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BRUTUS'S ORCHARD Poems

Roy Fuller · 1957 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1st Edition, In VG order throughout. Bookplate of poet Ann Ridler to front pastedown. Smart yellow paper-covered boards. VG unclipped d/j, priced in US$ suggesting this is the American issue, in protective cover, a little faded to spine. 4to. 75pp, Very Go…

A Mad Lady's Garland

Ruth Pitter (preface by Hilaire Belloc) [SIGNED] · 1934 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

London, The Cresset Press, 1st Edition, Endpapers and prelims heavily toned, but generally clean and bright thereafter, with only a little occasional foxing. Signed and dedicated by noted poet Pitter to false title. Brick red boards rather worn to edges. 8vo. 75pp, Very Good, No…

Events & Celebrations

R G Vliet · 1966 · Dodman Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, The Viking Press, 1st Edition, First edition of debut collection from this "exceptionally interesting new poet". All in fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart oatmeal boards with red cloth to spine. Light shelfwear only. Near fine clippe…

Essays and Poems.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, introduction and notes byPeter Norberg, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Barnes & Noble Classics, (2004). VG in VG DJ. "More than a poet, more than an essayist, and more than a philosopher, Emerson was an American presence.During his. prolific career.he achieved an almost guru-like status among the literati and youth of 19th century America." DJ …

Distances. (INSCRIBED)

Dabydeen, Cyril. · 1977 · Inno Dubelaar Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Fireweed, Vancouver, 1977. 1977. 1st. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First edition, limited to 600 copies. 22 pp. 8vo, ill. card covers. Nearly Fine copy. Uncommon book printed in small numbers. INSCRIBED by the poet to a well-known Canadian author who was one of his English pr…

Caitlin: Life with Dylan Thomas

THOMAS, CAITLIN; TREMLETT, GEORGE · 1986 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London, Secker & Warburg. 1986, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 212 pp. (+ 16 pp. photographs). Red boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Caitlin Thomas's honest and at times brutally revealing autobiography. A unique perspective of her life with t…

Love in a Life

MOTION, ANDREW · 1991 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Faber and Faber. 1991, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. [x] 62 pp. Illustrated card wraps. A fine first paperback edition of Motion's sixth volume of poetry and the first published with Faber. Andrew Motion was Poet Laureate from 1999-2009 and was knighted for his s…

Portrait of Ludovico Ariosto in Nederlandsch Magazijn

1474 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€51.75 ($57.04 | £43.17 | ¥9,108)

Etching of Ludovico Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 - 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516-1532). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of …

Parents Worry.

REVE, GERARD. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London: Fourth Estate, 1990. 1872180760. 1st British edition. In the authorised translation from the Dutch by Richard Huijing. "Contains the largely historical tale about one day in the ravaged life of the poet Hugo Treger, who sees the dire straits humanity and the world are in…

Peter Rae

George Dickson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. Very scarce signed first edition from Scottish poet George Dickson, featuring his First World War modern epic. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper…

Stesichoros Papyrus oxyrhynchus 2359, 3876, 2619, 2803.

STESICHOROS. Schade,Gerson. · 2003 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

LEiden , [etc.], Brill, 2003. [4],239 pp. Orog. hardcover (boards), one corber very sl. bumped. (Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava., Supplementum, 237).A new critical edition plus commentary of famous papyrus fragments commonly ascribed to the archaic Greek poet Stesichoros…

Morgengang IM Wald: Haiku-Sammlung

Klinge, Gunther · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tokyo, Japan, Ryokutchi-Sha, 1980. Hardcover. White cloth, 261 pp. 3 BW plates. 4 color plates. Text is in German and Japanese. A collection of haiku penned by German poet Gunther Klinge (b. 1910). Each page has the German on the top half and the Japanese on the lower half. With…

Hello: A Journal, February 29-May 3, 1976

Creeley, Robert · 1978 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, New Directions, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Blue green cloth in unclipped jacket. 85 pp. A collection of poetry by American poet Robert Creeley, chronicling his travels in Southeast Asia and Australia, including Fiji, New Zealand, the Philippines, etc. G…

Amour

Verlaine, Paul · 1920 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

Paris, Albert Messein, Editeur, 1920. Nouvelle Edition Revue et Augmen. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Printed wraps, mildly soiled, and with a black-and-white logo from the publisher at front …

Sea of Hats: Poems and Drawings.

OKUNARI TATSU. (TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY JOHN SOLT · 1988 · Erik Hanson (Books & Ephemera)

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Tokyo, Japan, Momoko Press. 1988, 1st Edition. Soft cover. 13 x 16 cm. Size. Glossy pictorial paper binding with photo of the poet on the front. Odd, sardonic, minimalist poems by Okunari Tatsu in English translation. Institutional stamp of university on first blank page. Gift i…

Ode a M. Moreau de SeãoeâChelles, Ministre D&Apos;Etat Controãoeâ‚Leur GeãoeâNeãoeâRal Des Finances

Antoine-LeÃOeonard Thomas · 1759 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

-, -, 1759. Disbound. A very scarce collection by the eighteenth century poet Antoine Léonard Thomas. Published in French. A very scarce collection of poetry by the eighteenth century poet and literary critic Antoine Léonard Thomas. Published in French. Thomas is best known for …

Gingersnaps

Guy David Frazey · 1918 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Des Moines, Iowa, G.D. Frazey, 1918. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of a patriotic anthology on the First World War, written in its final year by Iowa poet George David Frazey. The very scarce first edition of Gingersnaps, a passionate and patriotic anth…

Chosen Essays

Edward Thomas · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Newton, The Gregynog Press, 1926. Cloth. A lovely limited edition from The Gregynog Press of noted war poet Edward Thomas' essays. Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two hundred and nine. Colophon to the rear of the work.With charming…

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career began…

SELECT POEMS Divine and Humane

Beedome, Thomas [d. ca 1641]. Meynell, Francis [1891 - 1975] - Contributor · 1928 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,957)

London: Nonesuch Press, 1928. 1st edition thus, limited to 1250 copies (of which this is #1189). Dreyfus 54. See NCBEL I, 1299. Full vellum binding with publisher's slipcase. 51 pp + 6 pp of notes, 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". A Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase. Beedome's volume of vers…