(Bologna): Imprimatur Casoni. 1839. Broadside. 8vo. 215 x 155mm. (8 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches). Paper stock a bit foxed and toned, but otherwise sound. Rare anonymously written nine stanza tribute to Francesco Orlando for a balloon flight in the central Garden of Bologna in 1839. Orlandi interest in flight was..... More

St. Louis: Published for the Author, 1869. 8vo.  185 x 120 mm., [7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches].  100, [iv] pp.  Illustrated throughout with wood engravins.  Brown publisher's cloth, title gilt on spine.  Cloth somewhat faded and worn, text block partially loose in binding.First edition.  Post Civil War book of..... More

Milano: Nella Stamperia del Mazzucchelli, successore Malatesta, 1761. 8vo.  200 x 125 mm., [7 ½ x 5 inches].  18 [2] pp. Modern blue paper wrappers. First and only edition.  Rare poem in praise of milk’s wholesomeness, a natural food that “purifies the blood, makes clear the mind”.  The author challenges..... More

New York: J. Dickson, Printer, [1864]. Broadside in 4to.  310 x 235 mm., [12 x 9 ¼ inches].  Caption, and ten stanzas of verse in two columns, within an ornamental border.  Sheet somewhat dust-soiled with a few minor stains, surface wear along folds, one corner slightly chipped, &c. Still, entirely..... More

New York: A New Directions Book, 1981. 8vo.  210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches].  32 leaves.  Publisher's tan boards, blue cloth spine; mylar wrapper. Very good copy. First edition, printed in an edition 250 copies, this numbered "7", signed "ferlinghetti" in ink.   Poems inspired by..... More

Boston: Published by Etheridge and Bliss, Oliver & Munroe, Printers, 1806. 12mo.  180 x 105 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches].  [xvi], 17 -164 pp; plus 2 pp. ads.  Bound in contemporary brown sheep skin, red leather label; some minor rubbing to the joints, head of spine missing.  Stamped “Ex..... More

Lucca: Giovanni Riccomini, 1767. 8vo. 203 x 135 mm. (8 x 5 1/4 inches). 32 pp. Engraved title-page vignette of a putti and a dolphin; two woodcut decorative initial letters, head- and tail-pieces of putti and designed backgrounds. Original red Italian decorative paper wrappers; remnants of a paper label on..... More

London: Printed for J. Booth, 1799. 4to. 285 x 225 mm [10 ¼ x 9 inches].  2 preliminary leaves; 30 pp.  Stitched as issued.  Near fine copy, probably from a cache discovered in London in the 1990’s.  Lady Manner (1766 or 77–1852) was an Anglo-Irish poet whose work was praised..... More

Milano: Dalla Tipografia di Francesco Sonzogno di Gio: Battista librajo e stampatore, 1805. 8vo.  230 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. [1], 12, [4], 15, [1]pp. Illustrated with a woodcut vignette of Mercury and Minerva on the title-page.  Bound in later 19th century blue morocco, decorated with a...... More

Monaco (Milano): Nella Stamperia Trasupeti all’insegna del Portico aperto, 1774. 8vo.  180 x 125 mm., [5 x 7 inches].  [8], 100, [2 blanks], errata, [1 blank].Original publisher’s marbled paper wrappers.  Very good copy. Only edition of this poem, written by Francesco Pertusati, who signed the work with the pseudonym and..... More

London: Edward Moxon, 1844. Small 8vo.  170 x 105 mm., [7 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches].  (8 ads), viii, 341, [1], [1] ads.  Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by J. Thomson after designs by Thomas Stothard, R.A.  Bound in publisher’s embossed dark brown cloth, title in gilt on the spine;..... More

N.p. (Toronto): Privately Printed, 1862. Small 4to. 170 x 135 mm. (6 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches). viii, 112 pp. Original blue printed wrappers, some minor chipping to tail of spine. Very good copy. Printed in an edition of 150 copies, this pirated edition of Tennyson’s poems was printed in Toronto..... More