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New York: Hippocampus Press, 2015. Trade paperback, New,. Barbara Briggs Silbert. New York: Hippocampus Press:, 2015. Trade paperback, New, 322 pp. Cover artwork by: Barbara Briggs Silbert "H. P. Lovecraft referred to Park Barnitz as 'a vivid decadent of the fin de siècle period who modelled his verse on Baudelaire & killed himself soon after graduation from Harvard.' His one and only volume, The Book of Jade (1901), has become a legend in the realm of weird poetry, its technical precision and its relentless obsession with death, horror, madness, and pessimism making it a choice prize for appreciators of poetic witchery. But almost nothing is known about its young author, who died at the age of twenty-three. This comprehensive edition presents a wealth of material about David Park Barnitz-biographical, critical, and bibliographical. It contains the complete text of The Book of Jade along with additional poems and essays by Barnitz, some of which have never been reprinted. In… Read More

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London: Durtro Press, 1998. Hardcover, Limited edition, Numbered, Fine sans dust jacket as issued,. London: Durtro Press:, 1998. Hardcover, Limited edition, Numbered, Fine sans dust jacket as issued, 173 pp.<br/> This edition limited to 300 numbered copies.

London: Durtro Press. London, Durtro Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine copy. 221 of 300 copies. A lovely copy, without jacket as issued. [9071, Hyraxia Books]. . Fine. Hardback. Limited Edition. 1998.

new york: doxey's at the sign of the lark, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. the original extremely rare first edition done in 600 copies of which this is number 124. Each copy hand numbered. Beautiful black cloth boards with woman holding sword in multi color art deco cover. Wear to spine ends and corners and light edge and surface wear. Back cover is a bit bowed and there is a vintage (1902) " compliments of" note on front end page in nice script. Contents are in excellent shape but the inside hinges are starting to split. 131 pages the last page is printed with ITE MISSA EST and there is no blank page at the back if there ever was one. Top page edges gilt and rest untrimmed. Photos available on request. No author listed as Barnitz insisted on remaining anonymous. The young harvard grad then killed himself shortly after the publication. Considered a masterpiece of decadent and nihilistic verse.