Advance Review Copy. Signed and Inscribed by the author on verso of half title. Collection of poetry from the author best known for his co-writing of I am A Fugitive From A Georgia Chain Gang. Very Good plus, paper wraps with bookplate to half title, shallow chipping of paper to spine ends, and creasing to lower corners. Item #14313
First Edition. An uncommon collection of poetry from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #39977
Early Edition, without date at title page, but very likely in first issue dustjacket. Volume of poetry by American "literary naturalist" and early conservationist. Scarce in fragile printed and decorated jacket. Near Fine but for small stain to lower spine end, with bit of dustjacket attached to cloth at rear cover, in Good only dustjacket, coin sized chips to edges and mid-spine, light stain to lower spine area. Item #24592
First Edition (in dustjacket with Second Large Printing statement at top rear panel. Paul Thevenaz dustjacket art. Preface by William Marion Reedy. Collection of poetry based on the author's visit to 'the Orient in 1916'. Uncommon title in dustjacket. Very Good, wear along bottom boards, in Good edge chipped dustjacket. Item #32966
First Edition. Scarce. Collection of lyrical songs and poems by Harvard-educated American writer, who practiced law for the early part of his life until his essays attracted attention. His work was known for its “originality and felicity of expression,” and many critics considered him one of the top essayists of his time. Near Fine but for number stamped to rear inside cover, small ink scribbled to top corner of front free endpaper, light water staining to corners of endpapers, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket, moderately water stained mostly to edges and spine, few red stains to rear panel and top of front panel, half inch chipping or less to edges, spine with half inch loss to ends and mid spine, rear spine edge well worn. Item #19534
First Edition. I. N. dustjacket art. Collection of satirical ballades with contributions by Winifred Agar, Sidney Allnut, Maurice Baring, Hilaire Belloc, E. C. Bentley, Cecil Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton, Geoffrey Howard, Diggory King, H. S. Mackintosh, Theodore Maynard, J. B. Morton, J. S. Phillimore, T. Michael Pope, C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, J. C. Squire, R. Weatherhead, Louis Wharton. Scarce in dustjacket. Very Good, few nicks at front spine gutter, in nearly Very Good fragile dustjacket, darkened at spine, inch closed tear at top front panel, shallow loss at top edge. Item #25428
First Edition. 16vo. Collection of World War One poetry described at the dustjacket copy as the barrackroom ballads of the American soldier. Includes an index of army slang. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips. Item #7387
First Edition. Signed by author. Octavo in original gray paper boards with black stamped lettering to spine and jacket and black stamped illustration to cover. Collection of poetry. Very Good with some darkening to spine, modest soiling to page ends. Item #18182
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Collection of author’s best work since 1926, including the series of poems for which the book is titled, a sonnet sequence entitled “Steamer Letter,” and five poems inspired by the dancing of L’Argentina. Near Fine with modest soiling to top edge, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, inch closed tear to lower edge of rear panel, modest surface wear and shadowing. Item #19484
First Edition. Russ Patterson dustjacket art. Short collection of humorous Depression era poetry. Near Fine but for modern bookplate at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some small surface abrasions and edge wear, v-like chip to top front panel. Item #19760
First Edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth, black spine and paper label. Collection of poetry by Coppard. This copy inscribed and signed by Coppard at front free endpaper to P. F. Alexander, dated in 1935 and with Walt Whitman quote in Coppard's hand. Very Good tight copy, cloth and spine label with moderate wear. Item #16080
First Edition. Tall Quarto, original or contemporary green cloth, gilt lettering at spine. Decorative title page, with dedication page to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, as a souvenir of his visit to America. Two musical engraved plates. Interesting collection of American-Scottish poetry by this self-published author. Includes poems: The Printer's Devil to His Cat; The Devil's Blessing; Indepencence; etc. This copy inscribed and signed by the author in 1864 at dedication page and with several hand-corrections to last poem, presumably in author's hand. Very Good, cloth with moderate wear. Item #15676
First Edition. Association Copy, inscribed and signed by Cowley to fellow author Edward Dahlberg at front free endpaper. Minor notations in pencil to four pages are presumably in Dahlberg's hand, twice comparing passages to Eliot. Cowley's first commercially produced book. "Here is verse that reflects the almost sterile beauty of the Pennsylvania countryside; poems of passion; poems of the city and of the sea". Near Fine but for some wear to spine ends, in Very Good dustjacket, some edge nicks, top spine end with shallow chips. Item #22711
First Edition. Uncommon collection of poetry to be found in original printed dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, minor loss at spine ends. Item #25493
First American Edition. Scarce collection of poems to be found in original printed dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, darkening to spine, chipping at spine ends. Item #23703
First Edition. Compilation of 17 poems about dogs written by authors including, Rudyard Kipling, Lord Byron, and Robert Browning. Includes photo of shaggy dog on a pedestal pasted to front cover. With illustrated paw-print “signature” of Dinnie-Dog. Octavo, with paper board covers, in original dustjacket with photo of Dinnie-Dog to front panel. Near Fine but for soiling to top page edge, foxing to picture at front cover, spine ends worn, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with dime-sized chip to lower spine end, inch closed tear to front panel edge, few smaller tears, light staining, spine darkened. Item #19150
New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. In two volumes. Limited Edition of 750 copies "on deckle edge paper, with etchings on handmade paper", #190. Original gilt decorated cloth (by G. W. E.) in original printed dustjackets. Very Good, contemporary bookplate at front pastedowns, in Very Good spine darkened dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #27477
First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth. Rare poetry collection mostly reprinted in book form from the monthly publication of the Andiron Club of New York University. This copy inscribed and signed "the author" at front free endpaper. Very Good, lacking dustjacket. Item #16806
First Edition. H. M. Brock dustjacket art and illustrations. Poetry collection for and about children. Very Good Plus, lacking front free endpaper with school stamp to inner front cover, in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears including inch plus closed tear to top edge of rear panel, several shallow chips along tope edges and flap corners, abrasion to lower front panel from what appears to be sticker removal. Item #24509
First Edition. Sextodecimo. Short collection of World War One poetry. Nice contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper by Sergeant Powers of the A. E. F. France. Near Fine in rather soiled dustjacket, spotting to rear panel, few shallow chips. Item #25089
First Edition, Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Original illustrated boards. Very Good plus. Item #17747
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Introduction by G. Turquet-Milnes. Collection of translated poems from the French symbolist poet and critic, Stephane Mallarmé, whose work anticipated and inspired the revolutionary artistic schools of the early Twentieth Century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism. Very Good with spine faded, cloth at corners lightly worn, some yellowing to endpapers. Item #18181
First Edition. Early collection of poetry by the author of, The Private Life of Helen of Troy. Near Fine in dustjacket with spine ends and corners chipped, small chip mid-spine. Item #6461
First Edition. Uncommon collection of poetry by Farrar to be found in original dustjacket. This copy signed by author at front endpaper. Near Fine but for some discoloration at spine area in Very Good dustjacket with spotting to rear panel. Item #24369
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First Edition. Limited edition of 500 copies, #213. Poetry anthology with an early and likely first book appearance by Faulkner. Other authors include Harry Crosby, Hart Crane and Kay Boyle. Original boards, cloth at spine, paper label at spine. Very Good tight copy, some spotting to boards, moderate wear to cloth at spine edges, some shelf wear to corners. Item #6349
