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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them": Limited Edition of The World of William Shakespeare; Signed by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS, Anthony [William Shakespeare].
The World of William Shakespeare.
London: The Arcadia Press, 1971.
Signed limited edition of this comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare's life, works, and lasting cultural influence, blending historical context with literary analysis to highlight his enduring legacy. Quarto, bound in full crushed red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with pictorial inlay of the Globe Theater in gilt, all edges gilt, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and 42 colored plates. One of 265 numbered copies, this is number 39. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the title page. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147850
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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A. P. Wavell's Other Men's Flowers; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
WAVELL, A. P.
Other Men’s Flowers: An Anthology of Poetry Compiled by A. P. Wavell.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
Finely bound example of Wavell's fine anthology. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition,
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 132135
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"Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle cats come one come all: the jellicle moon is shining bright- jellicles come to the jellicle ball": First edition of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
ELIOT, T.S.
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.
First American edition of Eliot's beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by T.S. Eliot.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143002
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Robert Frost Reading His Own Poems inscribed to fellow poet Gladys Schmidt
FROST, Robert.
Robert Frost Reading His Own Poems.
Chicago: The National Council of Teachers of English, c.1949.
Original LP of Robert Frost reading his poetry. Inscribed by the author on the front panel Frost to Gladys Schmidt dated Jan. 18 1952. The recipient Gladys Schmidt was a professor of English at Carnegie Tech and had already written a number of bestselling novels and was also a published poet. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120198
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems
KIPLING, Rudyard.
With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems. Also Letters from Julian Ralph, Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story.
Santiago: Hume & Co, 1900.
First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120640
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"When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge": First Edition of The Poems of C.P. Cavafy
CAVAFY, C.P.
The Poems of C.P. Cavafy.
New York: Grove Press, 1952.
First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by John Mavrogordato. Introduction by Rex Warner. First editions are scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138295
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Rare Signed limited edition of E. E. Cummings' untitled work
CUMMINGS, E. E.
[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.
First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming's cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 144. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Small bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent. One of the more elusive Cummings titles.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136284
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First Edition of Tomas Transtromer's Twenty Poems; Lengthily Inscribed by Him and Translator Robert Bly
TRANSTROMER, Tomas; Translated by Robert Bly.
Twenty Poems.
New York: The Seventies Press, 1970.
First edition of the first work in English to be translated by the Nobel Prize-winning poet, one of only 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both Thomas Transtromer and the translator Robert Bly on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bilingual edition, Swedish and English. Translated by Robert Bly. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147497
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"Who ere while the happy Garden sung, by one man's disobedience lost, now sing": Finely Bound Set of The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton
MILTON, John.
The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton [Including Paradise Lost].
London: John Macrone, 1835.
Finely bound set of Milton's poetical works including his masterpiece Paradise Lost. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in full brown calf, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, raised bands, red and black morocco spine labels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Sir Edgerton Brydges. Illustratations by J.M.W. Turner. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 102379
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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer; finely bound by Riviere & Son
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat.
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1920.
Finely bound example of Chaucer's complete works. Octavo, bound in full tree calf by Riviere & Son with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, supplied tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. A nice binding.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130504
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The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott; finely bound with a fore-edge painting
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.
The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Decorated with a fore-edge painting. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136573
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First Edition of Alexandre Dumas' Henri III et sa Cour
DUMAS, Alexandre (Alexander).
Henri III et sa Cour.
Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.
Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87497
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"What crimes? Were it not better to record facts, so that the contemplator might approve, or at least learn whence the crimes arose?" First edition of Lord Byron's Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy. In Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy of Dante, a Poem.
London: John Murray, 1821.
First edition, first issue of Byron's posthumously published tragedy with the Doge's speech on p. 151 that begins "What crimes ?" Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a black morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine and panels, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120688
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The Riverside Edition of the writings of John Greenleaf Whittier
PICKARD, Samuel T. [John Greenleaf Whittier].
The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895.
Riverside edition of the collected writings of abolition advocate John Greenleaf Whittier. Octavos, nine volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontipieces. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 109568
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First edition of You, Emperors, and Others; inscribed by Robert Penn Warren
WARREN, Robert Penn.
You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of the collected poems of Robert Penn warren written in the years 1957 to 1960. Quarto, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to poet and editor William Claire on the front free endpaper, "To William Claire in friendship Robert Penn Warren." Very good in a good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143956
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Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, Poema
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Il Filostrato, Poema.
Paris: Presso Franc. Ambr. Didot Il Miaggiore, 1789.
Eighteenth century edition of this marvelous narrative poem. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary brown calf over blue marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, original silk ribbon laid in. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities, spine, front and rear panels, some loss to the calf binding and very light toning throughout.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146404
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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL HAZO,.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1544
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First Edition of A Further Range; Inscribed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Richard Brooks to make him make some books too Robert Frost Boston 1940". Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147533
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying": The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick; finely bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf
HERRICK, Robert.
The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.
London: William Pickering, 1825.
Finely bound nineteenth century printing of Herrick's collected poems. Octavo, two volumes bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137228