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Georgia O'Keeffe Books, Set of 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Two Georgia O'Keeffe softcover books. A Woman on Paper, published in 1988, 294 pages. The Poetry of
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Andrew Lang, the Blue Poetry Book, Publisher's Presention Copy, 1891
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Lang, Andrew.
Title: The Blue Poetry Book.
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and
Category
Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803.
A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
H 6.3 in W 3.94 in D 0.6 in
Set of Old Bound Books Dating from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Havre in France. These books are called for example « The poetry in Paris». These beautiful books are
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Set of 4 Books by German Poet Friedrich von Schiller
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A collection of four volumes of poetry by German playwright and poet Friedrich Schiller. Leather
Category
Antique 18th Century German Other Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Set of 4 Books by German Poet Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A collection of four volumes of poetry by German playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category
Antique 19th Century German Other Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Set of 10 Books by German Poet Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A collection of ten volumes of poetry by German playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Category
Antique 19th Century German Other Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Essays on the Study of Poetry & a Guide to English Literature by Matthew Arnold
Located in valatie, NY
Essays on the Study of Poetry and a Guide to English Literature By Matthew Arnold. Macmillan
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 5.5 in W 4 in D 0.5 in
1957-1962, Rare Georges Braque 'Au Vent d'Arles' Archive Books and Lithographs
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
Extremely rare set of Georges Braque archives maquettes books and lithographs created with the
Category
Vintage 1950s French Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 17.72 in W 21.66 in D 1.97 in
Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Books
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
The Song of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, Willy Pogany Illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs (1870 – 1925) published in
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper, Fabric
c1900 Poems
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound collection of poetry from Percy Bysshe Shelley.
With portrait frontispiece. A
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Books
Materials
Paper
Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen, First Edition, 1993, Signed "Paris Again" Print
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, and eleven books of poetry, most recently Stranger Music
Category
1990s Canadian Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 10.75 in W 7.5 in D 2.25 in
Vintage USSR Book: 'Selected Works' by Rabindranath Tagore, 1J111
Located in Bordeaux, FR
poetry, this book captures the essence of Tagore's lyrical expression and philosophical insights.
As a
Category
Vintage 1980s Books
Materials
Paper
1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
By Algernon Charles Swinburne
Located in Bath, GB
A very scarce limited edition set of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, in handsome half
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Books
Materials
Paper
1926 Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By John Wilmot
Located in Bath, GB
2nd Earl of Rochester.
Wilmot is as famous for his poetry as for the rakish habits in his personal
Category
Vintage 1920s British Books
Materials
Paper
Anne Sexton Signed Galley & First Edition, The Death Notebooks
Located in Southbury, CT
edition of American poet, Anne Sexton's final collection of poetry printed in her lifetime.
Inscribed
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
Gordon Parks - A Poet and His Camera - Gordon Parks - 1968 Viking - 1st Edition
Located in Rochester, NY
photography by Gordon Parks along his poetry. Look at all pictures and read condition report in comment
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.75 in W 7.75 in D 0.5 in
Colonial Elegance and Exotic Charm: A Visual & Poetic Journey through 1910 Burma
Located in Langweer, NL
crease.
Rarity: This is a scarce collection, which combines poetry with photographs depicting the
Category
Vintage 1910s Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.57 in W 12.45 in D 0.4 in
Autobiography of Surrealism First Edition Review Copy
By Marcel Jean
Located in valatie, NY
," with references to literature, poetry, theatre, cinema and all the visual arts.
NPT Books, a division
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
Circe and Ulysses by Wm. Browne / Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
spectacle and poetry, dance and song. To the new production Mark Severin contributed sparkling engravings of
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
complete history of all the books of the bible, biblical scenery, and “Manners and Customs of the Ancients
Category
Antique 1880s American Late Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Compleat Angler + The Lives of Donne.... by Izaak WALTON, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
well as the Lives; Love and Truth; and miscellaneous Poetry and Prose, as well as a Life of Walton and
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 8.25 in W 5.13 in D 1.13 in
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
press encouraged the craft of books that the small, literate class valued as works of art. Intricately
Category
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Bruce Weber Branded Youth and Other Stories National Portrait Gallery Book
By Bruce Weber
Located in Seguin, TX
Charles Bukowski and poetry by Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, A. E. Housman, Sammy Cahn and G. K. Chesterton.
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 8.75 in D 1.5 in
Odes and Sonnets Illustrades
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Poetry antique book by unknown author, with Odes and Sonnets illustrades, in a perfect beautiful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Other Books
Materials
Paper
The Golden Book of Swinburne's Lyrics
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful Zaehnsdorf-bound collection of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Dance of Life a Poem; by Wm. Combe, Th. Rowlandson illustr. - FIRST ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
illustrations first and Combe writing the poetry, in iambic tetrameter, second. They continued this
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 9.25 in W 5.75 in D 1.25 in
The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. by Thomas MOORE
Located in Middletown, NY
A handsomely-bound collection of juvenile poetry by Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852), published under the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
such works. Combining poetry and philosophy, The Insect is beautifully illustrated by collaborator
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 7.09 in D 1.38 in
Symbolism Paperback Book 1st Ed. 1995 by Michael Gibson
By TASCHEN
Located in North Hollywood, CA
plunged headlong into the cultural space opened up by the poetry of Baudelaire and Mallarme and by the
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
1907 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By Edward Fitzgerald
Located in Bath, GB
translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are simply loosely
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Books
Materials
Paper
Set 5, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizab, World
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 5 Books: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizabethan World. New York
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.25 in D 1.25 in
The English Dance of Death - by Wm. Combe - Th. Rowlandson illustr.
