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Kipling, Rudyard

Poems 1886-1929.

London : Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work. Quarto, three volumes, bound in original full red polished morocco with gilt titles and numbers to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one. One of 525 numbered copies, this is number 4. Boldly signedContinue reading "Poems 1886-1929."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152336

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.

Doubleday, Page & Company : Garden City, New York, 1919.

The Autograph edition of the inclusive collection of Kipling’s poetry. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, wide gilt decorated borders and central gilt botanical vignette to the front and rear panels, full morocco doublures with wide giltContinue reading "Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152081

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Angelou, Maya; Paul Gauguin; Linda Sunshine

Phenomenal Woman.

New York : Random House, 2000.

First edition of this majestic work of art and poetry. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with paintings by the French Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-146651

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Chatterton, Thomas

The British Poets: Thomas Chatterton.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Thomas Chatterton, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: Thomas Chatterton."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151523

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Prior, Matthew

The British Poets: Matthew Prior.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Matthew Prior, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: Matthew Prior."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151525

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Eliot, T.S

Ash-Wednesday.

New York : The Fountain Press Inc./London Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930.

Signed limited edition of T. S. Eliot’s classic “conversion poem.” Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. One of six hundred numbered copies, this is number 151. Boldly signed by T.S. Eliot on the colophon. In near fine condition. Housed in the publisher’s original cardboard slipcase which is in very good condition. AContinue reading "Ash-Wednesday."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151866

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Neruda, Pablo. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill.

The Heights of Macchu Picchu.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1966.

First edition in English of Neruda’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda on the half-title page. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150452

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Greeley, Horace

The Wreck of the Titanic: A Poem.

Brooklyn, NY : Donald Sinclair, 1913.

Rare first edition of this work on The Titanic. Octavo, original leather, frontispiece, illustrated by the author. Boldly signed by Horace Greeley on the second free endpaper. In good condition. We have never seen another signed example.

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148994

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Giovanni, Nikki

Black Judgement.

Detroit, MI : Broadside Press, 1968.

First edition, first printing of one of Giovanni’s earliest works, containing her famous poem, “Nikki-Rosa”. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nikki Giovanni below her portrait printed on the inside back panel and dated 1990. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151915

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth, with five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper to fellow poetContinue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151868

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Eliot, T.S

The Waste Land.

New York : Boni and Liveright, 1922.

First edition, second impression with the ‘a’ dropped from “mountain” on page 41, and “water” with the ‘a’ on page 22 of one of the most influential works of the 20th century, number 595 of 1000 copies. Octavo, original stiff black cloth, lettered in gilt. Fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is inContinue reading "The Waste Land."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151923

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Stevens, Wallace

Harmonium.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.

Rare first edition of this landmark Modernist poetry collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth-backed paper-covered patterned boards, paper titles to the spine, top stain red. In very good condition.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-151850

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Frost, Robert

A Further Range.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a handwritten poem, “It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling. Robert Frost WashingtonContinue reading "A Further Range."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151924

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Cruikshank, Isaac Robert

The Lady and the Saints: In Three Cantos.

London : Edward Bull, 1839.

First edition of this poetic narrative. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with ten black and white vignettes by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. In near fine condition. Designed by Isaac Robert Cruikshank.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-148889

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For my friend Jo, Leonard January 1957.”Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-107435

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Hunt, Leigh

Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1846.

First edition of this collection of 19th-century prose retellings and analyses of epic tales from famous Italian poets. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, triple ruling and floral designs stamped in blind to the front and rear panels. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-151826

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Snyder, Gary

Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems.

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2009.

First edition, second printing of the 50th anniversary edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen. Accompanied by an autograph note initialed by the author on their personalized stationery laid in.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-151645

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Tagore, Rabindranath

Stray Birds.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1916.

First edition of this classic collection of 320 poems by Tagore. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece in color by Willy Pogany, gilt decorative borders to each page. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the originalContinue reading "Stray Birds."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151789

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[Lely, Gilbert; Alberto Giacometti]

La Folie Tristan.

Paris : Jean Hugues, 1959.

Definitive limited edition of this 12th-century Anglo-Norman poem about the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in three-quarters bordeaux morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. OneContinue reading "La Folie Tristan."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151301

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Frost, Robert; Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes

New Hampshire.

New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1923.

First edition, first printing of Robert Frost’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “For George Olds from his faithful follower Robert Frost.” The recipient, George D. Olds, was a member of a prominent New York family with a legacy of philanthropyContinue reading "New Hampshire."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151681

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Scott, Sir Walter

The British Poets: Sir Walter Scott

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Sir Walter Scott, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, five volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the frontContinue reading "The British Poets: Sir Walter Scott"

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151524

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Eliot, T.S

The Three Voices of Poetry.

New York : Cambridge University Press, 1954.

First edition of Eliot’s essay on the modes of poetic composition delivered as the annual lecture of England’s National Book League. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Lehmann with cordial wishes T.S. Eliot 19.10.54.” The recipient, John Lehmann was an English publisher, poet and man ofContinue reading "The Three Voices of Poetry."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151598

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Butler, Samuel

The British Poets: Samuel Butler.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Samuel Butler, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: Samuel Butler."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151520

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Thomson, James

The British Poets: James Thomson.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of James Thomson, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: James Thomson."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151519

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