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Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil
by YEATS, W. B.
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- Used - Upper fore-tip of back cover bumped, a few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a fine, partly unopened copy in jacket with a very
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- First edition (2820 copies printed). Wade 151
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- 1926
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NZ$420.95
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1926. First edition (2820 copies printed). Wade 151. Upper fore-tip of back cover bumped, a few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a fine, partly unopened copy in jacket with a very narrow band of darkening at the head of the spine panel. 8vo, frontispiece portrait by J. B. Yeats, four illustrations including one tipped-in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Calamus. A Series Of Letters Written During The Years 1868-1880. By Walt Whitman To A Young Friend (Peter Doyle). Edited With An Introduction By Richard Maurice Bucke M.D. One Of Whitman's Literary Executors
by WHITMAN, Walt
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- Used - The usual discoloration of the illustrations and page margins, head of spine a trifle rubbed, otherwise a very good copy
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- First (trade) edition, first issue, following a limited edition
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- 1897
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NZ$21,047.50
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Boston: Published By Laurens Maynard At 287 Congress Street, 1897. First (trade) edition, first issue, following a limited edition of 35 large-paper copies, signed by Dr. Bucke, of which 25 were for sale. Myerson A14.1.b1. In addition to the letters by Whitman, who died in 1892, this book contains a very interesting interview with Peter Doyle, conducted by Bucke… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$21,047.50
Lincoln At Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Domestic Life
by [LINCOLN, Abraham]. DONALD, David Herbert
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- A lovely book. As new.
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- First edition. With a never-before-seen collection of all the kn
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- 1999
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(N. Y.): Thornwillow Press, 1999. First edition. With a never-before-seen collection of all the known letters & telegraph communications exchanged among members of the Lincoln family up to the time of his assassination. One of 185 copies printed on handmade paper & signed by David Herbert Donald, a leading Lincoln scholar, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for biography &… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Diary of Edward Thomas, 1 January - 8 April 1917. With a Foreword by Myfanwy Thomas and an Introduction by Roland Grant, and with eight wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn
by THOMAS, Edward
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- Used - Fine copy
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- First edition. One of 525 numbered copies signed by Myfanwy Thom
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- (1977)
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$210.48
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(Gloucestershire): Whittington Press, (1977). First edition. One of 525 numbered copies signed by Myfanwy Thomas, Grant & Weissenborn. Fine copy. Large 8vo, pictorial endpapers, cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., publisher's slipcase. Fine copy. Item Price
NZ$210.48
A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer
by DAVENPORT, Guy & Jonathan WILLIAMS
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- As new
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- First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Davenport an
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- 2004
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$252.57
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Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Davenport and Williams out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan & Guy DAVENPORT
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- As new
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- First edition. One of 400 copies in wrappers (out of a total edi
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- 2004
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$66.51
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Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 400 copies in wrappers (out of a total edition of 526 copies printed). Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.51
A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer
by DAVENPORT, Guy & Jonathan WILLIAMS
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- As new. Price is net to all
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- First edition. One of 26 lettered hardbound copies signed by Dav
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- 2004
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$1,431.23
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Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 26 lettered hardbound copies signed by Davenport and Williams and Thomas Meyer, out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,431.23
St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan: The Life and Times and Art of Eddie Owens Martin. As told to & recorded by Tom Patterson. Photography by Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, Guy Mendes. Foreword by John Russell
by (MARTIN, Eddie Owens)
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- Used - Very fine copy of this stunning book about one of America's foremost outsider artists.
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- First edition, Patron's Edition. One of 100 specially bound copi
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- (1987)
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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(Winston-Salem, NC): Jargon Society, (1987). First edition, Patron's Edition. One of 100 specially bound copies signed by Patterson, Williams, Manley & Mendes. Published as Jargon 64. Very fine copy of this stunning book about one of America's foremost outsider artists.. Square 4to, 262 pp., illustrated, pictorial endpapers, original red cloth, acetate dust jacket, black cloth folding box with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Spots & Dots. Ezra Pound In Italy. From the Pisan Cantos
by CONTINO, Vittorugo
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- Used - A fine copy in slightly worn slipcase
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- First trade edition. Gallup B100b. Although not called for, this
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- 1970)
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(Venezia: Gianfranco Ivancich, editore, 1970). First trade edition. Gallup B100b. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Pound on the front free endpaper. A photographic portrait of the poet in Italy, accompanying passages from The Pisan Cantos, with an introduction by Pound, notes by Olga Rudge, and answers to questions from Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vanni Ronsisvalle,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,683.80
Not I, But The Wind..
