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New York: The Dial Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. BCE. Hardcover. Book club edition. In this hefty compendium, excerpts of notable writings of 105 world-wide authors are presented. The writings are divided into four regions: 1. The Americas, 2. The British Isles; 3. Europe; and 4. Asia. The selections were made based on ballots submitted by educators, librarians, editors, booksellers (!) and distinguished authors, among others. Back matter includes brief biographies of the authors, lists of the voters, and indices of authors and titles. --- In beige cloth-covered boards with spine titling in blue; decorations in gilt. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A sound, tightly-bound copy though with with minor wear to cover edges and mild dulling to spine gilding.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxv, 1186 pages .

Francestown, New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Number 15 of a limited edition of 500 copies in this stated first edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, with warm greeting to Governor Du Brot. A collection of poems and poetical works by the author and by other poets. Includes 3 color illustrations from paintings by Frank Vining Smith. --- In full dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on black blocks on cover and spine. Jacket features Frank Vining Smith color illustration on cover; bears orig. $2 flap price. --- With discreet bookseller label to front free endpaper, else a clean, firm, bright copy. Jacket with a little soiling; is otherwise in good shape and in removable mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. A 1938 reprint of the 1908 issuance. The epic Latin poem of Virgil tells of the wanderings of Aeneas, who mythology maintains was the Trojan who became the ancestor of the Romans. Rendered into English and divided into 12 Books by Theordore C. Williams. Includes a two-page fold-out map showing the wanderings of Aeneas, along with those of Ulysses added for comparison. Back matter includes numerous questions and suggestions, and a list of proper names as found in the poem. --- In linen-finish blue cloth-covered boards with publisher's devises in black to covers, spine titling in black. --- With whitish discoloration to spine, prior owner's signature to front paste-down, else a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xxiii, 503 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. A collection of the writings of the 18th century essayist, translator and poet Alexander Pope, edited and with an introduction by Louis Kronenberger; foreword by Joseph Wood Krutch. Includes letters and profiles of Pope's contemporaries at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 8 / tan cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 358 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (1951 date appears in book). ML #257.2. --- A Good-only copy, with penciled underlinings and marginalia on several leaves, else tightly-bound and complete. Price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xxxiii, 388 pages .

University of Chicago. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Big compendium of American poetry in a decent copy. Orig pub date 1912, this printing issued 1918. In full red cloth covers w/light edgewear, scuffing at tail of spine. No DJ. Paper at frt & rear pastedowns has disintegrated at hinge points, exposing inner webbing. Lightly pencilled remarks & underlinings here & there inside vol. Prev owner's inked name & addr ffep. ; 1625-1892; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1945]. Hardcover. A collection of "light-hearted verse" in a later Modern Library edition. The poems are selected by Louis Kronenberger from the works of such notables as Shakespeare, Millay, Kipling, Swift, Huxley, Chesterton and many others. With an introduction by Kronenberger and an index of authors at rear of volume. ||| In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 304 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1945 (though 1935 date appears in book). ML #48.2. ||| A very nice copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with inked info. to front paste-down. Unclipped dust jacket with light chipping & rubbing to extremities; else in good shape and protected in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xxv, 291 pages .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1892. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. A first trade edition (following a small, privately distributed issuance) of this collection of poems by the noted American anti-slavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). With black & white illustrations by E. H. Garrett, including a tissue-protected frontis portrait of the author. --- In ivory cloth-covered boards with fillets, decorations and titling in gilt to cover and spine; top edge gilt. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy but with a little age-toning to covers & spine.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 70 pages .

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of this long-form romantic poem by the "Poet of the Sierras", Joaquin Miller. Miller, born in Indiana, made his way to California where he lived for a time amongst the Modoc Indians. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with decorations in blind and gilt to covers, spine titling in gilt, and lavender endpapers. --- A very nice copy: clean and tightly bound but with some yellowing to leaves, sunning to endpapers and penciled presentation remarks to front fly page.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 244 pages .

New York: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670175072 . A first edition in this issuance. Malcolm Cowley's first book of poetry, under the same title, stayed out of print after it made its appearance in 1929. This reissue includes the 50 poems in that edition, plus additional poems; 17 from his "The Dry Season" and 19 more. Also with author's prose "Notes" in places, setting the tone for what follows. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in grey cloth, with spine titling in black and silver; blue topstain. Volume wrapped in jacket with Sandy Noyes photographic portrait of the author to back flap. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of tears and penciling to front flap, else intact and bright; protected in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, 149 pages .

Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Three volumes of works by Geoffrey Chaucer were first published at William Caxton's press in 1478, and are offered here in this single volume. Per the jacket flap, Mr. Caxton was the English world's first printer. Selections edited by Beverly Boyd, who also has inscribed and signed this book on the front free endpaper thus; "July 19, 1979/For Noelle with warm regards/Beverly Boyd". With a frontis image of a leaf from Boece. Back matter includes several pages of notes and reference material. --- In pale blue cloth covered boards with spine titling in black. Jacket titling superimposed over blurred image of the page depicted at frontis. --- With a little discoloration to covers, otherwise a firm, unmarked and sound copy. Unclipped jacket with toning to edges of front panel, else intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxviii, 202 pages; Signed by Editor . Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. A comprehensive collection of poems by English and American poets. The section of English poets begins with Thomas Hardy, the American section begins with Edgar Lee Masters. With indices of authors, titles and first lines at rear of volume. --- In dark red cloth-covered boards with titling in blue and yellow. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair only copy: a prior owner has made notations in both pencil and ink throughout the volume and at endpapers, else tightly-bound and sound.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxvi, 1009 pages .

