Poems [bound with] The Steam-Boat by James Cullen Bryant; Galt - 01/01/21

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1923. NEWFOUNDLAND VERSE- E. J. Pratt- Decorations & Endpapers by Frederick H. Varley- The Ryerson Press- Toronto- 1923- 1st edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-12mo- VG++/ no dj as issued- The Ryerson Press, (1923). Pp (8),5-140,(2). 8vo, brown paper-covered boards with black spine; gold and black design on front board with a wheeling gulls device. Laakso A2, O'Dea 1776, Watters p.161, Rhodenizer p.918, Laugher p.456. This variant has a text bulk of 5/8 inch and top edge unstained. pages are clean, no tears or writing- A Superior copy of this SCARCE work!- Non-fiction-poetry-verse-Newfoundland (927). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Frederick H. Varley. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1946. LOWELL, Robert. LORD WEARY'S CASTLE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First edition, with publisher's review slip tipped-in at the front. x,69 pp. Slim octavo, black cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A near fine copy; faint foxing to endpapers, and few spots of marginal soiling, else clean and crisp. In a dust jacket which is heavily foxed, being more apparent on the thin strip of white at the fold-in of the upper panel and on the white lower panel, shows light edgewear, and has a closed tear at the lower fold-in. Lowell's second book, containing "The Quaker Garveyard in Nantucket," it was greeted with critical acclaimn.

John Murray, London, 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, never reprinted. Small 8vo. 112pp. Yellow pebbled cloth, a little marked, handled and soiled, lettered and ruled in gold at the upper board and with a small gilt vignette of the sun. Blind rule to the rear board. Some spotting to the endpapers and, lightly, to occasional text leaves. Binding just a little tender in places. A nice bright copy. With the bookplates of noted bibliophile and bibliographic scholar Simon Novel-Smith and his wife Judith Adams. Fifty-one poems. Extremely uncommon..

London: Thomas Davison, 1820. Hardcover. Very Good. xiii, [3], 111, [1] p.; 23 cm. Contemporary binding with spine rebacked, retaining much of original red leather; plain pink paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. In attractive modern slipcase covered in red and black paper; gilt-tooled title on slipcase spine: Battle of Waterloo. List of 274 subscribers, (pp. 107-111) with the number of copies each ordered (where more than one), includes Czar Alexander I of Russia; King William I of the Netherlands; King Frederick William III of Prussia; Commander-in-chief of British forces, Field Marshal Frederick, Duke of York and Albany; and the Duke of Wellington. Inscription dated 1833 on front fixed endpaper. Although this poem is frequently attributed to the Poet Laureate William Whitehead, he died in 1785, 30 years before the Battle of Waterloo. No information about the author of this poem has been located. This is the very scarce original edition of this work -- not a reprint and not a POD. In… Read More

London: Baker and Galabin, 1782. Hardcover. Good -. And sold by B. White; C. Dilly; J. Robson; J. Walter; P. Elmsly, J. Bew, D. Prince and J. Cook, J. Deighton, W. Creech, and J. Dickson. xxxviii, 574, [2] p.; 28 cm. Signatures: a-c4 d4(-d4) e4 B-4D4 (4to). Early 19th-century binding?: calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Pp.xxxi-xxxviii contain a list of subscribers (Samuel Johnson was one of the subscribers). Errata: p. 573-574. One page of booksellers' advertisements follows text. ESTC, T094260. All page edges red. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Donald Fuller Torrey (on top of another bookplate). This is a heavy book -- for international shipping, it will have to be sent by international priority. In Good- Condition: lacking frontispiece portrait; spine is very worn; joints are split, but stitching is solid; lacking leather spine label; faint remains of gilt tooling on spine; very occasional foxing; otherwise pages are clean and bright.

London, England: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good. 1880. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 184 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 1: KB#011154: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Copy has prior owner's name and date (Christmas 1880) neatly inscribed on second front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green, with embossed design around edge (front, back and spine), plus gilt lettering on spine. Boards have light wear at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for owner's name as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Includes 184 pages plus 3 pages of lists of additional Tennyson Works. .

Prague: Borovy, 1927 This copy is number 459 of a limited edition of 600 copies. It has been nicely rebound in pebbled red cloth with the front cover bound in (see photos). Cover design on wrappers edition by Mrkvicka, 80pp., with five colored drawings by Sima. One of the most important publications of the Czech avant -garde in the 1920s.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine copy, in jacket with minor wear to extremities, and a tiny scrape on front panel. Signed on the half title page..

Lexington, KY, 1965. Number 126 of 250 copies printed by Anne and Wayne Williams for the Anvil Press. Still, now considered the dean of Kentucky poets, has inscribed this copy: "For Bob Shepherd, who has helped to keep these verses alive and singing. James Still, Rowan County, February 19, 1968.. Inscribed By Author. Limited. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Privately Printed.

London: Printed for J. Fletcher and Co. first edition., 1764. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (21) all present. . 24mo original calf, spine on 5 raised bands with gilt designs & lettering on red leather label, tips/edges bumped, leather peeling at top left corner of rear board. Front board re-attached, rear hinge intact, sturdy text-block, pages clean except for some ex-library stamps. Collated complete, viii +203pp with all 21 illustrations. *Oxford University humorous verse first edition.