Poetry from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: The Trion Press for the William Blake Trust, 1972. Illustrated by collotype and hand-stencil color reproduced from copperplate and 3 overprintings on Arches pure rag paper (collated). 1/518 copies: No.481 in the 100 copies numbered 389-488 reserved for Mr. Paul Mellon [from the Smith College Collection]. (Numbered preliminaries below) and 116 Unsewn Folio signatures housed in a quarter morocco… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott (Printed in Britain), [1936]. Illustrated by Titled tissue frontis and 11 title tissued plates, endpapers and chapter vignettes. First American edition. Orange linen, gilt print spine, and topboard illustration. 4to. pp. 256, [1] blank, [1] colophon. Very Good/Lacks jacket. Sunned spine, internally near fine, no ownership. Caps archivally reinforced. Introduction and translation by R. Farquharson Sharp.… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, (1936). Illustrated by Titled tissue frontis and 11 title tissued plates, endpapers and chapter vignettes. First FPu(y) edition. Copper linen, gilt print spine, and topboard illustration. 4to. pp. 256, [1] blank, [1] colophon. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Archival cap and joint repairs, internally near fine, no ownership. Introduction and translation by R.… Read more about this item

New York: White & Stokes, 1882. First edition. 160/190. Vellum folded wrapper over cards. 16mo. pp. 135. Very Good/In like jacket. Light soil and crickled area to vellum, spine numbers and gift plate and inscription of Wilhelmena Phelphs to the Smith College Library..

Norwalk. CT: Easton Press, 1967. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated by 6 full page watercolors by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) and cover illustrations commissioned in 1939. (Collector's Library of Famous Editions) Second thus edition. 1596 performance, 1598 publication, c.1623 first folio, c.1939. Full 22k gold printed and decorated midnight blue leather, moire endpapers, silk marking ribbon, aeg. Imperial 8vo. pp. [8],… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1891. Illustrated by Frontis and five M. M. Taylor tissue guarded etchings. later thus edition. c.1887 thus. Topboard illustration recessed in new acid free laminated cover binding by Karen Thompson Bullock Binder using Dodin marbled paper boards over split gutters Japanese threaded with waxed cotton, a.e.g. Cr.4to. pp. 24. Near Fine. Two tissues omitted. "Sweet Auburn,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1885. Illustrated by chronological engravings by Church, Harper, Hovenden, Gaul, Frost, Smedley, and Shirlaw. First trade edition. c.1884. Original embossed alligator boards with a darker brown stain, stab laced in blue cord, black with gilt print top board label, aeg, thick paper issue. 8vo (20,5x16cm). pp. [34]. Very Good. Ink owner ffep, corner wear, light soil… Read more about this item

New York: Philomel (Div. of Putnam & Grosset Group), (1990). Edited by Karen Ackerman, Introduction and poetry collected by. Illustrated by color jacket, illustrations throughout. First thus (& stated 1st impression) edition. Cloth backed green paper boards and marking ribbon. Square 4to. pp. 63, [1] blank. Near Fine/In like jacket/Clipped price in mylar. Trace wear, ribbon a bit worn at… Read more about this item

New York: Cupples & Leon Co, 1907. Illustrated by Title and 7 color lithographs (4 flowers, 1 ship, 3 with women). First thus edition. illustrated paper boards, thick paper issue, new end papers. 12mo. pp. [16]. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Reinforced spine, covers slightly mottled and some edgewear, internally near fine. Contents: Sail on oh Ship of State, Something… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1925. Illustrated by frontis and several ports. Later edition. c.1905, 1922. Purple blindstamped cloth, gilt topboard emblem, t.e.g. 12mo. pp. 254. Index to first lines vol x-xv. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Dulled gilt on spine, internally fine. Anthology Arnold to Wesley..

Boston: Little Brown, (1951). Illustrated by Barbara Corrigan jacket and line drawings. Stated 6th printing edition. (c.1937, -39, -40, -41-, 42 poems previously appearing in 8 magazines). Red cloth. Signed by author on ffep. small 8vo. pp. xiii, 137. Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Small jacket chip and rear closed tearLight rear jacket soil, several tiny chips along top edge..… Read more about this item

New Haven: Printed and Published by P. F. Whitmore, 1836. First edition. Half calf, ribbed cloth, gilt stamped spine. 8vo. pp. 192. Very Good. Sunned spine, light foxing throughout. Page repair page 39/40. Contains October 1835 No.1 to September 1836 No. 12, missing March 1836 No. 6 (pp. 81-96). Originally The Microcosm: a literary and religious magazine, it was published… Read more about this item

New York: Buckland & Sumner, 1849. Illustrated by Double steel engraved frontis with tissue guard and 2 engravings. Later printing of Second edition. c.1844. Green embossed cloth, gilt print & decoration, black page borders, a.e.g. 8vo. pp. 288. Very Good. Cap and corner wear, foxing starting. (Thompson pp. 139). Nice period pencil gift inscription. Popular period writers of shorts… Read more about this item

London: John Walker & Co, n.d. (ca.1880s). Illustrated by sepia author drawings throughout. unspecified edition. c.1867. Brown pebble leather, brown eps, rounded corners, aeg. Square 8vo. pp. [28]. Very Good/In mylar protector. Front hinge starting. The poem written by a Michigan sixteen year old which inspired a play, three silent films, a TV show episode, sheet music, songs, a book… Read more about this item

Paris: SociŽtŽ littŽraire de France, 1919. Illustrated by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970) vignettes. Card wraps, uncut. 14,5x11,5cm. pp. 60, [4] colophon. Near Fine/In like glassine jacket..

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1860. Illustrated by woodcut vignettes. Reprint thus edition. c.1835 George Dearborn...c.1859. Original brown blind-stamped cloth and brown endpapers. Small 8vo. pp. 62, [4], 6 ads. Good/No jacket, as issued. Cap, corner and board wear, chip and repaired edge to endpapers, overall toning, ink squiggle to ad page bottom. Composed in 2-3 days in the summer… Read more about this item

Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, 1965. Edited by Dag Stromback. First edition. Stapled wraps, printed green cover. Inscribed by "Ch. E. White, vinsamlegast, EOS July 15. 1970". 8vo. pp. 52. Near Fine. Traces of cover wear, internally fine. Address in defense of the doctural thesis of Bo Almqvist on February 20, 1965 at the University of Uppsala. Text in… Read more about this item

Berlin: Burgert Handpresse, 1985. Illustrated by cover and 3 woodblock prints by H. J. Bungert. Limited edition. 25/200. Self extended cord wraps. Thin 4to (32x16cm). pp. 16. Near Fine. Minor wear..

Zurich: Self published, 1927. First edition. blue illustrated wraps, ribbon design. Signed by author. 24mo. pp. 70, [1] ad. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued/In mylar protector..

Zurich: Gessnerschen Buchhandlung, 1823. Later edition. Marbled paper covered boards, leather title. 16mo. pp. 144. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Edgewear, title rubbed, previous owner stamp, internally near fine..