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Item #3764 The Works of Robert Burns with an account of his life, and a criticism of his...

Burns, Robert; Edited by Currie, MD, James

The Works of Robert Burns with an account of his life, and a criticism of his writings. To which are prefixed some observations on the character and conditions of the Scottish peasantry, as edited by James Currie. Published in four volumes by Smith & Hill in Montrose, Scotland in 1816 [A Historical Copy]

Printed by Smith & Hill and sold by the booksellers of London and Edinburgh: Printed by Smith & Hill, 1816. First Edition Thus. Leather bound [Hardcover]. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $875. NOW $400. A quite attractive ex-library four-volume copy, bound in highly attractive bindings with beautiful boards and engraved page edges..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #3808 Poems [Second Series]. Emily Dickinson

Dickinson, Emily

Poems [Second Series]

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. [A Quite Early Printing/Edition; First Edition was published in 1891]. Hardcover. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS 1,450. NOW $815. A Very Good + copy of an early printing of this collection of Emily Dickinson poems, bound in olive-green cloth smooth cloth with beveled edges to the boards with..... More

Price: $815.00

Item #3605 Horace in Homespun [In the Rare Dust Jacket]. Hugh Haliburton, James Logie Robertson

Haliburton, Hugh [Robertson, James Logie]

Horace in Homespun [In the Rare Dust Jacket]

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good + or better copy of the first edition, first printing, in a somewhat less than Very Good dust jacket with chips and tears and showing a small piece of decorative tape to each flap. [Some of the tears..... More

Price: $745.00

Item #3575 The Pushcart Prize XII 1987-88 Edition [with an Index to the first twelve volumes]....

Henderson, Bill [Editor]; Graham, Jorie [Poetry Editor]; Hass, Robert [Poetry Editor] Conroy, Frank [Introduction]; Cohen, Robert; Grossman, Allen; Hall, Donald; Ratushinskaia, Irina; Gass, William H.; Williams, C. K.; Bergland; Martha; Oates, Joyce Carol; Heaney, Seamus; Ng, Fae Myenne; Jolley, Elizabeth; Halpern, Daniel; Gunn, Thom; Pinsky, Robert; Gallagher, Tess; Justice, Donald; Strand, Mark; Czeslaw, Milosz; Dubus, Andre; and many others

The Pushcart Prize XII 1987-88 Edition [with an Index to the first twelve volumes]

Los Angeles: The Pushcart Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine to Fine copy of the first edition, first printing with some pushing to the spine ends and a small nudge to the rear board's lower leading corner (which remains rather sharp), showing slight spotting to the..... More

Price: $65.00

Item #3809 THE POETICAL WORKS The poetical works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Complete In One...

Johnson, Samuel

THE POETICAL WORKS The poetical works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Complete In One Volume

London: Printed for W. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]. New Edition. Hardcover. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $625. NOW $215. SAMUEL JOHNSON - THE POETICAL WORKS • 1785 Complete in one volume. A new edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and T. Griffin..... More

Price: $215.00

Item #3797 Traffics and Discoveries. Rudyard Kipling

Kipling, Rudyard

Traffics and Discoveries

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Very Good copy of the first American edition, first printing, of this collection of twenty-four poems and short stories, in the Publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black to the front board and..... More

Price: $45.00

Item #3407 Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? [IN THE RARE DUST JACKET]. John Andrew,...

Knox, William; [Illustrations, Humphrey, Miss L. B. (Engraved by John Andrew & Son, Boston)]

Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? [IN THE RARE DUST JACKET]

Boston; New York: Lee and Shepard; Charles T. Dillingham, Presumed 1877. Humphrey, L. B. Unstated. Hardcover. A Very Good or better copy of this unstated edition, bound in the Publisher's original purple cloth and wearing the RARE DUST JACKET, with the title page dated 1877 and the copyright dated 1876..... More

