Books on Poetry
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    Anonymous:  Strenna Italiana.  Milano: P. Ripamonti Carpano, 1837. First Edition. Very good in its original, highly decorated paper covered boards in a floral and oriental format, All edges of the text block are gilt. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 inches with the joints to both boards split allowing the back strip to be free yet held in place by an overlay of clear acetate. The front and rear hinges remain tight and strong and the pages suffer from only light spots of foxing. 275 pages of text entirely in Italian followed by a two page index. A collection of 29 poems, sonnets and short stories from various ancient Italian poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving. by J. Thomson and a steel engraved title page.and 4 plates from steel engravings each protected by a tissue guard. An extraordinary and colorful binding in a paper covered slipcase with an extraction ribbon.
    TB31486  $300.00



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    Auslander, Joseph, and Frank Ernest Hill:  The Winged Horse The Story of the Poets and their Poetry.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. Reprint. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with red-orange text on the spine and red-orange text and image of a flying horse on the front cover. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and a small nick to the cloth at the upper fore corner of the front board. Without a dust jacket. 451 pages including an index, references and text. Illustrated with designs and images by Paul Hornore and a bibliography by Theresa West Elmendorf.
    TB31594  $25.00



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    Bayley, F.W. N.:  The New Tale Of A Tub; An Adventure In Verse.  New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1842. First Edition. Fair in its original blind embossed, green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the spine back largely missing, the cloth on the edges of the boards is worn through and there are two, early prior owner's names and addresses on the front free end page and there are a number of textual changes made in pencil suggesting that the maker had a close relationship with the original writing. The majority of the pages are heavily foxed. 36 pages of text and illustrated with all six of the plates (two of which have been hand colored) which were from wood engravings by J. J. Butler based on the designs of Lieutenant J. S. Cotton.
    TB31904  $75.00



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    Benet, Stephen Vincent:  John Brown's Body.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown morocco leather with light brown linen covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and a gilt stamped title label on red-brown leather in one of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. One of only 201 large paper copies numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. This copy is identified as number 153. 377 pages of text. A narrative of the Civil War. This copy was rebound in it present state in 1992 as evidenced by a laid-in book seller's description in the rear of this copy.
    TB31461  $300.00



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    Bousono, Carlos:  Teoria de la Expresión Poética.  Madrid: Biblioteca Romanica Hispanica, (1956). Second Edition. Near fine in 1/4 speckled, tan leather and green cloth covered boards with two raised bands on the spine with a dark brown leather title block with gilt text in the compartment. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 3/16 inches with a 1/4 inch closed tear to the leather at the heel of the spine and with rubbing to the leather title label on the spine. There is a book shop label affixed to the front paste down over the printed end sheets. 354 pages including an index. Printed in the Spanish. The title page is printed in black and red. The title translates to "Theory of Poetic Expression". The author received the Spanish Academy’s Fastenrath Prize for this work. (Britannica.com)
    TB31789  $35.00



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    Bradley, David:  Robert Frost A Tribute to the Source.  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with bold copper colored text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2" with dark blue end sheets with a small gift inscription on the verso of the second free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. 165 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Frost and 48 color photographic plates by David Jones.
    TB27653  $10.00



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    Brewton, John E.:  Under The Tent Of The Sky A Collection of Poems About Animals Large And Small.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and front board together with an illustration on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with what appears to be hand-soiling throughout. The end sheets are illustrated by Robert Lawson. Without a dust jacket. 205 pages including an index to first lines and text. Illustrated throughout by line art drawings by Robert Lawson.
    TB30946  $20.00



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    Browning, Robert:  The Poems of Robert Browning.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches containing 299 pages of text including an index of first lines and an index of titles. Illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. A collection of 58 poems selected, edited an introduced by C. Day Lewis. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB33069  $60.00



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    Cabot, Elise Pumpelly:  Arizona And Other Poems.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1919). First Edition. Very good in 1/4 vellum and light gray paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 by 4 3/4 inches with tanning of the vellum over the spine and the paper over the tips of the boards is worn through. Without a dust jacket. Signed twice by the author. Once on the front free end page with an warm inscription and date of "Dec. 15th 1919" and a second time on the fly title page following a fully written poem by the author. 110 pages of text.
    TB30683  $45.00



