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The Trouble with Poetry and other poems.

Collins, Billy, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Random, (2005). 1st ptg. VG PB. Collins has opened the door to poetry for thos to whom it might otherwise have remained closed. Former Poet Laureate.

The Seasons, and the Castle of Indolence

James Thomson; Allan Cunningham · 1841 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully bound in full morocco with gilt detailing, this is a charmingly illustrated edition of James Thomson's two most popular works of poetry. The first edition thus.A lovely edition of the two best known works fr…

The Yellow Frigate, or, the Three Sisters

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A wonderfully rebound maritime novel by prolific Scottish author, James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books,…

The Home Affections Portrayed by the Poets

Charles MacKay · 1858 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1858. Fine Binding. The first edition of this poetry anthology. Illustrated, with numerous drawings by the likes of James Godwin, John Gilbert and Birket Foster. Composed and edited by Charles MacKay, this work comprises of poetry from Coleridg…

Glaucus; or the Wonders of the Shore

Kingsley, Charles · 1886 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

MacMillan and Co. London xi, 245, 12 col plates, text illus. . HB. 8vo, full prize calf, by Bickers & Son, London, spine with raised bands, black ruled border to both boards and decorative floral motifs to corners and spine compartments, gt crest of Leamington High School for Gi…

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers

Robert Herrick; Alfred Pollard [ed]; A. C. Swinburne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Lawrence & Buller, 1891 . Leather. A smart complete two volume set of this limited edition collection of lyrical poetry by seventeenth century poet Robert Herrick. Complete in two volumes.Limited edition copies, being number 89/200 large paper copies printed. Bound in h…

Lecture to the Trainees

George MacBeth · 1962 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, Fantasy Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. An anthology of the poems of the Scottish poet George MacBeth, the first edition, from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition.An anthology of the poems of George MacBeth, collecting together ten poems.Including &apos…

Men of the Hills

TREECE, HENRY · 1958 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY: Criterion Books, 1958. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Christine Price. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is…

The Illustrated London News 13 April, 1918, No. 4121, Vol. 152 - the Great Battle in the West

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1918 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, 1918. First Edition. Paperback. 28 pages. Features: The Great Battle in the West - Troops, Guns, and Refugees on the British and French Front - 11 photos; Food Conditions in Germany, by Percy Shuttlewood; An Australian Soldier Poet…

Promethean. The Literary Magazine of the City College. Vol. XIV. 1966-67. No. 1

Blackburn, Paul; Miriam, Eve, et al. · 1967 · Kaaterskill Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The City College, 1967. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. 62 pp. 8vo. Poetry by Black Mountain poet and translator Paul Blackburn & Eve Miriam, among others. Story by George Di Caprio. A very good copy, some soiling on rear.

The Strife of Love in a Dream Being the Elizabethan Version of the First Book of the Hypnerotomachia

Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, David Nutt, 1890. Hardback. An uncommon limited new edition of this famous 15th-century Renaissance romance, edited by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang. Limited edition of five hundred copies.  In the publisher's paper covered stiff boards.  This new edition edited…

The Red River Voyageur

[Hudson's Bay Co. - ed. & illust.] Whittier, John G[reenleaf] · 1892 · Books on the Web

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Co., 1892. Paper bound, first edition marking the 40th anniversary of the poet Whittier's death (1807-1892). Illustrated. Smaller 8vo - 19 x 15.5 cm. 1932 newsclipping from the Winnipeg Free Press loosely attached inside front cover reprints Whittier's let…

The Essential John Reibetanz

REIBETANZ, JOHN [ DONALDSON, JEFFREY ED.]] · 2017 · Kalamos Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Erin, Porcupine's Quill. 2017, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0889844062) Soft cover. Book, ".. a poet of transformation. His poetry is tightly woven through syntax that closely responds to the movement of feeling and thought. He dexterously interweaves his own lived experience wi…

The First of Everso

Boleman-Herring, Elizabeth · 2005 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Teaneck, New Jersey, The Literate Chigger Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author, the panhellene and poet Elizabeth Boleman-Herring, at title page. Brightly colorful pictorial covers, illustrated fancifully by Sandra Tice-Wright th…

The First of Everso

Boleman-Herring, Elizabeth · 2005 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Teaneck, New Jersey, The Literate Chigger Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author, the panhellene and poet Elizabeth Boleman-Herring, at title page but also with a warm and loving inscription by her at first free endpaper. Brightly …

The Cocks of Hades

C.A. Trypanis · 1958 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 94p. INSCRIBED W/ TLS FROM AUTHOR. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Endpapers foxed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly chipped at the corners and tanned on the …

The Big Green Book

Graves, Robert; Sendak, Maurice (illustrator) · 1968 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, Crowell-Collier Press, 1968. Cloth. Stated first printing of a reissue using a new format. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. A children's book about a boy who uses magic to escape sadness, by noted poet and author Robert Graves, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. GOO…

The Months Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year

Leigh Hunt · 1821 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.37 | $620.94 | ¥99,155)

London, C and J Oliver, 1821. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of the first edition of Hunt's delightful work on the months of the year. James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English essayist, poet and writer. Leigh Hunt was educated at Ch…

The Tale of the Eele and the Magot-a-Pie from "Grimello&Apos;S Fortunes

Nicholas Breton · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art, 1933. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart copy of this scarce reprinting of Breton's charming tale from his prose work Grimello's Fortunes. Very scarce edition. A copy of The Tale of the Eele and the Magot-a-Pie from satirical prose t…

The Masque of Comus the Poem by John Milton -and- the Airs by Henry Lawes

MILTON, JOHN; LAWES, HENRY · 1950 · Bluebird Books

$20.50 (€18.60 | £15.52 | ¥3,274)

New York: The Heritage Press, [c.1950s]. Hardcover. The famous poem/entertainment by the eminent English poet, John Milton (1608-1674) is presented here in a deluxe Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase. Includes a preface by Mark Van Doren. With watercolor illustrations by…