Winston-Salem, N.C. Wake Forest University Press, 1995. Paperback. Second printing. 89 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. ISBN: 0916390225. Cover title: Mules and Early Poems. Signed by the author on the title page. This volume contains the poems from Muldoon's second volume, Mules (1977), and 21 poems from his first volume, New... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardcover. [8], 150 p.; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Includes endnotes and index. The Clarendon Lectures in English Literature 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author and dated ["Princeton 2002"] on the title page. At the... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1953. Hardcover. [6], ix-xiii, [1], 169 p.; 20 cm. Red cloth with gilt-on-black spine and cover titles, and gilt-stamped decoration. Without dust jacket. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Milton B. Asbell. In Near Fine Condition: bookplate; clean and bright. More
Chicago: Norman Press, 1939. Hardcover. [30] p. (on double leaves): frontispiece (signed L. Mennard) and illustrated title page; 20 cm. White paper spine with pink spine title; pink-and-white handmade paper over boards. One of a limited edition of 50 copies printed by the Norman Press under the directon of Robert... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Co., 1938. Hardcover. 51 p.; 22 cm. Purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover title. At head of title page: Contemporary Poets of Dorrance (176). Six of the poems had been previously published. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: spine is faded; cloth is slightly soiled; pages are clean and bright. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Hardcover. [2], ix, [1], 123, [5] p.; 22 cm. Dark green paper over spine with maroon paper over boards; silver-stamped spine title. Dust jacket cover illustration from The Unswept Floor, mosaic by Heracleitus; jacket design by Steven Amsterdam. Poems by the winner of the... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. [2], 105, [7] p., [1] leaf of photogravure plate with captioned tissue guard: portrait; 14 cm. Full flexible red morocco with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration; cover title is within a gilt-stamped book press. Top page edges gilt. Green-and-white floral endpapers... More
Garden City: Garden City Books, 1952. Hardcover. 191 p., 12 unpaginated pages of color illustrations by Edmund Dulac; 24 cm. White cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and red-, green-, and gilt-stamped decoration on spine and front board. Illustrated endpapers (green). Book is in Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly rubbed... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1929. Hardcover. xlii, 289 p., frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, and added title page; 16 cm. Publisher's dark green leather with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles, and spine decoration. Top page edges gilt. Green endpapers. Brown ribbon bookmark. Both title pages and series title... More
New York: Marchbanks Press, 1914. Hardcover. [40] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. White paper over boards; cover title in black. Front cover illustrated in blue. One of a limited edition of 200 copies printed for the author on handmade paper by the Marchbanks Press in May 1914. In 1914 Hal Marchbanks... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. Hardcover. [12], 559 p.; 29 cm. Black cloth spine with red spine title; white paper over boards. Purple endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Steven Cooley. Stated First Edition. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority... More
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1969. Hardcover. ix, [1], 145 p.; 22 cm. Orange and black cloth with gilt spine title, black cover title, and gilt cover illustration. Map on front endpaper. No dust jacket (as issued?). Includes an index of Greek names. in Good Condition: cover is rubbed and soiled;... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000. Hardcover. [14], 177, [1] p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver-tamped spine title; speckled white paper over boards with author's initials in black on front board. Dust jacket with photograph of the authr by Annie Leibovitz. Stated First Edition. This volume combines Grace... More
London: Humphrey Milford, 1921. Hard Cover. Oxford Edition. xii, [1], 496 p.: frontispiece portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson; 19 cm. Contemporary black leather with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-ruled borders on both boards. All page edges gilt. Red-and-green decorated endpapers. Former owner's inscription on blank leaf following front free... More
![The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrics in the English Language [First and Second Series]. Francis Turner Palgrave.](/pictures/thumb/002834.jpg?v=1472082258)
New York: Dodge Publishing Co, 1902. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged edition of the first series; preface to vol. 2 is dated 1897. 2 volumes: [12], 404 p.; [10], 295 p.: frontispiece in each volume; 16 cm. Scarlet three-quarter leather with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine titles and... More
New York: Clarke & Way, 1964. Paperback. 13, [3] p.; 23 cm. Light green wrappers, sewn, with black wrapper title. "In Memorian" -- at head of front wrapper and title page. This is one of 125 copies printed in Feb. 1964 by Clarke & Way, New York. Reprinted from the... More
![The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known -- June 1899 Vol. V, No. 6 [Demeter and Persephone: Three Translations by Walter Pater]. Walter Pater.](/pictures/thumb/004623.JPG?v=1472082373)
Portland, Me. Thomas Bird Mosher, 1899. Paperback. [6], 183-202, [6] p., 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. Unopened pages. This issue contains Demeter and Persephone: Three Translations by Walter Pater, as well as publisher's... More
![Angry Candy [provenance: Sidney Sulkin]. John Pauker.](/pictures/thumb/004983.JPG?v=1473524575)
Youngstown, Ohio: Pigiron Press, 1976. Paperback. [2], 34, [8] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with green and white illustrated covers; cover art by Joe Zabel. Introduction by Jim Villani. Reprinted from Pigiron Magazine, Sept. 1975. Cover title: Angry Candy: The American as Consumer. Inscribed by the author on the first... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. Hardcover. xiv, 31, [1] p.; 19 cm. Vellum spine with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark blue cloth-grained paper over boards. Title page illustration in red. All pages of text within red ruled borders. Lacking original glassine dust jacket and slipcase. Italian and English on facing... 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