Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1932. Hardcover. xvi, 182 p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 26 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title; illustrated pastedown on front cover within silver border. No dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Sarah Pinkerton. The author, Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), was an..... More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. Hardcover. 154 p.; 152 p.: 8 leaves of illustrations included in page count; 17 cm. Brown cloth with brown spine title on gilt-decorated background; blind-stamped decoration on boards. Illustrated series title page for Arthur's Juvenile Library. Gift inscription on front free endpaper: "Merry Christmas..... 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

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

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

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

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 "Two hitherto unpublished works ....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

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

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

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: 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

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 / 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