Monumento à Elevação da Colonia do Brazil a Reino, e ao Estabelecimento do Triplice Imperio Luso. As obras de Pùblio Virgilio Maro, traduzidas em verso portuguez, e annotadas por by LEITÃO, Antonio José de Lima - 1818-19

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.

1941. SCHWARTZ, Delmore. SHENANDOAH. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1941). "Poet of the Month" series. First edition. This verse drama deals with a family's quarrel over the naming of a son, Shenandoah Fish, which is obviously analogous Schwartz's name, about which he was quite sensitive. Inscribed to the poet Theodore Morrison. "Ted, from Delmore, October 1941." Illustrated by Frederico Castellon. Printed by George Hornby at The Domesday Press, New York City. 28 pp. 8vo., plain paper wrappers, wire saddle stitch. In a dark blue dust jacket, illustrated on the upper wrapper in grey-blue. Internally clean and fine; however, the dust jacket is sunned at perimeters and on the lower panel, with some light edgewear. Inscribed copies by Schwartz are uncommon, and this is a very good copy, inscribed by him.

Chicago, Illinois: The Bookfellows. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1919. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 142 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1.2: Signed by Editor: KB#010258: First edition limited to 325 copies. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. DOUBLE INSCRIBED COPY. Book is SIGNED BY EDITOR (Vincent Starrett), with inscription, "Dear P. J. J - Kind regard, and gratitude for your interest. Vincent Starrett 10 March 1920" on front flyleaf, and SIGNED BY DEDICATEE (Walter M. Hill) to whom the book was dedicated, "With best wishes from one booklover to another, Walter M. Hill March 13th 1920", on dedication page. Lastly, it has an biographical newspaper article on Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (dated 3-28-20 The Line) affixed at the bottom of the half title page. Boards are dark green with light brown spine binding, and paper author and title labels on spine and front cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as… Read More

New York. : Limited Editions Club., 1990.. Limited edition, #171 of 550 copies. . Hardcover, quarter black leather over green cloth boards, gilt spine title, in a black cloth slipcase. . Fine in slipcase. . Large folio. . Signed by the photographer on the colophon. Large book requires extra postage. LEC newsletter laid in. Six photogravure plates by Aaron Siskind.

Macmillan and Co. London. 1900. Seventh edition. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.7 inches). Foxing to the blank endpapers and the first and last couple of leaves, otherwise a clean copy in a beautiful fine leather binding, by Bumpus, of full dark blue crushed morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with three gilt dots. The compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated with small flower emblems, all in gilt. Both boards with four ruled lines and flower and leaf designs in the middle panel, all in gilt. Board edges double ruled in gilt Turn-ins with double ruled lines and flower and leaf designs, all in gilt. plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Blue silk bookmarker sewn in. A fine and beautiful binding. --- An early edition of this popular collection of KIpling's poetry. First published in 1896.

Hurst & Blackett, LONDON, Ltd. Publ. Paternoster House, E. C. ., 1923 HBDJ, 1923. 1st British Edition, VG/GOOD+, Blue Decorated Cloth Hard Cover Boards light Rub, Wear, & Tiny Corner Ding, Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+ with Lite Soil wear & small chips Tears Edges. . Book is very clean, bright, tight and square. Tiny amount of wear at bottom of spine and bottom corners. Lovely copy. Dust wrapper is not clipped, is faded on the spine. Also has a small piece missing across top of spine (about 1/8" deep) and a rectangular piece about 1"x1/4" missing from top of rear panel. Closed tear about 2" long at bottom of rear panel. Enclosed in protective clear film Mylar . This original dust wrapper is very scarce. Unusual to find such a lovely copy in the original jacket. 5.6 X 3.5 inches Light Wear, Interior Nice Tight with Light FOXing , Wear, Back DJ small Tear Chips, DJ Spine FADE & ends tiny Chipping, , 143 pgs , NO Ads in Back, , then at… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish . damage to boards.. 1921. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. Red cloth with printed paper spine label. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Owen with tissue guard. xi, 34pp. Some pages unopened. A collection of Owen’s poems published posthumously after he was killed in action in France in 1918. The iconic World War I poem “Dulce et Decorum est” is included in this volume (but is printed on one of the unopened pages.) Verso of half-title notes that “For the preparation of this book thanks are primarily due to Miss Edith Sitwell. ” ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1892. First Edition, 1892. 157 pp., 8vo, the full page illustrations are unpaginated. In publisher's black cloth with decorations in gilt, silver, and white, featuring two angels, white moire silk end papers, all edges gilt. Near Fine, rubs at spine ends and corners.RARE in such lovely condition, the gilt and silver bright, the moire silk end papers clean and bright. A marvelous example of late 19th century American publisher's fine decorative binding. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a quite successful poet of her day, perhaps best known for the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone." . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tours and Paris : chez Letourmy and Berry, 1795. "traduction nouvelle, adresse´e du Donjeon de Vincennes, par Mirabeau, l'ai^ne´, a` Sophie Ruffey." No dates, published 1795-96. A portrait of Mirabeau, engraved by Voysard after Borel, frontispiece to volume I; portrait of Sophie, engraved by Elluin after Borel, frontispiece of volume II; engraving by Dupreel after Marillier, frontispiece of volume III, 12 figures out of text engraved by Elluin after Borel. Finely bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, with added ruling and decorative gilt acorn motifs at corners on paste downs & flyleaves, armorial book plate. Very Good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spines darkened, light soiling to boards, modest scattered toning. Laid into Vol. I an engraved portrait of Mirabeau, engraved by Mariage after F. Bonneville, that appears to have been taken from another publication. A handsome set in period binding. . First Translated… Read More

Santiago De Chile: Editorial Universitaria, S. A. , 1958. # 553 of 1,000 copies printed. Illustrations by Nemesio Antunez. 35 pp. The text block string-tied and laid loose in illustrated pink wrappers. Near Fine, small stain top edge rear wrapper, prior owner gift inscription and small sticker front end page. While 1,000 copies printed according to colophon, uncommon in current commerce. .. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Decorated Wrappers. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.