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Riley James Whitcomb; Pictures by Will Vawter
Riley Child Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures
Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1898. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page in his distinctive penmanship -" For Mrs. J.G. Hutchinson With best greetings and esteem James Whitcomb Riley. A souvenir of public readings Ottumwa Dec. 1 1903 .In the golden olden glory of the days gone by." Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt front cover and spine 4 preliminary leaves xv-xx pages 1 leaf 24-188 1 pages illustrations by Hoosier artist Will Vawter. Later Edition 1898. Originally published in 1890. Near Fine sunning at edges of front board and spine have toned the olive to a khaki color. Capt. Joseph G. Hutchison 1840-1910 served in the Civil War in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Army of the Potomac. He also served in both chambers of the Iowa State Legislature and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1889. SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 61 editions published between 1890 and 2017 in English. "Charming endearing enduring; these 39 poems by James Whitcomb Riley touch heart mind soul. Vignettes of childhood a century ago their humanity endures and connects." -Nuvo Newsweekly December 8 2010. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. The Bowen-Merrill Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008606
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King Ben; Illustrated with Photographs by Essie Collins Matthews and Leigh Richmond Miner
Ben King's Southland Melodies
Chicago: Forbes and Company 1911. Publisher's green cloth binding with central floral bouquet and gilt lettering bordered by floral garland back with gilt lettering and floral decoration patterned brown end papers. Near Fine small rubs at tips slight toning at end pages facing the brown end papers. Michigan-born poet Ben King 1857-1894 spent much of his life in Chicago where he was a member of the Chicago Press Club and the Whitechapel Club. He was considered Michigan's favorite poet for at least 25 years after his death. These poems published well after his death are written in an African-American slave vernacular and the accompanying photographs are all of a nostalgic nature depicting happy or distinguished subjects. An exceptionally nice copy gift quality. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Forbes and Company Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008478
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Elder William; John Milton
Miltonian Bouquet. The Flowers and Plants of Milton with their Scientific Names and Quotations from his Works wherein Allusion Is Made to Them.
Paisley Scotland: Printed at The Paisley Herald Office by W. B. Watson 1874. First Edition 1874. Binder's ticket of D. Carswell Paisley. Bound in brown embossed cloth gilt title "Miltonian Bouquet" front cover all edges gilt bright yellow end papers 46 pages. Near Fine four pages with lateral creases top edge very light soiling. RARE OCLC shows 5 holdings worldwide. A companion book to the author's The Flowers and Plants of Shakespeare .Burns .Tannahill. Written as an offshoot of the Paisley flower show where prizes were offered for displays of flower arrangements named in the works of these authors. Apparently the author had entered each category and then published these pamphlets done in the spirit of uncritical adulation of the great writers. The Language of Flowers: A History Beverly Seaton p.27. Squarely in the genre of Sentimental Flower Books of the Victorian Age a work that would also fit nicely in a Milton collection. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thin 8vo. Printed at The Paisley Herald Office by W. B. Watson Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008497
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Strong L. A. G.
Selected Poems
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. RARE in lovely dust jacket. Fine small period bookseller's ticket front paste down in Near Fine dust jacket small closed tear top edge rear panel faint sticker shadow top edge spine light wear at spine ends. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008543
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Hantske Madeline Horres. Introduction by Archibald Rutledge. With photographs by Carl Julien
The Song of the Cotton Picker
Clinton South Carolina : Jacobs Press 1942. Poems in dialect that "explore the literary possibilities" of the "Gullah Negroes" of South Carolina while at the same time being utterly clueless as to the the casual harm caused in that exploration. Excellent and unsentimental black and white photographs by Carl Julien provide subtle yet clear counterpoint . Near Fine slight even toning small bumps at corners lacking the dust jacket. Photographic paper label front cover. . First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacobs Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008565
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De Sola Pinto V.
