Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.

Rich, Adrienne.

A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far. Poems 1978-1981.

First Edition. New York/ London, W.W. Norton & Company, 1981. 13,3 x 20,2 cm. 61 pages. Original Softcover. Contains a note about the author by the publisher as well as an original promotional photograph of Adrienne Rich. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Roditi, Edouard.

New Hieroglyphic Tales. Prose Poems by Edouard Roditi. With four drawings by Modesto Roldan.

First Edition. San Fransisco, Kayak, 1968. 16,5 x 22,5 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. With a signed dedication by the author on the coloured front free end paper. Minor staining on the cover and slight fading near the spine.

Simic, Charles.

Night Picnic. Poems.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt Inc., 2001. 14 x 21 cm. 86 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. With the author’s dedication and full signature on the half title.

Simpson, Louis.

The Arrivistes – Poems 1940-1949.

New York, The Fine Editions Press, no date (c. 1949). Octavo. 93 pages. Softcover in original glassine and Mylar. First edition of the first book by this significant American poet. Very near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers and original galssine with a mid-size chip to front panel.

Waldrop, Keith.

A Windmill Near Calvary.

First Edition. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1968. 14,5 x 22 cm. 56 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title. Price clipped. Minor discolorations.

Levine, Philip.

New Selected Poems.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. 292 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition. Signed by the author Philip Levine on the half title.

Levine, Philip.

The Simple Truth. Poems.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 15 x 23 cm. 66 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Signed by Philip Levine on the title page.

Mc Gough, Roger / Sweeney, Matthew / Cope, Wendy / Armitage, Simon / Raine, Craig / Fanthorpe, U.A.

Prospero Poets. Volume I: Painter & Poet – Three Poems by U.A.Fanthorpe with Wood-Engravings by Simon Brett / Volume II: Wendy Cope – The Squirrel & the Crow with line drawings by John Vernon Lord / Volume III: The Anaesthesist – a new poem by Simon Armitage with lithographs by Valerii Mishim / Volume IV: The Ble Taps – Three Poems by Matthew Sweeney with Illustrations by John Ross / Volume V – Pen Pals – a new poem by Roger McGough with Illustrations by Annie Newnham / Volume VI – Change – a new poem by Craig Raine with illustrations by George Hardie // All volumes published by Trevor Weston, edited by Simon Rae and designed by Dennis Hall.

Alton, Clarion Publishing, 1994 / 1995. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 16 pages each including illustrations. Original softcover pamphlets in slipcase. 6 Volumes. One set of only 500 of a Limited Edition. Fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Blake’s Newton. [Association Copy] – Illustrations by Bobbie Creeley.

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 15,3 x 23,2 cm 61 pages. Original Softcover in original wrappers in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. One of 750 printed copies. Minor discolorations to the wrappers only.

O’Brien, Edna.

Some Irish Loving: A Selection.

First Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. 14 x 22cm. 262 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, other than small tear to dustjacket. Signed by Edna O’Brien on titlepage.

Frimet, Hillel / William Carlos Williams.

The Broken Promise and Other Poems. With an Open Letter to William Carlos Williams.

No.121 of a Limited Edition. New York, Survival Press, 1959. 15.3 cm x 22.4 cm. 62 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to edging, endpapers and pages. Signed by the author Hillel Frimet on half-title page. Errata-leaf loosely inserted. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his bookplate / Exlibris to front pastedown (Exlibris design by Brian Lalor).

George, Emery Edward / [Peter Viereck].

The Boy and the Monarch – Sonnets and Variations. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Ann Arbor, Michingan, Ardis, 1987. 16 cm 23,5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Traces of discoloration on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author to the american poet Peter Viereck.

Olson, Charles.

In Cold Hell in Thicket. Origin 8.

First Edition. Dorchester, Origin. 1953. 17 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Extremely rare first edition copy. Unopened bookblock cleanly detached from the wrappers.

Shelley, P.B.

Poesie. Translated into Italian by Roberto Ascoli.

Terza edizione riveduta e accresciuta. Milano, Fratelli Treves, Editori, 1921. 22cm x 15.7cm. XXIV, 120 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary vellum with beautiful, paper covered boards, gilt ornaments and gilt lettering on spine label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of Marion Reilly on pastedown.

