Search Results: Poetry from Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Venetia: Nella Stamperia Del Ciotti. Good+. 1620. Hardcover. Two works by Marino Giambattista in one volume bound in contemporary full vellum. Hinges & text are tight & Intact. Illustrated with vignettes and decorative letters. #1: (14) 74pp. A panegyric consisting of 297 sestines. Small lateral worm hole near front margin [[&]] #2: (1) 90pp. A pangyric of 238 sestines. Previous owner's inscription on rear endpaper. Light cover wear. Italian text. The Cambridge History of Italian Literature characterized the author as "one of the greatest Italian poets of all time". Poetry. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 164 pages .

Portland, Maine: Lyman & Co.. Very Good-. 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Paper covered boards with leather spine. Text tight & clean. Designed for the improvement of youth in the art of reading and speaking with propriety and beauty. Front cover with paper tear. Spine label & rear rfee endpaper missing. Prior owners inscription. School Books; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Baton Rouge: Louisana State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807108456 . Clean red cloth with gilt title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & Intact. In her poetry and fiction Miss Oates Is deeply concerned with human emotions. Dust jacket with a few tiny edge chips is protected in mylar. Poetry; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 79 pages; Signed by Author .

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co.. Good+. 1878-79. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 4 Americana book catalogs bound into red flexible boards . Text tight & intact. Spine ends & edges rubbed. #1: 1878 BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, (6) 262 pages; #2: 1878 Historical & Miscellaneous Publications, 64 pages; #3: April, 1879 A Catalogue of Second Hand Books, Drama, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Science, Biography & Travels, 19 pages; #4: 1879 Supplement of Valuable Books, (4) 92 pages. Original pale green pamphlet covers : Bibliotheca Americana 1878 &1879 bound-in. Three pages have hand written price lists and a few check marks in margins. Books on Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages .

New York: Knickerbocker Press. Very Good. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean blue cloth has gilt titles on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Inscribed by author. Text tight, clean & intact. A few flecks of foxing on the first two pages. Poetry ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 202 pages; Signed by Author .

San Francisco: Book Club of California. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 750 copies. First edition of poems by Burgess, Coblentz, Irwin, Taggard, Welch, Miles, Lewis, Winters, Rukeyser, Flanner, Weeks and Jeffers. Printed by various California printers. Twelve folded leaves housed in a near fine folder and slipcase. Clean blue cloth, with raised bands on leather spine. Poetry; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean brown cloth with gilt lettering in a dust jacket with spine end chips & a repaired tear: protected in a mylar cover. Tight, clean & intact copy. African-American narrative poem. Poetry; 12mo; 153 pages; Signed by Author .

London: William Pickering [With] Edward Moxon, Longman Rees, John Pearson. Very Good. 1835-73. Hardcover. ; 25 volumes bound by Root & Son in contemporary 3/4 brown morroco over light green boards. Five spine bands with gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Half titles. One or two old, slim gold ribbon bookmarks in each volume. Hinges & texts tight & intact. Pages bright & clean except for tanning on first & last 2 or 3 leaves in most volumes. Some rubbing to edges & corners. Light soil to a few covers. 2 volumes of "Specimens of Table Talk" Murray w/ 2 plates,1835,1st ed. ; 2 volumes of "Early Recollections" by Cottle/Longman Rees w/ 6 portraits, 8vo, 1837, 1st ed. ; "Church and State" 3rd ed w/ "Lay Sermons" 2nd ed, 1839; 3 volumes of "The Friend" 1844, 4th ed; 3 volumes of "Biographila Literaria" 1847, 2nd ed. ; 2 volumes of "Poetical Works" (lacking volume 1) 1847,… Read More

