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1839006294Philadelphia: William E. Burton 1839. Very Good Plus and handsomely bound in later red cloth with gilt titles and rules top edge gilt marbled end pages 332 pp.with six tissue-guarded plates. gilt initials P.L. front board. complete with all illustrations lacking only the tissue guard for the month of September. Bound without the original wrappers. Cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends. Contains the First Printing of Poe's classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher" basis for several movies and TV shows including the 1960 classic "House of Usher" starring Vincent Price and with the screenplay by Richard Matheson. Also includes several other Poe stories and poems including "To Ianthe in Heaven" "The Man that was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign" "William Wilson: A tale" basis for several TV episodes "Morella: A tale" also filmed 1999 and "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion". . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William E. Burton, Hardcover books
1859008289London: J. F. Hope 1859. Two volumes in contemporary fine binding of half pebbled green morocco over marbled boards the backs intricately tooled in gilt marbled end papers and edges. The binders ticket of H. Sotheran front paste down Vol. I. Very Good Plus small stains bottom edge front end papers Vol. I light rubbing at corners A quite lovely copy of this SCARCE Sheridan biography. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. F. Hope Hardcover books
19791182<p>Bye Reed and Anne Waldman. <b>Four Travels</b>. New York: Sayonara 1979. First Edition First Printing. Quarto 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm 5 leaves and 2 tissue guards in heavy stapled wrappers. </p><p>SIGNED on the colophon by poets Reed Bye and Anne Waldman and cover illustrator George Schneeman. One of only 25 special copies this is #23 signed by the authors and artist from a total edition of 150. Four poems related to travel. An interesting New York School collaboration. SCARCE. <br /></p><p>CONDITION: A bit of dampstaining to the front cover along the bottom edge and spine edge stray ink mark to rear cover. Very Good or better.</p><br /> Sayonara books
19252221763<p>First edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth light rubbing. No dust jacket. Very good. 95 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Byers on half title page: "To Miss Sarai Davis with good wishes of the author. S.H.M. Byers."</p><p>Includes poems on Yosemite Catalina Island Laguna Beach Sherman's March to the Sea.</p> The Times-Mirror Press hardcover books
1821007669London: John Murray 1821. First Edition First Issue with Doge's speech p. 151 that begins "What crimes " consisting of 5 1/2 lines. In the original paper covered boards paper label at spine label with small chip yet still quite legible bookplate of Victor Travers-Smith M.D. front paste down early hand-written name front board edgewear to boards mostly confined to bottom edges end pages moderately foxed and stained and internally free of foxing overall a quite readable and pleasant copy with sound hinges and in the original binding and uncommon thus. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
200126036Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0819564664 . First edition thus. As new in like dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
190536447San Francisco: The James H. Barry Company 1905. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep in the year of publication. With tipped-in TLs in front. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. Slight lean. Modest extremity wear. A VG - VG copy. 210 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The James H. Barry Company hardcover books
1959WRCLIT50824Toronto: Canadian Author's Assoc. 1959. III:2-3; X:1&2; XI:3&4; XII:2; XIII:1-6 XIV:3&4; XVI:4; XVIII:1/3; & XXIII:1. Eighteen issues. Printed wrappers. One issue has library discard stamp a few issues smoke darkened at edges tea stain at top edge of two issues good to very good. Edited by E.J. Pratt et al. Founded in Jan. 1936 as a quarterly then for a time monthly and back again to quarterly. A mixed somewhat representative lot. HOFFMAN et al p. 399. Canadian Author's Assoc. unknown books
197248647Vancouver: Published by Pulp Press 1972. 1st Edition Review copy. White glossy stock paper covers printed in black with b/w photographic image to front cover. Age-toning. Very Good. 67 1 pp. 8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Published by Pulp Press unknown books
19711982New York: Herder and Herder 1971. No Edition Stated. <br /><br />Octavo 8 x 6 inches; 213 x 151 mm 76 pages in pictorial wrappers.<br /><br />A collection of poems by the Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal 1925-2020. Translated into English by Emile G. McAnany from Salmos Ediciones Carlos Lohle Buenos Aires 1969. Foreword by Thomas Merton photographs by Robert Rush. A rewriting of the Psalms. <b>SCARCE.</b> <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear as well as some foxing to the top edge. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Herder and Herder paperback books
1900006645No Place: Liquid Peptonoids Co. 1900. RARE advertising ephemera for Liquid Peptonoids a patent medicine.No date circa 1900. Near Fine in stapled fold-over handmade paper wrappers 6 pp. with lithographic scene and poem printed recto advertising for product printed verso. The poem "The Country Doctor" is excerpted from Carleton's book RHYMES OF OUR PLANRT Harper & Brothers 1895. . First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 5" x 8". Liquid Peptonoids Co. Paperback books
1982218222San Francisco: Sue J. Carlson 1982. 28p. 5.25x7.25 inches tipped-in color Xerox fold-out very good in original stapled wraps. Ownership stamp of Jack Micheline at the Curtis Hotel in San Francisco. Small press 'zine-type poetry magazine.The booklet was owned by Jack Micheline when he lived at the Curtis Hotel in San Francisco and he made a rubber ink stamp to that effect and used it on the inside front cover. Sue J. Carlson unknown books
