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The Cantos of Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound · 1957 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Faber and Faber, 1957. Cloth. A scarce edition of the monumental modernist poem by Ezra Pound. The second impression of the work, first published in 1954.In publisher's original black cloth binding. American poet Ezra Pound is widely considered one of the most infl…

The Troubadour and Other Poems

Shorter, Dora Maria Sigerson (1866-1918) · 1910 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

London Hodder and Stoughton First Edition, First Printing pp. 94. Small 8vo., measuring 5" x 7.5". Bound in publisher's original quarter ivory cloth over tan boards, bearing gilt lettering and floral ornamentation to the spine, and front board, respectively; top edge gilt, untri…

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

Sir Walter Scott · 1890 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1890. Cloth. A smart set of the journal of Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright, Sir Walter Scott. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page. Volume one also contains a map of Abbotsfor…

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American CIVIL War

Stephen Crane · 1896 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, William Heinemann, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this American Civil War novel by poet, novelist and short story writer Stephen Crane. The first UK edition, originally published the year prior in the US.In the publisher's original green cloth …

The Drums of the Fore and Aft; without Benefit of Clergy

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A lovely two volume set of the work of Rudyard Kipling, both first U.S. editions. This set features two fictional works by Kipling, 'Without The Benefit of Clergy' and 'The Drums of Fore and Aft&…

Alain Arais-Misson : From the Cutting-Floor of the Public Poem

Roger d' Hondt ; · 2013 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€32.50 ($35.82 | £27.11 | ¥5,720)

Ghent, Belgium, MER Paper Kunsthalle, 2013 Paperback, 80 pages, ENG, 230 x 160 x 10 mm, New condition, illustrated in colour / b/w. ISBN 9789490693152. In the mid-sixties, a young Belgian-American experimental/visual poet, Alain Arias-Misson, returned to his birthplace Brussel…

John Gower - The French Balades

Gower, John & Yeager R F [editor] · 2011 · Eastleach Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

published for TEAMS by Medieval Institute Publications - Western Michigan University 2011 1st edition. Large format paperback, VG. viii+182pp, slight wrinkle to the top edge of the text block due to water? otherwise a fine copy. The poems have a parallel English translation. A c…

The Poems of William Dunbar

MACKENZIE, W. MACKAY (EDITOR) · 1932 · Godley Books

£6.25 (€7.49 | $8.26 | ¥1,319)

Edinburgh, The Porpoise Press. 1932, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Light foxing to a few pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to spine and no bumping to …

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam · 1997 · Book Haven

NZ$8.50 (€4.26 | $4.69 | £3.55 | ¥750)

Wordsworth Classics 1997 Paperback, 96pp. Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when FitzGerald published a free adapation of this Persian poetry. A…

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam · 1997 · Book Haven

NZ$8.50 (€4.26 | $4.69 | £3.55 | ¥750)

Wordsworth Classics 1997 Paperback, 96pp. Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when FitzGerald published a free adapation of this Persian poetry. A…

Great Journeys of the World

Ernie Dingo · 1995 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

ABC Enterprises 1995 Hardback, 240pp. Written to accompany a major television series, actors Ernie Dingo, Tony Robinson and Juliet Stevenson, musician Evelyn Glennie, writer Sandi Toksvig and poet Damian Gorman describe their travels to different destinations in Africa, the Cari…

The Sorrow Garden. Poems. (INSCRIBED)

THOMAS MCCARTHY. · 1981 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Anvil Press Poetry, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition - a paperback original. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title. Slim 8vo. 64pp. Glossy card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). Some toning to the rear wrapper, else a f…

The life of Joseph Addison.

Smithers, Peter. · 1954 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Oxford : at the Clarendon Press, 1954. Orig. cloth binding. xii,491 pp. Portrait. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Biography of Joseph Addison (1672 -1719), an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of …

The Works Of Francois Villon

Francois Villon; Geoffroy Atkinson (ed) · 1930 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Eric Partridge Ltd at The Scholartis Press, 1st Edition, From the limited edition of 600 copies. Rockwell Kent designed bookplate of noted poet and publisher James Laughlin to front pastedown. Bar toning to endpapers, all is in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Smart …

Lessons Of The Summer [SIGNED]

Roy Fuller · 1987 · Dodman Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh, The Tragara Press, 1st Edition, No 18 of 25 signed copies printed on Velin Arches paper, from the edition of 135. Bookplate of poet Ann Ridler to ifc. In VG order throughout. Plain card covers with VG decorative wrap around and paper label to front. 8vo. 19pp, Signed …

First Families of the Sierras

Joaquin Miller · 1876 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & Co, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 258p; 4p advertisements. A small, brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light rubbing and general shelf wear to the edges, and an old owner's personal library sticker inside the front cover. Otherwise, tex…

The Center of Attention. Poems

Hoffman, Daniel · 1974 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York, Random House, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 77 pp. Review copy, with slip laid in. A collection of poetry by Daniel Hoffman, an American poet and one time Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. VERY GOOD condition…

Three Poems of the War

Paul Claudel · 1919 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 53p. Ex-library. A 1/4 charcoal-grey cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library marks on spine, endpapers, and title page. Otherwise clean and tight -- an excellent, sturdy reading copy! Poems about World War I…

The Silent Traveller in Boston.

Yee, Chiang · 1960 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Methuen, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Chiang Yee. First UK edition. 275pp. Illustrated dustjacket with some loss to the corners and ends of the spine. 16 colour plates and 50 line drawings by the author. Original owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very c…

The Sermon, a prose-poem

PETER REDGROVE · 1966 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Poet and Printer. 1966, First Thus?. Soft cover. Book, Slight crease, one or two spots of foxing, staples slightly rusty. Individual publication of poem commissioned by BBC TV's Monitor, and performed there by Michael Hordern; also performed by Donald Wolfit on the Third…