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
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
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
The Mountain Bard & Forest Minstrel, Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Songs.
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, n.d. ca. 1860s. 302 pp.32 mo. Decorative gold and red stamped green cloth binding. Back board blind stamped. All edges stained red. Brown endpapers. Copper engraved frontispiece and title page. Such a lovely little gift book of poetry by this 19th century Scottish author. He is..... 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
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 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
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
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