various. Soft cover. Lot of 8 HENRY WILLIAMSON titles, relating to World War Titles very good at least; variances noted. Anonymous. (Bell, Capt. D. H.). Williamson, Henry (introduction by). IN SPITE OF ALL REJOICING: A SOLDIER'S DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR. NY: Duffield, 1930. First US edition. Red cloth covers..... More
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
London: Petersburg Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Catalog documenting the publication of The Blue Guitar, a group of etchings by Hockney, accompanied by a poem by Wallace Stevens,, The Man with the Blue Guitar. Square 8vo, paper label front cover, in dustjacket that has some modest wear at tips and..... More
NY: Printed by Carol Strum & Douglas Wolf, 1989. 1st Edition, limited. Soft cover. Privately printed of presumably limited run but unknown number of copies. 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..... More
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
NY: Atheneum, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fifth printing, trade paperback edition. 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 to Morris and..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Book fine in near fine dustjacket, very slightly faded in the upper left corner front panel. Presentation copy from W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1971 and 2009) to author Edmund Morris (1940 - 2019), Pulitzer Prize for..... More
NY: Antaeus Editions, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. First edition, limited issue, this #12 0f 50 signed copies, from a total edition of 500. Stapled printed wrappers, French flaps, 12p (unnumbered). Designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press. As new. More
NY: Mitchell Kennerly, 1921. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First hardcover and first US edition (by Kennerly in 1921) after the first edition in illustrated paper covers (Chapbook, London in 1920). This copy with the rare and very fragile blue, thin paper dustjacket printed in black. Clean book - no names..... More
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
Cambridge MA: Issued by W.S.B., 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxiv, 205. Paper spine slightly stained, else a solid clean copy, More
NY: Gomme & Marshall, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxvii, 286. This annual is most notable for four of Frost's earliest poems: Birches, The Road Not Taken, and The Death of the Hired Man. Modest edgewear and short split..... More
San Fransciso: City Lights Book, 1968. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. First American edition. Covers a wee dusty; spine a wee sunned, else better than very good. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Number 23 in the Pocket Poets Series. More
San Fransciso: City Lights, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition, variant issue of black print on white covers (rather than the reverse). An apparently unread copy. Top edge a little dusty, else near fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. BEATS. More
NY: Hatch-Billops, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A fine copy, 56 pages, illustrated covers and text, b&w photo of poets in rear. More
(London): The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), 1920. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Aside form some chipping and folding along the edges of the covers, a near fine copy of an early work by Millay, published by The Chapbook as No 14 in its series, August 1920. Housed in a cloth-backed, three-fold..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Millay on the title page underneath author name and dated by her Nov 26, 1927. Lacking dustjacket, spine label toned, clean internals. More