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[Kipling, Rudyard]

Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works [with] The Kipling Index.

London, Edinburgh, and Garden City : Various Publishers, 1914-1917.

Rare collection of four first edition Kipling indexes. Small octavo, four volumes, original wrappers. Contains: The Kipling Index [London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914], Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works with an Index to the Volumes Published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. [Edinburgh: R & R Clark, n.d.], The Kipling Index: Being a GuideContinue reading "Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works [with] The Kipling Index."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-126447
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Tennyson, Alfred

The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1884.

Finely bound example of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full contemporary polished emerald green calf prize-binding, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Presentation inscription.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-141528
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Parker, Dorothy

Enough Rope: Poems.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Early printing of Parker’s poignant collection of poetry exploring the complexities of human nature. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the dust jacket spine and a closed tear, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon inContinue reading "Enough Rope: Poems."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-148065
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Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling Handbook.

San Francisco : The Examiner, 1899.

Scarce first edition and only appearance of the Kipling Handbook issued as a single sheet in the San Francisco Examiner to be folded into 32 pages; the contents were all previously published. 16mo, original wrappers. Housed in a custom clamshell and chemise case.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-121255
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Petrarca, M. Francesco [Petrarch]

Some Sonnets and Songs of the Divine Poet M. Francesco Petrarca.

Shaftsbury : High House Press, 1926.

First High House Press limited edition of this collection of poems made in Laura’s lifetime. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the front panel. One of 105 numbered copies, this is number 76. In very good condition, bookplate. Translated into English by William J. Ibbett.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-149479
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Art of Fiction.

London : J. A. Allen & Co, 1926.

First separate edition, first issue of this report issued on the occasion of Kipling’s acceptance of the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-120430
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Norton, Charles Eliot. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch.

New York : Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.

First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton’s concise sketch of Kipling’s early life, written for the new popular edition of his writings and prepared with his approval. Octavo, original boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling. One of one hundred numbered copies, this is number 52. In near fine condition. Scarce.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-123761
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Five Nations.

London : Methuen and Co, 1903.

Finely bound edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles and pictorial tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-148872
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Montclair, J. W. (Weidemeyer, J. W.)

Real and Ideal.

Philadelphia : Frederick Leypoldt, 1865.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “With the compliments of the author”. In very good condition.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-60
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Kipling, Rudyard

Day By Day.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1913.

First edition of this selection of lines from Kipling’s works for each day of the year. Duodecimo, bound in full suede with gilt titles to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-149048
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Faulkner, William

This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.

New York : Equinox, 1932.

First edition of this short poem by William Faulkner. Octavo, original paper wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-90422
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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.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-151645
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Tennyson, Alfred

Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

The Globe edition of the poetical works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, later printing. InContinue reading "Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate."

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-148880
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Pinsky, Robert

The Situation of Poetry.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1976.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to another poet “Lisa Colt with best wishes, Robert Pinsky November 1977.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-980
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Heaney, Seamus

The Haw Lantern.

New York : The Noonday Press / Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989.

First printing of the Noonday Press edition of the poet’s seventh collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Seamus Heaney March 1991.” In very good condition.

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-146785
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Bly, Robert

The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.

Boston : The Seventies Press, 1977.

First edition, review copy with the publisher’s review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Regan, Robert Bly.” Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-123768
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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.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-148889
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Sassoon, Siegfried

Vigils.

London : William Heinemann, Ltd, 1935.

First trade edition of Sassoon’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-123749
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Enright, D. J

Selected Poems 1990.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.

First edition of this collection containing many of Enright’s finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, “For Sally Soames (& cameras) – Dennis Enright.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "Selected Poems 1990."

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-124389
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Hayley, William

The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.

London : Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.

Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley’s popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn ins, marbled endpapers, illustrated with fine engraved plates by Stothard. Elegant period ownership inscriptions.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-138374
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Kipling, Rudyard

Limits and Renewals.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.

First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-135404
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Blencowe (Mrs.) edited by

The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems.

: London, John Murray, 1829.

First edition. Octavo, original boards with leather spine. In good condition. An anthology of original work by Praed, Montgomery, Rogers, Hodgson, Moore, and Wordsworth. Also contains a Lord Byron unpublished poem.

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Item Number: RRB-1610
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Kipling, Rudyard

Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).

Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.

First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling’s letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122384
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Locker, Frederick

London Lyrics.

London : John Wilson, 1868.

Rare privately printed edition of Locker’s first book. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “John S. Smith from the author July 28 1868.” In very good condition.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-124134
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