Poems

London: F. S. Ellis,, 1870. First edition, first impression, in a handsome Riviere binding. This was Rossetti's first published collection of original poems, preceded by two private printings in 1869 and 1870. The collection opens with "The Blessed Damozel" and includes "Dante at Verona", "A Last Confession", "My Sister's Sleep", and a number of early sonnets. Octavo. Finely bound… Read more about this item

London: F. S. Ellis,, 1870. From one translator of La Vita Nuova to another First trade edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To Theodore Martin Esq, with D. G. Rossetti's friendly regards, April 1870". A biographer and "versatile translator" (ODNB), Martin published versions of Horace, Catullus, Virgil, and Dante's Vita Nuova; his translation of the… Read more about this item

London: F.S. Ellis, 1870. First Edition. original boards. Very good. 1st edition. 1 of 12 (maybe 13) on fine paper in an unrecorded binding of the publisher's blue paper boards, white paper spine with no label. Top edge rough trimmed, other edges uncut. Front hinge split but holding, top and bottom edge of the spine perished, some scuffs… Read more about this item

London: F. S. Ellis,, 1870. Poems buried for seven years First edition, one of 25 copies "printed on large paper for Private Circulation only", preceded only by a private printing in 1869, this copy in a fine contemporary binding by Riviere. The events leading up to the publication of Poems are notorious: when the poet's wife Elizabeth Siddal died… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Author's Edition. Decorated burgundy cloth with gilt-backed lettering. All edges gilt. The boards are rubbed and worn along the fore edge. The spine ends are frayed. The endpapers have spots of foxing. In a square, tight binding with hinges intact. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ellis, London 1908, pocket ed., 16mo, in full limp dark green morocco, with frontispiece portrait, all edges gilt, spine faded by sunlight, otherwise fine.

London: F.S. Ellis, 1870. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Bound in full vellum with morocco shield-type spine label, titled and decorated in gilt. Bookplate of W.C. Bennett, ownership signature on the title page, another owner's stamp on the verso of the marbled front endpaper, and an old bookseller's note that the binding is by Zaehnsdorf. Boards a little… Read more about this item

London: Ellis & White. G. 1881. Reprint. Hardcover. Stated new edition bound in green cloth with gilt decoartions. Decorat ed endpapers. 294 pages plus an ad. Good condition. The b3/4" chip at the head of its spine. Fraying along the base of the spine. Rubs/frays to the book's corners. Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page bl ock.… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 23 x 18 cm. Octavo. 338pp. Bound in blue paper covered boards with white spine. Frontispiece portrait. Limited to 450 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Front gutter is weak but holding. Some fading to spine. Ribbon, which has caused some toning to the pages it… Read more about this item

Boston:: Roberts Brothers,. Very Good. 1870. Hardcover. First American edition. Small octavo, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and design, bevelled board edges, top edge gilt, brown endpapers. One inch crack to the front board at the base of the joint, else very good. Binding is solid. ; 282 pages .

London: F.S. Ellis [Printed by Strangeways and Walden, Printers, Castle St. Leicester Sq.], 1870. Large Paper copy, one of 25 printed for private circulation. pp. [xi], [i], 282, [283, printer's imprint]. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue grey boards backed with cream paper, printed spine label (cracked). Splits and soiling to spine, else a sound copy in blue cloth drop… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1873. Leather. Good. 6" by 4". None. A small volume of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Copyright Edition. With a Memoir of the Author by Franz Huffer. In a half vellum binding with red cloth covered boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Boards are slightly warped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

Ellis and Elvey. London. 1900.. pp. 135, (i). Frontispiece [photogravure 'Stratton Water', after a drawing by ARTHUR ELLIS]. Original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, small mark to the top corner of the front cover, a very good copy.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. First editions thus. First editions thus. Two separate volumes. Bound uniformly in three quarters calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. 282pp; 287pp. First appearances by Tauchnitz. Some wear to calf, very good.

London: Ellis and Elvey, 1900. Hardcover. Sumptuously bound collection of verse by the leading light in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. An inspired but provocative nonconformist, it would be difficult to imagine later 19th century Victorian poetry and art without Rossetti's influence. His writings can perhaps best be viewed as an unusually acute expression of Victorian social uncertainty and loss of… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. Limited edition of 450 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Very Good +. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's papered boards and faux-vellum spine with printed title label affixed to the spine. 23 cm. 338 pages. Contains an black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Rossetti with the original tissue guard present. In very… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1957 First edition thus, edited and with an introduction and notes by Oswald Doughty. HB. Blue cloth, gilt title, and dustjacket lettered in maroon on light blue paper. Maroon top page edges. 328pp. Arranged to show the sequence in which the poems appeared. A Fine copy, clean and bright, the jacket having… Read more about this item

BiblioBazaar, 2009. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This copy is clean and bright with bright covers, tight binding, clean pages, and unmarked text . Excellent condition with only upper corner slightly curled . It will be carefully packaged and shipped with tracking ..

1903. ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. THE POEMS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. (In two volumes). New York: Pafraets Book Company, (1903). 8vo., marron cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. "The Cheyne Walk" edition, first thus, one of five hundred copies. Touch of wear to extremes, slight rubbing to cloth at rear boards; occasional spot sof foxing to a few leaves; top… Read more about this item