Anonymus [Giovanni Tegrimi, Lucchese].

Rime Scelte di Diversi Autori Antichi, e Moderni. Tradotte in Lingua Latina da N.N. Con un’ Elegia in fine del medesimo Autore.

Lucca, Sebastiano ed Angelo Cappuri, 1745. Small Octavo. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good in full vellum and raised bands on the spine.

Fitzgerald, Robert / [Peter Viereck].

In the Rose of Time. Poems 1931-1956. [Association Copy] –

New York, New Directions Book, 1956. 8°. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and signed by Fitzgerald to fellow poet Peter Viereck and his family on the front free endpaper.

Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

First Figure. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. 15 x 23 cm. 79 pages. Original Softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper. Near fine with only minimal fading of the spine. With extensive manuscript annotations by Clayton Eshleman in the poem “Sign”.

Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Without Music. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine and paper-covered boards. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman on the front free endpaper. With Palmer’s full signature on the edition page. Number 146 of 200 printed copies.

Rich, Adrienne.

Dark Fields of the Republic – Poems 1991-1995. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 1995. 14 x 20,5 cm. 79 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman as well as her full signature on the title page (signed twice). Minimal signs of staining on the cover only.

Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

The School Among the Ruins – Poems 2000-2004. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Co. 2004. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 113 pages. Original Hardcover in original Dustjacket. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper as well as her full signature on the title page. Minimal signs of wear on the dustjacket only.

Rich, Adrienne / [Jane Cooper].

Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Pittsburg, Motheroot Publications, 1977. 14 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 20 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Stapled. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s heartfelt inscription to poet Jane Cooper on the title page: “For Jane – with always growing love and admiration – from Adrienne”. Clean and tight copy with some fading near the spine. Also included an advertising flyer on Adrienne Rich’s “Women and Honor – Some Notes on Lying”.

Wakoski, Diane.

The Rings of Saturn.

First Edition. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1986. 16 x 24 cm. 122 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Additional handwritten and signed manuscript poem by the author on the front free endpaper. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. Number 40 of 0nly 50 copies printed. Near fine.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Cap of Darkness – Including Looking for the King of Spain & Pachebel’s Canon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980. 16 x 24 cm. 117 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “To Clayton & Caryl – “if the moon is not spoken, then there is no speech. Neither man nor woman invented it; speech is what is left, like the footprint after the body is gone…” the celebration of eating, drinking, reading”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. This is number 166 of 250. Near fine.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 16 x 24 cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – pip pip pip pip pip pip white flesh white flesh white flesh. It is no watermelon.”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 219 of 300 copies. Near fine.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Roses. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Montclair, Caliban Press, 1987. 16 x 24 cm. 19 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For Clayton & Caryl – in friendship”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. One of 100 printed copies. This is number 2.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Smudging: To Smoke or to Protect Against Frost (as an Orchard) by Means of Smudge. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 16 x 24 cm. 153 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condtion. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: ″ For my good friends Caryl & Clayton – the poems are the life/ the life is the poem – you have always embodied the Duende/ the spirit of the poem for me”. Signed by the author, both on the title page and on the edition page. Number 172 of 250 copies printed. Near fine.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Collected Greed. Parts 1-13. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984. 16 x 24 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – who know the meaning of friendship, who permit my greedy need for it, acceptionally, and to whom I turn for exceptional listening”. Number 164 of 200 copies numbered by the author. Near fine.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

Plutarch [Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus] / Krebs, Johann Tobias (Editor).

Plutarchi Commentarius Quomodo Adolescens Poetas Audire. Debeat Graece et Latine ex Interpretatione Xylandri Secundis Curis Recensitus Emendatus et Multis Animadversionibus Novis Illustratus Opera Io. Tob. Krebsii Illustris Moldani Rectoris.

Lipsiae, Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch, 1779. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover 18th century full leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Bookplate to the front: “Scholae Reformatae Fridericianae – Francof. AD O. Sigilium Curatorum” [Frankfurt / Oder] and Bookplate to the rear for the student: Johann Jacob Braunmüller. The rare Krebs – Edition, in greek and latin. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to lower, outer margins only (Text not effected). Slight browning to preliminary papers and pastedowns only.

