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GINSBERG, Allen · 141983 · Charles Agvent

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

Boulder, CO. On both sides of a letter on 6" x 9" lined paper to Ginsberg asking if he were still involved with the Hare Krishnas, he responds: "Not since 1968-- No-- I like Bhaktivedanta Swami Dispite [sic] his hard-shell Baptist style orthodoxy-- but I don't follow their theis…

Veertig Kunstenaars Rond Karel Van de Woestijne

Hoozee, Robert (editor) · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Ghent, Belgium, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1979. Softcover. Grey & illus. paper wraps. 135 pp. 8 color plates, numerous bw plates. Text is in Dutch. Published to accompany a 1979 exhibition of works of 40 artists who were inspired by the writings of Flemish poet Karel van de Wo…

Chicago Kaleidoscope. Vol 1. No. 10. March 28-April 10, 1969

Carter, Alprentice Bunchy; Silliman, Ron; Blazek, Douglas et al. · 1969 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)

Chicago, Kaleidoscope Publishing Company, 1969. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. between two sections. Illustrations throughout. Single issue of this sister publication to the underground newspaper Kaleidoscope that was published in Milwaukee. This would later merge wit…

[Collection of letters and postcards received by Nicolaas Johannes Beversen].[Various places in Europe, 1886-1931]. 825¾ pages on 550 leaves.

[BEVERSEN, Nicolaas Johannes]. · 1860 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€28,000.00 ($30,861.80 | £23,356.06 | ¥4,928,819)

An extensive collection of correspondence by the Dutch classical scholar, translator, book collector and literary critic Nicolaas Johannes Beversen (1860-1932), who received the letters and postcards, written by more than 90 correspondents, over a period of 45 years. Most of his…

Buddhhvatamsaka literature in Old Uyghur

Abdurishid Yakup (ed) · 2021 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.07 | ¥15,843)

, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 536 pages, Size:210 x 297 mm, Illustrations:56 col., Language(s):English, Uygur. ISBN 9782503584188. Summary This volume presents an edition of the Buddh?vata?saka literature in Old Uyghur mainly focusing on the fragments of the Buddh?vata?saka s?tra…

".... vous savez le goût que j'ai pour votre manière, de légère ironie et de cette vérité, toujours un peu risible pour qui sait la voir..." • Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté

Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN · 1903 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

S. n. | Paris 25 Juin 1903 | 14 x 17.50 cm | une page et demie | Lettre autographe datée et signée de Francis Viélé-Griffin (30 lignes à l'encre violette depuis son domicile parisien) adressée à Edouard Ducoté, poète, bibliophile et directeur de la revue l'Ermitage depuis 1895. …

Dylan Thomas Biographies

Derek Standford; Caitlin Thomas; George Tremlett · 1954 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Secker & Warburg; Neville Spearman, 1954-1986. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating two volume set of first edition copies of works on the life and writings of Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Two volumes on the life and works of Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh …

Poems, Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces, and Two Tragedies.

MYLNE (James): · 1790 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech, and Sold by T. Cadell, London, 1790 FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 8vo (in 4s), pp. 8 , xxiii, [xxiv blank; subscribers], 435 [436 blank], original boards, (stained and soiled) uncut and largely unopened, perhaps by one of the numerous subs…

Sashie

TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, editor · 1911 · Boston Book Company

$975.00 (€884.59 | £737.88 | ¥155,714)

1911. TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, editor. SASHIE. Tokyo, Kokado, Meiji 44 [1911]. This is a "saihan" printed a few days after the first impression. Bound Western style in illustrated boards, 8vo. 421+pp. This wonderful book takes its title [ILLUSTRATION] very seriously. It has crammed from…

A Wanderer in London

E. V. Lucas · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914. Leather. A leather bound seventeenth edition of this tour of London during the interwar period, with colour plates. Seventeenth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and thirty-six monotone plates. Collated compl…

Oxford

Edward Thomas · 1903 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, A. & C. Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of this very scarce signed Edition de Luxe of Edward Thomas and John Fulleylove's charming celebration of the city of Oxford. No. 33 of 300 copies of the Edition de Luxe produced, signed by the publisher A …

IL Mattino IL Mezzogiorno E la Sera

[Giuseppe Parini] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Roma, Giuseppe Nave, 1793. Leather. The collected edition of Giuseppe Parini's ironic poem in three parts. Giuseppe Parini's poem consisting of ironic instructions to a young nobleman as to the best method of spending his days. I was published in the three parts includ…

Corydon an Elegy in Memory of Matthew Arnold and Oxford

Reginald Fanshawe · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A copy of Fanshawe's elegy to Matthew Arnold. Very scarce first edition. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He has been character…

All You Who Sleep Tonight

Vikram Seth · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this resonant debut poetry collection by Vikram Seth, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This copy is …

Sir Thomas Wyatt: A Literary Portrait

Sir Thomas Wyatt; H. A. Mason · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Bristol, Bristol Classical Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this literary portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt with notes and commentaries by Harold Andrew Mason, the author's own copy. First edition. Scarce work. The author's corrected copy. A liter…

Thoughts in My Garden

Mortimer Collins; Edmund Yates [ed.]; Mrs. Mortimer Collins [notes] · 1880 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1880. First edition. Cloth. A charming two-volume work, in which the English author Mortimer Collins reflects on plants, gardening and finding contentment. The first edition of this two-volume work in the publisher's original decorative clot…

Essays Classical

F. W. H. Myers · 1904 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1904. Leather. A smartly bound collection of essays from British classicist, Frederic W. H. Myers. One of two volumes of essays from Myers, entitled Essays, Classical and Modern. A collection of essays on the classical writings, with chapters on: the Gr…

A Comedy Royal in Four Acts

Eden Philpotts · 1925 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Privately Printed by T Werner Laurie, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. A bright copy of the signed Limited Edition, first edition of this entertaining play by English writer Eden Phillpotts. In the original dust wrapper.Number two-hundred and seventy of two-hundred and se…

Our Gleaming Days

Daniel Sargent · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Boston, Richard G. Badger , 1915 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Daniel Sargent. The scarce first edition of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, with 'For uncl…

In Partnership: Studies in Story-Telling

Brander Matthews; H. C. Bunner · 1884 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study in story-telling from American writers Brander Matthews and Henry Cuyler Bunner. First edition. A collection of critical and insightful essays on the art of story-telling, wit…