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Edwin Arlington Robinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition of this poetic work from Edwin Arlington Robinson, together with the original slipcase. First Edition. No. 94 of a limited autographed edition of five hundred copies.   Signed by the au…

Oeuvres Poetiques de Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo · 1891 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1891. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of French Romantic author Victor Hugo, in the original French. French. Petite Bibliotheque Charpentier With a frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Victor-Marie H…

Poems Upon Various Subjects

Isaac Hawkins Browne · 1768 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J Nourse , 1768. First edition. Leather. A leather bound collection of Isaac Browne Hawkins' poetry. Prior owner's inscription to the rear board, 'G Greasby 1874&apos. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Thomas Brigham. Small loss to the tissue guard. From t…

Poëtisch mengelwerk

FEITH, RHIJNVIS, · 1788 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€143.75 ($158.44 | £119.93 | ¥25,301)

Amsterdam (Amsteldam), J.B. Elwe, 1788, 8vo., later marbled paper hard cover binding, [4]+269+[3] pp., some wear and tear with the paper covering the spine faded and slightly damaged, the endpapers have browned, the bookblock has some stains, but is still of solid construction. …

Simply to See. One of 125

Luxorius; Art Beck (ed/transl) · 1990 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 1990. 8vo. [ca. 50] pp. Coptic Binding: String Bound Art Paper Wraps With Deckled Edges. Letterpress on Laid Paper with Deckled Edges. Mylar Dust Jacket. Very Good+. Text in Latin facing English translation. "The Latin poet Luxorius was literally lo…

32 Poems. (INSCRIBED)

KENNETH GEE. · 1942 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

The Fortune Press, London [1942]., 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Hubert + Marjorie from Kenneth, in friendship 22/3/42" (the recipient being fellow poet H.B.Mallal…

Incomparable Bellairs. A novel.

AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE. · 1904 · Clearwater Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Essentially the dedication copy - with a fulsome printed dedication to the poet Henry Austin Dobson, plus also a signed 1903 New Year greetings card from Egerton Castle pasted to the free endpap…

Le Poesie Di Giuseppe Giusti

Giuseppe Guisti · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Firenze, Successori Le Monnir, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetry of Italian writer Giuseppe Guisti, in the original Italian. Italian. New edition. With a folding facsimile poem frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Giuseppe Celestino Giusti, an Italian …

Briggflatts

Basil Bunting · 1966 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Fulcrum Press, 1966. Paperback. A smart second edition of this long poem from British modernist writer Basil Bunting. Second edition, entirely reset. Published the same year as the first edition. Subtitled "An Autobiography", this long poem is noted for its use of sound …

Collected Poems

Laura Riding · 1938 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this important collection of poetry from American writer Laura Riding. First UK edition. One of the author's most important works, this collection of poetry includes titles such as: …

Fathers and Children: A Novel

Ivan Turgenev · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. Leather. A scarce edition of this acclaimed novel from Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett. Scarce edition. One of the most acclaimed Russian novels of the nineteenth century, this work follows Arkady Kirsanov as he returns to his father&ap…

Moortown

Ted Hughes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A smart first softcover edition of this poetry diary from English writer Ted Hughes. First edition. With the original errata slip. A poetry diary which details the everyday life of a working farm. Ted Hughes married Carol …

Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1821 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Philadelphia , T. Jekyll, 1821. First edition. Leather. A handsome first US edition of Thomas Moore's Irish and National melodies. The first US edition of this classic work, first published in Dublin the previous year. "The popularity which has already attended an American…

Burning Bright

Tracy Chevalier · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

HarperCollins 2007 Paperback, 400pp. Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's novel Burning Bright sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. Th…

Laubbaum Sprache (Deciduous Language)

R.S. Thomas · 1998 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Denklingen, Babel, 1998 . Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition copy of this poetry collection in both English and German by Welsh writer R.S. Thomas. A limited edition copy, with this being no.74 of 140 bound in half linen, and signed by the author.  Signed by R.S. Thomas to …

A Hundred Lyrics

Eden Phillpotts · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Ernest Benn Ltd. 1930. Cloth. A book of 100 lyrics. In the very scarce dustwrapper. Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an in…

British Georgics

James Grahame · 1809 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co for John Ballantyne and Co, 1809 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of James Grahame's work of poetry about rural life in early 19th century Scotland, arranged in twelve parts and following the agricultural year. The …

Fale Aitu / Spirit House

Tusiata Avia · 2016 · Book Haven

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Victoria University Press 2016 Paperback 83 Speaking from Samoa, Christchurch, Gaza, and New York - Avia's fearless voice combines mythic with the everyday stories, never shying away from moments of pain nor strange wonder. Tusiata Avia is an acclaimed poet and performer of her …

Armand Dussault, and other Poems

MACDONALD, WILSON · 1959 · Kalamos Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Buffalo, NY, Broadway Press. 1959, 4th Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Guy Rutter. Book, Wilson Pugsley MacDonald (May 5, 1880 - April 8, 1967) was a popular Canadian poet and entertainer who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader [in di…

Between Sunset and Dawn. A Play in Four Scenes

Hermon Ould · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this play by Herman Ould, signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Very scarce. With publisher's advertisements to …