Christina Rossetti: A Divided Life.
B/w illus., 233pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1981). A very good(+) copy. More
POETRY
The Flowers of Evil.
Norwalk: Easton, 1977. Edited with an introduction and notes by James Laver. Illustrated by Pierre-Yves Tremois. xxxvi + 201 pages. Short 4to, gilt-stamped brown leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1977). A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. More
The Satiric and the Didactic in Ben Jonson's Comedy
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. 192pp. 8vo, green cloth, edgeworn d.w. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Autograph Manuscript Signed
1820. Autograph manuscript signed in full. Contains two stanzas (16 lines) of a poem entitled "The Old Kirk Yard," 1 page, gray paper, dry mounted on foxed, white paper, 7 x 4.5 inches. In part: "Oh mourn not for them their grief is o'er, Oh weep not for them they weep no more; For deep in their sleep, tho' cold and hard, Their pillow may be in the old Kirk yard." No place, no date, circa 1820. British author and..... More
Miseres; Nouvelles.
Paris: Arc-en-Ciel, 1947. 218pp., unopened, 8vo, original printed wrappers (front cover partially loose). Paris: Editions Arc-En-Ciel, (1947). First Trade Edition. Very good. Presentation copy. Laid in is an 11pp. booklet, Couleurs Nocturnes, Poemes by the author. It is also inscribed by the author. More
Famous Editions of English Poets.
New York: Richard R. Smith, 1931. Illustrated. 1312pp. Tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1931. Very good copy. More
Select Poems, Divine & Humane.
London: Nonesuch, 1928. Small slim 8vo, full limp vellum; uncut. Nonesuch Press, 1928. A fine copy, preserved in very good publisher's plain board box. One of 1250 numbered copies. More
Carnal Lent: Poems.
Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Frontispiece portrait of Beekman is an engraving by Barry Moser, printed from the block. Book design by Richard Hendel. Printed throughout in black & red. Unpaginated. Thin oblong 12mo, black cloth with red leather spine label (labels is a bit rough at edges, otherwise a fine copy). No place: Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Limited edition. Number 150 of 200 copies printed. Signed by Beekman & Moser on the limitation page. More
Basket for a Fair.
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1934. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition. Signed and inscribed copy. More
Is Morning Sure?
New York: Odyssey, 1947. Thin 8vo, d.w. New York: Odyssey , 1947. First Edition. Presentation copy. More
The Ballad of The Duke's Mercy.
New York: House of Books, 1939. Thin 16mo, blue cloth; spine lightly faded. N.Y.: House of Books, 1939. Limited First Edition. Number 4 of The Crown Octavos. One of 250 signed copies. More
Ballads and Poems: 1915-1930.
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1931. 4to, printed boards, uncut. N.Y.: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Limited Edition. One of only 201 signed and numbered copies. The spine is tanned, and the boards have light dust soil & are slightly warped. More
Burning City: New Poems
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Thin 8vo, dark red leather. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936). Limited First Edition. One of 275 signed and numbered copies. Modest wear to top edge; good slipcase. More
Tiger Joy.
New York: Doran, 1925. 8vo, cloth backed pattern boards. N.Y., (1925). First Edition. Autographed copy. Near fine, signed copy; paper spine label lettering partially rubbed. More
John Brown's Body.
illus. 4to, cloth-backed boards. New York, (1954). More
John Brown's Body: a poem.
Norwalk: Easton, 1994. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Illustrated in color by John Steuart Curry. 454pp., large 8vo, gilt-stamped brown leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1994). Fine. More
Tuesday November 5th, 1940.
New York: House of Books, 1941. 5 pages,, 8vo, blue wrappers, printed label. N.Y.: House of Books, 1941. Limited First Edition. Poem in praise of F.D.R. prior to the election of 1940. " Let them print what they like in the papers. It doesn't matter/ We'll be seeing you Tuesday, the millions of us, F.D.R." One of only 50 copies, this one is unnumbered. Fine. More
Young Adventure.; A Book of Poems
New Haven: Yale, 1918. 8vo, cloth-backed pictorial boards; lightly dust soiled. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918. First Edition. Benet's third book. More
Poetry Package, by W.R.B. and C.M.
New York: Greenfield, 1950. Introduction by Cuckoo (Prof. C.B. Tinker?). 8vo, printed wrappers; spine sunned. N.Y.: Greenfield, (1950). First Edition. Written together with Christopher Morley. More
The Spirit of the Scene.
New York: Knopf, 1951. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1951. First Edition. Very good copy. More
Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. vi + 326pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, (1954). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Jamaica Labrish.
Kingston: Sangster's Book Store, 1966. Notes and Introduction by Rex Nettleford. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. with a small amount of light edgewear and inner flaps creased, bookplate of previous owner. (Kingston): Sangster's Book Store, (1966). First Edition. Jamaica Dialect Poems. More
To Every Thing There is a Season: Roloff Beny in Canada.
New York: Viking, 1967. Essays, poems and journals edited by Milton Wilson. 56 pages in full color, 144 pages in black and white photogravure, 10 maps and line drawings. 324 pages. Folio, gilt-lettered black cloth. New York: Viking Press, (1967). First edition. Small gift inscription on title page and cloth is a bit dusty, else a very good(+) copy. More
Revisionary Play: Studies in the Spenserian Dynamics
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 483 pages, black cloth, dust wrapper (spine sunned). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Presentation copy by the author, signed "Harry" More
The World for Wedding Ring: Poems
New York: Macmillan, 1962. 77 pages, cloth, d.w. New York: Macmillan, (1962). First Edition. Fine. More