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The Chronicle of the Cid & Eugenie Grandet

Robert Southey; V. S. Pritchett; Honore de Balzac; Ellen Marriage · 1958 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, The Heritage Press, 1958-1961. Hardback. Two smart copies of these translated novels from The Heritage Press, with colour illustrations from Greek artist Rene Ben Sussan. Two volumes. The Heritage Press. Each volume is issued with a copy of Sandglass, a monthly periodi…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift

SWIFT, JONATHAN; COLUM, PADRAIC · 1967 · Bookshop Baltimore

$6.75 (€6.12 | £5.11 | ¥1,078)

Collier, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Clean text, cover has scuffing, mild creases. A collection of Swift's best poetry assembled by Padraic Colum, Irish poet and critic. 126 pages. G .

The Complete Verse : Volume I

Baudelaire, Charles & Scarfe, Francis [translator] · 1991 · Eastleach Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Anvil Press 1991 3rd impression. Paperback, VG. 396pp, index, page edges a little tanned, small ink mark to the half title, otherwise a fine copy. The complete verse poetry, ( with Volume II containing the prose poems ). Charles-Pierre Baudelaire [ 1821 - 1867 ] the French poet,…

The Writing Of Wole Soyinka

Jones, Eldred Durosimi · 1973 · Eastleach Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Heinemann 1973 1st edition. Paperback, VG. xvi+175pp, indeex, spine yellowed & edges rubbed. A critical introduction to the early work of the Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist Wole Soyinka. In 1986 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honour…

Roland Penrose: The Friendly Surrealist

Penrose, Antony · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Munich, Prestel, 2001. Hardcover. Dark blue boards, black and BW illus. dust jacket, 192 pp. BW and color illus. Considers the life and work of English artist, historian, poet, and modern art promoter Roland Penrose (1900-1984). New/Sealed; may have rubbing to corners or edges w…

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Paul Carroll · 1986 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Chicago, City of Chicago, Chicago Office of Fine Arts (Chicago Works), 1986. Paperback. 40p. INSCRIBED BY THE POET. A thin softcover book in fine condition. Inscribed on the half-title page by Paul Carroll to Norman Pellegrini, who was the program director for WFMT, Chicago's cl…

The Various Flavors of Coffee.

Capella, Anthony, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Bantam, (2008). 1st ptg. VG PB advance reading copy. A cup of coffee changed Robert's life, and a very bad cup of coffee at that. The imporverished poet is sitting in a London. coffeehouse when he is offered a job, a job of tasting and writing about coffee. The beginning of …

The Faith of a Subaltern: Essays on Religion and Life.

CANDOLE, ALEC DE. · 1919 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1919. 0. "This edition is printed for private circulation only." The son of a clergyman, Alec de Candole was born at Cheltenham in January 1897. Educated at Marlborough College, he left in April 1916 to enlist. He was commissioned in the 4t…

The Penrose Annual Volume 57. a Review of the Graphic Arts

SPENCER, HERBERT (ED.) · 1964 · William Glynn

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Lund Humphries. 1964, First Edition. Oatmeal Cloth. 300 pages + 43 pp. ads. col. & b/w illustrations, French/German/Italian/Spanish summary to rear. Articles include Mondadori; H N Werkman: Printer, Painter, Poet; Handmade Paper in India. Artists/Designers include F H K …

The Hunting of the Snark an Agony

Lewis Carroll · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated nonsense poem from English writer Lewis Carroll. Later edition, originally published 1876. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine full-page images. Collated complete. A nonsense poem call…

The School for Scandal and the Rivals

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Augustine Birrell, Q.C., M.P. · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1902. Leather. The School for Scandal and The Rivals by Sheridan, this edition illustrated by Edmund Sullivan and with an introduction by Augustine Birrell. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751 - 1816) was an Irish-born playwright and poet and lo…

The Earl and the Duchess: A Dialogue

Richard Monckton Milnes · 1851 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Privately Printed by Harrison & Son, 1851. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon booklet containing a dialogue written by Richard Monckton Milnes for a single performance at Nuneham. This uncommon volume contains a dialogue written by Richard Monckton Milnes for a single…

Glaucus; or the Wonders of the Shore

Kingsley, Charles · 1878 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

MacMillan and Co. London xi, 245, 12 col plates, text illus. . HB. 8vo, cont. half calf, gt, teg, marbled endpapers. Slight fading to spine. Vg. Book-plate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs.. Sixth edition. This work, first published in 1855, reflects the growing interest in marine natural h…

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1823 · Rooke Books

£107.99 (€129.44 | $142.67 | ¥22,783)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A nicely illustrated copy of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. Extra-illustrated with the six Richard Westall engraved plates bound-in from the 1809 John Sharpe publication, including the engraved title page. All in a de…

Reynard the Fox, or, the Ghost Heath Run

John Masefield · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . Leather. An excellent copy of the third impression of John Masefield's popular narrative poem, in a bright half calf signed binding by Hatchards. The December 1919 third impression of this work, first published in October of the same year.I…

The Old Man of the Mountains A Play

Nicholson,Norman · 1955 · Richard Thornton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Faber & Faber This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in light brown cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has just a little light rubbing to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Clipped to front flap but price still showing.This …

The Time Between. The Sequences of Minor White

Hershberger, Andrew E. · 1908 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

Modernbook Editions, Hardcover, 260, The Time Between is an original exhibition and publication dedicated to the work and legacy of Minor White (1908-1976). This catalog marks the first major examination focusing on White's sequences: a unique style of presentation he refined th…

In the Shadow of the Holocaust & Other Essays.

PONOMAREFF, CONSTANTIN V. · 1998 · Antiquariaat Schot

€14.40 ($15.87 | £12.01 | ¥2,534)

Amsterdam-Atlanta, Rodopi. 1998. Original publisher's sewn light-green paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: 128pp., footnotes, bibliography, index. Contents: Preface. One 1. The Self in Cultural History. Lawrence of Arabia. 2. The Anatomy of a Revolt. 3. Vladimir Mayakovs…

The Song of the Ski And Other Poems

MACDONALD, WILSON · 1880 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Wilson Macdonald. 0, First Canadian Edition. Stapled Wraps. Ex-Library, Wilson Pugsley MacDonald (May 5, 1880 - April 8, 1967) was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader [in dialect] of his own poetry. B…

The Princess&Apos; Blankets

Carol Ann Duffy · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Templar Publishing , 2008 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this enchanting fairy tale written by Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations by Catherine Hyde. Limited edition, with this copy being number 339 out of 500 copies printed. Signed b…