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Bright Ambush : Poems [Pulitzer Prize]

WURDERMANN, Audrey (1911-1960) · 1934 · Fine Editions Ltd

$101.00 (€91.64 | £76.45 | ¥16,128)

New York John Day First Edition First Printing of this Pulitzer prizewinning collection, making Wurdemann, at age 24, the youngest recipient of that award. Tall, slim 8vo: [14],76,[2]pp. Publisher's lime-green cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained green, fore- and bott…

Yorkshire Lyrics

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1960 · Richard Thornton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Yorkshire Dialect Society By Thomas Nelson and Sons This is a Good Copy of this book in original blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to it's extremities.This is an ex library copy with the usual stamps to the front endp…

Klaudius Civilis, in zestien zangen, ... Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer, 1774. Large 4to. With engraved frontispiece by Reinier Vinkeles, included both uncoloured and beautifully hand-coloured and highlighted with gold. Near contemporary half calf (ca. 1800), richly gold-tooled spine.

STEENWIJK, Frans van. · 1705 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

[4], 395, [1] pp.First and only edition of a neoclassical epic poem in rhymed Dutch verse about Claudius Civilis (also known as Julius Civilis), leader of the 69/70 AD Batavian rebellion against the authority of classical Rome. What little is known of the real events comes from …

[Literature 1864] Het doen door laten, eene voorlezing; benevens andere opstellen. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1864. [Gebonden met:] Gesprek over letterdieverij, navolging en oorspronkelijkheid, en andere opstellen. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1873; Gesprek met Vondel, naar aanleiding van ‘t hem toegedacht standbeeld. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1861; Jacob van Lennep, benevens andere opstellen. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1869; Verscheidenheden meest op letterkundig gebied (...). Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1858, convolute: 5 titles in 1 volume.

Beets, Nicolaas · 1858 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€136.25 ($150.17 | £113.67 | ¥23,981)

Half linen binding, 8°: [4] 152; [4] 111 [1]; 46 [2]; [4] 103 [1]; [4] 112 pp.From 1858 onward, Nicolaas Beets would occasionally issue "Verscheidenheden meest op Letterkundig gebied", a bundle of his literary essays and/or reviews of the past two to three years. This binding co…

Poems

Beatrice Helen Barmby · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry by Beatrice Helen Barmby, published posthumously by her friends after her death. First Edition, Very Scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is an int…

Le Lys Rouge & le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard

Anatole France · 1921 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Calmann Levy, c1900. Vellum. Two smart volumes from best-selling French writer Anatole France, in the original French. French. Two volumes. Written by Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers considered the ideal French man of lett…

Our Autumn Holiday on French Rivers

James Lynam Molly · 1874 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's own holiday travelling along the Rivers Seine and Loire in France. First edition. Illustrated with an illustrated title and numerous in-text figures. …

Poems

William Winter · 1855 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Boston, George W. Briggs & Co , 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Winter's scarce first book of poetry. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. Dedicated to 'Henry Wadsworth Longfellow' …

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A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Leather. A scarce first, limited edition copy of A. E. Houseman's final selection of poetry, published posthumously. The scarce first edition. Limited to 379 copies, this being number 15. In a quarter morocco binding with gilt de…

Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres

Thomas Hardy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of Thomas Hardy's posthumously published, final collection of poetry, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A posthumously publi…

Poems

George Crabbe · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, J. Hatchard, 1808. Leather. An early edition of this collection of poems from noted poet, George Crabbe. The second edition of the work. With the bookplate of Toft Hall, a 17th century house in Toft, Cheshire. A collection of poems by George Crabbe. Containing 'The …

Hopes and Fears for Art: Five Lectures Delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham 1878-1881

William Morris · 1883 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Ellis & White, 1883. Cloth. A scarce third edition of this collections of lectures from British artist and textile designer, William Morris. Third edition. Scarce work. A collection of five lectures on art, delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, including: The …

A Long and Happy Life and a Generous Man

Reynolds Price · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Atheneum , 1962-6. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by Reynolds Price in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, with the second state dust wrapper with the darker green text to the rear for 'A Long and Happy Life', and the fi…

Murder May Follow & Message from Sirius

Susan Morrow; Cecil Jenkins · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK editions from the Crime Club by Collins, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set includes: Murder May Follow, 1960. When Elizabeth Weller reports a…

Poems About War

Robert Graves; William Graves [Ed.] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Cassell, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Robert Graves"s posthumous war-poetry collection, complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, and with a warm autograph letter signed by the author with original envelope loosely i…

Coridon&Apos;S Song and Other Verses

Austin Dobson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this curated poetry collection centered on the character of "Coridon", beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. First edition.   In the publisher's original green pictorial cloth. …

En Touraine & la Normandie from Editions J. Rey

Henry Debraye; Camille Mauclair [Severin Faust] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Grenoble, Editions J. Rey, 1926. First edition. Leather. Two smartly bound first edition travel guides from Editions J. Rey, with illustrations throughout. French. Two volumes. Editions J. Rey was a French publishing house known for publishing beautifully illustrated books on va…

Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1803 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , N. Biggs for T. N Longman and O. Rees, 1803 . Leather. The third edition of this collection of poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This is a third edition copy of Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This volume includes many of Coleridge's poems, including Songs of th…

Ivanhoe & Notre Dame

Sir Walter Scott; Victor Hugo · 0 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1910. Cloth. Two smart copies of these very scarce editions of works from Sir Walter Scott and Victor Hugo, as part of Nelson's Sixpenny Classics series. Two volumes. Scarce edition. T. Nelson & Sons' Sixpenny Classics series. This set in…

Voyages

Hart Crane · 1957 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art , 1957. Paperback. A lovely limited edition of 'Voyages,' six poems by Hart Crane with wood engravings by Leonard Baskin, signed by the artist. A limited edition of Voyages, a sequence of six erotic poems by influential American poet …