Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, N.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original blind-embossed green cloth with decorative gilt and gilt lettering. 308pp. Frontispiece portrait. Very good. Bottom 3/4" of cloth spine frayed and homely, else only mild edgewear and age toning to otherwise tight, sound binding; early ownership name (L.S. Graham) inkstamped..... More
N.p. N.p., 1966. Small 4to. (2pp), single folded leaf. Fine. First edition of sheet music for the Illinois Sesquicentennial version of the official state song -- written pre-1893, designated official in 1925 and here arranged by Luboff and with some new lyrics by folk music legend Stracke. Fourth page consists..... More
N.p. N.p., 1966. 12mo. Glossy pictorial card stock sleeve housing 6 3/4" diameter black vinyl 45rpm record. Fine/fine. First and sole printing, bright and pristine, of the Illinois Sesquicentennial jazz arrangement of the official state song -- written pre-1893, designated official in 1925 and here arranged by Luboff and with..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt and color plate tipped to front cover. 348pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Some shelfwear and edgewear, with chip at lower corner of rear board, but a decent and attractive copy nonetheless. Later printing of this..... More
Radical English journalist and politician, a famed conscription opponent and fiery anti-war activist (imprisoned during World War One for militant pacifism) who toyed with socialism before moving to labour; one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; a statue of him in Red Lion Square in London depicts..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1960]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with red spine lettering. vii, 146pp. Very good. Tight and internally fine, the only flaw a lightly-sunned spine; lacks dust jacket. "Life" magazine's renowned editor Henry R. Luce introduces these ten essays, first published in its pages and..... More
Urbane and versatile American poet (Pulitzer Prizes for "Conquistador" in 1932 and "Collected Poems" in 1953), dramatist (Pulitzer Prize for "J.B." in 1958), journalist and critic. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Petersburg, Illinois, on 22 August 1970 and with "First Day of Issue" stamped. Fine. Single..... More
Urbane and versatile American poet (Pulitzer Prizes for "Conquistador" in 1932 and "Collected Poems" in 1953), dramatist (Pulitzer Prize for "J.B." in 1958), journalist and critic. TNS, 1p, 6" X 8", Conway, MA, 1969 August 14. Addressed to Douglas C. Platt. Fine. Cordial note to an admirer regretting that he..... More
N.p. Privately Printed, 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to.Tan cloth spine with black lettering and blue paper over boards with paper label. xxxii, 144pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint edgewear and age toning, with minor offsetting to endpapers. First edition. Poet, playwright and Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) provides the forward..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Hardcover. 16mo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 32pp. Very good/very good. A tight and attractive first edition of this Bede Lecture, delivered at the University of Cambridge on July 30, 1942. "Mr. MacLeish describes," notes the front wrapper, "the revolutionary change that has..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1952]. 8vo. Blue and black cloth with silver lettering. viii, 407pp. Very good. Quite mild binding wear, else super tight and internally near fine; lacks dust jacket. Attractive early printing of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Front pastedown bears small elegant bookplate of New York City's elite..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover. 16mo. Blue paper over boards with paper label. viii, 80pp. Good plus. Though internally tight and near fine, the spine and outer edges are quite sunned. Tight and decent later printing of this slim verse collection, with an interesting, ironic provenance: Front flyleaf bears..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, slipcase with paper label. (Ca. 50pp). Near fine/good. Slipcase a bit edgeworn and showing old tape mends and repairs, but complete and sound. A wonderfully tight and handsome first U.S. edition of this highly-regarded..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 204pp. Fine/very good. Jacket complete and attractive if a bit rubbed and edgeworn, with chip at spine head. A quite handsome first edition of the prolific poet's "matured and considered statement of what poetry is." Choice..... More
Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Studies, 1972. Hardcover. Edited by Terence Tobin. Small 4to. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. v, 112pp. Near fine/very good. First modern edition of this Scottish comic play concerning religious hypocrisy, first published in 1722. The front flyleaf is handsomely inscribed by the editor..... More