The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Charles Sedley Collected and Edited From the Old Edition Two Volumes
London: Constable and Company 1928. Two volumes in publisher's original black cloth gilt lettering at spines. top edges gilt the bookplates of The Pacific-Union Club of San Francisco. Near Fine no jackets top corners bumped Vol. I. Each volume with engraved frontispiece portrait and with one additional engraved portrait. A rather uncommon title this a quite handsome set. . New Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Constable and Company Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008419
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Wilcox Ella Wheeler 1850 1919; Illustrated by Louise Mears and W. P. Hooper
American Fine Binding An Erring Woman's Love
New York: Lovell Coryell & Company 1892. First Edition 1892. 157 pp. 8vo the full page illustrations are unpaginated. In publisher's black cloth with decorations in gilt silver and white featuring two angels white moire silk end papers all edges gilt. Near Fine rubs at spine ends and corners.RARE in such lovely condition the gilt and silver bright the moire silk end papers clean and bright. A marvelous example of late 19th century American publisher's fine decorative binding. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a quite successful poet of her day perhaps best known for the lines "Laugh and the world laughs with you; / Weep and you weep alone." . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lovell, Coryell & Company Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008439
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Dunbar Paul Laurence
When Malindy Sings
New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1904. 8vo 144 pages. Original brown cloth binding with green red cream and gilt floral and lattice panel gilt lettering motif repeated on spine in green and red top edge gilt untrimmed signed by the designer: M.A. Margaret Armstrong. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. Very Near Fine top white line at spine rubbed. A gorgeous copy. Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872-1906 one of the first influential Black poets in American literature gained his fame for his dialect poetry. "When Malindy Sings" the title poem in this collection was written as a tribute to his mother Matilda. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dodd Mead and Company Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008441
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Ridgeway Major pseud. {Hartpence W. Ross}; Riley James Whitcomb
Presentation Copy of a Rileyana Rarity Early Recollections of James Whitcomb Riley
Harrison Ohio : Major Ridgeway 1902. Author presentation slip laid in "Compliments of the Author to J.H. Fenton Editor of 'News'. Will you not kindly bear with me in the unavoidable delay in publication of the little book And will you not further give it a little fraternal 'jolly' to help it along financially ". Near Fine slight curl at corners of front wrapper. 89 pages with illustrations and frontis portrait. An early biography of Riley. Russo p.241. Last copy noted at RareBookHub was a 1978 dealer catalogue. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Major Ridgeway Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 008460
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Waller Edmund; Denham Sir John; with Memoir and Critical Dissertation by Rev. George Gilfillan
The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham
Edinburgh: James Nichol 1857. Bound in contemporary full green morocco the back intricately tooled in gilt with red morocco label end papers and edges marbled. With presentation inscription "Edward M. Hennicker-Major with the best wishes of his friend George Wyndham Kennion on his leaving Eton Easter 1864". Near Fine moderate toning at end papers only . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Nichol Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008374
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Prior Matthew
The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior in Three Volumes with the Life of the Author
Edinburg : At the Apollo Press By the Martins 1784. Three volumes in contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and black morocco labels gilt. Marbled end papers ribbon markers the red leather labels of G. Welsford at paste downs. With a portrait and an extra engraved title page in each volume. The Poets of Great Britain Complete From Chaucer to Churchill. Near Fine tiny rubs at corners light soiling top edges. A lovely little set. . Bell's Second Edition . Tree Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. At the Apollo Press, By the Martins Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008378
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Horace
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Two Volumes
Londini : prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet. 1749. SCARCE early edition much favored for its engravings Title-pages in red and black both with large engraved portrait of Horace vi 4 156 157-396. Typis Jacobi Bettenham Aug. 10 1749. Variant: the list of plates following the dedication is printed on two leaves. With engraved frontispiece Vol. I of a group of 12 angels the central angel playing a harp and 35 full-page engraved plates including frontispiece. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco single gilt rule covers smooth spine with gilt rules in seven compartments plain pale yellow endpapers marbled edges. The bookplate of Charles Dymoke Williaume front pastedowns and a three initial period bookplate "EHF" front end pages. Very Good Plus spines a bit sunned light edge wear. . First Sandby Edition . Straight - Grain Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008409
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Horace; Edited and in part translated by William Duncombe assisted by his son John Duncombe.
