Carnegie, Lady Helena & Jacob, Mrs. Arthur

The Infant Moralist

London, Foulis, 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 48pp+12 illustrations. Grey paper over boards, linen-backed spine, paper labels to cover and spine. Boards are faded at edges, a small indentation to top and to bottom of front board (probably was tied tightly in a bundle). Preliminary pages are foxed and rest of contents are age-toned but unmarked. There are 12 charming color illustrations teaching children morals -- Charitable Louisa, Envy, Politeness, Offensive Manners, etc. Scarce dustjacket is soiled, darkened at spine and edges, worn, chipped and missing a 1" piece at top of spine. Spine has an ink smudge and a small label with a number. Dustjacket has the same illustration as the frontispiece pasted to front. Good/Fair.

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Boeknummer: 000790

Catalogus: Poetry, Children's

Trefwoorden: Morals Juvenile

Carroll, Lewis

Useful and Instructive Poetry

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Printing, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Lewis Carroll. 45pp. Tan paper covered boards. Age-toning to cover, unworn, contents clean. Dust jacket is clipped, but curiously original price ($2.50) still shows, darkened along spine and folds. Authhor's first book written at age 13, a remarkable work. Very Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 004141

Catalogus: Literature and Fiction, Poetry, Children's

Trefwoorden: "Charles Dodson" Riddles

Catullus, Caius Valerius; Burton, Richard F.; and Smithers, Leonard C.

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus

New York, Privately Printed, 1928. Limited Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 313pp. Brown paper over boards, black leather spine label gilt lettered, a Limited Edition of 750 copies of which this is 726, 8 full page plates. Covers are clean, spine darkened, contents are clean and sound some pages still unopened. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 003580

Catalogus: Poetry

Trefwoorden: Latin Roman Poet

Coles, Rutgers Remsen

Rapids and Still Water

Boston, The Stratford Co. 1919. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 46pp. Dark blue cloth, paper label to cover and spine. Spine half missing, contents age-toned and complete, and the binding is tight. This is the FIRST EDITION, published in 1919, NOT a recent reprint. The condition of thes book is only fair, however laid-in is a typed poem dedicated to Ruthy, and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Rut" and dated June 5th, 1925. Fair.

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Boeknummer: 003309

Catalogus: Poetry, Signed

Trefwoorden: Poems Verses Sonnets

Collins, Franklin

Songs From the Hills

Montpelier, Vermont, The Driftwind Press, 1934. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 44pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Spine and edges faded, text is toned, tape residue on rear endpaper. Book is inscribed and SIGNED by the author (dated 12/19/34) on front free endpaper, and laid-in is a typed letter also SIGNED by Collins, plus a handwritten, unsigned letter written to the author. Good association copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 003871

Catalogus: Poetry, Signed

Trefwoorden: Poems

Coppée, François

Poésies de François Coppée 1864-1869

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1881. Soft cover. 221pp. Soft cover. Bon état. Light wear and slight age-darkening. Text is clean and unmarked. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 004549

Catalogus: Poetry

Trefwoorden: Poems Coppee Verse Français

Cumplido, Ignacio

Presente amistoso dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas

Mexico, I. Cumplido, 1847. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing to text. Good/As New.

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Boeknummer: 004753

Catalogus: Illustrated, Poetry, Biography

Trefwoorden: Senoritas Women Mexico

Curtis, Elizabeth

Equinox

New York, Harold Vinal, 1925. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 34pp. Blue paper over boards, paste-on label to front cover. lower half of spine missing, light soil to covers, contents clean. Fair/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001868

Catalogus: Poetry

Trefwoorden: Poems

Derleth, August

It's a Boy's World

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Stanton and Lee, 1948. Limited Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Clare Victor Dwiggins. Signed by Artist. 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darkened and chipped, but is overall complete. A comics-like pencil sketch by Clare Dwiggins INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Dwig" on front pastedown. Text is profusely illustrated throughout by Dwiggins. Very Good/Fair.

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Boeknummer: 004304

Catalogus: Poetry, Signed, Humor

Trefwoorden: Signed

Dorat, Claude Joseph

The Kisses (Les Baisers) Preceded by the Month of May.

London, Vizetelly & Co. 1890. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier. 124pp. no date c1890. Three-quarter maroon leather, marbled boards and endpapers, a Limited Edition of 1,100 copies of which this copy is No. 5, copperplate engravings with tissue-guards throughout. Front board detached but present, spine worn and chipped including one inch piece from head of spine, edges rubbed, text and engravings are in very good, unblemished condition. Profusely illustrated with meticulously detailed copperplate engravings. Good.

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Boeknummer: 004674

Catalogus: Poetry, Illustrated

Trefwoorden: Engravings Binding

Douglas, Robert W. (Editor)

Love Songs of Scotland

New York, A.L. Burt Company, 1901. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full-Leather. 214pp. Brown debossed flexible leather boards with floral ornamentation and gilt title to front cover, all edges gilt. 8 full page half tone illustrations, red silk ribbon bookmark. Edge and spine wear, but overall very attractive. LIght soiling to endpapers and mild age-toning but otherwise clean. Works by Burns, Cunningham, Hogg, Macneill, Scott, Tannahill and others. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001268

Catalogus: Poetry

Trefwoorden: Scottish

Drelincourt (Laurent)

Sonnets Chretiens. sur divers sujets. Divisez en quatre livres. par Mr. Drelincourt. Derniere Edition, à laquelle on a ajoûté les pseaumes penitentiaux en vers héroiques.

Geneve, P. Pellet & Fils. 1770. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 192pp. Recent green checkered paper over probable original boards. Spine missing, front cover nearly detached and worn, contents browned, some worming to about 20 leaves some slight text loss. Book has been trimmed and rebound in a later binding. Owners names on front endpapers (1780). Fair/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001832

Catalogus: Poetry

Dudley, Dean

Pictures of Life in England and America; Prose and Poetry.

Bosaton, James French, 1851. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 252pp. Green stamped boards, gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with usual markings, splitting to spine and joints, binding holding tightly, library stamp on title page, text is clean. Last page of text has a fascinating and unusual handwritten message, presumably by the author, which reads : "This volume was not printed under the surperintendance of the author, and therefore he is not accountable for the (mistakes?) and typographical errors in it. Author" Portions of the text even have small corrections handwritten in it, evidently by the author. Good.

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Boeknummer: 003662

Catalogus: Travel and Geography, Poetry

Trefwoorden: Descriptive Sightseeing

Edson, Charles Leroy and George T.

Ballads of the Boys of Old K.U.

Lawrence, Kansas, Legal News Print, 1903. Limited Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated 26pp. Black wraps, red lettering, introductory page printed in red and black, text printed on heavy, mottled brown faux antique stock. Small corner chips to cover and title page, contents are otherwise clean and unworn. Humorous poetry written while a student at University of Kansas. Includes 2 drawings by the author. Good.

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Boeknummer: 003499

Catalogus: Poetry, Humor

Trefwoorden: "University of Kansas" Haskell

Fairbank, Priscilla Sturdivant

Life in a Nutshell

Richmond, Virginai, The Dietz Press, Inc. 1950. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 77pp. Green cloth. Cover and contents are both clean and sound, INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated by the author on front free endpaper. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002399

Catalogus: Poetry

Trefwoorden: Inscribed