Europe: A Prophecy by William Blake - 1969

1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry

Harrison Fisher, the "Historian of American Beauty," was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of 'Cosmopolitan' Magazine in the early 1900s.
"At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture"(Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book 'A Dream of Fair Women' is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the "Fisher Girl" type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
Item number: #13376
Price: $399
FISHER, Harrison
A dream of fair women,
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [©1907] First Edition.

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1721 Batrachomyomachia GREEK Homer Iliad Frogs & Mice Isaac Newton One of 204
"Batrachomyomachia" or 'Battle of the Frogs and Mice' is a parody of Homer's famed Greek epic poem the 'Iliad'. This story follows the tale of a mouse-prince who encounters the legendary Frog King. Originally thought to be written by Homer himself, numerous other figures are considered to be the author of this work, including Pigres of Halicarnassus, Lucian, or even the Queen of Caria.
This 1721 Maichael Maittaire edition was printed as part of a very limited print run, one of only 204 copies given to subscribers. Notable names included in the subscriber list include Richard Mead, the Bishop of Winchester, and even Isaac Newton!
Item number: #19496
Price: $599
HOMER [attributed]
Batrachomyomachia Graece ad veterum exemplarium fidem recusa: glossa Graeca ; variantibus lectionibus ; versionibus Latinis ; commentariis & indicibus illustrate
Londini. : Typis Gulielmi Bowyer., M. DCC. XXI. [1721]. Limited edition.

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1826 Universal Songster George Cruikshank ART Poetry Song Lyrics Pope Byron 3v

George Cruikshank was one of England's best and most notable 19th-century caricaturists and book illustrators. While he is most known for his illustrations in books like 'Don Quixote'
and 'Comic Almanac', he illustrated a collection of song lyrics entitled 'The Universal Songster'. This book of poetry contains song lyrics by notable poets including Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, and Shakespeare.
Item number: #18312
Price: $550
CRUIKSHANK, George
The Universal songster or, Museum of mirth
London: printed for John Fairburn, 1826-1834.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
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Vol. 1 – xvi, 448
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Vol. 2 – xvi, 448
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Vol. 3 – xvi, 448
o 84 woodcut illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)
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1755 ENGLISH ed Works of VIRGIL Aeneid Bucolics Eclogues Joseph Trapp 3v SET
"If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell."
― Virgil,
The Aeneid

A rare and highly desirable 18th-century edition of the works of Virgil. Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets because of his poems, 'Eclogues,' 'Georgics,' and 'Aeneid' – some of the most important works of western literature. This 1755 English edition was translated into English with commentary by Joseph Trapp.
Item number: #20175
Price: $599
VIRGIL
The works of Virgil : translated into English blank verse
London : printed for W. Meadows, 1755.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o Vol. 1 – [2], xciv, [2], 240
o Vol. 2 – [2], 420
o Vol. 3 – [2], 430, [2]
o Engraved frontispiece in each volume
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Provenance:
o Handwritten –
John Gaskarth, 1770
o Armorial Bookplate – S&B
Includes a styled '&' of rope, with an English earl's coronet.
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1698 RARE John Milton Joseph Addison Examen Poeticum Latin Poems Thomas Power
'Examen Poeticum Duplex' is a rare 17th-century collection of poems from some of the best writers and poets. Notable names featured in this work include Thomas Power, William Shippen, Francis Knapp, John Milton, William Dryden, and Joseph Addison.
Item number: #20354
Price: $499
Various authors
Examen poeticum duplex, sive, Musarum anglicanarum delectus alter : cui subjicitur Epigrammatum seu poematum minorum specimen novum.
Londini : Impensis Ric. Wellington ..., 1698.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Examen Poeticum – [14], 219, [5]
o Epigrammatum – [4], iii, [1], 56
· Provenance:
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Armorial Bookplate – S&B
Includes a styled '&' of rope, with an English earl's coronet.
o Handwritten –
Charles Leslie, 1790
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 10.5cm)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with black calf label and green paper over boards. xv, 487pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear. Tight and nice first edition of this scarce and influential volume of Blake criticism, which did for interest in Blake what Raymond Weaver's biography of Herman Melville ("Herman Melville: Man, Mariner and Mystic," 1921) did a few years earlier for interest in that neglected writer. This exceptional copy bears a choice presentation inscription from the author in blue fountain pen on the front flyleaf: "To Mark Turbyfill / who is one of the very few / who should know what I / was trying to get at. / S. Foster Damon." Turbyfill (1896-1990) was a Chicago poet, dancer and artist who often appeared in Margaret Anderson's "The Little Review" and Harriet Monroe's "Poetry" magazine (which devoted the entire May 1926 issue to his poem "A Marriage with… Read More

New York, New York / Bombay, India: Longmans, Green, And Co.. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1902. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 106 pages: 5 x 7.5 in.: 1.2: KB#010210: No Jacket As Issued. Book binding is spine and quarter cream paper with blue cloth boards (with gilt ship embossed on front cover) plus decorated gilt lettered spine. Top edge of page block is gilt. Book is protected in a custom brown cloth gilt-lettered clamshell book box. Copy has prior owner's bookplate (Oliver Brett) neatly affixed to front endpaper and a stamp on front flyleaf, p. 103, and rear endpaper of "College For Working Women", along with a "Bought Davis 1921 and K195" notation at the front. Otherwise, clamshell box, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Has a tissue-protected frontispiece illustration about twenty dancing fairies by Richard Doyle, entitled "Under the Dock Leaves." This… Read More

Venetia: Nella Stamperia Del Ciotti. Good+. 1620. Hardcover. Two works by Marino Giambattista in one volume bound in contemporary full vellum. Hinges & text are tight & Intact. Illustrated with vignettes and decorative letters. #1: (14) 74pp. A panegyric consisting of 297 sestines. Small lateral worm hole near front margin [[&]] #2: (1) 90pp. A pangyric of 238 sestines. Previous owner's inscription on rear endpaper. Light cover wear. Italian text. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature characterized the author as "one of the greatest Italian poets of all time". Poetry. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 164 pages .

NY: William Morrow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards sunned, corners rounded, smudge on front free endpaper, jacket rubbed. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780688030889 . Cloth-backed boards. The acclaimed naturalist author's first book, a collection of poems about the planets and solar system. Many photos and illustrations. Author photo on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1898. Finely bound in full red morocco, five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering back, single gilt rule bordering interlocking gilt border, marbled end papers, wide gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt. Binder's stamp front end page (Nor-Rem Binding Reg. Trademark). Photogravure frontispiece of Tennyson and an engraved title page with a scene of his house on Isle of Wight. xvii, 887 pp. Near Fine, rubs at corners and top edges of joints. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.