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![The Dome: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Arts; Vol. II no. 4 Jan. 1899 [New Series]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/973/266/625266973.0.b.jpg)
The Dome: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Review of Literature, Music, Architecture, and the Graphic Arts; Vol. II no. 4 Jan. 1899 [New Series]
by Housman, Laurence; Hudson, Gertrude Reese
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Paperback. Very Good. 90, viii p.: full-page illustrations, music; 22 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark blue with yapp edges; advertisement for Calvert's carbolic ointment on back wrapper. Pages are unopened. Contents: Martini Luigi Implora Pace: A Poem by Stephen Phillips; The Defence of Farvingdon: A Story by Laurence Housman; New Year's Greetings Four Hundred Years Ago: An Illustrated Note by Campbell Dodgson; Berceuse (words by Diana Gardner and music by...
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A$72.50
Silenzi; Emily Dickinson; A cura di Barbara Lanati
by Dickinson, Emily
Milan: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. xxvii, [1], 201, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback. Contains poems by Emily Dickinson, each poem in English facing its translation into Italian by Barbara Lanati. Part of the publisher's series Universale Economica Feltrinelli. Gift inscription on series title page. In Very Good Condition: inscription on first page; 6 page corners creased; clean and tight.
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A$29.95
Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808. In Three Volumes
by Remusat, Madame de; with a Preface and Notes by Her Grandson, Paul de Remusat, Translated from the French by Mrs. Cashel Hoey and John Lillie
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1880. Three volumes in contemporary quarter red cloth over marbled boards. The bookplate of Thomas Taylor front paste downs, his name in ink at title page. Very Good, red cloth faded at spine, light edge wear, a clean, handsome set. . First American Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A$394.03
ROSES IN THE MIRROR / ROSAS EN EL ESPEJO
by De Burgos, Julia
Translated and edited by Carmen D. Lucca, Bilingual Edition, b/w photo of the poet, limited edition of 1,000 copies. Near fine clean, tight and bright with a few surface crease to the pages.
Hispanic Feminist Poems
Hispanic Feminist Poems
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A$47.28
Gracious Goodness: St. John's, Concord, Church Episcopal Women Concordville, Pensylvania
Concordville, PA: St. John's Episcopal Church, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. [6], 136, [26] p.; 22 cm. Dark brown comb-style binding; white card covers printed in dark brown. Cover title. Printed by North American Press, Kansas City, Mo. No date of publication; refers to the 275th anniversary of the church in 1977. Begins with a "V.I.P. Section," which contains recipes by famous and semi-famous poeple (Pat Nixon's Continental Salad). Interesting recipes include: harvest pear jam, ginger meat balls,...
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A$39.40
Vain Pomp and Glory.
by Graham, Abbie (Adella), 1889-1972
"Copyright, 1927, by the National Board of the Young Womens Christian Association..." Contents: The Vain Pomp and Glory of the World; Secular Society; Children in the Lamplight; Hills for Sale!; The Streets of Their Cities; Angels at High Noon; An Old Lady with Teakwood Stairs; 'Don't Bother To Pack, Joseph!'; Random Provocations; 'Boston'. Involved with the YWCA throughout her life, Graham's several books "covered subjects including spirituality, race relations, girls' camps, travel, and women's...
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A$15.76A$9.46
The Thorn of a Rose: Amy Lowell Reconsidered
by Ruihley, Glenn Richard
Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 191 p.: frontispiece portrait of Amy Lowell; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Light blue dust jacket printed in red. Red endpapers. Archon is an imprint of the Shoe String Press. The author, Glenn Richard Ruihley (1924-2011), was also the editor of A Shard of Silence: Selected Poems of Amy Lowell (1957). Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; ends of...
