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Conrad Aiken · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, George Braziller, 1967. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of Conrad Aiken"s meditative long-form poem Thee, exploring love and mortality, illustrated by acclaimed artist Leonard Baskin. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, complete with the pub…

A Signed Set of American Poetry

Leonard Bacon; Irving S. Richter; David V. Bush; Scharmel Iris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Stanford, California; Brooklyn, New York; St. Louis; Chicago, Stanford University; Irving S. Richter; Hicks Almanac and Publishing Company; Henry Regnery Company, 1920-1953. First edition. Cloth. A charming set of American poetry, all first editions signed by the authors, includ…

Traduction des Satyres de Perse, et de Juvénal, par le Révérend Pere Tarteron, de la Compagnie de Jésus. Nouvelle édition.

PERSIUS & JUVENALIS. · 1714 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1714. 12mo in eights & fours. (XLVIII),591,(1 blank) p. Calf 17 cm Two poets exploring the limits of satiric free speech (Ref: Schweiger 2,517; cf. Graesse 3,522; Ebert 11273) (Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands, shield in the seco…

Honolulu.

Medek, R. · 1932 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Praze [Prague], The Author, 1932. 8vo (21.3 x 13.4 cm). 21 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Original brochure with protective cover. Published by the author at Christmas 1932, with the best wishes for 1933. A limited edition of 240 copies, of which this is no. 24. The Czech poet…

[Antique title page, 1784] Monument for Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy / Gedenkzuil voor Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy, published 1784, 1 p.

Reinier Vinkeles I (1741-1816), after Bilderdijk (fl. 18th century) · 1738 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€48.40 ($53.35 | £40.38 | ¥8,519)

Commemorative monument in a forest for the poet Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy (1738-1782). On the monument a crying putto and a grieving woman.Signed at bottom: Bilderdyk inv. et del. / Vinkeles sculp.With the address of the publisher below: Te Leyden by A. en I. Honkoop MDCCLXXXIV…

Zpevy Rolnicke a Pastyrske [Georgika a Bukolika]

VERGILIUS (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO) VIRGIL [OTMAR VANORNÝ] · 1959 · Kalamos Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Prague, Statni Nakladatelstvi. 1959, First Thus. Hardcover. Book, Two classical works of the Roman poet of the 1st century..which for two millennia have played an important role in the cultural history of mankind. Georgica- an educational poem that describes and celebrates some …

Dangerous Muse, a Life of Caroline Blackwood

SCHOENBERGER NANCY · 2001 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,597)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 2001, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0297841017) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 25 Cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms, Caroline Blackwood was born into the Guinness family in 1931 and brought up on the ancestral estate in Northern Ireland. She was on intimate terms wit…

Hãƒâ©Lãƒâ¨Ne and Other War Verses

Stephen Pell · 1920 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, De Vinne Press, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of Stephen Pell's observant poetic anthology on his service in France during the First World War, with charming illustrations. The Signed first edition of the war poem anthology Hélène and Othe…

La Confession D&Apos;Un Enfant Du Siecle

Alfred de Musset · 1867 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Charpentier, 1867. Leather. A new edition of the famous novel La Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle. A new edition of La Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle. In the original French. Alfred de Musset was a French dramatist, poet and novelist. He is best known for th…

Zinnebeelden, Getrokken uit Horatius Flaccus, Naer de geestrijke vinding van den geleerden Otto van Veen, Op de zeden toegepast; en Met Bygedichten, op nieuws gerijmt door Antoni Jansen, van Tergoes.

[Emblem books]. Veen [Vaenius, Venius], Otto van (1556-1629), Jansen van Ter Goes, Antoni (ca.1626-1699), Horatius Flaccus, Q.. · 1683 · Fahrenheit 451

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Amsterdam, Justus Dankerts, 1683, (8),205,(3) pag., engraved portrait vignette of Horace on title, 103 engraved emblems by Otto van Veen, early 20th cent. halfvellum, small quarto (21,7 x 16,5 cm.). = Landwehr Emblem books, 690 ("Copperplates from the Latin 1607 edition, reduce…

Les Saisons, Poeme

[Jean Francois de Saint Lambert] · 1769 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, A. Amsterdam, 1769. Leather. A collection of poems by Jean Francois de Saint Lambert, with plates. This volume is written by Jean Francois de Saint Lambert, who was a French poet, philosopher and military officer. A collection of poems on the seasons.In the original Fren…

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY VICTORY?

MacLEISH, Archibald · 0 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,998)

New York. Free World, Inc.. First Edition. Printed stapled wraps (3-5/8" x 7-1/8"); 16 pages not including covers. First Separate Printing of an article from the October 1943 issue of FREE WORLD.. Near Fine. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Li…

J. B. A Play in Verse

MacLEISH, Archibald · 91958 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

London. Secker & Warburg. First British Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award.. Toning to endpapers otherwise a very bright, Fine copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of …

LEGENDS

LOWELL, Amy · 1921 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€396.94 | £331.15 | ¥69,863)

Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Red cloth-backed gray boards with a printed label on the front cover and on the spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the poet to writer and critic Waldo Frank and dated June 1921. Laid in is a sheet of p…

Museo Secreto Del Arte Erotico de Pompeya Y Herculano

Arias de la Canal, Fredo · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Mexico City, Frente de Afirmacion Hispanista, 1995. one of 2,000 unnumbered facsimile edition copies of 1995 with the Castellano-English introduction. Softcover. White ill. wraps. lxxxii, 303 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Study of eroticism in art from found at Pompeii and He…

Calypso, Comedie En Un Acte, Suivie de Les Noces de Thetis, Divertissement Mythologique

Baelen, Jean · 1961 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

Athens, Greece, Self-published, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no other copies available on-line currently of this title by the French poet, scholar and diplomatic, much less ones that are SIGNED by the author. This…

125 jaar

Hans Andreus · 1960 · Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Rijssen Holland: Koninklijke Jutespinnerij en -Weverij Ter Horst & Co N.V.. First edition, first printing. 68 pp., 27 x 23 cm. Condition: Near Fine (NF). Some toning to covers; else fine. Photographs by Cas Oorthuys document the Dutch jute spinning and weaving company Ter Horst …

Free Fall

William Golding · 1959 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this insightful novel from English writer William Golding. First edition. In the first person, this work is a self-examination undertaken by and English painter names Samuel Mountjoy while he is held i…

Le Roman Comique de Scarron Suivi de Ses Nouvelles Tragi-Comiques

Paul Scarron · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Mars, 1825. Leather. A collection of works from Scarron, in the original French language. French language. Two volumes. Volume one contains a portrait frontispiece and one folding plate. Collated complete. A collection of works including Le Roman Comique, following the ad…

Poems of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1920 · Rooke Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1920. Leather. The comprehensive volume of the poetical works of Robert Browning. With a portrait frontispiece. The Oxford edition of his works, comprising of his lyrics, romances, dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, and more. Robert Br…