1916. THE BOOK OF PRINCETON VERSE. 1916. Princeton, 1916. xviii, [2], 187 p. Cloth. A fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket with a small piece out of the rear panel. First edition, and the first book appearances by several authors including John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson. Edited..... Item #8125
1797. A COLLECTION OF POEMS on Religious and Moral Subjects. Extracted from the Most Celebrated Authors. Elizabeth Town: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for Cornelius Davis, New York, 1797. [4], [3]-124 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Short crack at bottom of upper hinge, occasional minor stains, but a very good copy. Includes..... Item #2975
1763. A COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes. London: For R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. 6 vols. 2 engraved plates, engraved title vignettes and headpieces. Half titles present. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, red and black spine labels. Bindings moderately rubbed at extremities, a few hinges cracking but secure. A...... Item #11909
(CIVIL WAR FICTION). Home on a Furlough, a Sketch from Real Life. Philadelphia: Bradley & Co.; Rochester, N. Y.: R. H. Curran. [c1864] 15, [1] p. Terra-cotta wrappers. Stained throughout, but respectable. Advertising a Civil War steel engraving, "Home on a Furlough," published by Bradley & Co. of Philadelphia. The..... Item #15447
1936. ANDERSON, MAXWELL. The Wingless Victory. A Play in Three Acts. Washington, D.C.: Anderson House, 1936. [6], 133 p. Cloth. Dust jacket. A hint of fading to the extremities of the cloth, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate. First edition. Item #13667
1816. ANDREWS, EDWARD W. An Address before the Washington Benevolent Society, in Newburyport, on the 22d. of Feb. 1816. Newburyport, 1816. 15 p. Stitched. A bit dust-soiled, lower blank part of final leaf clipped off. First edition. Original verse eulogizing Washington. Wegelin 849; S&S 36745. Item #2757
1685. ARWAKER, EDMUND. The Vision: A Pindaric Ode: Occasion'd by the Death of ... King Charles II. London: By J. Playford, for Henry Playford, 1685. Folio. [2], 6 p. Title within mourning rules. Modern leatherette. Second edition, first printed earlier the same year. Wing A3914. Item #12902
1956. AUDEN, W. H. The Old Man's Road. New York: Voyages Press, 1956. [23] p. Stiff wrappers. Dust jacket. A fine copy in an almost fine dust jacket that is browning just a bit near the spine. One of 700 copies of the unsigned edition. Bloomfield & Mendelson A36b. Item #13120
1896. BARHAM, RICHARD H. The Garrick Club. Notices of One Hundred and Thirty-Five of its Former Members. [N.p.], 1896. viii, 57, [1] p. Facsim. White cloth (spotted, spine darkened). Title darkened from tissue guard. One of 240 copies, privately printed. Barham's candid comments--often charming, just as often caustic--about his fellow..... Item #6425
1889. BARRIE, J. M. ... An Edinburgh Eleven. Pencil Portraits from College Life. London: Office of the "British Weekly," 1889. 115 p. + [4] p. advts. Gray cloth. Cloth lightly soiled overall, but a very good copy. First edition, the clothbound issue, with "Gavin Ogilvy" on the front cover. Item #13125
1891. BARRIE, JAMES M. The Little Minister. London, 1891. 3 vols. Cloth. Covers rather considerably worn, each front board soiled, otherwise a good tight set. First edition in book form. With [16] pages of ads dated "5 G. 9.91." Item #6557
1988. Brocquy, Louis le. BECKETT, SAMUEL. Stirrings Still. New York and London: Blue Moon Books and John Calder, [1988]. Folio. Illustrations by Louis le Brocquy including one original duotone lithograph. Linen-covered boards, vellum spine. As new, in the publisher's slipcase. One of 200 numbered copies (of a total edition of..... Item #14004
1922. Beerbohm, Max. BEERBOHM, MAX. Rossetti and his Circle. London, 1922. 4to. 23 color plates of Beerbohm caricatures tipped to mounts, with text facing. Cloth. A very fine copy, bright and fresh. First trade edition. Gallatin & Oliver 18. Item #8252
1956. Shahn, Ben. BERRYMAN, JOHN. Homage to Mistress Bradstreet. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, [1956]. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Pictorial boards. A fine copy in a slightly soiled dust jacket with a moderately faded spine. First edition. Poetic homage to the colonial American poet Anne Bradstreet, with illustrations..... Item #13119
1970. BLAKE, WILLIAM. All Religions are One. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 10 facsimile leaves plus a five-page essay by Geoffrey Keynes. Morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Green spine sunned to brown, else fine in the publisher's slipcase. One of 600 numbered copies out of a total edition of 662 copies. Bentley..... Item #14053
1768. BOSWELL, JAMES. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, London, 1768. xxi, [3], 382 p. plus final blank 2A8. Leaves E2 and Z3 cancellanda, as usual. Large folding map..... Item #14539
1876. BROWNING, ROBERT. Pacchiarotto and How he Worked in Distemper: With other Poems. London, 1876. viii, 241, [3] p. Cloth. Spine slightly darkened, spine ends a bitrubbed, else a very nice copy. First edition. Wise 19. Item #7663
BROWNING, ROBERT. Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society. London, 1871. [4], 148 p. Cloth. Spine a trifle darkened and worn through at the extremities, endpapers a bit foxed, else a very good, tight copy. First edition. Wise 14. Item #7664
1946. BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE. Escape on Venus. Tarzana, Calif.: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., [1946]. 347 p. Plates. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine, fresh dust jacket. First edition. A beautiful copy. Item #14028
1684. BUTLER, SAMUEL. Hudibras . . . Written in the Time of the Late Wars. London: By T. N. for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by T. Basset, 1684. [2], 221, [3], 223-412, [2], 254 p. Later straight-grain crimson morocco, all edges gilt, by Lloyd. Modern bookplate of..... Item #14292
1663. [BUTLER, SAMUEL]. Hudibras. The First Part. London: By J. G. for Richard Marriot, 1663. 12mo. [4], 128 p. [Bound with:] Hudibras. The Second Part. London: By T. R. for John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664. 8vo. [4], 125 p., lacking preliminary and terminal blanks. Straight-grain black morocco, richly gilt..... Item #14290
1663. BUTLER, SAMUEL. Hudibras. The First Part. London: By J. G. for Richard Marriot, 1663. [4], 268 p. [with:] Hudibras. The Second Part. London: By T. R. for John Martyn, and James Allestry, 1664. [2], 216 p., lacking imprimatur leaf. [With:] Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. London: For Simon..... Item #14291
1814. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord. Lara, a Tale. Jacqueline, a Tale. London, 1814. [8], 128, [4] p. Original blue-gray paper-backed boards, untrimmed. Top third of spine covering, including label, missing, else very attractive. Bookplate. Neat folding box, leather label. First edition. Wise p. 101. Item #10095
1933. CABELL, JAMES BRANCH. Special Delivery. New York, 1933. [12], 272 p. Boards. Spine just a trifle darkened, else a fine copy in a fine publisher's slipcase. One of 207 numbered copies, signed by Cabell. Book and box in unusually fine condition. Item #5152
1935. CALDWELL, ERSKINE. Journeyman. New York, 1935. [8], 195 p. Cloth. In fine, fresh condition, in the original publisher's box (slightly worn, one partial split). One of 1475 numbered copies (not signed by Caldwell). Item #5141