Search Results: POETRY from THE FAMILY ALBUM

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York and Montreal: (1992)., 1992 352p. Profusely illustrated in color. Oblong 8vo. Original color glossy binding. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 6 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by Ballantyne Press for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: ., 1887 pp. 286, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. Last page of publisher's catalogue browned. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 9 0.0. Hardcover.

W. Bulmer and Co.,and Sold By J. Wright, London: 1801., 1801 pp. (vi), 243. Large 4to. Worn early full leather binding. Signs of prtevious ownerships removed. Very clean and wide margined text. Printed by one of the great firms to work in England in the wake of Baskerville. FIRST EDITION. Henry James Pye (1745-1813), poetaster and poet laureate. He was educated at home until 1762, when he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, as a gentleman-commoner. From an early age Pye cultivated literary tastes, and his main object in life was to obtain recognition as a poet. In 1790 Pye was appointed poet laureate, in succession to Thomas Warton, and he held the office for twenty-three years. He doubtless owed his good fortune to the support he had given the prime minister, Pitt, while he sat in the House of Commons. Pye was the intimate friend of Governor John Penn (1729-1795). This work has been described as his magnum opus, and was dedicated to Addington. W139 ON HOLD Language: eng. F.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Leader All Sorts Company, Pittsburgh: 1892., 1892 302 p. + Portrait caricatures. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, rubbed at extremities. Biographical sketches in Prose & Verse. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 27 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

The Clover Press, Columbia, PA: 1928., 1928 95 p. Portrait frontis. Xlib stamp on title page, all edges and elsewhere. 12mo. Original tan cloth binding, remnants of library tape on spine and front board. Signed and presented to Millersville State Teachers College by Houston Mifflin, Lloyd Mifflin's son. Poet and painter Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921) was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Encouraged his landowning father, Mifflin received art instruction first from his father and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He then studied in Germany becoming a good painter, as well as a good photographer later in life. Believing that paint fumes were damaging his health, Mifflin stopped painting to concentrate on writing poetry, specifically sonnets. He would eventually publish over 500 sonnets, and was known as America's Greatest Sonneteer. PA 20 x4 R. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good.

A Amsterdam: 1750., 1750 pp. [12], 159, [1] (blank), xx + Engraved title and eight full page engraved plates by Picart. Engraved headpieces. Some old age stain. Small 12 mo. 150 mm. Old leather boards binding; needs rebacking. The pastoral romance Daphnis and Chloe is attributed to Longus, a third century A.D. Greek poet. Idyllic in nature, the poem tells the charming story of the love of a goat herd and a shepherdess. Daphnis and Chloe was widely popular in France and England in the 17th and 18th century. This text was translated from the Greek by Jacques Amyot (1513-1593). The engraved illustrations are by an anonymous pupil of Bernard Picart (1673-1733) one of the greatest French artist / engravers of the era. FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair.

(Vizetelly & Co. for) John Murray, London: 1841., 1841 pp. (260) + (8) [A Catalogue dated 1841 of Mr. Murray's Recent Publications, printed in lavender!] With numerous finely printed illustrations after David Roberts, William Harvey; William Hallen, William Simson, Henry Warren, C. E. Aubrey and others. Printed with decorative borders, ornamental initials, and illuminations in various colors throughout (red, blue, gold, etc.);PLUS four chromolithographed illuminated title-pages - all being the work of Owen Jones. 4to. 260 mm. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold, after a design by Owen Jones; spine mostly gone. Rear board and last signature detached. This is the First Edition of what is often considered the first illuminated Victorian gift book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144 R Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Good.

Oxford: Printed for J. Murray, London: 1771., 1771 pp. (Title page), 5-38. Wood engraved vignette by Isaac Taylor on the title page. Inside margin of title page torn. All pages very dampstained and age stained. 245mm x 200mm. Disbound. The author of this popular piece was a clergyman and the inventor of the power loom. POETRY BX 3 Language: eng. No Binding. Fair.

Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN: (1958)., 1958 206 p. 195mm. Softbound. Paperback. Third printing. CLASSICS BX 2 0.0. Soft cover.

