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