September SALE: books in our Poetry, Maritime, and Education sections priced at $100 or less are 30% off!
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. In black cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine and gilt and blind stamp to front board. Minor fading to spine and slight shelfwear to board edges. Interior is mostly clean and bright with only slight aging to endpapers. Inscribed by author on FFEP. 76pp. POE/051304. Very Good +. More about The Legend of Quincibald
Emma Putnam Bancroft, 1921. Hardcover. VG in brown suede covered wraps with green lettering on front cover. Signed by the author. First edition. Each page decorated with green illustrated border frame device; pp. 110. Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2. Poetry. POE110270. Very Good. More about Verses
Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1915. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Limited to 500 numbered copies and SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 3/4 white cloth backed blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Charming illustration of a tree in gilt to front board. Minor browning to spine and to edges of boards. Minor browning to endpages, else interior is very clean. Tight binding. POE/102005. Very Good. More about A Quest for Song
New York: Bookman Associates, 1959. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tall 8vo. Very Good in a Very Good, price-clipped dustjacket. Minor rubbing to dust jacket as well as 2 small closed tears to the top edge. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, dated 1960. Poetry. POE1/4112. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about A Voice in Ramah (Signed by the author
London: John Lane, [1896]. Hardcover. From the Bodley Head Anthologies series. First Edition, inscribed by Case to Robert Forster. Epithalamies are the nuptial songs of the Elizabethans and their successors. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover. The cover also has a gilt design with portrait and Bodley Anthologies. Fading to spine and some bumping to corners otherwise very good condition. Interior also in very good condition. 198 pages. POE/050611. Very Good. More about English Epithalamies
The Hague: Mouton, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. In brown cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine. Previous owner's stamp to bottom edge of text block. Interior pristine. Signed and inscribed by Cooper on the first free endpage. The inscription reads "To Russel Kacher, With my best wishes for a rewarding career of learning and teaching." Index, 183 pages. POE/111506. Near Fine. More about The Sonnets of Astrophel and Stella
London: Humphrey Toulmin, 1930. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ARTIST; hand-numbered 142 of 500 copies. Very good plus green cloth 8vo., color illustrated paper pastedown to cover, bright gilt title to spine, which is faded. Top edge gilt. Interior is lovely: clean and bright (though faint foxing to endpapers); deckle-edge, vellum paper. Frontispiece + several illustrations throughout. 54 pp. Poetry. POE/10143. Very Good +. More about The Guardsman and Cupid's Daughter and Other Poems
Newark: The Boysland Company, 1920. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. SCARCE. 12mo. Near Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board. Few small spots of discoloration to the spine. Interior is clean and bright with author's inscription to front free end page. Includes and newpaper article about W. E. B Du Bois laid into the rear. 45 pages. Poetry. POE/5063. Near Fine. More about The Path Across the Prairies
New York: Horizon House, 1936. Hardcover. Cloth Boards. Very Good Plus/Good. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and front board. Gilt illustration of naval officer to front board. Gilt to spine is slightly faded. Light wear to edges of spine and corners. Interior is browned along margins and is foxed lightly on some pages. Browned end pages. Gold dj with blue illustration to front panel. Dj has large open tear to rear panel, rubbing to panels, and heavy wear/chipping to top edges. Tightly bound. Appendixes, 226 pp. NAV/040504. Very Good +. More about Naval Rank. Its Inception and Development. A Short Lived History of the Evolution and Geneology...
