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Portrait of Hieronymus van Alphen

1746 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Engraving of Hieronymus van Alphen. Hieronymus van Alphen (8 August 1746 in Gouda - 2 April 1803 in The Hague), a jurist in Utrecht, Leiden and The Hague, is especially remembered as a poet, particularly for his poems for children under the title Kleine gedigten voor kinderen (…

Pushkin. A Biography

Feinstein · 2000 · Klondyke BV

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Paperback; 2000; HarperCollins; Krabbel met pen op de Franse pagina, verder prima -- Conditie: Redelijk; A biography of one of the great literary lights of Russia explores the tumultuous career of this great poet, and the life of political censorship, unrequited love, dramatic d…

Coventry Patmore

E.J. Oliver · 1956 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Sheed and Ward, 1956. Hardcover. 211p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Convent stamps, bookplate, and card pocket inside; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is sunfaded and has a label on the spine, but is fully intact. A biog…

Chicago Tales

Paul Carroll · 1991 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Chicago, Big Table, 1991. Paperback. 80p. A thin softcover book in very good condition. A couple of spotty stains on the front cover have bled through the first several pages. Owner's gift inscription on first page. Otherwise clean and tight. The poet shares his memories of his …

A Short Account of John Marriott, Including Extracts from some of his letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions.

MARRIOTT (John): · 1803 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Doncaster: Printed and Sold by D. Boys. And sold in London by W. Phillips..., 1803. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Small 8vo (in 4s), 159 x 94 mms., pp. [viii], [3], 4 - 194 [195 Errata, 196 blank], including half-title, contemporary calf, with blind panels on covers and gilt orname…

Echoes from a Dell and Verses: Scarce American Poetry

Dell Hair; Seth Curtis Beach · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Toldeo, Ohio; Unknown, Toledo Type Setting; Seth Curtis Beach [Privately Published], 1921-1923. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce anthologies from two respected American poets, one known as the Poet Cop and the other a popular minister in his local Dedham. Two scarce poetical ant…

Tares

R. S. Thomas · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this poetical collection from leading modern Welsh poet, R. S. Thomas. First edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A striking collection of poetry fr…

Nine Poems

T. Sturge Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Maastricht, The Halcyon Press, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A smart limited first edition copy of this collection of poems by poet, playwright, critic, and artist T. Sturge Moore. The first edition.  A limited edition, with this being No.110/125 copies on Pannekoek paper. In the…

Two Postcards from John Montgomery to Norman Moser

Montgomery, John McVey · 1979 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

San Francisco: John Montgomery, 1979. Two postcards from poet, librarian, and memoirist of the Beats John Montgomery, to poet, editor and graphic artist Norman Moser. Montgomery is best known as the original of "Henry Morley," a character in Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. Both cards…

Varia Dracontiana.

DRACONTIUS.- KUIJPER.D. · 1958 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Den Haag, 1958. 109 p. Wrs. 24 cm (Diss., in Latin) (Blossius Aemilius D. was a Christian poet living in the 5th c.)

Francis Petrarch, Six Centuries Later - A Symposium

Scaglione, Aldo [editor] · 1975 · Eastleach Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1975 1st edition. Cloth, F. [x]+447pp, 5 b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of 23 papers on the work & legacy of the Italian Renaisance scholar & poet Francesco Petrarca [ 1304 - 1374 ].

Francis Petrarch, Six Centuries Later - A Symposium

Scaglione, Aldo [editor] · 1975 · Eastleach Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1975 1st edition. Cloth, F. [x]+447pp, 5 b/w illustrations, a fine copy. A collection of 23 papers on the work & legacy of the Italian Renaisance scholar & poet Francesco Petrarca [ 1304 - 1374 ].

Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield

W.E. Gladstone Solomon [William Ewart Gladstone Solomon] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, W. Thacker and Co. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed and very scarce anthology based on a South African artist's experiences serving in Italy and the Middle East during the First World War. Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield, a very scarce war poetry anthology, w…

Y Gwron Dienw

Emrys James · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Camarthen, Camarthen Journal, 1922. Paperback. A very scarce signed collection of war poetry, written by Welsh poet Emrys James, more commonly known as Dewi Emrys. The signed Y Gwron Dienw (The Unnamed Hero), a Welsh collection of war poetry written by Welsh poet Emrys James, mo…

Forty-Two Poems

James Elroy Flecker · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. Poet and artist Cecil French's copy of this first edition collection of poems from British playwright and educator James Elroy Flecker. The first edition of this poetry collection from British novelist, playwright and …

Poems

Alexander Smith · 1853 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, David Bogue, 1853. Cloth. A collection of poetical works by Alexander Smith, in a attractive cloth binding. An uncommon collection of poetry. This charming small cloth bound volume features the work of the poet, Alexander Smith. An essayist as well as a poet, Smith was w…

Farewell, Aggie Weston

Charles Causley · 1951 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Aldington, Hand and Flower Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A personal anthology based on the war-time experiences of a Cornish poet praised by Ted Hughes and Carol Ann Duffy. The first edition of Farewell, Aggie Weston, a charming poetry anthology, written by Corn…

IL Nostro Comune Nemico

Tesauro, Alessandro · 1983 · Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA ILAB

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Salerno, Roma, Edizioni Ripostes, 1983. 1a Edizione. 73 [6]p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers, author's SIGNED presentation to the American poet, Gary Snyder (La scala a chiocciola, 2). .

Principal Products of Portugal: prose pieces.

Hall, Donald, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Boston, MA, Beacon Press, (1995). 1st prntg. DJ in VG DJ. Prize winning poet, teacher, essayist, children's book writer , Hall here reflects on some of the things he holds most dear.

Hugo Von Hofmannsthal - Arthur Schnitzler : Briefwechsel

Hofmannsthal, Hugo Von & Schnitzler, Arthur - Nickl, Therses & Schnitzler, Heinrich [editors] · 1964 · Eastleach Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

S Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 1964 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 411pp, index, spine yellowed & a little marked, otherwise a nice copy. The correspondence between Hugo Hofmannsthal [ 1874 - 1929 ] the Austrian modernist novelist, librettist & poet, and Arthur Schnitzler [ 1862 - 1931 …