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Sixpenny Paperbacks of John Oxenham

John Oxenham · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1913. Paperback. Two uncommon paperback editions of works by John Oxenham. Uncommon sixpenny editions of works by John Oxenham. John Oxenham was the name used by William Arthur Dunkerley who was an English journalist, novelist and poet. Carette of …

Robert Graves Poems 1938-1945

Robert Graves · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Cassell & Company, Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. - The first edition of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A charming collection of poems written by English poet, soldier, historical novelist and …

A Venture of Poets

Muriel Spark; June Farrow; Charles Senior · 1952 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Glasgow, Venture, [1952]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetry, notable for its inclusion of two early poems from the celebrated Scottish writer, Muriel Spark. The first edition. A very scarce volume. In the publisher's original cloth. A very scar…

Le Lys Rouge

Anatole France · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1926 . Leather. An early edition of Anatole France's work of prose fiction in Sotheran leather binding. Early edition of Le Lys Rouge by Anatole France in Sotheran signed half calf binding and marbled boards. First published in 1894, this is a lovely wo…

Complete Poems

R. F. Langley · 2015 · Book Haven

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Carcanet 2015 Paperback 180 R. F. Langley is known for his meticulous observation of the natural world and his highly original voice. This volume brings together his two previous Carcanet collections, Collected Poems (2000) and The Face of It (2007), along with his celebrated bu…

Lo Scrittoio Di Bartolomeo Fonzio, Umanista Fiorentino

Stefano Caroti; Stefano Zamponi; Emanuele Casamassima · 1974 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Milan: Edizioni il Polifilo, 1974. Folio. [202 pp.]. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Plain white stiff wraps, dust-jacket printed on gray paper and folded over the wraps. Slip Case Very Good, with minor scruff on top of spine. Pages fine. Letterpress printing. Color and B&W plates. Text…

Poster for Paul Bowles. Baptism of Solitude

Nutting, Cherie (photographer) and Paul Bowles (author) · 1980 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York: Caroline Records, circa 1980s. Poster. 24 x 18 . Novelist, composer, expatriate and rebel Paul Bowles is one of the most compelling and mythologized figures in twentieth-century American culture. Remarkably gifted, Bowles entered the vibrant art and literary world of t…

Twin Cities

Carol Muske-Dukes · 2011 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)

Penguin 2011 Paperback, 84pp. A sophisticated and lyrical new collection from one of today's finest living poets. Carol Muske-Dukes is an acclaimed novelist and poet whose latest collection, Sparrow, a haunting elegy for her late husband, was a finalist for the National Book Awa…

All of a Piece: New Essays

E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from humorist E. V. Lucas, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of essays including: Oil&apos…

Reconstruction: Six Poems

Randall Swingler · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry from English writer Randall Swingler. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of six poems, including: New Year, Ode to a Plane Above the City, Sunset …

1914 & Other Poems

Rupert Brooke · 1915 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1915. Cloth. A scarce third impression of Rupert Brooke's classic work of poetry. First edition, third impression, June 1915. Originally published May 1915. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Rupert Brooke, an…

Loreley

Jean Lorrain · 1897 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Librairie Borel, 1897. Leather. An early edition of this beautiful novella from French writer Jean Lorrain, in the original French. French. From Collections Edouard Guillaume "Lotus Alba". Illustrated throughout. A charming novella from Jean Lorrain, born Paul Alexandre M…

Les Visages de la Vie

Emile Verhaeren · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Societe du Mercure de France, 1908. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Belgian writer Emile Verhaeren, in the original French. French. Third edition. A collection of poetry from Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and art critic wh…

Physical Expression: Its Modes and Principles

Francis Warner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1885. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated work on psychical expression from English writer Francis Warner. Second edition. The International Science Series. Illustrated with fifty-one figures. A detailed commentary…

Songs of Innocence

William Blake · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Lane, 1902. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of William Blake's collection of poems Songs of Innocence. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A complete collection of twenty-three poems first printed in 1789, including: The Shepher…

Twenty-Five Poems

Dylan Thomas · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1936. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of Dylan Thomas' acclaimed second poetical collection. The first edition, first printing of this work, with no further remarks. The second poetical collection from Welsh lyri…

Final Memorials of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; Thomas Noon Talfourd · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Edward Moxon, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of the first edition of this collection of letters and sketches from Charles Lamb. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of writings from Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and…

L'Oiseau noir dans le soleil levant . Eaux-fortes de Foujita

Paul Claudel 18943 · 1927 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€1,000.00 ($1,102.21 | £834.14 | ¥176,029)

Éditions Excelsior, 1927, 1e druk, Illustrated wrappers, 153, A magnificent monument of cross-cultural bibliophilia, capturing the zenith of early 20th-century Franco-Japanese artistic dialogue.This exceptional volume represents the historic collaboration between Paul Claudel — …

Holmby House a Tale of Northamptonshire

G J Whyte Melville · 1860 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John W Parker and Son, 1860. Leather. A two volume set of this work by G J Whyte Melville. Complete in two volumes. George John Whyte Melville was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet. In quarter morocco bindings. Externally, smart with some rubbing. brow…

Menagerie Intime

Theophile Gautier · 1869 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1869. Leather. 5" by 7" Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 1811 – October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic. Includes a bookplate from the private library of one 'Arkadius Gunsbourg&apos. …