"Sutherland was a playwright, journalist, and poet who authored Jacinta, a California idyll and other verses (1900); Bigg's bar, and other Klondyke ballads (1901); Songs of a city (1904); Idylls of Greece, 3 series (1908-1914); and Out of the North (1913), among other works. Scarce thin volume by minor American poet from early 20th. Jacinta and Other Verses is primarily an epic poem with some other short verse at the end. This book is in acceptable condition, cover of spine having worn out. Boards worn, spotted and some stains. Back inside board just starting to separate. Small folio book, tex... View More...
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in English, French and Persian, Edward Fitzgerald translations, illustrated with thirty Persian miniatures. New York Graphic Society, 1966. Plates tipped in. With slip case. Fair / Fair. Slip case very edge worn, with full color paste down. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Hinges weak, showing. Text interior bright and clean. 124pp." View More...
"Maud, Alfred Tennyson, Roycrofters, East Aurora, 1900. 1/4 Suede. Two color letterpress printed on hand made paper, initials and title page designed by Samuel Warner, printed and published by Roycrofters. VG condition. Slight musty odor. " View More...
"Works of James O'Connor the Deaf Poet with a Biographical Sketch of the Author., James and A.B. Douglas, N. Tibbals & Sons., New York., 1879. Nice collection of old verse. Blue cloth bound, gilt decorative boards and spine, with black emboss. AEG. Portrait. VG- condition. Hinges starting. Title page sunned. Some minor foxing, toning, and edge wear. Pretty book.316pp" View More...
"A History of Haiku, Volume Two, from Issa up to the Present, R.H.Blyth, Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1963. Some illustrations. Paperwraps, illustration matches cover. Near fine condition of history of poetry in Japan. 1088pp. " View More...
"A Prospect of the Sea: And Other Stories and Prose Writings, Dylan Thomas, 1955. Previously unpublished writing chosen by Thomas before he passed away. 136pp. 3rd impression, reprinted September 1955. VG with VG jacket which has some edge wear and mild soiling. Foxing to text and boards. n n""This he had dreamed before the blossom's burning and the putting-out, before the rising and the salt swinging-in, was a dream no longer near these orchards. He kissed the two secret sisters, and a scarecrow kissed him back."" n""This he had dreamed before the blossom's burning and the putting-out, befor... View More...
"An Anthology of Moorish Poetry, A.J. Arberry, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953. A translation of the Pennants, an Anthology compiled in 1243 by the Andalusian Ibn Sa'id. Translated into rhymed verse by Arebrry, acclaimed translator of Rumi, Hafiz and other Islamic poets. Near fine with VG protected dj. " View More...
"An Irish Faustus: A Modern Morality in Nine Scenes, Lawrence Durrell, 1964. First American edition, VG+ condition lacking jacket, stored in mylar wrap. Sunning to spine, else near fine. One of Durrell's later plays set in Ireland. 92pp.4.75x8. 8vo" View More...
"Fine condition hardbound signed by Mary Oliver, with label on dj stating as such. Dog Songs, Mary Oliver, 2013. Collection of the poet's verse related to dogs, but of course, dives deeper into meaning of our world and our place in it. FIne Condiition. Second printing." View More...
"First published in 1910, Gitanjali is one of Tagor's most popular works for which he won a Nobel Prize. This copy is in acceptable condition, boards having evident staining and rubbing. Text is aged, one or two pencil marks, otherwise clean." View More...
"Images by Aldington is a small collection of poems by the editor of the early 20th century journal The Egoist. Well known poet of the Imagist movement, associated with HD, Pound and Elliot. This small folio is in acceptable condition, spine is weak, outer spine is frayed. Some foxing and aging on inside text. Hand cut title label solid. Nice little book of morose verse" View More...
"In Which, Frank Kuenstler, Cairn Editions, New York, 1994. First edition. Signature-bound softcover in printed grey wraps. Near Fine. Kuenstler's penultimate volume of poetry, comprised of sentence fragments all beginning with the titular phrase. " View More...
"Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, Rees Welsh & Co.,, 1882. First Philadelphia edition, reprint from the slightly altered plates of the Boston, 1881-82 edition. Olive green yellowish cloth boards, with gilt title and spine, with butterfly decoration. Plate of Whitman with tissue guard between p28-29. Good+ to Very Good condition. Some marks to boards with wrinkling to cloth on front board, lightly bumped and edge worn. Inscription in calligraphic marker on fly. Hinges sound. text generally tight and clean. Very nice collectible early edition of Whitman's work. " View More...
"Oeuvres Complètes De Baudelaire, Paris: Gallimard, Library of La Pléiade, 1961. 10.5 x 17.5 cm, Edition of the La Pléiade library printed on Bible paper. Publisher's binding in full green grained sheepskin, gray head, smooth spine adorned with gilt fillets. With dust jacket. Lacking slip case. VG. Dj slightly edge worn with small stain to back. Book near fine." View More...
"Pearl: An English Poem of the Fourteenth Century, Edited with a Modern Rendering, by Israel Gollancz, 1891. One of five hundred, fine printing with frontis and decorative elements in text. Deckled pages. Poetry laid out in bi-lingual fashion, with Middle English on verso and modern equivalent recto. Good+ condition. Sunned, joints exposed, internal foxing. Tissue guard has tear. Hinges and spine feel sound. 142pp." View More...
"Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series. Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Copyright page bears the designation ""second edition." 12mo, 200 pp., gilt decorated gray cloth, beveled edges. TEG. With ribbon. Appears to have been unread. VG to Near Fine. Extremities mostly sharp, slightest touch of edge wear to corners. Spine darkened. Floral gilt bright. Three pages have tiny edge dent. Very collectible condition copy. " View More...
"Poesies et Proses Paul Verlaine, 1957. In French. Limited run Book of the Month Club, no 5797 of 6710 printed, rom the Collection Le Rayon des Connaisseurs. With an introduction by Jean Paul Clebert. Numerous hand drawn illustrations, photographs of the French poet and his environment. Wonderful collection of the great Parisian poet of absinthe and decadence in all his ephemeral glory. VG+ condition. Pink cloth board lightly sunned, bright green cover decoration. Photo endpapers. Tight, clean and bright. 294pp." View More...
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald translations, with a Persian text, a Transliteration and a Close Prose and Verse Translation, by Eben Francis Thompson, 1907, Privately Printed. Limited to 275. Thompson prepared this edition after finishing his own translations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. Privately printed in Worcester Massachusetts. Contains portrait of Fitzgerald. Some unopened pages. Quarter cloth bound. Gilt Persian emboss on cover. Gold printing for some text titles. VG+ copy. Spine paste down faded. Some external scuffing and edge wear, but not excessive. Slip case worn... View More...
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald translations, London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton, No Date (Circa 1924) Likely first or early edition. 12 full color plates by Dulac with printed tissue. Poor to fair condition. Gold emboss decorative cover with elephants. Dark blue cloth boards, joints exposed and weak. Bookplate. Edge worn. Text clean. Value mostly in vividness of color plates. Unpaginated." View More...
