Five Arthurian Poems by Morris, William - 1902

New York: The Poetry Project, 1969. 4 RARE early issues of this seminal poetry magazine founded in 1969 by Maureen Owen and printed at The Poetry Project. Numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5. No dates on 3 issues, published 1969-1972. Very Good overall, Issue 1, a 1" stain front wrapper, light foxing rear wrapper. Issue 3, 1" stain and light soiling to wrappers, Issue 4, top 3" front wrapper toned and light soiling/foxing to wrappers, Issue 5, light soiling and 1" stains front and rear wrappers. Contents on all 4 issues are clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Oriole Press , 1930. SCARCE, #37 of 210 copies, 175 of which were for sale, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR Rose Freeman-Ishill on front end page - "To dear Mr. and Mrs. Bellin, with the affection of Rose Freeman Ishill April 26, 1931". Rose Freeman-Ishill, a frequent contributor to Oriole Press publications, was the wife of Joseph Ishill, the sole proprietor of the press. Near Fine in original quarter cloth over handmade paper covered boards, slight toning to the cloth. 28 pp. An essay by the French art historian Elie Faure. Printed and set with 12 point Garamond, the line-cut on the title page after a drawing by the Japanese artist Yosai, initials by Frederic W. Goudy. SCARCE, the last copy to come to auction was in 1982. Apparently, most copies were destroyed in a fire.(Ransom, W. Selective check lists of press books).. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR. Limited and Numbered Edition. Cloth and Handmade Paper Board. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over… Read More

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1825. In full contemporary polished calf, with each cover decorated with a border of 4 blind rules, two gilt fillets and blind dot roll tool, inner corners with fine gilt floral tool, spine with 4 padded compartments with gilt rules and 4 with blind rules, gilt lettering and tail date, marbled edges and endpapers. With the small label of Hessey Bookseller Fleet Street rear end page. Thomas Carlyle's first published book. Near fine, boards lightly rubbed, spine a bit darkened, light toning, primarily to end pages.SCARCE in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Published by Pr. by James Swan, for Vernor & Hood; Cuthell & Martin; J. Walker; Lackington, Allen, & Co.; Wynne & Scholey; J. Satcherd; and Darton and Harvey , 1803. Three volumes bound in contemporary calf, the backs gilt with red and black morocco labels lettered in gilt, plain end papers. Armorial bookplate of Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod, Cadboll, Invergordon Castle 1877 front paste downs. Complete with 16 plates engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, James Fittler, and Sharp. Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil; (v. 1, p. [xiii]-liv) originally prefixed to Dryden's Works of Virgil (1697) and here ascribed to William Walsh. The set Very Good, the calf showing light wear, small chip to calf head of Vol. I, the interiors clean and lovely, a SCARCE work, and particularly in such lovely condition. . New Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newburyport, MA: No Publisher, 1819. Original hand-made book, front cover reads "Day-Book B" in contemporary embossed calf, 13" x 8 1/2", containing 32 pp. with both sides covered with pasted-in poems clipped from newspapers of the time, approx. 6-8 per page. Most are likely from the Newburyport Daily Herald, as there is a partial page from that newspaper laid in. The final page verso with a long poem handwritten titled "The Birds of Passage" by Mrs Hemans ( Felicia Dorothea Hemans). The names Betsy and Johnson handwritten but separated on rear paste down. Good, calf chipped bottom 2" of spine, pages brittle with edge chips and tears, two pages with top right corner poems torn out, soiling and staining, the bookplate of noted Celtic and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A unique piece of Americana. . Calf. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. #287 of 550 copies printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. The Large Paper Autograph Edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PUBLISHER AND ILLUSTRATOR, the author at the end of "The Author to the Reader", p. xviii, the publisher at the copyright page, and the illustrator under the frontispiece. In original cream and gold floral patterned paper covered boards, white cloth spine with printed paper labels, designed by Bruce Rogers. BAL 9784. A Near Fine set, the spines uniformly toned, pages uncut, an exceptionally clean, fresh set. Both volumes front paste down the lovely period bookplate of Beatrice Fernald Rogers. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PUBLISHER AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth Over Patterned Paper Boa. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition.

London: John Macrone , 1839. Finely bound by Riviere & Son for Edmund D. Brooks (Minneapolis publisher and bookseller) in polished red calf, back ornately gilt, gilt rules bordering covers, ornate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Near Fine, scant rubs at edges. light toning to text. First edition containing the Turner engravings, which are quite nice. Four fine plates engraved by Goodall after drawings by Turner. The last work by Turner in the area of book illustration, and the First Printing of "Alciphron", Moore's last separate literary publication. NCBEL III, 266. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1891. Eight volumes, published 1891-1893, finely bound in unsigned contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Florentine Nights, V. I; Pictures of Travel, Vols. II and III; The Salon, V. IV; Germany, Vols. V and VI; French Affairs, Letters from Paris, Vols. VII and VIII. Small labels of period San Francisco book sellers D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard rear end pages. Very Good Plus, contemporary gift inscription Santa Monica, CA dated 1900 in pencil front end page Vol. II. Scattered underlining in pencil, mostly in Vol. II but noticed in half the volumes, prior owner name in pencil. The bindings showing the faintest of wear, a quite lovely set overall, and exceedingly SCARCE as a set. ( Worldcat locates 4 holdings). A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders and priority mail. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Bound in publisher's half calf over decorative floral paper covered boards, the backs gilt with corn decorations, decorative floral end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, front joint Vol. I slowing slight wear, a few small scattered rubs at edges, a quite lovely set. v. 1 Neighborly poems and dialect sketches -- v. 2. Sketches in prose: Jamesy, a Christmas story and others -- v. 3. Afterwhiles -- v. 4. Pipes o'Pan at Zekesbury -- v. 5. Rhymes of childhood -- v. 6. The flying islands of the night -- v. 7. Green fields and running brooks -- v. 8. Poems here at home -- v. 9. Armazindy -- v. 10. A child-world -- v. 11. Rubaíyat´ of Doc Sifers and Home-folks -- v. 12. The bok of joyous children -- v. 13. His pa's romance -- v. 14. Morning -- v. 15. Early poems -- v. 16. Fugitive pieces.. First Homestead Edition . Half Calf. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mont Parnasse : Messer Apollon Two volumes bound as one. 350, [10] pp. + 340, [8] pp. No Date, no place, published Mont Parnasse (Mount Parnassus) in " l'annee satyrique" (the satyrical year). A SCARCE later edition, A collection of erotic and satyrical poems. Finely bound in half red morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt back, marbled end papers. Near Fine, tiny rubs at edges. . Later Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.