[Rarebooks] FS: Finely printed, usually illustrated and signed, Limited Editions Club Poetry

[Charles Agvent]

BROWNING, Robert. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING. Cambridge: Limited 
Editions Club, 1969. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in blue 
morocco-backed boards inlaid with a black embossed portrait. Selected 
and with an introduction by C. Day Lewis. Designed by John Dreyfus and 
printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge. Illustrated with 
36 wood engravings by Peter Reddick and SIGNED by the artist on the 
colophon page. Of a total of 1500 copies, this copy is not numbered but 
in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy." The colophon 
also bears the presentation blindstamp that usually accompanies lettered 
copies. Spine quite sunned and a little dry. Very Good in a Fine 
slipcase. (#016158)        $50.00

DANTE, Alighieri. THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1932. Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth 
specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold- 
stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best 
Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on 
rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina 
Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Copy #834 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the 
colophon page. Handsome book, beautifully printed. Touch of sunning to 
the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. (#016039)        $350.00

DONNE, John. THE POEMS OF JOHN DONNE. Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 
1968. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco and 
ochre linen boards with the front board embossed with an oval portrait 
of Donne; 224 pages. Selected, annotated, and introduced by Frank 
Kermode; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 33 wood engravings 
by Imre Reiner. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the 
colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Mild sunning to the spine. About 
Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#016031)        $125.00

HEANEY, Seamus. POEMS AND A MEMOIR. (New York): Limited Editions Club, 
(1982). First Edition. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 12") bound in full 
vat-dyed, dark-brown leather consisting of a top-grain aniline skin. The 
8 illustrations by Henry Pearson, adapted from prehistoric carvings 
found just north of Dublin, are original graphics printed directly from 
relief engravings. The selection includes eight early and previously 
uncollected poems as well as a preface and memoir by Heaney. Copy #1168 
of 2000 copies SIGNED by Heaney, Pearson, and Thomas Flanagan who wrote 
the introduction. The nature of the leather of this binding leads to 
some variation in color and texture. Typical sunning to the spine with 
small rubbed spots at the head and heel. Rubbing also to the rear cover 
with some ptting to the leather. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase with 
some uneven sunning. (#016138)        $250.00

MASTERS, Edgar Lee. SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, 1942. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full linen with a 
gilt-lettered leather label. Printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral 
Press. Copy #1202 of 1500 illustrated by Boardman Robinson and SIGNED by 
both the author and the illustrator. The only signed limited edition of 
this classic poem, first published in 1915 and here published with a new 
twenty-two page introduction by Masters. Spine darkened and foxed, 
spreading a little to each cover. Mild browning to gutters; owner name 
in ink on front endpaper. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. 
(#016051)        $135.00

MILTON, John. PARADISE LOST AND PARADISE REGAINED. San Francisco: 
Limited Editions Club, 1936. Small folio (8-1/4" x 13-1/2") bound in 
quarter natural Irish linen and rose pastepaper boards with a black vein 
design, printed paper spine label. Designed, printed, and bound by John 
Henry Nash. Full-page illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. Copy #834 of 
1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Fine in what would be a 
Fine slipcase except that it, along with most copies of this title, 
lacks the backstrip. (#016036)        $125.00

RILKE, Rainer Maria. SELECTED POEMS OF RAINER MARIA RILKE. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1981. Octavo (6-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in half 
buckram and boards covered with blue Fabriano Roma paper handmade in 
Italy. Translated and annotated by C. F. MacIntyre. Copy #1168 of 2000 
illustrated with 4 full-page and 6 half-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by 
Robert Kipniss and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Spine 
sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. (#016154)        $50.00

SHAKESPEARE, William. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Cambridge: 
Limited Editions Club, 1967. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter 
deep red-brown cowhide and henna-colored natural-finish cloth boards 
with the front board embossed with an oval portrait of Shakespeare. 
Edited and introduced by Peter Alexander; designed by John Dreyfus. 
Illustrated with 39 wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Includes 
Venus & Adonis; The Rape of Lucrece, the Sonnets; A Lover's Complaint; 
The Passionate Pilgrim; The Phoenix and Turtle; and a useful Glossary. 
Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Fine 
in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some wear. (#016033)        
$200.00

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. THE POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. Cambridge: 
Limited Editions Club, 1974. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter 
maroon goatskin and terra cotta linen boards with the front board 
embossed with an oval relief portrait of Tennyson; 308 pages. Selected 
and introduced by John D. Rosenberg; designed by John Dreyfus. 
Illustrated with 25 wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds Stone. Of a 
total of 2000 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, 
this copy is not numbered but in place of the number is written in ink 
"S. S." The colophon lacks the presentation blindstamp that usually 
accompanies lettered copies. Monthly Letter laid in. Spine mildly 
sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. (#016157)        $125.00

WORDSWORTH, William. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Cambridge: Limited 
Editions Club, 1973. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter tan 
morocco and ochre-dyed linen boards with the front board embossed with a 
portrait medallion of Wordsworth; 300 pages. Selected and introduced by 
Jonathan Wordsworth; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 10 
full-page line drawings, with tints added by watercolor, and a score of 
black-and-white drawings by John O'Connor. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Fine in worn glassine and a 
rubbed, Very Good slipcase. (#016034)        $75.00

YEATS, W. B. THE POEMS OF W. B. YEATS. New York: Limited Editions Club, 
1970. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter dark green morocco and 
lighter green linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait 
of Yeats, 192 pages. Selected and introduced by William York Tindall; 
designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 16 full-page and 19 part-page 
stipple drawings by Robin Jacques. Copy #1087 of 1500 printed at the 
Thistle Press and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. About 
Fine in worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase rubbed along one side. 
(#016032)        $100.00

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