Voices of the Stones.
New York: Macmillan, 1925. Thine 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Macmillan, 1925. First American Edition. Fine, lacking the dust wrapper. Signed "George Russell 'AE' " on the fly-leaf. More
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Williams Verses; A Collection of Poems form the Williams College Athenaeum, Argo, Fortnight, and Literary Monthly
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1887. 114pp. 16mo, original green cloth, spine ends lightly worn, corners bumped. Cambridge: Riverside Press, (1887). First Edition Signed by Samuel G. Tenney, a graduate of Williams College and one of the contributors. Tenney's poem has one line underlined by him. More
Lady Faustus
New York: Morrow, 1983. 94 pages, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Morrow, 1983. First Edition. Fine. Review copy. Presentation from the poet, written on the half-title. More
The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral
New York: Morrow, 1976. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Morrow, 1976. First Edition. Fine. Her first book. Scientifically accurate poems about the solar system, written while the author was a student at Cornell. Astronomer Carl Sagan served as a technical adviser for the book, and the dedicatory poem is to him. Review copy. Presentation, signed by Ackerman on the half-title. Scarce. More
T.S. Eliot: A Life
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Black and white illustrations. 400 pages. 8vo, grey cloth, d.w. (sunned, edgeworn). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). A very good(+) copy-- sunned at edges-- in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
For Remembrance: Soldier Poets Who Have Fallen in the War.
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 26 tipped in portraits including the frontispiece of Rupert Brooke. 312 pages. 8vo, decorative blue cloth. Lodnon: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. ca. 1920. Revised and enlarged edition with 6 extra plates. Very good (+). More
Ibn 'Arabi ou La Quete du Soufre Rouge
Paris: Gallimard, 1989. 407 pages. Tall 8vo, glossy printed wrappers. Paris: Editions Gallimard, (1989). First edition. Toned covers, slightly creased at spine -- internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy. From the Bibliotheque des Sciences humaines. More
Thee; A Poem.
George Braziller, 1967. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Tall thin 8vo, blue boards, printed slipcase (top edge of case is worn). N.Y.: George Braziller, (1967). First Printing. Fine in very good case. Limited edition. Number 22 of 100 copies signed by Baskin. Also signed by Aiken on the half title page. More
Essays on Song-Writing; with a Collection of Such English Songs as Are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit.
London: R.H. Evans, 1810. Title page vignette. xxviii, 352pp. Short 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th century tan polished calf (a bit rubbed); marbled page edges. London: Printed for R.H. Evans, 1810. A New Edition with Additions and Corrections, and a Supplement by R. H. Evans. A work first published in 1772, by the Scottish physician and author, the brother of Anna Letitia Barbauld. "Aikin is better known as a man of letters than as a physician. His elegant scholarship gave..... More
Poor Collins: His Life, His Art, and His Influence
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1937. 340pp. 8vo, maroon boards. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1937). A fine copy. More
The Pleasures of Imagination: And Other Poems.
New York: Bartow, 1819. Engraved copperplate frontispiece. 144pp. 12mo, sheep; rubbed, paper library label on spine, ink stamp on title and last page, text block very clean. New York: R. W.A. Bartow, 1819. The two-thousand line didactic poem for which Akenside is best remembered. He completed his medical studies at Leyden, publishing a dissertation contesting the authority of Antony von Leeuwenhoek. More
Poems of Alcman, Sappho, Ibycus
New York: Knopf, 1945. Rendered from the Greek by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz. Designed by Bruce Rogers. 33 page introductory essay by Ernst Morwitz. Thin 8vo, gilt-stamped decorative tan cloth; spine slightly darkened. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Limited first edition. A near fine copy. Text in Greek with English translation on facing page. Number 650 of 950 copies. More
The Bells: A Collection of Chimes.
New York: Derby, 1855. By T.B.A. Thin 8vo, original cloth; spine darkened and chipped; corners rubbed. N.Y.: J.C. Derby, 1855. First Edition. A poor copy of the author's scarce first book but internally fine. More
The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Frontispiece portrait. 8 volumes, slim 8vo, 3/4 red morocco, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, (1897). Very good (+). Small inscription on front fly-leaf. More
Opere.
