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Amanda's Cove: a Maine coastal tale.

Fairfield, Roy P., · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Saco, ME, Bastille Books, (1989). G PB. Dan and Amanda traveled up from slavery in Virginia via the Underground Railroad to settle on a Maine coastal farm where. during the Civil War they battled nature's raw elements, the strange customs of a different land and a farmer's lustf…

May Byron&Apos;S Cake Book

May Byron · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this cake recipe book from British writer and poet Mary "May" Byron. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of seven hundred and fifty recipes for large and small cakes, bread rolls, buns, scone…

Selected Poems of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior; Austin Dobson [intro.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, 1889 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of the poetry of Matthew Prior, one of only fifty signed copies produced, and in a Ramage binding. The very scarce limited edition, large paper edition of this work, of which only fifty…

Obras Poeticas de Bocage

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage · 1875 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Porto, Imprensa Portugueza, 1875-1876 . First edition. Leather. A collection of eight volumes of poetical works by Portuguese poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage. In the original Portuguese. First edition copies with the first six volume published in 1875 and the last two in 18…

Howrah Bridge and Other Poems

James K. Baxter · 1961 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poems by New Zealand poet and playwright James Kier Baxter. The first edition. In the publisher's original grey hardback binding. In the original unclipped dust…

Table Talk and Other Minor Poems

William Cowper · 1825 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, C. and C. Whittingham, 1825. Leather. A beautifully bound of Cowper's Table Talk and Other Minor Poems. William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature po…

Bullrushes

Derek Barlow · 1995 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Oldham, Incline Press, 1995 . First edition. Leather. A scarce limited edition of this charming collection of poetry, signed by both poet Derek Barlow and illustrator Anna Ravenscroft, and in a striking morocco binding by Frieda Gumn. A scarce signed limited edition poetry colle…

sine. (con tres serigrafías and tres aguafuertes de Eduard Arbós)

Dachs, Ramón (poems) and Eduard Arbós (prints) · 1999 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

Barcelona, printed by Roser S. Noguera for the Galeria Alejandro Sales, Four poems by Dachs illustrated with six original prints by Arbós: three etchings (printed on Japanese paper laid down on fine wove paper) and three silkscreens. EDITION LIMITED TO 25 NUMBERED COPIES. The…

PROPÄDEUTIK DER MORALPHILOSOPHIE NACH GRUNDSÄTZEN DER REINEN VERNUNFT

HEYDENREICHS, Karl Heinrich · 1794 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Leipzig. Weygandschen Buchhandlung. First Edition. Two octavo volumes in original cloth with remnants of paper spine labels. Engraved portrait of David Hume on title page of the first volume. The first two volumes (of three). The missing last volume was the shortest. Heydenreich…

Les Géorgiques de Vergile, en vers François. Par M. l'Abbé De Lille

De Lille, Jacques, Abbé de - · 1782 · Antiquariaat Clio / Cliobook

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Paris, Imprimerie de Didot l'Ainé/ Bleuet, MCDLXXXII, 1782; 12,5x7,5 cm. 12mo. Hardcover, decorated calf, gilt edges (wear), with marbled endpapers. 207 pp., engraved frontispiece-portrait, notes; De Lille, 1738-1813, French poet and translator, in 1774, admitted to the Académie…

Advantage Receiver

Shelton Lea · 0 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$330.00 (€202.85 | $223.58 | £169.23 | ¥35,702)

[Shelton Lea and Christine Webb] [Mountain View] First Edition Very Good Condition 21.5cm x 16.5cm. [12] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated unbound self-wrappers. Self-published collection of poems by Australian poet Shelton Lea with illustrations by Chrissy [Chri…

Interpenetration

McClure, Michael · 1984 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Vancouver, B.C.: Slug Press, 1984. Broadside. Single sheet of stiff paper, 12-3/4 x 19 inches. Poem by Michael McClure. "A Fly-By-Night Broadside for a lecture & a reading by the poet, 2 March 1984, in Vancouver. Of 175 copies printed, 75 are reserved for Line: A Journal of the …

Goblin Market

Christina Georgina Rossetti · 2018 · Book Haven

NZ$19.50 (€9.77 | $10.77 | £8.15 | ¥1,720)

Makaro Press 2018 Softcover, 50pp. In 2016, Wellington-based film company, Sea Star Creations, completed short film Goblin Market, a contemporary retelling of the narrative poem by 19th century poet Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti's 19th century masterpiece, Goblin Market…

Goblin Market

Christina Georgina Rossetti · 2018 · Book Haven

NZ$19.50 (€9.77 | $10.77 | £8.15 | ¥1,720)

Makaro Press 2018 Softcover, 50pp. In 2016, Wellington-based film company, Sea Star Creations, completed short film Goblin Market, a contemporary retelling of the narrative poem by 19th century poet Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti's 19th century masterpiece, Goblin Market…

Larchfield

Polly Clark · 2018 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Riverrun 2018 Paperback, 320pp. It's early summer when a young poet, Dora Fielding, moves to Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland and her hopes are first challenged. Newly married, pregnant, she's excited by the prospect of a life that combines family and creativity. She th…

Going West

Maurice Gee · 1993 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Penguin 1993 Paperback, 288pp. For All The Promise Of His Name, Jack Skeat Cannot Be A Poet. His Friend Rex Petley--eel-catcher, Girl-chaser, Motorbike Rider--takes That Prize. Is He Also A Murderer? And Why, Forty Years Later, Does He Drown Out On The Gulf? Jack Has To Find Out…

Lucky Dust

Christopher Logue · 1985 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Anvil Press Poetry, 1st Edition, Limitation page suggests edition of six hundred numbered copies. This one unnumbered, however it is inscribed by the author to title page "for GM from CL Xmas '85". GM was the poet Gerda Mayer. All in VG clean and bright internal order. B…

TWELFTH NIGHT A Personal View [SIGNED]

Roy Fuller · 1985 · Dodman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh, The Tragara Press, 1st Edition, No 8 of 25 signed copies printed on Brigadoon paper, from the edition of 135. Bookplate of poet Ann Ridler to inner flap. In VG order throughout. Plain card covers with VG decorative wrap around. This oversized and a little worn to top.…

Sunburn Faces

Adfaf, Shnimon · 2013 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

PS Pub, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781848636767. Sunburn Faces by Adfaf, Shnimon PS Pub. 2013, stated lst. ISBN: 97981848636767 Hardback in good condition NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean. Adaf is one of the n new interesting g, ori…

Gesammt-Partiturausgabe Der Chore Ohne Begleitung. Mannerchore

Cornelius, Peter · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch, Publisher. Leather. no date. Limp black leather covers. 62 pp. The musical score, with lyrics to work by Peter Cornelius (based on a rough translation of title). Cornelius was a 19th century German composer and poet, composing a few operas, as well as mai…