The Works of Horace In English Verse. By Several Hands. Collected and Published by Mr. Duncombe with Notes Historical and Critical. Two Volumes
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1757. SCARCE edition. Two volumes in early 19th c. half vellum over marbled boards black morocco labels back marbled end papers. The bookplates of Lord Hamilton Chichester and another later bookplate unknown. Later inked prior owner inscription front end page Vol. I small bookseller's ticket rear paste down. Very Good boards rubbed title label Vol. I missing light toning inked numbers front end page. Internally clean and bright. . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008410
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Shadwell Thomas; Edited by Montague Summers
The Complete Works of Thomas Shadwell Five Volumes
London: The Fortune Press 1927. #503 of 1200 copies printed on machine-made paper. Near Fine in original tangerine buckram gilt lettering corner bumps. A quite handsome set. An oversize set that will require added postage for priority and international mail- please inquire. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. The Fortune Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008304
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Palgrave Francis Turner
The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrics in the English Language; Second Series
New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1897. A lovely example of turn of the century fine binding publisher's gilt tooled dark brown cloth with ornate decorations including bunches of grapes with frontispiece illustration continuing the theme with Bacchus playing a harp. Near Fine very light rubbing to cloth at edges light foxing at rear end pages small prior owner name bottom edge front end page. Date at end of Preface 1897. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dodge Publishing Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008358
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Swinburne Algernon Charles
The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. In Six Volumes
London: Chatto & Windus 1912. Six volumes in contemporary signed Riviere bindings of half red morocco over red buckram backs with gilt floral decorations marbled end papers the tops gilt. portrait frontispiece engraving Vol. VI. A handsome set Near Fine light rubbing at edges. Additional shipping charges will be requested for international order. . Fifth Impression. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008238
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Ono Yoko; Introduction by John Lennon
Grapefruit; A Book of Instructions
New York: Simon & Schuster 1970. First Printing stated. Near Fine top edge scant toning in a Near Fine dust jacket slight soiling tiny closed tear bottom edge rear panel. Works and drawings by Yoko. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008252
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Pope Alexander; Edited By George Sherburn
The Correspondence of Alexander Pope. In Five Volumes
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1956. RARE the complete set in SCARCE dust jackets. Near Fine publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering prior owner name and date front end pages light foxing at end pages only a few widely scattered light pencil check marks in margins.In Near Fine dust jackets stain at spine of Vol. III. Jackets in mylar. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008212
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Lord Byron; Sire de Chamblay Pseud. Edmond Haraucourt
"Forbidden Fruit" A Suppressed Poem and Eden or Adam and Eve's First Coition
Paris: Bibliotheque des Curieux No date Worldcat puts the date "1915". Rear wrapper notes " Le Sire de Chamblay Edmond Haraucort La Legende des Sexes BRUXELLES EDITION PRIVEE REVUE PAR L'AUTEUR 1893". "Edition limited to 300 copies/ Privately printed for subscribers only"--Page 2.". " 'Forbidden Fruit' is attributed to Lord Byron but we do not vouch for this claim."--Page 3. 24 pp. in stapled wrappers. Illustrations: 8 prints : ink drawings ; half-page. Artist not credited. Near Fine light soling to wrappers. RARE. Limited Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8 1/4" x 4 1/2". Bibliotheque des Curieux Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 008124
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Peele George; Edited by A. H. Bullen
The Works of George Peele. In Two Volumes
London: John C. Nimmo 1888. Limited Edition 1888. "Seven hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been printed and the type distributed." Two volumes finely bound in signed Brentanos half dark blue crushed morocco over blue buckram the backs with five raised bands with gilt tooled decorations rules and lettering marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine slight wear at joints rubbed top edge at spine of Vol. II. George Peele 1556-1596 was an English translator poet and dramatist perhaps best noted or his supposed but not universally accepted collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play "Titus Andronicus". This edition SCARCE in collectible condition and handsome binding. Given the Brentanos binding most likely one of the 300 copies printed for America. Series Title: The English Dramatists; Library of English Literature. Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John C. Nimmo Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008161
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Pound Ezra
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
New York: New Directions 1948. Second Printing stated. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket spine toned to brown faint mark front flap. The first collected edition of the Cantos. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked . Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008048
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Translated by Franz Toussaint
Le Jardin Des Caresses; Traduit de L'Arabe
Paris: M. Piazza - Editeur 1919. One of one hundred unnumbered copies on Japan paper - "Il a ete tire de cet ouvrage cent exemplaires numerotes sur papier de Japon". Handsomely bound in contemporary marbled boards gilt lettering at spine top edge gilt. Near Fine end papers evenly browned. Moorish poems partly anonymous written in Spain in the 10th century. Translated from the Arabic to French by Franz Toussaint who is perhaps best known for his translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" . Limited Edition. Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. M. Piazza - Editeur Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008006
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Swinburne Algernon Charles; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Preface By Edmund Gosse
The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood
London: William Heinemann 1918. 133pp frontispiece and seven color illustrations with titled tissue guards black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good in original green cloth tooled in gilt light wear at spine ends small corner bumps end pages moderately toned scattered small spots of toning throughout bookplate verso front end page. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham Arthur. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007969
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Johnson Betsy ?
