La Divina Commedia: Complete in Six Volumes. by Alighieri, Dante - 1963

#125 of 300 numbered & signed copies. A Fine tight copy in a Fine acetate dust jacket. This is one of Bukowski's best collections of poetry, written shortly after he'd "made it" with musings about his new found comfortable life in San Pedro, as well as material concerning his earlier, more troubled times in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. Some wonderfully witty writing in here with poems about mortgages and tax accountants, as well as the standard fare of race tracks, classical music, and bad sex. One of the best Bukowski poetry books from his mid-period.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1907. Octavo. In two volumes, 748pp., 786pp., portraits, handsomely bound in full brown morocco, raised bands, lettering gilt, morocco turn-in, all edges gilt. Small bump to last few leaves of volume one otherwise a fine bright set. From the library of a Wedgwood family member with gift inscription dated 1908. A very nice set.

New York:: Delacorte Press,, 1978.. Uncorrected Proof. A Very Good copy in plain yellow paper wraps with the bottom half of half-title page missing else a complete copy of a very uncommon format for this last collection of Brautigan poems. Protected by a mylar jacket. Photo copy of publisher's review slip taped to the flyleaf.

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1980. paper-covered boards. Plain Wrapper Press. 4to. paper-covered boards. 7+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 155 numbered and signed copies. (Plain Wrappers Press 29). Foot of spine bumped, else a fine copy with errata sheet inserted apologizing for the error on the colophon page. Five poems in English by Brendan Gill. Two of the poems, "Ferragosto" and "Norfolk," were written especially for this edition. "Easter" was previously published in Harper's magazine, and "In Wicklow" and "Voices" previously appeared in The New Yorker. Toned parchment substitute wove paper printed damp on a Washington handpress in black and light brown. Covers are glued boards covered with matching Ingres paper screenprinted in black and yellow with a leaf-and-berry pattern.

1711 Paradise Lost John Milton Poetry Tonson English Thomas Newton Illustrated

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

'Paradise Lost' follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to "Justify the ways of God to Men". It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan, and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.

It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
"[Paradise Lost shows] Milton's peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.

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New York, New York / Bombay, India: Longmans, Green, And Co.. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1902. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 106 pages: 5 x 7.5 in.: 1.2: KB#010210: No Jacket As Issued. Book binding is spine and quarter cream paper with blue cloth boards (with gilt ship embossed on front cover) plus decorated gilt lettered spine. Top edge of page block is gilt. Book is protected in a custom brown cloth gilt-lettered clamshell book box. Copy has prior owner's bookplate (Oliver Brett) neatly affixed to front endpaper and a stamp on front flyleaf, p. 103, and rear endpaper of "College For Working Women", along with a "Bought Davis 1921 and K195" notation at the front. Otherwise, clamshell box, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Has a tissue-protected frontispiece illustration about twenty dancing fairies by Richard Doyle, entitled "Under the Dock Leaves." This… Read More

Hurst & Blackett, LONDON, Ltd. Publ. Paternoster House, E. C. ., 1923 HBDJ, 1923. 1st British Edition, VG/GOOD+, Blue Decorated Cloth Hard Cover Boards light Rub, Wear, & Tiny Corner Ding, Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+ with Lite Soil wear & small chips Tears Edges. . Book is very clean, bright, tight and square. Tiny amount of wear at bottom of spine and bottom corners. Lovely copy. Dust wrapper is not clipped, is faded on the spine. Also has a small piece missing across top of spine (about 1/8" deep) and a rectangular piece about 1"x1/4" missing from top of rear panel. Closed tear about 2" long at bottom of rear panel. Enclosed in protective clear film Mylar . This original dust wrapper is very scarce. Unusual to find such a lovely copy in the original jacket. 5.6 X 3.5 inches Light Wear, Interior Nice Tight with Light FOXing , Wear, Back DJ small Tear Chips, DJ Spine FADE & ends tiny Chipping, , 143 pgs , NO Ads in Back, , then at… Read More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Six volumes finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in half crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edges giltm Aldine Edition stamped in gilt at tail of spine. morocco rubbed a bit at corners and a few small rubs at spines. Quite a handsome and sturdy set. . Aldine Edition . Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Tours and Paris : chez Letourmy and Berry, 1795. "traduction nouvelle, adresse´e du Donjeon de Vincennes, par Mirabeau, l'ai^ne´, a` Sophie Ruffey." No dates, published 1795-96. A portrait of Mirabeau, engraved by Voysard after Borel, frontispiece to volume I; portrait of Sophie, engraved by Elluin after Borel, frontispiece of volume II; engraving by Dupreel after Marillier, frontispiece of volume III, 12 figures out of text engraved by Elluin after Borel. Finely bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, with added ruling and decorative gilt acorn motifs at corners on paste downs & flyleaves, armorial book plate. Very Good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spines darkened, light soiling to boards, modest scattered toning. Laid into Vol. I an engraved portrait of Mirabeau, engraved by Mariage after F. Bonneville, that appears to have been taken from another publication. A handsome set in period binding. . First Translated… Read More

Santiago De Chile: Editorial Universitaria, S. A. , 1958. # 553 of 1,000 copies printed. Illustrations by Nemesio Antunez. 35 pp. The text block string-tied and laid loose in illustrated pink wrappers. Near Fine, small stain top edge rear wrapper, prior owner gift inscription and small sticker front end page. While 1,000 copies printed according to colophon, uncommon in current commerce. .. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Decorated Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.