[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 2000. Bruskin, Grisha. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 143 of 300 copies, elephant folio size, [62] pp., signed by Sir John Tavener and Grisha Bruskin, with LEC Newsletter and CD. Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (1889-1996), known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was one of the... More about Requiem
San Francisco: (The Grabhorn Press), 1927. Limited Edition. Self wrappers. One of fifty special copies, duodecimo size, [62] pp. Flora Arnstein (1885-1990) was the daughter of a distinguished pioneer family; from an early age she was drawn to the arts and rebelled against the traditional values and obsession with wealth... More about A Legacy of Hours
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2001. Hicks-Jenkins, Clive. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 34 of 300 copies, oblong quarto, [48] pp., signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Richard Barnfield (1574-1620) was an English poet, probably best known for his association with William Shakespeare. These twenty sonnets were published in 1595, a year later... More about Sonnets
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[Paris]: Editions de la Maison Francaise, [1947]. Dignimont, Andre. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of an unspecified number reserved for "des amis du florilege", inscribed by Andre Dignimont, quarto size, 229 pp., in French, unbound sheets. With original artwork on front blank signed by Dignimont and inscribed to "a moi bien... More about Les Fleurs du Mal [ASSOCIATION COPY - inscribed by artist to Dr. Jean Rousset
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[Octon, France]: Verdigris, 2007. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Accordion. Number 2 of 33 copies, forty-eightmo size, [9] pp., signed by printer Mark Lintott and Judith Rothchild, text in French. This poem by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was intended as an epigraph for the second edition of "Le Fleurs du mal" [The... More about Epigraphe pour un Livre Condamne [Epigraph for a Condemned Book
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Octon, France: Verdigris, 2000. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Number 4 of 10 de luxe copies (total edition 50), quarto size, [16] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild with an additional print also signed, in French. A single poem, "L'Invitation au Voyage" is from the collection Les Fleurs... More about L'Invitation au Voyage [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]; Petit Poeme en Prose
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 about Dialogo Intimo; "La Caballera" Coleccion de poesia, Volumen VI
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (ca. 1918). Day, Maurice E.; Hapgood, T. B. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., with original glassine wrapper and publisher's box. Ralph Bergengren (1871-1947) was an American humourist and children's poet, who wrote charming poems for children with light-hearted rhyme and metre; this book... More about Jane, Joseph & John; Their Book of Verses
Hertfordshire, England: [The Taurus Press]. Piech, Paul Peter. Limited Edition. Stapled (Wraps). No. 23 of 200, octavo size, 11 unnumbered pages. Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996) was an American artist and printer who produced captivating prints on a myriad of social, political, and literary themes; this book takes the text of... More about London
London: Designed and printed by Linda Anne Landers at Spoon Print Press, 1998. Landers, Linda Anne. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Number 77 of 100 copies, duodecimo size, [12] unnumbered pp., signed by Linda Anne Landers. A lovely hand-printed edition of William Blake's "The Lamb," first published in "Songs of Innocence" in... More about The Lamb
[Westminster]: [The Beaumont Press], [1925]. Schwabe, Randolph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 55 of 80, octavo size, 73 pp., signed by the author. Edward Blunden (1896-1974), English poet and author, served in World War I and wrote of his experiences in the war in both poetry and prose; "The Masks of... More about Masks of Time; A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
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Paris: Editions Kra [printed by M. Massol], 1929. Dubout, Albert. 2nd Printing. Wraps. Second printing with illustrations by Dubout, no. 960 of 1000, octavo size, 21 pp., in French. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and satirist whose work had a great influence on French... More about Les Embarras de Paris [The Embarrassment of Paris]; (Satire VI
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 about Road to the Cloud's House; A Chiapas Journal
San Francisco: University Club [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, octavo size, 24 pp., inscribed by Thomas Hamilton Breeze. This collection of sonnets by Thomas Hamilton Breeze was printed by the Grabhorn Press, and each sonnet is addressed to a particular person, making... More about Round Table Sonnets
Saint Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2017. Sayenko, Dmitry. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 15 of 26 copies, oblong elephant folio size, [46] unnumbered pp., signed by Dmitry Sayenko, text in both English and Russian. A stunning new translation of poetry by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Brodsky visited Venice... More about Venetian Stanzas
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press (1906), 1906. Coburn, Frederick Simpson (illustrations); Armstrong, Margaret (binding, endpapers, and title page). Hardcover. Duodecimo size, [48] pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created... More about The Last Ride Together (Margaret Armstrong binding
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 about Later Eyes
[Vancouver, BC, Canada]: Heavenly Monkey, 2016. Maru, Jane. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 32 of 50 copies, quarto size, 62 pp., signed by Harold Budd and Jane Maru. The musical compositions of Harold Budd (b. 1936) have a minimalist and avant-garde approach; his poetry also has a soft minimalist quality. "Aurora... More about Aurora Teardrops
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 about The Works of Robert Burns; With An Account of His Life and A Criticism on His Writings, Volumes I...
New York: The Limited Editions Club [at the printing-office of the Yale University Press], 1937. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 231 of 1500 copies, sixteenmo size, 96 pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. "The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi" was written by British explorer and orientalist Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890);... More about The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by "The Brothers Johnson at The Windsor Press" 1929. Links, Julian. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 132 of 325 copies, quarto size, 39 pp., signed by Witter Bynner, with related ephemera. Witter Bynner (1881-1968) had a literary mind from his high school days... More about The Persistence of Poetry
Ojai, California: The Book Club of California [printed by the Classic Letterpress in Ojai, California], 2014. Campbell, Carolee. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 51 of 300 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with a broadside signed by Kay Ryan slipped in, signed by all five contributing poets. The Book Club of California's... More about Poetry at the Edge; Five Contemporary California Poets
[Gloucestershire]: Evergreen Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Folio. Number 25 of 75 copies (only 55 for public sale), six broadsides, elephant folio size, signed by each respective author. The first of three series of broadsides celebrating ninety-five years of new writing in Oxford. Beautifully printed by John Grice of the Evergreen... More about Oxford Poetry Broadsides; First Series
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 about The Defense of the Sugar Islands; A Recruiting Poster
[Verona]: A New Directions Book [Printed by the Officina Bodoni], (1966), 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 108 pp., signed by Ezra Pound, no. 78 of 190 copies. Guido Cavalcanti (ca. 1255 - 1300) is regarded as the first major poet of Italian literatue and was the best friend of... More about Ezra Pound's Cavalcanti Poems