With Trumpet and Drum by Eugene Field - 1892: First Edition #128 of 250 signed by publisher

#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

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.

1930. KUNITZ, Stanley. INTELLECTUAL THINGS. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First edition of the author's first book. 12mo., grey cloth, printed spine label. Inscriptions have been bleached from the half-title and title pages. The bump at top-edge of front board is stained black. Volume is also gently bumped at bottom-edge of rear board and at spine extremities. Clean text. Quite scarce in the dust jacket, which is sunned at spine and edgeworn with sporadic chips. Very good.

1941. SCHWARTZ, Delmore. SHENANDOAH. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1941). "Poet of the Month" series. First edition. This verse drama deals with a family's quarrel over the naming of a son, Shenandoah Fish, which is obviously analogous Schwartz's name, about which he was quite sensitive. Inscribed to the poet Theodore Morrison. "Ted, from Delmore, October 1941." Illustrated by Frederico Castellon. Printed by George Hornby at The Domesday Press, New York City. 28 pp. 8vo., plain paper wrappers, wire saddle stitch. In a dark blue dust jacket, illustrated on the upper wrapper in grey-blue. Internally clean and fine; however, the dust jacket is sunned at perimeters and on the lower panel, with some light edgewear. Inscribed copies by Schwartz are uncommon, and this is a very good copy, inscribed by him.

Chicago, Illinois: The Bookfellows. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1919. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 142 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1.2: Signed by Editor: KB#010258: First edition limited to 325 copies. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. DOUBLE INSCRIBED COPY. Book is SIGNED BY EDITOR (Vincent Starrett), with inscription, "Dear P. J. J - Kind regard, and gratitude for your interest. Vincent Starrett 10 March 1920" on front flyleaf, and SIGNED BY DEDICATEE (Walter M. Hill) to whom the book was dedicated, "With best wishes from one booklover to another, Walter M. Hill March 13th 1920", on dedication page. Lastly, it has an biographical newspaper article on Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (dated 3-28-20 The Line) affixed at the bottom of the half title page. Boards are dark green with light brown spine binding, and paper author and title labels on spine and front cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as… Read More

New York. : Limited Editions Club., 1990.. Limited edition, #171 of 550 copies. . Hardcover, quarter black leather over green cloth boards, gilt spine title, in a black cloth slipcase. . Fine in slipcase. . Large folio. . Signed by the photographer on the colophon. Large book requires extra postage. LEC newsletter laid in. Six photogravure plates by Aaron Siskind.