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    Carman, Bliss:  Ode on the Coronation of King Edward.  Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1902. First Edition, Revised Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 red cloth and light gray paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with a gilt royal coat of arms on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and rubbing and wear to the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 34 pages printed in black text with red borders on each page. According to BAL the first edition of this title was printed in only 6 copies possibly only for copyright purposes.
    TB30563  $75.00



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    Carroll, Lewis:  Rhyme ? And Reason?.  New York: Macmillan and Co., 1884. First Edition. Good+ in its original red cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and bright gilt text and borders on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 with the cloth at the heel of the spine worn down to the edge of the text block and the cloth at the head of the spine rubbed and a faint dampness stain to the entire text at the lower margin none of which impacts on the printing. Without a dust jacket. 214 pages of text followed by nine pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 65 images by Arthur B. Frost and 9 by Henry Holiday. Preceded by the British edition also published by Macmillan in 1883. (Williams, p56)
    TB31643  $40.00



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    Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:  On the Green Carpet.  Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Reprint ?. Near fine in its original light green, cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with soiling to the rear panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author to the "daughter of a great friend" together with a wonderful and delicately drawn, pen and ink image of a humming bird with its bill in a flower.on the third free end page. 277 pages of text illustrated with seven plates from woodcuts and pen and ink drawings by the author. A book on the art of poetry by this Maine author and Pulitzer Prize winning poet told from the basis of seven lectures he gave which includes 20 of his poems not previously published in book form.
    TB32832  $125.00



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    Coffin, Tristram:  New Poetry of New England: Frost and Robinson.  Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text and decoration on the spine and dark blue text on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with a prior owner's name and date of "1937" on the first free end page and with minor spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Without a dust jacket. 148 pages of text. A collection of six lectures by Tristram Coffin made for the Percy Turnbull Memorial Lectureship in Poetry.
    TB30645  $30.00




  • Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:  Maine Ballads.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in gray cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board. The end papers are tanned around the edges and at the hinge areas and there are hints of rubbing of the cloth at the ends of the spine. In a good+ unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips at the corners of the spine area and at the upper and lower fore corners of the front panel and several small chips from the upper edge of the rear panel. 106 pages of text which offer a collection of 42 poems of the people of Maine.
    TB20096  $12.00




  • Dillard, Annie:  Mornings Like This.  New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A collection of 39 poems. The author won a Pulitzer Prize for her earlier title: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 75 pages of text.
    TB17031  $12.00




  • Durrell, Lawrence:  Collected Poems.  London: Faber And Faber, (1960). First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 inches with stress cracks to the front hinge which remains tight and strong. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with three narrow and shallow chips at the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing and wear to the fore corners of the panels. Signed by the author on the first free end page and dated either 1960 or 1961 in Edinburgh. 288 pages including an index of first lines.
    TB28681  $150.00



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    Edelberg, Cynthia Dubin:  Jonathan Odell Loyalist Poet of the American Revolution.  Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 205 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Odell took an active part in the cabal between Benedict Arnold and John Andre acting as Andre's intermediary with Arnold's intermediary, Joseph Stansbury a china retailer in Philadelphia.
    TB32806  $25.00




  • Eiseley, Loren:  Notes of an Alchemist.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1972. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated pink cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. With illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi. The author's first book of poetry which is a collection of 37 poems together with an index of first lines.
    TB13526  $15.00



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    Fitzgerald, Edward:  The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam.  New York: Dodge Publishing, (1916). First Edition. Near fine in its original light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and gilt text stamped on the front board with a decoration of gilt outlined grapes and leaves. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 7 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated with tipped on color frontispiece with tissue guard, and eight more tipped on color images all with the tissue guards in place.
    TB30508  $25.00



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    Frost, Robert:  From Snow To Snow.  New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1936. First Edition, Second Printing from the First Edition Plates. Very good+ in light green cloth covered boards with silver colored stars and text stamping on the front board. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 inches with the extremes of the boards are somewhat sun faded and the end papers are slightly tanned in the area of the hinge as is often the case with this title indicating a reaction by the paper to the glue employed in binding. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a dampness stain over the spine area and about 25% of the front panel which is also tanned. A collection of 12 poems, one for each month of the year, which include such favorites as The Road Not Taken and Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening. The frontispiece is a facsimile of Robert Frost's poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening in his own handwriting. 20 pages of text. This title was originally published as a pamphlet for a convention for the National Education Association. (Crane A20.1) An uncommon book in the preferred binding in its scarce dust jacket.
    TB32416  $160.00