by LAWRENCE, Frieda
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- Used - Lower corners bumped, otherwise a fine copy of this handsome book, in dust jacket faintly sunned along spine
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- First edition. One of 1000 copies signed by Lawrence, who has al
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- (1934)
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$841.90
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Santa Fe, NM: The Rydal Press, (1934). First edition. One of 1000 copies signed by Lawrence, who has also inscribed the book to James Laughlin of New Directions: "for James Laughlin after a day at the ranch, Summer 47. Lower corners bumped, otherwise a fine copy of this handsome book, in dust jacket faintly sunned along spine. … Read more about this item Item Price
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(I) Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man. (II) Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer. (III) Sherston's Progress
by SASSOON, Siegfried
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- Used - Some foxmarks on edges of text block of two volumes, signature on rear pastedown of Memoirs of An Infantry Officer (nick in the
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- First trade editions of each of the three volumes in Sassoon's c
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- 1928, 1930, 1936
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NZ$4,209.50
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London: Faber & Gwyer; Faber & Faber, 1928, 1930, 1936. First trade editions of each of the three volumes in Sassoon's celebrated World War I trilogy, the first volume in the "bibliographically preferred" first state with untrimmed edges. Keynes A30a, A33a, A40a. Some foxmarks on edges of text block of two volumes, signature on rear pastedown of Memoirs of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Letters of Charles Sorley With a Chapter of Biography
by SORLEY, Charles
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- Used - Endpapers & edges slightly foxed, back paste-down a bit rippled, covers slightly rubbed & sunned along spine, else a near fine c
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- First edition
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- 1919
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Cambridge: University Press, 1919. First edition. Endpapers & edges slightly foxed, back paste-down a bit rippled, covers slightly rubbed & sunned along spine, else a near fine copy. Large 8vo, portrait, original cloth. Endpapers & edges slightly foxed, back paste-down a bit rippled, covers slightly rubbed & sunned along spine, else a near fine copy. Item Price
NZ$252.57
Rude Assignment: A narrative of my career up-to-date. Illustrated with works by the Author
by LEWIS, Wyndham
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- Used - Lightly foxed, otherwise a fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket, nicked at the extremities.
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- First edition of the second volume of Lewis' autobiography. Morr
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- (1950)
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NZ$631.42
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London: Hutchinson & Co, (1950). First edition of the second volume of Lewis' autobiography. Morrow & Lafourcade A35. One of 2500 copies printed. Lightly foxed, otherwise a fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket, nicked at the extremities.. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dust jacket. Lightly foxed, otherwise a fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket, nicked at the extremities. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams. Edited with an Introduction by John C. Thirlwall
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
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- A very fine copy, virtually as new, preserved in a half-morocco slipcase
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- First edition. One of 75 copies signed by Williams. Wallace A42b
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- (1957)
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NZ$1,683.80
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N. Y.: McDowell Obolensky, (1957). First edition. One of 75 copies signed by Williams. Wallace A42b. A very fine copy, virtually as new, preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. 8vo, original cloth, glassine dust jacket, slipcase. A very fine copy, virtually as new, preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Item Price
NZ$1,683.80
(Interview With Louis Zukofsky). Reprinted from Contemporary Literature, Spring 1969, Vol. 10, No. 2
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
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- Used - Wrappers a little sunned on the back & bottom of front cover creased, otherwise a fine copy
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- First edition of this offprint. Signed & with corrections by Zuk
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- 1969
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$420.95
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(No place: Contemporary Literature), 1969. First edition of this offprint. Signed & with corrections by Zukofsky. Wrappers a little sunned on the back & bottom of front cover creased, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Wrappers a little sunned on the back & bottom of front cover creased, otherwise a fine copy. Item Price
NZ$420.95