County Lines: Stories and Poems of the West
New York: Swallow, 1947. 176 pages, small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Swallow Press, 1947. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Swallow, 1947. 176 pages, small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Swallow Press, 1947. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head, 1926. Decorations by Thomas Lowinsky. Slim 37 pages, rubricated title, untrimmed edges. 12mo, vellum-backed cream cloth, lightly soiled and warped. Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. Limited Edition. A very good copy, internally fine. The Shakespeare Head Quartos No. 6. Limited to number 25 of only 55 copies. More
Japan: Shumposha Photo Printing, 1974. Illustrated abundantly in color by Hossein Behzad Miniatur. Unpaginated, about 250 pages. Tall 4to, gold patterned boards with gold lettering. Japan: Shumposha Photo Printing, (1974). Third reprint of Hossein-Ali Nouri Esfandiary's 1949 edition. Near fine. Fitzgerald's English Version. E'tessam-Zadeh's French Version. Illustrations by Hossein Behzad Miniatur. More
New York: Scribner, 1940. Tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (worn at the edges, but not price-clipped). N.Y.: Scribner's, 1940. First Edition. Presentation copy, to Franklin P. Adams, 1940. Oddly, the lower dust wrapper flap has been autographed by poet John Hall Wheelock. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. 8vo, printed paper boards (lightly worn at head of spine and top of rear joint; ownership signature; still a very good(+) copy but lacking dust wrapper). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. First Edition. More
London: Frys & Couchman, 1783. (xvi), 189, (xi), 75 pages, scattered foxing. Small slim 8vo, rebound in early green textured cloth. Frys & Couchman, and sold by J. Buckland; T. Wilkie; and J. Matthews, London, 1783. Personal copy of Francis Steegmuller, with her penciled name on fly-leaf. More
Amsterdam: Abraham Someren, 1692. Title vignette, 26 half-page engravings and decorative woodcut vignettes and initials throughout. 419pp + 4pp table. Small 8vo, old mottled calf with gilt spine, leather spine label (bottom piece of spine end missing, lacks frontispiece and half-title, corners bumped). Amstelodami: Abrahamum a Someren, 1692. A very good copy, with pages quite clean and bright. This work, first published in 1521, established the new literary genre of Marconic verse. The longest piece in the work is a...... More
1988. Black & white frontis. 424pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. N.Y., (1988). Very good. More
15pp., with b/w illustrations by Duchamp, Fini, Frances, Tanguy & Tchelitchew. Thin 4to, original pictorial wrappers (age-toned at the edges with a small chip at the bottom edge.). N.Y.: View Editions, 1945. Very good. Number 43 of 500 signed & numbered copies. Additional presentation -" For dear --- super-best wishes from Charlie" More
London: Cazin, 1781. Title plates. 2 vols. 18mo, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, spine labels. Londres (Paris: Cazin), 1781. Very good. A French translation of Ricciardetto, the 1738 Italian epic poem that was inspired by Chanson de Roland. Translated and abridged by Anne-Francois Duperier Dumouriez, father of the famous French general. Brunet I 1605. Barbier 16622. More
London: Sampson Low, 1856. The Soldier's Dream, and Other Poems and Odes. By Campbell, Wolfe, Collins, Byron, Tennyson, and Mackay. Illustrated with 26 engravings from drawings by Edward Duncan, Birket Foster, George Thomas, etc. 46pp., slim 8vo, full gilt-stamped pebbled brown calf, inner dentelles, t.e.g.; (inner hinge a bit weak). London: Sampson Low, 1856. Very Good. More
Neill & Co., 1911. Illustrated by the author with 26 pen & ink drawings plus 5 mounted plates (one in color); decorative headpieces and borders throughout. xiv, 110pp. Tall thin 4to, original cloth- backed pictorial boards (some wear at edges; spine a bit soiled and faded; internally fine); uncut edges. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill & Co., for the Author, 1911. Edition de Luxe. A very good(+) copy. Limited edition - number 134 of only 300 copies printed, signed by the..... More
New York: Lo Specchio d'Arte, 2004. Frontispiece illustration and photo illustrations throughout, in both b/w and color. 40pp. Slim 4to, red cloth-backed boards with b/w photos mounted on front and back cover. New York: Lo Specchio d'Arte, (2004). First Edition. Inscribed by the poet Frank Edwin on the flyleaf. A small scratch on cover, still a near fine copy. More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1854. 58pp. Small 8vo, original gray boards, expertly rebacked in new black cloth, boards lightly dampstained and lightly soiled, some edges of boards worn, moderate foxing throughout. Philadelphia: (Privately Printed), 1854. First Edition A satirical poem on individual citizens of Philadelphia. Some pages have 20th century pencil annotations in the margins with names and some additional information on some people mentioned in the poem. Pages 43-58 consist of printed notes by the author, as part of the..... More
London: 1784. 24mo, cont. calf., gilt decorated spine with red label. London, 1784. Very good (+). La Henriade Travestie, La Pipe Cassee, et Autres Poesies Diverses. More
London: W.H. Allen, 1950. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (edge-chipped). London: W.H. Allen, 1950. First Edition. A volume of poetry. Presentation copy, noting that "this copy has been corrected by the author" although no corrections are in evidence. More
New York: Holt, 1947. Thin 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (spine lightly sunned). N.Y.: Henry Holt, (1947). First Edition. More
New York: Holt, 1936. 102pp. Thin 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 crimson morocco; gilt-ruled and lettered spine with raised bands; marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g. New York Henry Holt, (1936). First edition. A fine copy. More
New York: Holt, 1936. 102pp. Thin 8vo, handsomely rebound in full crimson morocco with the original title laid in, gilt-ruled and lettered spine with raised bands. New York Henry Holt, (1936). First edition. First Printing. A fine copy. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1962. Tall 8vo. New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, (1962). d.w. First Edition. More
New York: Braziller, 1971. xiii + 607 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped along top edge. New York: George Braziller, (1971). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
By "Uncle John" of Missouri. illus. 99pp. 12mo, cloth. Jefferson City: Hugh Stephens, 1924. vg. More
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