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Columbia, MO``: University of Missouri, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. An overall Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, of the Savitar, the 1931 -1932 Annual (or Yearbook) for the University of Missouri, published in 1932. The volume is in Very Good condition with a stamp and ownership signature to the front pastedown and some rubbing and wear to the covers, but is easily in better condition copy than the few other copies that we have seen over the past several decades with pages (including the tissue guards) being bright and clean. This unsophisticated volume contains seven (7) tissue guards, one located prior to each "Book" within. Thomas Lanier Williams (generally known by his pen name "Tennessee Williams") attended the University of Missouri from 1929 to 1931. While there, Williams joined the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. While he did not fit in well at his Fraternity, being a member of it led to his obtaining the name by which he later came to fame… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/fair. A Very Good copy of the first trade edition, first printing, in the remnants of the EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE glassine dust jacket (some general handling soil to the binding along with a bit of corner rubbing and some darkening at the spine head and tail; within, this copy lacks the front free endpaper and three of the eight tissue guards -- but all of the illustrations are present, half title page shows prior seller's notes in pencil and is loose at the top and bottom sections but holding rather well): being the first trade edition published following a private printing for Whittier's friends which private printing included fewer poems than are contained in the trade edition. The text is on the rectos only, the front board is lettered, illustrated, and lined in gilt, the spine is lettered and decorated in gilt, and the closed page block's top edge is in gilt as well. Whittier was a… Read More

San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Company, 1900. First Edition. Wrappers. Very good. A Very Good RARE Wrappered copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original red wrappers housed in a bespoke case. The front wrapper shows a split to the upper portion thereof measuring about two inches. [A small slip pasted-in at the front free endpaper mentions that a letter comes with the book, but that letter was removed before we acquired the book.]  QUITE SCARCE INDEED. QUITE SCARCE INDEED.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. A Very Good + or better copy of the first edition, first printing, in a somewhat less than Very Good dust jacket with chips and tears and showing a small piece of decorative tape to each flap. [Some of the tears have archival tape applied to the jacket's verso to prevent growth of such tears.] The closed page block's edges show some foxing and there is scatterd foxing within, primarily to the pastedowns, free endpapers, and the leaves nearest thereto. A presumed prior-owner's name appears in pencil on the half-title and there is correction in pencil to page 7. The front board is lettered in red and illustrated in white, yellow and black and the volume's title page is lettered in black and red. [The book's author, James Logie Robertson, was all of literary scholar, educator, journalist, editor, and author -- including of scholarly works, and sometimes wrote under the name "Hugh Haliburton". His… Read More

Seattle, Washington: Gateway Printing, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. Fine. A virtually Fine copy of Volume 2 Number 2 of this literary anthology in the Publisher's original stapled wrappers (prior owner's name written to th Table of Contents page's upper right corner with a small check mark next to one contribitors's name, some marking to the upper outer corner of the rear wrapper. This issue includes a short story by Grant H. Redford and Poetry contributions by Grant Redford, Clifford Wright, David Lowenthal, James Boyer May, Mark Tobey, Jess H. Cloud, and others.

Chicago: Mother's-Home Life Publishing Company, Undated, Copyright 1927. [No Edition Stated]. Wrappers. Near fine. Mae H. Scannell. A Near Fine copy of this string-bound paper-covered collection of Poems by James M. Woodman, INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY James M. Woodman on the second front free endpaper as follows: "With best wishes // To my friend A.K. Bowes // James M. Woodman // Jany 25, 1944." The wrappers show light wear.

