Recent Arrivals from David Palmer

London 2013. First translation into English of the full text of Leopardi's journals and notebooks. An astonishing work by 'the greatest Italian poet after Dante. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Very scarce in this (or any other) condition.

Viking, First edition. Publisher's Proof Copy of First Edition, signed by the author. In near fine condition. A novel dealing with life and politics in a small Baltic state from 1930 until 1990

Martin Brian and O'Keefe, 1973. First edition. Publisher's review slip loosely inserted. A collection of biographical and critical essays on the writer best known by his pen name, Flann O'Brien. The book contains much information not available elsewhere: especially interesting are the details of the publication of his work. This is a fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dustwrapper.

Paris, 1921. Numbered 286 of the limited edition of 1100 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. The whole book (originally issued as a paperback) including front and rear covers, has been rebound as a quarter leather and marbled boards hardback. Only the original bound-in front cover shows signs of foxing; the rest of the text is very good, clean… Read more about this item

Tantor, 2019. First edition of the audio book. A box set in its original unopened box and protective plastic wrapper. Consisting of twenty-six cds (running for 30.5 hours) of an unabridged reading by Tany Eby of the Journals of Sylvia Plath (published in book form as ISBN 978-1-4945-3789-0). In fine condition in slightly rubbed protective cover.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1951. An invaluable source of material written by Coleridge, one third of which is from previously unpublished material, and the rest from published material that is not widely known. A very good copy in a dust jacket that has minor edge rubbing.

University Microfilms. Ann Arbor, USA. A facsimile copy of Auden's first book, printed in part by his friend Stephen Spender, and finished by a professional printer in 1928. This is a copy of number 12 of an edition of 'About 45' (as stated). Printed from microfilm of the original, it preserves all the eccentricities and incompetence of Spender's printing,… Read more about this item

London. Royal Academy of Arts, 1999. First edition. Original paperback. Published for the London exhibition of Beuys's work in 1999. Contains essays by Norman Rosenthal and Heiner Bastian, and the complete illustrated and annotated text of a historic speech given by Beuys in the Haus Lange Museum, Krefeld, on 19 May 1974. Near fine copy.

Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1935. A small private edition was issued by Hardy's widow, but this was the first general edition. The book is generally very good, with a slight darkening of the gilt lettering on the spine. The rather grubby dust wrapper has a small hole on the rear, some edge nicks and darkening of the spine, but… Read more about this item

New York, Viking, 2003. First edition. Study of Muybridge's time as a photographer of the American West in the nineteenth century and his experiments in high-speed motion photography, containing many photographs never published before. A fine copy in very good dust jacket.

London: Melos Press, 2017. First edition. A 20 page pamphlet of poetry. Both original poems and translations from French, including six remarkable translations of sonnets attributed to Racine. A fine copy.

London: Frederick Warne, 1989, First complete edition. 468 pages. This revised and enlarged edition contains previously unpublished material omitted from earlier editions. This is a surprisingly scarce book, especially in the UK. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.

London: The Melos Press, 2020. First edition. The first translation into English of any of Elskamp's poetry since 1911. The poems translated are taken from Elskamp's book Enluminures. An elegantly produced pamphlet of 28 pages. New copy.

Old Bakehouse Publications, 2002. First edition original paperback (no hardback was issued). The first study of John Bratby. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. Near fine.

The Seizin Press, Deyá, Mallorca (distributed by Heinemann, London), 1964. A collection of poems. With an introduction by Robert Graves, and published by his small press in Deyá. The book is in fine condition, in a very good, prize-clipped dust wrapper

London, Picador, 2018. An uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. A fine copy

London, Oxford University Press, 1961. First edition. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Reminiscences of Thomas Hardy's first wife, Emma, whose death was the trigger for many of his most powerful and moving poems. Fine copy in fine dust wrapper.

Paris, Gallimard, 1941, First edition, In original maroon coloured cloth. A good copy, a little edge rubbed, but binding is tight. Text paper showing usual age-browning.

London, John Lane, 1895. The Yellow Book Volume VII October 1895, London, 1895. First edition. 319 pages of prose, poems and art work. Most notable in this edition are 'Stories Toto Told Me' by Baron Corvo, a poem by A.C. Benson, and an essay by Kenneth Grahame. A 16 page catalogue of John Lane titles at the end of the… Read more about this item

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950. First edition in the Muses' Library series. Edited with an introduction by H.W. Donner. Still probably the best and most scholarly edition of Beddoes. A very good copy in very good unclipped dust jacket.