FLOWER PIECES AND OTHER POEMS (Association Copy) by Allingham, William - 1888

127 pages with plates including frontispiece. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's green cloth with pictorial decorative brown, black, white and gilt front cover, lettering in gilt. Illustrated with photographs by Hampton Institute Camera Club. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. (BAL 4937) First edition, first state with red and black lettering tot title.Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had escaped from slavery; his father was a veteran of the American Civil War, having served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry Regiment. His parents instilled in him a love of learning and history. He was a student at an all-white high school, Dayton Central High School, and he participated actively as a student. During high school, he was both the editor of the school newspaper and class president, as well as the president of the school literary society. Dunbar had also started the first African-American newsletter in Dayton. He wrote his… Read More

1681 Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis Sylva

"What shall I do to be for ever known,
And make the Age to come own?"
I shall like beasts or common people die,
Unless you write my elegy." – Abraham Cowley, The Motto

Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This charming, and rare, sixth edition was the last edition of the original one volume printing. Following this edition, the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems, such as 'The Motto,' 'The Mistress,' 'Ode to Pindar,' and 'Davideis'
are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works, but in doing so, he misinterpreted the metrical patterns, and, in doing so, did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did, however, create one of the most famous odes ever written, which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode "Intimations of Immortality."
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1856 Robert Burns Scottish Poetry Scotland Poems Cunningham Letters Illustrated

"My love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June:
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune…"
– Robert Burns

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature.

This 1856 edition of the works of Robert Burns features original letters, poems, and critical observations on Scottish Songs by Allan Cunningham.

Item number: #13718
Price: $499
BURNS, Robert
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: containing… Read More

New York: F. M. Buckles & Company, 1906. Two volumes in publisher's original black cloth, paper labels at spines and front covers, top edges gilt. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, spine labels browned. An uncommon edition, especially in original binding and collectible condition. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 8vo.

A unique copy of a notable work of poetry by Waldman. Numbered 27 of 250 copies and inscribed by the author "for Jonathan a long + tender liason LOVE Anne NYC Dec 77".Titled poems include: Shaman, Murder of Pasolini Dream, Navigating the Dream, Poem, Journal, poem: Cocaine, Nijinsky Dream, Coda: The Eagle & Moon Goddess, December, Dream: Dylan & "Don", along with untitled writing and several attributed extracts about shamans. Per Allen Ginsberg, the poem Shaman is about Bob Dylan, who Waldman travelled with on tour as poet in residence. Inside drawing by Hatha. Cover photo by Gianfranco Mantega.
Waban Massachusetts: Munich Editions from Shell, 1977. 27/250 numbered copies of first edition. Paperback. 11x 25cm oblong. 56 unnumbered pages, printed on both sides. Pictorial paper wraps. Stapled binding. Slight toning to back cover and minor creases to front cover. In very good condition.

1934. AGEE, James. PERMIT ME VOYAGE. With a foreword by Archibald MacLeish. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Volume 33 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, edited by Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition of Agee's first book. Slim octavo. 59 pp. Green cloth, lettered in dark green at spine. The paper is very lightly age-browned at perimeters, and the cloth is sunned a bit at spine and along the top-edge of boards, else fine. In a near-fine green dust jacket which is sunned at spine and shows light wear along the top-edge, with a few closed tears.

Milano: Edizioni Primi Piani, 1938. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 198pp. Original bright yellow wraps printed in black. Short tear to the spine heel, name on the flyleaf, two small bookstore stickers to first and last page. Text block is clean with mild toning along the edges. A bright, near fine copy. In the Italian language.; Octavo.

MacMillan and Co, Limited. London. 1926. Early reprint of the 1925 First edition. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.9 inches). Finely bound in early full brown Morocco. Raised bands to the spine, each with gilt piping. Gilt lettering, ruling and floral decorations to spine. Elaborate gilt flower and rule border on both boards. Marbled endpapers. Inner board turn ins with gilt rule and square design borders. All edges gilt. A fine copy in a beautiful early twentieth century leather binding. The binding is unsigned but certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Ma.

University of Washington Press, second printing, 1973. Paperback with Mylar-wrapped dust jacket. Used- Very good condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Dust jacket and book have a few small stains on the front cover. The book is signed by a previous owner on the title cover. The book is also signed by the author. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

1856 Robert Burns Scottish Poetry Scotland Poems Cunningham Letters Illustrated

"My love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June:
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune…"
– Robert Burns

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature.

This 1856 edition of the works of Robert Burns features original letters, poems, and critical observations on Scottish Songs by Allan Cunningham.

Item number: #13718
Price: $499
BURNS, Robert
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: containing… Read More