Theodore Roethke
14 copies for sale · $25–$950 · 8 first editions · 1 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Lost Son and Other Poems (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$950
Straw for the Fire; From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke: 1943 - 63 (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Praise to the End! (first edition) — Back Creek Books$125
ROETHKE: COLLECTED POEMS — Rare Book Cellar$123
SEQUENCE, SOMETIMES METAPHYSICAL (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$400
Praise to the End! (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$350
POETRY: Volume LI, Number II (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$25
The Far Field — Between the Covers$250
The Lost Son and Other Poems — Between the Covers$200
Selected Poems — Between the Covers$30
Genius in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 153, no. 5 May 1934 — Lorne Bair Rare Books$50
Praise to the End! (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$350
Works on the market
Praise to the End!3 copies · $125–$350
The Lost Son and Other Poems2 copies · $250–$950
The Lost Son and Other Poems2 copies · $200
SEQUENCE, SOMETIMES METAPHYSICAL1 copy · $400
The Far Field1 copy · $250
ROETHKE: COLLECTED POEMS1 copy · $123
Selected Poems1 copy · $30
POETRY: Volume LI, Number II1 copy · $25
Market context
2 copies of Theodore Roethke's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $70 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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