Oxford University Press, NY, London, etc: 1916., 1916 104 p. Portrait engraving of Mifflin. 12mo. Uncut. Original publisher's cloth binding. Very XLib. Poet and painter Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921) was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Encouraged his landowning father, Mifflin received art instruction first from his father and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He then studied in Germany becoming a good painter, as well as a good photographer later in life. Believing that paint fumes were damaging his health, Mifflin stopped painting to concentrate on writing poetry, specifically sonnets. He would eventually publish over 500 sonnets, and was known as America's Greatest Sonneteer. PA 20. Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Oxford University Press, London; New York; Toronto: 1941., 1941 pp. xv, 107. Slight age stain. Library presentation bookplate of Burton E. Stevenson, Chillicothe, OH on first fly leaf. Stamped No. 5 on copyright page. 190mm. Original full cloth binding. CLASSICS BX 3 0.0. Hardcover.

The Nonesuch Press, London: 1931., 1931 pp. xxxviii, 193. Printed on Van Gelder paper. Deckle edges. 8vo. Original stiff boards with flower dust wraps. Original solander case, nicked at front. Original floral slip case. Limited Edition printed by The Kynoch Press. Number 582 of which 725 copies are for sale in England and 485 for sale in the United States by Random House. First printed in 1591, Astrophel and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophel is the star lover, and Stella is his star. Some have suggested that the love represented may be a literal one as Sidney evidently connects Astrophel to himself and Stella to Penelope Rich, the wife of a courtier, Robert Rich, 3rd Baronet. Payne. A very nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W43 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York: 1893., 1893 70 leaves + Portrait Frontis and numerous delicate full page engraved plates. Text printed on one side only. Title page printed in orange and black. Publishers design on title page. Top edge gold. Inked ownership. 12mo. Original full cream cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Binding soiled. Hardbound. POETRY2 BOX 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

A. M. Aurand & Sons, Beaver Springs, PA: 1916., 1916 128 p. 24mo. Original printed wraps. Fine dialect collection. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 28 x4. Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Coward-McCann, Inc, NY: 1928., 1928 (42)p. + Frontis and one illustration. Age stained. Book label of The Norman Remington Co., Baltimore on rear paste down. 16mo. 17 cm. Original yellow stiff paper boards, soiled. Front board decorated with illustration by Hogarth, Jr. (Rockwell Kent). First copyright 1921 by Vanity Fair. A famous parody of the works of Robert W. Service. POETRY BOX1 0.0. Hardcover.

(Printed by Ballantyne Press for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: ., 1887 288 p. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Fine condition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 15 0.0. Hardcover.

Published for the Authors, Rochester: 1869., 1869 387 p. + Frontis, ** Plus a tipped-in extract from Isaiah produced in raised letters for the blind by N.B. Kneass Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Nice original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Hardbound. Very good+. Memoirs and works of eminent blind authors, including: Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others; as well as a collection of poems by blind authors including: L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. ** The little broadside in raised printing employs the Philadelphia line fonts inspired by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 for use by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind. Though helpful for years in educating the blind, many sightless persons found the Roman letters difficult to use, and all such systems were eventually superseded by Braille. This true First Edition is scarce, especially in… Read More

Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville: 1975., 1975 119p. Illustrations. Original linen cloth binding. 8vo. Also issued as Pennsylvania German Society, New Series. Volume 9. The 100th volume published by the Pennsylvania German Society and it's predecessors. It is a great collection of Pennsylvania "Dutch" dialect poems and folklore. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG013Top Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

Thomas B Mosher, Portland, Maine: 1905., 1905 pp. xiii, 33 + Frontis printed on Japanese vellum. Printed in red and black throughout. Large red and black decorative initials. Some leaves ruled in red. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Uncut. Ownership of Grace M. Borden, 1907. Square 12mo. Original full paper binding. Hinges beginning to crack, but sound. Original printed paper labels on spine and front cover. Third edition. Limited Edition of only 450 copies. PRESS/W39 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good.

Sever and Francis, Cambridge, GREAT BRITAIN: 1864., 1864 pp. xix, 480, 4 [Publisher's catalogue]. Decorated title page and chapter headings. Inked presentation "Mrs. L. H. Reynolds with love of her Paster, 1887, Z. Knight". Top edge gold. Small 8vo. 165 mm. Original full cloth binding. Front board ruled in gold with center gilt design of a lyre. Very slight loss at extremities. RELIGION BOX 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.