London: Faber and Faber, 1990. Hardcover. xxii, 407 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with white spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index of titles and index of first lines. Inscribed by editor, Northern Irish poet and critic Tom Paulin, to former owner on title page. Book is in Near Fine..... More
Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [24] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Salmon wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on salmon paper. In a glassine cover. Contents: A Une Femme a Une Route -- A Francesca -- SevilleValentine Boué Penrose..... More
Boston: Z. & B.F. Pratt, 1847. Hardcover. 324 p., added lithographed title page and 4 leaves of engraved plates; 20 cm. Black morocco with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; each board has gilt-ruled border and elaborate center floral garland. All page edges gilt. Added title page is in gilt, green..... More
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1855. Hardcover. 263, [1] p., engraved frontispiece, chromolithographed presentation leaf, and 4 leaves of engraved plates; 19 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; ornate gilt- and blind-stamped decoration on spine and both boards with color pastedowns. All page edges gilt. Former owner's..... More
Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1844. Hardcover. 284 p., frontispiece and 6 additional leaves of plates; 23 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Mary, from Curtis New years Day 1844." Not in Faxon. The..... More
Mount Vernon, N.Y. Walpole Printing Office, 1936. Hardcover. 89 p.; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles: Poems 1907-1935 R.H.P. In Very Good- Condition: cloth is discolored along spine and lower edges; otherwise clean and bright. More
Edinburgh: At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1782. Hardcover. 138 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author, and added engraved title page with vignette by Stothard; 13 cm. Contemporary tree calf. Red leather spine label with gilt-tooled author's name and decoration; remainder of spine also gilt-tooled. Gilt-rolled border on each..... More
Hartford, Conn. Lincoln & Gleason, 1804. Hardcover. [1]-26, [3], 38-88, [3], 96-129, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary calf spine; pastepaper over boards. Error in pagination: p. 98 misnumbered 89. The title copied onto the front free endpaper in an old hand. Former owner's name on front free endpaper verso and..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956. Paperback. 20 p.; 22 cm. Light blue wrapper, stapled; wrapper title and illustration in black. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges lightly faded; corners slightly creased; clean and solid. More
Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1958. Paperback. [14] p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Illustrated wrapper included in page count. The author, Ziedonis Purvs (1923-1989), was a Lativian author and lyricist. This mid-20th-century Latvian children's book contains five short poems in Latvian recounting the adventures of the little boy Juris and..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Eng. Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. Hardcover. 53, [3] p.: illustrations by the author; 22 cm. Linen spine with printed paper label; light blue paper over boards. "The ninth book printed & published at the Golden Cockerel Press. . . . Printed by F. Young, A.C. Cooper &..... More
New York: Evening Post Job Printing House, 1904. Hardcover. 215, [1] p.; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title: A Life of Horace As Told by Himself. Gilt cover title: Of Horace. Top page edges gilt. No dust jacket. In Near Fine Condition: 2 small faded spots on..... More
Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883. Hardcover. Vol. 3 only. [4], 286, [2] p.; 14 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled author and black leather label in third compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled..... More
Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1960. Kronenberg, Albert. Paperback. [28] p.: illustrations; 17 x 24 cm. Stapled illustrated paper covers; illustrations on inside of both covers. Entirely in Latvian. Gift inscription on verso of title page, dated 1961. Rainis was the pseudonym of the author Janis Plieksans (1865-1929), a Latvian..... More
Emmaus, Pa. Rodale Books, 1954. Clauss. Hardcover. 30 p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Light brown cloth spine with gilt-stamped spin title; colorful patterned paper over boards. Light blue, white, and black dust jacket. In verse. Translation of Satire Contre les Maris. Copyrighted in England and published in Emmaus, Pa., and..... More
Lowell, Mass. New Moon Publishing Co., 1890. Paperback. [2], 32, [2] p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown wrapper title and illustration. "For Old and Young" -- on front wrapper. Advertisement for Hood's sarsaparilla on outside of back wrapper. Advertisements on first 2 and final unpaginated..... More
New York: Harold Vinal, 1927. Hardcover. [16], 75 p.; 21 cm. Light green cover with printed paper spine and cover labels. Introduction by Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff. With 2 typed letters (one laid in on the front endpapers and both signed by the author) and one telegram from the author, Ruth..... More
Berkeley, CA: Sinister Wisdom, 1987. Paperback. 127, [1] p.: ilustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents include Negotiations by Adrienne Rich, as well as other poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Lowell, Mass. New Moon Publishing Co., 1892. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown wrapper title and illustration. "For Old and Young" -- on front wrapper. Advertisement for Hood's sarsaparilla on outside of back wrapper. Advertisements inside wrappers. Contains fiction (including Thirty Years in..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1903. Hardcover. [4], ix-xii, 216 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped ears of corn on spine and front cover. Top page edges gilt. Copyright 1896 and 1898 by the author. Bobbs-Merrill began business in 1903. In Good+ Condition: corners rubbed; ends..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1905. Hardcover. 187, [1] p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 20 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt- and black-stamped spine and cover illustrations. Half title, title page, and content page printed in red and black. The illustrator, Will Vawter, grew up in Greenfield..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. Hardcover. xxxvi, 137, [3] p.; 19 cm. Full vellum with author's name in gilt on spine. With original slipcase in speckled paper with printed spine label. Title page in red and black. Remains of bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Della M. Black and..... More
London: T.N. Foulis, 1908. Woodroffe, Paul. Hardcover. 40, [6] p., color frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 2 leaves of color plates; 18 cm. Blue-and-beige silk cover with embossed title on a gilt background on front cover. All page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. Printed in lavender and black. Lavender ribbon bookmark..... More
Paris: Charpentier Et Fasquelle, 1924. Hardcover. [12], 262, [2] p.; 20 cm. Half red calf with red-and-gilt marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Top page edges gilt. Matching red-and-gilt marbled endpapers. Undated inscription on first blank leaf following front endpapers. Former..... More
New York: Candlelight Press, 1968. Hardcover. "First Printing, June, 1968." One of a limited edition of 2500 copies. "And a Chronicle of Friendship & Tribute through Poetry & Prose by Franklin P. Adams, Delos Avery, Fanny Butcher, August Derleth, Henry Dierkes, Harry Hansen, Ben Hecht, Thomas Kennedy, Charles Layng, Haniel..... More