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"T. S. Eliot's masterpiece, is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century": The First Appearance of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland; In exceptional condition
ELIOT, T.S.
The Waste Land, in The Dial, November 1922 Volume LXXIII, Number 5.
New York: Dial Publishing, 1922.
First edition of the influential literary journal containing the first appearance of Eliot's masterpiece, "The Waste Land" in the United States. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated throughout. In very good condition with light bumping and wear. An attractive example of one of the first appearance of the poet's masterpiece, easily one of the nicest ones we have seen.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147874
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"We've sent our little cupids all ashore- They were frightened, they were tired, they were cold": Signed limited edition of Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling; one of 125 numbered copies singed by Kipling and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1910.
Signed limited edition of the collected verse of Rudyard Kipling, beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with nine mounted color plates. One of one hundred and twenty five numbered copies signed by Rudyard Kipling, this is number 108. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141581
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"Lay down these words before your mind like rocks": First Edition of Gary Snyder's First Book Riprap; Signed by Him
SNYDER, Gary.
Riprap.
Ashland: Origin Press, 1959.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Limited to 500 copies. Boldly signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 131298
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First Edition of Balaustion's Adventure; Inscribed by Robert Browning
BROWNING, Robert.
Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides.
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1871.
First edition of this poetic retelling of Euripides' 'Alkestis' by Victorian poet Robert Browning. Octodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and decorative borders stamped in black to the front and rear panels. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Mrs. Procter -- with RB's affectionate regards." The recipient was presumably the wife of Browning's long-time friend and correspondent, Bryan Waller Procter, one of the numerous lawyer-poets of nineteenth-century England. From the library of noted collector William Strutz with his small bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 147688
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Signed Limited Edition of The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats; Additionally inscribed by the editor Russell Alspach
YEATS, W.B.
The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957.
Signed limited edition, one of 825 numbered copies signed by W.B. Yeats, this is number 231 of this classic collection of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth, original slipcase. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell Alspach. Additionally inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Steele high regards Russell Alspach." Fine in the original slipcase, which is in near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140884
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Rare Broadside of North Haven: In Memoriam Robert Lowell; Signed by Elizabeth Bishop
BISHOP, Elizabeth.
North Haven: In Memoriam Robert Lowell.
Northridge, CA: Richard Bigus for the Lord John Press, 1979.
Memorial broadside, signed by Elizabeth Bishop, one of only 150 examples. It measures 21 inches by 14.5 inches. Framed, signature lightly faded, small stain to the bottom edge. Rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143985
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"Farmhouses curl like horns of plenty, hide lean paintless against the barn, or crouch empty in the shadow of a mountain": First edition of Malcolm Cowley's Blue Juniata: Poems
COWLEY, Malcolm.
Blue Juniata: Poems.
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929.
First edition of this landmark in modern American poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 101445
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The Seven Seas edition of the Work of Rudyard Kipling; limited to one thousand and fifty numbered copies with the first volume signed by Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914-1926.
The Seven Seas edition of the Work of Rudyard Kipling, limited to one thousand and fifty numbered copies with the first volume signed by Rudyard Kipling. Royal octavo, 27 volumes, original publisher's half buckram over grey boards, printed paper spine labels, uncut and partially unopened, title pages printed in red and black, initials and tailpieces printed in red, some volumes illustrated, silk red ribbons bound in. The Seven Seas edition, limited to one thousand and fifty numbered copies of which this is number 823, signed by Rudyard Kipling on the half-title of volume one. Vols. XXIV-XXVII unnumbered, with inserted slips…
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 147801
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Rare complete set of Nuovo Teatro Comico Dell'Avvocato Carlo Goldoni
GOLDONI, Carlo.
Nuovo Teatro Comico Dell’Avvocato Carlo Goldoni Poeta Di S. A. R. Il Serenissimo Infante di Spagna Don Filippo Duca Di Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, ec. [New Comic Theater of the Lawyer Carlo Goldoni].
Venezi: Francesco Pitteri, 1753-1755.
Rare complete set of Pitteri's 1757 printing of Goldoni's works of comic theater. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, engraved frontispiece portrait of Goldoni by Pitteri after Piazetta. In good condition. Armorial bookplates. A rare complete set of this scarce printing published during the author's lifetime.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129035
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S. H. M. Byer's The March to the Sea; Inscribed by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BYERS, S. H. M.
The March to the Sea: A Poem.
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1896.
