London, 2016. Edition: First edition, one of 200 copies. Seven years ago poet Robert Nye, commenting on QUITS, Arthur Freeman’s mini-collection of poems published by The Brick Row Book Shop (2009) wrote: “I appreciate the way you seem to write poems only when you have something to say, which might... More
New York: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, designed by Alastair Johnston and printed at the Poltroon Press. Roger Stoddard's engaging and amusing memoirs given in the form of a talk before members of the ABAA in April, 2005. More
Dallas: The Book Club of Texas, 2014. Edition: First edition, second issue; 375 copies printed. The first issue contained printer's errors and the majority of it was pulped. Fewer than ten copies of the first issue survived. Bibliographical References: Designed by David Holman at the Wind River Press. ¶ Franklin... More
San Francisco: The Brick Row Book Shop, 2009. Edition: First edition, one of 300 copies printed. ¶ A slim volume of fifteen poems by the distinguished poet, scholar and antiquarian bookseller whose first collection, Izmir, was published in 1959, and whose poetry has continually been published over the intervening fifty... More
(London:) Golden Cockerel Press, (1953). Edition: First Golden Cockerel Press edition, number 300 of 350 numbered copies. More
Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1984. Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 140 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 50. Prospectus laid in. More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, (1964). Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 130 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 28. Prospectus laid in, on which is a note from Lewis Allen to a potential subscriber. More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1974. Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 140 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 40. Prospectus laid in. More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1977. Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 140 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 43. Prospectus laid in. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. Edition: First edition, one of 400 copies printed by the Allen Press for the Book Club of California. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 30. ¶ A fine scholarly treatise on the Polyglot Bibles by Basil Hall, handsomely printed by the Allen Press... More
Kenmtfield: Allen Press, 1976. Edition: First edition, one of 140 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 42. Prospectus laid in. More
London: Martin Secker, (1927). Edition: First English edition, translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1975. Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 140 copies printed. Bibliographical References: Allen Press Bibliography 41. Four stories by Edith Wharton: Roman Fever, The Other Two, The Last Asset and Afterward. Prospectus laid in. More
(London:) Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Edition: First Golden Cockerel Press edition, number 84 of 100 numbered copies (of 500) specially bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, signed by Buckland-Wright on the colophon page. Bibliographical References: Cockalorun, Golden Cockerel Press Bibliography 1943-1948, A47a. One of finest achievements of the Golden Cockerel Press... More
Cambridge and Boston: Various publishers and printers, 1839-1852. Edition: First and second editions. On July 15, 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered his famous "Divinity School Address," his boldest statement to date on the Transcendentalist cause and the need to question religious tradition: “Let me admonish you, first of all, to... More
San Francisco: Printed by Andrew Hoyem of the Arion Press, 1976. Edition: First separate edition, one of 150 copies printed. Bibliographical References: De Bellis & Broomfield, John Updike, A Bibliography, A57. ¶ A handsome broadside of John Updike's amusing poem about San Francisco, first collected in The Carpentered Hen (1958)... More
London: "Fun" Office, 1885. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 11628. From the library of the publishers of this volume, the Dalziel brothers, the large and highly skilled clan of illustrators and engravers that played a key role in English illustration of the Victorian era. The Dalziels published several poems... More
New York: Adlard & Saunders, 1838. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 14355; American Imprints 51776. ¶ The first book by George Pope Morris (1802-1864), the influential Knickerbocker literary figure, which includes his famous poem “The Oak,” the first line of which is “Woodman, spare that tree!” See Merle Johnson... More
London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 549; Miles, the Poets and Poetry of the Century, volume 7, pages 327-340. 28 poems, with the title poem being a fairly long historical poem, at which Ms. Smedley excelled. More
Glasgow: Published by R. Griffin, 1848. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Loeber, Irish Fiction 1650-1900, M321; OCLC records five copies, but only one in the U.S. (Illinois). One of several novels by Edward Maturin (1812-1881), son of the Irish novelist Charles Robert Maturin, a swashbuckling historical tale with apparently no... More
London: Printed and Published for T. Douglas, 1825. Edition: A pirated edition, published within a year or so of the first edition. The immensely popular and scandalous memoirs of Harriette Wilson (1786-1845), one of the most famous, successful and interesting courtesans in English history. Originally published by John Stockdale in... More
No place, no publisher, 1853. Edition: First edition. The only published volume of poetry by Andrews Norton (1786-1853), man of letters and conservative theologian from Cambridge, Mass., a slender volume of 16 poems. It was privately printed posthumously by Norton's family, and this copy bears a family inscription. Presentation on... More
London: Strahan and Co., 1868. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 550; Miles, the Poets and Poetry of the Century, volume 7, pages 327-340. 30 poems and a play. From the library of another poet, Canadian Kate Seymour Maclean (circa 1828-1914), with her signature, dated Ingersall, August 1874, on the half-title. More
London: Printed for T. Astley; and B. Collins, Salisbury, 1742. Edition: First edition in English. Bibliographical References: Gove, Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction, pages 303-305; ESTC T91064. ¶ The famous satirical work of science fiction by Norwegian-Danish philosopher, playwright and miscellaneous writer Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). Journey to the World Under-Ground... More
London: Printed for A. Bell, W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1715. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 1709 (Oldmixon). A memoir of politician and author Arthur Maynwaring (1668-1712), whose "influence among both politicians and writers was great" (DNB), including Addison, Steele, Congreve and Vanbrugh. The versatile John Oldmixon was... More