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1978005754Bloomington Indiana: The Raintree Press 1978. Set in Libra American Uncial and Bulmer and Printed on Handmade Amatruda # 42 of 50 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine a gorgeeous book with Quarter Leather & Marbled Boards linen end pages and woodcuts by Albrect Durer and Jost Amman. A Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Raintree Press publisher Fredric Brewer to Carl Jackson - " To Edmund Spenser's lovely lines may I add: "Sanity after steamship" for Carl Jackson from Fredric Brewer 19 June 1980." Above this inscription on the front pastedown is a lovely book plate with the referenced Spenser poem - "Sleep after Toyle Port after stormie seas Ease after warre Death after life Does greatly please." W. Carl Jackson was Dean of Libraries at Indiana University in 1980. He had sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 and was lost at sea and presumed dead in 1981 in his attempt to reverse course and sail solo from Europe to the U.S. His book detailing his 1st trip- "The Log of The Carla Mia"- was also published by Raintree Press in 1980. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Leather & Marbled Boar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Albrecht Durer and Jost Amman. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy. The Raintree Press hardcover books
1944004249New York: Simon & Schuster 1944. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage " For Will Hays with best regards Russell W. Davenport December 12/ 44". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S and was his Postmaster General for one year. He is most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Russell Davenport became managing editor of Fortune magazine in 1937. At age forty-one he turned to politics and became a personal and political advisor to Wendell Willkie the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election. A great Republican Party Association Copy. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at the tips in a Near Fine dustjacket narrow 1/2" chip top edge rear spine fold. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
1930007959London: The Aquila Press 1930. "Of this edition of The Odes and Sonnets of Garcilaso de la Vega two hundred and fifty copies have been printed on Dutch paper and ten on vellum. It is the first book to appear in this country in Linotype Estienne Old Face type and has been printed for The Aquila Press by the designer George W. Jones at The Sign of The Dolphin in Gough Square Fleet Street London E.C.4 This copy is No. 7." Very Good in original hand-tooled tan leather boards with gilt lettering front cover and spine top edge gilt leather rubbed at edges light toning to end papers. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. The Aquila Press Hardcover books
1928008419London: Constable and Company 1928. Two volumes in publisher's original black cloth gilt lettering at spines. top edges gilt the bookplates of The Pacific-Union Club of San Francisco. Near Fine no jackets top corners bumped Vol. I. Each volume with engraved frontispiece portrait and with one additional engraved portrait. A rather uncommon title this a quite handsome set. . New Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Constable and Company Hardcover books
1962007026Ann Arbor MI / Durham CT: Burning Deck 1962. Issue 1 SIGNED BY AUTHOR poet Anne Stevenson front wrapper. Spring1962- Spring1965. The full 4 issue run of this influential poetry journal and uncommon SIGNED by any of its contributors. Very Good Plus to Near Fine bottom corner crease front cover #3 light soiling a quite lovely set. In addition to Stevenson notable contributors included Robert Creeley Edward Zukovsky Denise Levertov LeRoi Jones Clayton Eshleman Philip Levine and W.S. Merwin. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burning Deck Paperback books
1874008497Paisley Scotland: Printed at The Paisley Herald Office by W. B. Watson 1874. First Edition 1874. Binder's ticket of D. Carswell Paisley. Bound in brown embossed cloth gilt title "Miltonian Bouquet" front cover all edges gilt bright yellow end papers 46 pages. Near Fine four pages with lateral creases top edge very light soiling. RARE OCLC shows 5 holdings worldwide. A companion book to the author's The Flowers and Plants of Shakespeare .Burns .Tannahill. Written as an offshoot of the Paisley flower show where prizes were offered for displays of flower arrangements named in the works of these authors. Apparently the author had entered each category and then published these pamphlets done in the spirit of uncritical adulation of the great writers. The Language of Flowers: A History Beverly Seaton p.27. Squarely in the genre of Sentimental Flower Books of the Victorian Age a work that would also fit nicely in a Milton collection. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thin 8vo. Printed at The Paisley Herald Office by W. B. Watson Hardcover books
1938005904New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1938. Near Fine slight toning to paste downs in a Near Fine dust wrapper 1/4" chip at base of spine. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt Brace & Co. Hardcover books
