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Continual Dew

John Betjeman · 1977 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, John Murray, 1977. Cloth. A flawless copy of the facsimile edition of John Betjeman's illustrated poetical works, held in the original smart dust wrapper. A flawless copy of the facsimile edition of Continual Dew: A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. Written by John Be…

Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1868 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1868. Leather. A full morocco binding, collecting many pieces of Tennyson's impressive body of poetic work. A copy of the 19th edition, bound in full black morocco, with with gilt lettering to the spine, decorative marbled endpapers, and full gilt…

La lovange de la folie. Traduite d'une traité d'Erasme, intitulé Oencomium Moriae, par monsieur Petit. Satyre en prose

Desiderius Erasmus 11682 · 1670 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

Augustin Besoigne, 1670, 1e druk, Contemp. leather, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, Very rare first and only edition of this translation of Erasmus' Praise of Folly, by the satirical poet L. Petit (Rouen 1615-1693), a friend of Pierre Corneille. Paris edition shared with the pri…

Choreia: Pindar and Dance

MULLEN, WILLAIM · 1982 · Ancient World Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691065004. TLS newspaper clipping of book tipped in. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has a few small tears and some minor soiling. ; Discusses dance as an integral part of the work of the Greek lyric poet Pindar. ; 296 pages. Very …

Akrobat

Nezval, Vitezslav · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

Praha, Plejada, 1927. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover. Black blue and yellow wraps. 44 pages : illustration ; 20 cm. Czech language. Vít zslav Nezval (26 May 1900 – 6 April 1958) was a Czech poet, writer and translator. He was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in t…

Put Thou Thy Tears Into My Bottle. Two poems. (SIGNED)

JAMES FENTON. · 1969 · Clearwater Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Sycamore Press, 'Sycamore Broadsheet' series, Oxford, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, this copy signed by the author on the front panel. A single sheet folded to form three internal panels which are occupied by the poems 'One' and 'Another One' (both published h…

Difficulties of a Bridegroom

Ted Hughes · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber & Faber, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this collection of short stories by Ted Hughes, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This wo…

Minna and Myself

Maxwell Bodenheim · 1918 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, Pagan Publishing Company , 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this first edition, first issue collection of poems and one-act plays by American poet and novelist Maxwell Bodenheim. The first edition, first issue of the author's first book, …

Letters from Rupert Brooke to His Publisher 1911-1914

Rupert Brooke · 1975 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, Octagon Books [Farrar, Straus and Giroux], 1975. First edition. Hardback. A smart limited edition copy of this collection of the letters of English poet Rupert Brooke to his publisher in the years before his death. First edition. Limited to four hundred copies bound by…

Hudibras in Three Parts

Samuel Butler · 1720 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, D. Browne, et al. 1720 . Leather. An excellent copy of Samuel Butler's satirical poem, with illustrations throughout and bound in full calf. Wonderfully bound in full calf with five raised bands.Comprised of 'Hudibras. In Three Parts', corrected and amende…

Epitaph on George Moore

Charles Morgan · 1935 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of this epitaph for Irish writer and poet George Moore, written by Charles Morgan and signed by him to the title page. A near fine, first edition copy of this epitaph on Irish poet and writer, …

Poems; 1914 & Other Poems.

Rupert Brooke · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1916. Cloth. Smart set of blue-cloth poetry volumes from English poet Rupert Brooke. Collection of two poetry volumes by Rupert Brooke.Comprised of:(1916) Poems;(1916) 1914 & other Poems.In publisher's original blue cloth bindings.Bookpl…

Eugene Onegin

1976 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€225.00 ($248.00 | £187.68 | ¥39,607)

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976, Linnen band, 1678, Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, an…

Collected Poems

Gale, Norman · 1914 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1914. Cloth. Blue cloth. 241 pp. plus 2 pages of ads in the rear. A collection of poems from 'A Country Muse,' 'Orchard Songs,' 'Song in September,' and 'A Book of Quatrains.' Norman Gale was a English poet and author from the late 19th century to the m…

Select Poems Divine and Humane

Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Vellum. Limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome. Selection of the poems of seventeenth century English poet Thomas Beedome. Number 579 of 1250 copies printed on Van Gelder paper by Nonesuch Press in 1928. With Francis Meyne…

Demeter and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of poems by Tennyson, including his influential 'Crossing the Bar&apos. A very smart first edition book of poems by influential British poet, and Victorian Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennys…

Classici Italiani

Various · 1806 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Milano, Dalla Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1806-13. Leather. A collection of thirteen volumes from the classics of Italian literature in uniform bindings. A set of thirteen volumes from the 'Classici Italiani' from the 'Casa Tipografica' of…

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: September, Sept. 1947

ELLERY QUEEN (DASHIELL HAMMETT; CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND; ERIC AMBLER; A. E. MARTIN; VINCENT CORNIER; HELEN MCCLOY; KINGSLEY TUFTS; CHANNING POLLOCK) · 1947 · Books from the crypt

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY, Mercury Publications. 1947. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 10, no. 46. Cover by George Salter. Includes "Corkscrew" (Continental Op) by Dashiell Hammett; "Alderman Tommy Drops In" by Clarence Budington Kelland; "Case of the Gentleman Poet" by Eric Ambler; "The Flying Corpse…

A Concise Treasury of Alabama, Oklahoma, and North Carolina Poets and Their Poems

1976 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Riverview, FL, The National Society of Published Poets, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 160p. SIGNED BY A FEATURED POET. A hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight, justa bit rubbed at the base of the spine. The jack…

Radclyffe Hall. A Woman Called John. A biography.

RADCLYFFE HALL. Sally Cline. · 1997 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

John Murray, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xiv, 434pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with thirty black and white photographs. A tiny trace of toning to the paperstock, else a fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a litt…