New Arrivals in Literature and Poetry, Spring 2021

New Arrivals in Literature and Poetry, Spring 2021

We're happy to present this collection of new arrivals in Literature and Poetry.  Highlights include a first edition of the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, Poe's first book of prose and his only novel; a first edition copy of the Raven bound with a first edition copy of Poe's Tales, a rarely seen combination; a copy of Wilde's Poems inscribed to a friend in Newport; a presentation copy of Byron's Hours of Idleness for one of his circle of closest friends; the Thornton Edition of the Novels of the Bronte sisters; the Centenary edition of Complete Poetical Works of Shelley, inscribed by the editor; a very rare unauthorized publication of Fragments by Rupert Brooke; and a private subscription copy of Villon's poems, extra-illustrated with watercolours by Pal.

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Item #321047 The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull, the...

The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull, the Clothier. In a Series of...

Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1792. First Edition, first state of frontispiece (with £150,000,000); Blanck’s state A of footnote at p. 77. Belknap’s satirical allegory on the British colonies in America is “an allegory of the clearing out of John Bull’s wilderness, and incidentally of John Bull himself.” Belknap’s..... Read More about The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull, the Clothier. In a...

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Item #303869 Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, Original and Translated. Lord Byron, George...

Presentation Copy to a Harrow Friend

Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, Original and Translated.

Newark: S. and J. Ridge, 1807. First edition, first issue. Presentation Copy to a Harrow Friend. Byron's first regularly published book, following the privately printed Fugitive Pieces and Poems on Various Occasions. Inscribed on a front flyleaf by the recipient: "The gift of Lord Byron, James Wynne De Bathe. September..... Read More about Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, Original and Translated

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Item #319953 The Red Rover. A Tale. James Fenimore Cooper

The Red Rover. A Tale.

Philadelphia: Cary, Lea, & Carey, 1828-1827. First American edition, preceded by the Paris and London editions. Cooper’s popular nautical tale of the adventures of Captain James Wilder and his pursuit of the pirate Red Rover. Notable characters include sailors Dick Fid, and Scipio Africa, a free black man. The Red..... Read More about The Red Rover. A Tale

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Item #320663 James Joyce [Paris, 1928]. James Joyce, Berenice Abbott

Joyce in Paris

James Joyce [Paris, 1928].

[printed mid-1970s]. Joyce in Paris. Photographed in Berenice Abbott's Paris studio, the iconic image of Joyce wearing a hat. According to Abbott, who relied on natural light for her Paris portraits of the 1920s, Joyce wore the hat because of the extreme sensitivity of his eyesight. Read More about James Joyce [Paris, 1928

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Item #321208 Water Celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848, Exercises at the Fountain ... III. Ode....

Water Celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848, Exercises at the Fountain ... III. Ode. By James Russell Lowell, Esq. To be...

[Boston]: 1848. The water celebration on October 25, 1848 marked the completion of the aqueduct, dams, pipelines and gatehouses built from Lake Cochituate in Natick to the Brookline Reservoir to bring fresh water to Boston. A rare piece of ephemera from that important public health event. Read More about Water Celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848, Exercises at the Fountain ... III. Ode. By James...

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Item #318687 The Complete Poetical Works...the text newly collated and revised and edited with a...

Centenary Edition

The Complete Poetical Works...the text newly collated and revised and edited with a memoir and notes by George Edward Woodberry...

Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1892. Large Paper Edition, limited to 250 numbered copies, inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13, 1901." Centenary Edition. Read More about The Complete Poetical Works...the text newly collated and revised and edited with a memoir and...

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Item #320653 A Child’s Garden of Verses. Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child’s Garden of Verses.

London: Longmans, Green, 1885. First edition, first issue. Publisher's presentation blindstamp on the title. Publisher's presentation copy of the first edition, first issue of Stevenson's collection of children's verse, with first appearances of "The Land of Counterpane," "The Land of Nod," "My Shadow," "Uncle Sparky," and "My Bed is a...... Read More about A Child’s Garden of Verses

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Item #318686 The Works … Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life,...

The Works … Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, by John...

London: Printed for C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer, 1755. First Hawkesworth edition. The first six volumes of the collected works of Swift, a set that was eventually extended to 14 volume. Read More about The Works … Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes...

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Item #321044 Penrod Jashper. Booth Tarkington

Inscribed to His Secretary, Pre-Publication

Penrod Jashper.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First edition, inscribed one day before publication date. Inscribed to His Secretary, Pre-Publication. Inscribed to Tarkington's amanuensis/secretary Elizabeth (Betty) Totter, who, during the author's growing blindness, seems to have taken down this novel by dictation, and probably prepared it for publication as well: "For Betty..... Read More about Penrod Jashper

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Item #321151 The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris. François Villon

WITH 8 WATERCOLUR EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAL

The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris.

London: Printed by the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only, nd. Number 35 of Large Paper Issue. WITH 8 WATERCOLUR EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAL. With 15 full page portraits inserted at the front including Baudelaire, Dumas, etc. With 8 watercolours by Jean Paleologue (1855-1942) and signed PAL..... Read More about The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris

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Item #320623 Monday or Tuesday. Virginia Woolf

Monday or Tuesday.

Hogarth House, Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition, one of 1000 copies. First edition of Woolf's fifth book, and the twelfth book of the Hogarth Press, a collection of eight short stories. "Leonard Woolf stated that this works was printed by F.T. McDermott of the Prompt Press, Richmond, who used..... Read More about Monday or Tuesday

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