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The Complete Poems of Cavafy : Expanded editon
CAVAFY, C.P. (CONSTANTINE P) · 1989 · Kalamos Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York, Harvest/Harcourt,Brace,Jovanovich. 1989, Reprint. (ISBN: 0691013209) Soft cover. Ill.: Trans. Rae Dalven. Book, "This volume presents new translations and the first complete edition of the poems of C.P.Cavafy, the most famous modern Greek poet of Alexandria..This disti…
The Poetry and Prose of Jim Nicoll
Nicoll, Jim · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)
1980. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, 111 pp. duotone illus. A collection of writings by American poet and writer Jim Nicoll (1892-1986). This copy is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena on the first page. G (Slightly aged overall; co…
The Sweet Singer of Michigan Bibliographically Considered
Greenly, A.H. · 1945 · Mare Booksellers
$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)
New York, The Bibliographical Society of America, 1945. Wraps. Printed wraps. One of 100 copies. 30 pp. A bibliographical, historical and critical look at the publications of Julia A. Moore, a Michigan poet considered as the pinnacle of bad poetry. Many found humor in her work (…
Riding the Big Earth. Poems 1980-86
Richey, Joseph; Ginsberg, Allen (introduction) · 1986 · Mare Booksellers
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)
Orono. ME, The National Poetry Foundation, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Black wraps. Signed by the author, with a large line drawing, presumably by him, across the half title and inside front cover. 63 pp. As Ginsberg notes in the introduction, these are collection of poems that …
Gypsies of the Heath
The Romany Rawny" [Alice E. Gillington; Betty Gillington] · 1916 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)
London, Elkin Mathews, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce anthology of stories by Alice E. Gillington, who collected and published Gypsy folklore, folk songs and singing games. A scarce work rebacked in a quarter cloth binding with the original decor…
The Signal to Engage. Poems. SHELAGH STORM MASSADA'S COPY
COMFORT Alex · 0 · Island Books
£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)
Routledge, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the American poet Shelagh Storm Massada and bears her signature on front free endpaper.
Notes on Thought and Vision and/ The Wise Sappho
H D · 1988 · Imago Press
CA$20.00 (€12.72 | $14.02 | £10.61 | ¥2,239)
London, Peter Owen Publishers, 1988. Perfect binding, 72 pp. 5.5"-8.5". Fine. H.D.'s thinking through of the sub-conscious and the 'over-conscious' followed by a tribute to the great poet of Lesbos. Intro by Albert Gelpi. Bust of D. on black cover, 3 repros of classical figures …
William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq. - a Study of His Life and Works to the Year 1768
Charles Ryskamp · 1959 · Rooke Books
£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Ryskamp's biographical work of William Cowper. The volume includes three appendices - (A) Uncollected Letters and Essays, (B) Uncollected Poems: Early and Late, and (C) Uncollected Magazin…
Selections from the Poems and Letters of Bernard Barton
Bernard Barton; Lucy Barton [editor] · 1849 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Hall, Virtue, and Co. 1849. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of work from the Quaker poet, Bernard Barton. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. Selections from the letters and poetry of Bernard Barton, an English writer known as the …
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron
George Clinton, [Lord Byron] · 1825 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, James Robins and Co. 1825. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first posthumous literary biography on the iconic Romantic poet which aims to go beyond his celebrity image. The first edition of the Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron, written and e…
All the Usual Hours of Sleeping; Wailing Monkey Embracing a Tree; Rainsplitter in the Zodiac Garden
Penelope Shuttle · 1969 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Calder and Boyars; Marion Boyars, 1969-1977. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels by the poet and author Penelope Shuttle, in the original dust wrappers. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origina…
A new method of learning with facility the greek tongue. Digested in the clearest and concisest order. With a variety of solid remarks, necessary for the attaining a complete knowledge of this language, and for understanding the Greek writers. Translated from the French of the Messieurs de Port-Royal by T. Nugent. A new edition revised and corrected.
(LANCELOT,C.) · 1817 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta
€125.00 ($137.78 | £104.27 | ¥22,004)
London, Wingrave & Collingwood, 1817. XXXVI,476 p., 2 plates. Half calf 22 cm (Cover scuffed; head of spine gone; upper joint splitting; bookplate of the Irish poet Walter Sweetman, 1830-1905, pasted on front pastedown)
Australian Visons Nature Heritage Creation Life The Verse of A G Simmons and the Art of James Egan.
Simmons, A G · 1983 · Hessay Books
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)
Judy Simmons Publications, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: James Egan. First editon. Large format. 64pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a very little worn to the front top corners. Colour and b + w illustrations by James Egan. Gift inscription to the back flyleaf, other…
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING. COMPLETE FROM 1833 TO 1868 AND THE SHORTER POEMS THEREAFTER
BROWNING, Robert · 0 · Charles Agvent
$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.90 | ¥29,945)
London. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press. Reprint. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7") bound in full light brown morocco leather with double gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with three raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers; xiv, 698 p…
The James Bond Dossier
Kingsley Amis · 1965 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The very smart first edition of Kingsley Amis's celebrated literary study of James Bond, complete with its the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Complete with…
The Chase: A Poem
William Somervile · 1802 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, W. Bulmer and Co. 1802. Leather. The second Bewick edition of William Somervile's popular poem on hunting, illustrated after designs of Thomas Bewick's brother. The second edition of this poem to be illustrated by Thomas Bewick, a renowned wood-engraver and aut…
The Garden of Kama
Laurence Hope [Violet Nicolson] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, William Heinemann, 1912 . Leather. A beautiful Riviere-bound copy of 'The Garden of Kama', a delightful collection of poetry from Violet Nicolson, written under the male pseudonym Laurence Hope. A new impression. Elegantly bound by Riviere in full crushed moroc…
At the Gate: Poems
Robert Graves · 1974 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Bertram Rota Ltd, 1974 . Cloth. A bright, signed limited edition of Robert Graves"s At the Gate, a late collection of his poems. In the publisher's original vibrant red cloth binding. Flat signed by the author to the limitation page. This copy is a limited edition…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson · 1904 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1904. Leather. Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated novel in a prize binding signed Mudie, beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. One of the most popular novels among Victorians, The Vicar of Wakefield was originally published in 1766, and concerns fami…
The Agents of Civilization
William Maccall · 1848 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John Green, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce series of lectures by William Maccall on contemporary society. The first edition, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Author's signature, from a letter dated 12th October 1870, tipped…