Dryden, John.

The First Part of Miscellany Poems. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: Together with Several Original Poems. By the Most Eminent Hands. Published by Mr. Dryden.

Fourth Edition. London, Jacob Tonson, 1716. 9 cm x 15 cm. XXXVI, [8 unnumbered pages], 360 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary full leather with gilt lettering on spinelabel and ornament to boards. Binding slightly stained but in firm and very good with only some signs of external wear. Some pages with worm-hole damage (text effected). Pastedowns loosened. RARE !

Strand, Mark.

The Sargeantville Notebook.

First Edition. Providence, Burning Deck, 1973. 16 x 24 pages. Unpaginated. Approximately 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. In protective Mylar. Ver good+ condition. Signed by the author on the title page. Number 288 of 400 printed copies.

Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Trilogy – Coins & Coffins. Discrepancies and Apparitions. The George Wahington Poems. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1974. 14 x 21 cm. 166 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the autor’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – the moon obviously resided in her face. The Tissues were obviously saturated with milk. The feeling of polished stone established itself against her ears, and her cheek was rewound with metal tape. Living in the caves of her throat were pictures, not words. Her hand dound clay to squeeze into bowls. An object as white and soft as pork. An object as silent as pillows. She was as still as wet paper. The moon obviously resided in her face. And walked noiselessly to the sky each night.” Minimal discolorations on the dustjacket.

[Byron, Lord George Gordon] Anderson, William.

The Works of Lord Byron – With a Life and Illustrative Notes by William Anderson, Esq.

In Two Volumes with 65 (of 67) Steel-engravings. Edinburgh, A. Fullerton & Co., [c.1840]. Large Octavo. Volume I (with 35 of 36 engravings): Portrait-Frontispiece of a young Byron with a wonderful Facsimile-Inscription to his friend Murray and two facsimile-signatures (as Byron and “Sometimes – Biron”), Engraved Titlepage (″Lausanne”), CCXXIV, 270 pages / Volume II (with 29 of 30 engravings): Frontispiece – Engraving of “Newstrad – Abbey”, Engraved Titlepage (″Villeneuve”), 465 pages. Hardcover / Stunning full leather with gilt lettering and tooling and ornament on boards and spine. English Master-Bindings of the 19th century. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some minor paint-staining to bindings.

Olds, Sharon / [Jane Cooper].

Satan Says. [Association Copy]

First Edition. Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Press, 1980. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper on the half title and her full signature on the title page. Clean and tight copy with some minor discolorations and a faded spine.

[Viereck, Peter] Williams, Oscar (ed.)

New Poems 1942 – An Anthology of British and American Verse. [Including: Wallace Stevens – “Six Discordant Songs”].

First Edition. New York, Peter Pauper Press, 1942. 16 x 24 cm. 286 pages. With a section of photographs of the poets. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Oscar Williams to Peter Viereck in May 1947. Very good condition with minor rubbing and edgewear on the dustjacket.

[Schneemann, Carolee] Fraser, Kathleen.

Something (even human voices) in the foreground, a lake. [Association Copy] –

Berkeley, Kelsey St. Press, 1984. 22.9cm x 17.8cm. (10) 34 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Cover stained. Otherwise very good. From the library of Carolee Schneemann, with her ownership – stamp to the endpaper (New Paltz – New York) / Inscribed by the author to Carolee Schneemann: “for Carolee – twenty years later – wonder/full to have survived all this and to live, still, in the imagining moment – love – Kathleen – San Francisco – 11.15.84”.

Walker, Dorothy [Dorothy Cole / John Montague].

Requiem.

Dublin, Antiquarian Bookcrafts, 1993. 21.5 cm x 29 cm. 14 pages. Original Softcover, Hand-stitched and bound by Antiquarian Bookcrafts. Deckled edges. Signed / Inscribed by author Dorothy Cole and dated on January 16th, 1994. Cover stained ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear; clean and bright inside. Printed in a limited edition of 100 copies of which this is number 60. Very Scarce document of Dorothy Cole’s love for art and poetry, citing a line from John Montague: “‘Like Dolmens round my Childhood, the old people”. The publication is further elevated by the fact that Patrick Scott designed the blindstamped cover and overall presentation of this book.

