Charles Agvent

THE FABLES OF JEAN De LA FONTAINE

LA FONTAINE, Jean De · 1930

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") volumes bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, with title page and decoration...

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

BENET, Stephen Vincent · 1948

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. One of 1500 numbered copies ...

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD

GRAY, Thomas (Agnes Miller PARKER) · 1938

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

London. Limited Editions Club. Small quarto (7" x 10") bound in forest green buckram with a relief design stamped in silver on the front cover, 92 pages. Beautifully illustrated with 32 full-page wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker sketched in the very same country church-y...

ONLY THE DREAMER CAN CHANGE THE DREAM. Selected Poems

LOGAN, John · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. The Ecco Press. First Edition. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE VOYAGE

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Trade Edition. Small folio. Versions of poems by Baudelaire. Illustrated by Sidney Nolan. Some of the plates, though rather abstract, are of an erotic nature.. Sidney Nolan. Fine in a near Very Good dustwrapper with a few small tears an...

LIFE STUDIES

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

London. Faber & Faber. First British Edition. The American edition of this title, published after this English edition, won the National Book Award.. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper with two small pieces lacking along the bottom of the spine and light chipping at the top edge

Mashpee Poems

MAZUR, Gail · 1983

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

[New York]. First Edition. A 6-page offprint in printed wraps from The Hudson Review. SIGNED by the author on the front cover which also serves as the title page.. Fine

A BRAVERY OF EARTH

EBERHART, Richard · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

London. Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Poet's first book, published in England before America. With the errata slip tipped in and the publisher's response card laid in. Especially scarce in dustwrapper.. Very light wear. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper

SILVER POETS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

BULLETT, Gerald (ed.) · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

London & New York. J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. and E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. First Edition. Everyman's Library #985. Includes Davies, Ralegh, Sidney, Surrey, and Wyatt. . Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper

WRIGHT: A PROFILE

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

(Iowa City). Grilled Flowers Press. First Edition. Printed blue wraps. New poems by Wright with an interview and critical essay by David St. John. In addition to this trade issue there was a signed and lettered issue. This copy SIGNED by the author on the title page and INSCRI...

HARD FREIGHT

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Middletown. Wesleyan University. First Edition. Softcover issue in pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to poet Charles Simic: "For Charlie/--If you are the/mote in the devil's/eye, don't blink/Charles/Sept. 73.". Near Fine

THE GRAVE OF THE RIGHT HAND

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Middletown. Wesleyan University. First Edition. Poet's first trade book, the softcover issue in pictorial wraps. This copy, as with all we have seen, has the poem on p. 36 crossed out with a large printed X. Poet A. R. Ammons's copy with his SIGNATURE on the front endpaper and...

THE GRAVE OF THE RIGHT HAND

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Middletown. Wesleyan University Press. First Edition. Poet's first trade book. This copy, as with all we have seen, has the poem on page 36 with a large printed X through it. . Minor rubbing and soiling to the dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper, price-clipped as usual

THE SOUTHERN CROSS

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in printed red wraps.. Fine

A PRIVATE HISTORY

HAY, John · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Duell Sloan & Pearce. First Edition. The naturalist writer's first book, a collection of poems. Hay is the grandson of Abraham Lincoln's secretary, John Hay.. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some wear and soiling

A PRIVATE HISTORY

HAY, John · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Duell Sloan & Pearce. First Edition. The naturalist writer's first book, a collection of poems. Hay is the grandson of Abraham Lincoln's secretary, John Hay.. Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped dustwrapper with a closed two-inch tear at the bottom of the front panel

THE HITLER DIARIES

HUGO, Richard · 1983

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. William Morrow and Company. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in yellow wraps. A fictional account of authenticating Hitler's diaries before they hit the auction block.. Fine

DISMANTLING THE SILENCE. POEMS

SIMIC, Charles · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. George Braziller. First Edition. Poet's first trade book of poetry, published after two limited editions and a few translations. Issued in softcover only.. Price neatly inked out on the rear cover with a short tear at the top of the spine; 1971 owner name on the fron...

IN A FATHER'S PLACE

TILGHMAN, Christopher · 0

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,986)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. His first book, a fine collection of stories. Blurbs by Andre Dubus and Richard Ford.. Faint smudge to facing pages, Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor wear to the heel

THE UNWOBBLING PIVOT & THE GREAT DIGEST

[POUND, Ezra] CONFUCIUS · 1947

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

[New York]. Pharos. First Edition. Heavy rose wraps. Only 929 copies printed of this translation by Pound.. Owner's initials on verso of cover; mild sunning to edges. Near Fine