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183619119Philadelphia: Desilver Thomas & Co. 1836. First edition. Cloth somewhat sunned and a bit spotted; some light foxing; light but moderately large and persistent damp-stain to the last third or so of the leaves; in good condition. 12mo original green cloth gilt lettered leather spine label 153 1 pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses written while the author was a student at West Point including an anecdote of a classmate with a dislocated jaw where he graduated in 1831. Desilver, Thomas & Co., unknown books
1842007739London: William Pickering 1842. Bound in contemporary dark brown full calf over bevelled boards the covers with blind tooled border and elaborate blind tooled central panels the spine divided into six panels lettered in gilt the second panel on a lighter brown leather label and the others tooled in gilt with small leaf design red marbled end papers red stained edges. Very good calf lightly rubbed at edges teo prior owner names 2nd front end page one dated 1855 the other 1961. Light toning to end pages internally bright and free of any toning. A handsome copy bound in an old-style with added flourishes. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1982005843New York: New Directions 1982. SCARCE in dust jacket and in collectible condition. Side-by-side French with English translation. Near Fine small spot for edge in a Very Good Plus dust jacket tear across bottom of spine small chips at flap folds spine a bit darkened. Book plate of The Poet's House Library from the collection of W.W. Norton front paste down this copy marked sold as duplicate on the book plate. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
199621409NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0688140475 . Fourth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
1979006077Baltimore Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1979. 1979 2nd Printing of the Johns Hopkins paperback edition. Near Fine price rear cover neatly blacked out very light rubbing to edges of wrappers at spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. The bilingual edition woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. SCARCE. . Second Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Johns Hopkins University Press Paperback books
1984005523Sydney Australia: Pinchgut Press 1984. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page to Alfonso Montecino renowned Chilean pianist and composer and his wife Siri Garson in 1999. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. jacket a bit rubbed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Australian Edition. French Wrappers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pinchgut Press Paperback books
19911090936Helsinki: Eurographica 1991. First edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed and dated "June 1991" by Ashbery on the title page. Copy #173. Perfect-bound stiff wraps with printed dustjacket. No.13 in the publisher's "Contemporary Poets" series. Edited by Rolando Pieraccini. Printed by Tipografia Nobili on special Michelangelo paper. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Eurographica Paperback books
1984001085London: Secker & Warburg 1984. SIGNED on title page. Top edge dusty- small rub to dustjacket at base of spine. SIGNED. First British Edition. Cloth. About Fine/Near Fine. Secker & Warburg Hardcover books
1973005786Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1973. This copy is SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the book's designer Carroll Coleman on the colophon page - "for Wayne and Jeanne Davis - good people - good friends Carroll Coleman 28 August 1973". Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny tears at head of spine. One of 650 copies printed. Cheever 171 the final Cheever numbered Prairie Press book. Copies of Prairie Press books INSCRIBED by Coleman are SCARCE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1946803London: Lindsay Drummond Limited 1946. First Edition. Donia Nachshen. First edition of the first English-language collection of Pasternak's poetry. Selected and translated from the Russian by J. M. Cohen and illustrated with woodcut vignettes by Donia Nachshen. This is the fourth volume in the publisher's Russian Literature Library and comprises a wide variety of Pasternak's poems including selections from Themes and Variations 1917 My Sister's Life 1922 and Second Birth 1932. Small 8vo. vi 58 pages. Near Fine with some fading to the spine lettering in a Near Fine dust jacket that shows slight edge wear and a bit of foxing to the verso of the jacket. Overall a beautiful copy. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Lindsay Drummond Limited unknown books
1932008543New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. RARE in lovely dust jacket. Fine small period bookseller's ticket front paste down in Near Fine dust jacket small closed tear top edge rear panel faint sticker shadow top edge spine light wear at spine ends. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
199365094Chengdu: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House 1993. First edition. 178 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Chinese translations by Ziqing Zhang and Yunte Huang followed by English originals by Charles Bernstein Hank Lazer and James Sherry. Chengdu: Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House, unknown books
