Sold2020Group of Early and Rare Poetry and First EditionsLarge group of poetry books, including many first editions. Includes books by notable poets including Ogden Nash, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Burns, Robert Frost, Lord Byron, John Greenleaf Whittier,See Sold Price
Sold2018Longfellow's first published book of poetry bound byHeading: Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Title: Voices of the Night Place Published: Cambridge Publisher:John Owen Date Published: 1840 Description: (4to), original blaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Lang (Andrew) The Book of Princes and Princesses, first edition, 1908 and 11 first editions by theLang (Andrew) The Book of Princes and Princesses, 1908; The Blue Poetry Book, 1891; The True Story Book, 1893; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898; The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899, first editSee Sold Price
Sold202217th C. Greek Poetry BookA 17th century Ancient Greek poetry book including Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". First edition with parallel text in Greek and Latin. Edited by Jacobus Lectious. Aureline Allobprogum (Geneva, SwitzerSee Sold Price
Sold2022ANTIQUE CALLIGRAPHY, LETTER DESIGN, POETRY BOOKSOriginal Poems by Betsey Ann Smith Roberts. Hardcover. First edition. Published by Patchogue Advance Print in New York, 1893. Calligraphy and Letter Design: Learn the basics of creating elegant letterSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of 21 Vintage Poetry Books, incl. 1st Ed, SignedLot of 21 vintage 20th century poetry books, including some 1st Ed, and some signed or inscribed by the author. Three are softcover; 18 are hardcover. First editions include Horn of Oil by Phillip EngSee Sold Price
Sold2017A Trio of Rare Poetry BooksA trio of rare poetry books: Some Trees John Ashbery inscribed first thus Corithn Books 1970. Sunned DJ, NF boards, fine int. The Vermont Notebook John Ashbery & Joe Brainard #66 of 250 and signed bySee Sold Price
Sold2018Book: a photo-poetry book 'Arias in Silence' by GordonBook: a photo-poetry book 'Arias in Silence' by Gordon Parks, first edition, published by A Bulfinch Press Book Little Brown and Company, 1994, hardback, 127ppSee Sold Price
Sold2022Poetry - Chaucer, Browning, MarkhamThree 20th C. British and American Poetry Books, includes The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham, First Edition, March 13, 1899, Published by A.M. Robertson in a morocco backed case, includes a toned pSee Sold Price
Sold2023[FIRST CANADIAN POETRY] GOLDSMITH. RISING VILLAGEGoldsmith, Oliver. THE RISING VILLAGE WITH OTHER POEMS. Saint John, N.B: John McMillan, 1834. Most notable work by the first Canadian-born writer. 12mo. Full brown holographic cloth. "Mercantile LibraSee Sold Price
Sold20201549 1st ed Italian Renaissance Carmina Poetry1549 1st ed Italian Renaissance Carmina Poetry Flaminio Pietro Bembo Castiglione ‘Carmina’ is an important 16th-century collection of Renaissance, Neo-Latin poetry. First published in 1548 by VincSee Sold Price
Sold2016Langston Hughes First Edition [One Way Ticket]Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949, original half blue cloth and dust jacket, first edition of Hughes' twelfth book of poetry inscribed by him in the month following publication to "George Hughes, SincerSee Sold Price
Sold2018Group of Nineteen Poetry/Lyric BooksGroup of Nineteen Poetry/Lyric Books. Includes: Henry Theodore Tuckerman 1851 First Edition; Gray's Elegy Illustrated, 1/469 copies; Steer by a Star by Robert Cranston Lee (signed); In Country Sleep bSee Sold Price
Sold20171563 1ed Roman Inquisition Executed Francesco Spinola1563 1ed Roman Inquisition Executed Francesco Spinola Latin Poetry Elegies The first and only edition of Francesco Spinola’s ‘Opera’ or works. This work is a collection of verses in Latin, manySee Sold Price
