Hardcover. Oxford UK, Limited Editions Club, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Two large quarto volumes (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. 992 pages. Copy #563 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. The uncommon dustwrappers are present with some sunning to the spines, light foxing. There is a chunk gone from the bottom of rear on Volume 1. The slipcase is also present with edgewear to the label. Volume 1 has a previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover. Otherwise a clean, handsome set.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros., Rep., 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated by many of the Harper artists: A.B.Frost, Nast, Abbey, others. previous owner's signature. Gilt & black decorated brown covers with bevelled edges
Paperback. Athens GA, University of Georgia, 1st wraps, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Poetry by Mary Oliver, Stanley Plumly. Other contributions by Barry Hannah, Joyce Carol Oates, James B. Twitchell.
Paperback. Athens GA, University of Georgia, 1st wraps, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Poetry by Robert Penn Warren, Leonard Nathan, Hayden Carruth. An interview with Robert Penn Warren. Other contributions by Pam Durban, Robert Stepto.
Paperback. Athens GA, University of Georgia, 1st wraps, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Poetry by William Stafford, David Wagoner. Other contributions by Nicholas Delbanco, John Fowles, Robert Pope.
Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in dark green cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and bright. Like new, looks barely read. Based on an extensive collection of original material in the form of diaries, notebooks, letters, manuscripts, and photographs, most of which have never before been seen, Georgie & Elsa provides a unique insight into one of the few true geniuses of literature.
Hardcover. Madras, Macmillan and Company Limited, Reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 99 pages. Previous owners name and date on front endpaper. Some light pencil marking in margins. Dust jacket shows standard wear with chipping along edges.
hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1884, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. All edges gilt. Gilt decorated covers. Edgewear and corners chipped on cover.
Hardcover. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 8vo, brown cloth. (xiv), 312 pp. ISBN 0252004787. Story of the legendary Chicago editor and poet. Her little magazine, Poetry, was very influential in modernist literature. Some fade to dust jacket spine.
Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages, hardcover. Blue boards with gilt titling to spine. Critical assessment of German writer. Translated by Barker Fairley. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards. Slight age toning to text block edges. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 286 pages. Illustrated with 4 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket with darkening along edges, and spine. Clean, tight copy.
hardcover. Norwalk, CT, The Easton Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1016 pages. Collector's edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate on end paper otherwise, clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.
Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Pres, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 482 pages. Review slip laid in. Writing in pen on front fly leaf. Flap of dust jacket with creases. Soiling to dust jacket. Closed tear and small chunk missing from front cover. Edgewear and chipping.
Hardcover. London, A. H. Bullin, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Hardcover. Narrow water stains to corners, and along foredges of front and back covers. Foxing to endpapers. Clean, unmarked text.
Softcover. US, Salmon Poetry, 1st, 2002-09-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 333 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, De Witt & Davenport, 1st, 1855, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 166 pages. Light-brown, embossed cloth covers. Covers fairly worn, particularly along spine and edges. Covers somewhat soiled. Previous owner's signature, sticker, and notes on front end paper and flyleaf. Foxing throughout and on all edges. A few pages with minor pen markings. About 20 pages with creases or tears on bottom edge. Page 166 has small chunk out of it. Nice, tight copy.
London, Neville Spearman, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages, b&w photos. Nice dust jacket. Printed In Great Britain stamp on front fly leaf.