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The Postman&Apos;S Palace
Adrian Henri · 1990 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Methuen Children's Books, 1990. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this delightful illustrated children's book about a postman who fulfils his dreams of building a palace in his back garden. A first edition of this delightful children's book by po…
The Sonnets of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth · 1838 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Edward Moxon, 1838. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this volume of sonnets by William Wordsworth, a wonderful anthology of poems by the eminent poet. The scarce first edition of this anthology of sonnets collected in one volume, including twelve new pie…
The Confidential Clerk a Play
T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of T. S. Eliot's comic verse play in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Confidential Clerk A Play by T. S. Eliot in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrappe…
The Engagement
Bryan Guinness · 1969 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Hertfordshire, The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British L. First edition. Cloth. Hertfordshire: The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British Library). First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8.5" by 5". Olwyn Bowey. A charming, limited edition copy of Bryan Guinness&…
The Talisman
SCOTT, SIR WALTER · 1923 · S. Howlett-West Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pag…
The Pyramid
GOLDING, WILLIAM · 1967 · S. Howlett-West Books
$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)
London, England: Faber & Faber, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0571080111. Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman. Cover Art; 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 …
Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron, from the Year 1808 to the End of 1814
Robert Charles Dallas · 1824 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Charles Knight, 1824. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a controversial biography on the great Romantic icon released almost immediately after his death, including previously unpublished letters and material. The first edition of Recollections of the Life of L…
The Holy Grail and Other Poems
Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1870 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Strahan and Co. Publishers, 1870 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetical works surrounding Arthurian legends, written by Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a quarter calf prize binding. The first edition of this work. Bound in a qu…
The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems
John Clare · 1821 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)
London, Printed for Taylor and Hessey, and E. Drury, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the second volume only of this work of poetry published early in the career of John Clare, focusing on the lives of the peasant and working classes of rural England. With an i…
A Little Bitty Man and other poems for the very young.
Rasmussen, Halfdan, · 2011 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)
China, Candlewick Press, (2011). First edition. VG Hardback in VG dj. Translated from the original works by beloved Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen. Delightful poetry by a child's poet.
Four Plays
John M. Synge · 1911 · Rooke Books
£27.00 (€32.37 | $35.68 | ¥5,698)
Dublin , Maunsel and Company, Ltd, 1911. Cloth. A set of four plays by John M. Synge. An Irish playwright and poet, Synge was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. He earned notoriety for his play The Playboy of the Western World, whic…
THE ARRIVISTES. POEMS 1940-1949
SIMPSON, Louis · 0 · Charles Agvent
$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.50 | ¥49,908)
New York. The Fine Editions Press. First Edition. Jamaican poet's first book, published in an edition of only 500 copies in printed cream wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper "For Gertrude Clayton/with best wishes/Louis Simpson/Dec. 13, 1949.". Much less…
The Apprentice Lover: A Novel
PARINI, JAY · 2002 · Kalamos Books
$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.24 | ¥2,795)
New York, HarperCollins. 2002, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0066210712) Hardcover. Book, When Alex Massolini's brother is killed in Vietnam, he drops out of Columbia University and leaves his conservative family behind for Capri to become secretary to Rupert Grant, a famous British no…
How M'Dougall Topped the Score
Spencer, Thomas Edward · 1906 · Ariel Books
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)
NSW Bookstall Bush poet Thomas Spencer began to contribute verse and prose sketches to The Bulletin from 1891 with the titular set of verses included in the Bulletin Reciter, published in 1901. CONDITION Burgundy ribbed cloth with bright gilt title, Pp 294 with 12 cartoon illus…
Poetry and the Physical Voice
Berry, Francis · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)
New York, Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards; gilt lettering. Blue/ivory dj with navy blue lettering on spine. Mylar cover. x, 205 pp. with no illus. Does the vocal sound a reader "hears" when reading a poem correspond to the actual "voice" of t…
The First Convention. Poems. (INSCRIBED)
THOMAS MCCARTHY. · 1978 · Clearwater Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition - a paperback original. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title. Slim 8vo. 45pp. Glossy card wrappers with French flaps (not issued in casebound format). With a photograph of the …
The Fleeting and Other Poems
De La Mare,Walter (From The Library of Stephen Spender) · 1933 · Richard Thornton Books
£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)
Constable and Co This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.This copy came from the Private Library of the Late Poet and Academic Stephen Spender.There is a little dulling to the colour tone along spin…
The POORHOUSE FAIR. A Novel
Updike, John [1932 - 2009] · 1959 · Tavistock Books, ABAA
$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.49 | ¥35,135)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st edition. Orange cloth spine over grey colored paper-wrapped boards with silver stamping. Orange topstain. Multi-color vertically striped dust jacket, designed by Harry Ford. [6], 185, [1] pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Average wear & soiling, age-toni…
The Poetical Works of William Collins
William Collins; Dr. Langhorne [ed.] · 1821 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Suttaby, Evance and Fox , 1821 . Leather. A small and pleasing copy, in full calf, of the poetical works of the pre-Romantic poet William Collins, with an introductory section on the life of the author by Dr. Johnson. In full calf.With an introductory section on the life…
The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley
C S Calverley · 1902 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London , George Bell & Sons, 1902. Leather. The complete works of this English poet, in a Blackwell's half calf binding. Calverley has been called the father of the so called "university school of humour". He is now perhaps best-remembered for his Ode to Tobacco, which has …