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
Boston, [MA]: Sold by L. Deming, wholesale and retail. No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, [n.d.]. Broadside. 23 x 16.5 cm. Caption title and two columns of verse separated by the imprint (printed vertically). Some wrinkling and light browning, but very good. 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
NP: np, nd [ca. 1811]. Broadside, 27 x 19 cm. Old fold lines with small breaks at folds, age toning to paper. Poem, printed in two columns, with twenty-six numbered stanzas. The poem appeared in "The Factor's Garland" in 1811 and there was a Nathaniel Coverly broadside the same year..... More
NP: np, nd [1820s?]. Broadside. 25 x 23 cm. Two columns of verse, separated by a decorative line. Old vertical fold, paper toned, rumpled, lightly foxed. First line of the first poem: "Whither goest thou pilgrim stranger." First line of the second poem: "O Come, lovely brethren, I bid you..... 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
NP: [187-?]. Broadside. First edition. 26 x 21 cm. 32 lines of verse, within two borders. A very good copy. HUMMEL Supplement 819a. OCLC lists single copy at Lib. of Virginia. Since the last verse mentions "Immortal Lee, thou now art laid / Like him you grieved upon..." this poem..... More
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Boston, (MA): J. Howe, Printer, Merchants Row, [1831]. Broadside. 25 x 20.5 cm. Text in two columns separated by a double rule, all within an ornamental border. Old folds, a few creases, a couple of pinholes without loss of text. Very good. Mrs. Badger was the wife of Benjamin Badger..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club (Printed at the Press of A. Colish), 1971. First edition with the Tremois illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator. Tall 8vo (29 cm) and Small 8vo (23 cm.). Two volumes: xxxvi, 201; x, (2), 188 pp. Black-and-white plates. With the LEC Monthly..... 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
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. First edition with the Curry illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #1166) signed by the illustrator. 4to. xvi, (2), 454 pp. Color plates ("the last work of [the illustrator]"). Without the LEC Monthly Letter. Harwell In Tall Cotton 9 (for the 1928 first edition). Very good..... 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
Boston, [MA]: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 12mo. 8, 243 pp. Original brown cloth, faded spine and edges, worn on spine ends. BAL 1578, with two new poems, including one on Lincoln, plus a dedication to Farragut, and end notes. Inscribed in pencil by "the author" to Edward Colt, likely the..... 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
