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Stesichorus in Context.

FINGLASS, P.J., and A. KELLY, (eds.), · 2018 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,841)

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. 1st paperback ed. XII,211p. Paperback. 'The book is structured around three ideas based on ancient claims about Stesichorus: first, that Stesichorus is 'supremely Homeric' (...); second, that there is more to his narrative technique …

Mirella Bentivoglio: Writ in Water

Bentivoglio, Mirella · 2005 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Roma, Edizione il Bulino, 2005. Softcover. White paper wraps with color illus. on front cover. Interior consists of two fold-outs. The first is a two-panel publisher credit. The second is a 13-panel continuous fold-out, with 8 full-color panels. Main text (one paragraph) is in E…

Oeuvres de Francois Coppee Poesies 1869-1874

Francois Coppee · 1872 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1872. Leather. A copy of the poems of Francois Coppee from 1869-1874. A copy of the works of Francois Coppee, containing his poems from 1869-1874. The works in this volume include Les Humbles, EÃÂOecrit pendant le sieÃÂOege, Plus de sang, Pr…

Argenis, Figuris Aeneis Adillustrata, Suffixo Clave, hoc est, Nominum Propriorum Explicatione, Atque Indice Locupletissimo.

Barclaius, Joannes (John Barclay) · 1673 · Antiquariaat Secundus

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.24 | ¥52,809)

Noribergae (Neurenberg), Impensis B.W.M. Endteri Concortium, Et Vid. B. Jul. Arnold, Engelbrechti, n.d. (1673) Contemporary full leather binding with gilt spine on four raised bands and morocco letterpiece, double blank; engraved frontispice; (XXII); 708; (35+1)pp. Ca. 13,5 x 8 …

ARCHIBALD MacLEISH: ANALECTA

MacLEISH, Archibald · 2003 · Charles Agvent

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,989)

Greenfield, MA. Greenfield Community College. First Edition. Wraps, 8-1/2" x 11"; xi, 81 pages. A collection of random thoughts and poetry fragments discovered in books owned by MacLeish here transcribed and compiled by Margaret Howland.. Fine. Archibald MacLeish was not only a …

I: SIX NONLECTURES

CUMMINGS, E. E · 1953 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.50 | ¥149,725)

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. First Edition. The Trade Edition of these lectures containing much poetry INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the poet to author Fritz Peters: "A Merry Xmas/+/Happy New Year/to/Fritz Peters/from/Marion + EEC/4 Patchen Place 1953." S…

A Vagrant and Other Poems. With a dust wrapper design by Keith Vaughan. (INSCRIBED)

DAVID GASCOYNE. Keith Vaughan. · 1950 · Clearwater Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

John Lehmann Ltd., London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, fondly inscribed by the author to his friend the eccentric poet Audrey Beecham. Slim 8vo. 62pp. Yellow cloth, blocked in green and lettered in gold at the spine. …

Oeuvres de J. De la Fontaine D&Apos;Apres Les Textes Originaux

Jean de la Fontaine · 1875 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Jean de la Fontaine, 1875-77. Leather. A collection of the writings of French fabulist, Jean de la Fontaine. Containing: Tome Premier: Contes Tome Deuxieme: Contes - Psyche - Lettres According to Flaubert, Fontaine was the only French poet to understand and master the tex…

Ournal 1936-7, Death of an Explorer, Leon Chestov

David Gascoyne · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Enitharmon Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A selection of writings by David Gascoyne. First edition of these works collected together in book form. Signed and numbered by the author to half title page 45/95. With original unclipped dustwrapper. David Gascoyne was an E…

Aphrodite Herakles&Apos; Erdenfahrt

Carl Spitteler · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Zurich, Gebr. Fretz AG, 1948. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition copy of Carl Spitteler's Aphrodite Herakles' Erdenfahrt. A limited edition copy. Limited to 850 copies, with this being number 656. This volume contains two chapters from Carl Spitteler's Ol…

Le Rubicon. Pièce en trois actes. Representée pour première fois, sur le Théâtre Michel, le 17 janvier 1910.

Edouard Bourdet · 1910 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.12 | ¥43,919)

Paris, Libraire Charpentier et Fasquelle, ONE OF ONLY 15 LARGE-PAPER COPIES, PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. VI, 196 pp. + 12 pp (publisher's catalogue). Bourdet (1887-1945) went on to be a successful playwrig…

Ciaran Carson: Critical Essays

Kennedy-Andrews, Elmer, ed. · 2009 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

Dublin, Ireland, Four Courts Press Ltd, 2009. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial card-stock wrap…

Leon Gordon: An Appreciation

Rhine, Abraham Benedict · 1910 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highli…

Alien Candor: Selected Poems 1970-1995

CODRESCU, ANDREI · 1996 · Round Table Books, LLC

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First Paperback Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Inscribed by the author on the title page (dated 10/01/01). Publisher's printed card wraps. Andrei Codrescu (born 1946) is a Romanian-American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and …

Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners

Jane Taylor · 1840 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

London, Houlston & Co. 1840. Cloth. A scarce fifth edition of this significant collection of poetry from English writer Jane Taylor. Fifth edition. Scarce work. Essays in Rhyme first appeared in 1816 and contained some significant poetry, including titles such as: Prejudice, Exp…

Growing Up

Olivia Manning · 1948 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Heinemann , 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories, in the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, in the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. Olivia Manning was a noted author, poet and reviewer, wit…

A Bibliography of Henry King Bishop of Chichester

Geoffrey Keynes · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Douglas Cleverdon, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An attractive limited edition copy of this bibliography of the works of Henry King. A limited edition copy of this work, with 345 copies printed, with this being number 121. Henry King was a poet and Bishop of Chichester an…

Prince Otto a Romance

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1885. Leather. Robert Louis Stevenson's third full-length work, Prince Otto. Second edition. Robert Louis Stevenson was a popular Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. He is better known for 'Treasure Island' and the &apos…

Le Salon Emile Verhaeren: Donation Du President Rene Vandevoir Au Musee Plantin-Moretus a Anvers = Het Salon Emile Verhaeren: Schenking Voorzitter Rene Vandevoir Aan Het Museum Plantin-Moretus Te Antwerpen

1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Antwerp, Belgium, Museum Plantin-Moretus, 1987. Hardcover. Aqua cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, in blue cloth slipcase, 661 pp. BW illus.; weighs 5 lbs. Text is in French and Dutch. Presents the catalog of a special collection of books, manuscripts, drawings, photogr…

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset, Ornees de Dessins de M. Bida

Alfred de Musset · 1867 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Charpentier, 1867. Leather. The works of poet, dramatist and novelist Alfred de Musset. The works of poet, dramatist and novelist Alfred de Musset. In original French. Illustrated, with 28 plates. Musset was born in Paris from an upper-class but poor family. From a young …