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Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878. First edition. First edition. 12mo. 16pp. Original grey-green printed wrappers. Exceedingly scarce first edition with the publisher's printed crest appearing on the cover of the wrappers as well as on the title page and a vignette woodcut appears on the last page. The prestigious Newdigate Prize, Oxford's top award for poetry, dates to early 1800's and the winner for 1878 was the young Oscar Wilde. The pamphlet was issued in the same year, as was common with many of the early prize winners, and is considered Wilde's first publication in book form. He worked on the poem a few years earlier while touring Greece as a student at Oxford. An exemplary copy, with no wrinkling or central creases as was commonly seen from folding to place in a pocket. Very small nick out of two corners, very slight (barely detectable) browning to covers, else extremely clean and bright. 16pp.
EPITHALAMIA OXONIENSIA, sive Gratulationes ...Georgii III. Et Illustrissimae Principissae Sophiae Charlottae Nuptias Auspicatissimas [And] GRATULATIO ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS Auspicatissimas Georgii III ... Serenissimae Charlottae ... Nuptias Celebrantis by University of Oxford; University of Cambridge - 1761
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EPITHALAMIA OXONIENSIA, sive Gratulationes ...Georgii III. Et Illustrissimae Principissae Sophiae Charlottae Nuptias Auspicatissimas [And] GRATULATIO ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS Auspicatissimas Georgii III ... Serenissimae Charlottae ... Nuptias Celebrantis
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Oxonii (Oxford)/Excudebat Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): E Typographeo Clarendoniano / Josephus Bentham Academiae Typographus Mense Octobri M.DCC.LXI, 1761. 2 volumes in one, both unpaginated 94 ff; 64 ff; engraved vignette to both title-pages, half calf, gilt-stamped spine with both titles. Armorial bookplate of Frederic Morrell designed and engraved by C.W. Sherborn. Covers rubbed and scuffed, Oxford contribution foxed, with slight foxing to Cambridge, else very good. Specially written for the wedding of King George III, poems in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio.
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[Wilde, Oscar] Ravenna
by Wilde, Oscar
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Soleil cou coupé
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Paris: K éditeur, 1948. Fine. K éditeur, Paris 1948, 16,5x22,5cm, broché. - Edition originale, un des exemplaires numérotés sur alfa du Marais, le nôtre non justifié. Précieux envoi autographe daté et signé de Aimé Césaire à Raymond Queneau : ""... très sympathique hommage de ces bucoliques de sang et de soleil..."" Dos et plats légèrement et marginalement insolés sans gravité. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Soleil cou coupé [Solar Throat Slashed] K éditeur | Paris 1948 | 16.5 x 22.5 cm | original wrappers First edition, a numbered copy on alfa du Marais paper, this one not included in the justification. Handsome autograph inscription signed and dated by Aimé Césaire to Raymond Queneau: ""Très sympathique hommage de ces bucoliques de sang et de soleil... [a very affectionate homage of these bucolics of blood and sunshine...]"" Covers and spine slightly sunned at edges (but not seriously).
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Rois De France. Original Manuscript
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Paris, 1930. Unbound. Paul Fort's original manuscript, neatly and beautifully written in ink; quarto, 79 leaves of heavy cream paper and laid loose into a green portfolio. Paul Fort drew much of his inspiration from the Middle Ages, and the aballad form that he used almost exclusively was taken from the same period. He filled some forty volumes with his delicate ballads. He was also active in the theatre, even before the turn of the century, writing some plays himself and producing what were considered "difficult" plays by some of his contemporaries. In 1956, he received the Grand Literary Prize of the City of Paris for his works. Fine. Together with the limited edition of the book (#48 of 200 copies), Inscribed to Madame Christian Schram Senior and with an 11 line holograph poem, initialed "P. F." and dated Paris, May, 1931; and with an excellent 4 page autograph letter signed and dated October 8, 1930. A near fine copy.
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Charles Baudelaire - Sa vie et son oeuvre
by ASSELINEAU Charles MANET Edouard & COURBET Gustave & DEROY Emile & BAUDELAIRE Charles
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Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869. Fine. Alphonse Lemerre, Paris 1869, 12x18,5cm, relié. - Edition originale, imprimée sur papier fort, de la première biographie consacrée à Charles Baudelaire décédé deux ans plus tôt. Reliure à la bradel en demi maroquin bleu marine à coins, dos lisse légèrement assombri, date dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier caillouté, couvertures et dos conservés, reliure signée Alfred Farez. Nombreuses rousseurs. Notre exemplaire est bien complet des 5 portraits de Charles Baudelaire en eaux-fortes par Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Emile Deroy et Charles Baudelaire lui-même. Edouard Manet grava les deux siens, Félix Bracquemond les trois autres. Envoi autographe signé de Charles Asselineau à l'éditeur bibliophile Léon Techener. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son uvre Alphonse Lemerre | Paris 1869 | 12 x 18.5 cm | half morocco First edition on thick paper, of the first biography…
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Blacks
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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Chicago: The David Company, 1987 First printing of the first edition. Signed and inscribed (and dated in year of publication) by Gwendolyn Brooks directly on the half-title page: "For Edward D'Alessandro, / with gratitude for your / interest in my work, / Sincerely / Gwendolyn Brooks, / April 19, 1987." Book with light shelf rubbing to bottom edge of boards and a shallow crimp to foot of spine, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a closed tear and crease to bottom front spine fold, a couple tiny closed tears, a tiny chip to upper front fold, light creasing and wear to corners and spine ends, and a faint vertical crease above title of front cover, else fine.
