London: Saunders and Otley, 1851. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 6 1/4"). 48pp. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. All paper edges gilt. Engraved lithographic frontispiece. Illustrated with four splendid duo-tone lithographs by Dickinson & Co. (including frontispiece), "Eustace" is an elegy written by a grieving..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Softcover. 4to. 18pp. Original maroon wraps bound with golden decoration string. Cover label pasted on front wrapper, as issued. Deckled fore- and bottom page edges. Twelve poems by Tania Crocker Whitman. Rare work, printed by John Henry Nash (1871-1947) who was famous for publishing..... More
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México, D.F. Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 277, [3]pp. Original decorative wrappers over cloth with silver lettering and printer's device on spine. First page inscribed and signed by Gabriel Zaid. Beautiful poetry work by Gabriel Zaid, the celebrated Mexican writer, poet and intellectual whose essays have..... More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, (1977). First English language edition. Hardcover. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and..... More
Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated tan wrappers with orange lettering on cover. Frontispiece illustration. Vignette on title page. 12 poems and etchings on handmade paper, uncut at foredge. Titles are Sabbath, Selichot, Un'Sane Tokef, Kol-Nidre, Sukkoth, Simchath-Thora, Chanukkah, Purim, Pessach, Schabuoth, Tischah B'ab, holidays..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1898. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 53 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Illustrations throughout by Henry Holiday. Some sunning on spine, bumping on top and bottom of spine. The initials H.S. in front end paper, otherwise book is in Very Good condition. Work is..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n/d. Edmund Dulac. Printed from the Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Gilt decorated maroon cloth and spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine and corners frayed and worn. Scuffing, abrasions and some discoloration to boards. Decorated endpapers. Signed by previous owner..... More
Starnberg: Josef Keller, 1980. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. 1/200. Original blue cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine. Limitation page signed by the author. Limited and deluxe edition of this book of Avant-garde poetry by Eugen Gomringer with text in German, English, French, Spanish, and Norwegian. Very minor soiling..... More
Mexico: Nueva Voz, 1954. Limited ed. Softcover. 8vo. 68 pp. Original wrappers with protective glassine cover. 1"x1" chip missing to front. Some age wearing and discoloration. Hinges starting to loosen. One of 50 copies signed by the author. Inscribed by previous owner. Illustrated with 3 b&w full-page plates by Augustin..... More
New York: New Directions Publishing Company, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Denise Levertov on free front endpaper. 8vo. ix, 86pp. Half tan cloth over green paper-covered boards in original pictorial dust jacket. "In her preface, Denise Levertov describes her new collection, To Stay Alive, as "a record of one..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. 1/400. 390 pp. Half cloth over paper boards, with pasted down title labels on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Corners bumped, Paper over board on right lower edge loose, but present, water stain on back..... More
Firenze: Centro Internazionale del Libro, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 108pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover. Original photograph of the author tipped in on free front endpaper and signed at back and underneath. Printer's device on half-title page. Title-page in red and black lettering..... More
London: The Art Lithographic Publishing Co., ca. 1890. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Tan cloth spine over gilt decorated boards with color paste-down. Some staining and discoloration to boards. Name and date of previous owner in pencil on front endpaper. Abrasions along gutter on front endpapers. Decorated title page. Three poems illustrated..... More
Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz, 1860. Hardcover. Small octavos. Vol. I: (xii) 276pp. Vol.II: 304pp. Vol.III: (vi) 268pp. Vol. IV: (vi) 234pp. Quarter green leather over green cloth boards, with gilt ruling on the covers and gilt lettering on the spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Green ribbon markers. Each volume with..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. 102pp. Vellum spine over gray boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Original cardboard slipcase with cover plate, Age wear and discoloration to slipcase. Corners of slipcase bumped and worn. A beautiful edition with facsimiles of selected poems written in longhand by 42 German..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company Publishers, (1913). Elsie A. Harrison. Softcover. 8vo. 60 pp. (indicated in Roman numerals). Illustrated by Elsie A. Harrison with color lithographs heightened with gold. Art deco images of fashionable ladies and gentleman. Gray paper binding. A good copy with little wear. A delightful parody..... More
Berlin: Propyläen, (1972). Jörg, Wolfgang. Schönig, Erich. First limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 56pp. Color decorated boards with original slipcase. Poems by Alfred Wolfenstein written while "a prisoner" of the Gestapo in 1940's Paris, hence the title "Ein Gefangener". He committed suicide in 1945 as a result of the mental and..... More
Rochester, NY: Published for the authors, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 387 pp. Original blue pebbled buckram boards with gilt decor on cover, reverse gilt lettering on cover, gilt on spine, blind-stamped title and blind-stamped decor on back cover and beveled edges. Gilt edges. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. Tipped-in..... More
Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], 268pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped morocco with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Binding signed by Suttaby, London. Exquisite edition of William Edmondstoune Aytoun's main poetical work magnificently illustrated throughout by Joseph Noel Paton and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. (2),ix,(1),143,(3)pp. Gray d.j. spine lettered in red & blue. Red & Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Inscribed & signed on the front free endpaper by Ray Bradbury. D.j. with minor spots of rubbing. Fore-edge of textblock with touch of..... More
Glasgow: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1363/1500. Signed by Joan Hassall on limitation page. Original grass green half leather over green paper-covered boards with embossed black plastic medallion on cover, gilt lettering and tooling on black label of spine; housed in floral paper-covered slipcase. Floral endpapers. Color-illustrated title..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 306 pp. Decorated boards with dj. Pound's translation from the Chinese odes written by Confucius. Minor wear to cover. Dj tearing at edges and with a water stain to the back. With wear to dj, overall good condition. More
San Francisco: The Four Winds Press, 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/150. 8vo. 254pp. Gold lined half leather over green decorative paper boards, title in gold on spine. Includes b/w reproductions of the illustrations penned with the 'song.' As the editor state in the foreword, "The 'Songs' of Edward Lear- indeed..... More
Mexico, D. F. Editorial "Yolotepec" 1947. Limited first edition. Softcover. 1/500. Quarto. 58, [6]pp. Original glassine over decorative wrappers. Publisher's logo on title page. "Motivos Humanos" is a compilation of exquisite poems by celebrated Mexican poet Manuel Gonzalez Flores. Glassine partly torn and chipped along edges. Text in Spanish. Glassine..... More
Geneve; Paris: Trois Collines, 1948. Limited First edition. Paperback. Octavo. 123, [1]pp. Uncut. Original glassine with printed dust-jacket over wrappers. Illustrated title. Delightful poetry book exquisitely illustrated throughout with 7 in-text and 13 full-page drawings by Fernand Léger. One of 1900 copies on Vélin paper, of which this is No..... More