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    Frost, Robert:  The Poetry of Robert Frost.  Barre, Mass.: Imprint Society, 1971. First Edition, Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition bound in 1/4 light brown cloth and patterned paper covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both are small quartos of 9 1/4 by 6 3/8 inches with no ownership markings of any kind on the pages. Without dust jackets as issued; however both books are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with a paper label on the spine end. One of only 1,950 copies printed and signed by the book's designer with this copy identified as number "TRA" on the limitation page at the rear of volume II. Volume I contains 270 pages and volume II contains 273 to 607 which includes an index for first lines and titles. Also included is a section on bibliographical and textual notes. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem.
    TB32452  $125.00



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    Frost, Robert:  West-Running Brook.  New York: Henry Holt, 1928. First Edition, First State. Very good+ in 1/4 dark green cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and decorated end sheets. The cloth at the head of the spine shows modest rubbing, the paper is rubbed through over the lower tips of the boards and there is a prior owner's name written on the first free end page along with a book plate. The paper label on the front board is clean and without any nicks, tears or chips. The gilt text on the spine is bright and easily read. Without its issued dust jacket. This copy is a first state of the first edition as the slug "First Edition" does not appear on the copyright page; and with "roams" instead of "romps" on the last line of page 44. (Crane, A10) 64 pages containing 39 poems with four, full page wood block illustrations by J.J. Lankes. Laid-in at the rear of the book are portions of the original dust jacket.
    TB31471  $85.00



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    Frost, Robert:  Steeple Bush.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black background on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth a the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with the original $2.50 price intact on the front flap with the spine area tanned and with tiny chips from the corners of the spine area. A collection of 43 poems containing the following: A Young Birch, One Step Backward Taken, An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box, The Night Light, Were I in Trouble, In the Long Night, A Steeple on the House, The Middleness of the Road, Two Leading Lights, A Cliff Dwelling, It Bids Pretty Fair, The Planners, The Ingenuities of Debt and others. 62 pages of poetry followed by a page of notes. (Crane A30.1)
    TB32833  $85.00



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    Frost, Robert:  A Masque of Reason.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/8" by 5 1/2" with faint spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and to the upper edge of the front panel and with a 1/2" closed tear at the fore edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. 23 pages of dialog in blank verse. (Crane A27.1)
    TB27684  $50.00



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    Frost, Robert:  Selected Letters of Robert Frost.  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. Fine in red-orange cloth covered boards with black decorations and gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches containing 645 pages of text including an index. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with numerous short closed tears to the upper edge of the front panel, rubbing to the upper and lower edges of the spine area and a small chip at the upper fore corner of the front panel over the tip of the board. A collection of 566 letters by Frost, 490 of which have never before appeared in print, edited by Lawrance Thompson.
    TB32614  $25.00




  • Frost, Robert:  Come In And Other Poems.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1944. Reprint of February, 1944. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and a brown sketch on the front board with illustrated full color end papers by John O'Hara Cosgrove, II. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with soiling to the front panel and with the spine area slightly tanned. A collection of 83 poems selected by with and with an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer. These poems are from many of Frost's best works including selections from A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, New Hampshire, West-Running Brook, A Further Range, and A Witness Tree. With illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II. 192 pages of text and illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave Ii to include a color frontispiece and multiple vignettes in black and white throughout the text.
    TB33448  $25.00




  • Frost, Robert:  You Come Too Favorite Poems For Young Readers.  New York: Henry Holt And Company, (1959). 13th Printing. Fine in yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and a sketch of a split rail fence with a scythe leaning up against it. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name on the front paste down behind the front flap of the dust jacket. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with shallow chips across the upper edge of the spine area. 94 pages including an index and text. A collection of 52 best loved poems by Frost. Illustrated with small vignettes, woodcuts throughout by Thomas W. Nason A clean, tight and handsome copy.
    TB33453  $20.00




  • Frost, Robert:  In The Clearing.  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. Missing its issued dust jacket. A collection of 39 poems. 101 pages of text.
    TB16778  $14.00



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    Graves, Robert:  Steps Stories Talks Essays Poems Studies in History.  London: Cassell, (1958). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in lime green cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with the extreme edges of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine very slightly faded. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" chip from the upper edge of the spine area and with a short 1/3" closed tear at the lower edge of the same. The spine area is slightly tanned as is the upper inch of the front panel. 343 pages of text.
    TB26389  $75.00



