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New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1913.
First edition of this selection of lines from Kipling’s works for each day of the year. Duodecimo, bound in full suede with gilt titles to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1957.
The Variorum signed limited edition of this classic collection of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning author, one of 825 numbered copies signed by the poet. Large octavo, original half cloth, original slipcase. One of 825 copies signed by William Butler Years on the limitation page, this is number 421. Fine in the original slipcase, whichContinue reading "The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats."
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1915.
First American edition of Frost’s first published work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, gilt title to the front panel. Boldly signed and dated by the poet on front free endpaper, “Robert Frost Wesleyan December 1926.” Ownership signature on front pastedown of Richard Brooks in pencil. In very good condition. A charming example.
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Boston : Richard G. Badger & Company, 1897.
First edition, one of only 500 copies of Robinson’s second collection of poems, including “Richard Cory”, “Reuben Bright”, and “Luke Havergal”. Duodecimo, original publisher’s floral cloth. In very good condition. Cover design by Mr. T.B. Hapgood, Jr.
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London : Printed by J.M. for John Starkey, 1671.
First edition, first issue of these epic poems, with the misprint “loah” on page 67 instead of “loth” in Paradise Regained. Octavo, bound in full contemporary speckled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, engraved portrait frontispiece,Continue reading "Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To Which is Added Samson Agonistes."
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London : Henry Washbourne, 1842.
The Washbourne edition of this classic of English literature, being a reprint of the 5th Major edition and including a facsimile reproduction of title page of the first edition of 1653. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled tree calf by Henry Sotheran with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of a birthday cake in the year of publication, “for Billy Wasserman on his 50th birthday Love from John 7/29/77.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph byContinue reading "Tossing and Turns: Poems."
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1928.
First printing of this edition of this collection which includes poems from “A Boy’s Will”, North of Boston”, Mountain Interval” and “New Hampshire.” Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Men work together I told him from the heart whether they work together or apart Robert Frost Amherst.”Continue reading "Selected Poems."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
First edition of Hughes classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Olive Johnson, Sincerely, Langston Hughes Howard May 3, 1947.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1914.
Later printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original half-cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper above an attached photograph of him, “Robert Frost South Shaftsbury VT.” Frost purchased a farm in South Shaftsbury in 1929 and it served asContinue reading "North of Boston."
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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."
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