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Sleeping on the Wing

KOCH, K. AND FARRELL, K. · 1981 · Little Lane Books

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.26 | ¥2,164)

NY, Random House. 1981. with dust jacket, 21.5cm. Book, Very nice, clean copy in unclipped dj. No chips or tears. An illuminating look at modern poetry which examines the work of 23 poets from Walt Whitman to Allen Ginsberg. Includes multiple samples from each poet, plus an essa…

The Art of Drowning

Collins, Billy · 1995 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Press, 1995. Eighth Printing. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial …

THE BEST OF BETJEMAN.

Betjeman, John (selected by John Guest), · 0 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, trade paperback, 236pp, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a selection of the best of John Betjeman's poetry but also of his prose revealing him as an architectural critic, a social historian, a conservationist, railway ent…

The Future of Memory

Perelman, Bob · 1998 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Roof Books, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition. Trade paperback. 115 pp. A collection of poems reflecting on a variety of subjects, drawing on modern culture and society to explore the nature of memory and of poetry in the face of technology and societ…

The Victorians

Geoffrey Grigson; Various · 1950 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems, collecting the best examples of Victorian writers. The first edition.Finely bound with a cityscape motif in gilt to the front board.An anthology o…

The Seasons

James Thomson; Rev. J. Evans · 1805 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, J. Cundee, 1805. Leather. A second edition of The Seasons series of poems from James Thomson, with a life of the author. Second edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A series of four poems, originally published one season at a time, borrowing Milton&…

The Shipwreck

William Falconer · 1811 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; et al. 1811. Leather. The thirteenth edition of William Falconer's celebrated maritime poem, adorned with illustrations. Poem telling of the final voyage of the merchant ship Britannia and her crew. Written by William Falconer, S…

The Chase

William Somervile · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, George Redway, 1896. Cloth. A delightful illustrated edition of William Somervile's celebrated verse, with engravings by Hugh Thomson. An early English georgic, this work first appeared in 1735. Written by William Somervile, an English poet active in the early eigh…

The Traveller

Walter de la Mare · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour plates of drawings from John Piper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with four colou…

The Alteration

Kingsley Amis · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this alternative history novel by Kingsley Amis. This novel is set in a parallel universe where the Reformation did not take place. An award winning novel, with Amis being presented the John W Campbell Memor…

The Glassblowers

Mervyn Peake · 1950 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poetry by noted English author and illustrator Mervyn Peake, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.  In the publisher's original blue cloth binding…

The Painter

Will Davenport · 2003 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Harper Collins 2003 Paperback, 416pp. Beautifully evocative and suspensful double time-scheme narrative about Rembrandt, love and art. In January, 1662, the artist Rembrandt, bankrupted in the great tulip crash, accidentally stows away on a boat for Hull. To pay for his passage,…

The Confidential Clerk; the Cocktail Party; Poetry and Drama

T. S. Eliot · 1951 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Faber & Faber, 1951-1954 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition, first impression volumes from leading poet, essayist and playwright T. S. Eliot, each in the original dust wrapper. Three first editions from the celebrated Modernist poet, best known for works such as…

Poets Laureate of England, The

Hamilton, Walter · 1879 · Books & Bygones

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Book Good No Jacket Inscribed By the Author First Edition Elliot Stock London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 308 pages. Being a history of the office of the poet laureate. Inscription to free front endpaper reads - With the Author's Compliments, March 1879. Spine is marked.

Into the Heart of Borneo

Redmond O'Hanlon · 1987 · Klondyke BV

€6.00 ($6.61 | £5.01 | ¥1,056)

Paperback; 1e druk, 1987; PEN, Vintage Books; 208pp.; Goed / zeer goed ! -- Conditie: Goed; Recounts the perilous and remarkable 1983 journey of the author, who is a naturalist, the poet James Fenton, and three native guides to the center of Borneo, an area unvisited by outsider…

To make the stone sing.

Bushe,Paddy. · 1996 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

[Killarney], Sceilg Press, [etc.], 1996. 70 pp. Col. ills after paintings by Catriona O'Connor. Cloth. In orig. slipcase.Copy of the special edition, handbound in Irish linen with matching slipcase, published in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the poet and art…

The Christmas Goose. Signed copy

McGonagall, William · 1899 · Barter Books Ltd

£860.00 (€1,030.85 | $1,136.18 | ¥181,433)

VG : in very good condition Edinburgh McGonagall First Edition 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). 1pp. The 'Worst Poet of All Time' are among the many accolades heaped upon William McGonagall, who was sustained by an invincible belief in his own genius throughout his life.

Life of the Garment. Poems

Gorlin, Deborah · 2015 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Peterborough, NH, Bauhan Publishing, 2015. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. 124 pp. Signed by the author, with a lengthy inscription, on the title page. A collection of poetry by poet Deborah Gorlin, winner of the 2014 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. VERY GOOD+ condition…

Threads in the Weave. Poems

Darrow, Alice Jennings · 1956 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Brunswick, ME, The Pejepscot Press, 1956. Cloth. Brown cloth in rice paper jacket. 30 pp. A collection of poetry by this Maine poet. GOOD/VERY GOOD condition. Rice paper jacket toned, with some chipping, tearing and creasing along the edges. Minor fading and light soiling to the…

The Best Name of Silence

Helwig, David · 1972 · Inno Dubelaar Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ottawa, Canada, Oberon, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. 0887500633. Signed by Author(s). First printing of uncommon hardcover edtion. INSCRIBED by the poet "For Daniel David Helwig". Nearly Fine text with no owner's marks, no visible wear, slight dustiness to top-edge. Lacking the dust ja…