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Lucrece, de la Nature Des Choses

Lucrece [Lucretius]; La Grange [Joseph Lagrange] [trans.] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Bleuet, 1793-1794 . Leather. Illustrated with engraved plates and beautifully bound, this is the vanishingly scarce three volume edition of La Grange's French-Latin edition of Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura&apos. A bilingual work, in both French and the origi…

Old Ballads Historical and Narrative

Thomas Evans · 1810 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, R. H. Evans, 1810. Leather. Third edition of this complete collection of the historical and narrative poetry of the bookseller Thomas Evans, from the library of former poet laureate John Masefield. The third edition of this work in full calf bindings with marbled edges a…

Voor-zang. Broeders! Zusters! stemt uw zangen!

[KLIJN, HENDRIK HARMEN], · 1835 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€51.75 ($57.04 | £43.17 | ¥9,110)

Without place, without printer, 1835, single unsewn signature with two folded leaves, 7 pp., some smudges and a tear in the second leaf, but the printwork is in good condition. Signed with the initials H.H.K. probably referring to the Dutch poet Hendrik Harmen Klijn (1773-1856).

A Tribute to Henry Miller

Kamstra, Jerry · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Big Sur, Calif. 1980. Hand-colored poster. 23 x 16.5 inches. Signed by the artist in ink. Small defect lower left corner. Signed by the poet-artist, who later became the director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library. Manuscript presentation to John Sabater, who was Miller's care…

Poems on Several Occasions

Matthew Prior, Esq · 1733 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, R. Knaplock, J. Round, and J. Tonson, 1733. Leather. The uncommon fifth edition of Poems on Several Occasions by famous diplomat and poet, Matthew Prior. With an armorial nameplate for Samuel Edward Cook on the front pastedown of each volume. Complete in Two Volumes. "Pr…

Tata

Jean Aicard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris , Ernest Flammarion, Editeur , c1901. Cloth. An uncommon novel from French poet and dramatist, Jean Aicard. An early edition of this French novel, from the 'Select Modern French Library&apos. In the original French. In the original cloth binding. Jean Aicard's…

Vaspete Strain

Codrescu, Ion · 1999 · Imago Press

CA$15.00 (€9.54 | $10.51 | £7.96 | ¥1,679)

Constanta, Romania, Ex Ponto, 1999. Perfect binding, 174 pp. 5"-8". good. A Foreign Guest, is the translation into English. Bilingual haiku diary of the Romanian poet and painter when he was a haiku guest in the USA. Water stains to upper corner.

Selected Poems of Fulke Greville

Fulke Greville; Thomas Gunn [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Faber and Faber, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poems by Elizabethan poet Fulke Greville, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. In the original unclip…

Letters to Vernon Watkins

Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins [intro.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Faber and Faber Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression of this collection of letters from Dylan Thomas to Vernon Watkins, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publishe…

Songs of a Lancashire Warbler

Lowell Dobbs · 1992 · West Wessex Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good + No Jacket 1st Edition Printwise Lancashire 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Small pictorial softcover.90pp plus glossary. Charming verse in the dialect of the North of England. Lancashire's Dialect Poet.

Professor Musgrove's Canary

Elizabeth Smither · 1986 · Book Haven

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

Auckland University Press 1986 Paperback. Elizabeth Edwina Smither MNZM is a New Zealand poet and writer. She has published eighteen collections of poetry and was New Zealand's poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. In 2004 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the …

OEUVRES DE A. DE LAMARTINE. POESIES. Premieres meditations Poetiques La Mort de Socrate

LAMARTINE, A. de · 1926 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Paris. Librairie Alphonse Lemerre. Reprint. Small (3-1/2" x 6") volume bound in full dark blue morocco leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Alpho…

3 Vols Letters to a Young Lady; in Which the Duties and Character of Women Are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions.

Mrs. West [Jane West] · 1806 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme , 1806 . Leather. The third edition of Jane West"s substantial conduct book for women, a revealing conservative response to the debates over female education and domestic duty. Uniformly bound in full contemporary calf.  Third edition. Com…

Becket

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical play from English author Alfred Lord Tennyson. A historical play inspired by the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, by agents of Henry II in 1170. The work was originally staged …

SONGS FOR EVE

MacLEISH, Archibald · 1954 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.10 | £70.99 | ¥14,980)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Red cloth in tissue dustwrapper and slipcase. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.. Fine in a Near Fine tissue dustwrapper with a small chip at the bottom and a Near Fine slipcase with drip stains on one side. Archibald MacL…

Three Saxon Nobles and Other Verses

PRELUTSKY, JACK · 1969 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1969. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Eva Johanna Rubin. Color Illustrations; This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright con…

Notebook of Stone

Darroch-Lozowski, Vivian · 1987 · Imago Press

CA$20.00 (€12.72 | $14.02 | £10.61 | ¥2,239)

Kapuskasing ON, Penumbra Press, 1987. Perfect binding, 71 pp. 5.75"-8.75". Fine. Records of times spent in the Western Himalayas and in Berlin by the poet as she sought the limits of word and language, body and culture. Matte pages, gloss covers, 6 photos.

Selected Poems 1976-1997. (SIGNED)

ANDREW MOTION. · 1998 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Faber, London, Signed by Author(s), Second impression - this copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 151pp. Card wrappers (never issued in casebound format). Very lightly chafed at extremities. A very good copy. Thirty-five poems chosen by the poet., Very Good

Sea Shells

Valery P., · 1998 · Naturama

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,929)

1998. Boston, Beacon Pr. In 8vo, hardcover, pp. 101 with ills. by Henry Mondor. A reflection on the shell of this French poet and essayist, in which he sees "a poem of the wonders and emotions of the intellect". First edition. Very fine copy

Romances Sans Paroles - Dédicaces - Épigrammes

Verlaine, Paul & Dantec, Yves Gérard [editor] · 1943 · Eastleach Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Éditions De Cluny, Paris 1943 1st edition. Paperback, G. 297pp, spine tanned, ownership name, address & bookplate. Selected poetical works of Paul-Marie Verlaine [ 1844 - 1896 ], the French poet associated with the Decadent movement.