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London: William Pickering, 1846. Hardcover. 2 volumes: xii, 414, [2] p., engraved frontispiece portrait; xxvi, 384 p., engraved frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary? calf binding with six spine compartments between raised bands. Original leather label lacking from second and third compartments; blind-stamped decoration in remaining compartments. Ornate blind-tooled diamond in..... More
Gotha, Germany: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1877. Speckter, Otto. Paperback. [52], 31, [1] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Brown stiffened paper covers printed in black. At head of front cover: Schul-Ausgabe I. Cover title is printed within an elaborate wood-engraved border. Without free endpapers, as issued. Green and black bookseller's label on..... More
Boston: Otis, Broaders & Co., 1839. Hardcover. 160 p.; 24 cm. Black (dark green?) cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Hill's Poems" and gilt-stamped center-medallion harp on both boards; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Includes Errata slip tipped in following Contents. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper..... More
Washington, D.C. N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer, 1874. Hardcover. [2], 17, [1] p., 8 leaves of illustrations; 30 cm. Original maroon cloth with gilt-stamped cover title; back cover has matching blind-stamped title; blind-stamped decorative border on both boards. Boards have bevelled edges. Dark brown endpapers. Each leaf of illustration includes one verse..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911. Hardcover. 307 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Series title on front cover and at head of title page: Modern Classics. "30" -- at tail of spine. In Near Fine Condition: spine slightly faded; clean and tight... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1879. Hardcover. "Household Edition." Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. x, [2], 324 p.; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth with embossed spine and cover titles "Holmes's Poems" with ornate gilt-stamped decoration. Blind-stamped decoration on back cover. Boards have bevelled edges. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's catalog..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Toyme Press, 1900. Paperback. [16] p.; 21 cm. Stiff grey wrappers with green-stamped title and gilt decoration. Issued in grey envelope with gilt decoration. Title page printed red and black within ornamental border. Titles of poems printed in red. No date of publication. The Toyme Press issued a...... More
Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates..... More
New York: Harper & Brother, 1860. Hardcover. "A New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, with Excursions Relative to the Wines and Vineyards of the Ancients; and a Life of Horace by Milman." lxxv, [1], 731, [9] p., engraved frontispiece portrait; 19 cm. Contemporary calf boards with late 19th-century calf spine replacement..... More
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Paperback. 90, viii p.: full-page illustrations, music; 22 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark blue with yapp edges; advertisement for Calvert's carbolic ointment on back wrapper. Pages are unopened. Contents: Martini Luigi Implora Pace: A Poem by Stephen Phillips; The Defence of Farvingdon: A Story by..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1938. Hardcover. [12] p.; 27 cm. Original maroon cloth with gilt-tooled cover title. Brown endpapers. Lacking dust jacket. This is one of a limited edition of 250 copies printed for Helen, George, and Linda Macy to give as a present for New Year 1939. "The type is..... More
London: People's Journal Office, 1846. Hardcover. viii, 364, 52 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Paper label with handwritten number in first compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was..... More
Atlanta: U.P. Byrd, 1896. Hardcover. vii, [17]-207 p., 2 leaves of plates; 20 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title, gilt-stamped cover title, black-stamped decorative border on front cover and illustration on back cover. Preface signed: Charles W. Hubner. Without music. No publication information, which has been taken from WorldCat..... More
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Paperback. viii, [1], 180-264 p.: full-page illustrations, music; 22 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark blue with yapp edges; emblem of the Unicorn Press on back wrapper. Pages are unopened. Publisher's advertisements on first 8 pages. Contents: Allonby: A Story by A.H. Holmes; The Carpenter's Shop..... More
Philadelphia: Elliott Publishing Co., 1902. Hardcover. "Adapted for use in the school, church and home, with special instructions to parents and teachers how to give an entertainment, with a department of child culture, vocal and physical, for the proper training and development of children. Embellished with beautiful color plates, half-tone..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1896. Hardcover. 860 p.; 24 cm. Half black morocco with gilt-stamped spine title and embellishments; black morocco-grain cloth over boards. Contents include: articles by Agnes Repplier: The Fete de Gayant, and Old Wine and New -- The Children of the Road by Josiah Flynt --..... More
London: John Murray, 1854. "With notes corrective and explanatory" by Peter Cunningham. 3 volumes; 22 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Morocco spine labels in second and fourth compartments bearing title "Lives of the English Poets," author, and volume number..... More
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Edinburgh: James Sawers, 1818. Hardcover. Vol. 4 only. [4], 314 p.; 17 cm. Contemporary half polished black calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration on remainder of spine. Marbled paper over boards with..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1966. Paperback. [20] p.; 18 cm. White wrappers, stapled. "Pirated edition, San Francisco, 50 cents" -- on back wrapper. City Lights Books: A Descriptive Bibliography, no. 56. Reproduces the original 1927 edition published by Shakespeare and Co., Paris. Contents: Tilly -- Watching the Needleboats at..... More
London: Paul Breman, 1975. Paperback. Second edition. 20, [2] p.; 22 cm. Stiffened wrappers; wrapper photograph (of the author?). Heritage series, v. 24. The author, Dolores Kendrick was named Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia in 1999. Her book The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave..... More
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1917. Hardcover. 78 p.; 20 cm. Light brown paper over board; printed paper label and blind-stamped decoration on front board. Lacking dust jacket. Gift inscription on half title: "Mrs. Hillman Dec. 25, 1919 Your old friend Mary G. Peters." Title page within ruled borders..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Paperback. x, 74 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Suji Kwock Kim's first published book of poetry, this won the 2002 Walt Whitman Award. The Korean-American poet and playwright is working on an opera with composer Mark Grey. In Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
Paris: Jules Groos, 1909. Hardcover. xvi, 367, [9] p.; 20 cm. Dark red cloth with black stamped spine and cover titles. Black stamped art nouveau decoration on front cover. "Méthode Gaspey-Otto-Sauer pour l'Étude des Langues Modernes" -- at head of front cover. Two-color map on front endpapers of Hungary (Magyarorszag)..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Hardcover. A new edition, with notes by J.W.M. Gibbs. xlvi, 356 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments; gilt-tooled..... More