Pisa: Niccolo Capurro, 1821. Fine engraved portrait by Bettelini. 18 vols. 16mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, marbled boards & edges. Pisa: Niccolo Capurro, 1821. The most celebrated Italian poet of his age, Alfieri developed the arts of 18th century poetry beyond the limits of any of his predecessors. Brunet I, 176. More
La Divina Commedi. Purgatorio
Milan: Nuages, 1999. 27 full-page color illustrations by Milton Glaser. 190 pages with text in Italian. 4to, printed pictorial wrappers; minor dust soiling to covers. Milano: Nuages, (1999). A near fine copy of this beautifully illustrated edition. Includes a lengthy hand-written letter from Glaser to renowned editor Byron (Dobell) with observations on Dante's text; also a 1 page typed translation into English of the Introduction. "As for Dante's words, you're on your own" More
Earth Moods and Other Poems.
New York: Harper, 1925. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harper, 1925. First Edition. Inscribed by the author. More
New Legends.
New York: Farrar, 1929. Tall 8vo, cloth backed boards; uncut, d.w. N.Y.: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. Limited First Edition. One of 175 numbered large-paper copies, signed by the author. Fine copy, lacking dust wrapper. More
Worldly Hopes
New York: Norton, 1982. 51pp., cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, 1982. First Edition. Fine. Review copy. More
6 Mid-American Chants by Sherwood Anderson, 11 Midwest Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh
Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1964. With a note on Anderson's poetry by Edward Dahlberg and a poem by Frederick Eckman. Very slim, panoramic folio (7.5 x 21.75 inches), spiral-bound with brown printed wrappers. Highlands North Carolina: Nantahala Foundation/Jonathan Williams, 1964. First edition - limited to 1550 copies. Very minor edgewear and bumping along with light scattered foxing, still a very good copy, lacking the original clamshell box. Issued as Jargon 45, this is Sinsabaugh's first book, and the awkward sizing was..... More
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'for I Diiie
New York: Random House, 1971. 48p. cloth backed boards, (light soil), d.w. New York Random House, (1971). Fourth printing. More
A Ballad of the North and South.
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1959. Some small illustrated figures, printed in blue. 48 pages. Small slim 4to, two-toned buckram, publisher's box that is worn. Kingsport, TN: Privately printed by Kingsport Press, 1959. Limited edition of 1250 copies. A fine copy in a worn slipcase. Number 4 in the series of American Keepsakes. More
Fingal; An Epic Poem.
Edinburgh: Charles Stewart, 1807. Translated from the original Gaelic by Thomas Ross, with the old translation by James Macpherson. 335 pages, scattered foxing on the first and last pages, 8vo, 3/4 green calf, marbled boards, rubbed. Edinburg: Charles Stewart, 1807. Very Good. More
The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an account of his Campaign onthe Peninsula and in Pall Mall
London: Patrick Martin, 1815. 15 color plates by Rowlandson. Thin 8vo, full red crushed morocco decoratively stamped in gilt,all edges gilt, by Morrell. London: Patrick Martin, 1815. First Edition. Elegant copy. Tooley 417. More
Daughters of Emily: Eleven Women Poets / Fifteen Poems
Haybarn Press, 2018. Frontispiece on Rives Heavyweight, printed from a painting on a Mylar plate, and hand-colored by the artist. Illustrated in color by Ed Colker. Letterpress printed. Unpaginated, unbound in burgundy cloth portfolio, as issued. Haybarn Press, 2018. A fine copy. Limited edition, number 24 of 125. Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Poems by: Lee Briccetti, Lea Graham, Kathryn Hellerstein, Catherine Kasper, Kadya Molodowsky, Kathleen Norris, Nina Pick, Ronnie Scharfman, Rosmarie Waldrop, Jeanne Murray Walker, and..... More