Meadow Flowers -by D E Stevenson -- the Author's 1st Book by Stevenson, D.E. ( Pseudonym for Mrs. J R Peploe / Dorothy Emily Peploe ) - 1915

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Down Home Girl Studio,, 2013.. Edition of 75. 8.75 x 8.25"; 24 pages. Letterpress printed on handmade paper of cotton and abaca fibers. Text and images were printed using photopolymer plates and reduction linoleum blocks. Fonts are Optima Bold and Gill Sans Light. Handbound in quarter-cloth with cover paper of handmade walnut dyed flax. 3.5 x 3.5" illustration inset of quilted papers, which were designed with the artist's mother. Suzanne Sawyer: "The legacy of quilting is ubiquitous in American history, so much so that it has lost some of the meaning it once held. But its history is rich and perhaps best typified in African American culture such as with the quilters of Gee's Bend. The quilters, descendants of former slaves living in rural Alabama, developed a unique, improvisational style of quilting using just remnants of clothing. Their quilts have become world renowned for their simple geometric patterns and have been compared to the work of modern… Read More

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Down Home Girl Studio,, 2012.. Edition of 31. 6 x 4"; 14 pages including pastedowns. Letterpress printed using photopolymer plates on Rives BFK papers. Bound in quarter cloth with letterpress printed handmade paper boards. Drum leaf binding. Signed and numbered on the colophon by Sawyer. Colophon: "But Move Not is a collaboration among friends - a poet and an artist. It was inspired by the red mangroves off the coast of Florida, which serve as the nursery for countless forms of flora and fauna. "The poem was written by Eder J. Williams in 2011. The book was designed, letterpress printed, and handbound by Suzanne Sawyer of Down Home Girl Studio in 2012."  Suzanne Sawyer: "'But Move Not' is the first of two collaborations with Eder J. Williams McKnight. ... It was inspired by a canoe trip ... to the mangroves of 10,000 Islands off the coast of Florida. The images are created from drawings based on photographs taken during the trip.… Read More

Vol.1 (includes engraved portrait of Scott by J.T.Wedgwood) viii + pp. 214: The Lay of the Last Minstrel; Vol.2: vi + pp. 320: Marmion; Vol.3: vi + pp. 279: The Lady of the Lake; Vol.4: vi+ pp. 265 Rokeby; Vol. 5: vi+ pp. 285: The Lord of the Isles; Vol. 6: vi + pp. 282: Thomas the Rhymer; Vol. 7: vii + pp. 347: The Vision of Don Roderick - Halidon Hill - Ballads, and Miscellaneous Pieces.All volumes except Vol. 7 include copious notes. Printed by Jules Didot, senior, "printer to His Majesty". Very clean copies, no tears, some foxing. We have several other Galignani first editions of Scott.Final photo of page 844, Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History is pertinent to this edition.Reasonable offers considered.

Dorchester, Mass: George A. Kelly, (1930). First edition. Self-published book of 9 poems celebrating police work with titles including "A Policeman's Duties," "The Vagrant," "The Traffic Cop," "I Am the Law," et al. According to the brief foreword, the poems were mostly written during a period when Kelly was working over-night on the "signal desk" due to an injury sustained in the line of duty. Stiff, blue paperwraps printed in black on front cover only; frontis photograph of Kelly in uniform. Covers aged, lightly soiled and rubbed;the occasional stain to margins; last few pages pulling from staples, otherwise quite good. OCLC locates only 2 other copies. Rare.

London: The Rainbow Press, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Bound in quarter buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Decorated hand-made paper covered boards. Printed at the Daedalus Press on dampened hand-made paper. With a full page drawing by Sylvia Plath printed on Japanese paper. This is copy number 107 of a total edition of 400 copies. In cardboard slipcase. 29 pp., 32,5 x 25,5 cm. Both book and slipcase are in very fine condition. .

London, England: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good. 1880. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 184 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 1: KB#011154: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Copy has prior owner's name and date (Christmas 1880) neatly inscribed on second front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green, with embossed design around edge (front, back and spine), plus gilt lettering on spine. Boards have light wear at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for owner's name as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Includes 184 pages plus 3 pages of lists of additional Tennyson Works. .

Prague: Borovy, 1927 This copy is number 459 of a limited edition of 600 copies. It has been nicely rebound in pebbled red cloth with the front cover bound in (see photos). Cover design on wrappers edition by Mrkvicka, 80pp., with five colored drawings by Sima. One of the most important publications of the Czech avant -garde in the 1920s.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine copy, in jacket with minor wear to extremities, and a tiny scrape on front panel. Signed on the half title page..

Lexington, KY, 1965. Number 126 of 250 copies printed by Anne and Wayne Williams for the Anvil Press. Still, now considered the dean of Kentucky poets, has inscribed this copy: "For Bob Shepherd, who has helped to keep these verses alive and singing. James Still, Rowan County, February 19, 1968.. Inscribed By Author. Limited. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Privately Printed.

London: Printed for J. Fletcher and Co. first edition., 1764. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (21) all present. . 24mo original calf, spine on 5 raised bands with gilt designs & lettering on red leather label, tips/edges bumped, leather peeling at top left corner of rear board. Front board re-attached, rear hinge intact, sturdy text-block, pages clean except for some ex-library stamps. Collated complete, viii +203pp with all 21 illustrations. *Oxford University humorous verse first edition.