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Democracy and the Arts
Rupert Brooke · 1946 · Rooke Books
£63.00 (€75.52 | $83.23 | ¥13,291)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis , 1946. First edition. Cloth. Celebrated tragic wat poet Rupert Brooke's essay on democracy and the arts, bright first trade edition complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Essay by Rupert Brooke, English tragic poet known for his idealistic and war …
Democracy and the Arts
Rupert Brooke · 1946 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1946. Cloth. A beautiful edition of this essay by celebrated and tragic war poet, Rupert Brooke. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a friend amongst the Bloomsbury group of writers, and was a member of t…
The Life of Thomas Chatterton
John Dix · 1837 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1837 . First edition. Leather. Lovely half-morocco first edition of John Dix's notable biography on the tragic life of English poet Thomas Chatterton. First edition.In red half-morocco binding with marbled boards. Binder's stamp of A. Pal…
The Translations of Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound; Hugh Kenner [Intro.] · 1963 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Faber and Faber, 1963. Cloth. A smart reissue of The Translations of Ezra Pound, showcasing the modernist poet"s innovative renderings from multiple languages. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. First published in 1953, this copy is a reissue.Com…
The Works of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1836 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, William Pickering, 1836-43. Leather. The collected works of the pre-Romantic Thomas Gray, a wonderful collection which includes a detailed life of the poet. Complete in five volumes.Bound by J. Clarke.The collected poems and letters of Thomas Gray. Also including his var…
Dylan Thomas: Letters to Vernon Watkins
Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins [intro, editor] · 1957 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Faber and Faber Ltd. 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work, revealing 20 years of revealing correspondence between Dylan Thomas and fellow poet and close friend, Vernon Watkins. In the publisher's original green clot…
The Life of Dylan Thomas; the Selected Letters of Dylan Thomas
Constantine FitzGibbon · 1965 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1965-1966. First edition. Cloth. An impressive set comprising the uncorrected proof copies and first editions of these two biographical works on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. This set offers four volumes in total. With both first edition works presen…
The Rose and Bottle and Other Essays
Seumas O'Sullivan · 1946 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet Maurice Lindsay's copy of Irish poet and editor Seumas O'Sullivan's book of 'literary musings&apos. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher'…
Self&Apos;S the Man
John Davidson · 1901 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Grant Richards, 1901. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tragi-comedy by John Davidson. This is a tragi-comic play featuring a Roman cast, set on the outskirts of Pavia in Italy.John Davidson (1857-1909) was a Scottish playwright, poet and novelist. His poetry greatly…
The Poetical Works of Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1908 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London; New York; Toronto, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1908. Leather. A quarter morocco binding of the works of American poetic titan Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. An edwardian edition collection of American poetry by influential American poet and educator Henry Wadswor…
Ode to the English Martyrs
Francis Thompson · 1907 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Burns & Oates, 1907. First edition. Paperback. Francis Thompson's charming poem, an interesting provenance, inscribed by the daughter of Alice Meynell. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A charming poem by Francis Thompson, written late in his career.…
Prepositions: The Collected Critical Essays
Louis Zukofsky · 1967 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Rapp & Carroll, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition collection of critical essays by American poet, Louis Zukofsky. A limited edition, number 103 out of 150. Signed by the author to the edition page. In the publisher's original cloth with the origin…
The Spenser of His Age
Phineas Fletcher · 1905 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Cottingham, J. R. Tutin, 1905. Cloth. A scarce volume containing the poetry of English poet, Phineas Fletcher. Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650) was an English poet from a family of prolific poets. His works include an epic, an epyllion, a drama, pastoral eclogues, hymns, lyrics, psa…
The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside, M.D. With the Life of the Author
Mark Akenside · 1814 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Sultaby, Evance & Fox, 1814. Leather. A lovely pocket-sized collection of the poetry of Mark Akenside, with a brief biography. An 1814 edition of this work in a full calf binding with decorative gilt-stamping and blind-stamping to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste…
Thomas and the Sparrow
Ian Serraillier · 1946 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, Geoffrey Cumberlege: Oxford University Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition collection of children's poetry by Ian Serraillier. A scarce first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with gilt detail, and the original unclipped dust wr…
THE FLORENCE OF LANDOR
Whiting, Lilian · 1905 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
Very Good Little, Brown, and Company First Edition Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with spine lettering faded. Back hinge started; Olive boards with stunning gilt pictorial design of a Tuscan mansion surrounded by trees and garden. Gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. The…
Tumbling In The Hay
Gogarty, Oliver St John · 1939 · Eastleach Books
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
Constable & Company Ltd 1939 1st edition. Cloth, G+. xii+326pp, cloth rubbed & bumped, scattered foxing, ink inscription to the endpaper. The author's semi-autobiographical comic novel about medical students in Dublin at the start of the 20th century. The author notes that all…
Star of the Sea.
WILLIAMS, John Hartley · 2013 · Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis (ILAB/NVVA)
€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)
Banholt, Bonnefant Press. 2013. Original wrappers of Japanese paper. 8 leaves printed on one side only. With two color illustrations. Handset from Dante and printed on Japanese Kitakata paper in 50 numbered copies by Hans van Eijk. Fine condition. A soft and beautiful book, one …
The Thin-Spun Life
Wayne Perry · 2020 · Dodman Books
£9.99 (€11.97 | $13.20 | ¥2,108)
Mascot Media, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, The Thin-Spun Life is a collection of poetry by retired doctor Wayne Perry, for whom writing became "a way of maintaining sanity" during his 40-year medical career. His other published works include Hölderlin, a play on the life of the po…
The House of Refuge
Moore, E Hamilton · 1927 · Ariel Books
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Williams & Norgate Poet and Playwright time of reflection in Catholic Convent. Natural brown papered bds with Unbleached Linen spine and paste on spine label (fresh and unworn) nice frontis illus, pp v 169. Copy is tight and very clean with mild browning to ends, and fox spots t…