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Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Tennyson, Alfred

Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

The Globe edition of the poetical works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, later printing. InContinue reading "Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-148880

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The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918

Chosen and Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.

London : Oxford University Press, 1966.

Finely bound edition of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918, the new edition. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-148873

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The Five Nations

Kipling, Rudyard

The Five Nations.

London : Methuen and Co, 1903.

Finely bound edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles and pictorial tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-148872

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The Poems of William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William

The Poems of William Shakespeare.

London : Paradine Publications, 1975.

Paradine Publications limited edition facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Press edition of The Poems of William Shakespeare written in the original 16th and 17th century spelling. Octavo, bound in full limp vellum with gilt titles to the spine, silk ribbon ties, woodcut ornaments, decorative borders, and printed on Invicta parchment substitute. Accompanied by the originalContinue reading "The Poems of William Shakespeare."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148849

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Eddy, Sarah J. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

Alexander and Some Other Cats.

Boston : Marshall Jones Company, 1929.

Early edition of this collection of facts and stories about cats, compiled by Sarah J. Eddy; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original light green cloth, illustrated with numerous plates of cat photographs and an additional pamphlet of photos laid in. Inscribed in ink by Gilman on the frontContinue reading "Alexander and Some Other Cats."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-145596

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The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

Brooke, Rupert

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke.

London : Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919.

The Medici Society limited edition collection of Rupert Brooke’s classic poems. Octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, woodcut frontispiece portrait of Rupert Brooke and title page vignette. One of 1,000 paper copies, this is number 546. In very good condition. Woodcuts byContinue reading "The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-148850

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The Road not Taken

Frost, Robert

The Road Not Taken.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959.

Early printing of this collection which includes Frost’s most recognizable poem: The Road Not Taken. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Nellie Dearstyre Bread Loaf VT 1953.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Louis Untermeyer.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150286

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John Donne

Donne, John

John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose.

London : The Nonesuch Press, 1972.

The Nonesuch Press edition of this collection of poetry and prose from prominent English poet and preacher John Donne. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette. In near fine condition. Edited by John Hayward.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-148781

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Rainer Maria Rilke

Rilke, Rainer Maria; Robert Kipniss [Illustrator]

Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1981.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this finely curated selection of Rilke’s verse in both the original German and English translation. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with black and white lithographs.Continue reading "Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-148692

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The Call of the Links

Webling, Walter Hastings

Fore! The Call of the Links.

Boston and New York : H.M. Caldwell Co, 1909.

First edition of this poetic and reflective celebration of golf. Duodecimo, pictorial half-cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In very good condition. A nice copy of a notoriously fragile book.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-148675

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Sophocles Antigone

Sophocles; Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; Harry Bennett [Illustrator]

Sophocles: Antigone.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1975.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy. Quarto, bound in three-quarters modern morocco by Morrell over cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with color plates. Boldly signed by illustrator Harry Bennett on the colophon page at the rear. One of 2,000 numbered copies, thisContinue reading "Sophocles: Antigone."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148542

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Auden, W.H

Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

London : Faber and Faber, 1972.

First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by W.H. Auden on the front free endpaper with the first three stanzas of “Doggerel by a Senior Citizen” which reads in full: “Our earth in 1969 / Is not the planet I call mine, / The words, I mean, that givesContinue reading "Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147647

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The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick

Herrick, Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.

London : The Cresset Press Ltd, 1928.

The Cresset Press limited edition of Herrick’s collected poems. Octavo, four volumes bound in full publisher’s parchment with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispieces and decorations. One of 750 numbered copies, this is number 51. In very good condition with toning to the panels, spines, and endpapers, and rubbing to the spines.Continue reading "The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148572

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Eliot, George

The Works of George Eliot: Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Romola, Felix Holt the Radical, The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Daniel Deronda, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves From a Notebook.

Edinburgh and London : Various Publishers, 1858-1885.

Uniformly bound set of twelve first editions of works by George Eliot. Octavo, thirty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Club Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of twelve first editions including herContinue reading "The Works of George Eliot: Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Romola, Felix Holt the Radical, The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Daniel Deronda, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves From a Notebook."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148530

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Two-volume set of Pindar’s “Odes of Victory”

Pindar

Odes of Victory: Volume I – The Nemean and Isthmian Odes; Volume II – The Olympian and Pythian Odes.

Oxford : Shakespeare Head Press, 1928-1930.

The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of Pindar’s victory odes. Quarto, two volumes, bound in full red crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Odes of Victory: Volume I – The Nemean and Isthmian Odes; Volume II – The Olympian and Pythian Odes."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148564

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Ovid's Metamorphoses

Ovid; Hans Erni [Engraver]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1958.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt,Continue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148535

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Publius Vergilius Maro [Virgil]; Bruno Bramanti [Illustrator]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

The Georgics.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1952.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Virgil’s classic didactic poem. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Georgics."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148543

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Milton, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.

London : Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-Street, 1674.

Rare second edition of Milton’s masterpiece, “one of the greatest works of the human imagination” (DNB). Small octavo, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. Revised and augmented by the author, the number of books has been extended from tenContinue reading "Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149837

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Szymborska, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins

Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.

Orlando : Harcourt Inc, 2006.

First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page and by Billy Collins on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare CavanaghContinue reading "Monologue of a Dog: New Poems."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148475

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Parker, Dorothy

Enough Rope: Poems.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Rare first edition of Parker’s poignant collection of poetry exploring the complexities of human nature. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147800

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