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Verses
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London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First edition. Beardsley, Aubrey. The rare Large Paper issue, copy number 3 of thirty, printed on Japanese vellum, numbered and initialed by the publisher. Dowson's first collection of poetry, containing his most famous lines: "They are not long, the days of wine and roses" from "Vitae Summa Brevis," and "I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! In my fashion" from "Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae," this latter poem the title source for both Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind and Cole Porter's "Always True to you in my Fashion". Full red morocco, top edge gilt,others uncut, bound by Studio Ars Libri, Amsterdam. The original imitation parchment covers and spine, with gilt design on the front cover by Aubrey Beardsley, are bound in. Fine condition. Bookplate of Barry Humphries.
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Hudibra, First, Second, Third and Subsequent Parts. First Edition, First Issue 1663: Very Rare Edition First Edition, First Issue in Fine Condition
by Butler, Samuel
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Butler, Samuel. "Hudibras. The First Part. Written in the time of the late Wars". [4], 268 pages. First Authorized Edition, first issue, with "Saint" in imprint spelled out in full; errata is present, lacking the imprimatur leaf (dated Nov. 11, 1662), and all textual errors uncorrected. London: Printed by J.G. for Richard Marriot, 1663. [bound with] "Hudibras. The Second Part. By the Author of the First". [4], 216 pages. Also, third part dated 1678. Bound in exceptionally fine binding and in very good condition with the bookplates of Daniel Henry Holmes, an avid book collector. This edition certainly is one of the rarest being that it is a first issue. A pirate copy came out the year before in 1662 and all proceeds from the sale of the book by the thief were recovered by Butler. Collation is as follows: [2 blank], TP, A3-8, B8-I8, K-R8, 2nd TP, B-I8, K-O8, P4, 3rd TP, A-I8, K-R8, S7, [2 Blank].Hudibras by Samuel Butler is a critique of the English Civil War and pokes at the Puritans and their military…
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Soleil cou coupé
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Paris: K éditeur, 1948. Fine. K éditeur, Paris 1948, 16,5x22,5cm, broché. - Edition originale, un des exemplaires numérotés sur alfa du Marais, le nôtre non justifié. Précieux envoi autographe daté et signé de Aimé Césaire à Raymond Queneau : ""... très sympathique hommage de ces bucoliques de sang et de soleil..."" Dos et plats légèrement et marginalement insolés sans gravité. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Soleil cou coupé [Solar Throat Slashed] K éditeur | Paris 1948 | 16.5 x 22.5 cm | original wrappers First edition, a numbered copy on alfa du Marais paper, this one not included in the justification. Handsome autograph inscription signed and dated by Aimé Césaire to Raymond Queneau: ""Très sympathique hommage de ces bucoliques de sang et de soleil... [a very affectionate homage of these bucolics of blood and sunshine...]"" Covers and spine slightly sunned at edges (but not seriously).
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Charles Baudelaire - Sa vie et son oeuvre
by ASSELINEAU Charles MANET Edouard & COURBET Gustave & DEROY Emile & BAUDELAIRE Charles
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Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869. Fine. Alphonse Lemerre, Paris 1869, 12x18,5cm, relié. - Edition originale, imprimée sur papier fort, de la première biographie consacrée à Charles Baudelaire décédé deux ans plus tôt. Reliure à la bradel en demi maroquin bleu marine à coins, dos lisse légèrement assombri, date dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier caillouté, couvertures et dos conservés, reliure signée Alfred Farez. Nombreuses rousseurs. Notre exemplaire est bien complet des 5 portraits de Charles Baudelaire en eaux-fortes par Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Emile Deroy et Charles Baudelaire lui-même. Edouard Manet grava les deux siens, Félix Bracquemond les trois autres. Envoi autographe signé de Charles Asselineau à l'éditeur bibliophile Léon Techener. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son uvre Alphonse Lemerre | Paris 1869 | 12 x 18.5 cm | half morocco First edition on thick paper, of the first biography…
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The Mask of Evil.
by Hagner, Dirk].
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San Juan Capistrano, California:: Inkswine Press,, 2021.. Edition of 10. 13.75 x 11.25 x .675 inches (35 x 29 x 1.8 cm); 12 pages pages including front and end matters on heavy 480 gm rag paper. Multi-color woodblock prints and letterpress type. Quarter-bound in black Kraftex leather over blue hand-made paper covered boards, with foil title. Signed and numbered by the artist. Dirk Hagner: "Brecht's 'The Mask of Evil' reveals beautifully the problem of being angry and hateful in this world: it's straining and a lot of effort - exactly what it looks and sounds like. Here it is interpreted with anxious typography, juxtaposed with calm organic wood textures.
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PIETAS UNIVERSITATIS OXONIENSIS IN OBITUM SERENISSIMI REGIS GEORGII II. [Bound with] EPITHALAMIA OXONIENSIA, SIVE GRATULATIONES IN AUGUSTISSIMI REGIS GEORGII III. ET ILLUSTRISSIMAE PRINCIPISSAE SOPHIAE CHARLOTTAE NUPTIAS AUSPICATISSIMAS
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Oxonii: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1761. Hardcover. Folio, [4], [147], [1] blank, [4] handwritten index, [6] blank, [4], [188] pages. In Very Good condition with slipcase in Good condition. Bound in modern quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine with gilt lettering reading "George III Coronation & Marriage." Slipcase covered in matching marbled paper, beginning to separate. "Littles of Liberton" bookplate preserved from previous binding and pasted onto front free endpaper verso. First title page missing lower fore corner, which has been archivally supplied. The first part has each page hand-numbered in ink on the upper fore corner and an additional hand-written index following the text with each author neatly numbered by page. Shelved in Case 4. A collection of poems specially written for the coronation of King George III, with text in Latin, Greek, English, several each in Hebrew or Arabic, one in Welsh, and one engraved plate in Phoenician, Palmyrene Syriac, Etruscan, and Samnite…
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Quartering
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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