UPDATE: These items were recovered.
The following books were stolen in West Springfield, MA. If you have any information regarding any of these titles, please contact Leslie Arthur at 203.789.8081 or leslie_arthur@reeseco.com.
1. AUTHOR: Aiken, Conrad: TITLE: PRIAPUS AND THE POOL AND OTHER POEMS. PLACE: New York: PUBLISHER: Boni & Liveright, DATE: 1925. DESCRIPTION: Cloth, paper spine label. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1934. Fine in faintly edgeworn dust jacket with a trace of sunning.
2. AUTHOR Lowell, Robert: TITLE: LAND OF UNLIKENESS. PLACE: Cummington]: PUBLISHER: The Cummington Press, DATE: 1944. DESCRIPTION: Pale blue printed boards, lettered in red. Woodcut by Gustav Wolf. Extremities of boards and spine sunned and occasionally rubbed, early ink name on endsheet, along with a clipped press photo of Lowell, four line gloss (in ink) in upper margin of opening page of "Cistercians in Germany," else a good, sound copy. ABSTRCT: First edition of the author's first book, with an introduction by Allen Tate. One of 224 copies, in addition to 26 numbered, signed copies. A key book of 20th century American poetry.
3. AUTHOR: Shapiro, Karl: TITLE: POEMS. PLACE: Baltimore: PUBLISHER: Published by the Author], DATE: 1935. DESCRIPTION: Plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Endsheets tanned at gutters, head and toe of spine a bit rubbed, a few marks to cloth, about very good. ABSTRCT: First edition of the poet's first book, issued in an edition of only two hundred numbered copies, signed by the author.
4. AUTHOR: Tate, Allen: TITLE: POEMS. PLACE: New York: PUBLISH Scribner, DATE: 1960. DESCRIPTION: Cloth. First edition. Warmly inscribed by the author as a Christmas present in the year of publication. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear at crown of spine.
5. AUTHOR: Untermeyer, Louis: TITLE: FROM ANOTHER WORLD THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF... PLACE: New York: PUBLISHER: Harcourt, DATE: 1939. DESCRIPTION: Gilt blue cloth. First edition. Signed by Untermeyer on the free endsheet. Endsheets lightly tanned, top edge a bit dusty, else very good or better in spine-faded, lightly worn dust jacket.
6. AUTHOR Untermeyer, Louis: TITLE: MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD.... PLACE: New York: PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, DATE: 1955. DESCRIPTION: Cloth and boards. First edition. Inscribed by the author: "for Van Wyck old friend & (comparatively) new neighbor. As ever, Louis." A very good copy, without dust jacket.
7. AUTHOR: Van Duyn, Mona: TITLE: LETTERS FROM A FATHER AND OTHER POEMS. PLACE: New York: PUBLISHER: Atheneum, DATE: 1982. DESCRIPTION: Large octavo. Cloth. First edition, clothbound issue. About fine in very good dust jacket with trace of sunning to edges and small sticker removal mark from rear panel.
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1. AUTHOR Aiken, Conrad:
TITLE PRIAPUS AND THE POOL AND OTHER POEMS.
PLACE New York:
PUBLISH Boni & Liveright,
DATE 1925.
DESCRIP Cloth, paper spine label. First edition.
Inscribed and signed by the author in 1934.
Fine in faintly edgeworn dust jacket with a
trace of sunning.
PRICE 250
2. AUTHOR Lowell, Robert:
TITLE LAND OF UNLIKENESS.
BR :
PUBLISH The Cummington Press,
DATE 1944.
DESCRIP Pale blue printed boards, lettered in red.
Woodcut by Gustav Wolf. Extremities of boards
and spine sunned and occasionally rubbed,
early ink name on endsheet, along with a
clipped press photo of Lowell, four line
gloss (in ink) in upper margin of opening
page of "Cistercians in Germany," else a
good, sound copy.
ABSTRCT First edition of the author's first book,
with an introduction by Allen Tate. One of
224 copies, in addition to 26 numbered,
signed copies. A key book of 20th century
American poetry.
PRICE 850
3. AUTHOR Shapiro, Karl:
TITLE POEMS.
PLACE Baltimore:
BR5 ,
DATE 1935.
DESCRIP Plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt.
Endsheets tanned at gutters, head and toe of
spine a bit rubbed, a few marks to cloth,
about very good.
ABSTRCT First edition of the poet's first book,
issued in an edition of only two hundred
numbered copies, signed by the author.
PRICE 650
4. AUTHOR Tate, Allen:
TITLE POEMS.
PLACE New York:
PUBLISH Scribner,
DATE 1960.
DESCRIP Cloth. First edition. Warmly inscribed by the
author as a Christmas present in the year of
publication. Fine in dust jacket with minor
wear at crown of spine.
PRICE 125
5. AUTHOR Untermeyer, Louis:
TITLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF...
PLACE New York:
PUBLISH Harcourt,
BR6 .
DESCRIP Gilt blue cloth. First edition. Signed by
Untermeyer on the free endsheet. Endsheets
lightly tanned, top edge a bit dusty, else
very good or better in spine-faded, lightly
worn dust jacket.
PRICE 45
6. AUTHOR Untermeyer, Louis:
TITLE MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD....
PLACE New York:
PUBLISH Simon & Schuster,
DATE 1955.
DESCRIP Cloth and boards. First edition. Inscribed by
the author: "for Van Wyck old friend
& (comparatively) new neighbor. As ever,
Louis." A very good copy, without dust jacket.
PRICE 50
7. AUTHOR Van Duyn, Mona:
TITLE LETTERS FROM A FATHER AND OTHER POEMS.
PLACE New York:
PUBLISH Atheneum,
DATE 1982.
DESCRIP Large octavo. Cloth. First edition,
clothbound issue. About fine in very good
dust jacket with trace of sunning to edges
and small sticker removal mark from rear panel.