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    Gray, Thomas:  The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray.  London: W. Millar and J. Scatcherd, 1799. . Very good in the original light blue paper covered boards with a rebacked with a green cloth spine. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4" by 4" with an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The spine is cocked and several signatures of the text block are sprung, but there are no loose pages and the binding is tight. 186 pages of text followed by two pages of ads. A collection of 36 poems by or attributed to Thomas Gray.
    TB27175  $125.00



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    Harrison, Jim:  After Ikkyu.  Boston: Shambhala Pub., 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 5 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 94 pages of text.
    TB33104  $35.00



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    Khayyam, Omar:  The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam.  New York: Illustrated Editions Company, 1938. Reprint. Very good in black, textured cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine and with gilt decorations. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated with tipped-on, full color plates by Hamzeh Add-Ullah Kar.
    TB25546  $20.00



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    Kilmer, Jayce:  Trees.  New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a printed title on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 7/8 by 4 3/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a number of very, shallow small chips and closed tears around its edges of which all closed tears have been reinforced with archival tape on its verso side. Unpaginated, but containing 14 leaves each illustrated with color images by E. MacKinstry.
    TB31276  $250.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Works of Rudyard Kipling (27 Volumes).  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913 to 1926. Seven Seas Edition, Limited Edition. All 27 volumes of this complete set are in fine to near fine condition in 1/2 tan, linen cloth and light gray paper covered boards with printed, paper title labels on the spines. Printed in red and black on title pages and first pages of stories and poems. A significant number of pages in each volume are unopened. Each volume is a small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with the top edges trimmed and all others untrimmed; a few of the volumes show minor losses to the paper title labels; and, bent board tips. There are red silk placeholders sewn in at the heads of the spines. With the exception of volumes 24 and 25, each volume's limitation page is filled in with the set number. All pages are of handmade paper and watermarked with "R K" in the forward margins. Without dust jackets as issued. This production was limited to 1,050 sets all of which were signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. This set is identified as number 647. Laid-in at the front of volume II is an announcement, printed in red and black, from the publisher reading: "Whereas the Seven Seas edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling is limited to one thousand and fifty copies, this is to certify that the subscriptions having been entered in the order of their receipt _______ has secured the right to set no. 647. Volume I of which bearing Mr. Kipling's signature will appear early in 1914; volumes II-V being published during November and December, 1913 Doubleday, Page & Company". An extremely clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind other than an occasional rough opening of a few pages which can be identified by errant edges at the top edges of the text blocks. Only one volume is illustrated (volume XVI) with 22 plates and multiple vignettes by the author. The last three volumes have green paper covered boards instead of the gray paper used for the majority of the volumes. (Richards, D15, p583)
    TB33203  $1800.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Seven Seas.  London: Methuen And Co., 1896. First Edition. Near fine in dark green morocco with five, real raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two compartment and a gilt embossed design on the front board with gilt text of the title and author's name with a double gilt border. The edges of the text block are gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 3/8 inches with inconsequential small spots of foxing to the end sheets and the front joint is beginning to split with a 1/4 inch closed tear. Without a dust jacket and perhaps as issued. One of only 150 copies printed on hand-made paper. 230 pages of text followed by a publisher's catalog dated "October, 1896" of 39 pages. A collection of 52 poems the last 18 of which come from Barrack-Room Ballads. A beautiful copy in an elaborate binding with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (David Alan Richards, A93)
    TB33245  $225.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Sea And Sussex From Rudyard Kipling's Verse.  Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and bright gilt text on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 7/8 by 7 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and light rubbing to the cloth at the tips of the boards. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a good, plain tan, printed dust jacket with text on the spine and front panel with shallow chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area with soiling to both panels and spine area. A small quarto measuring 9 7/8 by 7 1/2 inches containing 94 pages of text and 24 full color plate illustrations by Donald Maxwell. Facing each of the 24 color plates, which show maritime scenes and landscapes of the English countryside, is a selection of verse by Kipling. An attractive copy.
    TB30615  $70.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Five Nations.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and a black design of a Viking ship under sail on the spine with a larger version of the same repeated on the front board together with embossed black borders. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a tiny, prior owner's signature and date of "1903" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 215 pages containing a collection of 53 poems. (David Alan Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A191)
    TB30767  $50.00



