In THESE HOUSES.
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, (1988). 1st edition. vii, [1 (blank)] 54, [2] pp. 8vo. Pale blue cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. More
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The KING Of The SEA, A Tale of the Fearless and Free.; By Ned Buntline, Late of the United States Navy. 100 Dollar Tale.
Boston: Flag of Our Union Office, 1847. 1st edition (Wright I, 1521). [5] - 100 [= 96] pp. Text in double column. T.p. cut. Full page wood-engraving, p. 13 [duplicated on front wrapper]. 8vo. 10-1/4" x 6-7/8". Printed buff paper wrappers with wood engraving of Neptune to front wrapper. Wrapper..... More
JUST FIVE. A Poem.; Printed for the Pacific Northwest Librarian Association Conference August 25 to 27, 1982.
[Mission, B.C.]: Printed by Crispin & Jan Elsted at Barbarian Press, 1982. 1st separate printing (Miki E68). Limited to 100 cc. Unpaginated bifolium, so 4 pp. Printer's ornament to p. 1. 6-1/4" x 6-1/4". Printed in black & green. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Actually "a William Hoffer..... More
SINGLETON FONTENOY, R.N.
Paris: A. and W. Galignai and Co. / Baudrey's European Library, 1854. 1st Edition thus, i.e., jointly by these publishers. [4], 190 pp. Text double column. Printer's ornament to t.p. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Modern brown calf spine over period marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped black leather title label in..... More
INDIAN TERRITORY And Other Poems.
New York: The Smith. By Arrangement with Horizon Press, 1974. 1st Edition thus. SIGNED by the Author, and marked as "42 of 200" 61, [3 (blank)] pp. Drawings by Jim Kay. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. The author born in Tulsa OK, in the heart of "Indian Territory"..... More
The HOLY GRAAL And Other Fragments. Being the Uncompleted Parts of the Arthurian Dramas.; Edited with Introduction and Notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey. And a Preface by Bliss Carman.
New York: Duffield & Company, 1907. 1st edition. 128, [4 (adverts)] pp. 12mo. 6-13/16" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
GEDICHTE. Eine Auswahl.; Eingeleitet von T. S. Eliot.
Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag, 1954. 1st German edition (Abbott Ha1). 107, [1 (blank)] pp. Text in German & English. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Yellow cloth binding. White dust jacket printed in orange & black. More
HOUSEHOLD TALES Of MOON And WATER. Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, (1982). 1st edition. 76 pp. 8vo. Linen cloth spine over off-white paper wrapped boards. White dust jacket. More
STYLE And PROPORTION. The Language of Prose and Poetry.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1967). 1st edition. ix, [3], 212 pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. No dust jacket. Miles "was an American poet and literary critic; the first woman tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley..... More
PREFABRICATIONS.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955. 1st edition (Lepper p. 322). 90, [6 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Foam green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket. Miles "was an American poet and literary critic; the first woman tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1964..... More
MODERN AMERICAN POETRY. Focus Five.
London: Dennis Dobson Ltd, 1950. 1st Edition (Abbott Ca 177c [Moore]; not found in Gallup [Pound]). 190, [2] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding with black spine stamping. Light green dust jacket printed in dark green & red. More
NEW POEMS. 1957.
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. 1st Edition (Bloomfield L8 [for Larkin]). 140 pp. 8vo. Yellow cloth spine over b/w patterned paper boards. Light blue dust jacket printed in dark blue. More
SIR WILLIAM PREECE, F.R.S. Victorian Engineer Extraordinary.
London: Hutchinson, 1976. 1st Edition. xiv, 377, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Maroon binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White glossy paper dust jacket. Preece "was a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor. ... In 1889 Preece assembled a group of men at Coniston Water in the Lake District in Lancashire..... More
In The DARK, MOVE SLOWLY.; Poems, Selected and Translated from the Finnish by Anselm Hollo.
