The Complete Works of Robert Browning Volume XIII.
Athens, OH; Waco, TX: Ohio Univ Pr; Baylor University, 1995. Cloth. 392 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. Very sl. edgewear to dj. Sl. bumping to book sp. ends.
POETRY
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Plums and Dishes.
Providence, RI: Keith Brumberg, 1985. Paperback. 40 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed. #33 of 50 copies. Slight soiling to covers. Edges slightly bumped.
Stories.
Providence, RI: Keith Brumberg, 1986. Paperback. 40 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed by author. Textblock shaken from covers. Light edgewear.
To the Fringed Gentian.
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1883. Paperback. Unpaginated. 8vo. Softcover. No date, c. 1883. Edgewear and soiling to covers. Light foxing to first and last page and hinge tape, offsetting to pages from illustrations.
Poems:; Scots and English
London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd., 1917. First edition. Cloth. 106 pp., 12mo. Cloth hardcover. First edition. Moderate scuffing, flexing & slight edgewear to boards. Slight sunning, edgewear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Slight foxing to textblock edges. Light foxing, soiling &.....
Scherzo for Schizos.
Fort Smith, Arkansas: South and West, Inc., 1966. Stapled. 8vo. 42pp. A small collection of poems by Jerry Burns. With a cover by Lynn Alayne Burns. Light rubbing to edges. "My Epitaph" reads "A million/vermillion/rats/slowly/gnawes smooth/the string/of sanity."
The Cotter's Saturday Night.
London, New York: Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton, 1920. Cloth. 47 pp. 16mo. Cloth hardcover in box. No date, ca. 1920's. Box soiled and worn, corners chipped, stamp to edge. Book bowed, soiled. Foxing to textblock and interior. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Part of the Laurel Wreath series.
Plain Song.
Bath: Paris Garden Press, 1979. Paperback Booklet. 8vo. Unpaginated. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Book is in excellent condition. Drawings thorughout by Peter Wells. Signed and numbered 123 out of 250 copies by the author. Includes letter from the author (unsigned).
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi.
New York: Brentano's, 1929. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 8vo. Hardcover in dj. A long pseudotranslation English poem. Illustrated w/ wild b&w drawings by John Kettelwell. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Bindig sturdy. Slight foxing & soiling to pds & eps, & scattered to lightly to rest of otherwise very.....
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi.
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. Cloth. 129 pp. 4to. Cloth hardcover, in box. Box worn and soiled, one side panel missing, one corner split, foxing to interior. Book has tattered plastic cover which is soiled and foxed. Wear to boards with some soiling, bumping to spine ends. Foxing to text block.....
The Collected Poems of Geroge F. Butterick.
Buffalo, NY: The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, 1988. Paperback w/ Dustjacket. 8vo. 243 pp. Dustjacket has a few tiny soil marks to front and back covers. Very light rubbing to dj spine ends and corners. Book is completely white and unmarked. Creasing to front joint. Very light shelfwear to corners and.....
Witter Bynner: The Pamphlet Poets.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1927. Wraps. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". 31 pp. Light soil to covers, top of spine split 1 1/2". 28 poems. List of forthcoming titles from this series of 25-cent chapbooks on front interior cover; brief bio and list of Bynner's books inside rear cover.....
Poetic License:; Collected Poems by Brian Callahan
Kingston, RI: Fortin House Press, 1992. Paperback. Unpaginated 8vo. Paperback chapbook. Light soiling/yellowing to covers. Sticker to back cover. Binding sturdy; pgs clean & bright. Intro by Lois Cuddy.
Australian Poetry, 1966.
Sydney, London, Melbourne: Angus & Roberston, 1966. Hardcover. 78 pp. 12mo. Hardcover in dustjacket. Shelfwear to jacket, bumping to edges with a few small tears and chips. Light edge wear to book. Light yellowing to textblock, very faint browning along page edges.
Solo Crossing.
New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1999. Paperback. 8vo. 82 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light rubbing along cover edges, white sticker that reads "AUTOGRAPHED" to cover. Poems by Meg Campbell. Signed by the author.
Gertrude of Wyoming and Other Poems.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1810. Hardcover. 124 pp., 12mo. Half-cloth hardcover; brown leather corners & spine. The romantic era Spenserian stanza set in the 1778 Wyoming massacre. Some scuffing & edgewear to boards. Tear along rear joint & front board detached (but included). Creases & wear to spine;.....
Poemata; Ad Thamesin.
Ann Arbor and London: University Microfilms, Inc. Reprint. Paperback. Unpaginated, 8vo. Paperback. Reprint facsimile of original 1595 edition. Poetry in Latin. Slight sunning & shelfwear to covers & spine; also some light dampstains. Binding tight. Sm po pen signature to ffep & light penciling scattered to otherwise clean pgs. Creases.....
The Cairn of Stars.
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1920. Cloth. 143 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Shelfwear and slight soiling to boards, sunning to spine and corners, bumping to spine ends and corners. Front hinge split repaired by seller, one signature detached but glued back in by seller. Peeling, tearing to inner edge of.....
The New Estate and Other Poems.
Oldcastle, Ireland: The Gallery Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. 71 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. First edition of the author's third book. Small, faint soil to ffep, else fine. Clean, binding tight. Dj spine and edges lightly sunned, lightly shelfworn.
Steeplejacks in Babel.
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. 68 pp. Some rubbing and scuffing to cover. Some sunning/fading to dj. Collection of poems from Cassity.
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; (21 volumes); Including the Series Edited, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Samuel Johnson: and the Most Approved Translations
London: Printed for J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son, et al, 1810. Leather. 21 volume set. Handsomely rebound in quarter brown leather with green marbled boards. Marbled text block edges. Gilt stamping and four raised bands to spines. Newer endpapers. Very light foxing and soiling scattered to mostly clean textblocks.....
Come Back to Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies.
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993. Paperback. 8vo. 325 pp. Soiling to bottom of fore-edge, light fold to corners, former owner signed ffep.
Wingbones.
Chapel Hill: Signal Books, 1997. Hardcover. 66 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Signature Poets Series. Few faint scratches to front board. Light bumping to spine ends. Binding tight; pgs clean & crisp. Slight shelfwear to dj w/ slight soiling/rubbing to panels. Slight sunning to spine; one sm. crease to front.....
The Ballad of St. Barbara & Other Verses.
London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 83 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in paper & clear djs. First edition. Slight soiling, edgewear & flexing to boards; roughly 1 inch horizontal crease to back board spine edge. Slight bumping, shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding is sturdy. Slight soiling &.....
Tongue and Thunder.
Providence: Copper Beach, 1980. Paperback Booklet. 8vo. Unpaginated. Light sunning along spine. Booklet is in excellent condition. Signed by the author. "When darkness climbs a one eyed navigator up from the broken coast, we shake out the bones, blow dust off the compass and drift."