Structure, Verses, Agency Books — Libri

Tribute to Kenneth Patchen

William Everson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Howard Schoenfeld, Charles Wrey Gardiner, James Schevill, Diane di Prima, Bernhard Kops, Joel Climenhaga, Hugo Manning, Lars Gustave Hellstrom, Jonathan Clark and Diane Wald · 1977

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, England, Enitharmon Press, 1977. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of and soiling to covers beyond faint sticker residue at front upper tip to printed, illustrated dust wrapper, in gate-fold o...

Charles J. Jansen Caso de la Barca "Francis Palmer. "

Secretaria de de Estado y Del Despacho de Relachiones Exteriores · 1817

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

, Secretaria de de Estado y Del Despacho de Relachiones Exteriores: Seccion de America, 1817. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Spanish-language dispatch in a tall, near-folio sized printed document format, sewn on side but bottom half of which is spl...

A Lot of Five (5) Issues of the Palms News, Palms, California: December 12, 1906; June 11, 1910; June 25, 1910; December 29, 1911; December 15, 1911

S.C. Perrine and W.A. Rennie, eds. · 1906

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Palms, California, The Palms News, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: Elephant Folio 23" tall. Our Motto: Loyalty to the best interests of the Palms and its environs." A lot of five (5) issues of The Palms News, Palms, California, published during this time period each Saturda...

Hodge & Other Cats

Thomas Harmsworth Publishing Company · 1996

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

, Thomas Harmsworth Publishing Company, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. An odd item indeed, being a compilation of references to cats in general and his cat, in specific, Hodge, in Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary. Glossy card-stock wraps, high-gloss paper ...

The Road to John Fante's Los Angeles: A Biographer Reflects

Cooper, Stephen · 2012

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Los Angeles, California, U.C.L.A. Library, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The third of the Cashin Lecture Series lectures, this being devoted to a scabrous '30s literary star. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and c...

George Eliot: A Brief Biography

Adams, Kathleen · 1972

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Hinckley, England, Nuneaton Borough Council, 1972. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Somewhat splotchy cover, black-and-white portrait of George Eliot from a portrait in the Natio...

A Printer's Salute to England on America's Bicentennial

Ritchie, Ward · 1976

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, The Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a keepsake by the noted printer and typographer, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear. Cre...

Auden (1907 - 1971)

Shapiro, Karl · 1974

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Davis, California, Published for the author, printed by the Putah Press, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A scarce item in the trade, being in First Edition state and DOUBLE-SIGNED, by the author at colophon (#106 of 175 copies) and by the artist, Diana Frie...

Nonesuch Books. For Christmas, 1925. For the Spring, 1926.

The Nonesuch Press · 1925

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, England, The Nonesuch Press, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A fine and enchanting catalogue from a leading fine press, and the title page continues: With a hand-list of books hitherto published by the Press, laid in. Date of publication not listed but ...

A Songe, Ascribed to Thomas Cogge

Cogge, Thomas · 1962

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1962. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. No additional copies available on-line currently. No. 36 of 77 copies printed of this Special Limited Edition. Single leaf folded twice and then string-sewn i...

Poetry (London), Vol. 3, No. 12, November - Deember, 1947

Poetry (London) · 1947

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Editions Poetry (London), 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Mildly worn and moderately toned copy in First Edition state. Poetry (London) was a premier hub for poets...

Two Poems

Countesse of Pembroke; Bent Juel-Jensen, compiler · 1962

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Oxford, England, Printed by Herbert Davis for B. I.-I. at the New Bodleian Library, 1962. First Edition Thus. Softcover. . There are multiple Countesses of Pembroke throughout history, but this author appears to be Mary Sidney, sister of Sir Philip Sydney. She was known for he...

A Joe Hill Letter

Hill, Joe · 1972

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Los Angeles, California, Bonibel Press, by members of English 505 at the University of Southern California, 1972. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce item in the trade, no copies being available on-line currently. Sterling condition softcover copy of...

The Masque of Hope

Coghill, Neville · 1948

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, For Geoffrey Cumberlege by the Oxford University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Presented for the entertainment of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth on the occasion of her visit to University College, 25 May 1948, by the Oxford University Drama...

In Good Faith

Rushdie, Salman · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Granta, 1990. First American Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Please understand, however; I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition. I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it. I am trying to learn from it. Our lives teach us who ...

Stuart Little in the Classroom

White, E.B. · 1945

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Harper & Row, . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Very Good condition Harper & Row keepsake probably from the mid-'60s but drawn from the 1945 Christmas season, sans dust jacket. Garth Williams is the illustrator of the fanciful images of the beloved...

Avviso

Lanzfeld, G. Di Torresani · 1816

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

, Nella R. Privilegiate Tipografia Provinciale de Fratelli Pecile, 1816. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This item is an official Notice, wholly in Italian, N. 1714 of such. In whole it reads: "Avviso In esecuzione degli ordini abbassassati dall'Ecc...

Joseph Miseratione Divina Tituli Sancti Laurentii in Lucina S.R. E. Prim. Presb. Card. Puteobonellus, S. Mediol. Eccl. Archiepiscopus

1747

$320.00 (€290.33 | £242.22 | ¥51,100)

Lucina, Italy, Saint Lucina / Sancti Laurentii, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In essence, a scarce item indeed, a decree of Cardinal Giuseppe Pozzobonelli which certifies that Lorenzo Cesana, son of Giovanni, born in Olginate (in the Diocese of ...

Cassell's Library Edition of Don Quixote with 400 Illustrations by Gustave Dore

Cervantes, Miguel Savaadra · 1870

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Ludgate Hill, London, England, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, . Library Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An odd collection of what appear to be parts serialized by the publisher and that was eventually bound together in book form in 1870. This edition undated and i...

Henkel, M.D. · 1922

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap / P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, 1922. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fascinating item front to back, an item that bears reading and looking at again and again. Stiff brown card stock-wrapped notebook format...