Original Ladies Day - Book of Poems Clipped from Newspapers
Newburyport MA: No Publisher 1819. Original hand-made book front cover reads "Day-Book B" in contemporary embossed calf 13" x 8 1/2" containing 32 pp. with both sides covered with pasted-in poems clipped from newspapers of the time approx. 6-8 per page. Most are likely from the Newburyport Daily Herald as there is a partial page from that newspaper laid in. The final page verso with a long poem handwritten titled "The Birds of Passage" by Mrs Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans. The names Betsy and Johnson handwritten but separated on rear paste down. Good calf chipped bottom 2" of spine pages brittle with edge chips and tears two pages with top right corner poems torn out soiling and staining the bookplate of noted Celtic and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A unique piece of Americana. . Calf. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Publisher Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007976
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Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso; Edited by Pieter Burman
PUBLII OVIDII NASONIS OPERA OMNIA EX RECENSIONE PETRI BURMANNI Eight Volumes
Tavinorum Turin: Ex Typis Viduae Pomba et Filiorum 1822. SCARCE edition. Frontispiece portrait Vol.I. viii 486 2 454 lvi 490 1 565 1 508 xii 505 2 445 763. Eight volumes published in Turin Italy 1822-1827. Text and notes in Latin. Armorial bookplates of John Timbrell Milward Pierce. Vols. 2-7 at front or rear paste downs. A beautifully bound set in later 19th c. full vellum the backs with red morocco label in gilt and intricate gilt decorations marbled end papers. Very Good Plus light soiling 1/2"red mark fore edge Vol. I. Pieter Burman 1668 - 31 March 1741 also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann "the Elder" to distinguish him from his nephew was a Dutch classical scholar. His first publication of the works of Ovid was in 1713. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition Thus. Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Typis Viduae Pomba et Filiorum Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007996
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A. T. Quiller Couch
The Golden Pomp; A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley
London: Methuen & Co. 1895. #13 of an edition limited to 30 copies with binding signed by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg & Co. Finely bound in full polished calf back ornately tooled in gilt with red morocco labels and gilt lettering marbled end papers top edge gilt ornate floral gilt dentellessilk marker. Near Fine small rubs to joints at tips. RARE in this very limited edition finely bound. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Methuen & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007879
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Collier J. Payne
Old Ballads from Early Printed Copies of the Utmost Rarity Now for the First Time Collected
London: Printed for the Percy Society 1840. SCARCE in 1840 First Edition. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards the spine ornately tooled in gilt matching marbled end pages and page edges. Very Good the boards rubbed light rubbing to morocco at tips. . First Edition. Half Morocco over Marbled Boar. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for the Percy Society Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007877
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The Rolliad in Two Parts Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Eclogues and Miscellanies; with Criticisms and Illustrations. Revised Corrected and Enlarged By the Original Author . The Twenty - Second Edition
London: Printed for James Ridgway 1912. Handsomely bound in contemporary full polished calf the back ornately gilt double gilt rules to covers matching marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine scattered light toning covers rubbed a bit at tips. . Later Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for James Ridgway Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007918
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Gay Mr. John
Fables. With a Memoir by Austin Dobson
London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1882. SCARCE. # 49 of an edition of 50 large paper copies SIGNED by R. & R. Clark Printers Edinburgh at limitation page. Finely bound in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards five gilt ruled raised bands with gilt stamped devices each section matching marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine toning only at frontispiece engraved portrait of Gay small rubs at corners else Fine and bright. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007925
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Prior Matthew; Edited by Charles Cowden Clarke
Binding Fine - Bickers & Son The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior . With memoir and critical dissertation.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label matching marbled end pages and page edges xx 475 pages frontispiece portrait . Near Fine light rubbing to edges light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor lawyer poet and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William P. Nimmo Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007930
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Sanders Ed Editor
Fuck You / A Magazine of the Arts Number 5 Volume 5
