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Absolution

William Stafford · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Knotting, Bedford, Martin Booth, 1980 . First edition. Paperback. A smart scarce signed limited edition copy of this book of two poems by American poet and pacifist William Stafford. A limited edition copy, with this being no.38 of 50 signed by the author, in a 125 numbered limi…

Letters to Frederick Tennyson

Hugh J. Schonfield [editor] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hogarth Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of letters to poet Frederick Tennyson. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of letters add…

Haunts of Ancient Peace

Alfred Austin · 1902 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1902. First edition. Leather. A first edition piece of idyllic prose by the then poet laureate, illustrated with nine plates and a frontispiece. Alfred Austin became Poet Laureate in 1896 after the death of Tennyson. Other candidates had ruled themselve…

Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley in Two Volumes

Mr Abraham Cowley · 1772 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, T. Cadell, 1772. Leather. The second volume of the select works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Second volume only. A collection of works by Mr Abraham Cowley, including: Of Liberty, Of Obscurity, The Garden, The Shortness of Life, and Of Myself. Written by Abraham Cowley, an Engl…

Rene Char

Pierre Guerre · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Rome , Botteghe Oscure, 1952. First edition. Paperback. A very smart copy of this literary review of French poet, Rene Char, published for the literary journal, 'Botteghe Oscure&apos. The first edition, of which only one thousand five hundred and fifty copies were printed.Â…

Banners

Babette Deutsch · 1919 · Peter Austern & Co./ Brooklyn Books

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Book Very Good No Jacket Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition George H. Doran New York 8vo - over 7¾ BABETTE DEUTSCH - BANNERS. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. New York: George H. Doran, 1919. First edition of Babette Deutsch's first published book, signed by the poet in blue ink at the top…

Oak Knoll, Danvers, John Greenleaf Whiitter's (1807-1892) House

19th Century Photographer · 1855 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

[Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1855]. Photogravure. 132 x 200 mm. (sheet). Very Good. John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Provenance: From the collection of the Late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr. founde…

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English poet and cultural critic, Matthew Arnold. Reprint, originally published in 1890. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold, an English poet and…

Letters to Norman Moser

Winans, Allan Davis · 1983 · Wittenborn Art Books

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

San Francisco: A.D. Winans, 1983. TLS from poet and editor Winans, who edited the little magazine Second Coming, and was associated with Beat poet Bob Kaufman and writer Charles Bukowski. Letters discuss election to Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines grants committee. Fi…

Poems

Christopher Lee · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this collection of poems from poet Christopher Lee, in the iconic Hogarth Living Poets pictorial paper covered boards by John Banting. A scarce first edition.Of the…

New Opera's, with Comical Stories, and Poems, on Several Occasions, Never before Printed. Being the Remaining Pieces, Written by Mr. D'Urfey.

D'URFEY (Thomas), Mr.: · 1721 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London: Printed for William Chetwood, at Cato's Head in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1721. 8vo, 190 x 118 mms., pp, [10], 88,[4], 89-349, 348-382, in each with a separate title-page; the pagination and register are continuous, pages 348-349 repeated in pagination, but text is…

1916 Unpublished Autograph Poem Handwritten and Delivered by Laurence Housman in New York: A Queer English Writer and Suffragist’S Wartime Appeal for Peace, Equality, and the Moral Renewal of the New World

LAURENCE HOUSMAN · 1916 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$5,285.99 (€4,795.82 | £4,000.41 | ¥844,205)

LONDON ENGLAND UK, 1916. Decorative Cloth. On offer is an unpublished autograph poem, handwritten by English dramatist, illustrator, and reformer Laurence Housman (1865–1959) , an internationally celebrated playwright, pacifist, and early queer rights advocate. In 1916, Housman …

First Poems

Ruth Pitter · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Cecil Palmer , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of this debut collection from traditionalist poet Ruth Pitter. First edition.In the original paper covered boards. Ruth Pitter's first collection of poems, which were published with the help of …

Antiquarian Prejudice

John Betjeman · 1939 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first edition of this architectural lecture from John Betjeman, originally delivered to the Group Theatre. First edition. Only printing. A Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlet, containing an essay on antiquarian architec…

Erysichthon. A Callimachean Comedy.

Mc KAY, K.J., · 1962 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Brill, Leiden, 1962. 140p. Sewn. Theses. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. With short letter from the promotor, W.J. Verdenius. 'There is learning, diligence, enthusiasm in McKay's studies of Callimachus' two Hymns (the Fifth or 'Bath of Pallas'; the Sixth or 'Demeter') but there…

Pierre Gabriel

Hubin, Christian and Pierre Gabriel · 1973 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Paris: Subervie, 1973, First edition of the first critical study of Gabriel's poetry. Signed inscription from Gabriel to poet and translator Leo Birch. On the verso of the title-page Gabriel has written out and signed an unpublished poem. Small octavo, original wraps. Fine.

Death At Sea - Poems

Prokosch, Frederic · 1940 · Eastleach Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Chatto & Windus 1940 1st edition. Cloth spined boards, VG. viii+52pp, fore edge untrimmed, slight yellowing of the boards, a good copy. Poems by the American poet Frederic Prokosch [ 1908 - 1989 ] who late in life attempted to forge 'rarities' from his own Oeuvre.

Choix De Poésies

Verlaine, Paul · 1961 · Eastleach Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Bibliothèque Charpentier Fasquelle, Paris 1961 1st edition. Paperback, VG. [vi]+358pp, spine a little yellowed, otherwise a nice copy. A collection of the poems of Paul Marie Verlaine [ 1844 - 1896 ] French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist an…

Westward. Signed copy

Clampitt, Amy · 1990 · Barter Books Ltd

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Sm. stain to fore-edge New York Alfred A Knopf, Inc First Edition 210mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). x, 105pp. Signed with dedication by the poet on the half title page.

Collected Poems

GRAVES Charles · 1972 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh, Ramsey Head Press 1972 176pp 22x16, boards, no dw. Boards a bit discoloured, contents very good, author's signature on frontispiece. Nice collection of works by the Scottish poet and journalist (1892-1976), probably best known for the Bamboo Grove, published in 192…