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SIR JOHN BETJEMAN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS BY AND ABOUT HIM. With an essay by Ralph J. Mills, Jr

By: (Betjeman, John). Stapleton, Margaret L

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1974.: 1974.

Seller ID: 6584

Condition: Fine

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1974.. 1974.. Fine. - (The Scarecrow Bibliographies, No. 21). Octavo, green cloth titled in white. v & 143 pp. Fine.

First edition. First Edition.
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LABIRINTI

By: (Beuys, Joseph; Fernandez, Dominique; Consolo, Vincenzo; Di Stefano, Eva; Damiani, Damiano; et al). Associazione Orestiadi di Gibellina

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Gibellina [Italy]: Edizioni Orestiadi di Gibellina, (1989).: (1989).

Seller ID: 24316

Condition: Very good

Gibellina [Italy]: Edizioni Orestiadi di Gibellina, (1989).. (1989).. Very good. - Small folio [13 inches high by 9-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in purple pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with creasing to the bottom corners of the wraps. 105 & [2] pages plus ads. 34 pages of illustrations in color and black & white with additional black-and-white illustrations in the text section. The bottom page corners are bumped. Very good.

"Labirinti: Cultura del Territorio Rivista Trimestrale Anno II numero 3" (Cover title).

Among the contents of this Sicilian quarterly ...
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THE DAY OF THE DOG.

By: (Birdsall, Timothy). Frayn, Michael.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.: 1963.

Seller ID: 36560

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, red cloth backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. There are a few tiny marks to the rear cover. There is some minor soiling to the rear panel of the dust jacket. 190 pages. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white drawings by Timothy Birdsall. Very good. First American edition of the author's first book. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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TEMENOS 4: A Review Devoted to the Arts of the Imagination. (Cover title)

By: (Blacker, Thetis). Berry, Wendell; Duncan, Robert; Blackburn, Thomas; Milosz, Czeslaw; et al. Raine, Kathleen; et al; editors.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (London: Temenos London), (1983).: (1983).

Seller ID: 95444

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored wraps with a decorative device in red on the front cover. The spine is darkened. 216 pages with an errata slip & a note on Thetis Blacker's paintings laid in. Black-and-white illustrations and 6 full-page color reproductions of Thetis Blacker's bird paintings "Search for the Simurgh". Very good. In her editorial Kathleen Raine points out that this issue includes several contributions from, or influenced by, the Sufi tradition, such as Thetis Blackers "dyed paintings", Robert Duncan's translations of Sufi poems and Sohravardi's "Epi...
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VOICES FOR CATHERINE BLAKE: A Gathering.

By: (Blake, William). Lachman, Barbara.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Schola Antiqua Press, 2000.: 2000.

Seller ID: 36081

Condition: Very good

iNSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BARBARA LACHMAN - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. There is some very minor soiling & foxing to the binding & the corners of the covers are slightly creased. 132 pages, including a colophon. Illustrated in black & white with reproductions of artworks by William Blake. Near fine.

Limited edition of 400 copies.

Inscribed by Barbara Lachman in the year of publication, signed in full and dated "November 2000".

The book is a selection of writings by Catherine Blake [1761-1831], who married William Blake i...
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KAYAK 45. (Cover title)

By: (Bly, Robert; Szerlip, Barbara; O Hehir, Diana; et al). (Hitchcock, George; editor; Simon, Marjorie; associate editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Santa Cruz, CA: Kayak, 1977).: 1977).

Seller ID: 20291

Condition: Good

(Santa Cruz, CA: Kayak, 1977).. 1977).. Good. - Small quarto [8-5/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial gray & grayish blue wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped & foxed. There is a stain to the rear wrap & its edges are darkened. The front wrap is darkened along the spine & its bottom corner is lightly creased. 60 pages. Illustrated in black & white & grayish blue by Philip Kuznicki and John Digby. There is a stain to the inside rear wrap with progressively lighter & smaller stains to the preceding 12 pages. Good.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF GEORGE HENRY BORROW

By: (Borrow, George Henry). Wise, Thomas J

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1966.: 1966.

Seller ID: 6604

Condition: Fine

London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1966.. 1966.. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth, in tan dw. The dw is rubbed & soiled. xxii & 316 pp. Illustrated. Near fine in a very good dw.

Reprint of the edition published in 100 copies for private circulation only by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., London, 1914. Dust jacket present.
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GNOSIS (VI). Stanley Nelson, Editor

By: (Bowering, George; Lev, Donald; et al)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, NY: Gnosis, 1971.: 1971.

Seller ID: 12157

Condition: Very good

Brooklyn, NY: Gnosis, 1971.. 1971.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed black-and-white wraps. The rear wrap is lightly soiled & slightly darkened along the spine. [30] pages, including inside wraps, with an errata slip laid in. Very good.

A magazine of poetry and prose.
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CATASTROLOGY: The Complete Guide to Feline Horoscopes. A Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo Book

By: (Bowser, Ken). Zullo, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Orlando, FL: Tribune Publishing, 1993.: 1993.

Seller ID: 3185

ISBN: 0941263851

Condition: Fine

Orlando, FL: Tribune Publishing, 1993.. 1993.. Fine. - Quarto, teal cloth, in a pictorial dust wrapper. 80 & [4] pages. Profuse color illustrations by Ken Bowser. Near fine.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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KARIN BOYE. [Swedish edition]

By: (Boye, Karin). Abenius, Margit

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Stockholm: Bokforlaget Aldus/Bonniers, (1965).: (1965).