New York: The Lower East Side Guild of Motherfuckers / Fuck You Press 1963. Published Dec. 1963. Near Fine tiny corner creases to covers else Fine. Features the first appearance in this seminal Mimeograph Revolution publication by Allen Ginsberg - his 4 pp. poem "The Change - Kyoto - Tokyo Express July 18 1963". Also contributions from Robert Kaye Tuli Kupferberg Isis Lenore Kandel Peter Orlovsky Mary Mayo Robert Nichols Diane Wakoski Julian Beck John Keys Jim Standish Harry Fainlight Herbert Huncke and Nelson Barr. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Lower East Side Guild of Motherfuckers / Fuck You Press Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 007829
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Alan Russo Corban LePell Charles Plymell George Van Arsdale et al
MIKROKOSMOS Literary Journals Kansas Beats
Wichita KS: Student Board of Publications / University of Wichita 1958. A small collection of issues containing issue #1 Spring 1958; #2 Spring 1959; #3 January 1960; #7 Spring 1962; and the 1983 Twenty-Five Year Anniversary issue five issues in all. Near Fine #1 with toning front end page from newspaper clipping "Spring of 1959" in pencil top edge with photograph showing staff members Mary Joan Dawson and George and Barbara Van Arsdale preparing Mikrokosmos for its first publication. This important literary journal begun at the University of Wichita later Wichita State University published some of the earliest works of students Charles Plymell and Alan Russo who would later move to California and become important members of the Beats.along with the earlier generation of Kansan Beats that included Bob Branaman Roxie Powell Michael McClure and Dave Haselwood publisher of Auerhahn Press. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Student Board of Publications / University of Wichita Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 007834
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Cowley Abraham; Edited by R. Hurd
Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Two Volumes : With a Preface and Notes by the Editor; Second Edition
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell in the Strand 1772. Two volumes Very Good Plus in contemporary full calf back with gilt devices and rules leather label with gilt lettering covers with gilt rule later end papers which are stamped S & S light toning light rubbing to edges of covers overall a quite pleasing set. With preface and notes by the editor Bishop Hurd and a life of the author by T. Sprat. . Second Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols : For T. Cadell, in the Strand Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007772
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Samuel Butler; with Notes by Robert Thyer
The Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler; with a Selection from the Author's Characters in Prose
London: Printed for David Booker 1827. Near Fine bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards back ornatelt gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers light rubbling at tips scattered light foxing. "Illustrated with humorous wood-cuts and portraits of Butler and Thyer". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for David Booker Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007776
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Browning Robert; Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge
Binding Fine- Riviere & Son The Poetical Works of Robert Browning 15 Volumes of the Edition of 17 Volumes Bound in 4 Volumes
London: John Murray 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes lacking Vols. 13 and 17 as follows: Pauline-Sordello Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I Vols. 5 &6 and 7 bound in Vol. II Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram the backs richly gilt top edges gilt marbled end pages Near Fine light soiling to vellum scant toning at illustrations. Each of the eight volumes have a different tissue-guarded frontispiece engraved portrait of Browning. Most likely a unique set especially bound for presentation by Selfridge as no other similarly bound sets published by John Murray appear in the current market or in auction records. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Later Edition. Half Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Presentation Copy. John Murray Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007791
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Desbordes Valmore Marceline
Poesies des Madame Debordes-Valmore in Two Volumes Fine Binding
Paris: A. Boulland 1830. Beautifully bound in contemporary red morocco the covers with outer black rule and ornately blind tooled around a central octagon panel the backs tooled in gilt with black morocco labels and gilt lettering all edges gilt marbled end pages an altogether excellent example of fine French bookbinding of the period. With four hors-texte illustrations copper engraved by Frilley Cousin and Durand after Tony Johannot Pujol Devéria and Henri Monnier. Near Fine occasional moderate toning one signature in each volume evenly browned indicating the use of a different paper. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. Boulland Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007796
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Byron George Gordon Lord
Marino Faliero Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy in Five Acts. With Notes . and The Prophecy of Dante A Poem
London: John Murray 1821. First Edition First Issue with Doge's speech p. 151 that begins "What crimes " consisting of 5 1/2 lines. In the original paper covered boards paper label at spine label with small chip yet still quite legible bookplate of Victor Travers-Smith M.D. front paste down early hand-written name front board edgewear to boards mostly confined to bottom edges end pages moderately foxed and stained and internally free of foxing overall a quite readable and pleasant copy with sound hinges and in the original binding and uncommon thus. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007669
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Clouston W. A.
