Search Results: Poetry from Grimalkin Books

London: Heinemann, 1967. This rare "first" of Noel Coward's poetry collection, containing two long verse sequences and 24 shorter poems, is in Fine condition, but with a small signature of the original owner on the front endpaper. The original unclipped dust jacket is in close to Fine condition. I've placed it into a Brodart protective sleeve. See photo. The book is pound in purple cloth with die-stamped gilt spine lettering. The binding is tight, and the pages are bright and sparkling throughout. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches and includes 90 pages of verse. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Little, Brown, and Company, 1972. This collection of Ogden Nash's poems, published posthumously, includes many poems that first appeared in various magazines of the period. The book is an oversized paperback in its original wraps (click on photo). The covers show some light rubbing at the spine tips and light foxing. The binding is secure, and the pages are clean, white, and sparkling throughout. The humorous drawings by Robert Binks are a delight and nicely complement the text. There are around 75+ poems represented. The book measures 5 1/8 by 7 5/8 inches and includes 129 pages.. . Oversized Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Robert Binks. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell This handsome, ornately decorated volume is in Very Good+ condition (click on photo). It contains not only all of Goldsmith's major works, but a bigraphical essay by Henry T.Tuckerman, a critique of Goldsmith's work and memories of him by Dr. Aikin, and verses written by other poets at the time of Dr. Goldsmith's death. The book is undated but is probably from around the turn of the century. The book is bound in light brown cloth, with elaborate Empire-style design elements in gilt and black. It also has all-edge gilt. There is a signature from a former owner on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are white and sparkling throughout. There is an inch tear on the Title Page. The book also includes a frontis illustration of Goldsmith, with tissue guard. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/8 inches and includes 530 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. This First Edition Thus, First Printing (with the appropriate number line starting with a "1") is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in yellow cloth with a die-stamped blue-green vignette illustration by W.S. Gilbert on the front panel and blue-green lettering on the spine. The book has an embossment and signature of the original owner on the front endpapers. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean, bright, and fresh throughout. The price-clipped dust jacket has several tiny tears and light wear. I've placed it into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches and includes 165 pages. The compiler has provided a biographical sketch of Gilbert and selected both poems from Gilbert's "Bab Ballads" as well as lyrics from the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire. The book includes vignette illustrations throughout by W.S. Gilbert. It's a truly nice collectible for… Read More

Roslyn, New York: Black's Readers Service Company, 1932. This uniformly bound volume from Black's literary classics is in close to Fine condition, with only minimal shelf wear and usage. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in red cloth with gilt author's name on the front panel and gilt titles against a black background on the spine, with gilt decorative elements. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright throughout with no marks, stains, tears, or signatures of former owners. The book measures 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches and includes 301 pages. The nice, readable font size makes for a pleasurable reading experience. . Hard Cover. New Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A.L. Burt This lovely edition of Tennyson's poems and several plays is in close to Very Good condition, but with a very small spine chip (see photo) and corner rubbing. The book is bound in green cloth, with an elaborate lyre, vine and grape motif in gilt on the front panel and spine. There is also top-edge gilt. No date is listed. As for the interior, there is a name of the original owner, as well as a graduation inscription to him. The binding is tight and secure, although the hinge paper in the rear is starting. The book has 927 pages. The pages are mainly clean but I noticed ink notations from the former owner in just four of the poems: Sir Galahad, Ulysses, The Princess, and In Memoriam. There is a frontis portrait with tissue guard of the author. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. This handsome edition of the complete poems of Scott is in Very Good condition (click on photo). The book is bound in a forest green cloth with a decorative gilt shield on the front panel and die-stamped gilt spine titles. The book features all-edge gilt and beveled edges. The spine tips show rubbing and fraying. The book has chocolate brown endpapers and a portrait of Scott with printed signature as a frontis, with tissue guard, as well as 11 other full-page illustrations throughout the book. The text is set in double columns with a red line border. The text is clean and bright throughout, with only minimal foxing, mainly on the blank pages opposite the acidic endpapers. There are no signatures or inscriptions from former owners. There is one pressed flower, which I've left. (What's a Victorian poetry book without at least one 134-year-old pressed flower?). The book measures 5 1/4 by 6 7/8 inches and includes 487 pages. . Hard Cover. Very… Read More

