The Poetical Works of George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, By His Son. In Eight Volumes, complete. Also known as Life and Poems of the Rev. George Crabbe by Crabbe, George - 1834

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1853. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 295 Pp. + 15 Pp Ads, Complete Wrappers (Red, Printed In Black, With Spine And Both Panels, 23 Titles And 3 Forthcoming Titles On Rear Panel) Bound In At Rear. First Edition, Three Quarter Red Morocco, 5 Compartments, Gilt, Marbled Paper Boards And Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt. Bookplate Of Pre-Eminent Thackeray Collector Henry S. Van Duzer, Designed By Tiffany & Co.; His Thackeray Library Went To Auction In 1917. Binding With Slight Rubbing, Tight And Clean And Unfaded; Wrappers Almost Unbelievably Clean, As New, Bound In At Rear.

London, The Adventurers Club, 1960, hardcover, 192 pp, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tidy name and date to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, foxing to top and fore-edge of textblock. Dustjacket, light edge nicks to spine-ends and corners, spine slightly darkened, in new Brodart sleeve, the best example of this dustjacket I've ever seen. The British-born soldier, administrative officer, and professional hunter's first book about his adventures in northern Africa beginning in 1941 when he was just 22 years old. Illustrated with 16 full-page drawings by Bruno De Sopra.

Paris: Lesclapart. Very Good. 1767. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes ; contemporary brown speckled calf with ornately gilt decorated spine: red leather title label & dark brown volume label. Triple gilt ruled cover edges surrounding an imprinted gilt armorial emblem on each cover. Marbled endpapers. Page edges dyed red. [xxxvi, 442pp, 1]. [418pp, 1]. Text is tight, clean & intact. Spine ends & edges lightly rubbed. Very old faded ink inscription on verso of title pages. Small booksellers plate on front endpaper. French text. Poetry. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 860 pages .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards and slipcase lightly soiled and . rubbed, dedication page creased.. 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 301 signed and numbered copies. Coward’s signature on colophon page. Cream linen binding with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Top edges gilt. Housed in red cardboard slipcase. viii, 371pp, index. Many black and white photos. Witty and entertaining autobiography of the British actor, playwright, intelligence officer, and composer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. First American Edition. In original colourfully decorated cloth, which is slightly rubbed but in very good condition overall. Inside the poetry is beautifully highlighted by historiated initials and framed within decorative borders - all by Walter Crane. Floral endpapers. Neatly repaired closed tear to front end paper. Pages are French folded (so uncut and hiding the blank pages), and top edge is emerald green. Separated into sections: The Old Garden, Nature, Love Songs, Poems of Life, Verses for Children. A lovely example of a delightful book. viii, 114 pp. 205 x 150 mm (8 x 6 inches). Première édition américaine. En toile originale décorée en couleurs, légèrement frottée mais en très bon état. A l'intérieur, la poésie est magnifiquement mise en valeur par des initiales historiées et encadrées dans des bordures décoratives - toutes de Walter Crane. Pages de garde fleuries. Déchirure fermée soigneusement réparée à la première page de… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT. xiv, 329pp bound in original blue cloth. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Covers show corner wear, slight bow to front cover, small paper label on spine, interior water stains on page edges, paper label inside cover, small sticker to inside back covers. There were never any library pockets in this book.

Toronto: Anansi, 2005. Signed by the author. First Trade Edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards, with a small illustration tipped to the front board. Very fine with very fine band wrapped around the rear board, as issued.

2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Wear and chips to dj and slight discoloration to first few pages else VG/G, 2nd edn, photo album in rear, 188pps.

AUTOGRAPHED COPY! 1948 hardcover in dust jacket has light edge wear and tear to jacket and small pierce on left side, toning, signed and inscribed nicely by the author to a friend on front flyleaf otherwise nice clean pages and solid binding, with 1958 CLEVELAND NEWS article on the book AND handwritten note from author to friend tipped in - in all a nice association copy of this very rare mid-century poetry title.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Orange boards. Very fine in near fine dust jacket.