17896474Paris: Chez líAuteur 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 137 x78mm. xiii 16pp. Calendar 288pp. original final blank. Engraved frontispiece by ìC. S. Gaucher 1788.î Near contemporary full mottled calf marbled endpapers edges gilt; margins shaved close affecting some pagination p.24 with light impression of p. 1 p.27 with deckled edge; spine headcap chipped joints tender extremities lightly rubbed. An ephemeris plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros ìdailyî is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds of ephemerides are used for astronomy and astrology. Even though this was also one of the first applications of mechanical computers an ephemeris will still often be a simple printed table. Contents in this copy include a Calendar with gold numbers a Sun cycle and Age of the Moon and dates for important liturgical holidays among them Ash Wednesday Easter and Pentecost. The majority of text is romance lyrics with 27 pages of music dedicated to particular men at the end. <br/><br/> Paris: Chez líAuteur hardcover books
1823008038London: John Murray 1823. Bound in contemporary half black pebbled morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers top edge gilt period bookplate front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing at ends of joints and corners toning to end paper edges and scattered toning first signature. 8 325 pp. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1879007998London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1879. 4 albumen photographic prints: the frontispiece reproducing a painted portrait of Gray the other three are oval prints of Eton. "Mr. Thomas Gray. By the Hon. Horace Walpole" pages xiii-xvi. xvi 415 pages. Signed contemporary binding by Riviere and Son of polished dark brown calf the back with ornate gilt floral decorations and red morocco label gilt covers with double gilt rules bordering narrow band of gilt floral decorations all edges gilt marbled end papers. Very Good Plus 1" scrape to calf front cover light rubbing front joint just starting to show wear. moderate spotting to end papers and at pages with photographic prints prior owner name in pencil front end page. . Second Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed at the Chiswick Press Hardcover books
1968121619Menomonie: Ox Head Press 1968. First edition limited to 350 unsigned copies. Oxhead #6. This copy inscribed by Hall on the title page. "For __ with pleasure Donald Hall 25 January 1990."Sewn printed wraps. There were two issues of this title one with smaller type on the front wrap and Hall's name printed at the top below the title. This copy with the smaller type. No priority. Fine condition. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. Ox Head Press Paperback books
19613147Minneapolis: Univ Minnesota Press 1961. First edition first prnt. Signed by Hugo on the front free endpage. Paper-covered boards with illustration. Lacks dustjacket. Corners with a touch of wear. Tight copy in Near Fine condition. Hugo's first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ Minnesota Press Hardcover books
19622023Cornish Sam. <b>People Beneath the Window</b>. Baltimore: Sacco Publishers 1962. First Edition First Printing.<br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 135 mm 48 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers.<br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> to Izzy Young former owner of the Folklore Center in New York with Young's ownership note on the last page. <br /><br />Scarce first book by Boston's first poet laureate a collection of poems. Cornish died in August 2018 at age 82. "On his many walks from his Brighton home Mr. Cornish traveled Boston's streets watching the world through his thick glasses missing nothing." The Boston Globe August 23 2018. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Light sunning to spine small stain to upper wrapper internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. Sacco Publishers books
1982007659Bloonimgton Indiana: The Private Press of Fredric Brewer 1982. Number 72 of 110 copies printed. Handset in Garamond Light and Hadriano Stone-Cut and bound by William M. Robbins & Sons Roachdale Indiana in quarter leather over cloth gilt lettering. Near Fine slight scattered foxing at end pages in a Near Fine dust jacket half inch closed tear at head of spine. Facsimile of a Frost letter tpped in. Illustrated. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Quarter Leather. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition. The Private Press of Fredric Brewer Hardcover books
19682301Cleveland: Zero Edition 1968. First Edition. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 8 3/4 inches; 280 x 222 mm 28 mimeographed pages with drawings on paper attached to the stapled card wrappers. <br /><br />A long poem by the celebrated Cleveland poet and publisher d.a. levy 1942-1968. In a "pre-face" levy writes: "you don't understand poetry -- poets gamble with life on occasion -- but usually they're just pimps for the system -- the total real meaning of this poem is i dont understand what its all about." Except he really did know what he was writing about: east Cleveland hopelessness despair dreams reality and unreality. <br /><br />The book features front and rear cover drawings by Barb O'Connelly "drawings are mimeo stencils cut with a can opener." <br /><br />An interesting addition to the Cleveland poetry scene published in 1968 just months before levy committed suicide at age 26. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some soiling to wrappers light edge wear internally clean bright and unmarked. Easily Very Good or better. Zero Edition paperback books
