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"In History There are dogs and dogs. I was among the chosen. I had good papers and wolf's blood in my veins": First Edition of Monologue of A Dog; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Poet Wislawa Szymborska
SZYMBORSKA, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins.
Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.
Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006.
First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142558
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138219
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First Edition of The Art of Drowning; Inscribed by Billy Collins
COLLINS, Billy.
The Art of Drowning.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy." The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 104532
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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First Edition of Louisa Henrietta Sheridan's The Comic Offering; With a Fore-edge Painting
SHERIDAN, Louisa Henrietta.
The Comic Offering: Or Ladies’ Melange of Literary Mirth. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1834.
First edition of the fourth volume in this satirical annual series filled with humorous poetry and prose. Octodecimo, bound in full calf with decorative gnomes and elves stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout by the author. Decorated with a fore-edge painting to the side. In near fine condition with light rubbing and toning.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147995
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"The dew of the morning sunk chill on my brow - it felt like the warning of what I feel now": First edition of Byron's poems
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
Poems.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816.
First edition of this collection of poems and verses. Octavo, bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89120
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"A fragrant flame rose, and before as glow'd fruit, viand, blossom, and amber wine and gold": First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Princess; A Medley
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
The Princess: A Medley.
London: Edward Moxon, 1847.
First edition of Tennyson's serio-comedic narrative poem about the heroic Princess Ida. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and ruling to the panels stamped in blind. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 101523
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING; SIGNED BY HIM
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 134582
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First Edition of Kipling's The Five Nations; One of 30 Copies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co, 1903.
First edition, one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. In near fine condition.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 110468
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers": Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862.
Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. Small octavo, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tennyson. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 101470
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Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WHITE, Henry Kirke.
Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co, 1844.
Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White. 12mo, finely bound in full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of White, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 142137
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Select Poetry: Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion; finely bound with a fore-edge painting of St. Saviour's church in London
Select Poetry: Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: R. B. Seeley, 1830.
Finely bound poetry collection decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. 18mo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of St. Saviour's church in London. In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 142387
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First Edition of Louise Gluck's The House on Marshland; Inscribed by Her
GLUCK, Louise.
The House on Marshland.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1975.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Larry Louise Gluck." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Loretta Li.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 141607
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First edition of Charles Causley's Farewell, Aggie Weston; inscribed by him and with an autograph letter signed by him laid in
CAUSLEY, Charles.
Farewell, Aggie Weston.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1951.
First edition of Causley's first collection of poems. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "for Philip Abrams from Charles Causley November 1953." With the original autograph transmittal letter signed by and entirely in the hand of the author tipped in. In very good condition. Rare, particularly inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 128138
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First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Door Into The Dark; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Door Into The Dark.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.
First American edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 151
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First Edition of Ko Un's Little Pilgrim: A Novel; Signed by Him
UN, Ko.
Little Pilgrim: A Novel.
Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2005.
First edition of this story of Sudhana's passage to enlightenment. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Ko Un in English and in Korean. In fine condition. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize and Young-Moo Kim.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62021
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Finely Bound example of The Poetical Works of John Milton
MILTON, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges.
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1857.
Finely bound example of this compilation of Milton's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated with engraved plates. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131221
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"Change and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, set me sun by sun near to one unchosen": The Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy; finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun
HARDY, Thomas.
Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.
Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and real panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118019
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Original broadside by Edgar Guest of The Time I Played with Vardon
VARDON, Harry) Edgar Guest.
The Time I Played With Vardon.
Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and became known as the "People's Poet". Matted and framed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100920
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"The swallow has set her six young on the rail, and looks sea-ward: The waters stripes like a snake, olive-pale to the leeward": First edition of Robert Browning's Dramatis Personae
BROWNING, Robert.
Dramatis Personae.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864.
First edition of Browning's popular poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Small chip to the front free endpaper. With a note from H. Sotheran & Co. laid in.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124109