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Correspondence between Paul Foreman and Norman Moser

Foreman, Paul · 1973 · Wittenborn Art Books

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Berkeley, CA: 1973 to 1977. Correspondence between writer and small press publisher Paul Foreman and poet, editor and graphic designer Norman Moser. Both were part of the flourishing "little magazine" scene in the early 1960s; Foreman was involved with the Committee of Small Mag…

Redspel. Eleven American Indian Adaptations. Signed

Schwerner, Armand and Rolan Ginzel (illustrator) · 1974 · Wittenborn Art Books

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1974. Original handmade printed board covers. 12.5 x 17 cm. 24 page surfaces, 17 printed. Edition of 130 signed and numbered copies. Fine. Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited, no. 68; stating that only …

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

ELIOT, T. S · 201951 · Charles Agvent

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

London. One-page single-spaced letter on Faber & Faber stationery SIGNED by the poet. Addressed to Charles Ede of The Folio Society Limited thanking him for suggesting a special edition of some of Eliot's poems. "But the copyright in my work is controlled by Messrs. Faber & Fabe…

Memories and Impressions. [Armenia Interest].

PUTNAM, Frank (W. E. Gladstone) · 1896 · Marijana Dworski Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

Chicago, Privately Printed, 1896. Original crêpe-paper wrappers, 80pp. 11x15cm. Limited to 300 copies, not numbered. Used; Very Good Author's presentation copy (possibly) to W. E. Gladstone. "Affectionately inscribed to the one great man in public life who has the courage to spe…

Florentine Nights

HEINE, HEINRICH; FITZGERALD, KIRKE BOYLAN (TRANSLATOR) · 1929 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Boston, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1929. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a thin hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some very light bumping and wear.…

Horace

Horace; Philip Francis [trans.]; Henry James Pye · 1827 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, J. F. Dove, 1827 . Leather. A charming edition of the works of Roman lyric poet Augustus, in a full calf binding. A delightful and scarce edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved title page, with a further vignette illustration to the centre of t…

Twiddling Your Thumbs Hand Rhymes

Wendy Cope · 1988 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Faber and Faber, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this rhyme book for children, with accompanying hand signs. The first edition. Illustrated throughout by Sally Kindberg with vibrant full colour vignettes. Inscribed by the author to the half title;…

Les Heroides, le Remede D&Apos;Amour, Les Potiques - Petits Poemes

Ovid · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, c1900. Leather. A smartly bound edition of this scarce edition of Ovid's Heroides, in the French language. French language. Scarce edition. A collection of fifteen epistolary poems in elegiac couplets, presented through the heroines of Greek…

Un Homme D&Apos;Affaires - Dualite - Un Reveillon L&Apos;Outrage

Paul Bourget · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Plon Nourrit & Cie, 1899. Leather. A collection of works from Paul Bourget, in the original French language. French language. A collection of works including: Un Homme D'Affaires, Dualite, and Un Reveillon L'Outrage. Written by Paul Bourget, a French novelist, p…

Accords. (with original aquatints by Christian d'Espic)

Anne-François Mare (Christian d'Espic, illustrator) · 1952 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Paris, Pierre Berès, A gorgeous and very rare livre d'artiste, with 28 ORIGINAL AQUATINTS BY CHRISTIAN D'ESPIC (1901-78), a surgeon who had learned etching from his close friend Jacques Villon (D'Espic's wife, Colette de Ginestet, would go on to compile the standard catalogues r…

BRONZE WOOD

SANDBURG, Carl · 1941 · Charles Agvent

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.70 | ¥89,835)

San Francisco. (Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc.). First Edition. Thin quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/2") in orange cloth-backed wood veneer boards with a printed paper spine label. With an original photograph frontispiece by Henry Flannery. Copy #9 of only 50 SIGNED by both t…

FILM PROBLEMS OF SOVIET RUSSIA. By Bryher. Photographs Chosen and Titled by Kenneth Macpherson.

[Ellerman, Annie Winifred]. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Riant Chateau Territet, Switzerland 1929. 1st [and only] Ed. 140pp. Numerous ills. from photos. From the Library of C.A. and Anthony Lejeune, from the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some light browning, gilt lettered red cloth, some discolouring and fading mainly to spine wi…

STUDI ITALIANI DI FILOLOGIA. Terza Serie. LXXVI Annata, Volume I, Fascicoli 1-2. LXXVII Annata. Volume II, Fascicolo 1, Fascicolo 2. LXXVIII Annata, Volume III, Fasciculo I.

1983 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

Le Monnier, Firenze, 1983-85. 4 vols. 531,142,143-258,127p. Sewn. Unopened. A.o.: Vol. I: Indici della prima serie e della nuova serie (1893-1982); Vol. II: M.R. LEFKOWITZ: The Poet as Athlete (pp.5-13); B. ZIMMERMANN: The Parodoi of the Aristophanic Comedies (pp.13-25); H. LLO…

New Approaches to Ezra Pound: A Coordinated Investigation of Pound\S Poetry and Ideas

HESSE, EVA (ED) · 1969 · Little Lane Books

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.25 | ¥2,164)

UK, Faber & Faber, London. 1969, 1st. Hardcover with dust jacket, 22.5cm. Book, 700g, 406pp, - small sample >> 'All exegesis of poetry', Hesse suggested in her 1969 introduction to New Approaches to Ezra Pound, 'might be regarded as being, to a significant extent, idioplasty, an…

Mid-Week Period Return. Home Thoughts of a Native. A Poem. Delightfully illustrated by Arthur Keene. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

JOHN WAIN. John Betjeman. · 1982 · Clearwater Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

The Celandine Press, Stratford-upon-Avon,, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, limited to 175 numbered copies printed on Hahnemuble mould-made paper and signed by both author and illustrator (this being #129). Slim tall 8vo. 20pp. Marbled card wrappers with French f…

Le Point XIII. La Poesie. Fevrier 1938

Jacob, Max; Reverdy, Pierre; Eluard, Paul; Valery, Paul; Cocteau, Jean et al. · 1983 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.65 | ¥9,423)

Colmar, France, Braun et Cie, Publisher, 1983. Wraps. Blue and white wraps. 48pp. With black and white photos and illustrations throughout, including a painting by Edward Manet (full page) of the poet Stephane Mallarme. All text in French. A French art and literary magazine, wit…

Poemes

Emile Verhaeren · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1917. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of poetry, in the original French language. French language. Scarce edition. A collection of poetry, including titles such as: Humanite, Illusion, Les Arbres, Le Glaive, Pieusement, Le Meurtre, and many…

Spears Against Us

Cecil Roberts · 0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1932. Cloth. A thrilling war novel from Roberts, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Sixty-third thousand. With the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Described as an epic war novel from Roberts, this piece follows a moving narrative e…

Modern Woodcutters 3

T. Sturge Moore · 1921 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Adelphi, The Little Art Rooms, 1921. First edition. Paperback. A smart collection of modern woodcuttings from British author and artist Thomas Sturge Moore. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated with fourteen plates. Collated complete. A collection of examples of Moore's woodc…

Les Forces Tumultueuses

Emile Verhaeren · 1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Societe du Mercure de France, 1906. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Belgian writer Emile Verhaeren, in the original French. French. A collection of poetry from Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the …