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Ciardi, John, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers Univ Press, (1959). VG in G DJ. Ciardi's (1916-1986) sixth book of poetry. Poetry editor of the Saturday Review, poet, translator, and critic, who helped. make poetry more accessible to children and adults. Binding has green spine with irregularly stri…

Selected Poems.

Lowell, Amy, edited by John Livingston Lowes, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1927). G. Red binding, gilt decoration & lettering, top edge gilt. Spine & top front cover fading, sl edge wear, owner name ft endpaper. 1874-1925, American poet & critic, interestd herself in the Imagist school then developing in France, wrote much in…

Simonides.

Kegel, Willem J. H. F. · 1961 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Groningen, Wolters, 1961. Original wrappers. x, 95 pp. Thesis, University of Leiden. List of theses included. With bibliography. Attempt to arrive at a general appraisal of the Greek poet Simonides (ca. 557-468 B.C.). Text in Dutch with summary in English. Small library marks on…

Satirical Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, William Heinemann, 1926. Cloth. A collection of poetry by important poet Siegfried Sassoon, presented by the author 'from an old friend&apos. This work contains a number of poems focused on London and a number of experiences in the city, such as 'Observations i…

Sangschaw

Hugh M'Diarmid · 1925 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this poetical work by Scottish poet Hugh M'Diarmid. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Presenting this very smart collection of poetry by Scottish poet Hug…

To Verhaeren and Other Poems

William Kean Seymour · 1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John G. Wilson, 1917 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce limited first edition of William Kean Seymour's second poetry collection, a special signed copy. First edition. Very scarce. One of a limited run of three hundred copies. Signed by the author to the ha…

Fisher&Apos;S Drawing Room Scrap-Book; with Poetical Illustrations

[Letitia Elizabeth Landon] · 1835 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1835. First edition. Cloth. A charming 'scrap-book', comprising verses from influential English poet Letitia Elizabeth Landon and beautiful engraved plates. The first edition, being the fourth volume of the Drawing Room Scrap…

Frantszuzskie Narodnye Pesni. [French Folk-Songs].

GUMILEV, N. (Nikolay) Gumilyov. · 1923 · Marijana Dworski Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

Petrograd Berlin, Petropolis, 1923. Original paper-covers printed in brown and black and uniform with others in the series.10x13.5cm.In excellent condition both internally and externally. Appears unused. Used; Very Good First published in Russia in 1916. Gumilev, influential Rus…

Ararat

D. M. Thomas · 1983 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London , Victor Gollancz , 1983 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Thomas' series of novels about Soviet Russia. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first of a series of novels written about Soviet Russia. This book is part of the Rus…

Trails Sunward

Cale Young Rice · 1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, The Century Co. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of this already uncommon work, by American poet Cale Young Rice. A very scarce presentation copy of this already uncommon volume of poetry.Signed and inscribed by American poet and playwright C…

Als Card from Allen Ginsberg to István Eörsi , His Friend and Translator, Regarding His 3 Years of Psychotherapy, a New Young Boyfriend, His Guilt About Peter and a Translation Conference

Ginsberg, Allen (1926 - 1997); István Eörsi (1931-2005) · 1988 · Wittenborn Art Books

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

NY, NY; 1988. Dense autograph writing on card (Heian Shrine, Kyoto) 105 x 148, providing details of a translation conference at Barnard followed by intimate personal details... To István Eörsi, Allen's friend, Hungarian translator, documentarian (1997's "A Poet on The Lower East…

Lettres a Frederic Lachevre

Lachevre, Frederic; Pierre Louys, ed. · 1925 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

La Roche-sur-Yon, France, Imprimerie Centrale de l'Ouest, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A nice-looking copy of a scarce item, a fine contribution to the series, Pierre Louys et L'histoire Litteraire, being a collection of letters between Pierre Louys (…

Oeuvres complètes contenant ses poésies, écrits en prose, sa traduction de Longin, ses lettres à Racine, à Brossette, et à diverses autres personnes.