Atwood, Margaret.

Murder in the Dark. Short Fictions and Prose Poems.

First Edition. Toronto, Coach House Press, 1983. 12,5 x 21 cm.` 62 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy: Inscribed and signed by Margaret Atwood to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page in 1983. Very clean and tight copy with only minimal signs of wear to the spine.

Atwood, Margaret.

The Animals in That Country.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1968. 13 x 22 cm. 69 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Atwood to Jerry Buckley and his wife on the half title. One of the earliest dedications from Atwood to Jerry Buckley (1968).

Atwood, Margaret.

The Journals of Susanna Moodie. Poems by Margaret Atwood.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1970. 12,5 x 21,5 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with one of the first dedications by Margaret Atwood to later life-long-friends Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page. The dedication still very formal and emancipation from the law of coverture has not yet set in. Atwood addresses Buckley’s wife in her inscription as “Mrs. J.H.Buckley”: “For Dr. and Mrs. J.H.Buckley – with best wishes – Peggy Atwood – March 1970” / Very clean and tight copy with slight discoloration of the cover only.

Atwood, Margaret.

You Are Happy.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. 14 x 21 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with blue cloth spine and orange paper-covered boards. With original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy, inscribed by Margaret Atwood’s to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the half title.

[Milton, John] / [Provenance: Maud Bourn (Killarney)/ Arthur Rose Vincent] / Masson, David. (edited by).

The Poetical Works of John Milton. Vol. I The Minor Poems / Vol. II Paradise Lost / Vol. III Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Edited with Memoir, Introductions, Notes, And An Essay on Milton’s English Versification.

3 volumes. London / New York, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. 13 cm x 18.5 cm. X, Memoir of Milton LXIX, 312 pages with one illustration / 374 pages with two illustrations / 420 pages with one illustration. Original hardcover with a protective plastic cover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. All three Volumes firm. This set comes from the library of Maud Bourn, wife of irish politician Arthur Rose Vincent (who, together with his parents-in-law, donated Muckross House and Gardens and its estate and gardens to the Irish State). All three Volumes include Maud Bourn’s beautiful Exlibris to the front pastedown and the books were obviously either gifted to her from her future husband Arthur Rose Vincent or purchased by Maud Bourn herself in San Francisco, after she met her husband traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco [all three books bear the book-stamp of D.P.Elder and Morgan Shepard to the rear pastedown]. A wonderful set with memories attached.

[Morrison, John / Midleton / Castlemartyr] / [Prior, Matthew].

Poems on Several Occasions by the late Matthew Prior [Including “Memoirs of the Life of Mr.Prior” / Including: “Solomon on the Vanity of the World” / “An Ode Humbly Inscrib’d to the Queen, on the Glorious Success of her Majesty’s Arms, MDCCVI. Written in Imitation of Spenser’s Style” / “Alma, or the Progress of the Mind – In three Cantos” / “Downhall – A Ballad – To the Tune of King John and the Abbott of Canterbury” ].

First and Forurth Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J.R.Tonson and S.Draper and H.Linto / C.Hitch at the Red Lyon and J. Hodges at the Looking-Glass, 1754. Small-Octavo (10,5 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I [First Edition, printed by Tonson]: [11], 402, [3] pages with two title-pages/ Volume II: [Fourth Edition, printed by C. Hitch and J.Hodges], Frontispiece, LXXII, 356 pages with two full-page copper-engravings by van Gucht (plus engraved Frontispiece). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the name “John Morrison” on the titlepage of both Volumes [possibly the 18th century – Architect John Morrison from Midleton, with a connection to Castlemartyr]. These books came subsequently from, the Library of Daniel Conner, Connerville / Bandon / Manch House in which also a set of Buffon, from the library of Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge was included.

[Saadi of Shiraz] Sa’di / Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi.

