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Selected Poems of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior; Austin Dobson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1889. Paperback. A charming poetry collection by Matthew Prior, presented in the publisher's original boards. Matthew Prior (1664-1721) was an English poet. His poetry is varied and often ambitious, such as 'Solomon', or humorous, …

Madrassi Madrigals

V. H. Shipley · 1928 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

None, Higginbothams, 1928. Cloth. A scarce illustrated collection of verses by V. H. Shipley. Very scarce work. Dated from the British Library. A collection of poems on the landmarks of Madras, such as the boat club, the Guindy race course, Elliot's Beach, Museum Theatre an…

April, a Novella

David Gascoyne; Roger Scott [ed.] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Enitharmon Press, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed limited edition novella by poet David Gascoyne, published only one year before his death. A very scarce first edition, flat signed to the limitation leaf.Number 15 of 150 copies produced in total, only t…

Life and Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns; P. Hatley Waddell · 1867 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Glasgow, David Wilson, 1867. Leather. Two smart volumes on the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns, with colour illustrations. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour title vignette, and eighteen plates, nine of which are in…

Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems

Walter Savage Landor · 1831 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Edward Moxon, 1831 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition thus of this collected volume of the works of poet and novelist Walter Savage Landor, known for his passionate support of liberal and republican causes. The scarce first edition thus of this collected …

1919 Poemes

Jules Supervielle · 1919 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1919 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by anti-surrealist poet Jules Supervielle. A scarce presentation copy of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper.Includes author's…

Agenda - Thomas Hardy, Special Issue Volume 10 N° 2 & 3 Spring Summer 1972

Davie, Donald [editor] · 1972 · Eastleach Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Agenda 1972 1st edition. Paperback, G+. 160pp, covers a little yellowed, otherwise a fine copy. An issue of the arts & literature magazine dedicated to the life & work of the English writer & poet Thomas Hardy [ 1840 - 1928 ].

Family chronicle

REZNIKOFF, CHARLES · 1988 · Antiquariaat Spinoza

€21.80 ($24.03 | £18.18 | ¥3,837)

New York, Markus Wiener, 1988. 311 pp. Good copy. Paperback. A moving and often funny saga, and a collective memoir of the celebrated American poet, Charles Reznikoff, and his family.

Max in Hollywood, Baby

Maira Kalman · 1992 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Viking Juvenile 1992 Hardback, 400pp. Max the millionaire poet dog and his Parisian poodle friend Crêpes Suzette leave Paris for the lure of glittering Hollywood. Can movie stardom be far behind? Dj. (ISBN: 9780670844791). Near Mint.

NEW SELECTED POEMS

LEVINE, Philip · 1991 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. A collection culled from twelve books. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson · 1848 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Edward Moxon, 1848. Leather. A beautiful fifth edition of this anthology of verses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a signed White morocco binding and featuring a stunning fore-edge painting. Collection of poetry by the famous English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate …

England&Apos;S Darling

Alfred Austin · 1896 · Rooke Books

£16.99 (€20.37 | $22.45 | ¥3,585)

London , Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. Cloth. England's Darling is a play by Alfred Austin (1835 - 1913) an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Fourth edition. With a preface by the author to front. On Tennyson's…

Topia : Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies [#34 Fall 2015]

TOPIA · 2015 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Toronto, Topia. 2015, First Thus. (ISBN: 0012060143) Soft cover. Book, "No Language is Neutral : Writings on Dionne Brand'" A special issue of Topia it contains a wide collection of papers generated after a conference about her writings held in Toronto in 2006.Dionne Brand OC (b…

Words for Each Other

Cid Corman · 1967 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Rapp and Carroll, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a provocative anthology from a Beat Generation poet who was critical for the transition of modernism to post modernism. The first edition of Words for Each Other, a charming anthology in the Poetry USA se…

Diagnosis typografica dos caracteres gregos, hebraicos, e arabigos, addiccionada com algumas notas sobre a divisão orthografica da linguage latina, e outras da Europa, ... Lisbon, Impressão Regia, 1804. 4to. Text set in roman, Hebrew, Greek and Arabic type. With a small Portuguese woodcut coat of arms on the title-page and 4 engraved plates on 2 leaves bound at the end of the book. Later blue paper wrappers.

OLIVEIRA, Custodio José de. · 1812 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,850.00 ($5,345.70 | £4,045.60 | ¥853,742)

72, [14], VIII pp. plus [2] ll. with engravings.First and only edition of an instruction manual for the compositors of the Portuguese royal printing office on the proper setting of Greek, Hebrew and Arabic type. It was written during the reign of King Pedro III by Custodio José …

Richard Dehmels Tagebuch 1893-94

Richard Dehmel · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Leipzig, Dehmel Gesellschaft, 1921. First edition. Hardback. A smart first printing of this very scarce diary from German poet and writer Richard Dehmel, in the original German. German. Very scarce work. The first printing of this work from the Dehmel Society. A record of the di…

HERAKLES. A Play in Verse

MacLEISH, Archibald · 1967 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For Jerry Moody" and SIGNED "Archibald MacLeish/August, 1979" by the poet on the half-title page. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and clamshell box. …

A TREACHEROUS LIKENESS - signed, lined and dated

Shepherd Lyn · 2013 · Fantastic Literature

£22.95 (€27.51 | $30.33 | ¥4,843)

Corsair 1st edition. SIGNED, lined and dated. A mystery that explores the dark lives and unexplained secrets of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

A ROOF OF TGER LILIES

HALL, Donald · 0 · Charles Agvent

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1987 by the poet on the title page: "this book still pleases me.". Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper with a chip at the base of the spine

Bathwater Wine

Wanda Coleman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1999. Hardback. A smart Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Wanda Coleman, signed by the author. Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize edition. The author won this award recognising the most outstanding b…