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1896007699London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1896. The less common 1896 New Edition a one volume work.Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Marshall Field and Company. in half crushed morocco over decorative boards five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering top edge gilt decorative end papers ribbon marker frontispiece engraved portrait of Shelley. Near Fine small shelf rubs top and bottom edges light soling rear cover. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
1904008441New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1904. 8vo 144 pages. Original brown cloth binding with green red cream and gilt floral and lattice panel gilt lettering motif repeated on spine in green and red top edge gilt untrimmed signed by the designer: M.A. Margaret Armstrong. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Very Near Fine top white line at spine rubbed. A gorgeous copy. Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872-1906 one of the first influential Black poets in American literature gained his fame for his dialect poetry. "When Malindy Sings" the title poem in this collection was written as a tribute to his mother Matilda. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dodd Mead and Company Hardcover books
182428004Paris: Crapelet 1824. 6 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red calf over marbled boards signed by Boutigny fine. 6 vols. 8vo. Crapelet unknown books
19821111166San Francisco: City Lights Books 1982. First edition limited issue of 150 numbered copies signed by Ginsberg on the limitation page which is the tan rear free endpage. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. This is an out of series copy not numbered but signed by Ginsberg on the rear free endpage. Additionally Ginsberg has lined out "breast" and written in ink after it "chest" in one line of "Lack Love" pg 30. Number Forty in the publisher's "Pocket Poets Series." Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. City Lights Books Hardcover books
1757008410London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1757. SCARCE edition. Two volumes in early 19th c. half vellum over marbled boards black morocco labels back marbled end papers. The bookplates of Lord Hamilton Chichester and another later bookplate unknown. Later inked prior owner inscription front end page Vol. I small bookseller's ticket rear paste down. Very Good boards rubbed title label Vol. I missing light toning inked numbers front end page. Internally clean and bright. . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley Hardcover books
199018683Japan: Editions O. 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Small hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. A volume of poems written in Japanese. A very good copy in simple printed white dustwrapper. Short split to front hinge near base of spine. Integral silk bookmark present. This copy briefly INSCRIBED by the author in both English and Japanese. A rare signature from an important Japanese poet whose works extend back into the 1950's. <br/><br/> Editions O. hardcover books
1896008637London & New York: Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons 1896. The Muses Library series two volumes in publisher's original green cloth stamped in gilt decorations front covers and spines. top edges gilt. Near Fine prior owner period bookplates light rubs to cloth at spine ends the gilt decorations bright light toning at end papers prior owner has tipped in four pages concerning Keats' books from period bookseller's catalogue at front end pages of Vol. I. A lovely set. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
19811174Place Published Not Stated: Self-Published n.d. 1981. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215mm 16 unnumbered leaves in side-stapled illustrated card wrappers. <br /><p><b>SIGNED</b> by Bernadette Mayer and Lewis Warsh on the colophon one of just 75 copies of this self-published collection of poems by two key members of the New York School. Mayer b. 1945 and Warsh 1944-2020 were partners at the time.<br /></p><p>Undated internally but colophon states: "Published in an edition of 75 for the New Year" with the wrappers showing "1981!" Striking illustrated wrappers uncredited although Warsh said in interviews that Mayer drew them. <br /></p><p>OCLC shows about a dozen institutional holdings.<b> SCARCE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Light soiling to upper wrapper some spotting to the lower wrapper near the stapled edge and along the spine. Overall Very Good or better. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> Self-Published books
1819008734London: Printed for J. Walker et al. 1819. 5" x 2 3/4" engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page full green polished calf ornate gilt back with red morocco label marbled end papers 489 pages.prior owner name title page. Very Good boards a bit lightly rubbed edges lightly soiled. An uncommon edition. . Later Edition. Calf. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Printed for J. Walker et al. Hardcover books
1783WB16445London: Sold by J. Debrett. and Richardson and Urquhart 1783. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes 8vo 175 x 110mm. Pagination: 263pp.; 278pp. 1 errata. Contemporary tree calf ruled in gilt spine gilt in six compartments with red and green morocco labels joints starting light edgewear marginal staining on pastedowns and endleaves only otherwise good and sound copies. Stated Second Edition; first published in 1788. <br/><br/> Sold by J. Debrett... and Richardson and Urquhart hardcover books
1924239477New York: Harper & Brothers 1924. First edition NO. 27 of 250 COPIES signed by Willcox. Seven color plates by Elizabeth Shippen Green and others. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine spine a bit dulled. First edition NO. 27 of 250 COPIES signed by Willcox. Seven color plates by Elizabeth Shippen Green and others. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Harper & Brothers unknown books
198322619Wisconsin: Black Mesa Press 1983. First edition. Loose Sheets. Near Fine. Tall single sheet of paper measuring approx. 18" tall x 9 1/8" wide. Contains a single poem by Hejinian entitled The Guard and is illustrated by Ruth Lingen. Published one year before the Tuumba Press edition of Hejinian's book of the same name. One of 150 copies. SIGNED by the poet. Scarce and lovely. A near fine example. Will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. <br/><br/> Black Mesa Press unknown books
