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New York: Harper & Row, [1989].. Gilt cloth and boards. First U.S. edition. Very good or better in dust jacket. Publisher's promotional material and photograph laid in. ... more information

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[Boston: Kit Clark Senior House, 1982].. Wood-grain pattern wrappers, die-cut window. First edition. Preface by Ruth Gordon. Inscribed by one of the poets, Martin T. King, to poet/publisher Cid Corman in 1982. A fine copy. ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, [1986].. Cloth boards. First trade edition. Fine in dust jacket. ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, [1993].. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition of the playwright's first novel. Fine. ... more information

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[Amsterdam: L. & D. Elzevier], 1663.. Two volumes. [24],488,[10] (with 215/16 repeated); [2],489-946,[8]pp. 12mo. 12.2 x 7 cm. Full brown morocco, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endsheets, a.e.g., by Gapé. Astrolabe device on each title. Bound without the two terminal blanks in volume one, trace of minor rubbing at extremities, old bookseller's description tipped to rear endsheet, faint old ink name on first title and some minor marginal spotting to a few leaves, otherwise very g... more information

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London: Printed for T. Evans, 1784.. Four volumes. Contemporary gilt calf. Engraved frontispiece in each volume, and engraved portrait vignette on first title. Bindings considerably worn, with cracking to hinges and most labels wanting; armorial bookplate of one Lt. Col. Kent-Murray, with his 1878 gift inscription on first free endsheet and ink name on title. Internally a very good set. First printing in this format of J. Ozell's text, with a long "Life" by Peter Motteux. Ozell edited and corr... more information

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London & Philadelphia: Alexander Moring The De la More Press / J. B. Lippincott Company, [nd. but ca. 1920s].. Two volumes. xvi,474,[2]; xvi,462,[2]pp. Large octavo. Gilt navy blue cloth, t.e.g., others rough- trimmed. Frontis. Black & white line drawings and decorations. Some foxing to prelims and endleaves, slight bowing of boards, one corner bumped, otherwise a very good, moderately bright set. Very small bookseller's label on front free endpaper. A modest redaction of the Navarre Society oct... more information

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.. Printed boards. First edition. Foreword by the editor. Crease in spine incurred in binding, else very good in dust jacket. ... more information

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Santa Fe: Privately Printed, [1937].. Large octavo. Stiff wrappers, printed label. Light use at overlap edges, else near fine. First edition. Inscribed, as usual, but in this case to Santa Fe art and letters patron Elizabeth de Huff. ... more information

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Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce Doro, [1958].. 24mo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. First edition (5000 copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega). Fine. ... more information

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Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce Doro, [1958].. 24mo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. First edition (5000 copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega). With the ownership signature of the author's occasional translator, poet Peter Wigham. Fine. ... more information

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Florence: Sansoni, [1958].. Small octavo. Cloth boards. Plates. First edition, published as "Le Piccole Storie Illustrate 16." Publisher's blindstamp in title, else fine in lightly nicked dust jacket. ... more information

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[Aix-en-Provence: Éditions Ophrys, 1957].. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. First edition. Issued as New Series, No. 16 of the <Annales de la Faculté des Lettres>. Spine tanned, light wear at edges of wrappers, but a very good, unopened copy. Publisher's prospectus laid in. ... more information

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New York: New Directions, [1972].. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Faint dampstain to bottom edge, else near fine in dust jacket. ... more information

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Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant [et al.], 1751.. xxviii,240,[2],241-245,[1],xx,75pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt extra. Extremities slightly worn, small pin hole in extreme outer blank corner of leaves, otherwise a very good copy. The sixth edition, revised and corrected, of the chief works by the son of the dramatist. The title poem was first published in 1742, and "La Grace," which occupies the latter portion of the volume, was first published in 1720. Pope's 1742 letter to Raci... more information

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[Np]. 1907.. Quarto. 10.5 x 8.5 inches scant (27 x 21.3 cm) on white stock. Some light foxing to margins, otherwise very good. Matted. An original ink drawing, signed with initials and dated "07," executed as an illustration for Barham's THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS (1907). An ink note "3 inches high" appears at the lower edge, in ink, in Rackham's hand, and the extreme upper right corner includes some small ink doodles. The verso bears a very rough pencil drawing, presenting a variant ... more information

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[Np]. 1901.. Quarto. 10.5 x 8.5 inches scant (26.8 x 21.3 cm) on white stock. Some foxing and smudging to margins, pencil production annotations on recto and verso, otherwise very good. Matted. An original ink drawing, signed in full and dated "1901," executed as an illustration for Mrs. M.H. Spielmann's LITTLEDOM CASTLE AND OTHER TALES. This charming image depicts a jaunty knight of medium stature, in armor, with a crowd of humanoids and fantastic creatures surrounding him and fading into the... more information

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London: George Newnes, Ltd., [nd. but 1904].. 206,[16]pp. Octavo. Pictorial wrapper. Frontis and plates. Lacking the lower wrapper (which printed the last two pages of adverts), some small nicks in the fore-margin of the last few leaves, cheap paper stock tanned, as usual, small pieces of glassine (stamp hinges?) anchoring head and toe of spine, otherwise a good, unrestored copy of this cheaply made book. First edition in this format, first impression, with eight half-tone plates (including the frontis), an... more information

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London: George Harrap & Co., [1932].. Octavo. Limp gilt parchment over stiff wrappers. Four color plates (including frontis) plus numerous decorations and b&w illustrations by Rackham. First edition thus. Slight toning at spine associated with slipcase finger-pull slots, else fine in lightly worn slipcase. One of five hundred and seventy numbered copies, signed by Rackham. ... more information

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London: George Harrap & Co., [1934].. Octavo. Limp gilt parchment over stiff wrappers. Four color plates (including frontis) plus numerous decorations and b&w illustrations by Rackham. A very fine, virtually untouched copy, in slightly chipped glassine and faintly worn and bumped slipcase. First edition thus. One of four hundred and ten numbered copies, signed by Rackham. ... more information

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