Love and Fame
New York: Farrar Straus, 1970. Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus, 1970. First Edition. More
POETRY
Concordance.
Kelsey Street Press, 2006. Color illustrated by Kiki Smith. Not paginated. Slim and short 4to, pictorial wrappers. N.P.: Kelsey Street Press, (2006). Signed by both Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Kiki Smith on the title page. A near fine copy of this scarce book. More
Gaspard de la Nuit.
Paris: Aubry, 1943. Fantaisies a la maniere de Rembrandt et de Callot... Notice de Sainte-Beuve. Several full-page plates, some colored, sepia text illustrations and facsimiles, 185pp. Small 4to, original wrappers; uncut and partially unopened. Paris: Aubry, 1943. Very good (+). One of 500 numbered copies on papier a la cuve. With William Salloch's bookplate. More
The Bibelot.
Portland: Moser, 1895. A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known. 21 vols., thick 12mo, white backed blue boards with paper labels (spines slightly yellowed at the extremes). Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1895. Very good (+). More
Aucassin et Nicolette. Chantefable du Douzieme Siecle.
Paris: Hachette, 1878. Revision du texte original et preface par Gaston Paris. Illustrated with 9 lovely engraved plates. [4 blank], xxxi, 104, [4 blank]pp with text in French. Each text page is printed within a red border. Short thin 4to, elegantly bound by David in full dark green morocco; ornate gilt-tooled covers and spine; wide inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1878. Joints and edges a bit rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce and beautiful edition in..... More
Pushkin: A Biography
New York: Knopf, 2003. Illustrated in black and white. 727 pages, 8vo, black and maroon boards, dust wrapper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Very good. More
In. On. or About The Premises: being a small book of poems
New York: Grossman, 1968. Thin 8vo, printed wrappers, metallic cover label. New York: Grossman/Cape Golliard, 1968. First Edition. Advance copy, for review. More
Fringilla, Or, Tales in Verse; With Sundry Decorative Picturings by Will H. Bradley.
Cleveland: Burows Brotheres, 1895. Text throughout printed in black & red, some pages within highly decorative borders. [2], 131 pages, 8vo, linen- backed blue holland boards, pictorially stamped in black & red. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, 1895. First edition. Bradley's masterpiece of American Art Nouveau book design. Number 8 of 40 copies on Japan Paper. Enclosed are 3 portraits of Blackmore & Bradley, on Japan Paper and each numbered 8. Bookplate. More
Songs of Innocence.
London: Trianon, 1954. Full page color illustrations. Slim 8vo, original 1/2 brown calf, tan boards, board slipcase. London: Trianon Press, 1954. Facsimile edition. Near fine. Limited Edition. Number 424 of 800 copies. More
Songs of Innocence.
London: Trianon, 1954. Full page color illustrations. Slim 8vo, original 1/2 brown calf, (light scuff marks on spine) tan boards, board slipcase. London: Trianon Press, 1954. Facsimile edition. Near fine. Limited Edition. Number 168 of 800 copies. More
The Gates of Paradise: For Children. For The Sexes.
London: Trianon, 1968. The introductory volume with text by Geoffrey Keynes, is illustrated with Blake's Preliminary sketches, and bound in red cloth in 8vo format. Volumes II & III contain excellent facsimile reproductions of Blake's etchings and engravings, bound in matching cloth but 16mo format. All 3 volumes housed in red cloth slipcase, slightly faded along back edge. London: For the William Blake Trust by The Trianon Press, 1968. Limited edition -- number 61 of 700 copies printed on Arches..... More
The Prophetic Writings of William Blake.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1926. 2 Volumes. Edited with General Introduction & Glossarial Index of Symbols by D. J. Sloss and J.P.R. Wallis. 10 facsimile illustrations, including folding frontispiece. Thick 8vo, blue cloth. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926. First edition. A near fine set with mostly un-opened pages. More
Prose and Poetry of the Continental Renaissance in Translation.
New York: David McKay, 1968. Includes translated works by Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Montaigne, among others. 1083 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: David McKay, 1968. Second edition, reprint. A very good(-) copy -- partially faded price stamp on fly, some dog-earing to lower corners of first several pages, light handwriting present in first couple hundred pages (occasional underlining and some marginalia); in a good dust wrapper, sunned and slightly soiled, edgeworn with chipping to foot. More
The Farmer's Boy.
London: Sampson Low, 1858. 30 engravings by Birket Foster and others. 68pp., small 8vo, original decoratively gilt cloth; (spine ends slightly worn). London: Sampson, Low, 1858. "The success of the `Farmer's Boy' was remarkable... Byron referred to Bloomfield (and this work) in complimentary terms..." DNB II, pp. 698-9. More
The Farmer's Boy.
New York: Appleton. Thirty engravings from drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, and G. E. Hicks. 4 + 68pp., small 8vo, gilt-lettered embossed leather with decorative spine and beveled edges, a.e.g. New York: D. Appleton & Co., n.d. "The success of the `Farmer's Boy' was remarkable... Byron referred to Bloomfield (and this work) in complimentary terms..." DNB II, pp. 698-9. More
A Study of Dante
New York: Putnam, 1890. 102 pages. 8vo, navy cloth. New York: Putnam, 1890. A very good copy--light spotting to cloth and outer edges, spine slightly sunned and worn at ends, ex-libris plate on pastedown and previous owner signature on fly. More
Autograph Manuscript Signed
1945. A souvenir copy of his poem "The Idlers" on lined notebook paper, 1 page, 8.75 x 7 inches, circa 1945 -- all three verses including the original opening lines: "The gipsies lit their fires by the chalk-pit gate anew, And the hoppled horses supped in the further dusk and dew." Uniformly toned with all three folds archivally strengthened on the back. Overall very good condition. English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his..... More
Nature in Literature.
London: Hogarth, 1929. Small 8vo, orange cloth (some light foxing, and light toning to end papers). London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Hogarth Lectures, No. 9. More
Near and Far; New Poems.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. Tall thin 8vo, cloth (spine faded), slipcase. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. Limited First Edition. One of only 160 copies signed by the author. Ownership label of Crosby Gaige. More
The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his View of the Lancashire Dialect; With Large Additions and Improvements. Also his Poem of the Flying Dragon and Man of Heaton
Manchester: 1775. Frontis portrait plus 10 engraved plates and many ornamental head and tail pieces. 201pp. + 33pp. 12mo, leather spine over marbled boards; text browned, some of the plates out margin trimmed, bookplate inside front cover, covers worn. Manchester: The Author, 1775. A very good copy. More
Lancashire Dialect; and Poems
London: Orlando Hodgson, 1833. Illustrations by G. Cruikshank. 184 pages. Slim 12mo, handsomely bound full maroon morocco, ornately gilt spine and covers, inner dentelles, top edge gilt. London: Rolando Hodgson, 1833. First edition. Near fine. More
Rime
Livorno: Tomasso Masi, 1802. 217 pages + Vita di Dante Alighieri in 80 pages + Testamento in 8 pages + Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio in 50 pages. Thick 8vo, full tree calf, ornately gilt spine and covers (rubbed at extremities), all edges gilt. Livorno: Thomas Masi, 1802. Very good (+). More
Varmint Q.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. rubbed). Chicago: Swallow Press, (1972). An epic poem on the life of William Clarke Quantrill. More
Collected Poems: 1923-53.
New York: Noonday, 1954. Small 8vo, yellow cloth, (light spotting), d.w. (price-clipped). N.Y.: Noonday Press, 1954. First Edition. More