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Seamus Heaney · 2001 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Faber and Faber , 2001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poems from Nobel prize-winning Irish poet and playwright, Seamus Heaney. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This enchanting collection explores o…

Gesammelte Gedichte & Werke in Drei Banden

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1962 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Frankfurt, Insel Verlag, 1962-1966. Cloth. A smart collection of works from Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, in the original German. Four volumes. German. Written by Rene Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, known as Rainer Maria Rilke, an Austrian poet and novel…

John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections with Biographical Note

John Masefield · 1916 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Letchworth, Garden City Press, 1916. Paperback. The poet John Masefield shares memories of his times with fellow poet and playwright John Millington Synge in this limited edition copy. A limited edition copy of John Masefield's recollections of the Irish poet, playwright, a…

BEAUTIFUL SHIRT

REVELL, Donald · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Hanover & London. Wesleyan University Press. First Edition. Softcover issue in glossy pictorial wraps. SIGNED by the author on the title page and additionally INSCIRBED to fellow poet Jorie Graham: "To Jorie--/'I do not understand, but I believe'/and all the way/to everlasting,/…

Memoirs

Neruda, Pablo · 2010 · Eastleach Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin 2010 reprint. Paperback, F. [viii]+370pp, index, a fine copy. The biography of Pablo Neruda [ 1904 - 1973 ] the Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Bob Haas

Haas, Bob, Christopher Felver · 1984 · Wittenborn Art Books

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

NP: Christoper Felver, 1984. Photo portrait of poet Bob Haas (former poet laureate of the United States) by Christopher Felver, noted for his portraits of artists and writers. Black and white photograph, 14 x 11 inches. Signed and dated in pencil on back by photographer. Top cor…

Tiresias and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1885 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1885. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this anthology of verses from celebrated poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. The first edition of this work. Anthology of poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, featuring poems such as 'Tiresias,' 'The W…

Selected Poems 1968-2014. (HARDCOVER)

MULDOON, Paul · 2016 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Faber & Faber 2016, 240pp, Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. "A thrilling new selection of Paul Muldoon's poetry, drawn from over four decades and twelve individual collections. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofm…

My Life as a Fake

Peter Carey · 2003 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)

Alfred A. Knopf 2003 Hardback, 290pp. In Melbourne in the 1930s, a conservative young poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publi…

Portrait of Reyer Anslo

1622 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Engraving of Reyer Anslo. Reyer Anslo (1622 or 1626 - 16 May 1669) was a Dutch poet. Early civic fame as a poet came to him in Amsterdam, when he was rewarded by his with a laurel crown and a silver dish for a poem in honour of the foundation stone of the new town hall in 1648. …

Wild Berries

YEVTUSHENKO, YEVGENY; BOUIS, ANTONINA W. (TRANSLATION). · 1985 · Antiquariaat Het Kofschip

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Black Swan. 1985, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0 552 99156 2) Soft cover. Book, The first novel from the world's most popular living poet. 302 p. Good.

Body of This Death

Louise Bogan · 1923 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first poetry collection from the first female U. S. Poet Laureate. First edition.   In the publisher's original quarter-cloth binding.   A lovely collection from acclaimed Ame…

William Cowper a Biography

James King · 1986 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)

Durham , Duke University Press, 1986. Cloth. A biography of the famous poet William Cowper. William Cowper (November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by …

Ausonius Mosella [ Das Mosellied ] - Mit Einer Einführung In Die Zeit Und Die Welt Des Dichters. Übersetzt Und Erklärt

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus - John, Walther [translator] & Binsfeld, Wolfgang [editor] · 1980 · Eastleach Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Spee Buchverlag, Trier 1980 revised edition. Boards, VG. 135pp, 6pp b/w plates, 1 b/w folding maps, spine yellowed, otherwise a nice copy. Parallel Latin - German text for the poem. The Roman poet Ausonius' poetical description of the river Moselle, translated into German. Deci…

Memoir. Poems. (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED)

ROBERT MORGAN. · 1988 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Indigo Press, Hampshire, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, limited to three hundred copies, this being #10 of 100 numbered and signed examples, with a presentation inscription from the author to Meic [Stephens], the noted Welsh poet, critic and literary editor. Sl…

Tales Before Midnight

Stephen Vincent Benet · 1939 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1939 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of thrilling short stories by American writer Stephen Vincent Benet. The first edition, first printing, identified via the "F&R" monogram to the colophon.In the publisher's o…

Poems by Eliza Cook

Eliza Cook · 1861 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London & New York, Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1861. Cloth. A beautiful clothbound collection of the poetry of Eliza Cook, selected by the author and illustrated throughout. Written and selected by Eliza Cook (1818-1889), an English poet, author, and proponent of women's …

AN EVENING'S JOURNEY TO CONWAY MASSACHUSETTS. An Outdoor Play

MacLEISH, Archibald · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

(Northampton, MA). (The Gehenna Press). First Edition. String-bound blue-gray wraps in slipcase with printed paper label on the front, extra label laid in. Housed in a specially made blue cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered blue morocco leather spine. One of an unstated lim…

Music in the Carolingian World. Witnesses to a Metadiscipline, Essays in Honor of Charles M. Atkinson

Graeme Boone (ed) · 2023 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.73 | ¥14,082)

, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 455 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:33 b/w, 12 col., 19 tables b/w., 23 musical examples, Language(s):English, French. ISBN 9782503603308. Summary Music in the Carolingian World stems from a conference honoring the career and wide-ranging res…

Sensualite Amoureuse

Jean Lourrain · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Corbeil , 1901. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition novel by symbolist poet Jean Lourrain. The first edition of this work.Scarce in the original wraps. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations depicting romantic scenes. Jean Lorrain was a French …