Retrogression
New York: John Lane, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 98pp. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. More
New Arrivals
Poems: First Series
London: Martin Secker, 1918. First Edition. First impression; limited issue. No. 82 of 100 signed copies on Japon. Octavo. Paper-covered boards with printed spine label; 116pp. Two tiny punctures to paper at rear hinge, else a fine, tight copy in the original, rather fragile, publisher's boards. Squire was editor of..... More
Poems: First Series
London: Martin Secker, 1918. First Edition. First impression; trade issue. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; 116pp. Light external rubbing and soil; internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. More
Poems: Second Series
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921. First Edition. First printing; trade issue. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; printed spine label; 79pp. Very Good or better, with a bit of darkening to the label, spine ends pushed, trace of wear at board corners. More
Snow on Snow. Foreword by Stanley Kunitz
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 62pp. Fine in Near Fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. The poet's first published collection, in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. More
Works on Paper. Essays 1980-86
New York: New Directions, 1986. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 175pp. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. Uncommon in cloth. More
Fox On a Barn Door
New York: George Braziller, 1965. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 53pp. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper, a shade darkened on spine panel and with a couple of small scuffs at base of front panel; unclipped (priced $3.95 on front flap). The poet's first published collection, winner..... More
The Solitaries. Poems 1964-5
New York: George Braziller, 1967. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 57pp. Fine in very Near Fine dustwrapper, a shade darkened on spine panel, unclipped (priced $3.95 on front flap). The poet's second published collection, winner of the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize (Poetry Society of London) for..... More
A Romantic Miscellany
London: Fortune Press, 1946. First Edition. First impression. 12mo; cloth hardcover; 62pp. Straight and tight; gilt titling on spine slightly dulled; VG+. Lacking the dustwrapper. More
So Many Daughters
New York: Bookman Associates, 1952. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 62pp. Fine in very Near Fine dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), very subtly toned at folds. Walton (1894-1961) was a New Mexico-born academic and poet, and long-time companion of New York novelist Henry Roth. This..... More
Firebreak. Poems
London: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 68pp. Fine in price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. Complimentary slip laid-in from London bookseller Bertram Rota. More
Magellan. A Poem to be Read in Several Voices
San Jose: Talisman Press, 1958. First Edition. First printing; edition of 440 copies. Octavo. Cloth-backed, patterned boards; dustjacket; 86pp. Fine, slightly soiled and edgeworn dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00 on front flap); Very Good. Letterpress prospectus/broadside laid in, announcing that the book has been awarded the 1958 Silver Medal in Literature..... More
Stephen's Green Revisited
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 64pp. Fine, in crisp dustwrapper slightly faded at spine panel and extremities, VG+. The poet's second published collection. More
Past and Present
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original brown cloth, blindstamped, gilt title to spine; cream coated endpapers; [viii], [400]pp. A tight copy, slightly cocked, rubbed, spine lightly sunned, both hinges cracked but holding, scattered spots of foxing at rear: Good or better. In this work..... More
So I Looked Down to Camelot
Northwood, Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1962. First Edition. Limited issue. One of 25 signed copies. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 48pp. Fine, in lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustwrapper. The poet's first published book, necessarily rare thus. More
Inside the Forties: Literary Memoirs 1937-1957
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1977. First Edition. First impression. Octavo.Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 242pp. Fine, in lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustwrapper. More
The Hesitant Heart
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Paper-covered boards with gilt spine titles and printed title label on front cover; 56pp. Darkening to label, slight soil and wear to extremities; Very Good. The author's first published book, much-praised by contemporary critics, now forgotten. More
Blossoming Antlers
New York: Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed decorated boards; dustjacket; 58pp. Fine, in original dustwrapper,price-clipped and partially separated at front panel, VG. More
Singing Drums
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1937. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. Near fine in original dustwrapper, rubbed and dusted, spine darkened with some shallow chips to extremities, Very Good. Light poetry, most originally published in Good Housekeeping, The Pictorial Review, The Christian Century and other..... More
Singing Drums
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1937. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 159pp. About fine in original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and dusted with some shallow losses along upper rear panel, Very Good. Light poetry, most originally published in Good Housekeeping, The Pictorial Review, The Christian Century and..... More
In Memory of Geoffrey Keynes, Kt. late of Lammas House 1887-1982
[Los Angeles]: Zamorano-Roxburghe Club, 1984. First, Limited Edition. Edition of 160 copies. 12mo; printed paper wrappers; 4pp. Fine. A eulogy in 8 stanzas for the great literary historian and bibliographer, printed as a keepsake for the 1984 biennial meeting of the Zamorano-Roxburghe Club. Uncommon. More
Hand in Hand
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. First American Edition. Wrappered issue. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 80pp. About fine, with just a hint of toning at extremities. More
Root and Branch
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. First American Edition. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 80pp. Fine in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper, rubbed at extremities, VG+. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. More
A Familiar Tree. Illustrated by David Gentleman
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First American Edition. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 80pp. Fine in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper, subtly toned at margins, Near Fine. More
Four pamphlets from the Engineering Woman's Club of Rochester, New York
Rochester: Rochester Federation of Women's Clubs, 1944-52. 1. Engineering Woman's Club. Affiliation Federation of Women's Clubs. [ca 1944]. (15.5cm). Small, stapled pamphlet in tan paper wraps; 12pp. Membership List as of January 21, 1944. Contemporary pencil annotations. Very Good. 2. Engineering Woman's Club Constitution and By-laws. Revised February 24, 1941..... More