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Bryan Guinness · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Bryan Guinness, signed by Guinness to Van Wyck Brooks. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Van Wyck Broo…

Roba Di Roma

William Story · 1864 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Chapman and hall, 1864. Fine Binding. The third edition of this observational work on Rome by esteemed American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor William Wetmore Story. With the bookplate of one Marie de Rougemont to the front pastedown. Gift inscription dated 1866 t…

Diversity of Creatures

Rudyard Kipling · 1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of tales by celebrated author Rudyard Kipling. First edition. A charming collection of short stories, including: As Easy As A.B.C. Friendly Brook, In the Same Boat, The Honours of W…

More Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1897. Cloth. The fifth edition of this nonsense collection of poetry and prose by Edward Lear, with his humorous illustrations. Fifth edition. In the original cloth binding. With three pages of advertisements to the rear.Edward Lear was an Engli…

Flow of Life: Menstrual Moon Paintings.

Marisa Papen. · 2022 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

Hawaï Double Being 2022 Bound, 100pp., 22,5x22,5cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition. "Flow of Life" is a multidisciplinary art project created by Belgian artist, poet and activist Marisa Papen in collaboration with filmmaker and artist Michael Chichi under the …

Jani Broukhusii Poematum Libri Sedecim

Joan van Broekhuizen [Janus Broukhusius; Jani Broukhusii]; Davide Hoogstratano [D. van Hoogstraten] · 1711 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam], Franciscus Halma, 1711 . Leather. A very scarce volume of Latin poems from Dutch poet Jan van Broekhuizen, illustrated with vignettes by Jan Goeree, and edited by prominent and scholar David Hoogstratan. In the original Latin.First published in 1684, th…

Liebe und Lyrik. Zur Funktiom des erotischen Diskurses in Horazens erster Odensammlung.

EICKS, M., · 2011 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.90 | ¥14,962)

De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston, 2011. X,376p. Original grey cloth. Light remains of pencil striks of front cover. A lot of reviewer's pencil markings and annotations. Series: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Band 291. ‘In 2011 Mathias Eicks’ ‘Liebe und Lyrik. Zur Funktion des erotisch…

Non cogito ergo sum.

Davidson, Steef. · 1981 · Fahrenheit 451

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

Amsterdam, Steef Davidson, 1981, letterpress broadside, recto only, 83 x 24,8 cm. (h. x b. (ongevouwen)), folded horizontally (6x) as published. = Very rare. Manifesto for a "mutiny of the senses". Steef Davison (1943-2010) was a Dutch artist, poet and author. He lived in New Y…

Hernando de Bengoechea ou l'âme d'un poète

Léon-Paul FARGUE · 1948 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

Amiot-Dumont | Paris 1948 | 14 x 21.50 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil, seuls grands papiers. Exemplaire complet de sa bance annonce. Agréable exemplaire de cet ouvrage consacré au poète franco-colombien, engagé volontaire dans …

Poems and Songs : Humourous, Serious, and Satirical SIGNED

Rodger, Alexander; Ford, Robert (Ed) · 1897 · Ariel Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Alexander Gardner Alexander Rodger (1784-1846) the "Radical Poet." The first of several collections of poems by Rodger was published in 1821. His poems, in the Scots dialect, combined biting political satire with snarky humour. Rodger was also editor for many years of the Reform…

Rex Fairburn: Walking On My Feet

Helen McNeish and James McNeish · 1983 · Book Haven

NZ$18.50 (€9.27 | $10.22 | £7.73 | ¥1,632)

Collins 1983 Hardback, 236pp. Walking on my feet : A.R.D. Fairburn, 1904-1957 : a kind of biography. Arthur Rex Dugard Rex Fairburn (2 February 1904 – 25 March 1957) was a New Zealand poet who was born and died in Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School, where he first met…

Longer Poems of William Wordsworth (Everyman's Library #311)

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM · 1946 · Bluebird Books

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1946. Hardcover. A 1946 revision of the 1908 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting the longer poems of the great English romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). An entry i…

Reconstructing Aphra: A Social Biography of Aphra Behn

Goreau, Angeline · 1980 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

New York, Dial Press, 1980. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine and accessible social biography of the poet, playwrite, novelist and spy: Aphra Behn (1640 - 1689). Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shi…

Le Fruit Donne: Ephemerides de Pierre Andre Benoit (P.A. B. )

Antoine Coron · 1989 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, simple illustrated wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. 73 [1] pp., plent…

Poems

Lady Margaret Sackville · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition copy of Lady Margaret's second book of poetry. The scarce first edition of this work in the original paper boards. Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963) was an English poet, children&apo…

Songs Before Sunrise

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Algernon Charles Swinburne. New edition. Scarce. A collection of poems relating to Italy, and particularly its unification, dedicated to Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini, a…

Pietro&Apos;S Pilgrimage

Wilfrid Blunt · 1953 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, James Barrie, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating copy of 'Pietro's Pilgrimage; A Journey to India and back at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century', by Wilfrid Blunt. Wilfrid Blunt was a poet and author who travelled widely through the Middle Ea…

Le Jardin Des Reves

Laurent Tailhade; Theodore de Banville · 1880 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1880. First edition. Paperback. A scarce, first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurent Tailhade. Signed by him to the half-title. Signed by the author to the Marquis Auguste Moreau, 'son cousin eu Octave Feuillet 19 Avril 1880&apos.  Auguste M…

Premieres Poesies le Reliquaire, Poemes Divers, Intimites

Francois Coppee · 1869 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre , [1869]. Leather. A scarce collection of poetry by Francois Coppee, bound in half calf. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Illustrated with headpieces and tailpieces. Scarce.This volumes features a collection of poetry by Francois Coppee, a Fr…

Love and Work

Reynolds Price · 1968 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

New York, Atheneum, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Reynolds Price about a writer and his journey after the death of his mother. The first edition. Gift inscription from author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth and i…