London: Falcon Press, 1947. Hardcover. Second impression. 131 p., frontispiece and 5 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine title and author's name on front cover. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Includes poems in the original French and in English translation. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: spine..... More
Middlesex, Eng. Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art, 1935. Paperback. 40 p.; 21 cm. Brown wrapper with printed label on front wrapper. Small stamp on title page verso: "Bequeathed by Leonard L. Mackall." "Paul Beaujon" was the pseudonym sometimes used by Beatrice Warde (1900-1969), American scholar of typography. Former owner Leonard..... 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
New York: Collier Books / Macmillan, 1977. Paperback. xv, [3], 202 p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Part of the Masters of World Literature series. A critical biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), English poet and Jesuit priest. In Near Fine Condition: cover is lightly rubbed; clean and tight... More
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
![Item #002133 Oeuvres Complètes de Boileau [vols. 2, 3, and 4]. Nicolas Boileau Despréaux](/pictures/thumb/002133.jpg?v=1472082226)
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
![Item #003555 Nydia: A Tragic Play [and] Sonnets: A Sequence on Profane Love by George Henry...](/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
![Item #008986 Envoy: The Shepherd to his Flock [manuscript poem signed by Robert Bridges "Droch"]....](/pictures/thumb/008986.jpg?v=1646425898)
1902. 1 mat (41 x 51 cm.) holding (1) the poem "Envoy: The Shepherd to his Flock" in manuscript and signed "Robert Bridges "Droch""; and (2) a reproduction of a photograph of Bridges, both undated. This is Robert Bridges (1858-1941) the American critic, editor, and poet, not the English poet..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. x, 83, [1] p.: illustration; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title; author's initials blind-stamped on front cover. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Conditon: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed;..... 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
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1943. Hardcover. 180 p., frontispiece portrait of the author; 21 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title. Dust jacket. Bookseller label on front flap: The Birmingham Bookstore. Book is in Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. Paperback. A Galaxy Book. xxxiii, [1], 253 p.; 20 cm. Paperback. The author "shows how the work of Auden, Eliot, Yeats, and other outstanding modern poets resembles Metaphysical poetry in attitude and structure." -- back cover. In Near Fine- Conditon: edges rubbed; clean and..... 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
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1928. Hardcover. [2], 551 p.; 20 cm. Maroon cover with printed paper spine label. No dust jacket. Poetry of the 1920s by American and British poets. Includes one or two paragraphs of biographical information about each author. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; head..... 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
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. 2 volumes paginated continuously: xxi, [3], 340 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of engraved plates; [6], 343-690, [4] p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of engraved plates; 26 cm..... More
New York: Park Lane Press, 1996. Hardcover. 349 p.; 22 cm. Light blue cloth spine with gilt spine title; beige paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Endpapers match boards. Arranged by topic, with indices of author, titles, and first lines. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket..... 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
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