La Divina Commedia: Complete in Six Volumes. by Alighieri, Dante - 1963

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.

1930. KUNITZ, Stanley. INTELLECTUAL THINGS. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First edition of the author's first book. 12mo., grey cloth, printed spine label. Inscriptions have been bleached from the half-title and title pages. The bump at top-edge of front board is stained black. Volume is also gently bumped at bottom-edge of rear board and at spine extremities. Clean text. Quite scarce in the dust jacket, which is sunned at spine and edgeworn with sporadic chips. Very good.

Paris: Au Vent D'Arles, 1959. Book. Illus. by Erni, Hans. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Number 103 of a limited edition of 125. Accordion book featuring the first 31 verses of Eluard's "Poesie Ininterrompue" and 31 nudes by Hans Erni. In vellum binding housed in red leather clamshell case, each embossed with a mirror image "E" motif, presumably for Eluard and Erni. Bookplate for The Robin Collection affixed to interior of clamshell case. Vellum boards very slightly warped, otherwise book and case are as new..

"Death of a Naturalist" by Seamus Heaney. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1966]. First Edition, second impression. pp. 57. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on spine (top corners bent, corners bit worn, spine bumped & worn, several marks on front cover, top edge has couple spots of foxing, inscription on front free endpaper. dj., clipped (spine faded, bottom of spine chipped, otherwise worn, soiled on back cover, marks to both front & back covers). Very Good condition.Size: 8 3/4" x 5 5/8" (22cm x 14.5cm).
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Livre d'artiste : unpaginated : 12 bifold leaves, each with a poem and accompanying print, with further two bifold leaves, one containing title and frontis and the second the limitation : extra print on single sheet : all within a folded paper wrap printed on the upper and lower sides in purple with lettering in black to the upper wrap and spine : SIGNED : of this first edition of three hundred, twenty five copies numbered 1-25 were printed on marais pur fil. This is copy no. 16. The lino blocks were cut by A. Sarrès from original drawings by the author. The cover wrap is toned and soiled with a vertical tear to the tail of the spine. An English painter of Irish and Hungarian descent Rakoczi was one of the White Stag painters in Dublin in the interwar years. After WWII and the death of close friend and fellow painter Kenneth Hall he resettled in Paris. During this period he, "...studied briefly with the influential sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967), working in stone and wood as well as painting.… Read More

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.

Milano: Edizioni Primi Piani, 1938. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 198pp. Original bright yellow wraps printed in black. Short tear to the spine heel, name on the flyleaf, two small bookstore stickers to first and last page. Text block is clean with mild toning along the edges. A bright, near fine copy. In the Italian language.; Octavo.

1635 Claudian Classical Roman Poetry Mythology Rufinus Gothic Wars Latin Giraldi
"He how always desires is always poor."
– Claudian
Claudian was a 4th-century B.C. author who wrote poetry and speeches specifically for Roman Emperor Honorius on mythology and early Roman wars. his most famous works including 'De Bello Gothico' and 'In Rufinum' – Claudian's attack on Roman statesman Rufinus.
This 1635 edition of the works of Claudian was published in Paris featuring the edits and notes of Italian scholar G. Gregorio Giraldi.
Item number: #16921
Price: $499
CLAUDIANUS, Claudius
C. Claudiani quæ extant : ex emendatione virorum doctorum.
Parisiis: Ioan Liberti via D. Ioannis Lateran, 1635.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[2], 12, 386
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.25in X 2.75in (11cm x 7cm)
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New York: Grove Press / Random House, 1974 Stated first printing, first bilingual Spanish/English edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Book with light toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine/folds and a trace of light shallow creasing, else fine. A superb copy.

1698 Hymni Sacri et Novi Catholic Hymns Music Chant Latin Poetry Jean Santeul

Known mostly for his Latin poems, Jean Baptiste de Santeul wrote a plethora of hymns that were published in 17th-century Breviaries. Santeul was a French-born poet who wrote under the name Santolius Victorinus. His complete collection of hymns and hymn texts were published in "Hymni Sacri et Novi" which first appeared in 1689.

This 1698 edition was the first enlarged edition of 'Hymni' and includes Santeul's hymns for all occasions of the Catholic liturgical year. In addition to the Latin text, this book contains hymns with music notation – chant with neumes.

Item number: #21920
Price: $499

SANTEUL, Jean-Baptiste de

Hymni sacri et novi

Parisiis : Apud Dionysium Thierry ..., 1698.

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [3], 8-13, [11], 302, [6], 12
• References: Brunet V, 135; Graesse VI, 269
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10.5cm)

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