New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992. First Edition. Quarto (27cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in light gray on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-332pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate..... More

V.p. 1886 and 1869. First Edition. 1. Albert Parsons, August Spies et al. Die Moderne Gesellschaft, gekennzeichnet durch die Reden der verutheilten Chicagoer Anarchisten A.R. Parsons, August Spies, Sam Fielden, Oscar Neebe, M. Schwab, L. Lingg, A. Fischer, G. Engel, in dem grossen Tendenzprozess vor Richter Gary, am 7., 8..... More

Berlin [but London?]: Patriotische Verlagsanstalt, 1907. First Edition. Anti-militarist Tarnschrift attributed to the German anarchist Arnold Roller, brother of Max Nomad, with whom Roller edited the militant periodical "Der Weckruf" from 1903 to 1907. Decoy wrappers give the pamphlet the appearance of being a soldier's handbook ("Fünfte Auflage) adorned with..... More

[München]: Carl Hanser Verlag, [1982]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 271pp. A hint of dust-soil and shelf wear, else Near Fine. Anthology of German World War I poetry. More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1961. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip laid in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver, yellow, and copper on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 302pp. Pencilled note to front endpaper, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert..... More

Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1878. Octavo (19cm). Quarter red cloth with decorated paper boards, stamped in black and gilt on spine, all edges lightly marbled; with original dull green typographic dust jacket and cardboard box with printed paper label; [xx],718,[2]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; 3 steel engravings and..... More

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, Inc., 1968. First English Language Edition. Octavo (21cm); black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in green on spine; light green topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; green endpapers; [vi],[4],5-177,[1]pp. Light shelf-wear, tiny inked mark to lower margin of p.37, and occasional interior soil; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Bill Hollingshead..... More

Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag, 1958. First Edition. The German author's second book, a collection of poems deeply influenced by the works of Wittgenstein and Kafka. Slim octavo (21.25cm); string-tied card wrappers, glued into black letterpress-printed dustjacket; 30,[2]pp; text is entirely in German. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. More

London: Rapp & Carroll, [1967]. Second Edition. Second Printing. Slim octavo (22.25cm.); publisher's cloth in grey dust jacket; 63pp. Near Fine. Forms part of the Poetry Europe series. More

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836. First Edition. Lecture delivered by the instructer in German at Harvard University during which he recites in the original German (reprinted here), Goethe's poem "Der Erlkönig." Of this piece Bokum argues that it "will suffice to persuade my hearers that the German language is..... More

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1962. Second Impression. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in yellow on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-255,[1]pp; portrait frontispiece with black-and-white photographic (halftones) and illustrations throughout. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate..... More

[New York]: New Directions Books, Published by James Laughlin, [1944]. First American Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's black cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],140pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, including a few tiny chips, spine and extremities rather browned, else Very Good and sound. Seventeen of twenty-eight scenes from the..... More

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 276pp. Tight, unmarked and apparently unread copy, Fine. No dustwrapper (as issued?). More