Seller ID: 28694

Condition: Good

Stockholm: Bokforlaget Aldus/Bonniers, (1965).. (1965).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with the spine & extremities darkened & with the head of the spine lightly chipped. The rear cover is creased. 368 plus 7-page publisher's catalog. The bottom corners of the first 30 pages are lightly bumped, else the contents are very good.

Karin Boye [1900-1941] was a Swedish poet and novelist best known for her poems and her novel "Kallocain" inspired by her visit to the Soviet Union in 1928 and her visit to Germany during the rise of the ...
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YOUNG LIVES

By: (Bradley, Will). Le Gallienne, Richard

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899.: 1899.

Seller ID: 26126

Condition: Very good

New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899.. 1899.. Very good. - Octavo, decorative green & black cloth binding designed by Will Bradley. The top edge is gilt. The corners of the covers are rubbed and the head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. ix & 386 deckle-edged pages. A contemporary owner's name with the date 1899 is penned on the front endpaper. There is occasional foxing. Very good.

First American edition.

The binding is designed by Will Bradley [Bambace A-45]. First Edition.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRIDGES

By: (Bridges, Robert). McKay, George L

Price: $85.00

Publisher: NY/London: Columbia University Press/Oxford University Press, 1933.: 1933.

Seller ID: 6766

Condition: Fine

NY/London: Columbia University Press/Oxford University Press, 1933.. 1933.. Fine. - Octavo, three-quarters green cloth & marbled boards titled in gilt. xii & 215 pp. With B&W portrait frontispiece. Fine.

Total edition of 500 numbered and 50 unnumbered copies. This copy is probably 1/50 as it is printed "canceled" where the number would have been.
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BROADSIDE AUTHORS AND ARTISTS: An Illustrated Biographical Directory

By: (Broadside Press). Bailey, Leaonead Pack; compiler and editor

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, (1974).: (1974).

Seller ID: 7146

Condition: Fine

Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, (1974).. (1974).. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on spine & in blind on front cover. Lightly rubbed with tiny white mark to rear cover. 125 pp. Illustrated with B&W textual photographic portraits. USPS auction stamp on front pastedown, else near fine.

First edition.

This book provides information on 192 black authors and artists, most of whom were not included in other biographical reference books at the time of publication. First Edition.
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COLONIAL POETS 1609-1760: A Selection from the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays

By: (Brown University Library)

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Providence, RI: Brown University Library, 1947.: 1947.

Seller ID: 23151

Condition: Very good

Providence, RI: Brown University Library, 1947.. 1947.. Very good. - Octavo, brown printed wraps. Slightly creased. 83 catalogued items. Illustrated with B&W facsimiles. Very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS

By: (Browne, Gordon; Hatherwell, W.). Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.: 1893.

Seller ID: 12620

Condition: Very good

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.. 1893.. Very good. - Octavo, decorative gray, tan & black cloth. The binding is bumped & soiled. The spine is darkened with the head & tail lightly chipped & frayed. ix & 220 pages. Illustrated with 26 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard, by Gordon Browne & W. Hatherwell. The contents are very good.

First edition, issued shortly before the English edition.

The book includes "The Beach of Falesa: Being the Narrative of a South-Sea Trader", "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices". First Editi...
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ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

By: (Browning, Elizabeth Barrett). Boas, Louise Schutz

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930.: 1930.

Seller ID: 9859

Condition: Good

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930.. 1930.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped. There are small tears to the cloth at the top corner & bottom inner corner of the front cover & a longer tear to the bottom edge. There are also 2 whitish stains to the cover. The spine & its gilt titling are faded with the head & tail chipped. vii, [i] & 216 pages. The book is lightly cracked at the last page of the text, the title page is foxed & there is occasional light foxing to a few other pages. Illustrated with 8 black-and-white plates, includ...
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ROBERT BROWNING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1830-1950

By: (Browning, Robert). Broughton, Leslie Nathan; Northup, Clark Sutherland; and Pearsall, Robert Brainard

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: Burt Franklin, (1970).: (1970).

Seller ID: 6588

Condition: Fine

NY: Burt Franklin, (1970).. (1970).. Fine. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. xvi & 446 pp. Near fine.

Reprint of the 1953 edition.
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BROWNING: BACKGROUND AND CONFLICT / with a Prefatory Word by William Lyon Phelps

By: (Browning, Robert). Duckworth, F. R. G

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1932).: (1932).

Seller ID: 16061

Condition: Good

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1932).. (1932).. Good. - Octavo, woven red & black cloth. The binding is bumped with a few small stains to the spine. The edges of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are chipped. Half-title, title & 219 pages. The pastedowns & endpapers are a bit darkened with 2 tape stains to the front pastedown & some light foxing to the rear endpaper. Good.

First American edition. First Edition.
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A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF ROBERT BROWNING

By: (Browning, Robert). Wise, Thomas J

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Folkestone and London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971.: 1971.

Seller ID: 6587

Condition: Fine

Folkestone and London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971.. 1971.. Fine. - Octavo, black cloth titled in silver, in tan dw. Tail of spine bumped & soiled. Illustrated with 9 plates. Near fine.

Reprinted from the edition of 50 copies published for private subscribers, London, 1897. Dust jacket present.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BROWNING FROM 1833 TO 1881

By: (Browning,Robert). Furnivall, Frederick J

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY: Burt Franklin, (1968).: (1968).

Seller ID: 32718

Condition: Very good

NY: Burt Franklin, (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - (Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #212). Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt. 170 pp. Near fine.

Reprint of the third edition published in London 1881.
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Category: Literature