Lyrics of a Low Brow by Service, Robert - 1951

New York: MacMillan 1926, 3rd printing. (Hardcover) 138pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Blue cloth illustrated in black and silver. Illustrated throughout, index of authors, index of first lines. The spine is cocked, there is a poem clipped from a newspaper laid in with offset tanning to the adjacent pages, the dust jacket has chipping along the top and bottom edges of the spine, and is soiled on the spine. (Poetry).

New York: L.C. Matlack, 1850 Additional title page in gilt, 202pp, bound in brown cloth with blind stamped borders, gilt flowers, gilt designs on spine, all edges gilt, designed endpapers. Covers show corner wear, wear to top/heel of backstrip, interior foxing. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT.

Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1958 2 volumes in NEAR FINE CONDITION (small spot on backstrip), in original slipcase with paper spine label (slipcase shows edge wear). 774pp; 709pp bound in original tan silk over boards, with creme cloth spine labels, original silk ribbon page markers intact. TIGHT & CLEAN, no labels, inscriptions nor markings. Text is in German. POETRY/PROSE.

Toronto: Copp-Clark 1910. (4to) 392pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Red gilt decorated cloth. Top edge gilt, 9 mounted color illustrations with captioned tissue guards, full-page black and white illustrations, indices. There is light wear at the top and bottom of the spine and corners, and a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. (Poetry, Poetry).

London: Duckworth, 1930. Limited edition. First edition. Hardcover. Prelims foxed. Light foxing to text. Else very good copy. Frontispiece by Rex Whistler. 8vo. Cloth-backed patterned boards. This is number 127 of 215 copies signed by the poet, Frontispiece by Rex Whistler.

J.J. Stockdale, 1807. 17th. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. J.J. Stockdale, 1807. Half calf. Marbled boards. Book plate inside cover. 12th ed. Internally excellent, with clean, unmarked pages. Rubbing to cover. Scuff on edge. Hardcover. Ships daily.

Janus Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author; this being #101. Signed by the author and illustrator on the colophon. 6.75 x 11.75 inches. [20]pp., bound by James Bicknell in the original black cloth with a paper spine label. Letterpress printed in Trump Mediaeval on handmade papers. Illustrated by Xerox by Ray K Metzker. A Very Good copy with faint discoloration and light wear to the cloth.

Hardcover. Condition. Very Good+. Limited Edition - No. 211 of 375 deluxe copes. Signed by George Lewys. Top of text block in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some edge wear to boards and tips. Light stain on cover. Some cracking to marbled endpapers at front. No slipcase

NEW ~ Boxed set: Anthology of Spanish-language visual poems by literary figures in colonial New Spain printed individually on seventeen folded-page inserts (approx. 12.5 x 9.5"), accompanied by 83pp. book with prologo y notas by Jorge Gutierrez Reyna (approx. 6 x 4.5"), both set in a maroon and tan clam-shell box (with ribbons). A jewel for any aficionado of visual poetry. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. First American Edition. In original colourfully decorated cloth, which is slightly rubbed but in very good condition overall. Inside the poetry is beautifully highlighted by historiated initials and framed within decorative borders - all by Walter Crane. Floral endpapers. Neatly repaired closed tear to front end paper. Pages are French folded (so uncut and hiding the blank pages), and top edge is emerald green. Separated into sections: The Old Garden, Nature, Love Songs, Poems of Life, Verses for Children. A lovely example of a delightful book. viii, 114 pp. 205 x 150 mm (8 x 6 inches). Première édition américaine. En toile originale décorée en couleurs, légèrement frottée mais en très bon état. A l'intérieur, la poésie est magnifiquement mise en valeur par des initiales historiées et encadrées dans des bordures décoratives - toutes de Walter Crane. Pages de garde fleuries. Déchirure fermée soigneusement réparée à la première page de… Read More