Poetry, A collection of works toPoetry, A collection of works to include: Byron (Lord), works, Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co, 4to, 2 volumes, full purple calf with gilt tooling and raised bands to spine, marbled endpapers, AEG, engraved title and frontis to both volumes; Gray (Thomas), Poems, Eton College: Spottiswade & Co, 1907, 4to, quarter calf boards with gilt embossed green cloth and raised bands to spine, AEG, bookplate for Ewart Douglas Horsfall; Moore (Thomas), Poetical Works, Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1872, 8vo, full
Group of seven 19th century leatherboundGroup of seven 19th century leatherbound books on poetry authors in a brass column stand texts with some wear
A Collection of Twenty-Three BooksA Collection of Twenty-Three Books of Poetry comprising works by Dante Keats Poe Longfellow Chaucer Byron Wadsworth and Moore together with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey works by Lord Alfred Tennyson a book of English love songs and a collection of popular readings.
An album of poems quotations paintingsAn album of poems quotations paintings and drawings circa 1840.
Poet-Lore 1891-1894Titled ''Poet-LorePoet-Lore 1891-1894Titled ''Poet-Lore A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Shake-speare Browning and the Comparative Study of Literature.'' Edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke Volume III. Copyright 1891 by Poet-Lore Company. Pages and cover in very good condition with slight toning foxing and lacking a few corners. Private collection of the late Benedict Markowski a long time archivist of the Detroit Public Library.
Poetry, A Selection of works toPoetry, A Selection of works to include Cowper (William), Poems by William Cowper of the inner Temple in two volumes, 4th Edition, London, J. Johnson, 1788; The Poetical works of Robert Browning, 4 volumes, London, Smith, Elder & Co, London 1910; Gray (Thomas), The Poetical work of Thomas Gray, London, J. Bell, 1788 and three small volumes of poetry (11)/Provenance: The Estate of the late Diana & Gospatric Home, Lily Farm, Bucks
* (POETRY) A group of five titles.* (POETRY) A group of five titles. The Morning Road. By Thomas Wood Stevens and Alden Charles Noble. Chicago: The Blue Sky Press 1902. Number 122 of 200 copies. Fumes of Formation. By Amanda M. Ross. Belfast: R. Carswell 1933. Revolution. A Poem. By Ebon Dooley. Chicago: Third World Press (1968). The Circus and Other Essays. By Joyce Kilmer. New York: Laurence J. Gome 1916. [Housed in slipcase with:] Trees and Other Poems. By Joyce Kilmer. New York: George H. Doran (1914).
TWO PARIAN WARE FIGURES OF POETSTWO PARIAN WARE FIGURES OF POETS 19th century, the first a bust of Robert Burns (1759-1796), after the original by Edward William Wyon (British, 1811–1885) (14 in.); the second a full length figure of John Milton (1608-1674), classically posed and leaning against plinth with scroll and books (14 1/2 in.).
HARDCOVER BOOKS ON POETRY, 11 ElevenHARDCOVER BOOKS ON POETRY, 11 Eleven hardcover books on poetry including: Kenneth Rexroth's "100 Poems From The Chinese," Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Poetical Works," Samuel Johnson's "The Lives of The English Poets," Lord Byron's "Complete Poems" and "Select Poetical Works," John Keats's "Complete Poetical Works and Letters," Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Complete Poems," Alfred Tennyson's "Complete Works," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Complete Poems," Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Renascence and Other Poems," and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Poetical Works." Largest: 8.5" H x 6.25" W x 2" D.
(5) VOLUMES OF POETRY (5) volumes(5) VOLUMES OF POETRY (5) volumes of poetry
TWO BRONZE FIGURAL STATUES STANDINGTWO BRONZE FIGURAL STATUES STANDING FIGURE OF A POET HO...Two Bronze Figural Statues standing figure of a poet holding a book, and a quill pen, along with a figure of a man holding a book, and a cane, on round base both unsigned height 18 inches
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THE BRITISH POETS. INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS.THE BRITISH POETS. INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS. IN ONE HUNDRED VOLUMES. 1822THE BRITISH POETS. INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS. IN ONE HUNDRED VOLUMES. 1822, Chiswick: For J. Carpenter, J. Booker et al. 1822. VG. One Hundred Volumes bound in matching half red leather with marbled boards and matching endpapers and text blocks. Spines with two panels of gilt lettering and four with gilt tooling. Beautiful set including works by Chaucer, Milton, Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Translations of Greek classics by authors including Homer, Virgil, and Apollonius
FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS OF POETRYFRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS OF POETRY & PLAYS, 10 Ten leather-bound books of poetry and plays with gilt lettering published by the Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania comprising "The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats," "Romantic Poets," Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam and Other Poems," John Donne's "Poems," Robert Frost's "Poems," "Plays" by Arthur Miller, Archibald MacLeish, and Edward Albee, Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth," Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Henrik Ibsen's "Plays," and "Two Plays" by Eugene O'Neill and Marc Connelly. Largest: 9.5" H x 6.25" W x 1.75" D.