1920004748New York: The Macmillan Company 1920. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To Miss Grace and Miss Georgia Alexander- with every good wish- Nicholas Vachel Lindsay- Recital- November-1920. Contract ! ". Next 2 endpages with extensive handwritten provenance of this copy by former owner. Lacking the dustjacket Very Good in the variant gray cloth stamped in yellow and red spine faded and not legible top edge lightly soiled 2" tear top edge inscription page. The provenance indicates some relationship between the Alexander sisters and Lindsay. An interesting Presentation/Association copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Presentation Copy. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
008124Paris: Bibliotheque des Curieux No date Worldcat puts the date "1915". Rear wrapper notes " Le Sire de Chamblay Edmond Haraucort La Legende des Sexes BRUXELLES EDITION PRIVEE REVUE PAR L'AUTEUR 1893". "Edition limited to 300 copies/ Privately printed for subscribers only"--Page 2.". " 'Forbidden Fruit' is attributed to Lord Byron but we do not vouch for this claim."--Page 3. 24 pp. in stapled wrappers. Illustrations: 8 prints : ink drawings ; half-page. Artist not credited. Near Fine light soling to wrappers. RARE. Limited Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8 1/4" x 4 1/2". Bibliotheque des Curieux Paperback books
1922007614Princeton N.J.: Princeton Univ Press 1922. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Henry Chapin to noted book collector Lewis Vogler - "Henry Chapin for Lewis Vogler in a sort of second hand way July 1973". First Edition one of 1675 unnumbered copies Brown cloth spine over gray boards gilt lettering. The first edition of this book "John Marr and Some Other Sailors with Some Sea Pieces" appeared anonymously in 1888 printed in an edition of only 25 copies making this edition in effect the first trade edition. Near Fine no slipcase small nick to paper boards at top edge. BAL 13725 . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. Limited First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Princeton Univ Press Hardcover books
19731336<p>New York: The Phoenix Book Shop 1973. First Edition First Printing. </p><p>Oblong 12mo 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches / 186 x 140 mm 24 unnumbered pages in stitched fleur-de-lys paper wrappers over heavy card stock covers. Slight soiling to one page otherwise Fine.</p><p><b>SIGNED</b> by James Merrill on the colophon. One of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author; this is No. 9. There were also 26 copies lettered A to Z and not for sale. A beautiful letterpress book No. 17 in the Phoenix Book Shop's Oblong Octavo Series. Designed and printed at the Ferguson Press Cambridge Massachusetts. <br /><br /></p> The Phoenix Book Shop books
1970008252New York: Simon & Schuster 1970. First Printing stated. Near Fine top edge scant toning in a Near Fine dust jacket slight soiling tiny closed tear bottom edge rear panel. Works and drawings by Yoko. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
1897008358New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1897. A lovely example of turn of the century fine binding publisher's gilt tooled dark brown cloth with ornate decorations including bunches of grapes with frontispiece illustration continuing the theme with Bacchus playing a harp. Near Fine very light rubbing to cloth at edges light foxing at rear end pages small prior owner name bottom edge front end page. Date at end of Preface 1897. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dodge Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1862006572London: S. W. Partridge & Co. 1862. RARE. Bound in original full black leather all edges gilt 5 raised bands gilt title at spine ribbon marker Near Fine slight rubbing to leather at spine endsand fore edge prior owner name front paste down Thomas Hutchinson with article about author/publisher S.W. Partridge pasted below PON. . First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. S. W. Partridge & Co. Hardcover books
1916WRCLIT61466Chicago 1916. Volume VII. Bound up in the publisher's green cloth t.e.g. with general title and index but without wrappers. Some minor pencil annotations in the index else about fine. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Aldington Eliot Flint Kreymborg Pound Yeats Sandburg et al. hardcover books
198153708Northridge: Lord John Press 1981. First edition deluxe limited & signed issue. 55 pp. Spine lightly sunned else very near fine in full black cloth and fine publisher’s slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by all contributors: John Ashbery Galway Kinnell W.S. Merwin L.M. Rosenberg and Dave Smith. Northridge: Lord John Press, hardcover books
197530604North Cambridge: Poemegranate Press 1975. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Single illustrated sheet of paper containing a single poem with text by Rothenberg and artwork by Lopp. Measures approx. 12 1/4" wide x 16" tall. Nicely framed under glass. Letter C of 26 special artist proof copies SIGNED by both poet and artist. Rothenberg has INscribed this copy to fellow poet Paul Kahn and his wife. Fine condition. Due to the weight of the glass and frame additional shipping charges may apply. Poemegranate Press unknown books