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A$20.49
The Guest From the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin; Gyorgy Dalos with the collaboration of Andrea Dunai; Translated from the German by Antony Wood
by Dalos, Gyorgy
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First American Edition. [2], 250 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Red cover with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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Poetry: A Magazine of Verse; edited by Harriet Monroe -- March, 1917 -- vol. IX no. VI
by Monroe, Harriet, editor; Kilmer, Joyce; Pound, Ezra; Ford, Ford Madox; Hunt, Violet; Lowell, Amy
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1917. Paperback. Very Good -. pp. 277-332, [10], viii, [2] p.; 20 cm. Brown wrapper printed in red and black. Decorated initial letters. A few pages are unopened. This volume includes the preliminary pages needed to have all of the vol. 9 issues bound together. Contents: City Pastorals I-XI by Helen Hoyt -- Country Rhymes I-IV by Orrick Johns -- A Blue Valentine [and] The Thorn by Joyce Kilmer -- A Nun by Odell Shepard -- What the Orderly Dog Saw by Ford Madox...
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Colette: A Life
by Lottman, Herbert
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. [6], 344 p., [16] p. of photographs; 24 cm. Purple and blue cover with silver spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Steve Snider. Includes a list of Colette's works and an index. Book is in Near Fine Conditin: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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A$15.76
The Freeman and Other Poems by Ellen Glasgow
by Glasgow, Ellen
Pottstown, PA: Americanist Press, 1973. Paperback. Fine. 56 p.; 21 cm. Blue-grey wrappers with wrapper title in red and black. This is the 2nd printing of a limited facsimile edition of the 1902 printing by Doubleday, Page & Co., printed for the Americanist Press. Title page in red and black. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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A$23.64
![The Legal Wrongs of Women [in The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review Vol. 14 no. 71 May, 1844]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/949/861/1105861949.0.b.jpg)
The Legal Wrongs of Women [in The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review Vol. 14 no. 71 May, 1844]
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. [3], 448-556 p., frontispiece engraved portrait of Morgan Lewis; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Bound with the issues for March and June 1840, and April 1842, all of which lack their frontispieces. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this book was...
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A$56.74
Crossing the Water
by Plath, Sylvia
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. From the library of Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes with her ownership signature to the title page. Bound in half tan cloth lettered in silver with lavender paper covered boards. Near Fine with light wear at extremities, slight fading to edges of boards. Endpapers slightly toned at gutters. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight foxing to blindside. A lovely copy with a...
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A$2,364.15
Passionate Lives: D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath -- In Love
by Tytell, John
New York: Birch Lane Press, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. vi, 328 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Blue and white cover with white spine title. Dust jacket. The author examines "how these writers lived on the cutting edge of passionate intensity and shows how their own love affairs influenced their writing." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: top page edges lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Conditin: soiled; intact.
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A$22.07
![Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 1839 vol. 5, no. 8 [Maria Gowen Brooks]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/170/819170275.0.b.jpg)
Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 1839 vol. 5, no. 8 [Maria Gowen Brooks]
by Combe, George
Richmond, Va: T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. Very Good -. [1], 514-572 p.; 27 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of front wrapper. Lists of subscribers and agents on wrappers. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "S. Van Rensellaer." Contents include: A Journey Across the Andes by W.B.H. -- The First Polar Voyage: A Ballad by S.M. Janney -- Biographical Sketches of Living American Poets and...
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A$36.25
We Have Been Friends Together: Ballad; words written by Hon. Mrs. Norton; music composed and arranged by H. Russell
by Russell, Henry; Norton, Caroline E
Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co, 1846. Sheet_music. Good. [4] p.: music; 32 cm. Wrapper title. Front wrapper printed in red and blue. Imprint includes: New York: E. Ferrett & Co.; Boston: S. Colman, 30 Cornhill. The Hon. Mrs. Norton was Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877), an English social reformer, author, and composer. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." No date of publication. Samuel Colman was only located at 30...