Cincinnati, OH: Elliston Poetry Foundation University of Cincinnati, [1964 Copyright]. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. An about Very Good copy of the first facsimile edition of Stephen H. Spender's first book, showing only mild wear and tide markings to the boards -- otherwise about Fine. [Only about thirty [30] copies of the ORIGINAL first edition in 1920 were printed, and those were done so by Spender himself. Per Encyclopedia dot com: The facsimile shows a presentation of the original copy presentation by Spender to "Winifred" on the second front free endpaper as well as the book's limitation notice with a note in Spender's hand stating that the copy reproduced here was number 1 of the group of "about thirty" of the first edition copies. [Please Note: the foregoing are facsimiles of Spender's handwriting.] Copies of this facsimile edition are uncommon to the market, and the great and distinguishing feature of this copy is the ORIGINAL SIGNED PRESENTATION OF THIS COPY BY STEPHEN SPENDER TO… Read More

Boston; New York: Lee and Shepard; Charles T. Dillingham, Presumed 1877. Unstated. Hardcover. Very good +/good. Humphrey, L. B.. A Very Good or better copy of this unstated edition, bound in the Publisher's original purple cloth and wearing the RARE DUST JACKET, with the title page dated 1877 and the copyright dated 1876 with not further editions stated. The volume contains a noted Poem by William Knox which focuses on Mortality and which is said to have been Abraham Lincoln's favorite Poem which he frequently recited. American painter F. B. Carpenter wrote that while he was engaged in painting his large picture at the White House, he was alone one evening with the president in his room when President Lincoln said: "There is a poem, which has been a great favorite with me for years, which was first shown to me when a young man, by a friend, and which I afterwards saw and cut from a newspaper, and learned by heart. "I would,” he continued, “give a great deal to know who wrote it, but I have… Read More

New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $75. NOW $35. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (slight push to the spine tail), in a fine, bright, unfaded dust jacket), being a set of Essays on Modern Poetry by one of the modern eras great Poets. Paz won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity. A Fine copy.

London: Printed for W. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. PaulÂ’s Church-Yard; and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good or better. SAMUEL JOHNSON - THE POETICAL WORKS • 1785 Complete in one volume. A new edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. PaulÂ’s Church-Yard; and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, MDCCLXXXV [1785]. Tall 12mo (16 cm) bound in modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label, marbled endpapers; viii + 152 pp.; with the two half-title pages called for in ESTC: “Dr. JohnsonÂ’s Poetical Works” and “Poems” (the second of these bound in after the title-page). ESTC T42748. The volume shows light browning to the edges of the first and last few leaves; the half-title and last leaf have been professionally repaired; there is a chip to the last leaf with some loss to a few letters; and the first half-title hosts the early ownership signature of Samuel Massey. The volume is otherwise rather clean and sound and… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (thin line of sunning to each end of the spine Panel in a Very Good dust jacket (some toning and some wear to the spine panel), the author's seventh (7th) collection of verse. A nice copy.

Mt. Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, [1946]. Hardcover in Slipcase. Very good +. A Very Good + or better copy of the first edition of this 1678 work (originally titled "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) published by The Peter Pauper Press set in Baskerville types on Gilpin paper and housed in its original slipcase which shows some soiling and splitting. Of this famed Poet, Wikipedia states: "Samuel Taylor Coleridge (/ ko l r d / KOH-l -rij;[1] 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd." Notably, the work was the author's longest major Poem, and was first published in 1798 in the first edition of "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Coleridge wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Very Good copy of the first American edition, first printing, of this collection of twenty-four poems and short stories, in the Publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black to the front board and spine, with wear to the spine ends and leading board corners. Rudyard Kipling won the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature, making him the first author writing in English to win the Prize and he remains the youngest author ever to win the Prize. Of him Henry James stated: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known."

Printed by Smith & Hill and sold by the booksellers of London and Edinburgh: Printed by Smith & Hill , 1816. First Edition Thus. Leather bound [Hardcover]. Very good to Very Good +. A quite attractive and relevant ex-library four-volume copy, bound in highly attractive bindings with beautiful boards and engraved page edges with spines rebacked and joints and hinges repaired by Dunn & Wilson in a very high quality manner. Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), a Scottish poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national Poet of Scotland. Born in 1759, his works celebrated the Scottish vernacular and explored universal themes of love, nature, social injustice, and national identity. Burns wrote in a distinctive Scottish dialect, which added a unique charm to his poetry. One of Burns' most famous works is "Auld Lang Syne", a much-loved song traditionally sung on New Year's Eve, symbolizing friendship and reminiscing about old times. His love poems, such as A Red, Red Rose and My Love is Like a Red, Red… Read More