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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
New York & Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co., 1897. Hardcover. 288 p., frontispiece portrait of Longfellow: many leaves of illustrations; 16 cm. Brown suede over card with gilt cover title; yapp edges. Top page edges gilt. Floral pattern in gilt on endpapers. Title page in red and black. No date..... More
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
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
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
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
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
Lugd. Batav. et Roterod [Leiden, Netherlands]: Ex officina Hackiana, 1669. Hardcover. [16], 614, [146] p.: folded map; 20 cm. (Signatures: *8 A-3A8 3B4 8vo). Full calf (18th century?) with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt decoration along edges of..... More
New York: Parnassus Press, 1948. Hardcover. 238, [2] p.; 22 cm. Blue velour cover with gilt spine title: 3 Books. Glassine dust jacket. This is no. 201 of a limited edition of 999 copies set up on linotype by Emilio Augusto, printed by the Parnassus Press, and bound by Al..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1917. Hardcover. 120, [8] p.; 20 cm. Green cloth with dark green stamped spine and cover titles and double-rule border. Publisher's advertisements on 8 pages following text. No dust jacket. First edition. The author, Patrick MacGill (1889-1963), was an Irish poet, journalist, and novelist who served with..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1885. Lawson, Lizzie. Hard Cover. Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, and Griffith, Farran & Co., London. 31, [1] p.: frontispiece and 9 additional full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth spine with brown-and-white lithographed illustrations on green paper over boards. Floral..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. viii, [2], 79, [3] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with printed paper spine label; color decorated paper over boards with printed paper label on front board. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. The author and illustrator, Elizabeth MacKinstry..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2001. Paperback. [8], 47 p.; 20 cm. Paperback. ISBN: 0571207596. This group of poems was originally published in 1963, the year of the author's death. In Fine Condition. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1949. Hardcover. 310 p.; 21 cm. Light blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Top page edges red. Light blue bookplate on front fixed endpaper of D.E. Megyesy with Latin motto: "Nullum esse librum tam malum ut non in aliqua parte prodesset." In Very..... More
Shannon, Ireland: T.M. MacGlinchey, 1971. Hardcover. [4], 33, [3] p.; 21 cm. Light orange-brown cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Black cover title. Original glassine dustjacket. Grey endpapers. Loose, as issued, 1 leaf printed in red indicating that this is one of a limited edition of 450 copies (presumably..... More
New York: Hurst and Co., 1893. Hardcover. viii, 470 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Green cloth with white spine and cover titles and decoration; oval color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Includes notes, index of authors, and index of first lines. No date of publication. Copyright 1887 by R. Worthington, who..... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Fréres, Libraires, 1843. Hopwood. Hardcover. [4], 592, [2] p.: engraved frontispiece portrait; 18 cm. Original dark brown cloth, with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Small bookdealer's label on front fixed endpaper: "Vendu par François, Grande-Rue, N. 33, á Rouen." The frontispiece..... More