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1697867London: J. Tonson 1697. Second Edition. Three quarter cloth. Very good. Scarce. A very good second edition of Mr. Congreve's famous work. WING C5858 Blue three quarter cloth over maroon and blue marbled boards. Appears to be missing the first free endpaper otherwise complete and collated. Loss to page 1 not affecting text. Pencilled marginalia and previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Soft cotton paper. Toning to pages and pastedowns. Contents: 11'"1: half-title verso blank. 11'"2: title verso blank. Al: dedicatory epistle om. initial4. A3V: prologue cap2. A4V; dramatis personae with cast. Bl: HT with text cap4. K2: epilogue cap2. 6 /2 x 8 3/4 inches tall octavo. The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1697 at Betterton's Co. Lincoln's Inn Fields. The play centres on Zara a queen held captive by Manuel King of Granada and a web of love and deception which results in the mistaken murder of Manuel who is in disguise and Zara's also mistaken suicide in response. There are two very widely known quotations in the play; from the opening to the play: Music has charms to soothe a savage breast The word "breast" is often misquoted as "beast" and "has" sometimes appears as "hath". Also often repeated is a quotation of Zara in Act III Scene VIII: Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd Nor hell a fury like a woman scorn'd. This is usually paraphrased as "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." --- Wikipedia J. Tonson 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
182719587Cornish Maine: Published and Sold by the Author 1827. First edition. Thin slice from the calf of the upper board; some general rubbing and some browning; a good to very good copy of a pleasantly crude little book in a moderately odd format. How often does one see gathering M for the prelims preceded the subsequent gathering B. 12mo gathered in nines contemporary full calf dark blue morocco label gilt lettering 216 pages. A pleasantly crudely-made anthology largely of English poems though Key's "Star-Spangled Banner" does make an early appearance here. Even the poems on patriotic and peculiarly American reform themes--the visit of Lafayette to America the sale of a negro boy an American Indian speaking to a slave before a planned massacre of the slave owners--seem not only to hail from English sources but to have strange textual variants or errors introduced into their texts. With the printer's slug for John Adams Jr. of Portland on the verso of the title page. Somewhat later ink ownership inscription to the paste-down and a 1914 pencil inscription below that. Free endpapers excised. American Imprints 28543. Published and Sold by the Author, unknown books
197619222New York: Adventures In Poetry 1976. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume of poems by Godfrey printed on rectos only. Cover artwork by Michael Goldberg. Some light staining to blank rear cover else a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. This is Copy G of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by both Godfrey and Goldberg. <br/><br/> Adventures In Poetry paperback books
19896105Hyattsville: Rebecca Press 1989. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies the first fifty of which were signed by Mamet. Copy #168. This copy specially signed by Mamet on the title page and by publisher Bingham on the limitation page. Wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Printed by Cheryl Parker at the Hummingbird Press. Miniature book with leather spine and wood boards. Front board with small brass doorknob. Bookmark with tiny key. With decorated paper case as issued. Case paper with tiny rubs and discoloration. Book in Fine condition. Scarce as such. Signed by Author & Publisher. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Sarah Chamberlain. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Limited Edition. Rebecca Press Hardcover books
1948WRCLIT50394New York: The League to Support Poetry 1948. I:1 through II:4 eight issues all published. Printed wrappers. Very good to fine. Edited by Gerard Previn Meyer et al. Offering "poets of whatever school - or of no school - an additional medium of expression. The only requirement is that the poetry be alive." Triem Jacobsen Taggard Griffin W.C. Williams et al. WALLACE C392. The League to Support Poetry unknown 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
199610970Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1996. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Glossy perfect-bound pictoral wraps. Publisher's announcement letter laid in. Signed by Hall on the title page. Additionally a blue Post-it note is laid-in with Halls' holograph note. "Yes I've been ill. Feeling good right now. Donald Hall."Publisher's letter folded in half; slightly mussed one edge. The book is unread and in Fine condition. Signed By Author with Note. First Edition. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof. Houghton Mifflin Paperback books
1977900334San Francisco: City Lights Books 1977. First edition first prnt. Glossy pictoral wraps. Illustrated by Thomas Pohrt. Signed by Snyder on the half-title page. Faint dampstaining on front cover minor scuff rear cover. Very Good condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. Illus. by Thomas Pohrt. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. City Lights Books Paperback books
