Huxley, Aldous
Leda.
London : Chatto & Windus, 1920.
First edition of Huxley’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth and paper spine label. In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-139026
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].
London : George Routledge & Sons, 1877.
Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene, illustrated. InContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting]."
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Item Number: RRB-138812
Gluck, Louise
The Triumph of Achilles.
New York : The Ecco Press, 1985.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work, her most anthologized. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Meryl with good wishes Louise Glück.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-138593
Goldsmith, Oliver; Edmund Burke; Sir H. Walpole; et al
A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands.
Dublin : Printed for the Editor by M. Graisberry, 1789.
First edition of this rare collection of early English literature. Octavo, bound in full calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated with engraved vignettes, lists of subscribers. In near fine condition. An attractive binding.
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Item Number: RRB-137226
Burns, Robert
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. [Fore-edge Painting]
London : George Routledge & Sons, 1867.
Finely bound example of the poetical works of Robert Burns decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt,Continue reading "Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. [Fore-edge Painting]"
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Item Number: RRB-138654
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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Item Number: RRB-138262
Browning, Robert
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning.
London : Smith, Elder. & Co, 1897.
Finely bound example of Browning’s collected poetical works. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in full polished calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait ofContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Robert Browning."
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Item Number: RRB-138644
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cambridge : Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, 1886.
First edition of Holmes’ classic poem. Folio, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt, illustrated by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ulysses S. Grant’s daughter Nellie Grant, “Oliver Wendell Holmes forContinue reading "The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes."
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Item Number: RRB-138225
Poe, Edgar Allan
The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845.
New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1845.
First appearance in print of The Raven, one of the most famous and recognizable poems ever written, which Poe considered his finest poem, calling it “the greatest poem that was ever written.” Octavo, original wrappers. In keeping with the policy of The American Review which required that poems be published anonymously or with a pseudonym,Continue reading "The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845."
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Item Number: RRB-136274
Frost, Robert
A Masque of Reason.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-136531
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
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition.
Cambridge : Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903.
The Autograph Centenary edition of Emerson’s complete works with an autograph manuscript in his hand and with his notations tipped in. One of six hundred copies additionally signed by the publisher, this is number 576. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments withinContinue reading "The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition."
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Item Number: RRB-137099
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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Item Number: RRB-137227
Whittier, John Greenleaf
Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl.
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
First edition, first issue of this poetic description of the pleasant isolation of “the inmates of the family at the Whittier homestead” with the final page properly numbered 52. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and title page vignette, headpiece and initial letter byContinue reading "Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl."
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Item Number: RRB-137359
Fagles, Robert
Bacchylides Complete Poems.
.
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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Item Number: RRB-136979
Llosa, Mario Vargas
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa’s “Touchstone” column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208.” The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet,Continue reading "The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary."
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Item Number: RRB-137075
Scott, Sir Walter
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Complete. [Lay of the Last Minstrel; Marmion; The Lady of the Lake; Rokeby; Lord of the Isles].
New York and Boston : Charles S. and Joseph H. Francis, 1841.
Francis’ revised complete edition of Scott’s poetical works. Octavo, 10 volumes bound into 5 in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-137035
Scott, Sir Walter
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London : Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.
The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Decorated with a fore-edge painting. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-136573
Cummings, E. E
[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].
New York : Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.
First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming’s cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 144. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Small bookplate designed byContinue reading "[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930]."
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Item Number: RRB-136284
Gluck, Louise
Firstborn.
New York : New American Library, 1968.
First edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck.” In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-138218
Browning, Robert
Men and Women.
London : Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning’s finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
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Item Number: RRB-136291
Gluck, Louise
Firstborn.
Oxford : Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-136043
Gluck, Louise
Ararat.
New York : The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, “For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
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Item Number: RRB-138219
Byron, George Gordon [Lord]
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].
London : John Murray, 1850.
Finely bound edition of the complete poetical works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-in and inner dentelles, patterned endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Byron. Decorated with a fore-edge paintingContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting]."
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Item Number: RRB-135627
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].
$850.00
RRB-138812
Goldsmith, Oliver; Edmund Burke; Sir H. Walpole; et al
A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands.
$1,500.00
RRB-137226
Poe, Edgar Allan
The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845.
$25,000.00
RRB-136274
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition.
$8,200.00
RRB-137099
Scott, Sir Walter
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Complete. [Lay of the Last Minstrel; Marmion; The Lady of the Lake; Rokeby; Lord of the Isles].
$450.00
RRB-137035
Cummings, E. E
[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].
$975.00
RRB-136284
Byron, George Gordon [Lord]
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].
$1,500.00
RRB-135627