Longing, Selected Poems
San Francisco: City Lights, (1993). 0872862771. Translated from the Spanish by James Nolan. Softcover. 8vo.116 pp. More
Literature - Poetry
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Fair Words about Fair Women Gathered from the Poets
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1884. Beige cloth stamped in gold and brown. 8vo. 8" x 6-1/4". 320 pp. All edges gilt. "See how full literature is of man's admiration of women!" "Is it so full? I remember many bitter things about women." "You will find..... More
The Allegory of Love A Study in Medieval Tradition
London: Oxford, 1936. First edition. Blue Cloth. 378 pp. 8vo. Index. More
Love Poems and Other Works of Catullus
New York: Covici-Friede, (1933). With drawings by Zhenya Gay. Second Printing. Purple cloth covered hardcover large 8vo. 351 pp. More
William Blake: His Philosophy and Symbols
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. Illustrated with three drawings by Blake: Frontispiece "Michael and Satan. Also included: Blake's "Visionary Porrtait of Himself. First Edition. 487 pp. large 8vo. 10-3/16" x 7." Green paper covered boards with beige cloth spine. Black leather spine label. "This book is an attempt..... More
Quake, Quake, Quake
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Ghoulishly witty illustration by Edward Gorey: One (and sometimes two) to each poem. Stated First Printing. Yellow cloth binding stamped in green. 109 pp. 12 mo, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4" A treasury of poems about nuclear war. In a stinging effort to confront mankind with..... More
Quake, Quake, Quake - A Leaden Treasury of English Verse
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Ghoulishly witty illustrations by Edward Gorey: one (and sometimes two) to each poem. Stated first printing. Small 8vo hardcover. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Yellow textured paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Paul Dehn's hair-raising parodies of familiar verses are a stinging effort to confront mankind with..... More
Collected Poems
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. A Limited Edition. Full Leather. More
The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Or After the Outing
New York, San Diego and London: Harcourt Brace, (1991). Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 0151003084. Edward Gorey designed bookplate signed by him in ink on free front endpaper. 16mo, 6-1/4" x 5-1/4." Pictorial paper covered boards. A charming alphabet book. More
The Remembered Visit, A Story Taken From Life
Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate Communications, (2009). Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 9780764950636. This edition first published by Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2009. Small 8vo. 7-3/8" x 6-1/2." Colorful paper covered boards. Unpaginated. On a long trip abroad, Gorey's young Drusilla is introduced to high art and gourmet meals. She gamely tries to appreciate..... More
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Boston: Dana Estes & Co., n.d. (ca. early 1900s). Illuatrated with thirty-eight pictures, from photographs by Mabel Eardley-Wilmot. 4to. 8-1/16" x 10-3/16." Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold black and dark green. Unpaginated. Deckled fore-edge. Top edge gilt. Endpapers decorated with photos of grapes printed in green ink. A..... More
Light Metres
New York: Everest House Publishers, (1982). Drawings by Edward Gorey. 0896960900. First edition. Small 8vo. 8-3/4 x 5-7/8. Readers and viewers of previous collaborations of Felicia Lamport and Edward Gorey know that their combined impact is greater than the sum of their arts. This book of verbal and visual satire..... More
Seen and Unseen or Monologues of a Homeless Snail
New York: Orientalia, 1920. Second edition, limited to 500 copies. 12mo.7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Blue decorated flexible cloth string sewn along spine. Enclosed in publisher's blue cloth case with paper labels and attachment clips on fore-edge closure. Originally published by in 1897 by Gelett Burgess and Porter Garnett. More
Idyls and Lyrics of The Ohio Valley
Cincinnati: W.E. Dibble, 1881. Not sure if this is a first edition. Date on title page is 1881. Copyright p. is 1880. Bound in blue cloth stamped in gold. 12 mo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/4". 139 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher's ads for other works by John James Piatt and Mrs..... More
The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe with Selections from his Critical Writings
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. 2 volumes, Large 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2" blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Color frontispieces and lush full color illustrations throughout. With an introduction and explanatory notes by Arthur Hobson Quinn. Texts established, with Bibliographical Notes, by Edward..... More
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes, Complete
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1895. Illustrations by Albert Edward Sterner. 8vo 7-3/4" x 5" bound in green cloth, spines stamped in gold in art nouveau style. Top edges gilt. Deckled fore-edge. More
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, (1918). First U.S. Edition. 12 mo. 5-5/16" x 7-5/8." Brown paper covered boards with light brown paper cover title plate.64 pp. Introduction by Robert Nichols to Sassoon the Man and Sassoon the Poet. "The poetry of Siegfried Sassoon divides itself into two rough classes..... More
Ballads of a Cheechako
New York: Barse and Hopkins, (1907). Illustrated with twelve black and white photographs. Illustrated Holiday Edition. Pictorial blue cloth 8vo stamped in gold black and white. 137 pp. Title page printed in red and black. Top edge gilt. More
If I Ran the Zoo
New York: Random House, (1950). Dr. Seuss. Early edition. I think it's the second printing. There are 8 lines on the copyright page rather than 7. There are 7 titles listed on the back cover, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, printed in 1949 being the latest. 4to 12-1/4" x 9-1/4". Glossy..... More
All for Love
New York: Philomel Books, (1984). All illustrations by Tasha Tudor. 0399210121. Oblong 4to. 93 pp. including index. Love is the eternally appealing theme of this rich and varied collection of poems, letters, songs, stories, folklore and customs, all assembled and enchantingly illustrated by distinguished artist Tasha Tudor. From Shakespeare's sonnets..... More
The Rats of Rutland Grange
Gotham Book Mart, (1974). Drawings by Edward Gorey. 0910664358. This first illustrated edition of The Rats of Rutland Grange is limited to one thousand copies in wrappers. Oblong cardstock cover staple bound unpaginated booklet. 9" x 6-1/4." Green endpapers. More
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