New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (2015). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, small quarto size, 551 pp. Yehuda Amichai (born Ludwig Pfeuffer, 1924-2000) is considered by many today to be one of Israel's greatest poets. Written in Hebrew, his poems have been translated into forty languages (n.b., per the..... More
![Item #20091201 La Maison Qui Pleure ["The House that Weeps"]. Adrien-Pierre Bagarry, C....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20091201_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619561168)
Paris: Société du Livre d'Art, 1923. Jacquemot, Charles. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. XI of XXV copies on Japon imperial (Japan vellum), octavo size, 112 pp., with an extra suite of plates, all illustrations signed in pencil by the artist. Adrien Pierre Bagarry was a French Impressionist and Modern artist (1898-1949);..... More
Buenos Aires: (Colombo), 1953 / 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 45 of 48 copies on Fabriano, quarto size, [12] pp. A lovely small book of poetry (in Spanish), with woodcut illustrations in purple and green. Offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps, with original glassine jacket. ___DESCRIPTION: Heavy..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Hardcover. Large octavo size, in original slipcase, in shrink-wrap. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was the recipient of numerous awards (Pulitzer Prize in 1956, National Book Award in 1970, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976, and the Congressional Poet Laureate from 1949 to..... More
Santa Rosa: Nawakum Press, 2010. Cranmer, Keith. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 20 deluxe copies, quarto size, [32] pp., signed by Robert Bly, with extra print signed by Cranmer, in a clamshell box. An early publication by the Nawakum Press run by the inimitable David Pascoe, whose name has become..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2008). Van Stone, Mark. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 6 of 65 copies, folio size, [32] pp., signed by both authors, with prospectus. A collection of twenty prose poems written by two prominent poets of New Mexico. John Brandi..... More
Camden, ME: Two Ponds Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies for sale, slim folio, [30] pp., signed by both Robert Bringhurst and Joseph Goldyne. The poetry of Robert Bringhurst, OC (b. 1946) "draws on his experiences with Native American myths and storytelling, as well as his training..... More
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1964. Van Aver, Philip. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form, one of 205 copies, quarto size, 22pp., signed by Brother Antoninus, with prospectus. A heart-wrenchingly beautiful paean by one famous poet, Brother Antoninus (William Everson, 1912-1994), to another, John Robinson Jeffers..... More
Bolinas, California: [No publisher stated] Printed by Mallette Dean, 1957. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 150 copies, unnumbered, octavo size, unpaginated [126 pp.]. A deceptively simple book of poetry by three SF Bay Area poets and showing a decided beat-era influence (Ginsberg's "Howl" having been published just two years prior)..... More
Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Hardcover. 4 volumes (complete), octavo size, 1775 total pp. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world, Robert Burns (1759-1796) is widely regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement; his poetry is known for using the Scots..... More
Los Angeles [Lunenburg, Vermont]: The Symposium Press [printed at The Stinehour Press], 1979. Limited Edition. Wraps. Letter I of those lettered A to AA, of a total edition of 300 copies, quarto size, 27 pp., signed by Turner Cassity and Charles Gullans. American playwright and poet Allen Turner Cassity (1929-2009)..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1947. Hardcover. Octavo size, 346 pp. Per Wikipedia, "Christopher Caudwell was the pseudonym of Christopher St John Sprigg (20 October 1907 – 13 February 1937), a British Marxist writer, literary critic, intellectual and activist..published The Crisis of Physics in 1936... According to Marxist historian Helena Sheehan..... More
[Verona]: A New Directions Book [Printed by the Officina Bodoni], (1966). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 108 pp., signed by Ezra Pound, no. 78 of 200 copies. Guido Cavalcanti (ca. 1255 - 1300) is regarded as the first major poet of Italian literatue and was the best friend of Dante..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by Michael & Winifred Bixler], 1981. Benson, Richard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, folio size, 97 pp., signed by Richard Benson, with LEC announcement and slipcase. Hart Crane (1899-1932) tragically died by committing suicide at the age of 32. Today, Crane..... More
Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 1998. Saltzwedel, Caroline. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. First edition in book form, number 10 of 25 copies, elephant folio size, [56] pp., signed by Robert Crawford and Caroline Saltzwedel. The first artists' book published by Hirundo Press. The text of "Impossibility" was first..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, [1985]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize with the..... More
![Item #CNJL1112 Les Quatre Saisons [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]. Charles Cros, Judith...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1112_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1515017921)
Octon, France: Verdigris Press, 2003. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Number 8 of 35, quarto size, [22] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild, text in French. Charles Cros (1842-1888) was a French poet and scientific inventor. His proposals and theories about color photography and the phonograph were published almost simultaneously..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 1970. Cunningham, Carol. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 43 of 50 copies, twenty-fourmo size, eighteen unnumbered leaves. Carol Cunningham (1925-2013), under the imprint of the Sunflower Press, was known for her significant contributions to modern book arts; she is best known for her miniature books and..... More
BS. [Buenos Aires] - Argentina: (Colombo), 1954. Veroni, Raul. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 40 of 60 copies, quarto size, [32] pp. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (1863-1938) was an Italian writer, a proto-futurist obsessed with sex, whom some people believe invented fascism. This poem was written in..... More
[San Francisco]: The Arion Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Folio sheet, folded. One of 100 copies, quarto size, [4] pp. A lovely bit of early ephemera from The Arion Press, being a poem in Italian by Franceso De Martini, and a poem in English by Andrew Hoyem. Both poems are on..... More
Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, (2002). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 136 copies, quarto size, 24 unnumbered pp. Anthony Deaton works for the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer and has served in Italy, Syria, and Namibia; this volume is his first book of poetry, a beautiful..... More
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. First separate printing of "Poems" only, sixteenmo size, 142 pp. The writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. However, in various forms and on rare occasions..... More
![Item #CNAP081b Sampler [with extra print]. Emily Dickinson, Kiki Smith, Artist](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNAP081b_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716936184)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2007. Smith, Kiki. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 11 by 7 inches, 220 pages. The type is Walbaum, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, and in hand composition with type cast at the Bixler Foundry. The artist scratched the images onto negatives that were directly..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895. Thomson, Hugh. Hardcover. Small octavo size, 120 pp. A lovely collection of poems by Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921), which speak of a simpler time. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920); Irish by birth, he lived most of his life in England..... More
London: Howe & Co. / Saxon & Co., [1890]. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 95 pp. English humourist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet and novelist Edward Verrall Lucas' (1868-1938) first book; a collection of tongue-in-cheek verses, with numerous literary references. Much to Lucas' dismay, the publishers inserted a preface without his permission..... More