New York: Random House, 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 356 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $7.50 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed, "To David Conyer with best wishes, from W.H. Auden" directly on the title-page. A very..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 89 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed, "For Eric Hutcheson, Allen Ginsburg - 11/7/86 Cambridge" on the title-page. Allen..... More
Boston: John Owen, 1845. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 144 PP. Scarce original color paper wraps. First appearance of "Proem" by Longfellow. BAL 12075. Light toning and wear to edges. An exceptional copy overall. House in custom clamshell box. More
Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 63 PP. First printing copy of author's first book. Accompanied by the original letter from Katherine Anne Porter to Fanny Neel Cheney, the wife of author Brainerd Cheney. In part, "...Let nothing disturb thee;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 69 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Bradley on the title-page. More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1965. First Thus. Hardcover. 4 1/2 X 7 3/8 Inches. 62 PP. First Peter Pauper Press edition. Original price of $1.25 intact. Hint of toning to endpapers. Light wear to DJ edges, with one small chip to bottom of rear panel. A very attractive..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Early Edition. Hardcover. 4 3/8 X 7 3/8 Inches. 53 PP. Signed directly on the title-page by Wendell Berry. Letter code of "BCDE" on copyright page, but no statement of First Edition. Light mottling to board edges. Foxing to endpapers. DJ a bit worn..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 268 PP. Signed by Berry directly on the title-page without inscription. Original price of $16.50 intact on front flap. Book sharp and clean. DJ a bit worn at edges. A rip and some..... More
New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/8 Inches. 131 PP. Signed by former President Jimmy Carter directly on the FFEP. Stated First Edition with proper number code on copyright page. Original price of $18.00 intact. A bit of foxing to top gutter..... More
New York: Twice a Year, 1938. Second Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 235 PP. Issue #1 of this important literary journal. The rare "Second Edition" of the first issue with the errata slip and original prospectus. Sounds counter-intuitive, but the second edition of this volume contains..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1928. T. Sturge Moore. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 110 PP. First printing of the high-point of Yeats' career. Contains the first printing of "Sailing to Byzantium". Illustrated (gilt) covers by T. Sturge Moore. A very nice example of the true UK..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 97 PP. An impressive stated "First Printing" copy in the original DJ. Original price of $2.50 intact on rear panel. Signed by Robert Frost directly on the FFEP, without further inscription. A...... More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1873. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 351 PP. Original publisher cloth with gilt stamping to front cover and spine. PO name plate on inside front pastedown. A biograph of Alice and Phoebe Cary along with the later poems of..... More
Lugduni Batavorum, 1743. Early Edition. Leather bound. 3 1/2 X 6 Inches. 344 PP. Three parts in one volume, each with it's own title-page and woodcut header illustration. Original latin text. Full calf leather with gilt crest on both covers. Front hinge starting. Spine has title label and decorations in..... More
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1815. First Edition, First Printing. 8 1/4 X 10 3/4 Inches. 162 PP. First printing in beautiful morroco leather. Gilt decoration to spine. Ruled in gilt. Hint of foxing and toning. A clean specimen overall. Light wear to board edges. Front hinge a...... More
New York: The Womans Press, 1930. Dorothy Fuller Odell. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 77 PP. First printing copy in original DJ. Original price of $1.50 on front flap. Hint of sunning to boards. PO bookplate and inscription. DJ worn a bit at edges..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 67 PP. Author's first book. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap of DJ. Part of the "Yale Series of Younger Poets" book series. DJ worn at edges and folds. A few..... More
Tampa, FL: Castillo Printing, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 34 PP. First printing copy of this rather scarce book of poetry illustrated with period photographs of the St. John's River at Jacksonville, Florida. Original red cloth binding. Hint of wear to edges. More
New York: James T. White & Co., 1918. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 3/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 118 PP. First printing of author's first book of poetry. Renowned English teacher at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, Mastin published four books of poetry and was a regular contributor to..... More
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 118 PP. First printing copy signed and inscribed by both authors on the Dedication Page. Signed by Bill Boozer, noted book collector and editor of the Faulkner newsletter for 25 years. Boozer was..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1869. Early Edition. Leather bound. 6 3/4 X 9 Inches. 453 PP. First issue of the "New Edition" of this book. Beautifully bound in full morocco leather by Ramage of London. Five raised hubs to spine. AEG. Ruled and highly embossed in gilt. PO inscription..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 236 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. More
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1944. Marion Junkin. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 395 PP. Signed by 8 contributors directly on the FFEP. Signed: "For my good friend and colleague, EH Duncan - In Esteem - Richmond Beatty" "H. Clarence Nixon" (signature only) "For Mr. Duncan, with..... More
Melbourne, Australia: Lothian Publishing, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 3/4 Inches. 264 PP + 5 PP ads. True first Australian edition of this book of poetry from one of Australia's most celebrated poets. Original cloth binding sunned at spine. DJ worn and a bit chipped at..... More
Savannah, GA: Braid & Hutton, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 79 PP. Original publisher blue cloth binding with gilt illustration of a loom on the front cover. A collection of the poetry of Thomson featured in magazines such as The Christian Herald, The New..... More