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Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936
A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Co., MDCCCCXXII [1922, but 1935]
vi, 1, 95, [1] p.; 19 cm. The title-page is dated [1922] and on verso of t.-p. "Authorised edition, 1924" and "July, 1935." 63 "spare and nostalgic" poems. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy with a gift inscription. Stock#45313. Good+, poor glue has discolored endpapers/ binding brown with gold trim as for a leather-bound book.
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Item number: 45313.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Recessional. A Victorian Ode by Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: NY, F. M. Buckles [1899?]
[8] p., port.; 18 cm. "Alongside this stirring affirmation of Britain’s imperial role in the world, Kipling betrays a doubt about the likelihood of ‘the task’s being carried to completion, and a general uneasiness about the future." Cover printed in green on gray stock. Stock#47311. Good, seems darker than others in this series.
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AUD 38.65 | CAD 41.45 | EUR 31.01 | GBP 26.54 | JPY 3,636.36 | MXN 444.44 | ZAR 400.00 |
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Item number: 47311.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
The Betrothed. 'You must choose between me and your cigar'
Publisher: [NY, F. M. Buckles, 1899?]
[8] p., port.; 19 cm. Cover printed in red & black on peach-colored wrappers. Imprint on rear cover. One of at least three variants. Having considered the advantages of wife and cigar, the cigar wins. Stock#47312. Vg, thread gone / soft cover.
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AUD 48.31 | CAD 51.81 | EUR 38.76 | GBP 33.18 | JPY 4,545.45 | MXN 555.56 | ZAR 500.00 |
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Item number: 47312.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: NY, Alex. Grosset & Co. [1899?]
[8] p., front. (port.); 19 cm. "The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer (a 'Bhishti') who saves the soldier's life but is soon shot and killed. In the final three lines, the soldier regrets the abuse he dealt to Din and admits that Din is the better man of the two for sacrificing his own life to save another. The poem was published as one of the set of martial poems called the Barrack-Room Ballads." The publisher identified on front wrapper as Alex. Grosset is at the same address as F. M. Buckles, 11 East 16th Street. Wrappers printed in green & green on peach. Stock#47313. Vg, stitching gone.
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Item number: 47313.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
The Vampire
Publisher: [NY, F. M. Buckles or Alex. Grosset & Co., 1899]
[8] p., illus., 19 cm. Text preceded by statement: The verses as suggested by the painting by Philip Burne-Jones, first exhibited at the New Gallery in London, 1897. Purportedly a portrait of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, an actress and the artist's ex-lover. Printed in green and red on lime wrappers. Stock#47314. Vg.
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Item number: 47314.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Mandalay [by] Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: [NY, F. M. Buckles or Alex. Grosset & Co., 1899]
[8] p., port.; 19 cm. First published in the collection Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, the first series, published in 1892. The poem colourfully illustrates the nostalgia and longing of a soldier of the British Empire for Asia's exoticism, and generally for the countries and cultures located "East of Suez." Printed on wrappers and throughout in tan and green. The wrappers are green/gray. Stock#47315. Vg / soft cover.
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Item number: 47315.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
The Undertaker’s Horse [by] Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: [NY, F. M. Buckles, 1899?]
[6] p., port., 19 cm. Last leaf blank. Printed in black and green on pale green wrappers; text in pale green ornaments. Stock#47316. Vg, threads missing / soft cover.
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Item number: 47316.
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Livingstone, Dinah, 1940-
Keeping Heart: Poems, 1967-89
Publisher: London: Katabasis, 1989
[xii], 240 p.; 21 cm. Poems of the prolific author and publisher. ISBN (10) 0904872114. Stock#47309. Vg / soft cover.
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Item number: 47309.
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