Britannia Rediviva: A Poem on the Birth of the Prince by DRYDEN (John) - 1688

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Down Home Girl Studio,, 2013.. Edition of 75. 8.75 x 8.25"; 24 pages. Letterpress printed on handmade paper of cotton and abaca fibers. Text and images were printed using photopolymer plates and reduction linoleum blocks. Fonts are Optima Bold and Gill Sans Light. Handbound in quarter-cloth with cover paper of handmade walnut dyed flax. 3.5 x 3.5" illustration inset of quilted papers, which were designed with the artist's mother. Suzanne Sawyer: "The legacy of quilting is ubiquitous in American history, so much so that it has lost some of the meaning it once held. But its history is rich and perhaps best typified in African American culture such as with the quilters of Gee's Bend. The quilters, descendants of former slaves living in rural Alabama, developed a unique, improvisational style of quilting using just remnants of clothing. Their quilts have become world renowned for their simple geometric patterns and have been compared to the work of modern… Read More

London: T. Tickler & Co, 1837. Paperback. Very Good -. 52 p.; 14 cm. Brown wrapper with wrapper title in black. American poet Fitz-Greene Halleck first published "Fanny," his satirical look at social mobility and New York society, in 1819. Its popularity led him to publish a version with 50 additional sections in 1821. This edition is of the longer version, running through section CLXXI. "T. Tickler & Co." was presumably a false imprint, as it produced no other works. A copy of this edition was presented to the author by his friend, the London bookseller Robert Triphook; it seems likely that Triphook himself published it as T. Tickler & Co. [see Wilson, Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck (1869), 405.] Satire aside, the poem provides a fascinating glimpse of New York City in the 1810s. A very scarce edition of this American poem. In Very Good- Condition: some loss of wrapper along spine; front wrapper has chip out of fore-edge and minor loss at corners; wrapper slightly soiled; light foxing… Read More

Vol.1 (includes engraved portrait of Scott by J.T.Wedgwood) viii + pp. 214: The Lay of the Last Minstrel; Vol.2: vi + pp. 320: Marmion; Vol.3: vi + pp. 279: The Lady of the Lake; Vol.4: vi+ pp. 265 Rokeby; Vol. 5: vi+ pp. 285: The Lord of the Isles; Vol. 6: vi + pp. 282: Thomas the Rhymer; Vol. 7: vii + pp. 347: The Vision of Don Roderick - Halidon Hill - Ballads, and Miscellaneous Pieces.All volumes except Vol. 7 include copious notes. Printed by Jules Didot, senior, "printer to His Majesty". Very clean copies, no tears, some foxing. We have several other Galignani first editions of Scott.Final photo of page 844, Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History is pertinent to this edition.Reasonable offers considered.

Dorchester, Mass: George A. Kelly, (1930). First edition. Self-published book of 9 poems celebrating police work with titles including "A Policeman's Duties," "The Vagrant," "The Traffic Cop," "I Am the Law," et al. According to the brief foreword, the poems were mostly written during a period when Kelly was working over-night on the "signal desk" due to an injury sustained in the line of duty. Stiff, blue paperwraps printed in black on front cover only; frontis photograph of Kelly in uniform. Covers aged, lightly soiled and rubbed;the occasional stain to margins; last few pages pulling from staples, otherwise quite good. OCLC locates only 2 other copies. Rare.

London: The Rainbow Press, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Bound in quarter buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Decorated hand-made paper covered boards. Printed at the Daedalus Press on dampened hand-made paper. With a full page drawing by Sylvia Plath printed on Japanese paper. This is copy number 107 of a total edition of 400 copies. In cardboard slipcase. 29 pp., 32,5 x 25,5 cm. Both book and slipcase are in very fine condition. .

1934. AGEE, James. PERMIT ME VOYAGE. With a foreword by Archibald MacLeish. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Volume 33 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, edited by Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition of Agee's first book. Slim octavo. 59 pp. Green cloth, lettered in dark green at spine. The paper is very lightly age-browned at perimeters, and the cloth is sunned a bit at spine and along the top-edge of boards, else fine. In a near-fine green dust jacket which is sunned at spine and shows light wear along the top-edge, with a few closed tears.

Berkeley:: Burton Weiss & James Musser,, 1999.. Limited Edition. A Fine, unread copy. This copy is number 31 of only 65 copies quarter-bound by John DeMerritt in cloth and marbled paper boards. In 1955 at the age of 21, the unknown writer Richard Brautigan had been living in Eugene, Oregon with the family of Edna Webster that was not his own; He was also preparing to leave Oregon for San Francisco to make his mark as a writer. In gratitude for Edna's generosity, he signed over to her the ownership rights to all of his heretofore unpublished fiction and poetry manuscripts. From 1955 until 1992, Edna Webster retained all of the Brautigan material that he gave her in a safe deposit box until she sold the archive to a rare bookseller in the Bay area. After placing the collection in the Bancroft Library, the bookseller arranged for the publication of the prose and poems that appears in this volume. The material is classic Brautigan and considered some of his best .

1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry

Harrison Fisher, the "Historian of American Beauty," was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of 'Cosmopolitan' Magazine in the early 1900s.
"At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture"(Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book 'A Dream of Fair Women' is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the "Fisher Girl" type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
Item number: #13376
Price: $399
FISHER, Harrison
A dream of fair women,
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [©1907] First Edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o 96 unnumbered… Read More

1843 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rime of the Ancient Mariner English Sailor Poetry
Known as one of the English Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. This 1843 American edition of 'The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge' contains some of his most famous works including Coleridge's longest poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. This poem was one of the most important pomes written at the end of the 18th-century as it was known to begin the shift from Romantic period into the Modern period of English poetry. It describes the sea voyages of a sailor who experienced dangers, adventures, and even supernatural encounters!
Item number: #14262
Price: $399
COLERIDGE, Samuel T
The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait, 1843.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xvi, 546, [2]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~9.5in X 6in (23.5cm x 15.5cm)
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New York: The Seven Arts Publishing Co, 1916-1917. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 2 vols.; G+; contemporary full navy cloth bindings; spines age-toned brown, with gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and soiling; all corners of both vols. bumped; scuffing to boards; crown and tail of both spines missing; crease to vol. 2 spine; bindings shaken; both hinges of vol. 1 split; front hinge of vol. 2 split; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346448. FP New Rockville Stock.