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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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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Item Number: RRB-124389
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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Item Number: RRB-138374
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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Item Number: RRB-135404
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The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems.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 Also contains a Lord Byron unpublished poem.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
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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Item Number: RRB-122384
Kipling, Rudyard
Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding R. N. 2 September 1903.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Houghton Library, 1943.
First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter, written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son, John. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies, this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare.
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Item Number: RRB-122437
Herder, Johann Gottfried
Herder’s Ausgewahlte Dichtungen.
Stuttgart : J. G. Gotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1874.
Rare 19th century printing of Herder’s selected poems. Small octavo, original cloth. Text in German. In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-128406
Zimmer, Paul [Annie Dillard]
With Wanda: Town and Country Poems.
Washington, D.C. & San Francisco : Dryad Press, 1980.
First edition of American poet Paul Zimmer’s fifth book of poems. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed to poet Annie Dillard on the title page, “August 1980 For Annie and Gary, With admiration and affection. Paul.” With Annie Dillard’s bookplate to the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Susan Foster.Continue reading "With Wanda: Town and Country Poems."
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Item Number: RRB-88097
Symonds, John Addington
The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.
Oxford : T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.
First edition of Symonds’ first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-125596
Kipling, Rudyard and Max Beerbohm
The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.
New York : M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.
First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo, original half cloth. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-123533
Hongo, Garrett Kaoru
Yellow Light.
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
First Wesleyan University Press edition of Japanese American poet Garrett Hongo’s first collection of poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed to fellow American poet Annie Dillard on the half-title page, “for Annie Dillard, my admiration from Garrett 29 May ’84.” From the library of Annie Dillard with her bookplate below the inscription. CoverContinue reading "Yellow Light."
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Item Number: RRB-88098
Zagajewski, Adam
Another Beauty.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Matthew Adam Zagajewski Boston, October 2004.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by Clare Cavanagh.
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Item Number: RRB-147467
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.
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Item Number: RRB-151826
Coffin, Robert P. Tristam
Poems for a Son with Wings.
New York : Macmillan Company, 1945.
First edition. Inscribed by the author, “For Frangeon Jones Fellow poet and friend Robert P. Tristam Coffin”. Coffin has also added a drawing a seaside home with a pine tree. Octavo. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1989
Kipling, Rudyard
From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.
London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.
First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."
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Item Number: RRB-122350
Sondheim, Stephen
Look, I Made a Hat. The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards with the author’s name stamped in blind to the front panel, with 195 photographs and illustrated throughout. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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Item Number: RRB-150305
Kipling, Rudyard
Abaft the Funnel.
New York : B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909.
First edition, first issue of of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-122911
Zagajewski, Adam
Tremor: Selected Poems.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985.
First edition of the poet’s first book to be published in English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Adrienne- with best wishes, Adam Zagajewski Houseton, May 2004.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cathy Saksa. Laid in is a black and whiteContinue reading "Tremor: Selected Poems."
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Item Number: RRB-147466
Hall, Donald
Seasons At Eagle Pond.
New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1987.
First edition of Hall’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Betsy seasonally! with pleasure Donald Hall 18 September 1987.” Fine in a near fine slipcase. Illustrations by Thomas W. Nason.
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Item Number: RRB-587
Padgett, Ron
Great Balls of Fire.
Chicago : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary Cooper Oscar Homosexual” and signed on the title page, “Ron Padgett.” In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-129719
Durand, Ralph. [Rudyard Kipling]
A Handbook of the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling.
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
First edition of Durand’s definitive handbook to Kipling’s poetry. Royal octavo, original quarter buckram over paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-126349
Moyers, Bill. [Madeleine K. Albright]
The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets.
New York : Doubleday, 1995.
First edition of this compelling exploration of poetry’s power. 8vo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy inContinue reading "The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets."
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Item Number: RRB-149002
Sassoon, Siegfried
The Heart’s Journey.
London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1927.
First edition of Sassoon’s classic poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-126713
The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.
First Edition
$175.00
RRB-125596
The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.
First Edition
$175.00
RRB-123533
