1727. BROOME, William. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. London: Bernard Lintot, 1727. Octavo. xiii(3)248pp. First edition. Fine frontispiece portrait engraved by George Vertue. Three pages of publisher's ads. Broome, a country clergyman, contributed the notes to Pope's Iliad (1715-20), and wrote eight of the 24 Books of "Pope's" translation of the..... More
1940. .ELIOT, T. S. OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. London: Faber & Faber, [1940]. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo. 50pp. Color illustrations by Nicholas Bentley. Cream cloth boards stamped with colored design to front and lettered in red to spine. Bottom edge trimmed. Small stain to rear board. Very Good..... More
1887. FIELD, EUGENE. Culture's Garland, being Memoranda of the Gradual Rise of Literature, Art, Music and Society in Chicago, and other Western Ganglia. With an Introduction by Julian Hawthorne. Boston, Ticknor, 1887. Octavo. xvi, 325 (11) pp. First edition. A collection of amusing sketches and stories, with Field's own drawings..... More
1937. FITZPATRICK, Kathleen. THE WEANS OF ROWALLAN. New York: Coward-McCann, 1937. First Edition. 8vo. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. Illustrated by Peggy Bacon. Light-brown cloth, lettered in blue to spine. Top edge lightly soiled. Dustjacket lightly soiled and chipped. Very Good. More
1816. FOUQUE, Baron Friedrich de la Motte. SANGERLIEBE. Eine provenzalische Sage in drei Buchern. Stuttgart & Tubingen, Gotta'schen, 1816. Octavo. [ii]322pp. First edition. Original wraps minus covers. Internally fine. De la Motte Fouque wrote numerous romantic novels and stories, of which the best known today is "Undine." This one is..... More
1898. GISSING, George. CHARLES DICKENS. A Critical Study. London: Blackie & Son, 1898. In addition, pasted to the endpaper is a holograph note from Gissing , presumably to the recipient of the book (E.L. Vrice), dated from Gissing's hotel in Rome on February 26, 1898 and suggesting a meeting over..... More
1890. A LOVELY TRIPLE-DECKER GISSING, George. THE EMANCIPATED. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. First Edition. 3 Vols. 8vo. Brown patterned paper covered boards backed with brown cloth. Stamped in gilt to spines. Blue-grey patterned endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine and extremes. Vol. II has..... More
1923. "FIRST AND ONLY EDITION" GISSING, George. AN HEIRESS ON CONDITION. Philadelphia: Privately Printed for the Pennell Club, 1923. First Edition. #25 of 48 numbered copies. 4to. 33pp. Blue-gray paper-covered boards backed with blue cloth. Lettered in gilt to spine. Vignette title page by Joseph Pennell. Minimal wear to cloth..... More
1888. GISSING, George. A LIFE'S MORNING. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1888. First Edition . 8vo. 3 Vols. 315pp.; 303pp.; 333pp. One of 500 sets, of which 265 went to circulating libraries, and 126 were remaindered. Pebbled reddish-brown cloth, yellow-coated endpapers. Ruled in black and blindstamped on..... More
1880. RARE FIRST EDITION IN A PUBLISHER'S REMAINDER BINDING GISSING, George. WORKERS IN THE DAWN. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Remington and Co., 1880. First Edition the three volumes bound in one, in what is a publisher's remainder binding of blue cloth with green-coated endpapers. Blindstamped to front and..... More
1894. HOYER, Maria A. GOOD DAME FORTUNE. London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1894. 3 Vols. 8vo. 5"x 7 5/8". 292pp,292pp & 308pp.+ 8pp. ads undated. Blue cloth, stamped and lettered in black on front and stamped in black and lettered in gilt on spine. Cloth is worn. Light foxing to..... More
1981. POUND, Ezra. FROM SYRIA: THE WORKSHEETS, PROOFS, AND TEXT. [Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1981. First Separate Edition. 8vo. 8pp. 28 fascsimiles on 14 plates. Black cloth with tan paper paper label printed in black to spine. Issued without dust jacket. Fine. (Gallup A106.). More
1950. POUND, Ezra. PATRIA MIA: A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTS, THEIR USE AND FUTURE IN AMERICA. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, (1950). Inscribed First Edition. 8vo. 97pp. Light Brown cloth, lettered with dark brown background to front and spine and lettered in dark brown to back. Inscribed in ink by Pound..... More
1910. POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1910). First Edition, first issue. One of about 200 copies printed. Small 8vo. 84pp. Tan paper covered boards lettered in dark brown to spine. Edges untrimmed. Head tail of spine chipped, otherwise minimal wear. (Gallup A6). More
1940. STEPHANSSON, Vilhjalmur. ULTIMA THULE: Further Mysteries of the Arctic. New York: Macmillan, 1940. First edition, limited #37 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator for the members of the Explorers Club. 8vo., 383 pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver to front and spine. Cloth lightly faded and..... More
1990. STRAND, Mark. THE CONTINUOUS LIFE. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. Limited First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Stitched, heavy grey cloth wraps with bone clasp closures. Letter 'E' of 26 lettered copies on Umbria (there were also 225 numbered trade copies on Windhover). Signed by author and by the artist, Neil..... More
1993. STRAND, Mark. DARK HARBOR: A POEM. New York: Knopf, 1993. Signed First Edition. 8vo. 49pp. Dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt to front and spine. Inscribed by the author on title page."To ____ from MArk Strand". Fine in fine dustjacket. More
1978. STRAND, Mark. THE LATE HOUR. New York: Atheneum, 1978. Large 8vo. 48pp., printed on recto only. Uncorrected proof. Pale blue wrappers, unprinted. Editor's working copy, annotated by poet Dan Halpern in blue ink. Minimal wear. Spine lightly sunned. Fine. More
1968. STRAND, Mark. REASONS FOR MOVING. New York: Atheneum. 1968. Signed First Edition. 8vo. 47pp. Dark blue cloth, blindstamped to fromt and lettered in gilt to spine. This copy belonged to the poet John Frederick Nims with his signature on the flyleaf. It is also signed by the author on..... More
1964. STRAND, Mark. SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN. Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1964. Limited First Edition. 8vo. 53pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt to spine.Author's first book #40 of limited edtion of 225. Inscribed by athor on ffep. "For Gary/with both eyes open/-Mark Strand/July 28, 1966, Small split to..... More
1991. UPDIKE, John. ODD JOBS: ESSAYS AND CRITICISM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Green cloth stamped in silver and gold. Boards slightly bowed. Cloth faded along top edges. Signed by the author in ink on ffep. In very good dust jacket with minor wear and sunning to spine... More
2002. UPDIKE, John. SEEK MY FACE: A NOVEL. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Signed First Edition. 8vo. Dark grey cloth stamped in silver and gold. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by author in ink to ffep. More