Baltimore: Contemporary Poetry, 1963. Hardcover. 1st edition presentation copy, signed by author inside cover. Near fine blue boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to spine. Author;s inscription reads "For John, Loyal friend and best of companions in grim times and in gay. Richard, May 26, 1986."47 pages. Poetry. POE/9262. Very Good +. More about Papers of Identity - Contemporary Poetry XXIII
Baltimore: Contemporary Poetry, 1945. Hardcover. Signed presentation copy. One of only 30 copies numbered and signed by the author. Very good in peach cloth covered boards; some sunning along spine. Poetry. POE/7292. Very Good. More about A Winter's Journey (1st Edition
London: MacMillan and Co., 1891. Hardcover. First edition. Original blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Presentation copy, inscribed to Showell Rogers Esq, M.A. LLD. with the Author's kindest regards July 21st. 1891. Fine copy of this rare title. 175 pages. Poetry. POE/4103. Near Fine. More about The March of Man and other Poems
New York: Privately Printed, 1st Edition, 1954. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Very good in beige cloth backed light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to blue title labe on spine. Light fading to edges blue boards, minimal edgewear. Poetry. POET1308311. Very Good. More about Iambic and Dactylic
Baltimore: The Norman Remington Co., 1921. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 12mo. Very good+ in green paper covered boards with light green title label with green title to front board and to spine. Minor browning to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Else is clean and bright. 67 pages. Poetry. POE/031611. Very Good +. More about Depths and Shallows
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover with Very Good- dustjacket. Dustjacket spotted with some wear to edges. Educator at Columbia University, New York. Presentation copy. Education. ED/11152. Very Good. More about The Enterprising Life: John McVickar, 1787-1868
London: Bernard Stone, The Turret Bookshop, 1986. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine in silver metallic side stapled stiff wraps with illustration on front cover by Heloise Wire. Presentation copy signed by the author on the title page. Dimensions: 4 x 6. Poetry. POE103161. Fine. More about Poems for Clocks
New York: Brick Row Book Shop, 1924. Hardcover. #196 of 500 copies, signed by the author. Cream cloth backed with blue paper covered boards and title label on spine. Label worn at edges. Ex-library, with number written at base of spine, pastedown label on front endpaper, call number and title written on rear endpaper, small and light pencil markings on title page. Nonetheless very good in overall appearance; text clean. Poetry. POE1/6220. Very Good. More about The Skippers of Nancy Gloucester
New York: Putnam's, 1924. Hardcover. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Very good+ in brown paper-covered boards with gilt lettering. Light foxing to end pages. Poetry. POE1/01231. Very Good +. More about In the Hills
Ireland: Gallery Press, 1994. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. McGuinness (1953 - ), an accomplished Irish playwright, began his career as a poet. This collection marks his return to poetry. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Purple dust jacket with grey title to spine. 85 pages. POE/012908. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More about Booterstown
Brooklandville, MD: Electric Press, (1988). Paperback. INSCRIBED BY ONE OF THE AUTHORS, GARY BLANKENBURG. Very good yellow side stapled paper wrappers. Damp stain to top of wrappers causes some slight rippling. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations. Author's inscription to inside flap of dust jacket. Brown dust jacket with black title to front panel. Poetry. POE/4233. Very Good in Wraps. More about Poetry Eclectic
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1896]. Hardcover. First Edition. Presentation copy: "For Victoria Ellis with the affectionate greetings of Marie Ada Molineux Venice 1926." Affixed below the inscription is a small photograph taken iin Venice. The author has also signed the title page and written in the date of publication. With bookplate of recipient on front pastedown. In original red cloth with light bumping and small chips to top of spine. Interior pages are clean. A nice copy in very good condition. 520 pages including index. POE/032513. Very Good. More about A Phrase Book from the Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
New York: Exposition Press, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards with blue title to spine. Light yellowing to interior. Slight musty smell. Inscription to front free end page. White and blue dust jacket with blue title to spine and white title to front panel. Minor foxing, edgewear, and browning to dust jacket. 94 pages. POE/021819. Very Good / Very Good. More about Time for Thought: Poetry and Stories
London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1896. Hardcover. First edition. Original grey cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed To W. Radcliffe from C. Newton-Robinson Sept 1906. Small spot on spine, spine head a bit rubbed, else a very good copy. Poetry. POE/4113. Very Good. More about Ver Lyrae: Selected Poems
Ireland: Gallery Books, 1992. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with tight binding. Tan dust jacket with white title to spine and illustration to front panel. 85 pages. DRA/011608. Fine in Fine DJ. More about Moonshine
San Francisco: Bancroft Company, 1893. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Labeled Volume 1, though this was the only volume published. Introduction by Frank M. Pixley. Including Biographical and Historical Notes in Prose. Dark blue cloth boards with faded gilt title to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and light dampstaining to front board. Bookplate of Frank Stephen Dolley. Illustrated title pages. Clean, tight interior. 260 pages. POE/071406. Very Good. More about Life's Sunbeams and Shadows. Poems and Prose with Appendix