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SONNET

• Sonnets and Odes, Translated from
  Sonnets and Odes, Translated from the Italian of Petrarch; with the original Text, and Some Account of His Life. London: Printed for J. Miller, Chancery Lane, and Vernor Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry, 1808. A new Edition, 8 vo size. With advertisements and tables, large typeset, 105 numbered pages. 3/4 leather with gilt tooling, marbled paper boards. Ruby top edge.
• SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM The Poems and
  SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM The Poems and Sonnets. Edited by Gwyn Jones. London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1960. Folio full brown calf with gilt-stamped cockerel design to upper cover by Hiscox slipcase. Limited edition number 42 of 100 specially-bound copies from an edition limited to 475.
• THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM
  THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREChiswick Press for Riviere, 1928. Very finely bound by Baynton (Riviere) and incorporating oval portrait miniature of Shakespeare within the front cover. Very light foxing to the end papers, but otherwise very clean and well preserved, including the binding. 7 1/4" high, 5 1/2" wide. Condition: Any condition information included in our lot descriptions is not the equivalent of a written condition statement, and the absence of condition information does not imply that the lot is free of defects. Our auction lot descriptions reflect our effort to provide accurate, objective and fair information on all lots for sale, and we encourage bidders to request written condition statements and large file images on any lots of interest by emailing condition@woodburyauction.com. We also strongly advise that you or someone on your behalf inspect the lot personally before bidding. All lots are sold "as is" and "where is" and neither we nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property. There are no returns and no refunds based on condition
• A thirty-volume set of the Works of
  A thirty-volume set of the Works of William Shakespeare, consisting of 28 plays, with a volume of The Sonnets And Other Poems, and Venus And Adonis and Lucrece (London, 1908). All are individually bound in soft red leather, which is in generally good condition for its age.
• A Parker Sonnet fountain pen and
  A Parker Sonnet fountain pen and others (3)
• By and after L E G/Floral
  By and after L E G/Floral Specimens/thirty engravings, 27cm x 21cm, each with verse from a Shakespeare play or sonnet
• 9 Shakespeare Books All by Hacon
  9 Shakespeare Books All by Hacon Ricketts Pericales Poems Sonnets; Merchant of Venice As you like it Taming of the Shrew All's well that ends well; Twelfth night Winter's Tale King John King Richard II; The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Measure for Measure; Comedy of Errors Much Ado about nothing Love's Labour's Lost; Mid-Summer Night's Dream; Troilus & Cressida Coriolanus Titus Andronicus Romeo & Juliet; King Lear Othello Anthony and Cleopatra Cymbeline; King Henry IV King Henry V King Henry VI Part I; King Henry VI Part II King Richard III King Henry VIII.Provenance: A Private Geneseo NY E
• SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM The Poems and
  SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM The Poems and Sonnets. Edited by Gwyn Jones. London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1960. Folio publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt slipcase. Limited edition one of 470 copies printed. Fine. [Together with:] The First Part of Henry the Fourth. Illustrated by Mary Grabhorn. San Francisco CA: Grabhorn Press November 1961. Thin folio quarter linen over decorative boards. Limited edition one of 180 copies.
• W. WYCHERELY, MISCELLANEOUS
  W. WYCHERELY, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, SATYRS, EPISTLES, LOVE VERSES, SONGS, SONNETS, LONDON, 1711W. Wycherely, Miscellaneous Poems, Satyrs, Epistles, Love Verses, Songs, Sonnets, London, 1711
• PRINT, LE BONHEUR DE CE MONDE "Le
  PRINT, LE BONHEUR DE CE MONDE "Le Bonheur de Ce Monde," printed Sonnet by Christophe Plantin, printed with "le Material de la celebre Architypographie, overall (with frame): 19.75"h x 13.25"w
• SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Venus and
  SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Venus and Adonis; The Passionate Pilgrim; Pericles; Lucrece; Sonnets. Edited by Sidney Lee. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1905. 5 vols. 4to original vellum panelled and lettered in gilt with suede ties. Facsimiles of the first editions reproduced from Britwell and Bodleian libraries comprising the five works printed in Shakespeare's lifetime excluded from the 1623 edition of The First Folio published by Oxford as a supplement to its 1902 facsimile edition. Limited to 1 000 copies of which Venus and Adonis is signed by the editor. A few ties broken; very light soiling to boards; otherwise generally very good.