Arabian Poetry for English Readers
Glasgow: Privately Printed 1881. SCARCE. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards back with five raised bands and ornate gilt decorations gilt rules top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of Charles A. Baldwin a noted collector and his ownership signature front end page. Very Good Plus light rubbing to leather at the tips end pages faint toning. Contents clean and free of toning or foxing. Frontispiece facsimile of an Arabian manuscript fold-out genealogy chart of The Seven Arabian Poets. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007678
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Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage A Romaunt
London: John Murray 1845. Bound in full contemporary straight-grain dark blue morocco with five raised bands the spine decorated in gilt gilt rules and decorations to covers elaborate gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. 60 engraved illustrations "from sketches taken on the spot expressly to illustrate 'Childe Harold' ". With gift inscription 3rd front end page dated 1845 and 1897 from her Mother to Christine and Christine Kean Roosevelt from Christine Kean Griffin. Christine Kean Griffin was the wife of William Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Kean Roosevelt was their daughter. William Roosevelt was a prominent New York banker and cousin to President Teddy Roosevelt and financial advisor to Teddy before during and after his presidency. Near Fine small rubs to moroccoa at spine ends. A quite lovely copy with an interesting provenance. . Illustrated Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007683
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Browning Elizabeth Barrett
Binding Fine The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning; A New Edition Carefully Corrected By the Last London Edition with an Introductory Essay in Three Volumes
Boston: C. S. Francis & Co. 1854. A SCARCE early collection of her poems beautifully bound in contempoary chocolate morocco gilt titles 5 raised bands stamped and tooled rules and decorations all edges dyed red dark brown endpapers. xvii 312. xvi 300. viii 234. Contains all her poems to date the third volume contains "Prometheus Bound and other Poems including Sonnets from the Portugese Casa Guidi Windows etc." Volume I contains her 1844 Dedication to her Father and Introduction by H. T.Tuckerman and the 1850 author's advertisement. Near Fine a few small rubs to morocco white end pages toned period armorial bookplates of Ward front paste downs the owner's name "Julia F. Ward 1855" front end pages is nearly invisible due to dark brown color of paper. . New American Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. S. Francis & Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007688
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Drummond William; Edited with a Memoir and Notes by Wm. C. Ward
Binding Fine The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden Two Volumes
London and New York: Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons 1894. RARE one of 100 copies in the Large Paper Edition for The Muses Library series. From the collection of Alfred Ernest Hamill Chicago and Lake Forest investment banker book collector philanthropist and president of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees 1929-1953. Bookplate design by Thomas Maitland Cleland American artist and book designer. Finely bound by Hertzberg of Chicago old pencil note rear end page in crushed dark blue morocco 5 raised bands and gilt lettering at spine top edges gilt blue buckram endpapers. Near Fine tiny rubs at corners. The last copy to auction was in 1909. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lawrence & Bullen / Chas. Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007689
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Edited &Translated by Francis William Bourdillon
Fine Pigskin Binding - Bumpus of London Aucassin & Nicolette ; An Old French Love Story
London: Macmillan and Co 1897. A SCARCE title finely bound by Bumpus of London in pigskin with intricate gilt tooled Art Nouveau flowing rose blossom and vine motif to front cover and spine gilt ruled dentelles all edges gilt ribbon marker. "The Text Collated Afresh with the Manuscript at Paris the Translation Revised & the Introduction Rewritten". Near Fine the white morocco evenly soiled. An uncommon choice of binding for that time period quite lovely with the intricate gilt tooling. . Second Edition. Pigskin . Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Macmillan and Co, Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007696
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Dowden Edward
Binding Fine - Sangorski & Sutcliffe The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1896. The less common 1896 New Edition a one volume work.Handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Marshall Field and Company. in half crushed morocco over decorative boards five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering top edge gilt decorative end papers ribbon marker frontispiece engraved portrait of Shelley. Near Fine small shelf rubs top and bottom edges light soling rear cover. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007699
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Turner JMW. Illustrator Moore Thomas J. M.
