The WHOLE BLOODY BIRD (obs, aphs & pomes)
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1969). 1st Edition. 155, [5] pp. 9-5/8" x 5-1/2". Red & white pictorial cloth binding. Red & black dust jacket. More
Literature
The LIFE And WRITINGS Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library No.CIX & CX.; Selected and Arranged by Rev. William P. Page.
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-street, 1840. 1st edition (Fleeman 87.3/S/1). 322; 323 pp. Frontis portrait of Johnson in Vol. I. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Linen cloth bindings with printed black lettering. Per Fleeman, "The selections are chiefly from SJ's periodical essays."... More
The LIFE Of OLIVER GOLDSMITH, With Selections From his Writings. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library No. CXXI - CXXII.
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-street, 1840. 1st edition (BAL 10156). Vol II BAL printing B. 323; 313 pp. Engraved frontis portrait in Vol I. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering (BAL Binding B). More
The CONCRETE ISLAND Montreal Poems 1967 - 1971
Montreal: Véhicule Press, (1977). 1st printing (Miki A28). 500 cc. Unpaginated, though 64 pp. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". White glossy paper covers, printed in blue & black. More
The LOWEST FORM Of WIT.; For the Friends of George & Helen Macy Christmas 1947
New York: 1947. 1st edition thus. 13, [3 (blank)] pp. Printed Christmas card laid-in. Folio. 12" x 8-3/16". Burlap cloth spine over red & green marbled paper boards. More
The LIFE Of KING HENRY V.; The Arden Text, edited by Heerbert Arthur Evans; with a general Introduction by Mr Evans and a special prefatory note by Mark Van Doren; illustrated with paintings by Fritz Kredel based upon the film version of the play created by Laurence Olivier.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche 214). # 63 / 1500 cc. xxxii, 157, [1 (colophon)] pp. Mostly unopened. Illustrated by Kredel. Folio. 13-1/8" x 8-7/8". Full cream buckram binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled edges. Slipcase. More
The DYNASTS. A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. Part First.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. 1st US edition. xxii, 228, v, [7] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering. TEG. More
The DYNASTS. A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes.
New York / London: The Macmillan Company, 1904 - 1909 - 1908. Part First - 1st US edition. Part Second - Second Impression. Part Third - 1st Edition. 3 volumes. Prior owner has added a portrait of Hardy as a frontispiece to Vol I. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth..... More
LONG LIVE The VICTORY Of PEOPLE'S WAR!
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1968. 1st Vest Pocket Edition. 153, [5] pp. Red ribbon page marker. 4 b/w photographic images of Mao at front. 16mo. 4-1/4" x 3" Red vinyl covers, with blind stamped lettering to front panel. More
The SEAS Of GOD.
Lake Sherwood, California: Casa della Madonna. Done into type and privately printed by Dorothy and Frank Shields, San Francisco, 1951. 1st Printing. [10], 8, [2 (blank)] pp. Deckle edges. "Come let us build a little kirk," a poem by Thomas Lennon: p. [iv - v]. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8". Green paper..... More
TROILUS And CRESSIDA. Rendered into Modern English Verse by George Philp Krapp.
London: Printed for the Limited Editions Club, 1939. 1st Edition thus (Newman & Wiche 113). #598 / 1500 cc, SIGNED by the book's designer, George W. Jones. xxi, [1 (blank)], 309, [1] pp. Imperial 8vo. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4". Quarter bound with white canvas spine over grey-green paper boards printed in..... More
MEMOIRS Of CELEBRATED FEMALE SOVEREIGNS. In Two Volumes.; Harper's Family Library No. XXXIII & XXXIV.
New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1832. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 13130). xix [including 12 pp. adverts], 242 pp + adverts; 248 pp. 12mo, bound in 6s. 4" x 6 5/16". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. More
TALKS At The YENAN FORUM On LITERATURE And ART.
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1967. First Pocket Edition. 79, [2] pp. Photographic image of Mao at front. 16mo. 5-1/4" x 3-5/8". Paper covers, inserted into a red vinyl cover, with title blind-stamped to front panel. More
The FIRST SUFI LINE
Vancouver, B. C. blewointmentpress, 1973. 2nd Printing. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Text printed in 'typewriter' font. Illustrated. 9" x 6". White paper wrappers, printed in red & blue, stapled. More
IMPORATANT DOCUMENTS On The GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION In CHINA.
Peking: Foreign LanguageS Press, 1970. 323, [5] pp. Red ribbon page marker. 4 b/w photographic images of Mao at front. 16mo. 5-1/8"x Red vinyl covers, with gold stamping to front panel. More
The HISTORY Of The BIBLE. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library XII - XIII.
New York: J & J Harper, 1831. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 1594 / 7265). 2 volumes. Vol I with 1830 date in cover imprint. Folding map as frontis to each volume. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-3/8" x 3-7/8". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. More
POEMS By CLARKSON.
New Rochelle, New York: Margolis - Wildcat Publications, (1968). 1st Edition. Author's copy? Unpaginated. Xerox order blank laid-in. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Spiral bound, with brown paper covers with front cover having a floral design by Barbara Hunt. OCLC locates one OCLC holding, in Louisville KY strangely enough. Scarce book of..... More
LES PAYSANS; Œuvers Complètes.
Paris. Calmann - Lévy, Éditeurs. c. 1900s. Later printing. 431 pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" Quarter, red calf, red marbled boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, text block speckled, marbled eps., green ribbon marker. Single book of a much larger volume. Text in French. More
ROMAIN CONTEMPORAIN. The Two Mistresses. Emmeline. The Son of Titan. Frederic and Bernerette. Pierre and Camille.; This Edition of the NOUVELLES Has Been Completely Translated by Gertrude Christian Fosdick.
Philadelphia: Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie & Sons. (1900). 1st edition thus, "Edition Magnifique", Copy 3 of 5 cc. 373 pp. Frontis & 6 internal illustrations. Per a preliminary note, "In this edition the plates are in four printings: one in bistre, one Japanese etching paper, remarquè; one..... More
The PHILOSOPHY Of The MORAL FEELINGS. Harper's Family Library No. LVIII.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff - Street, 1833. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 210 pp of text, followed by adverts. 12mo, bound in 6s. 4" x 6 5/16". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. More
The MARQUIS De SADE'S ELEMENTS Of STYLE.
San Francisco: Permeable Press, 1996. 1st Edition. 63, [5] pp. Illustrated. 8" x 4-3/8". White glossy paper covers printed in red & black. More
The MARTYRS Of SCIENCE; Or, The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.; Harper's Family Library No.CXXX.
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1841. 1st US edition. [2], 240, 8 pp. Last 8 pages publisher adverts. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. Rear cover series advert. More
SINISTER SHADOWS.
Chicago: The Tower Press, 1929. 1st edition. 385 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. No dust jacket. More
The HAZARDS Of HOLINESS. Poems 1957 - 1960.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Everson, as Brother Antoninus, dated in the year of publication. 94 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White dust jacket printed in red & black. Everson, on the ffep, inscribes this copy..... More
On The BEAUTIES, HARMONIES, And SUBLIMITIES Of NATURE; With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations.; Selected and Revised by the Rev. William P. Page. Harper's Family Library No.145.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842. xii, [13 ] - 329, [1 (advert)] pp. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Printed linen cloth binding with lettering in black. More