Poetry from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

London: The Trion Press for the William Blake Trust, 1972. Illustrated by collotype and hand-stencil color reproduced from copperplate and 3 overprintings on Arches pure rag paper (collated). 1/518 copies: No.481 in the 100 copies numbered 389-488 reserved for Mr. Paul Mellon [from the Smith College Collection]. (Numbered preliminaries below) and 116 Unsewn Folio signatures housed in a quarter morocco… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott (Printed in Britain), [1936]. Illustrated by Titled tissue frontis and 11 title tissued plates, endpapers and chapter vignettes. First American edition. Orange linen, gilt print spine, and topboard illustration. 4to. pp. 256, [1] blank, [1] colophon. Very Good/Lacks jacket. Sunned spine, internally near fine, no ownership. Caps archivally reinforced in-house. Introduction and translation by R. Farquharson… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, (1936). Illustrated by Titled tissue frontis and 11 title tissued plates, endpapers and chapter vignettes. First FPu(y) edition. Copper linen, gilt print spine, and topboard illustration. 4to. pp. 256, [1] blank, [1] colophon. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Archival in-house cap and joint repairs, internally near fine, no ownership. Introduction and translation by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1891. Illustrated by Frontis and five M. M. Taylor tissue guarded etchings. later thus edition. c.1887 thus. Topboard illustration recessed in new acid free laminated cover binding by Karen Thompson Bullock Binder using Dodin marbled paper boards over split gutters Japanese threaded with waxed cotton, a.e.g. Cr.4to. pp. 24. Near Fine. Two tissues omitted. "Sweet Auburn,… Read more about this item

New York: Philomel (Div. of Putnam & Grosset Group), (1990). Edited by Karen Ackerman, Introduction and poetry collected by. Illustrated by color jacket, illustrations throughout. First thus (& stated 1st impression) edition. Cloth backed green paper boards and marking ribbon. Square 4to. pp. 63, [1] blank. Near Fine/In like jacket/Clipped price in mylar. Trace wear, ribbon a bit worn at… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1925. Illustrated by frontis and several ports. Later edition. c.1905, 1922. Purple blindstamped cloth, gilt topboard emblem, t.e.g. 12mo. pp. 254. Index to first lines vol x-xv. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Dulled gilt on spine, internally fine. Anthology Arnold to Wesley..

Boston: Little Brown, (1951). Illustrated by Barbara Corrigan jacket and line drawings. Stated 6th printing edition. (c.1937, -39, -40, -41-, 42 poems previously appearing in 8 magazines). Red cloth. Signed by author on ffep. small 8vo. pp. xiii, 137. Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Small jacket chip and rear closed tearLight rear jacket soil, several tiny chips along top edge..… Read more about this item

New Haven: Printed and Published by P. F. Whitmore, 1836. First edition. Half calf, ribbed cloth, gilt stamped spine. 8vo. pp. 192. Very Good. Sunned spine, light foxing throughout. Page repair page 39/40. Contains October 1835 No.1 to September 1836 No. 12, missing March 1836 No. 6 (pp. 81-96). Originally The Microcosm: a literary and religious magazine, it was published… Read more about this item

New York: Buckland & Sumner, 1849. Illustrated by Double steel engraved frontis with tissue guard and 2 engravings. Later printing of Second edition. c.1844. Green embossed cloth, gilt print & decoration, black page borders, a.e.g. 8vo. pp. 288. Very Good. Cap and corner wear, foxing starting. (Thompson pp. 139). Nice period pencil gift inscription. Popular period writers of shorts… Read more about this item

London: John Walker & Co, n.d. (ca.1880s). Illustrated by sepia author drawings throughout. unspecified edition. c.1867. Brown pebble leather, brown eps, rounded corners, aeg. Square 8vo. pp. [28]. Very Good/In mylar protector. Front hinge starting. The poem written by a Michigan sixteen year old which inspired a play, three silent films, a TV show episode, sheet music, songs, a book… Read more about this item

Paris: SociŽtŽ littŽraire de France, 1919. Illustrated by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970) vignettes. Card wraps, uncut. 14,5x11,5cm. pp. 60, [4] colophon. Near Fine/In like glassine jacket..

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1860. Illustrated by woodcut vignettes. Reprint thus edition. c.1835 George Dearborn...c.1859. Original brown blind-stamped cloth and brown endpapers. Small 8vo. pp. 62, [4], 6 ads. Good/No jacket, as issued. Cap, corner and board wear, chip and repaired edge to endpapers, overall toning, ink squiggle to ad page bottom. Composed in 2-3 days in the summer… Read more about this item

Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, 1965. Edited by Dag Stromback. First edition. Stapled wraps, printed green cover. Inscribed by "Ch. E. White, vinsamlegast, EOS July 15. 1970". 8vo. pp. 52. Near Fine. Traces of cover wear, internally fine. Address in defense of the doctural thesis of Bo Almqvist on February 20, 1965 at the University of Uppsala. Text in… Read more about this item

Berlin: Burgert Handpresse, 1985. Illustrated by cover and 3 woodblock prints by H. J. Bungert. Limited edition. 25/200. Self extended cord wraps. Thin 4to (32x16cm). pp. 16. Near Fine. Minor wear..

Zurich: Self published, 1927. First edition. blue illustrated wraps, ribbon design. Signed by author. 24mo. pp. 70, [1] ad. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued/In mylar protector..

Zurich: Gessnerschen Buchhandlung, 1823. Later edition. Marbled paper covered boards, leather title. 16mo. pp. 144. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Edgewear, title rubbed, previous owner stamp, internally near fine..

New York: Privately published, 1936. First edition. Red pattern cloth, tie-dyed endpapers by Conrad Bailer NYC, card covers bound in. Signed by author in pen on half-title. 16mo. pp. viii, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 2 ads. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Cap and corner wear, internally fine (one slightly trimmed). Contents with original covers bound in:… Read more about this item

London/New York: Ernest Nister/E.P. Dutton, n.d. [ca.1890's]. Illustrated by color cover in acorns and leaves embellished with glitter, 8 full page lithographs and one title page line drawing. Illustrated sewn card cover with decorative cut edge, aeg, thick paper issue. Square 16mo (16.8x14.3cm). pp. [16]. Very Good+. Light cover soil and toning to rear, internally near fine. Contents: To Greet… Read more about this item

Boston: Prentice, Sawyer & Company, Printers, 10 Water Street, 1859. Illustrated by albumen photograph port frontis and tissue (uncaptioned). Stated second edition. c.1854. Limp green stamped cloth with (Sequence B) gilt stamped topboard title: "Songs and Poems of the Class of 1829", all edges red. 8vo (19.3cm). pp. 46, [2] blank. Appendix. About Very Good. Cloth faded at spine and… Read more about this item

Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1935. Illustrated by Frontis and five plates. Limited first edition. 1/300 copies. Quarter leather and copper foil beveled boards with topboard decoration. 4to. pp. 60, [4] colophon. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Trace cover wear, foxing starting about some stitch lines. Period Marah Adams article laid-in (in plastic) picturing May and cat, Tom Bones… Read more about this item