• (FINE PRESS ANVIL PRESS)
  (FINE PRESS ANVIL PRESS) SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Shake-speares Sonnets. (Lexington KY): (Anvil Press) (1956). 8vo publisher's boards paper spine label. Number 19 of 240 copies printed after the Praetorius facsimile edition from the copy of the First Quarto (1609) in the British Museum. Layout by Victor Hammer. Printed by Jacob Hammer. Victor Hammer signed bookplate to front pastedown. Spine toned with some rubbing to boards. [Together with:] Shakespeare's Sonnets. Boston: Copeland and Day 1897. 12mo boards with cream wraps untrimmed. Limited edition one of 750 copies. Minor soiling to wrapper; some loss at edges.
• "PETIT POEME..." BY BERNARDA BRYSON
  "PETIT POEME..." BY BERNARDA BRYSON SHAHN. New Jersey, 1903 - 2003. Oil on board, unsigned. Labeled on back "Petit Poeme a Baudelaire". Man seated at a table. 14.25"h. 15.75"w., framed, 17.5"H. 19"w.
• BOOKS: Two illustrated books:
  BOOKS: Two illustrated books: ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' and ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner '' some foxing and wear.
• A forty-volume miniature set of
  A forty-volume miniature set of Shakespeare's works bound in soft leather, including his plays, a volume of his sonnets, and two of his poems (The Rape of Lucrece and Venus & Adonis), published in London by Anthony Treherne & Co. in 1904. In a box seemingly made for them covered in green cloth with the word Shakespeare in white on the lid. Individual volumes of this edition are available at online booksellers', but no complete set, with or without a box.
• A Collection of Twenty-Three
  A 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.
• Shakespeare, William. Venus and
  Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis, No 117 of 502, Shakespeare Head press Stratford on Avon, 1905. Small 4to., orig. vellum backed boards/Provenance: Spetchley Park
• GLORIA CESAL. "SONNET IN COLOR,
  GLORIA CESAL. "SONNET IN COLOR, I, II, III," OIL (Peruvian/American, b. 1949). Series of three oil on canvases, 1996, each signed, additional information affixed on verso, 19 x 16 in., framed.
• Soliloquy by Will Barnet Will
  Soliloquy by Will Barnet Will Barnet (American b. 1911) 20th Century. ?Etching and aquatint signed in margin numbered?7/225; 13.75 x 25.25 in.
• An album of poems quotations
  An album of poems quotations paintings and drawings circa 1840.
• A Parker Sonnet fountain pen
  A Parker Sonnet fountain pen circa 1960 approx. 13cm.
• 1 vol. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.
  1 vol. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Poems. London: F.S. Ellis, 1870. First published edition. 8vo, orig. gilt floral & circular decorated blue green cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spine; edges untrimmed; corners slightly bumped, minor edge wear. Floral decorated endpapers. Early owner's ink signature at head of title-page, pencil annotations on verso of dedication page & head of first contents page, otherwise internally clean. 4 pp adverts. Bright, attractive copy. Rossetti exhumed the only manuscript of his Poems in 1869 from the grave of his wife & the most famous of the Pre-Raphaelite models, Elizabeth Siddal, who had died of a laudanum overdose in 1861. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
• PETER SIMON (ENGLISH, CIRCA
  PETER SIMON (ENGLISH, CIRCA 1764–1813), TWO SHAKESPEARE ENGRAVINGS Each an etching and engraving, circa 1790s, to include one from Romeo and Juliet and one from As You Like It, presumably published by Boydell and with printed details below matting, in uniform framing.
