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Richard Savage: A Romance of Real Life

Whitehead, Charles · 1880 · Bookbarrow

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

John Dicks, London, circa 1880-1900. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: John Leech. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. bound in green cloth with a blind-stamped pattern to the covers; patterned end-papers. A novel based on the life of the poet Richard Savag…

JUST An IMPROMPTU THOUGHT Or TWO. For William & Mrs. I. Schaffer. Midnight July 24th. or 25th. 1916

[Cowboy Poetry / Western Americana]. Crawford, J[ohn] "Captain Jack" Wallace [1847 - 1917] · 1916 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

[Napanoch, NY]: , 1916. Pale blue laid linen paper, with watermark. Printed blue Yama Farms letterhead, typed poem. Broadside. Printing/type to recto only. 10-15/16" x 8-7-16". Fold lines, few pin holes to upper corner. VG+. Typed poem with "Copy" noted in manuscript beneath the…

Tuhfe-i Vehbi. Istanbul, Babiâli litografya memuru, 1275 H (1859).

[PERSIAN - TURKISH DICTIONARY] / VEHBI, SÜNBÜL ZÂDE: · 1712 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Pp. 91. Lithographed text by Es-Seyyid Mustafa efendi destgâhï. Contemporary red paper covered boards, cloth spine, rubbed. A Persian-Turkish dictionary arranged alphabetically according to rhyme published many times during the 19th century. Sunbul-zade Vehbi (1712-1809) was a f…

Poesías Americanas Del Poeta Brasileño Antonio Gonçalves Diaz

Diaz, Antonio Gonçalves. Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, trans · 1903 · Kaaterskill Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Santiago de Chile, Impr. Cervantes, 1903. First edition. Paper wrappers. Frontis, 100 pp. Sm. 8vo. Guillermo E. Miranda, editor. Antonio Goncalves Dias (1823-1864) was a Brazilian lyric poet. Lower spine chipped, wrappers soiled, a bit ragged at the fore edge else a very good un…

Das Nibelungen Lied

Karl Simrod / Simrock · 1923 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Full-Leather: Very Good, 27 x 21 cm, 367 pp., German, 1st Edition, illustrations, book condition: Very Good Deluxe edition: numbered copy printed on special paper and bound in a full leather luxury cover; No. 282 / 1000; Uneven page edges; Painted top edge; With uncut pages. Kar…

Ronsard Et Son Temps Avec 24 Phototypies Hors Texte

Pierre Champion · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1925. Cloth. A fascinating look into the life and time of the important French poet, Pierre de Ronsard. Illustrates throughout and in the original French, this volume was written by the historian, Pierre Champion. In the original frenc…

Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Including Shepherd Lady and Other Poems

INGELOW, JEAN · 1887 · Bookshop Baltimore

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1887. Hardcover. 520 pages. Illustrated. Cream cloth binding, gilt edges, blind stamped with gilt lettering - decorative cover; beveled spine edges. Black and white frontispiece of blackbirds. Various poems - poems of Love, Doom, Love and Childhood, Poems Writ…

Autograph Letter Signed to Louis Schneider on mourning paper, with envelope poststamped 25 I 1922.

MENDÈS, Jane Catulle · 1867 · Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis (ILAB/NVVA)

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Folded sheet with broad black borders, written on p. 1 and 4. 20,5 x 16,0 cm. 17 lines. Horizontal fold, slight creases. Envelope with blue 25c stamp and address 'au Gaulois/ 2 rue Drouot/ Paris'. Some wear. Jeanne Nette (1867-1955), herself a poet, the widow of Catulle Mendès w…

Eriphyle

Jean Moreas · 1894 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Paris, Bibliotheque Artistique & Literaire, 1894. First edition. Paperback. A fine, first edition example of this poem by Jean Moreas. With the original glassine wrap protecting the wrappers.Limited edition, this work being number 381 of 650 copies printed on Hollande paper. Sev…

Portrait of Joost van den Vondel

LUTMA, JOHANNES, · 1634 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€569.25 ($627.42 | £474.91 | ¥100,190)

Depiction of a sculpted bust of Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel, with a lyre behind the bust and a swan below. Stipple engraving on hand laid paper, sheet size 299 x 237 mm., platemark 269 x 214 mm. Engraving by Johannes Lutma and published in Amsterdam, c. 1634-1689. Johannes …

Falling for a Dolphin

Heathcote Williams · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The author's presentation copy, inscribed …

Histoire de la Revolution de 1848 4 Volumes in 1

Alphonse de Lamartine · 1849 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Brussells , Rozez, 1849. Leather. A four volumes in 1 publication of Lamartine's Histoire de la Revolution de 1848. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790 – 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republi…

Arvelighed Og Moral En Undersogelse

Karl Gjellerup · 1881 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

Kjobenhavn, Andr. Schous Forlag, 1881. Leather. A scarce comprehensive study of heredity and morality, in the original Danish language. Danish language. Scarce work. A detailed theological study of heredity and morality, strongly supporting naturalism and Darwinism. Written by K…

Oeuvres Completes M. Bernard

Pierre-Jospeh Bernard · 1785 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Not Stated , Edition de Cazin, 1785 . Leather. A volume of the complete poetical works of M. Bernard. A Cazin edition.This volume contains the complete poetical works of Pierre-Joseph Bernard. He was a French poet whose poems are written with a measured grace. Dated from the ad…

Poetical Jottings by J.S. Lilley

J. S. Lilley · 1914 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Keighley, J. T. Clarkson, 1914. Cloth. An uncommon collection of poetry by J. S. Lilley, signed by the author to the front endpaper. Including poems such as 'The Prodigal Son', 'The Skylark', 'The Mists' and 'Winter Scenes&apos.The poet wrote m…

Ten Versions from Trilce

Cesar Vallejo; Charles Tomlinson, Henry Gifford (trans.) · 1970 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New Mexico, San Marcos Press, 1970 . Paperback. A translated edition of this collection of versions from Trilce, signed by the translator. Translated edition of Ten Versions from Trilce by Cesar Vellejo in the original publisher's paper wraps. Edited and translated by Charl…

Twilight in Italy

D. H. Lawrence · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Duckworth and Co. 1924. Cloth. A smart collection of travel essays by the prolific author and poet, D. H. Lawrence. A second impression of the first edition. In full cloth binding. A collection of travel essays by D. H. Lawrence. Stretching beyond the boundaries of conv…

East Anglian Poems. With illustrations by James Dodds. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND. James Dodds. · 1988 · Clearwater Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Jardine Press, Suffolk, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition - the deluxe issue, limited to just 100 numbered copies on handmade paper, signed by both poet and artist, this being the very first number (and proceeding the trade edition, which appeared only in paperback…

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Meyer, A. · 1838 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Bruxelles, Balleroy, 1838. Large 4to (31.0 x 24.0 cm). 67 pp.; folding table. Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen work on by the Luxembourgian mathematician and poet, Antoine Meyer, also known as Antun or Tun Meyer (1801-1857). In the present work, Meyer proposed to repre…

Perversite

Francis Carco · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, J. Ferenczi et Fils, 1925. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this mystery story from French author Francis Carco, in the original French. French. First edition. Set in the underworld of the Paris slums, this mystery story follows the life of a young prost…