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Moliere by Mrs. Oliphant and F. Tarver
by Oliphant, Margaret; Tarver, Francis B.C
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. x, 192 p.; 18 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt and black spine title; black series title on front board with black decoration on both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Part of the publisher's series Foreign Classics for English Readers edited by Mrs. Oliphant. Series list before title page indicates that this was no. 6 in the series. Gift inscription to Emily B. Dain on blank page following front endpapers dated May 1879. No date of publication;...
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The Dome; an Illustrated Monthly Magazine (Vol. 4, Aug-Oct) Yeats, W.B. "Death Hath Closed
London: Unicorn Press, 1899. Small Quarto. 244p. p. 161-166 contains W.B. Yeat's "Death hath closed Helen's eyes" from which comes the line: "beauty is but a flower" and one of his richest Celtic images. Also besides Laurence Housman, a series of short essays on Chopin. Bound in blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, spine lettering gilt, all others uncut. Lower rear corner cracked, , minor rubbing to edges. A very good copy.
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A$102.45
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art -- May to August, 1860
New York: W. H. Bidwell, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 572 p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of engraved plates; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands and gilt-tooled title in second compartment; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Contains fiction and nonfiction including science; the many articles reviewing books include a review of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Also contains an article extolling the virtues of the new steamship Adriatic. In...
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The Dome: New Series, Volume Seven, May-July 1900
by (YEATS, William Butler, and Others)
London: The Sign of the Unicorn, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Full-page illustrations and plates, including some in color. In the original dark blue pictorial cloth stamped in gold on front cover and spine. Endpapers are toned, else fine. Includes sections on architecture, literature, music, and the graphic arts, with literary contributions by W.B. Yeats (on Shelley), Laurence Binyon, Bernard Capes, among others, together with artworks by Jean François Millet and others. An...
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A$354.62
Past Meridian
by Sigourney, Lydia H
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good -. iv, [3], 10-239 p.; 18 cm. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Front free endpaper inscribed: "Madam Noyes with the respects of LH Sigourney Christmas 1854." A delightful look at those, like the author, in the P.M. of their life, this first edition appearing when popular American author Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865) was in her 60s. Inscribed by the author in the year of its...
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A$301.04
Not So Deep as a Well
by Parker, Dorothy
New York: The Viking Press, 1936. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition of her collected poems, signed limited issue. Copy number 324 of a limited 485 signed by Dorothy Parker. Bound in publisher's reddish-pink paper covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light fading to spine cloth, endsheets a little browned, former owner bookplate to front pastedown and small bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. In publisher's original gold paper-covered slipcase,...
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A$2,600.56
Behind Closed Doors: Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
by Hejaiej, Monia
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Near Fine. xi, 369 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. The author presents 47 tales "told by three Beldi women, members of a historic and highly civilized community, the city's traditional elite. Tale-telling is important to all Beldi women, and this book examines its role in their shared world and its significance in the lives of the three tellers." The introduction provides "an overview of the history and culture of Tunis and...
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A$17.34
Holding Our Own: The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford; edited by Maxine Scates & David Trinidad
by Stanford, Ann
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2001. Paperback. Fine. First Printing. viii, 190, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback; cover design by Valerie Brewster. A Lannan Literary Selection. Anne Stanford (1916-1987) was an American poet who spent her entire life in California. She received the Shelley Memorial Award, and the Di Castagnola Award of the Poetry Society of America. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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A$20.49
The Hudson Review, Volume 22, Number 3 (XXII; Autumn 1969)
by Morgan, Frederick (ed.), Vernon Young (on Susan Sontag), Raymond Durgnat (quotes Velvet Underground), E. M. Cioran, W. H. Auden, Wendell Berry, et al
New York: The Hudson Review, Inc, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. Classic late-1960s issue, includes a Raymond Durgnat essay on Symbolism and the Underground that quotes two songs from The Velvet Underground and Nico. Also a Vernon Young essay on Susan Sontag's Styles of Radical Will (Poague & Parsons H17). Unmarked copy, minor wear.
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A$63.04