1986121624Concord: William B. Ewert 1986. First limited edition. 330 copies printed for private distrubution in December 1986. Of these there were 26 lettered and 4 ad personam copies specially bound and signed by Hall. Copy "D." Single sheet folded in sewn printed wraps. Calligraphy by R.P. Hale. Contains the title prose piece which appeared in "Winter" Univ Press of New England 1986. Fine condition. Uncommon. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. William B. Ewert Paperback books
19731347New York: New Directions 1973. First Edition Thus. Small 8vo 7 7/8 inches x 5 1/8 inches / 201x 131 mm 96 pages in stiff pictorial wrappers. SIGNED by Robert Duncan opposite the title page in black and blue ink: "Robert Duncan / in Camden / Nov. 1978." A collection of poems first published by Grove Press in 1960 and reissued here by New Directions. Duncan 1919-1988 was a key figure in both the Black Mountain school of poetry and in the San Francisco Renaissance. <br/><br/>CONDITION: Wrappers a bit soiled front wrapper rubbed at top right with some loss price sticker improperly removed. Spine darkened. Interior clean and bright. About Very Good. New Directions unknown books
199664938Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1996. First edition. xv 294 pp w/index. Two tiny spots on bottom edge else fine in fine dust jacket. Erratum slip accompanies. Melbourne: Oxford University Press unknown books
1941006458Norfolk CT: New Directions 1941. Fine in Near Fine French wrappers front flap corners shallow clips. New Directions Poet of the Month #5 . Designed hand set and printed by Carroll Coleman at The Prairie Press Muscatine Iowa. Cheever 38. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Paperback books
1919WRCLIT76339London: George Allen & Unwin 1919. 12mo. Pale green boards stamped in black. Upper joint a bit worn early ink inscription usual moderate foxing upper board a bit spotted; just a good copy of a fragile poorly manufactured book. First edition. Aldington to Waugh including both combatants and non-combatants. REILLY A60. George Allen & Unwin hardcover books
1926004449Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. 1926. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on limitation page -" To Will H. Hays Esq. with every good wish and all friendly thoughts Yours Wilbur Nesbit". The Clubman Edition #78 of 300 copies printed. Foreword by George Ade. Fine No Jacket As Issued. Will Hays was 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. Nesbit is best known for his poetry for the Volland Jolly Kid Book series and for his poetry on Freemasonry. A lovely Association Copy and SCARCE in such Fine condition. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. The Reilly & Lee Co. Hardcover books
198173495San Francisco: North Point 1981. First edition. viii 204 pp w/index. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. English translations by Merwin and Masson with an introduction by Masson. San Francisco: North Point, unknown books
1967172693Rutgers University Press 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Rutgers University Press unknown books
1872900613Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1872. First edition first prnt. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Unbroken lettering on p 114. Tissue insert for frontispiece as issued. Minimal rubbing and edgewear mostly at spine ends pages lightly toned and contemporary pencil notation on front free endpage and title page. Very Good condition. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover books
1926WRCLIT27254London: Etchells and Macdonald 1926. Small quarto. Cloth and boards. Introduction by Hugh Macdonald. One of 500 copies on rag paper from a total edition of 550 printed at the Shakespeare Head Press issued in the Haslewood Books series. Very good. Etchells and Macdonald hardcover books
1821008722Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait 1821. SCARCE in Fine Binding. With reproductions of title pages: The Cherrie and the Slae. Edinburgh 1597; and The Flyting betwixt Montgomery and Polwart. Edinburgh 1629. In fine contemporary binding stamp-signed James Toovey. Full Pebbled calf ornate gilt back marbled end papers all edges gilt. Near Fine light soiling to boards. Montgomery was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and one of the principal members of the Castalian Band a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s. . First Edition. Full Pebbled Calf . Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait 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
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
1864008654London: Edward Moxon & Co. 1864. Two volumes in fine unsigned contemporary binding of half dark green morocco over marbled boards the backs with gilt floral decorations marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine spines a touch sunned newspaper clipping dated 1910 concerning Praed tipped at first blank front end page Vol. I with corresponding browning to those white end pages. A quite handsome set no additional editions or printings stated. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Edward Moxon & Co. 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
1796D16865New York: Printed for the author by G. Forman 1796. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 mo. 112 1 4. With subscriber's list which includes Alexander Hamilton James K. Paulding and Peter Stuyvesant.Contemporary sheep red spine label; small chip to head of spine but a still lovely copy of a rare book. Wegelin 243. Evans 30696. Linn graduated from Columbia College in 1795 and began the study of the law under Alexander Hamilton who had recently resumed his legal practice. Linn abandoned playwriting and the law to study for the ministry but continued to write verse. He died in 1805 at the age of 27. <br/><br/> Printed for the author, by G. Forman hardcover books