1772007772London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell in the Strand 1772. Two volumes Very Good Plus in contemporary full calf back with gilt devices and rules leather label with gilt lettering covers with gilt rule later end papers which are stamped S & S light toning light rubbing to edges of covers overall a quite pleasing set. With preface and notes by the editor Bishop Hurd and a life of the author by T. Sprat. . Second Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell, in the Strand Hardcover books
1983006200Marvin SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press 1983. First Issue rear wrapper lacking postal mailing information and quite SCARCE THUS. Blue Cloud Quarterly Vol. 29 No. 4 The Native American author's SCARCE second book consisting of poetry and one short story Near Fine small faint abrasion bottom edge rear wrapper. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chap Book. The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press Paperback books
200438549NY:: Ecco Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0060745665 . Translated from the Polish by the author and Robert Hass. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Ecco Press, hardcover books
196952686Cardiff: Second Aeon c.1969. First edition. 12 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems by Will Parfitt Huw Morgan Dave Mercer Dave Reid Peter Finch and Chris Morgan. Cardiff: Second Aeon unknown books
1977132785Rancho Palos Verdes CA: Salamander Press 1977. second printing. Softcover. VG. Yellow wraps. 24 pp staple bound. 2 BW illustrations. Poetry chapbook with poems by Annemarie Ewing Vera Hickman Patty Hollister Sonia Levitin Phyllis Major Sharon Rakestraw Chet Richards and Anne Wittels. Salamander Press paperback books
20171111171NY: Ecco 2017. First edition first prnt. Green quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards. Signed and dated "9/14/17 NYC" by Simic on the title page. NYC reading event brochure laid-in. Spine topedge edge cloth with tiny wrinkle; rear panel of dustjacket with three small stray ink lines; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ecco Hardcover books
196740093Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1967. First edition. 128 pp. Light spotting to top edge else near fine in near fine dust jacket. George Mackay Brown Thomas A. Clark Barry Cole Robin Fulton and many others collected. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press unknown books
197528380New York: Sunbury Press 1975. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. 32 pp poetry chapbook by this obscure yet influential feminist poet hailing from the heydey of the Nyurican poetry movement of the 1970's. Very good condition. The poet's first book. No copies currently circulating in online commerce. Considered by some to be a cornerstone of this movement. Sunbury Press paperback books
1771007867Paris: Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere Librairie Du Roi 1771. With engraved frontispiece by Cochin stain lower edge to margin only . Original mottled calf back stamped in floral gilt wonderful marbled end papers edges stained in red ribbon marker. xxvii 1 224 2 pp. Very Good calf darkened with age corners rubbed spine title gilt rubbed interior pages clean and bright. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere, Librairie Du Roi Hardcover books
19957282Salt Lake City: Pennywhistle Press 1995. 1st PBO. Presentation copy. Pictorial wrappers. Nr Fine. 287 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by di Suvero on the 1st page. ANs of di Suvero's laid in. Pennywhistle Press unknown books
1793007963London: Printed By E. Hodson for J. Anderson 1793. 148 2p Contents leaf bound at end. With an additional engraved vignette title-page. Bound with: 'Topsy Turvy: with Anecdotes and Observations Illustrative of Leading Characters in the Present Government of France'. iv 56 pp. In original contemporary speckled calf gilt back with red morocco label lettered in gilt Very Good light wear at edges scant toning to engraved title-page otherwise remarkably clean and fresh internally. Armorial bookplates of A.R. Sutherland and J.B. Winterbotham and prior owner name T. H. Tragett Awbridge Danes Romsey. Pencil notation on "Monody on the Death of Dick" front end page and at p.129. SCARCE with Topsy Turvy. . Third Edition Corrected . Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed By E. Hodson for J. Anderson Hardcover books
1930A34015New York: Viking Press. Very Good. 1930. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. #Signed Limited Edition - limited to 200 copies this is #176. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket but with a slipcase. The slipcase is in good only condition. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition with the exception of a chip with loss of cloth to the bottom spine end approximately 1/2 depth . The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is missing the whole top edge but is otherwise in Very Good condition. "James Weldon Johnson June 17 1871 June 26 1938 was an American author educator lawyer diplomat songwriter and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems novels and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture." ; Signed by Author . Viking Press hardcover books
1834FF183Edinburgh:: William Oliphant and Co. no date but after 1834; ca.1855-60. 1834. 12.7 cm. 380 pp. Engraved frontispiece. Original full brown blind-stamped morocco raised bands gilt title all edges gilt. Near fine. Provenance: Inscribed: Emily Ward from her affectionate school-fellow Catherine Gray April 30 1863. With a fore-edge painting of Norwich Cathedral painted by Don Noble ca. 1978/86 not signed. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders pp. 214-6. William Oliphant and Co., [no date, but after 1834; ca.1855-60]. hardcover books