Located in Middletown, NY
the poetry, in iambic tetrameter, second. They continued this collaborative style on further works
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
James Shore's Daughter by Stephen Vincent Benét, Signed & Numbered #3/307 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) and
Category
Vintage 1930s Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in W 6.75 in D 1.75 in
1902 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
Poe, a collection of the American author's poetry and short stories, most importantly containing his
Category
Antique Early 1900s Books
Materials
Paper
1908 The Natural History of Selborne
By Gilbert White
Located in Bath, GB
selection of poetry. It was well received contemporaneously and is regarded as an early contribution to
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Books
Materials
Paper
Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley with Harrison & Son Binding
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Located in valatie, NY
influential. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame
Category
Antique 19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
1889-96 Cope's Smoke-Room Booklets
Located in Bath, GB
Thomas Carlyle. Literature included varies from essays, poetry, and prose.
'Cope's Smoke-Room Booklets
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By T.S. Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology
Category
Vintage 1930s British Books
Materials
Paper
Jean-Michel Frank: L'Etrange Luxe du Rien by Pierre-Emmanuel Marin-Vivier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
history. Perhaps it is this mixture of lightness and rigor, of dreams and poetry, this very current
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 12.44 in W 9.5 in D 1.38 in
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald translation, Club Bindery
Located in Middletown, NY
books with the Spoor bookplate in its collections. This bookplate was engraved by Emery Walker (1851
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Lewis Carroll Observed Hardcover Book
By Lewis Carroll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lewis Carroll Observed A Collection of Unpublished Photographs, Drawings, Poetry and New Essays
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Books
Materials
Paper
Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In by Nancy K. Anderson & C Brock (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
with the poetry of Robert Frost and the paintings of Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler and Franz Kline
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 11.32 in W 10.25 in D 1.13 in
1894-1949 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
By Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Bath, GB
published from 1895 to 1897. These issues contained a range of literary and artistic poetry, short, stories
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, Illustrated by Major Felten, 1931
By Charles Baudelaire, Major Felten
Located in London, GB
big book is now very rare.
"Les Fleurs du mal is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.03 in W 8.67 in D 0.79 in
VERINEAU ( Gerda Wegener ) - Douze Sonnets Lascifs - LIMITED EDITION - 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, still renowned for his erotic works, asked Gerda Wegener to illustrate his book of erotic poetry, Douze
Category
Vintage 1920s French Books
Materials
Leather
H 10.25 in W 7.88 in D 0.75 in
Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature Signed by Lynda S Waggoner
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in North Hollywood, CA
inanimate facades or rattling bones of construction. Poetry of form is as necessary to great architecture as
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.5 in W 7.6 in D 0.5 in
Dorothy M.T. Colles Anthology Manuscript in Painted Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
binding – Her Anthology, manuscript poetry. c 1931.
8vo, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in (187 x 151 mm); 82 pages of
Category
Vintage 1930s European Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Baudelaire's Fleurs Du Mal, Beautifully Illustrated and with Original Drawing
By Charles Baudelaire
Located in Middletown, NY
Fleurs du Mal was first published in 1857 and includes nearly all of Baudelaire's poetry. It was very
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paint, Paper
H 10.13 in W 7.38 in D 1.5 in
Norman Mailer/Bert Stern, Marilyn Monroe
By Norman Mailer, Bert Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
plays, screenplays, television miniseries, hundreds of essays, two books of poetry, and a collection of
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
J-M. Hérédia's Les Trophées with signed frontispiece portrait and EXTRAS
Located in Middletown, NY
the Académie Française he said that "True poetry dwells in nature and in humanity, which are eternal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Blanco by OCTAVIO PAZ
Located in Middletown, NY
logic, not as an expansion or extension of the short poem.» He begins experimenting with "poetry of
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Books
Materials
Paper
Dali The Work and the Man by Robert Descharnes Hardcover Coffee Table Art Book
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in North Hollywood, CA
collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major
Category
20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 13 in W 10 in D 2 in
Rare Artisan Christoforus Sklavenitis "Minoan" Ancient Greek Bronze Chess Set
By Christoforus Sklavenitis
Located in St. Louis, MO
5.5".
Sklavenitis did not just make chess sets; he wrote poetry and books, created beautiful pottery
Category
Vintage 1960s Greek Archaistic Games
Materials
Bronze
English Polychrome-Painted Paper Mâché 'Poet's Desk' Pole Screen
Located in New York, NY
Featuring a trompe l'oeil screen depicting antique books of poetry, an inkwell with plume, wax
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Regency Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
Still Life by Harry and Wende Devlin Circa 1982
Located in West Palm Beach, US
-talented artists whose 28 children’s books made them famous worldwide. Their storied union began at the
Category
Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Gae Aulenti Locus Solus daybed for Poltronova, Italy, 1964
By Gae Aulenti, Poltronova
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
poetry and philosophy. Solutions must be invented each time, and books help. Then comes the synthesis
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Materials
Metal
Gae Aulenti Locus Solus dining set for Poltronova, Italy, 1964
By Gae Aulenti, Poltronova
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
? My way of working? Before arriving at the project: study history, literature, geography, even poetry
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Metal
Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
bookcase, on which books, a crown of laurels and a musical instrument are displayed. A female figure in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Other
H 22.45 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
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