London: Richard Bentley and Son, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, 1885. 1st Edition (Wolff 2071). 311, [1 (blank)]; 297, [1 (blank)]; 288 pp. Headpieces. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering (all 3 volumes professionally recased). Bevelled edges. Author's..... More
London & Glasgow: Gowans & Gray Ltd, 1925. 2nd Printing, first published in 1922. 32 pp. 16mo. 6" x 4". Plain paper covers, with fitted, color-printed thick onion-skin wrapper. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. 1st US trade edition (Purdy, p. 262). xi, [1 (blank)], 202, [2], pp. Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. No dust jacket. Per Purdy, "a collection of 105 poems, which Hardy had been assembling at..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited St Martin's Street, 1928. 1st edition (Purdy, p. 252). Issued posthumously. xi, [1 (blank)], 202, [2], pp. Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding. Dust jacket. Per Purdy, "a collection of 105 poems, which Hardy had been assembling at the time of..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited St Martin's Street, 1925. 1st edition. x, 279, [1], 3, [1 (blank)] pp. 3 pages of adverts follow text. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
New York: Henry Holt & Co., Publishers, 1876. 1st US edition (Purdy, p. 23). iv, 423, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Original publishers linen cloth binding with black printed lettering/graphics, including signature cobweb in lower right corner of the front board. Red advert eps, with the 1st issue..... More
Los Angeles, California: Geo. Rice & Sons, 1898. 1st Edition (Bleiler [1978], p. 140; Locke, SPECTRUM I, p. 157; Reginald 10147; Wright III, 3750). Not in Negley. 130 pp. Inserted b/w photographic portrait of the Author, printed on glossy stock. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with..... More
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[London]: (n. d.). Ca mid-1830s? 46, [2] pp. 6 sketches herein, with one being "An Attempt at an Essay on Paper. A Comic Offering by T. Dibdin" 16 b/w illustrations. 16mo: B - D8. 6-3/8" x 4". 19th C, but not original, plain purple paper covers. Volume lacks preliminary matter..... More
Syracuse: The Bitter Oleander Press, 1976. 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED in the year of publication, as "Barry" 67, [5] pp. 10" x 6-15/16". Textured tan paper covers printed in black & red. More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited St Martin's Street, 1922. 1st edition. xxiv, 288 pp. Partially unopened. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited St Martin's Street, 1922. 1st edition. xxiv, 288 pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. No dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Journey's Into Language, 1971. 1st printing. SIGNED by the Author. 94 pp. 8-15/16" x 5-13/16". Blue & white glossy paper covers. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 1st Edition. #120 / 250 cc. SIGNED by the Author. Unpaginated. 5 yellow card inserts. 8-3/8" x 5-1/2". Grey paper covers with cut-outs, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "In this window poem / play the yellow leaves ad lib." [laid-in printed..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1985. 1st Edition. 48 pp. 7-13/16" x 4-7/8" Multi-color card stock paper covers. More
Chicago: Coach House Print Shop, 1969. 1st Edition. #211 / 482 cc. Unpaginated. 7" x 4-5/8" Linen cloth boards with dark brown stamped lettering. More
Sausalito: Unity Press, [1969]. 2nd Printing. Unpaginated. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Off white paper covers printed in black. A benefit publication devoted to aid those "several hundred condemned men sitting on Death Row in prisons throughout the United States. On the average, they have spent more than 5 years awaiting execution."..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Co., Publishers, 1874. 1st US edition, 1st issue [with front advert dated November 17th, 1874]. Cf Purdy, p. 17. iv, 474 pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Original publishers linen cloth binding with black printed lettering/graphics, including signature cobweb in lower right corner of the front..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1887. 1st edition, Printing 2 (Baird & Greenwood 1089; BAL 7340; Wright III, 2533). iv, 250, 12 pp. 12 page publisher advert at rear. Frontispiece & 3 inserted plates. Crown 8vo. 7-1/16" x 4-5/8". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine &..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896. Early printing, first published in 1895. Cf. Baird & Greenwood 1100; BAL 7378; Wright III, 2541. [4], 210, [10] pp. 8 page publisher advert at rear. Publisher logo to t.p. Crown 8vo. 7-1/16" x 4-5/8". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to..... More
New York: D. Appleton - Century Co., 1935. 1st edition. [6], 337, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Lt blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
Boston, New-England: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for Nathanel Proctor at the Bible and Dove in Ann-street, near the Draw-Bridge, 1743. 1st North American edition, 'Proctor' issue (Evans 5185). xxiv, xii, 522 pp. P. 331 misnumbered as 231; 501 as 503. Period paper markers inserted after C12 & Q7. Head..... More
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. First printing. 167 pp. 8" x 5.5" Green buckram cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885. Nouvelle Édition. xv, [1 (blank)], 140, [6] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. P. 140 mispaginated as 160. 4 page publisher advert at rear, dated Avril 1885. Illustrée de 34 eaux-fortes de Jules Adeline. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/16". Deep green full crushed morocco binding..... More