Early edition of this historically significant poem and song; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth, botanical endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "To P.T. Sherman; the son of the general who made the great march: with many good wishes from - the author - S. H. M. Byers." Additionally signed by Sherman on the front pastedown above his bookplate. The recipient, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, transferred his library and books inherited from his father to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146574
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Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's The Giaour bound in contemporary calf with a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish Tale; The Bride of Abydos; The Corsair.
London: John Murray, 1813.
First trade edition, first issue of Byron's The Giaour; bound with a second edition of The Bride of Abydos and a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf and with two rare first issues.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120498
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"Howl for them that suffer broken bone homeless on moody balconies, Jack's soul returning to me over & over with prophecy": First edition of Allen Ginsberg's Iron Horse; inscribed by him to Fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes
GINSBERG, Allen (John Clellon Holmes).
Iron Horse.
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972.
First edition of Ginsberg's beatific visionary poem, an important part of his The Fall of America: Poems of These States sequence. Oblong octavo, original illustrated metallic wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Allen Ginsberg on the half-title page, "a ah gha sa ma ha for John Clellon Homes Salem/Kerouac Mass from Allen Ginsberg 5 April 1973." The recipient, John Clellon Holmes was one of the foremost members of the Beat Generation along with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. In November of 1952 Holmes introduced the phrase 'beat generation' as a term of common parlance with the publication of…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96567
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"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!" First American edition of Rudyard Kipling's If
KIPLING, Rudyard.
If.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1910.
First American edition of Kipling's ever-relevant tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. In near fine condition, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, some pages uncut. An exceptional example, rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145798
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"Whatever is begotten born and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect monuments of unaging intellect": First edition of William Butler Yeats' The Tower; in the rare original dust jacket
YEATS, William Butler [W.B.].
The Tower.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928.
First edition of what is generally considered Yeats' single most important volume, one of 2000 copies. Octavo, original publisher's elaborately gilt-decorated pictorial olive green cloth with Thomas Sturge Moore's iconic engraving of Thoor Ballylee. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. A very nice example of this important work.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146520
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From the Library of Jack Kerouac: First Edition of I DODO A Poem Cycle; Inscribed to Him by Fred Kline
KLINE, Fred; [Jack Kerouac].
I, DODO: A Poem Cycle.
San Francisco: Double-H Press, 1968.
First edition of this charming book of poetry; from the library of 'On the Road' author Jack Kerouac. Sextodecimo, original wrappers. The first printing of 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "to Jack Kerouac, with great admiration. Fred Kline. Nov. 11, 1968 Dos Palos." The recipient, Jack Kerouac, is generally considered the father of the Beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels. His method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz in 1960s America and later by his studies in Buddhism that originated with fellow beat and academic Gary Snyder.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146634
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James Weldon Johnson's Classic Fifty Years and Other Poems; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, James Weldon.
Fifty Years and Other Poems.
Boston: The Cornhill Publishing Co., 1921.
Early printing of Johnson's first collection of classic poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mrs. Edward Lee McCatgin with the sincere regards of James Weldon Johnson." With an introduction by Brander Matthews. In very good condition, with an inscription below "To August Meier with best regards Frederick B. Artz." Artz was an author and professor at Oberlin College. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123468
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems
OLIVER, Mary.
The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972.
First edition of the author's second collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Forbes. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146637
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"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!" First American edition of Rudyard Kipling's If
KIPLING, Rudyard.
If.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1910.
First American edition of Kipling's ever-relevant tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. In near fine condition. An exceptional example, rare and desirable in this condition, one of the nicest we have seen.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141066
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Original First edition Exhibition Flyer from the 1959 Hartigan and Rivers With O'Hara Show at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery; inscribed by Rivers to fellow New York School member Willem de Kooning
O'HARA, Frank.
Hartigan and Rivers With O’Hara.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1959.
First edition of this exhibition flyer for the 1959 Tibor de Nagy exhibition of works by Larry Rivers and Grace Hartigan inspired by O'Hara's poetry. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated with twelve black and white lithographs. Association copy, inscribed by Larry Rivers on the verso of the front cover to fellow member of the informal New York School of artists Willem de Kooning, "For Bill de Kooning much admiration Larry Rivers." Musician, artist and filmmaker Larry Rivers took up painting in 1945 and lived in the the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90478
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"The clouds are on the oberland, the jungfrau snows look faint and far; but bright are those green fields at hand and through those fields comes down the Aar": First edition of Matthew Arnold's New Poems
ARNOLD, Matthew.
New Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867.
First edition of Arnold's 1867 book of poems. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double gilt ruling to the panels. In near fine condition. Rare with only a handful of examples appearing at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124039