Sold20191822 Colley Cibber Autobiography An Apology English1822 Colley Cibber Autobiography An Apology English Theater Acting Plays Poetry A rare first edition printing of Colley Cibber’s autobiography. Cibber was a well-known and highly praised English actSee Sold Price
Sold20181698 Precepts of Phocylide Greek Philosophy Maxims1698 Precepts of Phocylide Greek Philosophy Maxims & Poetry Joseph de Vancy A rare first collected edition of the works of Joseph-François Duchy of Vancy which were written from fragments of works atSee Sold Price
Sold20231670 Herman Hugo Pia Desideria OT Bible Emblemata Illustrated EMBLEMS Poetry1670 Herman Hugo Pia Desideria OT Bible Emblemata Illustrated EMBLEMS Poetry “Pia Desideria…the most popular religious emblem book of the 17th-century!” Herman Hugo first published tSee Sold Price
Sold20241767 Astrology 1ed Astronomicon Manilius Ancient Rome Occult Astronomy Zodiac1767 Astrology 1ed Astronomicon Manilius Ancient Rome Occult Astronomy Zodiac Marcus Manilius was a first century Roman poet known for his famous collection of astrological poetry Astronomica. This boSee Sold Price
Sold20181862 1st printing Battle Hymn of the Republic Americana1862 1st printing Battle Hymn of the Republic Americana Poetry FAMOUS Song Howe This 1862 printing of the ‘Atlantic Review’ features the very first printed version of the text to the ‘Battle HymSee Sold Price
Sold20191828 Astronomicon Manilius Rome Astrology Occult1828 Astronomicon Manilius Rome Astrology Occult Astronomy Zodiac Delphini Marcus Manilius was a first century Roman poet known for his famous collection of astrological poetry ‘Astronomica.’ ThisSee Sold Price
Sold20181859 1st ed Hannah More Coelebs in Search of a Wife1859 1st ed Hannah More Coelebs in Search of a Wife British Humor Illustrated Poetry Hannah More’s ‘Coelebs in Search of a Wife’ was a popular British humor novel first published in the early 19See Sold Price
Sold20181672 Plutarch on How to Study Poetry De Audiendis Poet1672 Plutarch on How to Study Poetry De Audiendis Poetis Greek Philosophy Latin “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch This first century Greek scholarSee Sold Price
Sold20241st Edition: Book of The Homeless (Le Livre Des Sans-Foyer) : E Warton, 1916First Edition: Book of The Homeless (LE LIVRE DES SANS-FOYER): Edith Warton, 1916. The Book of the Homeless is a 1916 collection of essays, art, poetry, and musical scores. Proceeds of its sales wereSee Sold Price
Sold202133 Finely Bound Easton Press Books, Four Being Signed33 Finely Bound Easton Press Books, Four Being Signed First Editions(Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1980s-1990s), primarily fiction with some biography and poetry, various sizes with 4to (9-1/2 x 6-1/2 inSee Sold Price
1 day LeftFreeman's | HindmanMcKAY, Claude (1890-1948). Harlem Shadows. Max Eastman, introduction. New York: Harcourt, Brace andUS$200
Jun 13Forum AuctionsPoetry.- [Irwin (Eyles) & others.] Eastern Eclogues; written during a Tour through Arabia, Egypt,£50
Jun 13Forum AuctionsCottle (A.S.) Icelandic Poetry, or the Edda of Saemund, Bristol, N. Biggs for Joseph Cottle, 1797;£100
Jun 23Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books1886 CIVIL WAR Poetry 1st/1st Bugle-Echoes Whitman Longfellow Whittier EmersonUS$3(2 bids)
2 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanCUNARD, Nancy, editor. Negro Anthology. 1934. FIRST EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY WITH NOEL SULLIVANUS$2,000
Jun 23Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books1855 Song of Hiawatha 1ed Henry Longfellow Poetry FAMED Native American BEAUTYUS$76(3 bids)
2 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanMILTON, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. 1688. LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST ILLUSTRATEDUS$2,250(1 bid)