Boston: Anne and David Bromer, 1983. 64mo (i.e., a miniature book approx. 1⅜" x 1"), pp. [20], 46, [2]; text in English and Latin, full crimson morocco, gilt-ruled covers, gilt-paneled spine in 3 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, a.e.g.; fine throughout, with accompanying prospectus (with a portrait of St. John..... More
Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brother (printed for private distribution), 1869. Of this pamphlet only twenty-five copies are printed, all of this size; two of which are on blue paper (this one of 23 on regular paper); slim 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; printed on rectos only; contemporary half blue straight-grain..... More
London: William Pickering, 1828. 16mo, pp. xiv, 319, [5]; 15 engraved illustrations including the frontispiece, vignette title page, and text illustrations; original red morocco over printed paper-covered boards, spine gilt, a.e.g.; minimal wear to binding, overall near fine. Includes works by Coleridge, Lamb, Scott and others. Previously owned by Sarah..... More
V.p., v.d. 1819-1866. 19 volumes in 1, contemporary three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in 5 compartments, marbled endpapers; almost all original front wrappers bound in; ex-Minnesota Historical Society bookplate marked withdrawn; extremities rubbed, else very good. Manuscript table of contents bound in at the front. 1) Norton..... More
Barcelona: en la Estampa de Francisco Vallės, carrer del Pi, n.d., [mid-19th century]. Broadsheet, approx. 12½" x 8½", woodcut at the top, double column text beneath a running head, a vertical woodcut border between them; on the verso is La Canso dels Aucells en la Nit de Nadal, text in..... More
DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University, 1980. 8vo, pp. [24]; portrait of Byron on title page, 7 facsimiles; fine in original printed orange wrappers. Designed and printed by Allan Kornblum at The Toothpaste Press. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded the Toothpaste Press..... More
Mount Vernon: the Peter Pauper Press, [1954]. Second edition, thin 8vo, pp. 85, [5]; woodcut vignettes, about fine in original light blue and yellow decorated boards, publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. More
1967-2025. 156 titles, one title in English, the rest in Russian, Ukrainian, and the occasional dialect, largely in printed paper wrappers, and many with inscriptions or notes and letters from the authors to the Russian-American linguist, etymologist, and poet Anatoly Liberman. One title with a split hinge, the rest fine..... More
Maestricht: Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1775. 8vo, pp. [4], vii, [1], 170, [2]; later quarter brown calf over marbled boards, green morocco label on spine; spine rubbed, else very good. Twenty-four poetic tales of love, followed by a dozen miscellaneous verses. Not in NUC. 8 in OCLC, Princeton and..... More
London: published by W. Perks, 21, St. Martin’s Lane, n.d., [ca. 1807]. Only edition? 12mo, pp. 24; hand-colored frontispiece; original blue printed paper wrappers; light soiling to wrappers, edges curled, spine split at ends, unopened; very good. Printed by Geroge Smeeton at 139 St. Martin's Lane. Thirteen records in OCLC..... More
In Lugano: con permesso, n.d., [ca. 1765?]. 8vo, pp. 52; original stiff cream paper wrappers; mild dampstaining on the back wrapper, else very good, sound, and clean. Ownership inscription of Enriro Soreati (?) dated 1766 on title page. At the end of the text: "Sta sotto il Torchio la seconda..... More
Iowa City, Iowa: December fifteenth, 1961. Bifoliate dinner invitation printed in red and black; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Includes a list of the dinner guests and a poem by Paul Engle, "Baldwin Maxwell Beguiled." Set up and printed by Harry Duncan at the Typographic Laboratory. More
Philadelphia: J. Hamilton, 1867. Second series, 12mo, pp. 208; original rust cloth gilt; lacking 1 prelim leave, else very good. More
[Salem]: January 1, 1869. 8vo, (16.5 x 11.5 cm), pp. [1], 1-7; unbound; small tear in the top corner of the title page; very good. Verse on local Essex County topics mixed with national and presidential matters. Brown and Salem State only in OCLC, the former in a smaller format..... More
London: printed for J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill. [Marchant, printer, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, London], 1819. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 10; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; near fine. The nursery rhyme treatment of the “Sinking Fund,” and the national debt, inspired by Hone's popular satirical tract on cersorship and repression, The Political..... More
Des Moines: Maizeland Press, 1928. Edition limited to 175 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 68, [2]; title printed in red and black, near fine copy in original green paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. Among the contributors: James Norman Hall and Jay G. Sigmund. This is the first book published by..... More
Cummington, Massachusetts: Cummington Press, 1940-41. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [22]; [20]; woodcuts by Zola Marcus and Frederick Marantz; about fine in original pictorial wrappers. Ownership stamp of Will Ransom inside the back cover of each volume noting these were purchased directly from the press in November 1941 for 75 cents..... More
Philadelphia: printed for private circulation only, 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. [vi], 141; covers soiled, extremities rubbed, lower joint cracked, spine ends chipped to level of pages; good or better in printed pink boards. Presentation copy from author to Minnesota Historical Society. Lyrics translated into English; no texts in German..... More
Providence: printed and sold by J. S. Hayward, six rods east of the Market, n.d., [ca. 1830]. Broadside (approx. 11½" x 9"), text in double column beneath the title and a wood engraving of the said Harry at a writing desk; large loss in the upper right corner barely touching..... More
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London: H. Such, printer & publisher, n.d. Broadside, approx. (9½" x 7½"), text in double column with the 2 poems side by side, with a metalcut border between the two, and each beneath a small woodcut vignette; fine. The number '3' at the bottom of the left column. Of the..... More
Iowa City, Iowa: Green River Press, 1976. Edition limited to 10 copies (this, no. 4); square 8vo, pp. [16]; 6 wood engravings; very good in original black cloth. From the library of Kim Merker. In this copy there are at least 8 corrections in ink to typographical errors in the..... More
N.p. 1823. Broadside approx. 9" x 7", seven numbered stanzas in double column beneath a running head; typographical border; previous folds and several short splits; good. Ownership signature at the bottom, "L. Kinsman." Not in American Imprints but 4 in OCLC. More
Montreal: Privately printed, December, 1923. Slim 12mo, pp. 14; Ltd. to 350 copies printed for Charles Corbett Ronalds by The Ronalds Company Limited, woodcut frontispiece, initials rubricated; previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper with some offset, a near fine copy in beautiful decorative floral paper covered boards, with black..... More
[West Chester, Pennsylvania]: Green Library Press, West Chester University, 1992. Edition limited to 170 copies, 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in red and black; original mauve wrappers; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. "IX poems is the second anthology designed, printed and produced by the graduate class..... More
[Iowa City: printed by George Mattingly, 1971]. Letterpress broadside (approx. 19" x 12½") announcing a poetry reading by Clare, Notley, Hollo, and Berrigan, February 4, 1971. (This copy, ex-Allan Kornblum, and pictured on color plate between pp. 222-223 in The Ultimate Actualist Convention, Sklar, Kornblum, & Morice, eds., N.Y., 2017)..... More
