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A curated selection of first editions and early printings of works by poets active between the 17th century and the 21st century. Highlights include a first edition of The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, a first edition, third printing of Freedom’s Plough by Langston Hughes, and a second edition of Poems, by J.D. With Elegies on the Authors Death by John Donne.

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SONNIGES LAND: Kindergedichte. [With three holograph poems by Schonlank and George Grosz TLS]
Schonlank, Bruno; Grosz, George (illustrator)
SONNIGES LAND: Kindergedichte. [With three holograph poems by Schonlank and George Grosz TLS]
Price: $700.00
BACCO IN TOSCANA
Redi, Francesco
BACCO IN TOSCANA
Price: $1,172.50
THE WORKS OF Mr. JOHN DRYDEN CONSISTING OF THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS. FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN; TRANSLATED INTO VERSE FROM HOMER, OVID, BOCCACE, & CHAUCER WITH ORIGINAL POEMS. THE THIRD VOLUME. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED TOGETHER
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
THE WORKS OF Mr. JOHN DRYDEN CONSISTING OF THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS. FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN; TRANSLATED INTO VERSE FROM HOMER, OVID, BOCCACE, & CHAUCER WITH ORIGINAL POEMS. THE THIRD VOLUME. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED TOGETHER
Price: $600.00
THE KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI
Burton, Richard Francis [Haji Abdu El-Yezdi]
THE KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI
Price: $2,800.00
WERNER. A TRAGEDY. [With letter from W.C. Macready and forged letter signed J.W. de Goethe]
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824)
WERNER. A TRAGEDY. [With letter from W.C. Macready and forged letter signed J.W. de Goethe]
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THE YEAR'S AT THE SPRING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RECENT POETRY [Signed]
L. D'O. Walters [Compiler]; Harry Clark [Illustrator]; Harold Monro [Introduction]
THE YEAR'S AT THE SPRING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RECENT POETRY [Signed]
Price: $1,000.00
THE POETICAL WORKS OF COLERIDGE, SHELLEY, AND KEATS. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Shelley, Percy Bysshe; Keats, John
THE POETICAL WORKS OF COLERIDGE, SHELLEY, AND KEATS. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
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PROSE SKETCHES AND POEMS, WRITTEN IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY
Pike, Albert
PROSE SKETCHES AND POEMS, WRITTEN IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY
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POEMS: ENGLANDS HEROICALL EPISTLES; [Bound with] THE LEGENDS OF ROBERT, DUKE OF NORMANDIE. MATILDA, THE FAIRE. PIERCE GAVESTON, EARL OF CORNWALL. THOMAS CROMWEL, EARLE OF ESSEX
Drayton, Michael
POEMS: ENGLANDS HEROICALL EPISTLES; [Bound with] THE LEGENDS OF ROBERT, DUKE OF NORMANDIE. MATILDA, THE FAIRE. PIERCE GAVESTON, EARL OF CORNWALL. THOMAS CROMWEL, EARLE OF ESSEX
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BUTLER'S GHOST: OR, HUDIBRAS. THE FOURTH PART. WITH REFLECTIONS UPON THESE TIMES
d'Urfey, Thomas [Tom Durfey]
BUTLER'S GHOST: OR, HUDIBRAS. THE FOURTH PART. WITH REFLECTIONS UPON THESE TIMES
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ALWAYS COMES EVENING [Inscribed]
Howard, Robert E.; Lord, Glenn [compiler]; Utpatel, Frank [jacket illustrator]
ALWAYS COMES EVENING [Inscribed]
Price: $1,440.00
A BOLD BAD BUTTERFLY & OTHER FABLES AND VERSES
Herford, Oliver [Author and Illustrator]
A BOLD BAD BUTTERFLY & OTHER FABLES AND VERSES
Price: $800.00
PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM IN IV BOOKS. TO WHICH IS ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES
Milton, John
PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM IN IV BOOKS. TO WHICH IS ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES
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PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS
Milton, John
PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS
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PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM IN IV BOOKS
Milton, John
PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM IN IV BOOKS
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PARADISE LOST; [Bound With] PARADISE REGAIN'D
Milton, John
PARADISE LOST; [Bound With] PARADISE REGAIN'D
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PARAPHRASIS POETICA IN TRIA JOHANNIS MILTONI, VIRI CLARISSIMI, POEMATA [POETICAL WORKS]
Milton, John; Hog, William [Hogaeo, Guielmo]
PARAPHRASIS POETICA IN TRIA JOHANNIS MILTONI, VIRI CLARISSIMI, POEMATA [POETICAL WORKS]
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THE WORKES OF BENJAMIN JONSON [Two volumes]
Jonson, Ben
THE WORKES OF BENJAMIN JONSON [Two volumes]
Price: $10,000.00
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Stevenson, Robert Louis; Robinson, Charles [Illustrator]
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Price: $1,600.00
CAPILLA REAL CON OBSERVACIONES PROPRIAS DE LA DEL REI CATHOLICO N.S.D. FELIPE IV, EL GRANDE
Tortoreti y Nápoles, Vicencio
CAPILLA REAL CON OBSERVACIONES PROPRIAS DE LA DEL REI CATHOLICO N.S.D. FELIPE IV, EL GRANDE
Price: $1,200.00
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