Unpublished Autograph Poem: THE SNOWFLAKE STAR
Original autograph manuscript of one of Plath's earliest poems, in a version preceding the 1946 revision published in her junior high school literary magazine and collected nowhere else.
Original autograph manuscript of one of Plath's earliest poems, in a version preceding the 1946 revision published in her junior high school literary magazine and collected nowhere else.
Landmark second edition of the epic American poetry collection, the first to include among the most famous blurbs in literature — Emerson's complimentary quote stamped, without permission, on the book's spine.
First edition in book form of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," the single most famous American poem of the nineteenth century.
Mimeographed reading list from Sylvia Plath's Fall 1952 sophomore English 221 class at Smith College, with her handwritten notes — including library call numbers for the titles on the list and comments on an upcoming blind date.
Original signed contract for Plath's appearance in SEVENTEEN for her short story "And Summer Will Not Come Again."
Rare original drawing by the eleven-year-old poet featuring a lute-playing cherub singing with a robin sitting on a perch.
Signed first edition of Bishop's first book, along with the original ticket from Bishop's reading where the book was signed.
Uncorrected proof of Sylvia Plath's iconic second book of poetry, published two years after her death — a dark and personal collection.
Rare signed limited "author's edition" of Loy's selected poems, inscribed by the poet to her daughter Joella Bayer and son-in-law, Bauhaus designer-architect Herbert Bayer.
First printing of this limited deluxe edition poetic ode to a pair of pears, illustrated in lovingly executed mezzotints – with original copper plate included in the original box.
Beautifully bound first edition of Zotti's annotated DIVINE COMEDY, primarily designed for British women learning Italian and dedicated by the editor to three aristocratic women patrons.
First edition of Plath's first book-length work, and the only poetry collection published within her lifetime.
Rare inscribed first edition of the second poetry collection by the Black artist and author called by contemporaries the "Paul Laurence Dunbar of Cincinnati," presented to another Cincinnati poet.
Stark and haunting card of mourning from the September 10th, 1898 funeral of Stephane Mallarmé.
Stark and haunting card of mourning from the September 10th, 1898 funeral of Stephane Mallarmé.
Signed limited first edition of the last collection of poems published within Faulkner's lifetime.
Beautiful Edwardian-era set of the Ancient Greek epic, bound in rich full goatskin by Roger de Coverly and Sons.
First printing of this powerful collection of poetry, posthumously published after Dumas was murdered by a police officer in 1968.
Elaborately ornamented edition of Shelley's 1820 poem, lavishly illustrated by Charles Robinson and in the full maroon leather binding variant, the scarcest of the edition's bindings.
Scarce and magnificent deluxe edition of this beautifully illustrated edition of Shelley's poem in the original dust jacket.
First edition of this groovy collection of four little books containing poetry and art meant to encapsulate the different seasons.
First edition of Sylvia Plath's iconic second book of poetry, published two years after her death — a dark and personal collection.
First Christy-illustrated edition of this beloved poem of the Highlands, populated by beautiful "Christy Girls" — very scarce signed.
First Christy-illustrated edition of this mock-medieval Tennyson poem, very scarce signed.
Lovely Victorian edition in pictorial cloth of this popular comedic poem, executed in reverse order — caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew the illustrations before William Combe wrote the text.