• Poet-Lore 1891-1894Titled
  Poet-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 collection of works to
  Poetry, 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
• A linen bound book of poems by John
  A 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.
• Shakespeare (William), A number
  Shakespeare (William), A number of limited edition cased large folio volumes by Shakespeare to include As you like it, Othello, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado about Nothing, Coriolanus, King Lear and Sonnets and Poems, newly boxed, Limited Edition 927/3750, Folio Society 2007, together with Austen (Jane), The Complete Works: Illustrated edition, Limited numbered 648/7000 (8)
• SHAW, BERNARD Saint Joan. A
  SHAW, BERNARD Saint Joan. A chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue. Estimate:$1,000-$1,500
• Khayyam (O), Rubaiyat of Omar
  Khayyam (O), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2nd edition; together with Defoe (Daniel), The Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, London: Cassell, Petter & Gilpin, 1890, 4to (2)
• ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH
  ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH ETCHINGS Shakespeare: Selections from the Sonnets. Blue Moon Press, 1977, copy XXI of XL, from an edition of 165, this with etching portrait numbered 21/40 signed by Masson, loose sheets in clamshell case; with, Poems by Lawrence Saphire, Editions de la Lune Bleue, 1974, copy number 66/85 signed on the colophon by Saphire and Masson, with 2 unsigned etchings; larger: 15.25"h x 12"w
• ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH
  ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH ETCHINGS Shakespeare: Selections from the Sonnets. Blue Moon Press, 1977, copy IV of XL, from an edition of 165, this with etching portrait numbered 4/40 and signed by Masson, loose sheets in clamshell case; with, Poems by Lawrence Saphire, Editions de la Lune Bleue, 1974, copy number 1/85 signed on the colophon by Saphire and Masson, with 2 unsigned etchings, but lacking the 2 extra suites of etchings called for, larger: 15.25"h x 12"w
• Serigraph with acrylic on wood
  Serigraph with acrylic on wood panel by Linda Le Kinff (French b. 1949); "Petit Sonnet", 1997, signed lower left; 16" x 12 1/2" (sight, approx.)
• 5 vols. (4 wrappers) English
  5 vols. (4 wrappers) English Poets: Swinburne, Algernon. Ode on The Proclamation of The French Republic, Sept. 4, 1870. London: Ellis, 1870. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. printed salmon wrappers; some wear & dust soiling to edges. Occasional internal chipping to margins. Wise 52. In custom 1/4 morocco slipcase (occasionally rubbed) & cloth chemise. * Masefield, John [four works]: Good Friday, A Play in Verse; John M. Synge, a Few Personal Recollections...; The Locked Chest and The Sweeps of Ninety-Eight, Two Plays in Prose; Sonnets & Poems. Letchworth; Garden City, 1916. Each 1/200. 4 vols. 8vo, orig. printed gray wrappers; minor wear. In custom 1/2 blue morocco box & cloth chemise.
• A Georgian oval needlework
  A Georgian oval needlework sampler of a woman placing flowers upon Shakespeare's grave, 32cm x 25cm
• ELIOT T.S. The Love Song of J.
  ELIOT T.S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in Poetry A Magazine of Verse Volume VI No. III June 1915. 8vo publisher's printed decorative wrappers uncut. Pp. 130-135 whole issue offered. First appearance in a national publication preceded only by publication in the Smith Academy Record and the Harvard Advocate. Light finger smudge to p. 129; 1-inch tear to foot of spine; otherwise fine.
• ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH
  ANDRE MASSON, (2) LTD. EDS. WITH ETCHINGS Shakespeare: Selections from the Sonnets. Blue Moon Press, 1977, copy XXII of XL, from an edition of 165, this with etching portrait numbered 22/40 signed by Masson, loose sheets in clamshell case; with, Poems by Lawrence Saphire, Editions de la Lune Bleue, 1974, copy number 52/85 signed on the colophon by Saphire and Masson, with 2 unsigned etchings, but lacking the 2 extra suites of etchings called for, larger: 15.25"h x 12"w