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What Is It Then between Us?

ERIC MURPHY SELINGER · 1998 · Mike Long Books

$34.75 (€31.53 | £26.30 | ¥5,549)

Cornell University Press. 1998. Soft Cover. PB/pub.1998/VG condition/251 pages - This text contains traditions of love in American poetry. The author refuses to view love reductively. [KI323703]. Good.

The High Tower

Frances Horovitz · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, New Departures, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A limited edition signed copy of this collection of poetry by English poet and broadcaster, Frances Horovitz. A limited edition copy of the first edition, where twenty five were numbered and signed by the author, this copy…

The Biglow Papers

James Russell Lowell · 1864 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Trubner and Co. 1864. Paperback. A smart copy of this collection of satirical verses from James Russell Lowell. Second series. Authorised edition. A collection of satirical poems and essays critiquing American politics, particularly the Mexican-American War and the treat…

The Talking Pine

George Moore · 1931 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, The Hours Press, 1931. Paperback. A limited edition copy of George Moore's later poem, The Talking Pine. Printed on Maillol paper. A limited edition copy of George Moore's later poem, The Talking Pine. The present copy is number 348 of 500 printed on Maillol pap…

The Last Arcadian

St. John Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1899. Cloth. A scarce work from St. John Lucas, signed by the author. Scarce work. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, with an inscription dated 1900. A collection of short stories or essays including: The Last Arcadian, Sword and Lyre, Remarks …

The Redbird Hexagon

Christopher Middleton · 1999 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Austin, [Self-Published], 1999. Paperback. A very smart, very scarce copy of this first edition collection of poetry, signed. A very smart volume of first edition poetry. Of a limited edition - one of 100 printed. Signed by the author to the front blank. The inscription is dated…

THE VENETIAN GRAVE

(MacLEISH, Archibald) · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

(Conway, MA). First Edition. Large (11-1/8" x 15") single sheet of thick deckle-edged paper folded to make 4 pages containing an essay on Ezra Pound by MacLeish.. Fine. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Frank…

THE FISHERMAN'S WHORE

SMITH, Dave · 0 · Charles Agvent

$562.50 (€510.35 | £425.77 | ¥89,824)

Athens. Ohio University. First Edition. Boards. Poet's first trade book following the publication of two rather scarce chapbooks. This is a dedication copy INSCRIBED by Smith to one of the two dedicatees, the poet Dabney Stuart and his wife: "This book would surely not exist wer…

The Shadow Boxer

HEIGHTON, STEVEN · 2000 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Toronto, A.A.Knopf. 2000, 1st Canadain Edition. (ISBN: 0676971938) Hardcover. Book, The Shadow Boxer..gives literary life to the Northern Ontario landscape of "the Soo", and the demanding, muscular life of Lake Superior where giant ore-barges make their way over the grave of The…

The King's Missive And Other Poems

Whittier, John Greenleaf · 1881 · Eastleach Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Houghton, Mifflin & Company , Boston 1881 1st edition. Green cloth, G++. 100pp, A fair copy, head of spine worn, cloth rubbed, old paper label to spine. Poetry from the New England poet & writer.

Snow on the Mountains. Signed copy

Clarke, Gillian · 2017 · Barter Books Ltd

£18.60 (€22.30 | $24.57 | ¥3,924)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued London Carcanet Press Ltd First Edition 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 117pp. Signed and dedicated by the poet on cover verso.

Poems and Translations

Christopher Pitt · 1727 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Bernard Lintot; Arthur Bettesworth, 1727 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collection of original poems and translations by Christopher Pitt, published early in his career, when he was only twenty-eight years old. A scarce first edition. A poetry…

The Pulse Of Nature - Poems

Powell, Mary · 0 · Eastleach Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

The Venture Press - H G Walters nd c 1950 1st edition. Paper spined boards, VG. 36pp, spine a little grubby, upper board marked a little, slip of paper SIGNED by the author laid in, a nice copy. Uncommon collection of poems on nature & the countryside by a Welsh poet. No copy i…

LAST OF THE TRUE BELIEVERS

Birstein, Ann · 1988 · Gibson

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

W. W. Norton New York NY Second Printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Sunny Mansfield, Connecticut WASP and first-time novelist, falls in love with brilliant poet David Harvey, a Jew despite their differences in background, his chronic unfaithfulness, and his discomfort w…

MEVLANA AND THE MEVLANA MUSEUM

Onder, Mehmed · 1985 · Antiquariaat van Veen

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Istanbul, Aksit Cult. & Tourism Publ., 1985. 1st edition 96 pp. Pb . Biography of Mevlana Celaleddin (Rumi) the great philosophe and poet of the Islamic world and great sufi. About his works, the founding of the Mevlevi, and dervishood. Richly illustrated with photos. Photograp…

The Devil's Bookshop. Poems. (INSCRIBED)

DAVID KENNEDY. · 2007 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by the author to poet and critic Jeremy [Hooker]. Slim 8vo. 68pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. A small bump to the base of the spine, else in fine…

The Cambridge Companion to Ovid.

OVID / HARDIE, PHILIP. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 9780521775281. "Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture." 23cms x 15cms x 3cms. Pp.xvi/408. Paperback. VG.

The Paris Review: Winter 1984

1984 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, The Paris Review, Inc, 1984. Paperback. 203p, plus ads. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed and spine creased; otherwise clean and tight. Winter 1984 issue of THE PARIS REVIEW, a prominent quarterly literary magazine. Contains an interview wit…

See You in the Morning.

Patchen, Kenneth, · 1947 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

NY, Padell, (1947). VG in Fair DJ. Passionate, masculine tenderness for which the poety Kenneth Patchen is so justly famous has reached new heights of power and. richness in this his long-awaited first novel. Patchen was called the most talented young writer now using English an…

The Medieval Foundation of England.

Bryant, Sir Arthur, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, 1967. 1st US ed. VG in VG DJ. Review copy. Publisher's review slip laid in. Proving that the ideal historian is both a scholar & a poet, Bryant uses. wit, selectivity & good writing for the formative period in which the social & political institutions of the Engli…