19826292NY: Harper & Row. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 006 0909730 . First printing of the paperback edition which was issued simultaneously with the hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author. Previous owner's stamp on inside of rear cover slightly age tanned along the spine else near fine in illustrated wraps. . Harper & Row paperback books
1979005577Daleville Indiana: The Barnwood Press Cooperative 1979. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. His first book SCARCE. "Of an initial printing of 2000 copies the first 100 have been numbered and signed by the author." This copy unnumbered. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. French Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Barnwood Press Cooperative Paperback books
1999005580Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center 1999. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "This is copy 47 of one hundred first editions especially numbered and signed for release on Sunday 25 April 1999 by Jared Carter". Near Fine slight curl to front wrapper. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Cleveland State University Poetry Center Paperback books
1808008131London: Printed for F. C & J. Rivington 1808. English poet classicist writer translator linguist and polymath Elizabeth Carter was a member of the Bluestocking Circle best known for the first English translation of "The Discourses of Epictetus". Very Good bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards gilt spine light rubbing at edges moderate toning to end pages associated with frontispiece portrait engraving else light scattered toning. Contemporary bookplate front paste downs. A SCARCE book particularly in collectible condition. . Second Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for F. C & J. Rivington Hardcover books
1988004569Concord NH: William B. Ewert 1988. This poem previously appeared in "Where Water Comes Together with Other Water" published by Random House in 1985. One of 50 copies privately printed at the Firefly Press for William B. Ewert Publisher. Designed by John Kristensen. Created to honor Raymond Carver on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on May 18 1988. SIGNED by Carver. Near Fine small faint sticker shadow above title. . SIGNED. Limited Signed First Edition. Near Fine. 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Broadside. William B. Ewert unknown books
1988005831Concord NH: William B. Ewert 1988. Designed by John Kristensen set in Monotype Bodoni and printed at the Firefly Press for private distribution in December 1988. Limited to 136 copies. With original publisher's envelope. . Limited First Edition. Cardstock. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 5 1/2" w x 9" h. William B. Ewert Paperback books
1986121614Concord: William B. Ewert 1986. Limited edition greeting cards none meant for sale. Each printed in december 1986 as a single sheet folded as issued and not bound. Carver's "Two Poems" limited to 130 copies 100 of which were unnumbered and unsigned. Contents are "Reaching" and "Soda Crackers." Hall's The Onset" limited to 330 copies. There were 26 lettered and 4 ad personam copies which were signed and specially bound. This copy is one of the unnumbered 300 issued unsigned but is signed by Hall in green ink. Heyen's "Lord" limited to 230 copies 200 of which were unnumbered and unsigned. Thus only "The Onset" is signed. Calligraphy for all titles by R. P. Hale. With publisher's printed compliments card. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Limited Edition. William B. Ewert Paperback books
200022553Hanover:: University Press of New England Wesleyan University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0819564486 . Translated from the German by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh. First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . University Press of New England (Wesleyan University Press), hardcover books
1917002808Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. Very Good Plus top edge dusty and pictorial front endpage has a 1" rub at top corner. SCARCE Dustjacket Very Good Minus top edge rear panel 1/4" paper loss from chipping small and generally rubbed at the tips. chips top edge front panel. Poetry of the American West. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1958006451University Park PA: The Pennsylvania State Univ. Library 1958. Fine in a Near Fine acetate jacket. . First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Pennsylvania State Univ. Library Hardcover books
199824937NY: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0151003440 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover books
176439114London: Printed for the Author 1764. Paperback. Small 4to. Burgundy calf spine and marbled paper on stiff card stock. 38pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear though tight and internally quite nice. Handsome first edition of this slim satirical poem one of the last works by the short-lived English poet and satirist 1732-64. In this name-dropping attack Churchill supports his good friend the radical politician and journalist John Wilkes 1725-97 and satirizes statesman John Montagu the 4th Earl of Sandwich 1718-92. Ironically this hails from the library of one of America's greatest candidates -- Adlai E. Stevenson II 1900--65 Illinois governor and two-time presidential candidate. His rubber-stamped ownership signature appears on the front flyleaf. A fine association copy of this scarce satire. Printed for the Author paperback books
199538316NY:: Columbia University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0231107064 . First printing. Fine in a near fine sun fading dust jacket. . Columbia University Press, hardcover books
