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Visions of Ireland, Old and New

REV. JAMES F. CASSIDY · 1933 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London & Edinburgh, Sands & Co. 1933, First Edition. Cloth. Book, Chapter headings - The Tears of Ireland, Some Phases of Gaelic Spirituality, The Inspiration of Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish Conservatism, St. Columkille, Patriot & Poet, Ireland and the Sea, The Poetry of Padraic …

émile Verhaeren. (B&W Engraving)

[19th Century European Artist] · 1800 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Paris: [19th Century European Publisher], [1800s]. Original B&W gravure. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Very Good. Lightly matted. Scarce. Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren (21 May 1855 - 27 November 1916) was a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language. He was one of the fo…

Izbrannoe

Maiakovskii, V V [ Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich ] & Katanian, V [editor] · 1948 · Eastleach Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Ogiz - Gosudarstvennoye izdatel'stvo khudozhestvennoy literatury, Moskva 1948 1st thus. Cloth, G+. 431pp, b/w frontis, cloth a litle marke & grubby, pages tanned. Biblioteka Izbrannuikh Proizvedeny Sovetskoi Literaturui series. The poetical works of Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayak…

Izbrannye Proizvedeniia

Lermontov M Y [ Mikhail Yuryevich ] · 1946 · Eastleach Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Ogiz, Moskva 1946 1st thus. Cloth, G. 332pp, b/w frontis, 2pp b/w plates, cloth spotted & faded, paper rather browned with age, title detached, but still a solid working copy. CYRILLIC text. Selected poetical works of the Russian Romantic poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov [ 1814 …

English Lyrics

Austin, Alfred & Watson, William [editor] · 1890 · Eastleach Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Macmillan & Co 1890 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xxvi+172pp+1pp publishers adverts, pages un-opened, paper spine label chipped with the lettering almost illegible, cloth a little rubbed. A collection of poems by Alfred Austin [ 1835 - 1913 ] who was to become poet laureate in 1896. …

Seven Winters in Paris. Poems. (INSCRIBED)

THOMAS MCCARTHY. · 1989 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Anvil Press Poetry, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition - a paperback original. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title and dated the year of publication. Slim 8vo. 61pp. Glossy card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). A fine …

Point No Point. Selected Poems. (SIGNED)

SUJATA BHATT. · 1997 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Carcanet Press, Manchester, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing) - this copy signed by the author on a Carcanet label affixed to the half-title. 149pp. Card wrappers. In fine state. Publisher's compliments slip laid-in. Eighty-one poems from the prize…

Les merveilles de la mer - les coquillages

Valery P., · 1936 · Naturama

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

1936. Paris, Plon. In 4to, broch., pp. 16 + 15 color pls from watercolor by Paul Robert. 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". Léo-Paul Samuel Robert was a Swiss painter, known for his …

Ballades and Other Verse

H.S. Mackintosh · 1953 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Soho Square, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 92p. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pen notation on page 12. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly tanned and edgeworn. Closed…

Shopping and Waiting. A Dramatic Pause

Schuyler, James · 1953 · Mare Booksellers

$243.00 (€220.47 | £183.90 | ¥38,809)

New York, American Theatre for Poets, Inc, 1953. Wraps. 6 sheets, printed on single sides only, side stapled. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Mimeo type work. A poetic, short dramatic style piece by Schuyler, a poet often associated with the New York School and winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Pri…

Saemmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo&Apos;S in Guasti&Apos;S Text

Michelangelo Buonarroti; Alessandro Guasti [editor]; Sophie Hasenclever [translator] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Leipzig, Verlag Von Alphons Durr, 1875. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this collection of Michelangelo's poems from Guasti's text, translated into German. German. First edition of this translation. A collection of all of the poems of Michelangelo di Lodovic…

Rhymes of Childhood

James Whitcomb Riley · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of children's verses from American writer James Whitcomb Riley. First edition, second state. The first being in a full maroon cloth binding. With a frontispiece. A colle…

A Welcome

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1863 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Edward Moxon and Co, 1863. First edition. Disbound. A very bright and crisp first edition copy of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem 'A Welcome&apos. Disbound, as issued. 'A Welcome' was written to commemorate the arrival of Princess Alexandra of Wales, who…

Marching to France; and Other Texas Rhymes

Russell Meriwether Hughes · 1917 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

[San Antonio], [Koenig & Amos], 1917 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition copy of this collection of poetry by American ethnic dancer and poet, Russell Meriwether Hughes, also known as La Meri. The very scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's orig…

Poemscapes & Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces

Kenneth Patchen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

North Carolina; New York, Jonathan Williams Publisher; A New Directions Book, 1958-1970. First edition. Paperback. Two smart first edition volumes from American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen. Two volumes. Written by Kenneth Patchen, an American poet and novelist likened to W…

Vivre En Dieu

Paul Fort · 1912 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Eugene Figuiere, 1912. First edition. Fine Binding. A rebound first edition of Paul Fort's Vivre en Dieu, a collection of verse and prose. In a pleasing purple morocco binding by L Bernard. Part of the Ballades Francaises (XIV). Original paper cover bound in. Paul Fo…

David Jones

1981 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, The Tate Gallery, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this catalogue of the works of British painter and modernist poet David Michal Jones. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour plates, and numerous in-text images in black-a…

A Portrait and a Poem

[Stephen Vincent Benet] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Privately Printed, Paris, 1934. Fine Binding. A finely bound, privately printed copy of Stephen Vincent Benet's poems. A very scarce work by this celebrated American poet. With a portrait frontispiece of Brigadier General Stephen Benet, in addition to two more plates. Coll…

Poems

Matthew Arnold · 1888 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1888-1890. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes from English poet, Matthew Arnold. Complete in three volumes. Written by Matthew Arnold, an English poet and cultural critic who also worked as an inspector of schools. Poems within this set…

Angling Songs

Thomas Tod Stoddart; Anna M. Stoddart · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this charming book on songs for fishing, written by Scottish angler and poet Thomas Tod Stoddart. The first edition.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Il…