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Ballades and Other Verse

H.S. Mackintosh [Hugh Stewart Mackintosh] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. A personal anthology that is a love letter to ballads, written and signed by Scottish poet and former rugby player Hugh Stewart Mackintosh. The signed first edition of an amusing anthology, Ballades and Other Verse, writt…

Home Truths

Anthony Thwaite · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Hessle, The Marvell Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A sharp first edition of Anthony Thwaite"s debut collection, Home Truths is a finely tuned exploration of the everyday from the poet who would go on to edit Philip Larkin"s work. In the publisher's original blue cloth b…

A Man&Apos;S House and Garibaldi

John Drinkwater · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1934-1936. First edition. Cloth. Signed and author's own copies of these two plays from the library of English poet and dramatist John Drinkwater. A two volume set. The first editions. Signed by the author to the front free endpapers.In the…

Collected Poems

ZATURENSKA, MARYA · 1965 · S. Howlett-West Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York, NY: Viking Press, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright,…

Letters of William Cowper: Bieng a Selection from His Correspondence

William Cowper · 1905 · Rooke Books

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

London , The Religious Tract Society, 1905. Cloth. A selection of the letters of poet William Cowper. With an engraved frontispiece, a sketch of his life, and biographical notices of his correspondents. In a pink cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some dampstaining, s…

Le Theatre Chez Madame and la Souris

Edouard Pailleron · 1881 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1881. Leather. A lovely copy of the works of this French poet and dramatist. Includes the plays Le Chevalier Trumeu and Le Narcotique and numerous poems. With La Souris, a comedy in three acts bound in. n a half morocco bindings with marbled boards. External…

De Tempelheeren, treurspel, zoo veel mogelijk, letterlijk gevolgd naar het Fransch van den heer Raynouard, door Mr. J. Kinker

KINKER, J., · 1805 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€86.25 ($95.06 | £71.96 | ¥15,180)

Amsterdam, H. Gartman, J.W. Smit en W. Holtrop, 1805, 86 pages, half linnen binding, titlepage with vignette. Dutch translation by the poet, philosopher and lawyer Johannes Kinker (1764-1845) of the original play Les Templiers by Franc¸ois Just Marie Raynouard (1761-1836), Saake…

Briefwechsel Mit Friedrich Schiller

Goethe, Wolfgang Johann & Schiller, Friedrich - Beutler, Ernst & Schmid, Karl [editors] · 1964 · Eastleach Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Artemis Verlag, Zürich 1964 2nd impression. Cloth, VG. 1126pp, b/w frontis, index, cloth a little rubbed & marked, spine lettering rubbed & worn, otherwise a nice copy. Gedenkausgabe Der Werke, Briefe Und Gespräche vol 20. The correspondence of Goethe & Schiller. Johann Wolfgang…

AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)

GALE, Zona · 0 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. One-page handwritten note SIGNED on a 7-1/4" x 8" sheet of Hotel Gotham stationery to poet Isabel Conant. In full: "This will present Baroness [?], of whom I have told you." Gale, an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright, was the first woman to win the …

Xeni, Xeno, Xenitia

KALFOPOULOU, ADRIANNE · 2013 · Kalamos Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Athens, Melani. 2013, 1st Greek Edition. (ISBN: 9789609530606) French Wraps. Book, Xeni, Xeno, Xenitia is a bilingual collection of poems translated into Greek from English by the Greek poet Katerina Iliopoulou; the poems are a selection from Kalfopoulou's previous collections, …

Broken Greek: A Language to Belong

KALFOPOULOU, ADRIANNE · 2006 · Kalamos Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Plain View Press. 2006, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 1891386565) Original Wraps. 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 compa…

Zhemchuga [Pearls]. Kniga Dlya Vsekh No 66-67.

GUMILEV, N. (Nikolay) Gumilyov. · 1921 · Marijana Dworski Books

£173.00 (€207.37 | $228.56 | ¥36,498)

Berlin, Mysl, 1921. Original paper-covers printed in brown uniform with others in the series 9.5x15cm. Paper browning a little, owner name faintly to upper cover and inside but generally in excellent condition. Used; Very Good First published in Moscow in 1910. Gumilev, influent…

VITA SCHOLASTICA Ou La VIE Du COLLEGE; Poeme Latin en Quatre Livres

Rossignol, J[ean]. P[ierre. 1804 - 1893] · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$357.50 (€324.36 | £270.60 | ¥57,088)

Paris: Autuste Durand, Libraire, 1836. 1st Edition. Period tan quarter calf binding, with marbled paper boards. TEG. Marbled eps. [6], 194, [2] pp. Printed on pink paper. Dual title pages, one in French, one in Latin. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6". General wear to binding. Very Good. Rare 1s…

August Wilhelm Schlegel, Geschichte Eines Romantischen Geistes

Brentano, Bernard Von & Mayer, Hans [afterword] · 1986 · Eastleach Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Insel Verlag, Frankfurt 1986 1st edition thus. Cloth, VG. 301pp, spine lettering illegible, otherwise a fine copy. Originally published in 1943, a study of the work of August Wilhelm Schlegel [ 1767 - 1845 ] the German poet, translator and critic, best known for his translation…

XVII MACHINES

HEYEN, William · 0 · Charles Agvent

$187.50 (€170.12 | £141.92 | ¥29,941)

Pittsburgh and Derry, PA. Sisyphus Editions. First Edition. Printed wraps. Copiy #20 of 503. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith in 1977 in Brockport: "For William, with/many thanks for/many kindnesses/Bill." Laid in is a full-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIG…

Arrested Emphemera: Haiga, 45 Haiku Poems Interpreted in Etching and Collage (Signed)

Peckham, Ellen · 2015 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Guttenberg, NJ, Paper Crown Press, 2015. Hardcover. Brown & color illus. boards, 132 pp. color illus. A collection of illustrated haikus crafted by American artist and poet Ellen Peckham. Includes an introduction by the artist. Interesting and contemplative work. This copy is IN…

Poemes Barbares, Poesies de Anatole France, Poesies de Francois Coppee 1864-1869

Leconte De Lisle; Francois Coppee; Anatole France · 1879 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1879-96. Leather. Three volumes of poetry from three famous French lyricists. Three volumes of poetry from three famous French lyricists. One Coppee's work, one volume of Leconte de Lisle's work and one volume of Anatole France. With a portrait…

Grammatica arabica. Cum fabulis Locmanni, etc. accedunt excerpta anthologiae veterum arabiae poetarum [...]

Thomas Erpenius 1051898, Albert Schultens 1051899 · 1748 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

S. Luchtmans & son, 1748, Contemp. marbled leather, richly gilt flat spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, Later edition (1st 1613) of the first scientific Arabic grammar by a European scholar. This is the rare and important first edition expanded by A. Schultens (1686-1750) with an…

Translations From Claudian

Howard, Reverend Henry & Claudius Claudianus · 1823 · Eastleach Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

John Murray 1823 1st edition. Full ribbed calf, P. [vi]+251pp, both boards detached & with a crude tape repair to the pastedown gutter to re-attach them, top compartment of the spine missing, a copy in need of restoration. A collection of translations into English of verse by th…

Gorski Vijenac. Vladimir Popovic: Njegos I Nase Vrijeme, Djuza Radovic: Komentar.

NJEGOS, P. P.. (Popovic, Radovic) · 1947 · Marijana Dworski Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Zagreb, Prosvjeta, 1947. Printed card covers, 144pp. A good, clean, tight copy. A little age-browning. Used; Very Good Gorski Vijenac (in English: The Mountain Wreath) the classic of Montenegrin literature is both a poem and a play. Written by the Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II…