Golestan [Gulistan / Rose Garden] – Original 19th century printed version in Persian / Farsi with some contemporary manuscript notes in pencil. Complete title: Great praise and admiration be upon the Creator of the earth, human kind and spirit Infinite blessings and greetings to the God’s beloved court that in this time with the songs of nightingale in the magic and harmonious flower garden of Honourable Sheikh Saadi Shirazi, may God have mercy on him, and great acknowledgement of the book Golestan. Thanks to the great number of believers, God’s follower Qazi Ibrahim Hajji, the noble pious Hajji Qazi Nour Mohammad Milpabadi and Nour-e-Din Bin Heikhakhan, for the second time.

Bombay, In the Printing House Heydari, 1875. Octavo. 252 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary 19th century half leather with marbled paper-covered boards. It is clear from three consecutive little wholes to the bookblock that this version of the Rose Garden was previously bound as a blockbook and rebound in 19th century boards. First 9 and last 7 pages with a faded stain, possibly from the glue of a former wrapper. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some occasional manuscript notes in pencil in english.

[Byron Circle] Haygarth, William.

Greece, A Poem, In Three Parts; With Notes, Classical Illustrations, And Sketches Of The Scenery.

First Edition. London, Printed by W,Bulmer and Co., 1814. Quarto (24 cm wide x 30 cm high). 304 pages with all 9 original sepia-aquatint-plates by Charles Turner after Haygarth. Disbound due to broken binding. Halftitle and bookblock available with all 9 plates included. Needs rebinding. Bookblock firm, halftitle detached. All nine plates with faded dampstain but still in beautiful and strong impression. The wide-margined Text in excellent, clean condition besides the faded dampstain. Last page of the Volume with some browning. Very minor wormhole-damage to the last 14 pages. One illustration cleanly detached. Extremely Rare Book !

Beckett, Samuel.

Poems in English. [The very rare Limited Edition (one of only 100) – signed by Samuel Beckett].

First Edition. London, John Calder, 1961. 8°. 53 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Excellent, close to new condition. No. 51 of only 100 copies on untrimmed, handmade paper [Vergé pur fil]. Signed by Samuel Beckett. Extremely rare in this condition !

Lescure, Jean / [André Frénaud].

Original Typescript with manuscript annotations and corrections of “Poèmes métaphysiques”. Jean Lescure’s personal copy with corrections and additions to his earliest collection of poems. Loosely inserted into the collection are the three pages of the typescript for “Apologie de L’Aveugle – à André Frénaud” reflecting his close friendship and collaboration with André Frénaud [according to our research, Rachel E. Perry identifies in her essay “Histoire De L’Aveugle: Matiérisme’s Critique of Vision” that Jean Lescure composed this poem together with Paul Eluard and it was published in “A la gloire de la main” in 1949]. The poems in the Typescript / Manuscript of Lescure are all dated between 1937 and 1940. The original composition of the poem-cyle “Trois chansons de mer pour l’equinoe” is completely replaced by an autographe, manuscript-entry of Lescur. The poems in this original Typescript/Manuscript of “Poèmes métaphysiques” are titled: “Porte ouverte ou fermee” (″mars-avril 1939”)/ “Dialectique d’un printemps” (″hiver 1937 – ler 5 decembre 1939”)/ “Present de la journee” (″5-6 decembre 1939”) / “Noel pour une fille que fleurisse le jour” (″7-18 decembre 1939”) / “Chant montagnard pour saluer la fin de l’hiver” (″Fev. 1940-Mars 1941”)/ “La Nourriture de l’Amour”(″Fevrier 1941 – Mars 1942”)/ “Double aspect de l’iris” (″20 dec. 1939 – Jan.1940”) / “Double Fer” (″Jan – 25 avril 1940”) / “Debut sur le jour” / “Aspect de la Solitude” / “Chansons de mer pour l’equinoxe” [1.Chanson du patron – 2. Chanson du gabier (Manoeuvre a la vie pare et vire) – [Chansons du precheur] – 3. Chanson du timonier] (″Sept – Oct 41”) //

[France], c. 1945 – 1949. Quarto (21,5 cm x 27 cm). 33 pages plus 3 pages “″Apologie de L’Aveugle”. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.