Poetry
Chrestomathie Hongroise: Morceaux Choisis des Poetes et des Prosateurs depuis la fin du XVIIIe siecle jusqu'a nos jours; avec une introduction, des notices et des notes par I. Kont
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
The Fables of La Fontaine; translated from the French by Elizur Wright
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
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Oeuvres Complètes d'Alphonse de Lamartine [vol. 1]
Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1826. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 1 only. xi, [1], 262 p., frontispiece, engraved title page, and 4 leaves of tissue-guarded engraved plates; 13 cm. Contemporary calf in a cathedral binding with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Gilt-ruled border on each board and gilt-rolled decoration on turn-ins. All..... More
La Nuit quand Même: Cinquième Cahier de Habitude de la Poésie
Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [16] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Pale green wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on pale green paper. In a glassine cover. Cintains 12 poems. Roger Lannes (1909-1982) was a poet and journalist; he..... More
Nettles
London: Faber & Faber, 1930. Paperback. 28 p.; 20 cm. Salmon wrapper over card, printed in black. "Criterion Miscellany no. 11" -- at head of front wrapper. Back flap lists the first 11 titles in the series. Bookseller's label on inside of back card for The Holliday Bookshop, New York..... More
Ceci Passe: Quatrième Cahier de Habitude de la Poésie
Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [16] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Pale orange wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on pale orange paper. In a glassine cover. Contents: Ceci Passe -- Fouilles -- Le Dieu Seul -- La Pente..... More
The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known -- Nov. 1898 Vol. IV, No. 11 -- Echoes from Theocritus
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Paperback. Printed by Smith & Sale, Portland, Maine. [14], 365-393, [13] p.; 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. Some pages are unopened. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. This issue contains Echoes from Theocritus..... More
Nikolaus Lenaus Sämtliche Werke in zwei Bänden; Mit einer biographischen Einleitung von Dr. G. Karpeles [two volumes in one]
Leipzig: Gustav Fock, 1895. Hardcover. 374, 362 p., frontispiece portrait; 17 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Author's name stamped in black on front cover with black decoration on spine and front cover. Blind-stamped decoration on back cover. Binder's name blind-stamped at lower edge of back cover..... More
Two Lives: a Poem
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1925. Hardcover. [10], 109 p.; 24 cm. White paper over boards; paper label with spine title in black and red. Top page edges gilt. Lacking glassine dust jacket and slipcase. This is no. 16 of a limited edition of 150 numbered copies, of which 135 were..... More
A Hymn to Him: The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
New York: Limelight Editions, 1987. Hardcover. 320 p.: caricature of Lerner by Al Hirschfeld; 24 cm. Dark blue cover with silver spine title. Dust jacket with Hirschfeld caricature on back section. Benny Green provided an introduction and notes to accompany the lyrics from each musical for which the lyrics were..... More
Once I Gazed at You in Wonder: Poems
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Universty Press, 1999. Hardcover. [10], 90 p.; 24 cm. Purple cloth spine with red paper over boards; yellow-stamped spine title. Grey endpapers. Dust jacket cover illustration is the painting Afternoon Fixing by Ken Sofer. Winner of the 1998 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American..... More
A Walk with Tom Jefferson: Poems by Philip Levine
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. [10], 64, [6] p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title; blind-stamped cover title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Contains 20 poems, including the title poem, about "the way we work and don't work in a society that has abandoned so..... More
Crane sans Lois: Troisième Cahier de Habitude de la Poésie
Paris: G.L.M., 1937. Paperback. [16] p.; 14 cm. 14 cm. Beige wrapper with black wrapper title; publication information on back wrapper. Caption title. Wrapper included in page count; all on beige paper. In a glassine cover. Contents: Gueul de Nuit -- Liberte des Mains -- Ville Saint Lois -- Une..... More
![Item #003966 Ausgewählte Gedichte von Detlev von Liliencron [provenance: Titia Gorter]. Detlev...](/pictures/thumb/003966.jpg?v=1472082325)
Ausgewählte Gedichte von Detlev von Liliencron [provenance: Titia Gorter]
Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler, 1907. Paperback. "Volksausgabe 21. bis 30. Tausend." 271, [1] p.; 16 cm. Brown stiffened card with gilt-stamped spine title; white-stamped cover title within a gilt-stamped oval illustration. Top page edges brown. Brown endpapers. The poems are taken from the author's Kampf und Spiele, Kämpfe und Ziele..... More
Rhymes of a Homesteader
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. Hardcover. Printed by the Riverside Press, Cambridge. vii, [1], 78, [2] p.; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title. Brown paper over boards with black stamped cover title. Lacking dust jacket. Title vignette of western scene. Some of the verses first appeared in Contemporary..... More
Prize Poems: 1913-1929; edited by Charles A. Wagner; with an introduction by Mark Van Doren
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. "Published April, 1930." 247, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers, possibly also designed by Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. Second unpaginated page following text contains subscription..... More
Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Prism, 2019. Hardcover. 111, [1] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Grey cover with yellow spine title and decoration. Red endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Witty and amusing poetry and illustrations by John Lithgow about the previous resident of the White House. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: p...... More
Gayton Wake, or Mary Dod; and Her List of Merits
Chester, England: J. Fletcher, 1804. Hardcover. Printed by J. Fletcher; and sold in London by E. Williams, Bookseller of Wales. xxiii, [i], 62, [2] p.; 17 cm. Original brown paper spine and grey paper over boards. Wood-engraved head pieces and tail pieces. First edition. The author, Richard Llwyd (1752-1835), was..... More
"Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
St. Martinville, La. The Teche News, 1968. Paperback. [5], 46 p.; 22 cm. Light green wrapper, stapled; dark green wrapper title and illustration. Copyright 1968 by Rhena B. Bienvenu, presumably referring to the introduction, which sets the poem in the context of the history St. Martinville, La. Rhena Broussard Bienvenu..... More
The Poetical Works of Longfellow
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. Hardcover. Oxford Editon. viii, 886, [2] p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Red, morocco-grain cloth over padded boards with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper: "Gertrud Buck, a Memento of Moira House..... More
Selections from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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
The Biglow Papers: by James Russell Lowell with additional notes, an enlarged glossary, and coloured illustrations by George Cruikshank [First series]
London: John Camden Hotten, 1861. Cruikshank, George. Hardcover. Second English edition. xvi, 200, [8] p.: frontispiece and 2 additional leaves of plates, all hand-colored; 18 cm. Contemporary dark blue crushed French levant with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title. Top page edges gilt. Gilt-tooled turn-ins. Blue fabric..... More
Selections from James Russell Lowell
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
The Vision of Sir Launfal
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1910. Paperback. [2], 27, [3] p.; 18 cm. Original brown paper covers stitched with leather. Gilt-stamped cover title; oval color pastedown on front cover. Covers and matching endpapers have faint green and red coloring. Title page is on lighter stock; title printed in red within..... More