Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
by RILKE, Rainer Maria
Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1914. Fourth (and fifth) printings of Rilke’s prose masterpiece, his inspirational novel about a young poet. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rilke on the second blank leaf of the first volume: “Lil & Vara, danke für deine schoenen ‘Londener Spaziergänge’ durch die Foliantenwand vom nachbarlichen Schreibtish hineubergereicht, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wein, Kriegs-Archiv, April 1916.” In English, the inscription reads in part: “Thank you for the lovely London walks . . .”. The rarest of Rilke’s works to... Read More
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Geschichten. Vom Lieben Gott
by RILKE, Rainer Maria
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1904. First edition. Von Mises 13. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rilke to his cousin on the first blank leaf in the year of publication: “Meinem lieber [name] in freundlichen gedanken Rainer Maria Rilke, Borgeby gard, im August 1904.” Translated, the inscription reads: “my dear . . . in friendly thoughts.” In August of 1904, Rilke was staying in Borgeby Gard, Sweden. From which some of his “Letters to a Young Poet” are dated. Offsetting from laid in... Read More
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Gedichte. Übertragen durch Rainer Maria Rilke
by [RILKE, Rainer Maria] VALERY, Paul
Leipzig: Im Insel Verlag, 1925. First edition, hand-printed at the Cranach Presse by Harry Kessler for the Insel Verlag, with initials by Eric Gill, this being copy number XVII of 20 copies “fur den Handel Bestimmten Exemplaren”. Von Mises 172. Although the colophon states that the first fifty copies were printed on Japan, the roman-numeraled copies, or at least this one, was printed on laid büttenpapier. Presentation copy, inscribed on the second blank leaf by Rilke “À Monsieur et... Read More
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Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
by RILKE, Rainer Maria
Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1910. First edition. Von Mises 76. Covers somewhat soiled but still a very good set, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box. 2 volumes, 8vo, original publisher’s green cloth with paper labels on spines. Covers somewhat soiled but still a very good set, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box.
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The Exorcism
by ROETHKE, Theodore
San Francisco: Poems in Folio, 1957. First edition. One of 150 copies printed in Arches mould-made paperand signed by Roethke, with a separately printed statement by the poet about the poem which also includes the details of publication. Fine copy. Large broadside poem, illustrated with woodcut initial by Mallette Dean. Fine copy.
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Sequence Sometimes Metaphysical. Poems. With Wood Engravings by John Roy
by ROETHKE, Theodore
Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, (1963). First edition. One of only 60 specially bound copies signed by Roethke and Roy. A very fine copy of this beautiful book. Small 4to, original quarter leather and pictorial boards, publisher's slipcase. A very fine copy of this beautiful book.
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The Collected Works Of Isaac Rosenberg. Poetry, Prose, Letters And Some Drawings. Edited by Gordon Bottomley & Denys Harding. With a Foreword by Siegfried Sassoon
by ROSENBERG, Isaac
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. First edition. Keynes B15. Reilly p. 279. "The Collected Works was issued in an edition of 500 copies, with 900 sets of sheets stored at the publisher's bindery; only 403 copies had been sold by March 1938, and the remaining unbound sheets were destroyed in April 1941 when Chatto & Windus' warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. The Collected Works became exceedingly scarce, and today it is impossible to obtain." - Cohen, Journey to... Read More
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Poems. Selected and Edited by Gordon Bottomley, with an Introductory Memoir by Laurence Binyon
by ROSENBERG, Isaac
London: William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. The first collected edition of Rosenberg's work, preceded by several rare pamphlets published prior to his death at the front in World War I. Rosenberg was one of the great literary losses of the Great War, along with Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas, although, had he survived, he might have proved to be an even greater painter. His poems "Break of Day in the Trenches", "Louse Hunting" and... Read More
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Homeward Songs
by [RUSSELL, George William]. AE
Dublin: Whaley, 1894. First edition. Worn at the spine, otherwise a very good, if fragile, copy. Rare in the original wrappers. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Worn at the spine, otherwise a very good, if fragile, copy. Rare in the original wrappers.
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New York: A Series of Wood Engravings in Colour and a Note on Colour Printing... with Prose Impressions of the City by Walter Prichard Eaton
by RUZICKA, Rudolph, illustrator
New York: The Grolier Club, 1915. First edition. One of 250 copies printed on French hand-made paper. Presentation copy, inscribed on the first blank "To Percival M. Barker, Rudolph Ruzicka, Sept 10, 1915." The recipient, Dr. Percival Barker was, according to his obituary in the New York Times, "a member of the Grolier Club and well known as a collector of rare books." He passed away at the age of 48 in 1930. One of the illustrations, on page... Read More
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Courrier Sud
by SAINT EXUPÉRY, Antoine de
Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1929. First edition of St. Exupéry's first book, translated in English as "Southern Mail." One of only 9 lettered hors commerce copies, out of 109 copies on papier vergé pur fil Lafuma. Although best known for his classic Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), most of St. Exupéry's work was inspired by his profession as a pilot. Courrier Sud is based on his experiences delivering mail to North Africa. St. Exupéry died... Read More
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Enduring the Truth, original holograph manuscript of his review of Walter Lippmann's A Preface to Morals
by SANTAYANA, George
A fine, closely written, authorial manuscript of Santayana's review of Lippmann's A Preface to Morals (1929) appearing in the New Adelphi, 3, 1929-30, and in the Saturday Review on December 7, 1929. With a single word variant in the first paragraph where Santayana's MS gives "perceived" rather than "conceived" in the printed version: "Very few would give up living as they live, simply because they had conceived, in some lucid moment, that it wasn't worth while." While Lippmann is... Read More
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Siegfried's Journey 1916-1920
by SASSOON, Siegfried
London: Faber, (1945). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page to "Dorothy Wallis, with all good wishes from Siegfried Sassoon. February 1946." Dorothy Wallis was a young Australian admirer of Sassoon, who began corresponding with him, and sending fruit cakes, chocolate and other delicacies, in 1945. Sassoon referred to her as "that angelic young woman who has been sending me parcels of food for the last two years." When Wallis came to England in 1951, Sassoon invited... Read More
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Collabs
by SCHUYLER, James & Helena HUGHES
(N. Y.): Misty Terrace Press, (1980). First edition. Limited to 200 copies printed. Fine copy.. 4to, original stapled sheets with cover design by George Schneeman. Fine copy.
