London: J. and D.A. Darling, 1851. First edition of this book length poem. Small 8vo. 160 pp. Illustrated, plates, extra engraved title page. Spine title: "The / Friar." Westwood & Satchell (listed anonymously), p. 15: "This is merely fun hiding in an angler's domino." Heckscher 83. Spine ends a little..... More
NP: np, [1800-1815]. Broadside. 31 x 23 cm. A poem, eight stanzas of four lines each. Edges rough, some wear at folds with a little separation. An unrecorded variant of "Truxton's Victory," the text differing slightly, though expressing same content. First two lines of each stanza only rhyme and the..... More
NP: np, nd [1861?]. First edition. Broadside poem, 5 1/2 x 4 inches, printed within an ornamental border, 44 lines written in 22 rhyming coupets: "The blessing of the God of Truth, the Southern Flag shall claim." Rudolph Confederate Broadside Verse 85. Moss Confederate Broadside Poems 62. Not in Parrish..... More
NP: np, January, 1864. First edition (?). Broadside poem, 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches, printed within a black border, 26 lines railing against the Confederate congress's abrogation of substitute contracts: "In former days, a Contract was a test, A pledge respected and a right at rest ... The State..... More
[British?]: np, nd [18th century]. Broadside verse printed on laid paper, 15 x 5 1/8 inches, 10 stanzas. At the head of the broadside is a small woodcut (2 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches) picturing a man and woman in 18th-century dress; below the text is a second small woodcut..... More
Columbus [OH]: Gazette Printing House, 1890. 6 3/4 by 4 3/4 in. (viii) - 82pp. Illustrated with three original photos tipped in on sheets with captions. Blue cloth with Ye Periwig Picnic stamped in gilt on front cover. Compilation of stories and poetry by members of the club with photo..... More
London: Hacon and Ricketts, [Vale Press], Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1900. Two volumes. 8vo. [7 blank leaves], cxvi, [8 blank leaves]; [7 blank leaves], cxxv, [7 blank leaves]. Cream colored buckram with gilt stamped spine. One of 320 copies. Slightly soiled and darkened with some wear to spine ends..... More
New York: Printed at the Spiral Press, (1965). First Edition, a keepsake celebrating the dedication of the Robert Frost Library printed at the Spiral Press. 16mo. (6) pp. Illustrated with a three-page facsimile of a Frost poem "Departmental / By R. F." in his holograph. 1965 holiday greeting slip from..... More
NP: np, 1810-1830? Broadside. 23 x 23 cm. Illustrated with two relief cuts in the upper corners. Verse in eleven stanzas and two columns, separated by a decorative line. Not in American Imprints. OCLC lists a copy at AAS. The young man dreams he seduces the object of his desire..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): David McKay, (c1932). First edition with the Pogany illustrations. 4to. xvi, 182 pp. 12 full-page black-and-white plates. Inscribed by Pogany on the half title in 1941 to arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson "this far-eastern saga for those of Ultima Thule." Original silver-stamped black cloth (one small white paint smudge..... More
(Amador City, CA): Quintessence Publications, (c1977). First edition, 1/100 copies (this #23) containing a facsimile manuscript of Jeffers' "Broken Balance" (1929) in an envelope attached to the rear endpaper and a bronze plaque portrait of Jeffers in a recess on the front board of the slipcase. Oblong 4to (6 5/8..... More
London: Ward & Downey, 1896. 1st ed. 12mo. 64pp. Author's first book. Inscribed by the author: "For John Foster Carr / Hilaire Belloc / 1900." Original green cloth, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Two newspaper clippings of Belloc poems affixed to rear endpapers, else a Fine copy. More
NP: np, 1934. 12mo. 88pp. Bound brown fabricoid. Title stamped on front cover. Cowboy poetry. Signed by author on flyleaf. Some rubbing to edges. More
(New York: Spiral Press, 1963). First edition, 1/450 copies. 16mo. (12) pp. Blumenthal's account of printing Frost's Christmas poems. Good copy only. Illustrated cream wrappers (old damping in upper corner), stitched. (7734). More
[San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Arts Festival Commission, 1964. First edition, 1/300 copies, issued as one in a portfolio of broadsides. Broadside, 20 x 12 3/4 inches, printing the poem below a large illustration (15 x 10 3/8 inches) by Richard Cornell. This copy signed by both Brautigan and Cornell (Brautigan..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Daniel Press, 1894. First Edition. 1 of 150 copies, this set signed by the author on each half-title, each with his holograph couplet, the signature and couplet enclosed by an ink circle. 5 parts (each numbered "78" in ink on the rear wrapper). Small 4to. 37..... More
San Francisco, (CA): Printed by John Henry Nash, 1925. First edition thus, 1/250 unnumbered copies. Folio. xii, 55 pp. Mounted frontispiece portrait of the author, title printed within a blue ornamental border, initial letters through the text in blue. Bookplate on front pastedown, else a very good, untrimmed copy. Original..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1887. First edition. 12mo. viii, 268 pp. Publisher's ads. Engraved bookplate of Adolph Zukor, film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, and red morocco bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter. Original terra cotta cloth, gilt spine title. Front hinge just starting to crack, else a very good..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1872. First edition. 12mo. xii, 171 pp. Engraved bookplate of Adolph Zukor, film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, and red morocco bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter. Original plum cloth, gilt spine title. Very good, mostly unopened copy in a custom burgundy quarter-morocco slipcase, with chemise..... More
The letters, dating from 1967 to 1972, request his college writing teacher's help in securing various fellowships & teaching positions. One note reads "[I] want like crazy to attend, largely because Dickey will be conducting the poetry workshop." In all, totalling approximately 800 words, with a manuscript addition of some..... More
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 310 Broadway, 1857. First edition. 12mo. 68pp. , frontis, 7 plates. Blue cloth, blind stamped with gilt lettering on front board. Very good. First book of poetry by this New York City lawyer. A classic satire of society ladies and fashion, which spurred many imitations..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., (c1917). First edition. 8vo. xvi, 307 pp. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication "Dear Marjorie: / Should I say / guts Morgen or / Good-Day? / Otto would say / Good Night! / Ever yours / Hal WB / October 1..... More
New York: Van Winkle and Wiley, 1817. One of three American editions issued in 1817, the earliest in the United States (first published the same year in London; other American editions were issued in New York and Philadelphia). First American edition (?). 12mo. (4), [9]-70 pp. American Imprints 40369. Interior..... More
[London]: The Roxburghe Club, 1999. First edition, one of a small number specially bound for members of the Roxburghe Club (names of 42 members are printed on a preliminary leaf). 4to. xiv, 220 pp. Illustrated from facsimile manuscript pages. Chalkhill (ca. 1595-1642) was a seventeenth-century British poet who is known..... More