New York: The Universal Libray/Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. This is the enlarged and revised Second Edition (for a book originally published in 1957). For anyone interested in writing or understanding poetry's form and craft, this is the definitive work on the subject. This oversized paperback is in Very Good+ condition, with some edge rubbing. The binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean and bright throughout. The former owner's name is on the reverse of the front wrap. The book measures 5 1/4 by 8 inches and includes 170 pages, plus a List of Cited Poets and with ads in the rear.. Oversized Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Ideals Publishing, 1959. This handsome edition is in close to Fine condition, with minimal edge wear. (Click on photo.) It is filled with poetry and some prose on the issue's topic, scenic wonders, by such authors as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman, Phoebe Cary, Margaret Sangster, etc., as well as illustrations, drawings, and photographs to complement the text. Many are in full color. This oversized softcover measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches, and is unpaginated. . First Edition. Oversized Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. This handsome full-leather volume is in Fine condition and appears unread. It is a Limited First Edition for The First Edition Society of Franklin Library. The book is bound in brown leather with ornate gilt designs and borders on both panels and spine. The spine also has four raised bands and die-stamped gilt titles. The book has all-edge gilt. The leather is slightly rubbed at the crown of the spine.The book includes silk moiré endpapers and a sewn-in ribbon bookmark. The book has a special Introduction written by the author for the First Edition members and has his printed signature. The book was illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. The book measures 6 3/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 294 pages. . . First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Faber and Faber, 2009. One of England's most talent young poets, Keith Douglas was killed in Normandy in June, 1944. His poems bear testimony to the carnage around him he witnessed every day. This First American Edition Thus is printed on non-acidic paper that won't yellow. It is bound on violet-covered boards with white spine titles. The book is in Fine, Brand New condition, with a Fine, Brand New dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 47 pages.. First American Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1922. The First Printing of Watchers of the Sky, although complete in itself, is also the first part of a trilogy of books known as The Torch-Bearers. The subject matter deals with scientists in history, such as Copenicus, Galileo, and Newton, whose great discoveries revolutionized the world of thought and changed the lives of mankind forever. The book is in Very Good+ condition, with the rare, existent, price-unclipped dust jacket, in Good- condition. (Click on photo.) This clean, handsome book is bound in black cloth with a pastedown illustration by famed American artist and illustrator, Spencer Baird Nichols. The book has light edgewear at corner and spine tips, and the boards are slightly cocked. The book is tightly bound, with the address stamp of a former owner on the front free endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket has chipping, mainly at the spine tips and front panel, exactly as shown in photo. I've placed the… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1948. This collection of humorous poems by Ogden Nash is in Fine condition, except for a discreet embossment by the former owner on the front free endpaper. (Click on photo). The book is bound in a red cloth, with author's name in gilt and book title in gilt against a black bar on both front panel and spine. The binding is tight, and the pages are bright and fresh throughout. The price-clipped dust jacket has several tears, light soiling, and spine discoloration.The book measures 5 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 169 pages... Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. This handsome edition of The Wine-Press is a sixth printing and is in Very Good+ condition (click on photo). The book is bound in a green ribbed cloth with a gilt border, lettering, and a Pegasus vignette on the front panel, as well as gilt spine lettering. With only minimal shelfwear, this clean, bright copy is tightly bound, and with signatures and embossment by former owners on the front endpapers. The book measures 5 by 7 1/4 inches and includes 49 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. This odd volume is Number 13 from a 13-volume set of Thackeray's Works, known as the Biographical Edition. It includes more than 50 illustrations by the author, as well as famous illustrators George Cruikshank (of Dickens fame) and John Leech. Also included is a frontis plate portrait of the author, with tissue guard. This handsome volume also includes a biographical introduction by Anne Ritchie, Thackeray's daughter. The book is in Very Good condition and is bound in blue illustrated covers with repetitive floral designs and letter "T's" in dark blue surrounded by a dark blue border on both front and rear panels. The titles are in a die-stamped gilt on the spine. The book also features top-edge gilt and has rough-cut pages. The spine tips and corners show light rubbing, and there are some scuff marks on the front panel. The binding is tight and secure. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. In fact, many of the pages are uncut and… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. This handsome 12-volume set of the works of Eugene Field ranges in condition from Very Good to Fine. (Click on photo.) The books are bound in a handsome, deep green satiny cloth, with a gilt border and gilt vignette on the front panel, as well as gilt spine lettering and top-edge gilt. The books are clean and tightly bound, with rough-cut pages. There are no marks of insciptions from former owners. Seven of the 12 volumes are in Fine, sparkling condition, inside and out. Three of the remaining, Volumes I, VII, and XI, show some wear, including some fading of the spine lettering. A fourth, Volume VI, would be Fine except for a rubbed area at the top of the spine cloth. A fifth, Volume XII, has water staining to the pages, which does not affect readability and the exterior covers are fine. Each volume includes a lovely frontis engraving with tissue guard. (Three tissue guards have become unattached but are still present.) Titles are as follows: Volume I:… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. This First Edition is in Fine condition with a close to Fine unclipped dust jacket. It is a delightful collectible for anyone who enjoys Hoffenstein's highly amusing poetry (and back in 1930, the country desperately needed to be amused. As Carl Van Vechten's final novel noted that same year, the party was over). The dust jacket has a tiny chip at the spine bottom. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book itself is bound in an orange cloth with black titles on the front panel and spine. The top front corner is lightly bumped. Aside from that, the book is in beautiful condition, clean and bright. The binding is tight and secure. The text pages are white and sparkling throughout, with no stains, marks, or tears. The book measures 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 222 pages. . First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co., 1919. This First Printing is in Very Good condition (click on photo). It has the necessary "points" that make it a "first," namely, "First Published in 1919" on the copyright pages, and 32 pages of Methuen book ads in the rear, the final page of which is dated February 1919. The title pages includes a vignette illustration of a sitting World War I soldier. Forty-six poems are included in this collection. The book is bound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. The spine is toned a bit, but the gilt lettering is bright and crisp. It also has top-edge gilt. The book has the embossment of a former owner on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and secure, and the text pages are clean. The rough cut page edges were less than brilliantly cut by the original owner. The book measures 5 by 7 1/2 inches and includes 159 pages, plus the 32 pages of ads mentioned above. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read More