"Poets and Etchers" and "Lalanne"Poets and Etchers" and "Lalanne on Etching" The former book with poems by Lowell, Bryant, Aldrich, Emerson, and Longfellow and etchings by Bellows, Colman, Farrer, Gifford, and Smille. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. The latter a treatise on etching with text and plates by Maxime Lalanne. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. Good condition, minor wear to the covers.
Flaxman (John), Alighieri (Dante)Flaxman (John), Alighieri (Dante) The Divine Poem, 1867
THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTERTHE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTTPoems By Sir Walter Scott with Illustrations By Keeley Halswelle. Published: Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo.
5 vols. American Poets & Poetry:5 vols. American Poets & Poetry: (Coffin, Robert S.) Oriental Harp: Poems of The Boston Bard. Providence, R.I.: Smith & Parmenter, 1826. 8vo, contemp. 1/4 straight-grained red morocco & bds.; joints & extremities rubbed. Additional engraved title, frontis. portrait by S. Maverick. Light to occasionally moderate foxing. Early owner's ink stamp at head of title page. American Imprints 24145. * Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. Cloth of Gold. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1874. 1st ed. thus. 12mo, orig. green cloth, gilt; light edge wear, front hinge stressed. Bayard Taylor's copy, inscribed to him & initialed by Aldrich on verso of 1/2 title. Autograph fair copy of Taylor's poem, "The Mountains," signed by Taylor, on folded 4to sheet, inserted. Bright copy in custom 1/2 green morocco slipcase, green cloth chemise. A. Edward Newton bookplate on front paste-down. BAL 280 . * Whittier, John G. The Pennsylvania Pilgrim. Boston, 1872. 1st ed., 2nd ptg. 12mo, orig. terra-cotta cloth, gilt; light edge wear, corners bumped. Frontis., text illus. Scattered light foxing. Bayard Taylor's copy, signed by Taylor at head of contents page. BAL 21904, bdg. A. * Johnston, George, ed. The Poets and Poetry of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1890. 8vo, orig. dark brown cloth, gilt, a.e.g.; light edge wear. Frontis. portraits of Bayard Taylor & Thomas Buchanan Read. Signed at foot of title by the contributor Mary Eloisa Thropp (Cone). * Another copy of the preceding, orig. brown cloth, gilt (edges not gilt); light wear. Both with advert. leaf.
A linen bound book of poems byA linen bound book of poems by John Keats 1898 a book of the complete works of Burns Alexander Smith New York undated circa 1900 and '' Pictonians at Home and Abroad '' J.P MacPhie Pinkham Press Boston.
POESIES (VOL. 1-2) BY ALFRED DEPOESIES (VOL. 1-2) BY ALFRED DE MUSSETPoesies (Vol. 1-2), Nouvelles, Contes Et Nouvelles Author: Alfred de Musset Publisher: Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, editeur
SET OF THE ALDINE POETS, 1830-1850,SET OF THE ALDINE POETS, 1830-1850, 53 VOLUMESFine Set of the Aldine Poets, London, William Pickering, 1830-1853, printed by Charles Whittingham, 53 volumes, 8vo, full calf, gilt lettering, tooling, and anchor and dolphin device, top edge gilt
Russian Poetess by Jim Dine JimRussian Poetess by Jim Dine Jim Dine (American b. 1935) 20th Century. ?Etching drypoint on paper titled l.c. portion of plate signed in margin and numbered?30/30; plate size 23.5 x 19.75. Daniel Jacobs and Derek Mason Collection Condition: Fine condition.
(2) RELIEF PLAQUES POETS, DANTE(2) RELIEF PLAQUES POETS, DANTE & BEATRICE(lot of 2) Continental patinated metal relief plaques, including: (1) with poets Tasso, Ariosto, Petrarca, and Dante, approx 5.25"h, 6.75"w, (1) with Dante and Beatrice, approx 5.25"h, 4 1/8"w; 1.25lbs total
TWO SHELVES OF BOOKS OF MOSTLYTWO SHELVES OF BOOKS OF MOSTLY ENGLISH LITERATURE AND POETRY Two shelves of books of mostly English literature and poetry, with special editions, including (6v) The Complete Works of Robert Burns, Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co Philadelphia, 1886; (3v) Selected Plays Bernard Shaw; The Heritage Press' The Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night vol I-vol VI, illus by Valebti Angelo
Thirty Decorative Bindings of PoetryThirty Decorative Bindings of Poetry and Drama, including four volumes each of Thomas Hood, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Addington's Poetical Quotations, two volumes each of Robert Burns and W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads, a copy of James Joyce's drama Exiles, and individual volumes of the poetry of Shelley, Pope, Milton, Tennyson, Gray, Coleridge, Byron, Barrett-Browning, Stevenson, Smollett, Holmes, Robert Southey, and Felicia Hemans. Provenance: The library of the late Gordon Maginnis, New Orleans, Louisiana.
