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Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1902. Approx 100 unnumbered pages, First edition. green pictorial cloth, approx 16 pages [printed on rectos only, on stiff heavy-stock paper], illustrated in color. Beautiful book. Contemprary gift inscription on hal-title. Text tight and clean.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, MA: Christopher Publishing House , 1939. 117 pages with a number of illustrations. Poems of hope and hapiness. Autographed on title page by both the author and illustrator. Light chipping and small tears to dj.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lottie B. Turner . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hungary: Hungary: Magyar Helikon, 1961, 1961. 196 pages with numerous antique color illustrations. Book is number 502 of 4000. Appears to be autographed.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924. 128 p. Includes illustrations. A Beautiful Bright Copy. Original grey paper covered boards, vellum spine in an edition limited to 1250 copies this being no. 357. DJ has light wear. Board dampstained Text clean. . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Limited Numbered Copy.

Milano, Italy: Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1808. 445pp. An anthology of satirical poetry. Italian text. Nice clean copy.. 1st Edition. Buckram. Very Good++/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indanapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1909. un-paginated (approx.120 pages). with beautiful color illustrations. Loves poems and memories of love, in illustrated pages. stiff card stock leaves, Poems and illustrations of beautiful ladies and thier beau in waiting. Gilt decorated cloth. Front hinge reinforced. Text clean. Lovely book.. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Cheshire House, 1931. 52pp/illus. Number 133 of 1200 copies. Rag paper 15-page introduction by Edmund Blunden. 7 color illustraions (in green and brown), title page an cover illustrations by H. Charles Tomlinson. Title page printed in green, brown and black; text printed within green borders. Pictorial light green boards, stamped in green and white, uncut (slight fading). No slipcase. Spine faded. Text clean.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.

London: The De La More Press , 1925. 39pp/illus. Red decorated cover, frontispiece, rTranslation of Omar Khayyam--The Rubaiyat. Illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Spine cracked. Text clean. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1926. 94pp with 24 beautiful color plates. Large quarto. Parchment and boards, t.e.g. Color plates by Donald Maxwell tipped in. A few patches of very faint foxing to spine, otherwise a fine copy, without slipcase. First American edition, limited issue. One of 150 numbered copies, specially printed and bound, and signed by Kipling on the limitation page. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Maxwell, Donald. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Moscow, Russia: Academia, 1934. Elephant folio. 49, [3]pp. Uncut. Original cloth overlaid with Palekh style illustration. The cover is designed like a ceiling fresco seen from below. Illustrated endpapers.This volume contains the old Russian text of "Slovo o Polku Igoreve (Host of Igor’s Lay), one of the greatest literary masterpieces not only of Russia, but the world." It explains that the illustrator, Ivan Golikov, works "in the old artistic manner of the Palekh School*. Chromolithographed title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Ribbon marker. Magnificent edition of this anonymous epic poem originally written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, and The Lay of the Host of Igor. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current… Read More

New York: The Heritage Press, 1935. Unpaginated - Approx 30pp/illus., french-folded, decorated in colour throughout, all text within decorative borders, frontispiece, text illustrations. Capitals were hand painted with a pure gold paint by Valenti Angelo. This collection of timeless verse portrays the extraordinary love that compels one to leave father and mother cleave unto another, and become one flesh with the beloved. These passionate poems are for anyone who has ever known the ecstasy and the pain of love. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind; within black card slipcase. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Literary Guild, 1932. 309pp/illus. Modern version by George Philip Krapp with wood engravings by Eric Gill; Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Light chipping to dj. Clean.. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Adelaide, Australia: Pitjantjara, 1967. 74 pp. b/w.illus.(drawings). Written from the author`s experiences spent living in the far north of the state,includes poetry. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1895. 228pp/illus. Beautiful book with original decorated white cloth. Spine has tape repair. Corners bumped. Text clean. 1st American Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1993. 326pp. Clean. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.