Boileau Despréaux · 1821 · Grimbergen Boeken Antiquariaat

€192.50 ($212.17 | £160.60 | ¥33,881)

Paris, Madame Veuve Dabo. 1821. leather. l 3 vol. Vol 1 with engraved portrait of the writer; vol. 2 engraved frontispiece. Titlepages a bit foxed. Leather bindings weary. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 - 1711), often known simply as Boileau was a French poet and critic. He di…

[Antique print, engraving] J VONDELIUS (dichter Joost van den Vondel), published ca. 1681.

Johannes Lutma II (1624-1685) · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€363.00 ($400.09 | £302.84 | ¥63,890)

Portrait of the poet Joost van den Vondel. Portrait bust of a balding man with a small beard, seen in profile and facing right, bust placed on a base decorated with a hissing swan, a lyre behind the bust at left; bust placed in an arched nicheInscribed<span class="description1">…

Sayings and Portraits of Charles Wesley.

TELFORD, JOHN. (EDITOR). · 1927 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London: The Epworth Press, 1927. 1st edition. With Family Portraits, Historic Scenes and Additional Portraits of John Wesley. Companion volume to "Sayings and Portraits of John Wesley". Pp.267, sayings for every day of the year followed by further selections and many black & whi…

Oeuvres complètes in 7 volumes (of 8). Notes et éclaircissements de Fernand Baldensperger. Added: Lettres inédites de Alfred de Vigny au Marquis et la Marquise De la Grange (1827-1861). Ed. Albert de Luppé. [All volumes copies of the most deluxe variant, printed on Japon impérial and with a suite of the portraits].

Vigny, Alfred de (1797-1863), Luppé, Albert de. · 1914 · Fahrenheit 451

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Paris, Louis Conard, 1914-1935, 7 (of 8) vols. and 1 added (8 volumes in total), 2 frontispiece portraits (vol.I-II), original uniform printed wrappers, untrimmed and unopened.= All 7 volumes one of 25 copies numbered 1-25, printed on imperial Japan paper; all volumes bear the s…

Phaedri Fabulae. P. Syri Sententiae. Faerni Fabularum Libri quinque. Nova edition, cui accesserunt notae Gallicae ad usum scholarum accomodatae.Paris, J. Barbou, 1765. 12mo. With small woodcut vignette on title-page. Mottled calf over boards, ribbed spine.

PHAEDRUS - SYRUS (Gabriel FAERNO transl.). · 1563 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥66,002)

[2], 1-120, 123-127, [128], 62, [4] pp.Edition of the 94 Phaedrus fables with commentaries in French to be used at schools, together with the 5 additional fables by Gudius and the Sententiae of Syrus. After a half-title follow the famous "100 (Aesop) fables", translated in elega…

Ribbesford and Other Poems

George Griffith · 1859 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Worcester , Parry and Co, 1859. Cloth. A charming example of English provincial verse, from poet George Griffith. With verses that are largely on local themes, including Ribbesford, The Kidderminster Weaver, The Devil&apos;s Spadeful, The Giant&apos;s Grave and The Droitwich Dea…

Openings and Closings

Kostelanetz, Richard · 1975 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

New York, D'Arc Press, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Printed wraps. Unpaginated. Signed, with an inscription, by the author. Dedicated to a "colleague," the work appears to have annotations, corrections and comments, perhaps by the author. A book…

Wowa's First Book. First Edition. [Miniature Book]

Hamady, Walter · 1977 · Wittenborn Art Books

$825.00 (€748.52 | £624.46 | ¥131,742)

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1977. 10 leaves, + insert printed on rectos only. 50 x 40 mm, marbled wrappers. One of only 60 copies salvaged from an intended edition of 365 copies. The smallest book of the press and their only miniature. Rare. 10 leav…