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Select Poems Divine and Humane

Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Bloomsbury, Nonesuch Press, 1928. Vellum. Copy number 834 out of 1250 limited edition prints on Van Gelder paper of Selected Poems Divine and Humane by Thomas Beedome. Select Poems Divine and Humane, 1928 is a collection of various poems by English poet Thomas Beedome. Number 83…

Condensed Novels

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Cloth. A copiously illustrated copy of the 'Condensed Novels' of Bret Harte, a notable American short story writer and poet. With illustrations by S. Eytinge Jr. an American illustrator of newspapers, journals and books by ren…

Kyôka Kaki No Tane

[Kyôka] Bakuribô, Teiya, [edited by] · 1783 · Boston Book Company

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

1783. [Kyôka] Bakuribô, Teiya, [edited by]. Kyôka Kaki no Tane [Kyoto]: Fujiya Shinbe, 1783. First edition. A book of kyôka poems accompanied by twenty-one delightful sumi-e vignettes, edited by Bakuribo Teiya. Bakuribo, a kyôka poet based in Kyoto, was a student of kyôka poet K…

Les Cercles de l'Enfer. - Los Circulos del Infierno

Justo Jorge PADRON · 1983 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Leuvense Schrijversaktie | Louvain 1983 | 14 x 21 cm | broché | Edition originale bilingue, la traduction en français placée en regard du texte en espagnol. Bel exemplaire. Préface d'Arthur Lundkvist, introduction d'Eugène Van Itterbeek. Bel envoi autographe daté et signé de Jus…

Charles Wesley's Verse. An Introduction.

BAKER, FRANK. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Epworth Press, 1964. 1st ed. "When Dr Baker's book 'Representative Verse of Charles Wesley' was published, one of the reviewers suggested that the introduction, which gave so much valuable information and really tried to assess Charles Wesley as a poet, should be issued …

Rainbows on War Clouds

James L. Hughes [James Laughlin Hughes] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Syracuse, New York, C.W. Bardeen, 1919. Cloth. A scarce and heartfelt anthology dedicated to all those who struggled in the war effort, written and signed by Canadian educator and poet James Laughlin Hughes. The scarce Rainbows on War Clouds, written and signed by Canadian poet …

Twilight

John Gawsworth · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

[London], Blue Moon Press, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce Romantic poem signed by a leading poet known for his eccentricities, and with a signed etching by award-winning illustrator Frederick Carter. Twilight, a vanishingly scarce poem, written and signed b…

Dreaming of Babylon a Private Eye Novel 1942

BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD · 1977 · S. Howlett-West Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0440021464. Illustrated by Craig Nelson. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pa…

Epistle to a Godson and Other Poems

W. H. Auden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Faber & Faber , 1972 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book of poetry by W. H. Auden, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This book of poetry was written by Br…

Last Essays on Church and Religion

Mathew Arnold · 1877 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Matthew Arnold's controversial essays critiquing religion. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by Matthew Arnold, an English poet and critic, and feat…

Human Shows Far Phantasies: Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate collection of poetry. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the original dust wrapper.The penultimate collection of poetry by the not…

English, Past and Present: Eight Lectures

Richard Chenevix Trench · 1881 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1881. Leather. A smartly bound eleventh edition of this collection of lectures on the study of the English language from Richard Chenevix Trench. Eleventh edition, revised. A collection of eight lectures on the English language delivered originally to p…

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, John Murray, 1960. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy of John Betjeman's touching series of personal autobiographical poems. The uncorrected proof copy.A collection of personal and intimate blank verse poems by the noted Poet Laureate John Betjeman, a collection …

Umrisse Zu Schiller&Apos;S Lied Von Der Glocke

Friedrich Schiller · 1837 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Germany, Stuggart und Tubingen, 1837. Cloth. A scarce illustrated edition of Schiller's Song of the Bell, in the original German language. German language. Scarce work. Illustrated with forty-three plates. Collated complete. The Song of the Bell is a poem linking the techni…

Blow No Bugles. Poems from Two Wars 1942-1945.

JOHN GAWSWORTH. · 1945 · Clearwater Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Susil Gupta, Calcutta, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 64pp. Paper-covered boards with red lettered paper spine and title labels, the former chipped with a small area of loss. With a frontispiece drawing, and the title page printed in black and red. Board extre…

Chantecler

Edmond Rostand · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1910. Leather. A smart copy of this verse farmyard play by Edmond Rostand, in the original French. French language. A verse play in four acts, following a group of farmyard animals. Themes include idealism and spiritual sincerity as opp…

Bethlehem to Jerusalem

GEORGE KLINGLE, HARRY FENN · 1888 · Peter Austern & Co. / Brooklyn Books

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes & Brother. 1888. Soft cover. Book, "Bethlehem to Jerusalem, " by George Klingle (pen name of Georgiana Klingle Holmes), with color lithographic plates of watercolor illustrations by Harry Fenn. New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888. Epic poe…

Kathleen Fink. Artbeiten / Works 2000 - 2008.

FINK - Galerie Marzée: · 2008 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,224)

2008, (21,5 x 29 cm), 68 pp. English / German text, full colour ills., hardcover. “Everywhere, we search for the immaterial, all we find is material.” Kathleen Fink introduces this retrospective of her work with this quote from German 18th century poet, author, mystic, and phi…

Happy Families

Maloff, Saul · 1968 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, being inscribed to the Bay Area poet, Nan Hunt, penned by the then Books Editor at Newsweek. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally cle…

A Strong Dose of Myself

Dannie Abse · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating work by the Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse; signed by the author to the title page, with an additional signature by the renowned English dramatist Arnold Wesker. Containing a fascinati…