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    Kippling, Rudyard:  The Seven Seas.  New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Reprint. Very good+ in light green buckram covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name in ink on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 209 pages of text. A collection of 43 poems the last 18 of which come from Barrack-Room Ballads.
    TB30614  $20.00



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    Knickerbocker Magazine:  The Knickerbocker Gallery A Testimonial To the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine.  New York: Samuel Hueston , 1855. First Edition. Near fine in full, dark brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on black leather in one of the compartments and blind embossed binder's devices in the other compartment. The boards are fully embossed in blind. The end sheets are marbled and the edges of the text block are gilt with a placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with foxing to the verso of the marbled end sheets. There is an early prior owner's book plate (Emily P. Robeson) on the front paste down and the signature in ink of a second prior owner (Mr. W. Avery) at the top of the second free end page. The frontispiece, engraved title page and printed title page all have mild foxing as do the majority of the plates. Overall, a very handsome and clean copy with the binding tight, the joints and hinges very sound and strong. 505 pages of text. Illustrated "with forty-eight portraits on steel, from original pictures engraved expressly for this work". The portraits of authors and poets separate the 55 contributions of letters, essays, poems and short stories.
    TB33113  $300.00



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    Lee, Robert Edson:  The Dialogues of Lewis and Clark A Narrative Poem.  Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, (1979). First Edition. Fine in heavy cloth covered boards with green text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing at the upper fore corner of the front panel and two short closed tears to the upper edge of the rear panel. A narrative poem "which reconstructive dialogue between the two men" based on their Journals.
    TB26203  $15.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  The Song of Hiawatha.  Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. First Edition Thus, Limited Large Paper Edition. Very good+ in full vellum covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and flying swans on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with light soiling to the vellum on the spine and hand soiling to the fore edges of the boards. The end sheets show offsetting from the vellum at their fore edges. The frontispage shows light foxing as does the title page as do the plates at the fore edges and the facing pages show offsetting from the plates. One of only 250 copies printed with this copy numbered 219 on the limitation page. Additionally, a prospectus is laid in for this Large-Paper edition" which duplicates the title page, printed in red and black, and three printed pages with examples of the vignettes created by Frederic Remington in the margins. 242 pages of text illustrated with 22 "full page photogravures printed on India Paper and about four hundred text illustrations of Indians, Indian costume, implements, arms, etc. animals, birds and scenery, by Frederick Remington." (quotation from the prospectus) The plates are protected with printed tissue guards.
    TB29890  $400.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poetical Works (8 of 11 Vols. ).  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1904). Reprint. All 8 volumes of this set of eight are in very good+ to near fine condition in 3/4 dark blue polished Morocco and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and gilt tool work in all compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper matching the marbled paper on the covers. Each volume is a small octavo of 7 9/16 by 5 inches. Five of the eight volumes have minor rubbing and wear to the leather at the heads of their spines and all of the volumes have rubbing and wear to the tips of the boards. Without dust jackets as issued. The publisher produced this set as the Craigie Edition of eleven volumes with this set containing volumes I through VIII inclusive. Volume I contains 376 pages of text and the remaining volumes have between 350 to 400 pages. Each of the volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Longfellow at various times in his life and each volume contains a number of plates by various artists.
    TB31605  $350.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Evangeline A Tale of Acadie.  New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. [1907]. Later Printing. . Very good+ in highly decorated light green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text and green and red decorations on the spine and gilt text with floral designs in light green and red on the front board. Illustrated light green end sheets with gilt edges to the text block. A small 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the upper edge of the boards and the lower tips of the same and with a prior owner's name and date of "May 30th, 1911" on the fly title page. In a fair, unclipped tanned dust jacket with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area extending into the front panel by two inches and with shallow chipping from the lower edge of the spine area. 160 pages of text with numerous black and white and color illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon (1872-1959) including a color frontispiece, color title page, twelve color plates and 40 small color illustrations. Per BAL, the number "1856" on the title page is not a date, but is a plate number. (BAL, 12839) A literary classic in highly collectible condition in an extremely, early and scarce dust jacket and a fine example of art deco binding.
    TB26374  $250.00




