Charles Agvent
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3938 libri di Charles Agvent
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "A Song for New Year's Eve"
BRYANT, William Cullen · 311856
$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)
n.p.. A handwritten poem on a 7-1/2" x 8" sheet of paper folded vertically SIGNED "W. C. Bryant" at the conclusion. The poem consists of 6 six-line stanzas with the second and third stanzas transposed from the final printed version and the second stanza here containing correct...
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by the Author of FRANKENSTEIN
SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft · 61843
$10,625.00 (€9,639.97 | £8,042.30 | ¥1,696,675)
Rome. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5," dated 6 April [1843]. A rough translation: "Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I feel ashamed thinking ab...
AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS) with a CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 61892
$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)
On a small (4-1/8" x 2-7/8") piece of paper Holmes has written the third stanza of "Song. For A Temperance Dinner" and dated and SIGNED in full "Oliver Wendell Holmes" below. ...
AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)
LOWELL, James Russell · 271881
$937.50 (€850.59 | £709.61 | ¥149,707)
London. On a 7-3/4" x 10-3/4" sheet of paper Lowell has written out the penultimate six-line stanza of his poem "Masaccio" and SIGNED and dated it below. Thoughts, that great hearts once broke for, we Breathe cheaply in the common air; The dust we trample heedlessly Throbbed ...
AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 241878
$812.50 (€737.17 | £615.00 | ¥129,746)
Beverly Farms, MA. On a 6-1/8" x 6-3/8" piece of lined paper the author has written the following six-line stanza from his poem "The Silent Melody": Sweet are the lips of all who sing When nature's music heather unsought But never yet could voice or string So truly shape our ...
THE SEVEN-LEAGUE CRUTCHES with a Complete MANUSCRIPT of His Famous Poem "A Sick Child"
JARRELL, Randall · 0
$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)
New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. First Edition. His fourth book. INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper and pastedown and SIGNED by the poet to his friends and poets Meryl and Courtney Johnson. Jarrell has also written out the complete poem in the book, "A Sick Child": ...
PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe · 1965
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)
Haarlem. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applie...
PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe · 1965
$81.30 (€73.76 | £61.54 | ¥12,983)
Haarlem. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applie...
THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES: 37 volumes
SHAKESPEARE, William · 1939
$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)
New York. Limited Editions Club. Thirty-seven folio (8-3/4" x 13") volumes bound in gold-stamped half natural buckram, top edges gilt, with the paper sides, printed in four colors. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, who created the Nonesuch edition text of Shakespeare, to restore the ...
THE WESTERN APPROACHES. POEMS 1973-75
NEMEROV, Howard · 0
$187.50 (€170.12 | £141.92 | ¥29,941)
Chicago & London. The University of Chicago Press. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page: "To Bill Meredith,/with affection & admiration/Howard Nemerov." . Slight dustspotting to the top edge. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
THE PRIPET MARSHES AND OTHER POEMS
FELDMAN, Irving · 0
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)
New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Poet's second book, SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half-title page in 1971: "for Bill Meredith/with gratitude for/this most pleasant/meeting/Irving." Laid in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Feldman to Meredith forwar...
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WILSON AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD BROOKLYN, N. Y. MAY 11, 1914. Services in memory of those who lost their lives at Vera Cruz, Mexico
WILSON, Woodrow · 1914
$3,750.00 (€3,402.34 | £2,838.46 | ¥598,827)
Washington. [Government Printing Office]. First Edition. Printed wraps, 8 pages, including the covers. SIGNED by the President at the end of the text. The United States occupation of Veracruz began with the Battle of Veracruz and lasted for seven months, as a response to the T...
AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)
WORDSWORTH, William · 51815
$5,000.00 (€4,536.46 | £3,784.61 | ¥798,435)
A one-page (8" x 10") lengthy AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED by Wordsworth from a poem by Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke), a contemporary and friend of poet Philip Sidney. In full: "The chief use, then in Man of that he knows Is his painstaking for the good of all; Not fleshly wee...
ACROSS THE WAR WORLD (UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT)
REED, John · 1917
$6,250.00 (€5,670.57 | £4,730.76 | ¥998,044)
At sea. Hillacre. First Edition. Nine pages typed on four 8-1/2" x 11" leaves of Hotel Brevoort letterhead and Scandinavian-American Line letterhead with Reed's name typed at the top right corner of the first page, and pages numbered at the tops of the following pages. With th...
AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS) and AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 101888
$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)
Boston. On a 6-7/8" x 9" piece of paper the author has written the following seven-line stanza from one of his best known poems "The Chambered Nautilus": Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, ...
ARCHIVE OF LETTERS: 21 pages
McCOURT, Frank · 19831990
$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)
Superb archive of seven letters from the author of ANGELA'S ASHES to R'Lene Dahlberg, fellow teacher at Stuyvesant High School, friend, wife of author Edward Dahlberg, and muse. Mostly chatty correspondence, all but two pages handwritten by McCourt, complete with hand-addresse...
THE LIVING TALMUD: THE WISDOM OF THE FATHERS
1960
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)
New York. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (9-1/4" x 12-1/4") bound in half natural-grain goatskin vellum and black cloth stamped in genuine gold, top edge gilt with pure gold leaf; 226 pages. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Judah Goldin. Designed by Joseph B...
THE BRIDGE
CRANE, Hart · 1981
$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,959)
New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in a silvery gray cloth imported from the Netherlands and stamped in blind and blue; 96 pages. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Copy #106 of 2000 illustrated with photographs by Richard Benson printed in a tritone 300-lin...
STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
STEVENSON, Robert Louis · 1952
$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,959)
New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8" x 11-1/4") bound in half black morocco and marbled paper sides. Illustrated with lithographs by Edward Wilson, pulled by George Miller. Introduction by John Mason Brown. Copy #154 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon pag...
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
DANA, Richard Henry · 1947
$81.30 (€73.76 | £61.54 | ¥12,983)
New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full ship's canvas over boards with a gold-stamped blue leather label on the spine. Introduction by William McFee; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #95 of 1500 copies illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller with...