POEMS OF DEATH by Pool, Phoebe [ed] - 1965

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891.. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards, lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate (and remains of another) on front pastedown, vellum slightly bowed and smudged, but a very good or better copy. First British edition, limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum, specially bound, from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator, but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533.

London: Etchells & Macdonald, 1926.. Quarto. Cream linen spine and orange cloth over boards, stamped in gilt. Faint dust soiling to spine, trace of normal offsetting to endsheet gutters, otherwise a fine copy in lightly worn slipcase. First edition. Introduction and captions to the illustrations by Bernard Windeler. Illustrated with twenty-three original copper engravings by Wadsworth, printed from the plates, both full-page and vignette, and some delicately handcolored. One of four hundred and fifty copies. Wadsworth was, of course, one of the original signators to the Vorticist manifesto and regrettably that tradition shows through only occasionally and briefly in these draftsman-like renderings. Of particular interest to this cataloguer is the probability that the author of the captions is the same B.C. Windeler whose ELIMUS, with illustrations by Dorothy Shakespear, was published in Pound's INQUEST series three years earlier.

From a total edition of 300 copies, this number 26 / 100 signed by the artist. 4to. c.10.3/4 x 8.1/4 inches. c.27 x 21 cm. Frontis + full page b/w plates reproduced by lithography. Fine copy in v.g. dust wrapper.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed, inscribed, and dated 24/May/84 by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump to head of spine. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film, and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773

This is a very lovely small book of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti with illustrations by Paul Woodroffe. It was published by David McKay, Philadelphia, and dates to circa 1916. This appears to be a special binding, more luxurious than the softcover binding that McKay published, because this one has covers of thick rose-colored suede leather with the title and author impressed deeply into the suede on the front cover and spine. The front and back have double-page illustrations by Paul Woodroffe, as shown, and the title page has a lovely design as well as a facing illustration; there are 3 other illustrations among the 27 pages. The illustrations are in the Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau style. The page edges are gilt, as shown, and there is a pink ribbon bookmark sewn in. This is the only copy with this binding that I have found. Please use the zoom function to see the great details. This little volume has survived well for 100 years. The interiors are in good, clean condition; the only condition… Read More

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891.. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards, lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate (and remains of another) on front pastedown, vellum slightly bowed and smudged, but a very good or better copy. First British edition, limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum, specially bound, from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator, but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533.

London: Etchells & Macdonald, 1926.. Quarto. Cream linen spine and orange cloth over boards, stamped in gilt. Faint dust soiling to spine, trace of normal offsetting to endsheet gutters, otherwise a fine copy in lightly worn slipcase. First edition. Introduction and captions to the illustrations by Bernard Windeler. Illustrated with twenty-three original copper engravings by Wadsworth, printed from the plates, both full-page and vignette, and some delicately handcolored. One of four hundred and fifty copies. Wadsworth was, of course, one of the original signators to the Vorticist manifesto and regrettably that tradition shows through only occasionally and briefly in these draftsman-like renderings. Of particular interest to this cataloguer is the probability that the author of the captions is the same B.C. Windeler whose ELIMUS, with illustrations by Dorothy Shakespear, was published in Pound's INQUEST series three years earlier.

Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11", 517pp., illustrated with 600 b/w reproductions and 39 color plates, representing the work of 870 artists. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Boston: David Godine, 1990. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: David Godine, 1990, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 478pp., illustrated with 993 engravings. Blind embossed green cloth with gilt titles, red endpapers. Light dust foxing along top edge of page block, else fine in near fine dust jacket. A beautiful volume. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Published Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1993. 4to. wrappers, 9 1/4" x 12", 147pp., illustrated with full page color plates. Very fine, as new. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.