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L'oraison dominicale d'un habitant d'Unterwalde; suite de sept scènes de la Révolution helvétique.Basel, the author and Schoell et Cie, 1803. 4to (29.5 x 22 cm). With 8 brush etchings or aquatints, including the title page, mounted on green paper with letterpress captions, interleaved with tissue guards. Contemporary gold-tooled calf, black sheepskin spine-label, gilt edges.

USTERI, Martin (artist) and Marquard WOCHER (engraver). · 1798 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

Rare edition with the French captions, of a print series "plunged in noble bile" (Füssli) on the misery of a peasant in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803). This so-called Bauernvaterunser, a type of parody in which the miseries of peasants during war are placed opposite the Lord'…

Oscar Wilde _ Two Approaches _ Papers Read ar a Clark Library Seminar, April 17 1976

Ellmann, Richard; Espey, John · 1977 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Los Angeles University of California Press Paperback Octavo wraps, 56 pp, inscribed by Espey to poet Francois Sauzey, covers sunned on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy. Very good

Portrait of Antoine-Vincent Arnault

0 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

Engraving and stipple engraving of Antoine-Vincent Arnault Antoine-Vincent Arnault was a French playwright, poet, and political figure closely associated with Napoleon Bonaparte. He became famous during the French Revolution with tragedies such as Marius à Minturne and Lucrèce.…

Friedrich Rückert

ANONYMOUS, · 1788 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€74.75 ($82.39 | £62.36 | ¥13,156)

Bust-length portrait of Friedrich Rückert, looking to the left, wearing a jacket and waistcoat. Johann Michael Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages. Engraving on wove paper, sheet size 276 x 199 mm., platemark 209 x 161…

Blantyre Alien

Sullivan, Alan · 1914 · Creaking Shelves Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

J.M.Dent & Sons, 1914. Hardcover. 265p. Edward Alan Sullivan (November 29, 1868 - August 6, 1947) was a Canadian poet and author of short stories. He is noted for his 1935 historical adventure novel The Great Divide, which depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway…

Twenty Poems

Jacobsen, Rolf. Bly, Robert (translator) · 1977 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Madison, MN, Seventies Press, 1977. Wraps. Thin card stock covers in illustrated light pink jacket. 75 pp. SIGNED, with a brief inscription/dedication by Robert Bly, and including a sketch of a bird beneath the signature. A collection of poetry by Rolf Jacobsen, a Norwegian poet…

La Gerusalemme Liberata

Torquato Tasso · 1823 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Firenze, Presso Il Magheri, 1823. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes containing the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata from Italian poet Torquato Tasso, in the original Italian. Italian. Complete in two volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. An epic poem first publishe…

Amstellandsche arkadia, of beschryving van de gelegenheit, toestand en gebeurtenissen van Amstellandt, met deszelfs onderhoorige dorpen, heerlykheden, ambachten, lusthoven, wateren, enz. Amsterdam, Arent van Huyssteen, 1737. 2 volumes. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title vignette in each volume, the first volume with 37 double-page engraved plates, a folding portrait of the author, and a double-page map, the second volume with 32 double-page engraved plates, and a double-page letterpress family tree. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled vellum.

WILLINK, Daniel. · 1730 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,031.00 | £2,294.23 | ¥484,012)

[16], 400; [2], 327, [9]First edition of a descriptive travel account through Amsterdam and its surroundings, with wide margins, and 57 extra double-page plates. The work originally contained only 12 plates, but the present work includes 69. Most of the extra plates in the first…

Elegiacs

John Mander · 1972 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

N/A, John Mander, 1972. Cloth. A limited edition of poetry by John Mander. An author's presentation copy, given to the Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. Inscribed by the author to front blank. This copy hand-numbered 46 of 100 and signed by the author. In paper wraps with orig…

On vient chercher monsieur Jean

Jean TARDIEU · 1990 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Gallimard | Paris 1990 | 14 x 20.50 cm | broché | Edition originale sur papier courant. Envoi autographe signé de Jean Tardieu : "Au poète Charles Dobzynski, à l'érudit, à l'ami, en attendant de le revoir bientôt..." Dos insolé. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition on c…

Thermidor d'apres les sources originales et les documents authentiques avec un portrait de Robespierre.

HAMEL, E., · 1891 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€109.25 ($120.41 | £91.14 | ¥19,228)

Paris, Jouvet, 1891, 1st edition, scarce. 363pp. age staining throughout, engraved portrait of Robespierre by Geoffroy (Furne publ.) half linen hardcover binding, gilt lettering on spine, Ernest Hamel (1826-1898) was a French lawyer, poet, historian, journalist and politician. H…

Homenaje.

GUILLÉN, Jorge · 1967 · Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis (ILAB/NVVA)

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Milano, All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1967. Cloth with dust jacket. 636 p. Title printed in blue and black. Printed in 500 numbered copies on India paper. 1st edition. Spine of the DJ discolored, otherwise fine. Voluminous book from the collection of Dutch poet and translator Pet…

I Want! I Want!

John Masefield · 1944 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book Good + Fair 1st Edition National Book Council London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Small, slim hardcover,cloth with dj. 31pp The second annual lecture of the National Book Council, delivered by John Masefield, O.M. Poet Laureate, at the Caxton Hall, Westminster on May 19th 194…

To Urania - Selected Poems 1965 - 1985

Brodsky, Joseph · 1988 · Eastleach Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Viking Press 1988 1st edition Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. [vi]+174pp, dustjacket panels & fore edge a little foxed, otherwise a fine copy. The first collection of Brodsky's poetry to be published since 1980, and a volume which contains poems written in English & poems translate…

Broken Greek: A Language to Belong

KALFOPOULOU, ADRIANNE · 2006 · Kalamos Books

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Plain View Press. 2006, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 1891386565) Soft cover. Book, An American poet, repatriated in the land of her ancestors, Adrianne Kalfopoulou is a consummate storyteller. Lucid, precise, and unflinching, Broken Greek stands up to comparison …

Care. / Zorgzaamheid. [Vertaling door Jan Eijkelboom].

Murphy,Richard. · 1983 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Amsterdam, Cornamona Press, 1983. 2 parts in 1. 48, 48 pp. Hardcover (h.cloth twin-binding with handmarbled covers). First printing of Care, a choice from the poetry of the Irish poet Richard Murphy with a Dutch translation by Jan Eijkelboom. - Issued in a limited edition of 200…

Selected Poems of James Clarence Mangan

MANGAN, JAMES CLARENCE & SMITH, MICHAEL (EDITOR) · 1974 · Godley Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Dublin, The Gallery Press. 1974. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers adjacent to spine, A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 96pp. A selection of poems from …

Estonian Poetry and Language: Studies in Honor of Ants Oras

Viktor Koressaar and Aleksis Rannit, eds · 1965 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Kirjastus Vaba Eesti, Estonian Learned Society in America, 1965. Hardcover. 301p. INSCRIBED BY ALEKSIS RANNIT TO RICHMOND LATTIMORE. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Minimal shelf wear; text unmarked and binding secure. The jacket is barely tanned …

Kora in Hell: Improvisations

Williams, William Carlos · 1967 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

San Francisco, California, City Lights Publishers, 1967. Sixth Printing. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Printed red and white softpaper wraps. Stated Sixth Printing of a popular contribution to…

Celebration at Dark

Smith, William Jay · 1950 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Farar, Straus and Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound simply, signed by the Poet Laureate at title page, inscribed warmly to two friends, thusly: "For Elsie and Richard, these early effort…