London: Blackie & Son, 1970. Hardcover. 50, [2] p.: color illustrations; 18 cm. Illustrated cover matching the dust jacket. Illustrated dust jacket with list of the Flower Fairy books on the back flap. Front flap is price-clipped. Yellow endpapers. No date of publication; there is no ISBN, suggesting that this..... More
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. Paperback. 36, [12] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Paperback. The Book of Repulsive Women was first published as a Bruno Chap Book (Vol. 2) in Nov. 1915; it was first published in paperback by Sun & Moon Press in July 1989. This is the..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Vosgos, 1977. Hardcover. 105, [3] p.; 18 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Brown dust jacket printed in red and black, with "1978" on front section; in dust jacket cover. Part of Colección Siempre Viva. Text is in Catalan and Spanish on facing pages. Printed in Dec..... More
Port Townsend, Wash. Copper Canyon Press, 2000. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. viii, 85, [3] p.; 23 cm. Paperback with cover design by Valerie Brewster; cover art by Jordana Munk. Wonderful poetry from the Nebraska-born poet. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
New York: Slow Motion Press, 1985. Paperback. Cover illustration from a painting by Teresa Ratel. [6], 18 cm. 22 cm. Stapled wrappers; front wrapper illustrated. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription by the author on title page. (The front wrapper looks rubbed in the center section of the illustration, but that..... More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, 1936. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 173, [3] p.: frontispiece and 8 leaves of plates, including 1 facsimile and 2 portraits; 25 cm. Modern dark green calf spine with blind-stamped decoration. Orange paper over boards with decorative pattern printed in green and yellow. Frontispiece is a photograph of..... More
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Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1953. Hardcover. v, [1], 213, [3] p., 1 leaf with a portrait: 1 leaf with a portrait included in pagination; 23 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine and cover titles. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Contents: In Memoriam..... More
Paris: Heugel & Cie. 1893. Paperback. [4], 48, [2] p.; 18 cm. Plain wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisements on final page and back wrapper. Faint publisher's stamp on front wrapper. This is the libretto only of the opera Werther by Jules Massenet, which premiered in Feb. 1892 in Vienna..... More
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Paris: Ménard et Desenne, Fils, 1820. Hardcover. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 of 4 volumes: [4], 267, [1] p.; [4], 330 p.; [4], 436 p.: 6 leaves of plates (vol. 2); 14 cm. Contemporary full speckled calf. Six spine compartments between gilt-tooled bands. Dark brown leather labels with gilt-tooled title..... More
![Nydia: A Tragic Play [and] Sonnets: A Sequence on Profane Love by George Henry Boker; edited by...](/pictures/thumb/003555.JPG?v=1472082298)
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1929. Hardcover. (Nydia) 102 p.; (Sonnets) 173 p.; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth spines with gilt-stamped spine titles and publisher's imprints; marbled paper over boards. Glassine dust jackets. With original slipcase: orange label covering one side, printed in black. "Two hitherto unpublished works .... More
Leipzig: George Wigand, 1895. Hardcover. [8], 46, [2] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title; red and black cover title and illustration. All page edge red. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Half title bears the red stamp of Institut Tilly, Berlin. No date of..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. Hardcover. xi, [1], 189, [1] p.; 20 cm. Blue cloth with paper spine label printed in blue. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Dan T. Craine. Dan T. Craine was a professor of English literature at Sage..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1931. Hardcover. "Eighty-sixth thousand." [2], 192 p., frontispiece portrait; 20 cm. Top page edges gilt. Polished black morocco over flexible boards with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration of spine and front cover. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Katinka Loeser. Written on the..... More
Port Townsend, Wash. Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Paperback. [2], 108, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Second printing. Olga Broumas (b. 1949) is a Greek-American poet who has received fellowships from the NEA, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Guggenheim Foundation, a Lambda Poetry Award, and has been poet-in-residence at Brandeis..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1872. Hardcover. Imprint includes "New York: James Miller." [3], xii-xiv, [1], 16-533, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 12 additional leaves of plates; 17 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with embossed cover title "Mrs. Browning's Poems" over gilt on front board and..... More
New York: James Miller, 1870. Hardcover. 533, [1] p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates; 18 cm. Contemporary pebbled calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment: Browning's Poetical Works. Blind-ruled borders on both boards with a blind-stamped trefoil in each corner. All page edges..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. [64] p.; 38 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped author's initials on front cover. Slipcase covered in matching blue cloth. Each sonnet begins with an historiated inital printed in gilt, red, and blue. This is number 631 of a limited..... More
New York: H.M. Caldwell Co., 1914. Hardcover. 255 p., frontispiece portrait with green border; 17 cm. Brown cloth spine with gilt-stamped title "Burns's Poems" and decoration. Paper over boards in a faux wood pattern; illustrated pastedown of a woman walking through a forest and gilt-stamped title on front board within..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. 63, [1] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Green cloth with black spine title and cover illustration. No dust jacket (as issued?). Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "T.C. Tatman 1946." Thomas Cooper Tatman (1917-1996) did graduate work in German philology and taught German at..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. [2], 113, [1] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with black spine title and cover illustration. No dust jacket (as issued?). Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "T.C. Tatman 1946." Thomas Cooper Tatman (1917-1996) did graduate work in German philology and taught German..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. 56 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with black spine title and cover illustration. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: "T.C. Tatman 1946." Thomas Cooper Tatman (1917-1996) did graduate work in German philology and taught German at Temple University, Lincoln University, and Friends..... More
London: C. Hitch, 1764. Hogarth, William. Hardcover. "Printed for C. Hitch, G. Hawkins, C. Bathurst, J. Tonson, J. Worral, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, J. Bathoe, C. Corbett, T. Lownds, G. Kearsly, T. Becket, W. Nichol, and M. Richardson." 2nd edition. 2 v.: ([2], xiv, xxxvi, 424, [16] p.; [2], 446..... More
London: Jombert, Libraire, 1819. Seconde Édition. Imprint lists London and Paris. 3 volumes ([2], xxxvi, 356 p.; [2], 464 p.; [2], 363, [1] p.): frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1, and 14 additional plates (part folded); 17 cm. Contemporary half dark green morocco; white paper with green and..... More
London / New York: Cassell & Co., 1886. Paperback. 192, [16] p.: illustrated advertisements; 14 cm. Paperback with brown wrappers printed in black. "Vol. I, No. 2. Subscription price per year, $5.00. Feb. 6, 1886" -- at head of front wrapper. "Copyright 1886 by O. M. Dunham" -- at foot..... More
New York: Eastburn, Kirk & Co., 1814. Hardcover. Printed by D. & G. Bruce. 136 p.; 15 cm. Publisher's beige paper over boards; black spine and cover titles. Publisher's advertisements on back board; both boards printed within decorative border. Pages untrimmed. Lara written by Lord Byron; Jacqueline written by Samuel..... More