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 about A Window in My Garden and Other Poems by Pearl B. Newell
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 about Mirages: Sonnets by Rhoda L. Newton
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 about The Unswept Room
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 about Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia; rendered into English verse by Edward...
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 about Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald; with illustrations...
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 about The Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám; Comprising the Metrical Translations of Edward FitzGerald and...
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Hardcover. Third Edition. xxiv, 36 p.; 22 cm. Burgundy rib-grained morocco spine with gilt-stamped spine title; burgundy cloth over boards. Dark brown endpapers. Each page of text printed within double-ruled decorative borders. Two former owners' names at head of title page: A. Negendank, and Greta N.... More about The Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia; Rendered into English Verse
London: Curwen Press, 1980. Hardcover. 2 volumes (one in a clamshell box), both in a slipcase: [110] p., [12] full-page color illustrations; [90] p.; 33 cm. One volume contains the verses selected by Cécile E. Mactaggart from the five different editions published by Fitzgerald, along with illustrations by Edmund Dulac... More about The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1913. Hardcover. xv, [301] p., color frontispiece: 75 full-page black-and-white illustrations; 26 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover drawings and decoration. Cover design signed "E.J.S." (Edmund J. Sullivan). Top page edges gilt. Every verse faces its illustration. The illustrator, Edmund... More about The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald with Drawings...
S.l. Forgotten Books, 2007. Paperback. viii, 190, [6] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Publisher's advertisement on one page following text. In Good Condition: small scrape on spine; front cover curves up; ink notations and underlining on a few pages; some page corners creased; fore-edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. More about The Hymns of Orpheus: With the Life and Theology of Orpheus; Translated by Thomas Taylor
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 about Jingles from the Postman's Pack to a Blue-Eyed Boy: Delivered from Three to Six; from the pen of...
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 about The Metamorphoses of Ovid; A New Verse Translation by Allen Mandelbaum
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 about The Twelve Lays of the Gipsy: Translated, with an Introduction, by George Thomson
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 about The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language: Selected and...
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 about The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrics in the English Language [First and Second...
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2002. Hardcover. xix, [3], 473 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Brown and beige cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Contains over 600 letters to and from the editors of the magazine Poetry from its founding in 1912 through 1962. The founder and... More about Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters: The First Fifty Years, 1912-1962; Edited and...
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 about Five Poems by Margaret Ridgely Partridge 1872-1963
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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 about Angry Candy [provenance: Sidney Sulkin
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 about Poèmes: Premier Cahier de Habitude de la Poésie
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 about The Garland: or Token of Friendship: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1848; edited by Emily...
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 about The Freemason's Annual, a Gift for All Seasons
Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for A. Bradley, 1730. Hardcover. 144 p., engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment: "Philips' Poems." Woodcut head-pieces, tailpieces, and initials. Contents: An Ode to Henry Saint John, Esq... More about Poems on Several Occasions; by Mr. John Philips, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon.; To whihc is...
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 about The Lady's Wreath: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1844; embellished with Splendid Steel...
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 about Poems 1907-1935
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 about The Poetical Works of Christ. Pitt; With the Life of the Author