London: Hamilton, Adams; Liverpool: Marples, 1834. First English Translation. OCLC records about 15 copies. The first translation into English of the poetical work of German poet and soldier Theodor Körner (1791-1813), a romantic and popular figure in German literature and lore. He heroically died in battle at the young age.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1951). First edition. A splendid and appropriate association copy of Bernard Devoto's amusing history of the American cocktail hour: Inscribed on the front free endpaper "This gospel for the spiritual and moral enlightenment of Cleveland Amory - Benny." DeVoto was an impassioned defender of the traditional cocktail.....
Reno, Nevada: The Black Rock Press, 1968. First edition, one of 180 copies, signed by Everson on the front blank. Bartlett & Campo A30. Seven previously unpublished poems by William Everson, originally written in 1947 and printed by Kenneth and Patricia Carpenter of the Black Rock Press in a edition.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, MDCCCLXIII [for 1843]. First edition in book form, preceded by an edition in parts. BAL 13632; Wright I, 1837; American Imprints 43-3398. The selected works of popular and respected Knickerbocker writer Cornelius Mathews (1817-1889), editor, poet, novelist and collaborator with Evert Duyckinck in founding the.....
New York: Linen and Fennell, 1841. First edition. BAL 14357 (Morris), 997 (Park Benjamin), 1166 (Robert Montgomery Bird), etc.; American Imprints 41-3619. An important anthology of American poetry that includes early and first appearances by Emma Willard, Albert Pike, Holmes, Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Simms, ad infinitum - and the first.....
London: Printed for F. Fayram and W. Meadows, 1731. First edition. ESTC T166155 (six locations, two in North America). ¶ A grammar of the Portuguese language for English speakers and writers, with interesting American provenance: On the front paste-down is the bookplate of William Hickling and on the front free.....