Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1912. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1) Gedichte. 1/400. Sm. 4to. 37pp. Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to cover. Head and tail of spine chipped. One-inch closed tear along midsection of spine. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minor scuffing to boards. Sporadic foxing not affecting text. Adolf Grabowsky..... More
Ottignies, Belgium: Le Cormier, 1976. Limited ed. Softcover. 1/1000. 8vo. 332pp. Original wrappers with red and black lettering to front wrapper and spine. Staining to wrappers and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Corners bumped. Typed ex-libris and handwriting to inside of front wrapper. Top page edges untrimmed..... More
![Das Lorleilied: Elfenstück mit Farbenballett [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR]. Ottokar Kellner](/pictures/thumb/30710.jpg?v=1434441991)
Zürich; Leipzig; Wien: Amalthea Verlag, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 87, [1]pp. Original decorative cloth with title label laid on front cover. Fly leaf inscribed and signed by Ottokar Kellner. Exquisite poetry work by one of the most renown German poets of the early 20th century. Moderate age wear on..... More
Prague: Senders & Brandeis, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 200, [6]pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on front cover. All edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author, protected with a tissue-guard. Scarce work being a compilation of Landau's writings, with a biography. Some age wear on binding with spine..... More
Chicago: Algimanto Mackaus Knygu Leidimo Fondas, 1984. Hardcover. Ex-library. 191,[3]pp. Decorative black cloth with red lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Rare edition with poems by Lithuanian poet Algimantas Mackus (1932-1964). By the time of his death at 32, Mackus published only three collections of poetry; a fourth..... More
![On the Slain Collegians [SIGNED]. Herman Melville, Antonio Frasconi, ill./ed](/pictures/thumb/22501.jpg?v=1571354593)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Frasconi on colophon. 96/1000. Quarto. [unpaginated] Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with blind-stamped illustration on front cover and white lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with fascinating b/w reproductions of woodcuts. Edited and woodcuts by Anonio Frasconi. DJ..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. Hardcover. 12mo. XII, 203, [1]pp. Original marbled calf, with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Dentelles. All paper edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Binding signed by White, 24 Pall Mall, London. Originally published in 1840, Milnes' "Memorials of Many Scenes" is a collection..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. Hardcover. 12mo (6 3/4 x 4 3/8"). VIII, 154, [2]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering to spine, and unidentified blind-stamped coat of arms to both covers. Dentelles. Top edge gilt. This new edition of Milnes' "Poems, Legendary and Historical" was published the same year..... More
London: Edward Moxton, 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (x) 200pp. 3/4 dark green leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering over red label on spine, as well as ruling and tooling with raised bands. All edges red. The publication is a collection of poems by the 19th century English poet and..... More
London: George Bell, 1850. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii. 328pp. Blind stamped and gilt decorated original calf boards and spine.Red page edges.Title plate with gilt lettering. Raised bands. Beveled edges. Head of spine slightly chipped. Scuffing, rubbing and some staining to boards. Wear to corners and edges. Marbled endpapers. Minor foxing to..... More
Tokyo: Kyobunkwan, [1938]. Hardcover. 8vo. 127pp. Stitched red limp cloth in brocade folding slipcase (chitsu) with ivory clasps. Minor discoloration to inside of slipcase. Tipped-in color woodblock print frontispiece. "This work covers the Oshima Leper Colony. Eight of the provinces of Japan have joined in establishing a hospital for lepers..... More
Innsbruck: Mar. Vereinsbuchhandlung und Buchdruckerei A.G., 1935. Softcover. 8vo. 96pp. Illustrated wrappers. Staining and rubbing to wraps. Name of previous owner on title-page. Collection of proverbs from "Old Tirol" in Austria. Text in Gothic script. Wraps in fair, interior in good condition. More
London: John Murray; Henry Lindsell, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). XIV, [2]pp (Errata), 422pp. Blind-stamped cloth, with gold lettering and decoration to spine. Binding rebacked, however retaining the original covers and 2/3 of the original spine. A collection of 130 unpublished poems, including some composed..... More
Berlin: Lambert Schneider, No date (1926). Second expanded edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 261 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original publisher's dustjacket. A collection of ninety-two hymns and poems presented in four categories: God, Soul, People, Zion, with an epilog by Franz Rosenzweig. Dedicated to..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Quarto. xxxvi (i), 334pp. Original quarter Japanese vellum over blue paper boards with red and black lettering on spine, raised bands, in original printed dustjacket. In matching slipcase with printed label in red and black on spine. Frontispiece photograph by..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Quarto. lxxx (i), 337 (1)pp. Original quarter Japanese vellum over blue paper boards with red and black lettering on spine, raised bands, in original printed dustjacket. In matching slipcase with printed label in red and black on spine. Frontispiece photograph..... More
Berlin: Pantheon Verlag, (1920). 1. - 3. Tausend. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 347pp. 249pp. Gold decorated maroon cloth and spine with title-plate. Raised bands. Rubbing to bands, head and tail of spine and corners. Top edge gilt. "Briefe zweier Liebender aus einer kleinen Stadt am Fuße der Alpen. Neudruck unter..... More
NP: Marietta Lutze Sackler, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/100 Octavo. 42 leaves. Original brown cloth over handmade bark paper-covered boards with gilt stamped facsimile signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Poems by the author dated from 1979 - 1991 with personal subject matters, e.g. her children..... More
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 313pp. Full red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Printer's device on title-page. First edition of this scarce work being a study of the meter of Ethiopian poetry through translation of specific..... More
Oxford: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1928. Hardcover. Complete in 3 Volumes. Sm. 4to. xvi,358pp. vii,363pp. vii,365pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Each volume has a frontispiece, each a different b/w photographic reproduction of a painting. Each volume is also edited with Introductions, Appendices and Bibliographies by R. Crompton Rhodes..... More
London: John Murray, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 342pp. (1). 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped design on spine, with gilt on lettering being rubbed off. Marbled endpapers and edges of book block. The work is a collection of poems by Sotheby each inspired by and based..... More
Goodhart, Michigan: The Lofts Chippewa Cove Woods, 1926. Bookfellow Edition. Hardcover. 84/500 signed Ivan Smith on colophon, with inscribed color post card "Happy New Year Yours Truly Ivan Swift." Quarto. 58pp. Original light brown half buckram over tan paper boards with brown lettering on cover. Tan endpapers. Title page with..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Hardcover. 12mo. 281pp. Vellum boards, with red and black lettering on the front cover and spine. Publisher's device at the bottom right of the front cover. Pages uncut. Top edge gilt. Steel plate engraved portrait frontispiece, protected by a tissue guard opposite title..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1851. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. (viii) 211pp. + 8 pages of publisher's ads. Original brown cloth boards, as issued, with blind stamped design on covers, and gilt lettering on the spine. The publication is a fifth edition of the acclaimed work by Tennyson, original published only..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. 8mo. 154pp. + 8 pages of publisher's ads at the front. Original green cloth boards with blind stamped design on covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Publishers ads in second state, dated "August 1855". The publication is a first edition, second issue..... More