ELIOT T. S. A group of eight firstELIOT T. S. A group of eight first editions comprising Poems Written in Early Youth. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux (1967). First American edition. On Poetry and Poets. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1957. First American edition. For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays on Style and Order. London: Faber & Gwyer (1928). The Sacred Wood. Essays on Poetry and Criticism. London: Methuen (1920). The Rock. London: Faber & Faber (1934). Selected Poems. London: Faber and Faber 1948. Points of View. London: Faber and Faber (1941). After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy. London: Faber and Faber 1934. [Together with:] Four Quartets. London: The Folio Society 1968. (9 total)
DAVID PRYOR ADICKES (B.1927) PAINTINGDAVID PRYOR ADICKES (B.1927) PAINTING 'THE POET'Framed oil on wood panel painting, "The Poet," signed upper left Adickes (David Pryor Adickes, Texas, b.1927), signed again and titled verso, dated 1967, sight: approx 11.5"h, 8.5"w, overall: approx 19"h, 16"w, 3.25lbs
GROUP OF BOOKS OF POETRY AND LITERATUREGROUPGROUP OF BOOKS OF POETRY AND LITERATUREGROUP OF BOOKS OF POETRY AND LITERATURE, titles include: Burns; Wise Sayings for Boys and Girls; Star-Spangled Sailors; Black Man I Love You; The Crisis: Winston Churchill; Poetical Works; The Moon is Down; Freedom Road; The Book of Light; The Dream: Winston Churchill; Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Oxford Book of Ages; One Life, Love and Living; Dear Daddy; Poetry of a Mountain Man; A Diary for Heroes; The Shore of Tripoli; A Singing Mother; Grendl; The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill; Roots; Not Without Laughter; Glory; Here in Harlem; Thucydides I-IV (29) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
JOHNSON SAMUEL Lives of the Poets.JOHNSON SAMUEL Lives of the Poets. London: C. Bathurst et al. 1781. 4 vols. 8vo rebound in tree calf spines gilt red leather spine labels. New edition. Corners bumped; light intermittent foxing; otherwise fine.
Poetical Works and Plays, 40 volumesPoetical Works and Plays, 40 volumes [2 boxes]
ROBERT MOTHERWELL, DADA PAINTERSROBERT MOTHERWELL, DADA PAINTERS AND POETS, 1951 Robert Motherwell (Ed.), The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology. Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc., New York, 1951, hardcover in jacket, 390 pages, art or text by Arp, Breton, Richter, Duchamp, Klee, Picabia, and more, laid in are two folded broadsheets: "An Introduction to Dada" by Tristan Tzara and "Dada Manifesto 1949" by Richard Huelsenbeck, 10.25"h x 8"w (book)
GROUP OF BOOKS OF BRITISH POETRYGROUP OF BOOKS OF BRITISH POETRY AND LETTERS, 6 Group of books of British poetry and letters, six (6) including "The Poetry of Robert Burns, Centenary Edition" (Four Vols., Blackwell: London, 1896/97) and "The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett" (Two Vols. Harper & Bros: London & New York, 1899). Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York; A 485 Park Avenue Estate. Largest: 8.5" H x 5.75" W x 2" D.
120 SMALL 18TH CENTURY BOOKS ON120 SMALL 18TH CENTURY BOOKS ON "BRITISH POETS" WITH SOME CLASSICAL WORKS Mostly printed in Edinburgh or Glasgow, 1780s, 32mo (5 in. high), full leather boards with gilt rules and embellishments, many with integral cloth place markers.
(5) 1866 ''The Aldine Ed. of the(5) 1866 ''The Aldine Ed. of the British Poets''leather bound and pulled feather motif to cover and page ends.Some light wear to covers.
Locker (F) Poems, 1868, not published,Locker (F) Poems, 1868, not published, with a frontispiece by George Cruikshank, presentation copy from the author to WM Rossetti, with inscription dated 1868, inscribed HW Bruton/see illustration
SELECTION OF POETRY ComprisingSELECTION OF POETRY Comprising 5 titles, notably W. M. Rossetti, ed., THE POETICAL WORKS OF CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI (London: Macmillan, 1904) thick 12mo, in an attractive Art Nouveau vellum and cloth binding by Truslove & Hanson, London; Christina G. Rossetti, POEMS, illus. by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1866) "2nd Thousand" 12mo, cloth, the binding rather worn, text toning; and THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE (NY: Lane, 1916) 12mo, three quarter goatskin, linen boards. Together with Annie K. Kilmer, LEAVES FROM MY LIFE (NY: Frye, 1925) with an inscription by the author, the mother of poet Joyce Kilmer, small 8vo, cloth.
LIBRARY OF BOOKS ON POETRY, FICTION,LIBRARY OF BOOKS ON POETRY, FICTION, ART AND OTHERLibrary of Books on Poetry, Fiction, Art and Other,