first American issue of Edwin Brock's fourth anthology, a brilliant example of confessional poetry. The first American issue of The Blocked Heart, an anthology filled with wry melancholy, written and signed by British poet E…
The Judgement of Francois Villon
Herbert Edward Palmer · 1927 · Rooke Books
£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)
London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press, 1927. First edition. Vellum. Bright copy of this first limited edition of this historical play by Herbert Edward Palmer. First limited edition of this historical play, concerning fifteenth century French poet Francois Villon…
The Museum: Or, the Literary and Historical Register
Robert Dodsley [ed.]; Mark Akenside [ed.] · 1746 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, R. Dodsley, 1746-1747. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first two volumes of Robert Dodsley's mid seventeenth century literary and historical periodical, containing twenty-six issues of the work. The first two volumes only of the very scarce three volume firs…
The Joyful Delaneys & the Killer and the Slain
Hugh Walpole · 1938 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1938-1942. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition novels from English writer Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, an English novelist noted for his sk…
The Spectator Volume the First & Volume the Second
Various · 1757 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1757. Leather. Two smart volumes of the British periodical The Spectator. Volumes one and two of eight. A daily publication founded by Joseph Addison, an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician, and Richard Steele, an Anglo-Irish writ…
The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
John Milton; The Rev. John Mitford · 1851 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, William Pickering, 1851. Leather. A very smart complete set, bound in full black morocco, with decorative gilt gauffered text block edges. A very smart complete set of eight volumes collecting the works of English poet, polemicist and civil servant John Milton.Volumes VI…
The Open Window
E. Temple Thurston · 1913 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London , Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1913 . Cloth. A copy of The Open Window by E. Temple Thurston. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Ernest Temple Thurston (September 23, 1879 - March 19, 1933) was an Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author. In a green cloth binding. Externally, gener…
The Black Book
DURRELL, LAWRENCE · 1963 · Kalamos Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)
New York, E.P.Dutton. 1963, First US Edition. Soft cover. Book, An autobiographical novel "of the education of a poet, written early in his career. It's setting is the mouldering Regina Hotel in London that shelters a group of strange, impassioned people- sensualists, idealists,…
The Five Songs
Duncan, Robert · 1981 · Kaaterskill Books
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)
La Jolla, CA, Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition. Stitched rust-colored paper wrappers. [16 pp.]. 8vo. Keepsake for the Friends of the UCSD Library. Letter g of 26 copies lettered a-z signed, and lettered by the author from the trade run of 2000 copies of a total r…