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Rare Poetry Books Rare & Antiquarian Books
A brief selection of some of Biblio's most interesting books of poems, ranging from ancient balads into modern and contempoary works. From the sacred to the profane.
Leaves of Grass by WHITMAN, Walt
New York, 1855. FIRST EDITION, First issue. Half morocco on marbled boards with original front cover bound inside (at the back). ...
$110,000.00
Canzoniere et Trionfi by Francesco Petrarca
[Sant'Orso]: Leonardus Achates de Basilea, 1474. Second edition of this version; the seventh edition in total.Petrarch's poetry in Italian, the Canzoniere and the Trionfi count among the most celebrated and influential works in western literature. In the...
€75,000.00
White Buildings by CRANE, Hart
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, second issue. Foreword by Allen Tate. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Hart Crane's own copy of his first book, with his later ownership Signature: "Hart Crane, Aug. '...
$75,000.00
C: A Journal of Poetry, Vol. I, No. 4 by Denby, Edwin, Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, John Wieners, & Andy Warhol
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1963. First printing. (28) pp., tall narrow 4to. Side-stapled mimeo. Silkscreen covers by Andy Warhol; introductions, essays, and notes by Frank O'Hara, John Wieners, and Ted Berrigan; poems by Edwin Denby. One of a small number of...
From Passages Bookshop
$23,000.00
A BOY'S WILL by Frost, Robert
London: David Nutt, 1913. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, full bronze pebbled cloth, without dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed by Frost on the half-title page in fountain pen ink. The celebrated author's first commercially published book, pres...
$22,500.00
LAND OF UNLIKENESS Inscribed to Randall Jarrell by LOWELL, Robert
(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Small ink date of 1944 at the bottom right corner of the title page, likely in Jarrell's hand. Mild sunning to the spine which has a small, neat repair at the head; lacking the plain tis...
From Charles Agvent
$12,500.00
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve Of St. Agnes, And Other Poems (First Edition, 1820, With Half Title And Near Fine Spine Label Bound In Riviere Binding) by Keats, John [Bookplate Of Maurice Baring]
London: Taylor And Hessey, 1820. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. [200] Pp. First Edition, Half Title Present, Original Paper Spine Label Bound In. Keats' Last Book, Of Modest Success When Published, Later Found To Have Some Of The ...
From Arroyo Seco Books
$12,000.00
Laurentii Gambarae Brixiani De nauigatione Christophori Columbi, libri quattuor. by GAMBARA, Lorenzo
1583 Voyages of Christopher Columbus Navigation Gambara Peter Martyr New World An incredible 16th-century epic work on the voyages of Columbus! Lorenzo Gambara was a 16th-century Italian poet who is known exclusively for his poem 'Colombiade' – an epic...
$9,500.00
THE PROPHET. by GIBRAN. KAHLIL
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1923. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo.(8.3 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 12 mono collotype plates by the author. Fine and clean throughout, with many gatherings still unopened. An unread copy. Original black cloth with gilt ...
From Paul Foster Books
£6,500.00
THE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM by FROST, Robert
New York: Modern Library, (1946). Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper. Reprint of this popular collection which features Frost's essay on poetry, "The Constant Symbol," as an introduction. This copy has been SIGNED by the author and INSCRIBE...
From Charles Agvent
$8,125.00
La Comedia del divino Dante Alighieri da Firenze con la esposizione di Giuseppe Landino Passerini da Cortona. by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
In Firenze. Apresso L. S. Olschki, 1911. Hard Cover. 3 p.l., [v]-xl, [1], 524 pages, 1 l.; 43.5 cm. Reproduces 101 facsimiles of woodcuts in the Venice, 1491 edition. A magnificent effort of book production to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Divin...
$7,500.00
THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Observations (Complete in 75 volumes) Johnson by Johnson, Samuel
London: J. Buckland et al, 1790. A highly attractive and complete set, in excellent condition of the second edition, which includes an additional fourteen poets, (including Johnson himself), added to the original selection of 1779-81. Numerous engraved co...
From Loe Books
£5,000.00
EMBLEMS BOUND BY RIVIERE: A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne: quickened with metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation. by Wither, George (1588-1667)
London: Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, 1635. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. Passe, Crispijn van de (c.1565-1637); Marshall, William (active 1617-1650). First...
From Lyppard Books
£4,950.00
Rosario De Sonetos Liricos by Unamuno, Miguel De
Madrid: Imprenta Espanola / Fernando Fe / Victoriano Suarez, 1911. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 291 Pp + 1 Pp Advertisement For The Author's Works. Original Beige Wrappers Printed In Black, Priced 3 Pesetas On Spine. Inscribed By...
From Arroyo Seco Books
$6,000.00
Gems for the Drawing Room - Fruit and Flowers - Books 1 and 2 by JERRARD, Paul & BAYLEY, J.W.N
London: Paul Jerrard, 1852. First Edition. Mid-nineteenth century opulence: two elaborate Victorian plate books with plates of fruit and flowers complimenting verse, fully printed in gilt. Two folios in original cloth with large colour card onlay on fron...
AU$7,500.00
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