The Epicurean a Tale. With Vignette Illustrations by J.M.W. Turner Esg. R.A. and Alciphron a Poem
London: John Macrone 1839. Finely bound by Riviere & Son for Edmund D. Brooks Minneapolis publisher and bookseller in polished red calf back ornately gilt gilt rules bordering covers ornate gilt dentelles all edges gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine scant rubs at edges. light toning to text. First edition containing the Turner engravings which are quite nice. Four fine plates engraved by Goodall after drawings by Turner. The last work by Turner in the area of book illustration and the First Printing of "Alciphron" Moore's last separate literary publication. NCBEL III 266. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Macrone Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007703
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His Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere; Frere John Hookham 1769 1846
The Works of John Hookham Frere in Verse and Prose Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir Binding Fine - F. Bedford
London: Basil Montagu / Pickering 1872. Two volumes RARE First Edition 1872. Bust frontispiece in Vol. I and portrait frontispiece Vol. II. Half titles ccxcv 322 pp. errata 496 pp. Bound in dark brown full crushed morocco wide ornate gilt decorations on covers richly gilt spine in six panels red leather labels wide ornate gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled end papers signed on inner dentelles "Bound by F. Bedford". An exceptional set Near Fine light shelfwear bottom edges morocco rear cover Vol. I lightly rubbed. The first collected edition of this noted English diplomat and man of letters. Last time at auction for the 1872 first edition was 1919 according to auction search results. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Royal Octavo . Basil Montagu / Pickering Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007732
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Leopardi Giacomo
Canti John Masefield's Copy Fine Binding
Firenze: Rinascimento del Libro Firenze 1927. Number 893 in an edition of 1000 copies from the library of John Masefield his bookplate to the front pastedown "From the Library of John Masefield O.M. Poet Laureate" . Finely bound in unsigned contemporary red morocco front cover with Art Deco geometric gilt rule designs bordered by two gilt rules spine with four raised bands bordered by double gilt rules and with gilt lettering top edge gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine light foxing throughout. John Masefield was Poet Laureate of England from 1930-1967. A book he obviously treasured enough to have finely bound books from Masefield's library are SCARCE in today's market. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rinascimento del Libro Firenze, Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007734
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Sill Edward Rowland
Binding Fine - Clara Rice Guild of Arts & Crafts of California Poems
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1887. RARE and outstanding example of West Coast American Arts & Crafts bookbinding by Clara Rice her initials bottom of front cover. Bound in full crushed green morocco five raised bands gilt lettering spine and front cover front cover image of two trees with initials CR bottom of left tree moire silk end papers top edge gilt. Period bookplate of Charles Ernest Green front pastedown. Gift inscription pasted on card stock front flyleaf reads: " Christmas Greetings to C.E.G. This binding is by Clara Rice and is a fine sample of her work. The book has been on exhibition at the Arts & Crafts Guild. R.J.D.". No Date to inscription circa 1903. The San Francisco Call newspaper shows an article dated Dec. 12. 1903 tha is titled "Guild of Arts & Crafts opens Unique exhibition" and further states "Miss Clara Rice Secretary. Her mosaic leather work in book-binding is much admired". And the Bulletin of the Dept. of Labor Vol. 9 issues 54-56 shows " Guild of Arts & Crafts of California Miss Clara Rice Secretary 639 Kearney St. San Francisco". Very Good front cover and spine uniformly lighter than rear cover top corner front cover small bump. Originally started in 1894 the first run of the Guild of Arts & Crafts in San Francisco lasted until some time in 1897. Douglas van Denburgh launched the second Guild of Arts & Crafts in San Francisco in 1903 and that group lasted at least through 1910. And the poet Edward Rowland Sill was principal of Oakland High School California and professor of English literature at the University of California during the period 1874 - 1882. He died at the age of 46 in 1887 a minor American poet of high quality who but for his early death may have gained a higher place. A uniquely San Francisco book from the height of the Arts & Crafts movement in California and in America. Later Printing. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007745
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Ken Smith
Fox Running
Newcastle on Tyne: Bloodaxe Books 1981. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page- " Best Wishes Ken Smith Notre Dame 27/APR/81". Near Fine top corner front wrapper creased small rub bottom edge rear wrapper. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong 8vo. Bloodaxe Books Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 007396 ISBN : 0906427223 9780906427224
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Wilson Keith
Graves Registry and other Poems
New York: Grove Press 1969. SCARCE SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page and with the ink signature of noted literary scholar and translator Joseph A Buttigieg the father of current Democratic Party presidential candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Near Fine lacking the dust jacket title at spine a bit dulled. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grove Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007398
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Wilson Keith
The Streets of San Miguel
Tucson: The Maguey Press 1977. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"for Joe and Mary Jane - with love Keith August 17 1978". From the collection of noted literary scholar and translator Joseph A Buttigieg the father of current Democratic Party presidential candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Fine in Wraps as Issued. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Chapbook . Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The Maguey Press Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 007401 ISBN : 0930778057 9780930778057
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