Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Quarter black cloth, grey cloth boards. xiv, 273 pp. [12] pp. B&W plates of photos. Fine overall. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Quarter black cloth, grey cloth boards. xiv, 273 pp. [12] pp. B&W plates of photos. Fine overall. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. grey cloth, viii, 68pp. Light soiling to endpapers, cloth somewhat faded with light wear to spine and edges o/w a very good copy in a good d/w, jacket somewhat soiled and clipped with chips to spine and edges. Edward..... More
Halifax, N.S. Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover, 181 p.p. Light wear and chafing to joints, spine ends and corners. Scuff to head of front cover and stain to rear. Sunning to spine. Text is clean. Numerous illustrations in B&W and colour throughout. Marsden..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. Soft cover. 6" x 7" Second printing. Folding pamphlet. Some toning and creasing. Original price at rear crossed out with black permanent marker. Long tears (2" each) to two of the folds. There are not one thousand words here. The author has left room..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full grey paper boards. 99 pp. Some discolouration to extremities of dust jacket, else fine. More
Columbia, Missouri: E.W. Stephens Publishing Co., 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorative green cloth, 51pp. A faint dampstain to foot of title-page, front endpapers a bit soiled and some light foxing on fore-edge; some wear and soiling on cloth and extremities but in fact very good. More
Toronto: Weed/Flower Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4.5" x 9" Ltd. first SIGNED numbered edition, #6/40. Orange paper wrappers, staple bound. Unpaged, [~10 pp.]. Light bumping to edges, else fine. More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1971. Kimber, William. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Dark green paper boards. 54 pp. B&W illustration in text. Dust jacket lightly adhered to boards from moisture, boards bruised to extremities. Dust jacket is age toned, chipped and worn to spine ends..... More
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company. Soft cover. 64mo. [N.d., Full limp reverse calf, gilt titling and rose vignette to front cover, unlettered spine. Unpaginated, approx [32] pp. Rubbing and slight curling to covers. Some dark staining to interior at foot. One short tear to foot of p. 11. A...... More
Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Blue paper boards. 102 pp. Dust jacket is lightly sunned to spine, a few light spots of soiling. Else fine. "Imagine the infant Christopher Columbus vaulting out of his cradle, striking his head..... More
Toronto: William Briggs, 1914. Alfred M. Wickson. Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. green cloth, 167pp. Illustrated with four plates. Spine bumped with wear to corners and edges o/w near fine in d/w. Large chips to jacket with loss to spine ends and covers (affecting lettering). "'Tis the voice that haunts..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Pogany, Willy. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [n.d.] Original tan stamped cloth. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations. Printed in black and green. Ffep is cropped to upper corner. Bookseller label of Foyles, London to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. Katchadourian, Sarkis. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth, gold vignette to front board. 132 pp. [6] colour plates, incl. frontis. B&W illustrations in text. Light bruising to corners. Dust jacket price clipped, sunned at spine, age toned at edges, small spot of wear to rear..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Garden City Publishing Co., 1937. Dulac, Edmund. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with green, red, and gold decoration to spine and front board. Patterned endpapers. Top edge red. xxxviii, 197 pp. [6] colour plates. Spine rubbed. Bruise to spine head. Ink gift inscription to ffep. In custom burgundy..... More
New York: Weathervane Books, 1985. Dulac, Edmund. Hardcover. 8vp. Classic Collector's Series. Full burgundy cloth, gold decoration to front board. Unpaginated, approx [58] leaves. Printed only to recto. [10] plates with twenty colour illustrations. Some bumping to extremities of dust jacket, rubbing to rear, else a fine copy. More
London and Glasgow: Collins. Anderson, Marjorie. Hardcover. 18mo. [n.d., ca. 1950s?] Maroon pebbled cloth. T.E.R. 127 pp. B&W illustrations in text. A few spots of light rubbing to edges, stain to upper corner of front cover. More
London: The Musson Book Company. McManus, Blanche. Hardcover. [n.d.] Full red cloth, gilt decoration. T.E.G. 25 pp., [12] B&W plate illustrations. Light rubbing to corners. Crack to inner hinge at half-title. Bookseller label to rear pastedown. Stain to illustration for Quatrain XLVII. Chips to foot of first illustration and p...... More
Boston: The Page Company Publishers, 1919. McManus, Blanche. Hardcover. 12mo. Reprint. Fifth impression. Orig. aqua cloth. 159 pp., [12] plate illustrations. Discolouration to spine, sunning to joints and top edges of boards. Some light foxing to cloth. Rubbing to spine ends. Interior clean. More
London: T.N. Foulis, 1917. Brangwyn, Frank. Hardcover. 16mo. Tan paper boards, gilt title to spine, black decoration to front board. Pictorial endpapers. 61 pp. Illustrations lacking. Spine rubbed and tilted. Light edge wear. Roughly cut edges. Cracking to inner hinge at first quatrain. Foxing to interior. More
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son. Hardcover. 1.25" x 2" [N.d., ca. 1904 per World Cat]. Navy cloth, elaborate gilt decoration to front board. A.E.G. v, 59 ff. Full page spreads. Recently professionally rebound in cloth with original gilt decorated cloth laid down to front board. Glued binding. Rubbing to original..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press. Jeff Hill. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. (60)pp. Illustrated. Light rubbing to extremities otherwise very good in matching d/w, a small chip to top-edge of jacket but still very good. More
London: George G. Harrap, 1930. Pogany, Willy. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. orange publisher's cloth, gilt title, author letting and symmetrical gilt scroll designs to the spine, gitl lettering and gilt and black block to upper front board. 173 pp. [12] exquisite mounted colour plates, 44 black and gold block illustrations +..... More
New York & Boston: Books, Inc. Hardcover. 8vo. Art-Type Edition. Black cloth, 255pp. Some underlined passages in pencil, cloth a bit worn, o/w very good in chipped d/w, with some loss to upper jacket spine and corners. This edition of the Rubaiyat includes variants in the five original printings. "A..... More