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Sonnets from the Trophies of Jose-Maria de Heredia

TAYLOR, EDWARD ROBESON · 1906 · S. Howlett-West Books

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1906. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Signed edition. This copy has been signed by Robeson to Gertrude Stanford, christmas 1906. This copy has been signed by the author. Fourth edition, Limited to 300 copies, 250 of which are for sale. This is …

American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath.

Rollyson, Carl. · 2013 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 336 pp.- On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, a startling new vision of Plath―the first to draw from the recently-opened Ted Hughes archive. The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of …

Cotswold Characters

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921. First edition. Hardback. A lovely collection of sketches on local characters within the Cotswolds written by the talented Dymock poet John Drinkwater. The first edition of Cotswold Characters, a collection of five charming sketches of fict…

The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology

Gibran, Kahlil; Robin Waterfield (editor) · 1995 · Bookbarrow

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, London, 1995. Reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780140195064 Titles; contents; introduction; biography & abbreviations to front. This is a selection of short extracts from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, w…

Kisses: Being a Poetical Translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius

Joannes Secundus · 1803 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Printed by J. D. Dewick for R. Thurgood , 1803. Leather. R. Thurgood's edition of Joannes Secundus' romantic poetry collection, this copy previously owned by Charles Lamb. This edition of this translation of 'Kisses: Being a Poetical Translation of the Bas…

The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok Complete in One Volume

Reginald Heber, Felicia Hemans and Robert Pollok · 1832 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , John Grigg, 1832. Cloth. The collected poetical works of Reginald Heber, Felicia Hemans and Robert Pollok. Including a Memoir of Heber followed by his poetical works, The Course of Time, A Poem in Ten Books by Pollok and The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans. Three …

First World War Poetry:

Silkin, Jon, ed · 1986 · Naomi Symes Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

(Penguin, 2nd edit., rpt, 1986) Paperback. Spine & corners creased, light edge wear, otherwise good. 287pp.

A Note on the Ancient Geography of Asia, Compiled from Valmiki-Ramayana

Nobin Chandra Das · 1971 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

Varanasi, Bharat-Bharati, 1971. Cloth. A scarce reprint copy of this work on the Ancient Geography of Asia, with a folding map. A scarce reprint copy, with the first edition published in 1896. A Note on the Ancient Geography of Asia, compiled from Valmiki-Ramayana is by Nobin Ch…

The Days of Bruce; a Story from Scottish History. In Two Volumes

Aguilar, Grace · 1852 · Mare Booksellers

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.31 | ¥12,935)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1852. Cloth. Dark brown cloth, both volumes in homemade dust jackets. 353, 229 pp. plus ads for other books at the front and end of each volume. An historical novel chronicling an episode in the history of Scotland. Written by Grace Aguilar, an…

Original exlibris from the Dutch lawyer and patriot Samuel Wisselius (1769-1845),

[WISSELIUS,SAMUEL]. · 1800 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Woodengraving on laid paper, ca. 1800. Size: 12 x 13 cm. - Very small hole in paper (not affecting the image).* Samuel Iperuszoon, Knight Wiselius (4 February 1769 - 15 May 1845) was a successful Dutch lawyer and a prominent Patriot and democrat, involved in the dismantling of t…

Persons and places : fragments of autobiography (The works of George Santayana, 1).

Santayana, George. · 1986 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,224)

Edited by William G. Holzberger & Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. Introduction by Richard C. Lyon. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1986. Trade edition. Reprint. Paperback. xl, 621 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Philosopher, poet, critic of cult…

The Complete Poems of John Keats (Modern Library Isbn Series, Spine 17)

KEATS, JOHN · 1994 · Bluebird Books

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, 1994. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679601082. A complete collection of poems by the eminent English romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821). Includes his notable "Otho the Great," "La Belle Dame sans Merci," "Endymion," and all of his shorter poems…

Emblems, Divine and Moral; Together with Hieroglyphicks of the Life of Man

Quarles, Francis · 1715 · Mare Booksellers

$216.00 (€195.97 | £163.50 | ¥34,492)

London, Printed by J. Nutt, and sold by E. Nutt at the MiddleTemple Gate in Fleet-Street. In the Savoy, 1715. Leather. no date, circa 1715 based on ESTC records. Full calf leather. A4, 1-375 (1) pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. An emblem book by the English poet Fra…

Poem Delivered Before the Society of United Brothers at Brown University on the Day Preceding Commencement September 6, 1831 with Other Poems

N. P. Willis · 1831 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

New York, J. & J. Harper, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry from American author Nathaniel Parker Willis, with the poem delivered before the Society of United Brothers on September 6, 1831. First edition. A collection of poetry from Nathani…

A Collection from the Library of Carmen Callil

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell, 1972-2021. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first edition volumes from the library of Australian publisher Carmen Callil. Eight volumes. First edition, first impression. …

From an Australian Country Sequence

Geoffrey Lehmann · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

Sheridan&Apos;S Plays

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; W. Fraser Rae (ed.); The Marques of Dufferin and Ava · 1902 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, David Nutt, 1902 . Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in half calf binding. Scarce edition of Sheridan's Plays edited by W. Fraser Rae in half calf Bicker's and Son binding. Now printed as he wrote them, and his …

The Life and Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John&Apos;S College, Cambridge

Henry Kirke White · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Scott and Webster, c1834. Leather. A smart copy of this memoir of English poet Henry Kirke White, with examples of his work. With a frontispiece and vignette title page. The memoirs of Henry Kirke White, an English poet and hymn-writer who died at the young age of twenty…

Botschaften des Regens - Gedichte,

Eich, Günter, · 1996 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

einmalige Sonderausgabe, Ffm., Suhrkamp (= edition suhrkamp), 1996, 8°, 58 S., regenbogenfarbige original Kartonage (Paperback), sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Eich-Gedichte in Suhrkamps Regebogen-Edition, besser geht's kaum. Der Farbverlauf auf dem Foto leider nicht so gut zu…

Cultural Options and the Role of Tradition: A Collection of Essays on Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature.

JOHNS, Anthony, H. · 1979 · The Book Firm

A$17.00 (€10.45 | $11.52 | £8.72 | ¥1,839)

Australian National University Press, 1979. Paperback. Some rubbing to covers, o/wise good condition. Includes papers on the Novel as a Guide to Indonesian Social History; Indonesian Tensions: The Literary Record; Genesis of a Modern Literature; Chairil Anwar: An Interpretation;…