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African language 1976 | Nagelate gedigte, Perskor uitgewevery Johannesburg 1976, 161 pp.

Knobel, Wilhelm. · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€65.40 ($72.08 | £54.55 | ¥11,512)

Hardcover in good condition, with dustjacket, 22 x 15 cm. Text in South African language (Afrikaans). Complete. Rare book of the poet Wilhelm Knobel.Afrikaans poetry - Poe?sie afrikaans - Afrikaanse taal - Afrika - poezie

Fortaelling Om Haldor; Minder Fra Min Barndom Og Min Ungdom

Carsten Hauch · 1864 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Copenhagen, [CA Reitzels, 1864-1867 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce first edition works from the nineteenth century Danish poet Johannes Carsten Hauch. In the original Danish. A lovely set of two very scarce first editions from Danish poet, playwright and novelist Car…

Poems

John Wilson · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1825. First edition. Leather. A new and complete edition of the poems of the Edinburgh Romantic poet John Wilson, bound in full decorative contemporary calf. A new edition of Poems, the scarce anthology of a complete collection by the prolific Edinb…

ULTRAMARINE

CARVER, Raymond (William Heyen) · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York. Random House. First Edition. A fine collection of poems by this writer of powerful short stories. A Review Copy with photocopy of the publisher's slip laid in. Poet William Heyen's copy SIGNED and dated 1987 on the front pastedown underneath the dustwrapper flap.. Fine…

WAR STORIES. POEMS ABOUT LONG AGO AND NOW

NEMEROV, Howard · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Chicago & London. The University of Chicago Press. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page to poet William Meredith: "for Bill,/This little book/in thanks for his big one/with love,/Howard." . Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a glass ring on the front…

Until Now. Poems

RUTHVEN TODD. · 1942 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Fortune Press, London [1942], 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 51pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Some extreme edges of covers a fraction faded. Handsome bookplate of noted US poet and antiquarian book-dealer Richard Leekley to the front free e…

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of personal and intimate poetry from Betjeman, illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Written in blank verse, this collection of poetry is an autobiography desc…

1914 & Other Poems; Poems

Rupert Brooke · 1915 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915-1916. Cloth. Smart set of blue-cloth poetry volumes from English war poet Rupert Brooke. Collection of two poetry works by Rupert Brooke, featuring:(1915) 1914 & Other Poems - tenth impression;(1916) Poems - thirteenth impression.In publ…

Woodcuts and Verses

Edward Quillinan · 1820 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Kent, Printed at the private Press if Lee Priory by John Warwick, 1820 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition copy of this collection of engraved poems printed privately by the Lee Priory Press. A limited edition copy, with only one hundred copies printed.Publi…

Mr Wind and Madam Rain Arabian Nights Aladdin Sindbad Alibaba Granny&Apos;S Wonderful Chair the Heroes a Saxon Mind

Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Blackie & Son LTD, 1910-28. Cloth. A collection of five stories for children, including 'The Heroes' by Charles Kingsley and 'Arabian Nights', illustrated with numerous coloured plates. Five volumes of Blackie & Son's 'Stories Old and New&ap…

With Double Pipe

Owen Seaman · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Oxford; Cambridge; London, Blackwell; Johnson; Simpkin, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this volume of poetry by British writer and poet Owen Seaman. The first edition of this work, inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author with 'To Mr & …

End and Beginning

John Masefield · 1933 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London , William Heinemann , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited and signed first edition copy of John Masefield's play End and Beginning, with the original slipcase and glassine wrap. A limited edition, signed copy of this play by John Masefield. This edition was …

Songs of a Savoyard

W. S. Gilbert · 1891 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1891. Cloth. This is a beautifully and comically illustrated early print edition of the comic poet and illustrator W.S. Gilbert's Songs of a Savoyard. This early reprint of one of W.S.Gilbert's Bab Ballards, a collection of light ve…

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. With a foreword by Brigid Brophy. (INSCRIBED)

ELIZABETH SMART. · 1966 · Clearwater Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Panther, London, 2nd Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), The second edition, and first paperback issue. This copy inscribed by the author on the first leaf: "Paul [Potts], with love from Elizabeth 66". 8vo. 128pp. Card wrappers, lightly rubbed, chafed and soiled, and with some toni…

Selected Poems

Frances Bellerby; Charles Causley [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Enitharmon, 1970 . First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition specially bound collection of the poetry of Frances Bellerby, signed by both Bellerby and the editor of this work, Charles Causley. The first edition of this work. Number VI of a smaller limitation of 45…

A Bibliography of William Cowper to 1837

Norma Russell · 1963 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Oxford, The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Norma Russell's 'A Bibliography of William Cowper' to 1837. The volume was published as part of the Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications - this edition in particular …

Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996

James Broughton; Jim Cory [editor] · 1997 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer James Broughton, signed by the author. First edition. A limited edition of two hundred hardcover trade copies, of which one hundred have been nu…

Collected Poems 1913-25

Herbert Read · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this collection of poetry by English art historian and poet, Herbert Read. Limited edition of fifty copies on English hand-made paper, signed by the author. This copy unnumbered and thus out of series.Â…

After Ovid: New Metamorphoses

Michael Hofmann; James Lasdun [editors] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this collection of poetry inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. First edition, first impression. A collection of poems inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, which chronicles th…

Wake Island: A Poem

Rukeyser, Muriel · 1942 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of burgundy softpaper wraps, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable co…