Fables. With a Memoir by Austin Dobson by Gay, Mr. John - 1882

Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good. ud 1920?. old edition. HARDCOVER. 6x10"TALL. VERY GOOD CONDITION, SOLID, BRIGHT, NAME EP "Philena W. Hubbard...November 27th 1923, Redlands, California" ; Gold paper spine title label on black cloth spine strip. Similar GREEN cover label on bright yellow hard cover. NICE PLATES WITH PROTECTIVE PAPERS, RATHER HEAVY TEXT STOCK...MUCH MUSIC IN PLACES. AN INTERESTING ITEM. ..last page states "Made & Printed in Great Britain..Richard Clay & Sons...Suffolk"; 8 GLOSSY COLORED PLATES; 93ps THICK pages .

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1884 With a Memoir by Austin Dobson. xxxix, [3], 238pp, [2], printed on handmade laid paper bearing the watermark "D & Co, used by Willam Durham. Bound in maroon cloth, with bevelled edges, top edges gilt, deckled page edges, binding and hinges tight. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, darkened endpapers.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1923 Paperback, 1923 VG original stiffened wrappers, illustrated front cover, lightly soiled, poem written in pencil on ffep, mild foxing to edges, otherwise an attractive copy.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1884. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Vellum binding. xxxix, 238pp. Binding slightly grubby and worn. A decent copy. With a memoir by Austin Dobson. (q15). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: William Heinemann NONE [NONE] 1921. (hardcover) 93pp. Very good. 8vo. Quater bound, yellow paper boards. Paste down title blocks to front and spine. Starting at various points throughout the text, yet remains solidly bound. Printed on heavy stock. There is a tiny paste down stick to the front fixed endpaper. 8 colour plates, which includes the frontispiece; 4 with tissue guards, 4 missing. Internally clean. The Beggar's Opera introduced the genre of 'ballad opera', the forerunner to the modern musical, and was well received when it was first staged at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1728..

London: John Bell, 1777 New edition (first thus?). HB. Leather spine and corners over marbled paper-covered boards. Octavo. 62pp; 90pp, 63pp. With frontispiece engravings to the Beggar's Opera and Congreve's The Mourning Bride. Three plays published in one volume. Poor condition. The contents (pages) are fair to good, but the covers are very worn and rubbed, with the front board detached and the rear board held by one thread; the spine leather very dessicated. Contents all present but many pages browned or grubby, first engraving has an old stain from red wax over it, second one repaired tear; original owner's name in various places and date (Nicholas and Wm Greaves, 1782, Bakewell).

London: Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson 1761. Small 4to. (viii), 56, 46 pp. Dark brown half calf over brown cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Spine rubbed & gilt faded. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Lacks front endpaper. Scattered foxing. Title page trimmed and laid down. Vignette. With 46 plates of copper engraved music. Binding firm. . Good. Half Calf. 1761.

London: Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". Louis Du Guernier. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera'. Printed from the sheets of the first edition. The second edition of this work of poetry from John Gay, published in the same year as the first edition, using the same sheets as the first edition, but with a new title page.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and six full plate engravings, designed and engraved by Louis Du Guernier. Collated, complete.This second edition, with the Tonson/Taylor imprint, is very scarce.Lacking the final advertisement leaf that is called for. Contemporary owner's inscription to head of title page.ESTC reference no. T13916A scarce early printing of this important pastoral poem, describing homely farmyard tasks and simple domestic life, and complemented with the delightful engravings of Du Guernier.… Read More

London: William Heinemann 1923. Small 4to. xvi, 108 pp. Decorated blue cloth stamped in silver and black. No. 242 of 380 copies signed by the artist William Nicholson. Top edge gilt. Printed on hand-made paper. Spine slightly faded and worn at head & tail. Nine tissue-guarded tipped-in full page colour plates by William Nicholson. Short closed tear to frontispiece. Musical notation and head and tail-pieces. Some fading to the spine. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. Signed Limited Edition. 1923.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. #383 Of 700 Copies Of A Limited Edition Designed By Francis Meynell, Printed On Van Gelder Paper In Fell Types. Xcvii, 165 Pp. A Miscellany Published In 1717, Now So Rare That In 1934 Only Four Copies Were Known To Exist; Here First Reprinted. Full Dark Green Morocco, Spine With "Pope's Own Miscellany" In Gilt, Otherwise Plain; Blindstamped Border Rules On Covers; Endpapers In Two Shades Of Blue, Interwoven With Gilt, With Bookplate Of Vyvyan Edwards (Whose Fine Book Collection Was Dispersed In A 1966 Sale At Christie, Manson & Woods.) Binding With Light Rubbing At Corners And Spine Edges, No Damage; Contents Clean.

Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.

Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine

Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .

Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.

Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.

NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.