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The Morning of the Poem
by SCHUYLER, James
N. Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1980). Uncorrected proof copy of Schuyler's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a fine copy, with publisher'sreview slip laid in.. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a fine copy, with publisher'sreview slip laid in.
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Amy Lowell Thoughts
by SCHUYLER, James
(No place): Palaemon Press, 1984. First edition. Signed by Schuyler. There was an issue of 10 numbered copies signed by the poet; this appears to be one of an out-of-series overrun. Short, soft crease in one corner, otherwise a fine copy. Broadside poem, 9 x 12 1/2 inches. Short, soft crease in one corner, otherwise a fine copy.
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The Morning of the Poem
by SCHUYLER, James
N. Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1980). First edition of Schuyler's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, which was dedicated to the artist Darragh Park. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schuyler to Barbara Guest: "for Barbara all love Jimmy Feb. 1980". The Morning of the Poem, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 in part owing to the advocacy of John Ashbery, one of the judges, earned Schuyler a wider and more appreciative audience. A "poet of warm benediction and praise", Schuyler was... Read More
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Rabbit Duck. 13 Collaborative Poems
by SHAPIRO, David & Richard HELL
(Milwaukee, WI): Repair, (2005). First edition. One of 16 hardbound copies, hors commerce, signed by the authors; this being copy number 13. The entire edition consisted of 42 hardbound copies and 500 copies in wrappers. Very fine copy. 8vo, original red cloth, dust jacket. Very fine copy.
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Rabbit Duck. 13 Collaborative Poems
by SHAPIRO, David & Richard HELL
(Milwaukee, WI): Repair, (2005). First edition. Signed by Richard Hell. One of 500 copies bound in wrappers. Very fine copy. 8vo, original wrappers. Very fine copy.
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Trial of a Poet
by SHAPIRO, Karl
N. Y.: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). First edition. Limited to 250 copies printed on speical rag paper and signed by the poet, this copy number 1, the dedication copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Matty from Karl, affectionately." The printed dedication page reads "To F. O. Matthiessen." Matthiessen is best known as the author of the magisterial history of 19th century American literature, American Renaissance. Spine label a bit rubbed otherwise a very good copy.. 8vo,... Read More
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The Emperor. Drawings by Erik Stotik
by SIMIC, Charles
Portland, OR: Charles Seluzicki, Fine Press Series, 1997. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies issued with a separate suite of prints, the colophon signed by Simic and Stotik, from a total editioin of 101 copies printed by the Beaverdam Press in Salem, OR; this copy numbered L.. A very fine copy. Folio, original black cloth & paste-paper boards, in publisher's black cloth slipcase. A very fine copy.
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Wendy's Pinball. Poems. Images by Wendy Mark
by SIMIC, Charles
(East Hampton, NY: Horowitz, 1996). First edition. One of 15 specially bound copies printed on Rives mould-made paper at The Stinehour Press, with an original monotype by Mark, and signed by Simic and the artist; there were also 135 regular copies bound in wrappers. This special issue was immediately sold out at an exhibition of Mark's monotypes which coincided with the celebration of the publication of the book at the publisher's Easthampton gallery. As new.. 8vo, original cloth,... Read More
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Villon the Vagabond
by SKINNER, Charles Montgomery
(No date). This "first draft" inscribed: "To Mr. (Herbert F.) Gunnison with the author's best wishes." A printed title page bearing the imprint Eagle Book and Job Printing Department of Brooklyn-New York and the date 1902 states: "This play was acted by the author's brother Mr. Otis Skinner". Otis Skinner, a prominent 19th Century actor, was also the father of the actress Cornelia Otis Skinner. A frontispiece portrait of the author is bound in. Charles Skinner (1852-1907), born in... Read More
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Bobby. Book Nr 100
by SMITH, Keith
Atlanta, GA: Nexus Press, 1985. First edition, deluxe issue limited to 50 copies "printed on Curtis Rag white wove 75 lb. text, hand-bound (recessed cord with half leather cover), signed and numbered by the author" . . . all copies bound with archival materials: linen cord, wheat paste, hot glue, and conservation matt board. Ingres Antique used for the endsheets and cover paper." On the colophon, the author has numbered and signed the book "14/50 Keith summer solstice 1985."... Read More
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Bobby. Book Nr 100
by SMITH, Keith
Atlanta, GA: Nexus Press, 1985. First edition, regular issue. As the colophon states: “Bobby (was) imaged on an Apple Macintosh computer. The basic composition of each page triplicated and modified for three color separation. Each modification printed out by an Apple image-writer for making negatives. Bobby printed offset in magenta, cyan, and yellow by Nexus Press . . . Michael Goodman, director, Clifton Meador, assistant director.” There were 1000 copies printed on Mohawk Superfine paper, although the scarcity of... Read More
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