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Le Puits de Sainte Claire

Anatole France · 1921 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, c1926. Leather. An attractive leather bound copy of Anatole France's short stories. An attractive leather bound copy of Anatole France's The Well of Saint Clare. Published in French. The French journalist, poet, and novelist achieved several best-s…

Voor-zang. Kom! de vreugd niet meer bedwongen

[KLIJN, HENDRIK HARMEN], · 1812 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€51.75 ($57.04 | £43.17 | ¥9,110)

Without place, without printer, 1812, single folded leaf, 4 pp., good condition. Signed with the initials H.H.K. probably referring to the Dutch poet Hendrik Harmen Klijn (1773-1856).

Pien Chih-lin

HAFT Llyod Lewis · 1981 · Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar)

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

s.l., by the author [viii +] 196pp., Academic dissertation, softcover, stamp, else VG, text in english, [study on the modern chinese poet Pien Chih-lin]

Caravan

Witter Byner · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a fascinating anthology written by prolific American poet Witter Bynner, signed to American composer Rosamond Johnson. The signed first edition of Caravan, a anthology, written by prolific Amer…

PANIC. A Play in Verse

MacLEISH, Archibald · 1935 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a …

Verdigris

Krys Val Lewicki · 1978 · Judith Patton

CA$25.95 (€16.50 | $18.19 | £13.76 | ¥2,905)

New York: N.Y. : Vantage Press, 1978 Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.60. The first published collection of the Canadian poet. slight rubbing to d/j edges. Very Good Fine

Homenaje a Jose Hierro

Jose Hierro · 1999 · Byre Books

£8.25 (€9.89 | $10.90 | ¥1,741)

Book Very Good La Salle Santander Selections from the work of this poet from Cantabria. In Spanish. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG.

New Lines

Various [ed. by Robert Conquest] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an anthology celebrating 'The Movement' literary group of the postwar years, including Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jennings. The first edition of New Lines, an charming anthology celebrating The M…

Cort begryp der XII. boeken Olympiados. ... Abregé des douze livres Olympiades.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1579. With 1 engraved plate (portrait of the author), 17 full-page engravings (ca. 16 x 11.5 cm.) by Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert after designs of the monogrammist CVSK and a full-page woodcut of an obelisk at the end, signed with the monogram "HE". With:(2) NOOT, Jan van der. Lofsang van Braband. ... Hymne de Braband. Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1580. With 4 full-page woodcuts (portrait of the author, allegorical illustration, arms of Brabant and the other 16 provinces, and an obelisk).(3) NOOT, Jan van der. Verscheyden poeticsche werken. ... Divers oeuvres poetiques.Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1581. With full-page woodcut portrait of the author, and a full-page woodcut obelisk at the end. 3 works in 1 volume. Folio. All 3 works with text in Dutch and French. Early 18th-century gold-tooled mottled calf.

NOOT, Jan van der. · 1539 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€35,000.00 ($38,577.24 | £29,195.08 | ¥6,161,024)

[14], 87, [1]; [8], 33, [4]; [40] pp. plus 1 plate.Ad 1: Rare first edition in the original Dutch (a German translation appeared in the same year at Cologne) of one of the most important poetical works by the Dutch Renaissance poet Jan (Baptist) van der Noot (ca.1539-ca.1595) il…

Poesies

Nelligan, Émile · 2002 · Imago Press

CA$13.00 (€8.27 | $9.11 | £6.90 | ¥1,455)

Montreal, Boreal, 2002. Perfect binding, 238 pp. 5"-7.5". Good. Reprint of the 1902 Librairie Beauchemin edition of 1904 this contains all the known work of the great francophone poet and reproduces the original preface by Louis Dantin as well. Redon's le Chevalier mystique grac…

Esculturas de O Aleijadinho 1738 - 1814 : poema de Lorezo Varela

Coppola, Horacio · 1955 · Antiquariaat Klikspaan

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Buenos Aires, Ed. De la Llanura 1955 illustrated 1st ed. - With handwritten dedication by the poet Lorenzo Varela. - Softcover

Poiemata

EMINESCU, MICHAI · 2004 · Kalamos Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton. 2004, 1st.Can Ed.. Original Wraps. Ill.: Trans Christos Ziatas. Book, Mihai Eminescu born Mihail Eminovici [ January 15, 1850 - June 15, 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian po…

Lettersto Joe

Summers, John · 1967 · Ariel Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

The Nag's Head Press Signed by the Author to first blank and by Poet and Artist Dave Cheer on same date. John Summers (1916-1993) was a Christchurch poet, writer, art critic and collector, and book seller. Hand set at the Nag's Head Press. CONDITION Magenta bds with paste on tit…

MICHIGAN BROADSIDES

BAXTER, Charles; DELBANCO, Nicholas; DUNNING, Stephen; KAUFFMAN, Janet; WAKOSKI, Diane; et. al · 0 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.10 | ¥69,871)

Ann Arbor. OtherWind Press. First Edition. Includes 22 broadsides, each by a different Michigan poet, ranging in size from 4-1/2" x 6" to 9" x 12", all with rudimentary illustrations. One of only 25 numbered copies SIGNED by the editors and the designer and with each broadside S…

Opere Scelte Di Vittorio Alfieri

Vittorio Alfieri · 1847 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Paris, Baudry, 1847. Leather. An impressive volume of the selected works of the Italian poet and dramatist Count Vittorio Alfieri. An impressive volume of the selected works of the Italian poet and dramatist Count Vittorio Alfieri. Considered the "founder of Italian tragedy", Vi…

Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta

Pablo Neruda; Ben Belitt [translator] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Alcove Press, 1973. First edition. Paperback. A smart first UK edition of this play from Chilean poet-diplomat Pablo Neruda, a review copy with original reviews. Dual language book with both the original Spanish text and translation into English. First UK edition. Review…

Stone Trees and Other Poems

John Freeman · 1916 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Selwyn and Blount , 1916. First edition. Paperback. A charming association copy of this collection from English poet John Freeman, gifted to his daughter. The first edition. Gifted to the poet's daughter, Joy. Signed to the half title and with a loosely inserted pag…

[Vinyl Record] [John Ciardi's Copy] [Beats] Allen Ginsberg Reads Howl and Other Poems; [together with] Howl and Other Poems [No. 4 in the Pocket Poets Series]

GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997) · 1959 · Fine Editions Ltd

$851.00 (€772.09 | £644.03 | ¥135,910)

n.p. / San Francisco Fantasy / City Lights Bookshop First Edition First Pressing of this 33 1/3 rpm (12-inch) LP phonograph record (numbered 7006 on sleeve and vinyl), on which the poet recites (screams, begs, urges) "Howl" and other poems. Transparent red vinyl (not the later, …

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 2016 · Book Haven

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,837)

Faber & Faber 2016 Hardback 83 In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing a…

Edward Fitzgerald

A. C. Benson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this first edition biographical sketch of Edward Fitzgerald. First edition. Presentation copy with embossed stamp. A biographical sketch of English poet and writer, Edward Fitzgerald, as part o…