Poetry
Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices
London: Turret Books, 1968. Stanislaw Gilwa. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Copy no. 46/150 with frontispiece and linocuts reproduced from blocks by Stanislaw Gilwa. Introductory note by Douglas Cleverdon. Transcript from BBC broadcast of poetic work. Original gilt decorated white cloth, near perfect. More
VOICES. APHORISMS BY ANTONIO PORCHA. A REVISED AND ENLARGED SELECTION TRANSLATED BY W.S. MERWIN
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition, trade paperback. Presentation copy from WS Merwin (1927-2019), Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1971 and 2009), to author Edmund Morris (1940 - 2019), Pulitzer Prize for NonFiction, "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" (1979). Inscribed on the half title: "For Edmund..... More
PATRIA MIA and THE TREATISE ON HARMONY
London: Peter Owen, 1962. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, pub green cloth. Upper corners bumped, else a fine copy in slightly soiled dw. More
THE IRON DOOR (AN ODE)
Toronto: Macmillan, 1927. 1st Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Fine copy, #8 of 100, signed by the author on the limitation page, in fine dustjacket in slipcase, which is toned about edges. Uncommon, especially in limited edition as nice as this. Newfoundland poetry. More
The Collector and Other Poems
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. More
The Women Poem
New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. a beautiful copy. More
Dionysus in Doubt: A Book of Poems
New York: MacMillan, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. endpapers slightly toned and foxed, bound in red cloth with paper labels front panel and spine, clean with no previous owner markings. More
First Edition 40 Poems
Sandusky, OH: Gull Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Soft cover. signed by Rudinger on title page, a bit of scuffing, else fine and clean. More
LOT OF 5 SIEGFRIED SASSOON TITLES
various. Hardcover. All at least very good or better; variances noted. COUNTER-ATTACK AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Dutton, 1919. Second printing. No dustjacket. MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN. NY: Coward-McCann, 1929. First US edition. No dustjacket. VIGILS. London: Heinemann, 1935. Early printing. Purple cloth, spine lightly faded. No dustjacket. SIEGFRIED'S JOURNEY..... More
THE FOUR SEASONS
NY: Targ Editions, 1984. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Narrow 4to. Cockerel covered boards with printed cover label. 150 copies in glassine. Signed by translator/ poet Snodgrass on limitation and warmly inscribed by publisher Bill Targ on ffe. Slight loss to glassine upper right corner rear panel, else fine. More
LATE, PASSING PRAIRIE FARM
Northampton (MA): Main Street Press, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Only 75 copies, this numbered 75/75 by designer Moser and signed by him, signed by author Stafford, too and especially inscribed by binder Bourbeau "for a most deserving bibliophile and wonderful friend" all on the colophon. Printed at Moser's Main..... More
LATE, PASSING PRAIRIE FARM
Northampton MA: Main Street, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. The first printing, 75 copies, printed at Main Street, Northampton MA. Printed on paper by Kitakata & Dover, set in Eric Gill's Perpetua type. Bound by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery. Design and presswork by Barry Moser. This copy numbered..... More
A Poetry Recital
London: MacMillan, 1925. First Edition. Half Cloth. jacket soiled with a number of closed tears, small piece missing top spine, internally clean, uncut pages, spine exposed halfway through, some toning endpapers. More
BALLADS
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A finely preserved copy, charcoal, polished linen, beveled edges, gte, sides untrimmed, 8vo, vi (2) 137 (2). Trace spotting to endpapers, else clean interiors throughout. Solid, very attractive copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
Where Babylon Ends
London: Cape Goliard, 1968. Limited. Hardcover. signed by Tarn on title page, numbered 25/50. More
THE OTHER HAMPTON
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974. Tomkins, Jill (photography). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy to publisher Richard Grossman, inscribed to him some time after publication by photographer Tomkins on the ffe: "For Poppy - back where it belongs - (drawn heart) - J" Book near fine, dustjacket has minor toning and light..... More
Hudibras, Poëme de Samuel Butler, Écrit Pendant les Guerres Civiles d'Angleterre
London: Jombert, Libraire, 1819. Second Edition. Full Leather. Three volumes. Uncommon French-English edition. Includes 12 black and white plates. Full, navy leather. Spines beautifully stamped and decorated with gilt, titles in red leather. Edges sharp, corners gently bumped. Some very minor and occasional foxing to pages, text largely clean. Bindings..... More
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST DAYS OF SHELLEY AND BYRON.
London: Edward Moxon, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy in brown, crushed half morocco over marbleized boards, matching endpapers, raised bands, gilt spine titles, 8vo, viii, 304. 4 engraved plates. Old name card pasted to ffe. More
THE POETRY QUARTOS
Silvermine CT: Random House, 1929. Paul Johnson. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12 pamphlets each with a new poem in its first appearance by leading poets and authors of the day. Books are fine, in yellow printed wrapper, which is missing spine and flap, in moderately worn decorated box, designed by..... More
Spring Birth and Other Poems
NY: Henry Holt, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Mark Van Doren, dated 3/12/53, to Columbia University colleagues and friends Russell Potter and his wife Dean "with warm regards." Potter was the director of Columbia's Institure of Arts and Sciences. More
BROWNING'S LINEAGE
(Princeton): original holograph 0. No Binding. Holographed version of the two-stanza, 14-line poem "Browning's Lineage" in Van Dyke's hand and signed by him. On notepaper measuring 5" x 8" in black in, signed by Van Dyke (1852 - 1933) at the bottom of the sheet, with the sheet labeled "Dr..... More