Newcastle: Printed for Emerson Charley. Very Good+. 1842. Hardcover. Handsome green leather over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt decorated spine panels & covers. Top edge gilt. Hinges and interior are tight, clean and intact. Marbled endpapers. Twenty-three annually issued pamphlets of angling verse published from 1820-1842. The first," The Angler's Progress", is dated 1820, the last, "Auld and Young", 1842. There are 2 issues from 1824. Book published with a title page and frontispiece portrait of illustrator, Thomas Bewick, then each poem is preceeded by a half-title & a title page with a vignette by Bewick and others. Poems by various authors including, Robert Roxby, William Gill Thompson and Joseph Crawhall. Bound in bookplate of "George Page Ely" of Lyme, Ct. (Spouse of noted bookbinder, Caroline Weir Ely) . Edges very lightly rubbed. Poetry, Angling ; Vignettes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Rouan: Chez Besoigne. Very Good. 1743. New Edition. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition, Tome Second: engraved frontis. , t-p. , 324, [4]pp. Clean full leather with somewhat worn gilt decorated spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Page edges dyed red. Poetry ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 324 pages .

London: W. Kent & Co.. Very Good+. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. True first edition, preface and advertisements are dated 1858. Bound in clean purple embossed cloth with bright gilt title on spine. (xii) 227pp + 40pp of W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue. Pictorial frontispiece. Very nice copy, Historical Poetry, Poetry ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 227 pages .

Barcelona: Ediciones Rondas. Very Good+. 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean soft cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Two b/w illustrations. Spanish text. Inscribed by the author. Poetry; Drawing Illustrations; 8vo; 32 pages .

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Near Fine. 1977. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Clean mustard color paper boards with speckled cloth spine. Protected in the original acetate dust jacket. Deckle page edges. Tipped in frontispiece. Signed, limited edition 37/60, handbound in boards by Emily Paine, each with an original ink drawing by Joyce Carol Oates. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages .

Holt, Minnesota: B. C. Hagglund. Very Good-. 1932. First Edition. Soft Cover. Tan soft covers and pages. Covers have a few small edge chips & small tape repair on upper corner. Authors first published work: written during the Great Depression. The breakdown of capitalism: the oppression of workers. Poetry. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

Paris: Jean-Paul Mestas. Good+. 1980. Soft Cover. Six Poemes de Jean-Paul Mestas, sur lavis de Christiane Mestas. Tirage original hors commerce. Noel 1980- Paris. Ce tirage particulier a ete realise en 20 exemplaires. Numerotes chacun de I a XX, Numero XVII. Signed by both Jean-Paul & Christiane Mestas. Text in French. Folder containing the eight laid-in pages has spine head wear with a small piece missing. Poetry; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by All Authors .

NY: D. Appleton & Co.. Very Good+. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean brown cloth decorated with black and gilt. Tight & intact copy. All edges bright gilt. Prior owner's inscription. [xx, 385. Pp + 5pp ads]. " THE GOSPEL STORY OF OUR LORD RENDERED INTO VERSE ALONG WITH A PICTORIAL ANTHOLOGY OF HIS LIFE." (from Cole's biography) . Light scattered foxing. 28 full-page, tissue protected B/W engravings including pictorial frontispiece. Religion; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 385 pages .

New York: Henry Holt & Co.. Very Good+. 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth, front cover & spine decorated in black & gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. All edges gilt. Original owners signature dated 1880. Poetry; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 328 pages .

Munich & Berlin: Frederick Bruckmann. Very Good+. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Handsome, clean brown tooled leather decorated with gilt. All edges gilt with dentelles. Text tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpapers. 22 sepia full page, single sided photos of paintings tipped-in. Pictorial frontispiece. Poetry, Art. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages .

Washington, D. C,: New World Books. Very Good. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author, " For the students & Faculty of Fillmore Central School." Clean red cloth decorated with gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. X-Library, Markings on fore edge with a library pocket at rear. Poetry; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Sarah H. Leggett. Very Good+. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Handsome clean brown supple blind stamped leather, raised bands on spine & decorated with gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Text tight & intact. Single sided printing on heavy stock paper. Collection of poetry by William Cullen Bryant, Henry W. Longfellow, John G. Whittier, J. Lowell, O. W. Holmes and Bayard Taylor, with 36 engraved illustrations by C. M. Jenckes. F. O. C. Darley, A. Fredericks, T. Moran, Wm. Hart, J. McEntee and J. D. Smillie. Leaves bright without foxing. Small stain first 2 leaves & last few pages have light damp stain on upper corner margin. Original owners inscription dated 1878. Poetry; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Unpaginated pages .