London: Cape Goliard Press, (1969). 1st Edition in English. Unpaginated. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Green cloth binding with white spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
HEAVEN, TAKE MY HAND.
Toronto / Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1968). 1st Edition. 128 pp. Bookshop receipt laid-in Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Olive green cloth spine over pblue & green patterned paper wrapped boards. Pale blue eps. Blue dust jacket. More
PROMENADES Dans ROME.
Bruxelles: Louis Hauman et Comp, Libraires, 1830. Early printing, first published in 1829. 2 volumes: [2], iv, 355, [1 (blank)]; [4], 468 pp. Textblocks untrimmed. Text in French. Frontispiece in each volume. Fold-out map at rear of Vol II. 6-9/16" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Custom wax..... More
The WORKS Of ANDREW MARVELL, Esq. Poetical, Controversial, and Political, Containing Many Original Letters, Poems, and Tracts, never before Printed, With a New Life of the Author, by Capt. Edward Thompson.; In Three Volumes.
London: Printed for the Editor, by Henry Baldwin, and Sold by Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; ... 1776. 1st Edition thus, i.e., edited by Thompson, and the 2nd Collected edition (NCBEL I, 1222). 3 volumes: lvii, [3], 648, [2 (blank)]; [6], 583, [3 (blank)]; [4], iv, [5] - 559, [3 (blank)] pp. Contents..... More
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CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV] ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH.
Brighton / London: Mayall 91, King's Road Brighton and 224, Regent Street, (n. d.). Ca 1860s (?). Photographer imprint to base of recto & to verso, with Marion & Co. publisher imprint at verso base. Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-3/16" on stiff card stock, 4-1/16" x 2-7/16". Now housed in an..... More
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CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV] ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH.
London: Herbert Watkins 215 Regent Street, (n. d.). Ca early 1860s (?). Photographer imprint to base of recto & verso, with blue oval stamp underneath: "Published by Marion & Co London" Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-3/8" on stiff card stock, 3-1/2" x 2-7/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Bust..... More
GREIFENSTEIN.
London: MacMillan and Co., 1889. 1st UK Edition. [8], 357, [3] pp. 2 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
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HAPLY I MAY REMEMBER; [accompanied by] ANs [2] from Asquith to Kellogg & ALs from a friend of Asquith's to Kellogg.
London: James Barrie, 1950. Third Printing. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED to Florence Scripps Kellogg, and SIGNED by the Author, with her full signature. 237, [1] pp. Letters accompanied by envelopes: one stamped & mailed from Tunbridge Wells, England to Culver City, California; the other two unmailed, hand delivered. 8vo. 8-3/4" x...... More
The NEW BEATRICE or The Virtue That Counsels. A Study in Dante.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. 1st Edition. [4], 88, [4] pp. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-5/8". Pale blue buckram cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
JACK WRIGHT, And FRANK READE, JR., The Two Young Inventors; or, Brains Against Brawns. A Thrilling Story of a Race Around the World for $10,000. [as published in] HAPPY DAYS. A Paper for Young Americans. Vol. I. No. 2. New York, October 27, 1894.
New York: Frank Tousey, Nos. 34 & 36 North Moore St, 1894. 1st Printing. 16 pp. Text quadruple column. Adverts. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. Internal wood engravings. 13-1/4" x 11-1/2". Printed paper, newspaper format. Folded, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The rare second installment from..... More
From TROPIC To TROPIC; or, Frank Reade Jr.'s Latest Tour With His Bicycle Car. Frank Reade Library. Vol. V. No. 110. October 5, 1892.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street, 1892. Early, if not first, printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #112 of the series. 14, [2] pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2-1/2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-1/2" x...... More
The MONARCH Of The MOON; or, Frank Reade Jr.'s Exploits In Africa With His Electric "Thunderer." Frank Reade Library. Vol. VII. No. 166. August 20, 1897.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 29 West 26th Street, 1897. Early, if not first, printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #162 of the series. 14, [2] pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-3/4" x 8-3/8". Printed..... More