Price: $625.00

Item #3269 Chants for the Boer. Joaquin Miller

Miller, Joaquin

Chants for the Boer

San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Company, 1900. First Edition. Wrappers. A Very Good RARE Wrappered copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original red wrappers housed in a bespoke case. The front wrapper shows a split to the upper portion thereof measuring about two inches. [A..... More

Price: $265.00

Item #3005 The Private Dining Room And other new verses. Ogden Nash

Nash, Ogden

The Private Dining Room And other new verses

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (thin line of sunning to each end of the spine Panel in a Very Good dust jacket (some toning and some wear to the spine panel), the author's seventh..... More

Price: $40.00

Item #3798 The Other Voice; Essays on Modern Poetry. Octavio Paz

Paz, Octavio

The Other Voice; Essays on Modern Poetry

New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (slight push to the spine tail), in a fine, bright, unfaded dust jacket), being a set of Essays on Modern Poetry by one of the modern eras..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #3498 Three Poems. Alan Pryce-Jones

Pryce-Jones, Alan

Three Poems

Newport, Rhode Island: Self-Published. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A Fine copy of the first edition, the first edition. The volume was printed for Pryce-Jones by The Third & Elm Press of Newport, Rhode Island (where he then lived), in December 1973 in an unknown number of copies. Described by..... More

Price: $25.00

Item #935 Interim. Grant H. Redford, Clifford Wright, David Lowenthal, Robert Winter Reese, James...

Redford, Grant H.; Wright, Clifford; Lowenthal, David; Reese, Robert Winter; May, James Boyer; Stevens, Cj; Fraenkel, Michael; Manning, Harvey; Tobey, Mark; Cloud, Jess H.; Bulocan, Carlos; Zillman, Lawrence j.

Interim

Seattle, Washington: Gateway Printing, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A virtually Fine copy of Volume 2 Number 2 of this literary anthology in the Publisher's original stapled wrappers (prior owner's name written to th Table of Contents page's upper right corner with a small check mark next to one..... More

Price: $45.00

Item #3425 Nine Experiments [SIGNED]. Stephen H. Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender

Spender, Stephen H. [Spender, Sir Stephen Harold]

Nine Experiments [SIGNED]

Cincinnati, OH: Elliston Poetry Foundation University of Cincinnati, [1964 Copyright]. First Thus. Hardcover. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $850. NOW AVAILABLE AT $400. An about Very Good copy of the first facsimile edition of Stephen H. Spender's first book, showing only mild wear and tide markings to the boards -- otherwise about..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #2882 At Sundown. John Greenleaf Whittier, E. H. Garrett, Designs

Whittier, John Greenleaf; Garrett, E. H. [Designs]

At Sundown

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good copy of the first trade edition, first printing, in the remnants of the EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE glassine dust jacket (some general handling soil to the binding along with a bit of corner rubbing and..... More

Price: $65.00

Item #3424 The 1932 Savitar A History of the University of Missouri for the Year 1931-1932 [First...

Williams, Tennessee [Williams III, Thomas Lanier]

The 1932 Savitar A History of the University of Missouri for the Year 1931-1932 [First Appearance of any Tennessee Williams Poem in book form -- and possibly the first appearance by him of any work in any published book]; [Annual/Yearbook for the University of Missouri]

Columbia, MO``: University of Missouri, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. TEMPORARILY DISCOUNTED. WAS $1,250. NOW $750. An overall Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, of the Savitar, the 1931 -1932 Annual (or Yearbook) for the University of Missouri, published in 1932. The volume is in..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #3650 A Little Bit o'Verse [Signed]. James M. Woodman, Mae H. Scannel

Woodman, James M.; Scannel, Mae H.

A Little Bit o'Verse [Signed]

Chicago: Mother's-Home Life Publishing Company, Undated, Copyright 1927. Mae H. Scannell. [No Edition Stated]. Wrappers. A Near Fine copy of this string-bound paper-covered collection of Poems by James M. Woodman, INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY James M. Woodman on the second front free endpaper as follows: "With best wishes //..... More

Price: $25.00

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