  • Longfellow, H.[enry] W.[ordsworth]:  The Skeleton in Armor.  Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First Edition. Very good in its original embossed, decorated light brown cloth covered and beveled boards with gilt outlined text on the spine and gilt text and black decorations on the front board. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with the cloth at both ends of the spine worn down to the edges of the text block and with the cloth over the tips of the boards worn. The joints, hinges and binding are all tight and strong. The contents are completely clean and free of foxing and tanning. Unpaginated, but containing 47 leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 18 plates from engravings with each page of text illuminated with decorative borders by various artists. Per BAL only 8,000 copies of the first edition were published and printed. (BAL, 12550)
    TB33471  $200.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Voices Of The Night.  Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1940. Second Edition. Very good+ in its original binding which was recently rebacked in 1/4 tan linen and light brown paper covered boards with the original printed paper title label on the spine. The pages are sewn over cords which are laced into the boards. A 16mo of 7 by 4 3/8 inches with an unusual 1" dampness stain in the middle of the front board, an early gift inscription on the first free end page in ink which is repeated in pencil at the upper fore corner of title page and with spots of foxing to the end sheets. The contents are clean and with the exception of a small 1/2" wide by 1/3" deep chip at the upper margin of page 33/34 are undamaged. 144 pages of text being a collection of 40 poems the first 16 of which were written by Longfellow followed by 24 poems translated by Longfellow of much earlier authors of poetry. This copy conforms to the error pointed out in BAL 12065 where Prelude is listed on the contents page as appearing on page v while the number should have read "vii".
    TB30405  $100.00



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    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth:  Hiawatha.  Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1906). First Edition. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text and white decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board with a border of a native American motif around the edge of the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 1/8 inches light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a prior owner's name written on the second free end page. Without a dust jacket. 189 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and 67 illustrations by E. Stetson Crawford 15 of which are color plates. An extremely handsome and clean copy.
    TB31633  $75.00



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    Masefield, John:  The Dream.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Signed, limited first Edition. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and decorated blue-gray paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine and on the front board. The paper label on the spine has a number of very small chips around the edges none of which impact on the text. Without a dust jacket. With woodblock illustrations by Judith Masefield. One of only 750 signed and numbered copies printed and sold and this one is identified as copy 281 and signed by the author on the verso of the second free end paper. A small quarto measuring 9 5/8" tall by 56 1/2" deep containing 37 pages of text.
    TB19427  $30.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  The Sea Arount Me...The Hills Above.  London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and the gilt image of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with a minor bump to the upper fore corner of the front board. In a near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with a bump to a lower rear corner. One of only 1,000 copies bound, printed and signed by the author. This copy is number 38 signed twice by the author the second time in heavy black pen with an inscription and date. 152 pages of poems and illustrations. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29559  $80.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  Finding My Father One Man's Search for Identity.  London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1977. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and the gilt image of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case. One of an unspecified number of limited edition copies. This copy is signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the fly title page in heavy black pen. 255 pages of poems and text. Illustrated with several sections of black and white photographs. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29561  $80.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  We Touch The Sky.  London: Elm Tree Books Hamish Hamilton, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed and dated "With love to Phil from Tthea & Rod McKuen November, 1993" on the fly title page by the author in green flow tip pen. (153) pages of poetry.
    TB29764  $65.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  Intervals.  New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1986). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and a black sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed and dated on the fly title page by the author in black flow tip pen. 141 pages of poetry.
    TB29763  $50.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  Beyond The Boardwalk.  Los Angeles: Cheval Books, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with bold brown text on the spine and the sketch of the author on the front board. An octavo 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with very minor soiling. One of an unspecified limited edition copies signed by the author with a stamped number of 76 on the first free end page. This copy is signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the same page. 162 pages of poems and illustrations. An extremely clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29560  $40.00



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    McKuen, Rod:  The Power Bright & Shining Images Of My Country.  New York: Cheval Books Simon and Schuster, (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue paper covered boards with black text on the spine and a black sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated on the fly title page by the author in black flow tip pen. 168 pages of poetry.
    TB29765  $25.00



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    Mitham, Peter:  Robert W. Service A Bibliography.  New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 416 pages of text. A remarkable bibliography of Robert Service's works.
    TB27773  $40.00




  • Momaday, Scott:  In the Presence of the Sun (Signed Limited Edition).  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Ltd. Edt.. Fine, No dust jacket was issued; however, in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author on the fly title page. One of an unstated number of limited edition copies in maroon covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine in a maroon slip case.
    TB02500  $75.00