1784008378Edinburg : At the Apollo Press By the Martins 1784. Three volumes in contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and black morocco labels gilt. Marbled end papers ribbon markers the red leather labels of G. Welsford at paste downs. With a portrait and an extra engraved title page in each volume. The Poets of Great Britain Complete From Chaucer to Churchill. Near Fine tiny rubs at corners light soiling top edges. A lovely little set. . Bell's Second Edition . Tree Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. At the Apollo Press, By the Martins Hardcover books
1869007930Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label matching marbled end pages and page edges xx 475 pages frontispiece portrait . Near Fine light rubbing to edges light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor lawyer poet and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William P. Nimmo Hardcover books
20131371San Francisco: Sore Dove Press 2013. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches / 245 x 308 mm 26 loose leaves housed in a red cloth box lettered in black. Black ribbon attached inside the box. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Jack Hirschman on the title leaf. A limited edition of only 30 boxed sets featuring facsimiles of poetry broadsides produced in 1979 by Hirschman and the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco. Hirschman wrote many of the poems but he also translated the works of others such as Vladimir Mayakovsky. As he explains in a two-page introduction Hirschman artist Kristen Wetterhahn and poet Jack Mueller d. 2017 formed the Union of Street Poets in December 1978. The group made photocopies of poems in editions of 100 copies which they gave to fellow poets and artists as well as the general public. This edition reproduces 23 of the broadsides on multicolored paper most with striking art work by Wetterhahn.<br /><br />A typically beautiful production by Soheyl Dahi and his Sore Dove Press known for high-quality limited editions of works by poets and artists.<br /><br />OCLC lists seven institutional holdings: SUNY at Buffalo San Jose State Berkeley Colorado Yale Delaware and Texas. No others in commerce. SCARCE.<p>CONDITION: Contents and box Fine.<br /></p> Sore Dove Press books
1853008306London: William Pickering 1853. Three volumes in contemporary signed Edmonston & Douglas binding. Crushed dark brown morocco all edges gilt the period bookplates of Thos. A Mathieson. Very Good wear at joints and edges frontispiece portrait in Vol. I stained. small chips at bottom edge Vol. III . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1912008238London: Chatto & Windus 1912. Six volumes in contemporary signed Riviere bindings of half red morocco over red buckram backs with gilt floral decorations marbled end papers the tops gilt. portrait frontispiece engraving Vol. VI. A handsome set Near Fine light rubbing at edges. Additional shipping charges will be requested for international order. . Fifth Impression. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
1766008703London: Printed for A. Millar 1766. Four volumes including sixteen full page engraved plates in contemporary calf backs gilt with lovely armorial floral bookplates of Nathaniel Highmore. Very Good old bookseller's catalogue listing tipped at front end page Vol. I joints showing wear and starting to open at ends boards worn gilt at spines dulled. . Later Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Printed for A. Millar Hardcover books
197824430New York: The Future Press 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong paperbound quarto. A scarce volume of concrete and visual poetry. Created by poet William L. Fox under the pseudonym Ian Tarnman. The only book of his using that alias. Introductory essay by Loris Essary. Unpaginated volume. Some light cover soiling at edges else a solid very good copy. Internally clean and unmarked. Briefly INSCRIBED by Fox and dated in 1995. The Future Press paperback books
1753008689Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis 1753. xii 219. Bound in contemporary calf with a lovely 20th c. reback and fresh end papers. Near Fine light wear at corners. Less common in commerce than the 1749 edition printed by Urie. . Second Edition of Collected Works . Calf. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis Hardcover books
1900008456Philadelphia: David McKay 1900. This edition SCARCE. Photographic frontispiece 2-page facsimile numerous illustrations. Publisher's original green decorated cloth gilt top edge gilt. Very Good end pages uniformly toned lacking front blank end page small rubs to cloth at tips faint discoloration rear board front hinge just starting. . Lovely turn of the century binding. . New Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. David McKay Hardcover books
19651604New York: Aram Saroyan 1965. First Edition First Printing. 4to 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 216 mm 41 1 pages in side-stapled card wrappers. Soiling to wrappers especially the upper wrapper and bumps to corners. A Very Good copy of a scarce magazine.The final issue of Aram Saroyan's magazine of poetry prose and art with this issue featuring works by Saroyan William Burroughs Ted Berrigan Ron Padgett Clark Coolidge Bernadette Mayer Joe Brainard Joseph Ceravolo and others. Copies of the final issue are scarce. <br /><br /> Aram Saroyan books
190023909Guatemala: Impresas en la Tip. Nactional 1900 1900. First Guatemalan edition. There was a volume published under the same title in Tegucigalpa in 1882 but this edition contains additional material. OCLC records eight copies. Edges rubbed; very good copy. 12mo contemporary maroon half morocco black patterned cloth boards gilt lettering. The collected poetry of Cuban poet Jose Joaquin Palma 1844-1911 who lived the latter part of his life in Tegucigalpa Honduras and Guatemala City. The text is preceded by numerous tributes to Palma by other poets and dignitaries including Jose Marti. <br/><br/> Guatemala: Impresas en la Tip. Nactional, 1900 unknown books
4598Very Good. Curious and strange group of poems concerning deathwritten by Ann Catherine Wing Flasen. Most of the named deceased persons about which the poems were written lived in Upstate New York Rheinbeck Bainbridge and surrounding areas. Poems are dated and run from 1800 to the 1840's. One poem is written for a murder victim Catherine Berringer of Rhinebeck poisoned with arsenic by her husband. 78 pages almost entirely concerning death. A previous owner purchased the manuscript at an estate sale in Albany New York where it had been culled from an attic. <br/><br/> unknown books
1927008304London: The Fortune Press 1927. #503 of 1200 copies printed on machine-made paper. Near Fine in original tangerine buckram gilt lettering corner bumps. A quite handsome set. An oversize set that will require added postage for priority and international mail- please inquire. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. The Fortune Press Hardcover books