New York: American Book Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. A pair of notable long-form poems by the noted English romantic poet Lord Byron (1788-1824). Includes cantos I through IV of "Childe Harold" and "Prisoner of Chillon". Also included are a handful of Byron's shorter poems and songs. An entry in publisher's "Eclectic English Classics" series. Edited and with an introduction by W. H. Venable. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with dark brown titling and decorations in maroon on cover and spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With pencilings to a few leaves including notes, prior owner's signature and a short poem; else an intact, firm copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 170 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. A collection of poems by Michigan's Will Carleton (1845-1912). Departing from his previous collections of poems celebrating rural life, such as in his "Farm Ballads," Mr. Carleton turns his attention to city people and stories. With 16 plates bearing black & white illustrations by various artists. --- In maroon cloth-covered boards with cover illustration and titling in cream to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- The plate facing p.6 has been affixed to front free endpaper, with minor wear to cover extremities and discoloration to endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xix, 164 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1944-63]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting a collection of the ultra-witty American writer's poetry. Includes all the poems from her earlier collections: "Enough Rope," "Sunset Gun" and "Death and Taxes" plus additional verses. With index of first lines at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1944-63 (though 1936 date appears in book). ML #237.1. --- With a prior owner's rubberstamping to front paste-down, another's crossed-through signature to front free endpaper and small tears to first few leaves, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound and unmarked copy.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xii, 210 pages .

New York: Random House. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing of author's collection of poems. In green and yellow full cloth covers w/lightly bumped corners and brownish spotting on front cover. Lettering on spine in metallic green. Interior of volume clean and unmarked; with table of contents and index of first lines. Dust jacket heavily chipped and with triangular chunk missing at head of spine; with orig $7.50 flap price and in removable mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages .

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. A 1907 reprint of the 1902 second edition. A detailed analysis of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, originally titled "In Memoriam A. H. H. Obiit MDCCCXXXIII." The poem was written to commemorate the passing of the author's close friend Arthur Henry Hallam who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at age 22. The poem is considered to be one of the greatest poems of the 19th century. It includes the famous lines, " 'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all. " --- In olive cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume has no dust jacket. --- With prior owners' signature & bookplate affixed to front paste-down, acidic stains to front & rear endpapers, and with a few scattered pencilings inside the book, otherwise a sound, tightly-bound, clean copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; xvii, 243 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1940]. Hardcover. The epic poems of Homer, including the Iliad (translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers); and the Odyssey (translated by S. H. Butcher and Andrew Lang). Rendered into English language prose translations. Volume wrapped in red jacket with image of ancient warriors on the move to front panel. --- In Toledano spine G4 / charcoal cloth / gilt titling on red spine blocks / gilt-stamped ML torchbearer on front cover & spine / red topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gc, verso advertises 274 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1940 (no publication date appears in volume). ML #G19.1. --- A generally well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked except for dulling to spine gilding, penciled notations to front free endpaper, general age-toning to leaves and binder's glue bleed-through to endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.25) with tears and… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. A hefty work containing the entire body of poetical works, and some prose, by the two legendary English poets John Donne and William Blake. With a lengthy introduction by Robert Silliman Hillyer. The texts are from the Nonesuch Press editions, edited by John Hayward and Geoffrey Keynes. --- In Toledano spine G5 / green cloth / gilt titling on black cover & spine blocks / faded black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 374 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1941 date appears in book). ML #G70.1. --- A weakened front hinge has been repaired on this item; with general light age-toning to leaves & acidic staining to endpapers, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Good-only dust jacket with several tears to lower spine area, other chips and small tears to edges; otherwise bright and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.… Read More

New York: The Odyssey Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. An illustrated presentation of all of the poetry and some of the more important prose works by John Milton (1608-1674), the prominent British poet and advocate of free speech and freedom of the press. Includes "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," "Areopagitica" and much more. Includes numerous black & white illustrations and sketches, as well as facsimiles of original title pages, such as "Paradise Lost." Edited and introduced by Merritt Y. Hughes, who has supplied considerable additional information about Milton and his works. --- A hefty volume, in blue and black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- An excellent, unmarked, tightly-bound copy lacking significant damages. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the U.S.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xix, 1059 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1967]. Hardcover. 0394602730 . A Modern Library edition offering the poems and a selection of other writings of the great English romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821). Edited, with an introduction by Harold Edgar Briggs. Index of titles at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 13 / black cloth / blindstamped ml cover device / silver-stamped spine titling / blank endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1951 date appears in book). ML #273.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Price-clipped jacket with dark dampstains to verso, mild chafing to edges and with a hint of sunning to spine, else intact and in removable, archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxxiv, (2), 515, (9, ads) pages .