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    Moore, Clement C. with illustrations by Janet and Alex D'Amato: The Night Before Christmas.  Mahwah, NJ: Educational Reading Service, 1970. . Fine in printed, pictorial heavy paper wraps over a double stapled binding. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 7 1/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. Unpaginated containing 24 pages of text and color illustrations by Janet and Alex D'Amato.
    TB26416  $10.00



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    Palgrave, Francis T.:  The Golden Treasury Selected From The Best Songs And Lyrical Poems In The English Language.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Reprint of 1943. Fine in 3/4 red morocco and pink cloth covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments. The edges of the leather on the boards are decorated with gilt borders. A small octavo measuring 7 11/16 by 5 1/4 with gray end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 640 pages including several indexes. This anthology contains 540 poems, songs and short works of prose.
    TB29050  $100.00




  • Riley, James Whitcomb:  Rhymes of Childhood.  Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Col, 1895. Reprint of 1895. Very good+ in red and light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. With an early prior owner's name and date of July 17th, 1897 on the third free end page and with very minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. A collection of 101 poems. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" high by 4 3/4" deep containing 186 pages of text followed by 22 pages of advertisements.
    TB22123  $15.00



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    Sassoon, Siegfried:  Rhymed Ruminations.  New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Good in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The boards are badly stained from dampness with some leakage through to the end sheets. There is a prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with dampness stains on the verso and with two closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and wear to the folds. 56 pages of text. A collection of 42 poems by Sassoon.
    TB28458  $10.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  Lady Of The Lakes (Mauchline Ware).  London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Reprint of 1866. This Scottish souvenir is in near fine condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Sir Walter Scott and the title is Lady Of The Lake. The manufactures of this product were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This handsome book is a 24mo of 5 7/8 by 3 3/4 inches with all edges of the text block gilt The front board is illustrated with an untitled scene somewhere in Scotland. The rear board is printed with the following: "Warranted oak from Stirling Castle of the Royal Palace And bought in the Douglas Room".
    TB32268  $300.00




  • Scott, Sir Walter:  The Scottish Keepsake, or The Songs of The Arshire Bard - Mauchline Ware.  Mauchline, Arshire, Scotland: William and Andrew Smith, no date (circa 1860). . This Scottish souvenir is in very good condition bound within two wooden boards of sycamore and typically printed and illustrated with a scene of Scotland and holding a book by one of Scotland's leading poets or authors. In this case the author is Robert Burns and the title is Songs of Burns. The manufactures and publishers of this little book were William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline, Scotland who, during the Victorian era, started a factory making decorated snuff-boxes about 1825. By the 1850's when the railroads were allowing tourists to travel longer distances their trade expanded to handsome souvenirs which were decorated with things Scottish. As demand for these souvenirs grew, Carpenters and cabinetmakers from Mauchline began competing with the Smiths giving the town a growing source of income and notoriety....hence "Mauchline Ware". (Source: TartanasAuthority.com) This tiny volume is a 32mo of 4 3/8 by 2 3/4 inches and is illustrated on the front board with a scene of Dunkeld "the Eden of the north". The rear board is illustrated with a scene of The Hermitage in Dunfeld. The hinge and joint for the rear board have separated allowing the rear board to be loose from the text block. All edges of the text block are gilt. 133 pages of text.
    TB32269  $200.00



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    Scott, Sir Walter:  The Vision of Don Roderick, The Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems.  Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. Third Edition. Near fine in a recent full, burgundy leather binding with gilt text stamping and rules on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5" with marbled edges to the text block which is clean, bright and completely free of foxing or tanning and without any prior owner's names, book plates or markings. Without a dust jacket as it most probably never had one. 264 pages of text. A collection of 26 poems. With page 159 misnumbered as called for in William B. Todd's and Ann Bowden's extensive bibliography of Sir Walter Scott A Bibliographical History. (Todd, 59Ai) A beautifully bound copy of a fine Edinburgh edition of Scotland's most famous bard.
    TB24168  $140.00



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    Scott, Sir Walter:  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.  New York: T. Y. Crowell, no date. Reprint. Very good in highly decorated red cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt and black embossing on the spine and front board with gilt fore, top and bottom edges. With 580 numbered pages.
    TB12110  $17.50




  • Service, Robert W:  Rhymes of a Red Cross Man.  New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. First Edition, First printing. Very good in green cloth covered boards with the gilt text stamping on the spine rather faded. Without a dust jacket. 192 pages.
    TB00066  $10.50



