1915. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915. 16mo, (8) pp. unpaginated, gray paper wrappers, upper cover printed in blue, very slightly toned. Small dealer pencil note to top margin of title page and lower margin of final page, otherwise clean and near fine. § First separate edition, published five months..... More
1996. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1996. 8vo, xi, 292 pp. Original quarter white cloth and boards, dust-jacket, as new. § First edition, signed and inscribed "to Tom and Ellen" by the author, dated 12 June '96. Nikki Giovanni is an educator, an activist, and the author of numerous..... More
1987. Oakland, California: Amphibian Press, 1987. Tall 8vo, (24) pp., printed rectos only. Red printed wraps, staining to the outer edge and margin, faintly visible on the outer wraps, more apparent on the interior flaps and first and final pages. § First (only) edition. Number 49 in an unsigned edition..... More
1929. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 8vo, 129 pp. Black cloth spine and grey paper covered boards lettered in gilt. Very good copy, a little shaken, some toning to the endpapers; unclipped dustjacket a little toned with chips to lower edge and small hole in spine panel. § First trade..... More
1914. London: John Lane, 1914. Folio, 112 pp. Quarter vellum, with gilt decoration and lettering, grey paper boards somewhat stained and worn, endpapers toned, contents very good. Bookplate of Cecil E. Byas; gift inscription on the half title. § No. 13 of 320 copies. An extremely handsome production recording the..... More
1953. Paris: Les Hautes Êtudes, 1953. 4to, xiii, [3], 517, [3]pp. Original cream wrappers printed in red and black, in the original glassine; light foxing to the untrimmed edges of the text block, rear panel of glassine toned, otherwise a fine unopened copy. § Only edition of Legman's meticulous collection..... More
1953. Paris: Les Hautes Êtudes, 1953. 4to, xiii, [3], 517, [3]pp. Original cream wrappers printed in red and black, in the original glassine; light foxing to the untrimmed edges of the text block, rear panel of glassine toned, otherwise a fine unopened copy. § Only edition of Legman's meticulous collection..... More
1904. London: Methuen, 1904. Sm. slim 8vo, (8), 1-95, [96]pp. Original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, very good. § First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Binyon to his mother: "M.B. with love from Laurence Octr. 1903". Loosely inserted are two manuscript leaves, being the dedication poem "To..... More
1889. London: The Fortnightly Review, January 1889. 8vo, pp. 41-54. The text is bound in marbled paper which is housed in an elaborate hand-painted vellum sleeve. The upper board is ruled in gilt with the title calligraphed in blue, black and red. Beneath the title there is a floral design..... More
1881. New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1881. 8vo, [1-7] 8-196 pp. Portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature, and 5 separate plates after C.J. Staniland engraved by Peterson. Text ruled in red. Embossed brown and black cloth with gilt decoration to upper cover and backstrip, all edges gilt, all gilt exceptionally bright and..... More
1888. Camden, New Jersey: Walt Whitman, 1888. 4to, [2], 382, 374, 140, 2pp., plus four plates of illustrations, including frontis. Original 3/4 green cloth and marbled boards, paper label, top edge gilt. Label worn, wear to backstrip and edges, inner hinges repaired with narrow reinforcement to gutters of first few..... More
1969. London: Fulcrum Press, 1969. 8vo, unpaginated. Publisher's beige cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket. Fine copy. § Signed limited edition, one of 150 copies signed by David Jones. "Walter David Jones CH, CBE (1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was a British painter and modernist poet. As a painter..... More
1891. London: Ellis and Elvey, 1891. 8vo, xxxi, 380, (1, ad.)pp. Frontispiece portrait of DGR from a photograph in Cheyne Walk. Full crushed blue morocco extra, backstrip richly gilt, raised bands, gilt top; backstrip aged to butterscotch brown. A lovely binding by C & C McLeish signed in the back..... More
