DANNIE ABSE. THE POCKET POETS
London: Vista Books, (1963). First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED "To Bill Meredith,/thank you./yours/sincerely,/warmly,/truly,/all that is good/Dannie."
London: Vista Books, (1963). First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED "To Bill Meredith,/thank you./yours/sincerely,/warmly,/truly,/all that is good/Dannie."
(Swansea): Portland University Library, (1971). First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "'Bill's -- this unaltered version/with affection."
London: Hutchinson, (1962). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED "To William Meredith/Dannie/April '64."
London: Hutchinson, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Autobiography of by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, INSCRIBED in the form of a prescription to the poet William Meredith and his partner: "Rx To William + Richard/to be taken after meals/affectionately, Dannie."
London: Hutchinson, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Autobiography of by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED in the form of a prescription to the poet William Meredith and his partner: "Rx For William and Richard/to be taken with a/pinch of salt!/affectionately, Dannie/Xmas 83."
New York: Criterion Books, (1959). First American Edition. Hardcover. Early title by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, first published in England in 1957. Poet William Meredith's copy with his SIGNATURE at the top of the front endpaper, below which is INSCRIBED "With respect,/Dannie Abse," with the poet's last name.....
(Lowestoft): Scorpion Press, (1967). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "'To Bill/Not open, still../warmly,/Dannie/July 67/(Hope to see you next year)."
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith and his partner and SIGNED twice on the title page.
London: Vista Books, (1964). First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith: "'We are most our own strange selves when we are hosts.'/For Bill,/whose Apollinaire translations/would have been in here had/I known them earlier/Dannie Abse/June '64."
Indianapolis & Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1899 & 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. The first two volumes of three, with the last not published until 1908, two years after Anthony's death. Original full brown-burgundy morocco leather with a gilt medallion profile portrait of Anthony on the front panel of each.....
London: Faber & Faber, (1963). First British Edition. Hardcover. Bloomfield A45b: 3000 copies, preceded by the American edition which had a larger printing. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To/Hedwig [Petzold]/with love/from /Wystan" in 1963 on the front free endpaper and with seven manuscript corrections by Auden in the text. Sensational association copy!.....
(New York): Pantheon Books, (1946). First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 427 photographs. On the front endpaper Auden has SIGNED and INSCRIBED the book to "Herbert and Helen [Santoff]/with love/from/Wystan/Christmas 1946." Several silver print photographs of a church laid in.
London: Faber and Faber, (1957). First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the endpaper: "for Bill Meredith/Summer 1959/George Barker."
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the verso of the half-title page: "To Bill Meredith/at Sugar Loaf -- no, Bread Loaf/August 1959 from/George Barker."
Buffalo: Courier Company, 1889. Early Edition. Hardcover. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This is a special copy in a full black morocco leather publisher's presentation binding with gilt decorations on the spine and Barnum's gilt.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1878. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to a noted abolitionist: "Mrs. Maria W. Chapman/with the respects of/John Bartlett/1878." With Chapman's early pencil signature using her maiden name above Bartlett's inscription. Maria Weston Chapman was an.....
New York: Random House, (1980). First Edition. hardcover. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper in Charlottesville in 1986. In addition, laid in is a piece of paper on which is written, "This a great novel." Beattie has responded by writing below "Yes No.....
New York & Melbourne: This Is the Army, Inc. and Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd., (1942) but later. wraps. Quarto (9" x 12") in green illustrated wraps; 4 pages including covers. Vintage sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front.....
New York: Irving Berlin Music Corporation, (1945) but later. wraps. Quarto (9" x 12") in gray and green illustrated wraps; 6 pages. Vintage sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front cover: "For Iris and Jeff/with love from/Irving Berlin/1979."
Pawlet, [VT]: Claude Fredericks [Banyan Press], 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Gray paper wrappers with title printed in orange, with publisher's printed envelope. Copy #60 of 500 copies. Berryman's uncommon second book, a slim collection of poems, this copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title page to the.....
New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards and dustwrapper designed by Ben Shahn with his illustrations in the text. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Miss Charlotte Thomson/with every good wish of/-- John Berryman" in Providence, May, 1963.
New York: George Braziller, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. With a note by Richard Howard. One of 500 copies printed of the poet's first book. This copy is INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith vertically on the front endpaper: "To William Meredith--/with affection, and admiration--/and happy memories of Milgate Park/last summer--/Frank/July.....
New York: The Viking Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's second book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith: "For Bill,/in hope my islanders/may, as they reach/offshore, sail out/toward his open sea.../Philip/as of/March 26th/1962."
New York: The Viking Press, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Inscribed, far inland, for/William Meredith,/whose long/and generous/concern/for these poems/has been one/of the margins.../Philip Booth/April 16th/1971." With two corrections in the text, noted by Booth on the title page. An Advance Reading Copy with a letter from the editor.....
New York: The Viking Press, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "For Bill Meredith/who knows/these weathers and edges/in good friendship/over many seasons...." SIGNED publisher's compliments card laid in.