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    Sieller, William Vincent:  Green Water for a Granite Valley.  Francestown, NH: The Golden Hill Press, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 leatherette and decorated green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorations stamped on the front board with faint spots of foxing on the edges of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light soiling and tanning to the panels and folds. Signed by the author on the title page and warmly inscribed with the author's initials on the first free end paper. A collection of 55 poems dealing with the seasons of New England contained on 80 pages of text.
    TB15665  $10.00




  • Sitwell, Edith:  The Song of the Cold.  New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with light blue text and decorations & with a long gift inscription on the front FEP. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with light wear wear around the extremes. A collection of 34 poems.
    TB11600  $10.50




  • Snyder, Gary:  A Place in Space.  Washington: Counterpoint, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03148  $21.00



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    Tarn, Nathaniel:  Old Savage Young City.  New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed publisher's image on the front board. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a small narrow 1/8" loss of color at the lower edge of the front panel and a shallow chip at the lower edge of the rear flap. An advance review copy with the publisher's material laid-in at the front of the book. 64 pages of text containing 37 poems by this British author.
    TB30177  $25.00



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    Various Authors:  Voices from an Earlier America.  No city stated: Westvaco, 1980. Limited Edition. Fine in decorated light orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. An anthology of American Poetry from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. The Christmas 1980 issue by Westvaco. The 23rd volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 308 pages of text illustrated with contemporary steel engravings throughout.
    TB28356  $40.00



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    Verlaine, Paul:  Epigrammes.  Paris: Bibliotheque Artistique & Liettereaire, 1894. First Edition. Very near fine in 3/4 dark brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and gilt double rules at the edges of the leather on the boards. The top edge of the text block is gilt and the end sheets are marbled paper. The joints and hinges are tight and strong and the contents are free of foxing, but do show some age toning. A thin 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with light rubbing and scuffing to the fore edge of the leather on the lower edge of the front board and with a prior owner's name and address on the second free end page. 76 pages followed by a two page index. Illustrated with a frontispiece from art by F. A. Cazals. Printed entirely in French.
    TB31501  $250.00



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    Walters, L. D'O.,Compiler:  The Year's At The Spring An Anthology Of Recent Poetry.  London: George G. Harrap & Co. LTD, 1920. First Edition. Very good in its original, decorated, tan cloth covered boards with dark blue text and red designs on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/2 by 8 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed with a 1/8 inch closed tear at the heel of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards and with the portions of two poems written out in ink and a Christmas 1921 gift inscription on the first free end page and a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The free end sheets are foxed, but the remainder of the text block is free of foxing and tanning. 128 pages of text including a lengthy introduction by Harold Monro. Illustrated with 23 plates (12 of which are in color) and numerous drawings and vignettes throughout by Harry Clarke. A collection of 63 poems by multiple poets including Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Thomas Hardy, John Masefield, and W. B. Yeats.
    TB32912  $175.00




  • Waugh, Alec:  These Would I Choose A Personal Anthology Arranged by Alec Waugh.  London: Sampson Low, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine which has a slight crease and with the end sheets tanned. In a good unclipped and lightly soiled dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips from the corners of the spine area, a 1/4" deep chip from the upper inside corner of the front panel and wear to the fore corners of the panels. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page as follows: "Dear John - I hope | you'll find things to | like here | alec." and dated Sept. 6, 1949. 251 pages of text with drawings by Laurence Scarfe. A collection of various poems by numerous authors to include: Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Shelley, Browning, Marlowe, Hardy, Robert Graves, Sassoon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Evelyn Waugh, Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, Rupert Brooke, Hemingway and many others.
    TB22501  $40.00




  • Welch, James:  Riding the Earthboy 40.  New York: World Publishing, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in simulated leather covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. This is the true first edition which had a limited run as the publisher went out of business while the book was being introduced. The author's first book which is a collection of 46 poems by this Blackfoot Native American.
    TB00650  $125.00



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    Whittier, John Greenleaf:  Snow-Bound A Winter Idyl.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. First Edition. Very good in its original, decorated dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and gilt ttext and branch designs in light gray on the front board. The end sheets are printed. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/8 inches with the cloth at the upper and lower corners of the spine worn and rubbed with the same to the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 96 pages of text with each page decorated with color page headings and tails and with a decorated color title page. Illustrated with a color frontispiece of a winter scene at sunset and 19 plates from paintings or drawings by Howard Pyle, John J. Enneking, and Edmund H. Garrrett.
    TB33435  $60.00






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