Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Work of Lord Byron by BROCKEDON, W - 1833

#125 of 300 numbered & signed copies. A Fine tight copy in a Fine acetate dust jacket. This is one of Bukowski's best collections of poetry, written shortly after he'd "made it" with musings about his new found comfortable life in San Pedro, as well as material concerning his earlier, more troubled times in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. Some wonderfully witty writing in here with poems about mortgages and tax accountants, as well as the standard fare of race tracks, classical music, and bad sex. One of the best Bukowski poetry books from his mid-period.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2021.. Edition of 5. 14" x 7" x 3" fabric falg book with stiffening inside the cotton and linen fabrows with a synthetic brown. Screen-printed text. Hand-embroidered items: rain, flowers and grass. Machine and hand-stitched. Lise Melhorn-Boe: "Hazel Hall's poem 'Two Sewing' animates this flag book. The lovely text refers to the wind as an embroiderer and the rain as needles, so Hedi Kyle's flag book seemed like an excellent structure to give the feeling of a landscape opening out."

1845 DANTE Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Ichabod Wright 3v
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
Dante's "Divine Comedy" is one of the most important and long-lasting works for literature. This mid-19th-century English edition was translated by Ichabod Wright, an edition of Dante which was considered to be one of the best translations. This beautiful three-volume set was published in London in 1845.
Item number: #24800
Price: $795
ALIGHIERI, Dante
Dante
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o 'Inferno' – xxxii, 306
Includes engraved frontispiece
o 'Purgatorio' – xii, 319, [1]
o 'Paradiso' – xvi, 317, [1], xxvii, [1]
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Edward Francis Witts
o Likely Edward Francis Witts (1813-1886), rector of Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire. He was also the father of George Backhouse Witts (1846–1912), a British civil engineer and… Read More

1711 Paradise Lost John Milton Poetry Tonson English Thomas Newton Illustrated

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

'Paradise Lost' follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to "Justify the ways of God to Men". It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan, and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.

It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
"[Paradise Lost shows] Milton's peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.

This 1711 edition was published… Read More

1776 DANTE 1ed Divine Comedy Inferno de Clairfons SONGS OF HELL Florence Italian

Few works throughout the history of all written history have had such an impact on the readership of humanity. The Divine Comedy is Dante's record of an allegorical journey through the spiritual realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This medieval classic depicts Classical themes, Christian history, and Medieval politics. It has been the inspiration for countless plays, art, books, pieces of music, movies, and more!

This 1776 French and Italian edition of Dante's 'Inferno' was collected and edited by French poet Moutonnet de Clairfons who also included a life of Dante and an interesting collection of 34 'songs of hell'.

Item number: #25136
Price: $950

ALIGHIERI, Dante

La Divine Comédie de Dant Alighieri, l'enfer; traduction françoise, accompagnée du texte, des notes historiques, critiques, & de la vie du poëte

A Florence, et se trouve à Paris : Chez Le Clerc : Chez Le Boucher, 1776. First edition.… Read More

The Fortune Press, London, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book, this being in un-noted binding variant in grey cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. Printed on Glastonbury watermarked paper by S.C.Jennings & Sons Ltd. Slim 8vo. 36pp. A touch of wear to two or three extremities. Some production fault creasing to two text leaves. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Bloomfield (2002) notes: "White laid paper watermarked: 'I Batchelor & Sons Ltd | HAND MADE'. Copies are also found with paper watermarked: '[crown] | Glastonbury' and with mixtures of both. This is due to the owner of The Fortune Press habitually buying end runs of paper stock for his printers". Printed in an edition likely not exceeding 500 copies. Thirty-one poems. Bloomfield (2002) A1..

London: Elkin Mathews, 1913. First collected edition. 52, 64, [4] pp. Brown paper boards lettered in gold on the front cover and spine. Gallup notes that "not more than 500 copies issued." The book consists of first edition sheets of the two earlier books with a new half-title and title-leaf for the volume. Rebacked with original spine laid down, nick to top edge of rear board skillfully and professionally repaired. A scarce early Pound volume. Gallup A7b.

San Juan Capistrano, California:: Inkswine Press,, 2020.. Edition of 14. Displayed the book measures 10 x 14 x 6.5 inches (25.4 x 35.5 x 16.5 cm), when closed 14 x 7 x 0.3 inches (35.5 x 18 x 0.75 cm). Screen printed. Numbered. Signed with Hagner stamp. Laid in flat case. Dirk Hagner: "This book is using a fold-up that is found commonly used in a wine case and which serves as a bottle separator. The book covers are foldable so that they become the display stand of the book. Five interlocking cut shapes become a dimensional display, made from duplex board, each panel carrying a line from Charles Bukowski's poem 'Spring Swan'."

BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON. Lara, a Tale / Jacqueline, a Tale. 12mo. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. London: Printed for J. Murray by T. Davison 1814. First Edition. With advertisement after title and publisher's catalogue at end. Spine slightly chipped; head of spine cracked ½ inch; covers soiled; o/w Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+/NF. Five volumes. Limited edition. No. 51 of 150 copies printed on Holland paper "all of which are signed and numbered, was printed in the month of May 1884." (2 additional copies printed on Vellum and 20 additional copies printed on Japan paper.) Signed by the printer, Theo. L. DeVinne.Bound in 3/4s red morocco with marbled boards and matching endpapers. t.e.g. Raised bands. Gilt tooled spine and gilt tooled borders around boards. Binding is tight and square. Some light rubbing/wear to extremities - spine, boards, raised bands, edges, and hinges. Tiny chip to spine crown of Volume 1. Volume has a small smudge to morocco on lower right of front board. Case Western University gift bookplate on inside cover. Another sticker is affixed to the FFEP from "The Graphic Arts Collection in Honor of Mary B. Eilbeck." The sticker can be removed if buyer chooses to do so (similar to a Post-It Note). "Western Reserve Academy" stamp on dedication page, otherwise clean interior. A wonderful… Read More