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The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.

Chosen and Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.

London : Oxford University Press, 1966.

Finely bound edition of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918, the new edition. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-148873
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Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works [with] The Kipling Index.

[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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The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.

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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Enough Rope: Poems.

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 Handbook.

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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The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

London : Edward Moxon, 1854.

Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-141208
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La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].

Tasso, Torqato

La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].

Milano : Nicolo Bettoni, 1824.

Finely bound example of Torquato Tasso’s epic poem La Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-111064
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Good Morning America.

Sandburg, Carl. [William Safire]

Good Morning America.

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-127368
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The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

Wilson, Edward O. & Robert Haas

The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.

First edition of this “wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-3300
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Bacchylides Complete Poems.

Fagles, Robert

Bacchylides Complete Poems.

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First edition of this translation of this classic text. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by translator Robert Fagles on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra. Introduction and notes by Adam M. Parry.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-136979
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A Draft of Shadows.

Paz, Octavio

A Draft of Shadows.

New York : A New Directions Book, 1979.

Early printing of this collection of poems published in English and Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow writer Sergio Muñoz Bata, “A Sergio, con vivasimpatia, ser muco amigo, Octavio Paz.” Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. HeContinue reading "A Draft of Shadows."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-133278
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The Last Galway Hooker.

Murphy, Richard

The Last Galway Hooker.

[Dublin] : The Dolmen Press, 1961.

First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet’s classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-128143
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The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.

Betjeman, John; David Gentleman

The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.

London : John Murray, 1995.

First edition of this humorous collection of intimate poems, illustrated with charming watercolors by one of England’s most familiar artists. Medium octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist, “For Gill Sandilands with all good wishes from David Gentleman.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Accompanied by an autograph letter signedContinue reading "The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-147100
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Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

Heaney, Seamus

Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

London : Faber & Faber, 2009.

First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-4179
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Fore! The Call of the Links.

Webling, Walter Hastings

Fore! The Call of the Links.

Boston and New York : H.M. Caldwell Co, 1909.

First edition of this poetic and reflective celebration of golf. Duodecimo, pictorial half-cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In very good condition. A nice copy of a notoriously fragile book.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-148675
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The Hidden Happiness.

Stanton, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman]

The Hidden Happiness.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.

First edition of this philosophical work; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue boards, “With the Compliments of the Author” note laid in. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, “P. T. Sherman Uncle Cump’s first partner Sherman + Stanton.” Friends and family ofContinue reading "The Hidden Happiness."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-145985
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron.

LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON]

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron.

London : Frederick Warne and Co, c. 1890.

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth, frontispiece, morocco spine label, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. In near fine condition. An attractive set.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-111329
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Werner. A Tragedy.

Byron, Lord George Gordon

Werner. A Tragedy.

London : John Murray, 1823.

First edition, first state of Byron’s retelling of Kruitzner, or the German’s Tale in Harriet Lee’s Canterbury Tales without “the end” and the imprint on page 188. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with five raised gilt bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Lacking the publisher’sContinue reading "Werner. A Tragedy."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-130540
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Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi.

Al-Azzawi, Fadhil

Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi.

Rochester : Boa Editions, 2003.

First edition of this collection of poems by the award-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “with my Love Fadhil Al-Azzawi and again below in Arabic. In near fine condition. Translated and with an introduction by Khaled Mattawa.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-138262
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The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.

Scott, John

The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.

London : Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.

First edition of John Scott’s collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very goodContinue reading "The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-137227
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The Poems of Ossian: Literally Translated from the Gaelic in the Original Measure of Verse.

M'Naughton, Peter [Ossian]

The Poems of Ossian: Literally Translated from the Gaelic in the Original Measure of Verse.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1887.

First edition of Peter M’Naughton’s translation of the poems of Ossian. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Uncommon.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-116541
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Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire by Oscar Wilde.

Wilde, Oscar

Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire by Oscar Wilde.

Washington : Snohomish, 1902.

First edition of Wilde’s classic Hellenic poem. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with engravings and hand painted initials embellished in gilt, frontispiece by John Dennis Clancy. In very good condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-140214
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Collected Poems.

Stanton, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Collected Poems.

New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1930.

First edition of this collection of poems; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, “P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton.” In near fine condition with light toning to the spine.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145986
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The Second Birth.

Pasternak, Boris

The Second Birth.

Moscow : Federation, 1932.

First edition of this collection of poems by one of the greatest Russian poets and novelists of the twentieth century. Octodecimo, in the original Russian, original pictorial boards. In good condition with some rubbing.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-149480
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