Poetry from T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA

Original illustrated tan cloth, octavo, pp. vi, 161 + [1] leaf publisher's ads. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and other illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Previous owner 1901 Christmas ownership signature on free front endpaper. Condition is GOOD with shelf rubbing at spine ends and board tips and some mottling of the cloth on the bottom edges of the boards. One pinhead-sized spot… Read more about this item

First edition, second printing, in the publisher's original green cloth with spine title, quarto, pp. xiii, 210 plus colophon. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. The preliminary and terminal pages are foxed and toned darkly with age. A very old bookmark was left between pp. 182 and 183 and has caused heavy offsetting in that gutter. Other pages clean and… Read more about this item

Publisher's original stapled green wrappers, octavo, pp. 42. FAIR-only (we are receptive to the fact that some might insist on POOR) with old tide lines (water markings) throughout and most notably on the rear wrapper at top edge, where there is a slight loss of paper. A frontispiece portrait of Stanton has worked loose from the binding and is simply… Read more about this item

Number 8 of 400 numbered copies in the publisher's original stapled card-stock wrappers, octavo, pp. 17 + [3l]. From the collection of renowned American poet and Founder of the Cleveland Poetry Center Lewis P. Turco, with his ownership signature on the free front endpaper and his tasteful private library seal embossed at bottom corner of title page. Additionally, this unique… Read more about this item

Second impression, so stated, in the publisher's original blue cloth with paper spine label, octavo, pp. 140 + [2]. Previous owner 1923 name and an old Boston bookseller ticket on free front endpaper. Light shelf rubs at spine ends and board tips. Paper label a bit worn over the century. Uniform offsetting (attractive and desirable to our eye, we dare… Read more about this item

Sixth impression, the three volumes uniform in publisher's original gray cloth with black spine lettering, 16mo (6 3/4 inches in height by 4 3/4 inches in width). Pagination: Volume I: xii, 212; Volume II: vii, 235; Volume III: vii, 230. Majority of the board tips with some shelf bumping. Printed gray dust jackets with unavoidable nicks and short tears due… Read more about this item

Publisher's original green cloth with gilt spine and upper panel lettering within blind rule, quarto, pp. 273. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edges uncut. Many pages unopened. Tissue-guarded frontis portrait of Swing, with some offsetting to title page despite the tissue. Three other full page illustrations, as called for. Previous owner, using perhaps a dull implement or unsteady hand,… Read more about this item

First edition, in the publisher's original cloth with upper panel silhouette of a woman in a debossed heart-shaped design gilt, all within single-ruled gilt border. Spine lettering and torch with ribbon design also gilt, octavo, pp. 190 + [1]. Half title and title page printed in red and black. "Life Pictures" by William B. Dyer. Spine ends and board tips… Read more about this item

Later printing, publisher's green cloth with black spine and upper panel lettering, small octavo, pp. 120 [121]. Illustrated by the Author. Light foxing on text block edges. Previous gift inscription on front pastedown from one family to another. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and some erosion at spine ends and flap fold points. A few random nicks around perimeter.

Publisher's original brown back-strip over orange boards, octavo, pp. 64. A nice gift inscription from the author to a previous owner on free front endpaper: " . . . in memory of good times together and an evening of argument on a hellish ride on the train for St. Louis." FAIR-only condition with shelf soiling and wear. Spine ends and… Read more about this item

Publisher's original black cloth with spine lettering gilt, small quarto, pp. 336. Illustrated generously with three sections of black and white photographs. Small old price-sticker shadow on free front endpaper but no stickiness or residue. A little luster lost over the decades through shelf and handling wear, but still GOOD, sound and serviceable. Dust jacket with light shelf wear at… Read more about this item

Edition limited to 1,000 copies of which 950 were for sale, in the publisher's pale green cloth with spine and upper board lettering gilt, octavo, pp. 76. Attractive hunter green endpapers. White card-stock dust jacket about Very Good except for a bit of shelf smudging that shows more obviously than if publisher had chosen a darker color.

Publisher's original maroon cloth with spine lettering gilt (now faded), octavo, pp. xvi, [1 leaf], 1-332. Small old Brisbane bookseller ticket at bottom edge of front paste down. GOOD condition with shelf wear at spine ends and board tips. Old off-setting on endpapers. Wanting the dust jacket.

Christmas poetry from the author in publisher's original string-tied wrappers, octavo, pp. [24]. Small front panel Christmas tree engraving by Siri Beckman. Protected in a clear display sleeve with white card-stock backing board. A scarce item, both in trade and institutional holdings, with a 2023 OCLC search returning Library of Congress, Amherst, and Bates College only.

First edition, so stated, in the publisher's yellow cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. 83 plus author colophon. Dust jacket has some fading on the spine, and beneath its removable mylar are a couple of chips at top edge of front panel. On rear panel is a 1 inch tear with no loss from top-edge downward. This unique copy,… Read more about this item

A selection from the Press's Phoenix Living Poet series, in original rust-colored cloth with spine lettering and upper panel Phoenix decoration gilt, octavo, pp. 40. Green Phoenix dust jacket pattern by Enid Marx. Beneath the protective mylar, near the spine of jacket's front panel, is a 1 inch vertical tear with no loss from top-edge downward. Old price sticker near… Read more about this item

A selection from the Press's Phoenix Living Poet series, in original rust-colored cloth with spine lettering and upper panel Phoenix decoration gilt, octavo, pp. 64. Phoenix dust jacket pattern by Enid Marx. Jacket spine a bit faded by sun and with an old price sticker inside front jacket flap near bottom. This unique copy from the personal collection of renowned… Read more about this item

A selection from the Press's Phoenix Living Poet series, in original rust-colored cloth with spine lettering and upper panel Phoenix decoration gilt, octavo, pp. 50. Phoenix dust jacket pattern by Enid Marx. Old price sticker inside front jacket flap near bottom. This unique copy from the personal collection of renowned American poet and Founder of the Cleveland Poetry Center, Lewis… Read more about this item

Edition limited to 1960 copies in the publisher's gray cloth with spine and upper panel lettering and decorative device gilt, octavo, illustrations accomplished by Kurt Roesch. Previous owner name on front paste down. Toning in gutters. Random mild foxing. Wanting the original slip case.

Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is Number 90, in the publisher's string-tied blue card-stock wrappers with title label and decorative device on front panel, octavo, pp. 95 plus colophon.  Printed and bound by Wolfe Editions and Ascensius Press.  Signed by the author at the limitation page.  A cleverly done-up affair, with each poem appearing in three languages:… Read more about this item