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Zustand: Poor. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, P+/VG. xxiv+270pp, b/w frontis, 8pp b/w plates, index, edges of the dustjacket a little rubbed, Ex Public Library copy with ink stamps & traces of library card etc to the endpapers, but otherwise a nice copy. Abinger Edition of the Works of E M Forster ( edited by Oliver Stallybrass ) Volume 13. Forster's biography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson [ 1862 - 1932 ] the British political scientist and philosopher, who in answer to the First World War drafted schemes for a "League of Nations". 1275 grams.

hardcover with dustjacket. Zustand: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 222 pages; good hardcover with dustjacket; fifth printing; foxing stains; deckled; some tanning; dustjacket tanning, ripped, tear, foxing stain, slight nicks to edges, scuff; board tips bumped; slight chipping bottom edge; dustjacket price clipped by a prevoius owner; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Black emb. cl., metallic purple/red lettering on backstr. Dj. unclipped, sl. shelf wear. Xxiii, 296pp. incl. notes. Parallel text, w.notes at end. Tipped-in: Review from NY Times by H.E. Salisbury, 10/24/67. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($7.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Edited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward, with a foreword by W.H.Auden. Translators include W.H. Auden, Jean Garrigue, Stanley Kunitz, Stanley Moss, William Jay Smith and Richard Wilbur. Light rubbing on the front wrapper else fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original boards, 145 printed pages. Slightly bumped to the corners and spine ends, otherwise a tidy book. The dust jacket has a bit of dust soiling and light edge wear. Although there is no indication of it, this came from the Sitwell family estate (Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell).

Hardcover. Zustand: Zufriedenstellend. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Kein Schutzumschlag. 221 p. Size: 450 g. Buch.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 222pp. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, no inscriptions. (32/3).

First edition, second printing. Very good paperback.

Mass market paperback in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains 168 pp. Tanning to the page margins and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN [Literature].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Knopf, New York, 1966. Reprint of the first American edition. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket, within a near-fine hard slipcase. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Note: Jacket has chips to extremities and light toning, and rubbing to slipcase (as pictured). Translated from Swedish by Sjöberg and Auden. F1600A.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Barbara Hepworth (Dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Third impression of the true first edition, published in November 1964, a few months after the first impression came out. The photograph on the jacket is of Barbara Hepworth's 'Single Form', a memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld in front of the Secretariat building at UNO headquarters in New York. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps, creases or tears to the cloth - just slight creasing to the top and tail of the spine and lower corner tips. The page block edges are nice and white, with no foxing. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good photographic illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of 25s net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips or tears, but the edges and folds are rubbed and creased, mainly at the head and tail of the spine and corner tips. The back panel is much cleaner than is usually found with this title. Spine of dustwrapper slightly marked and discoloured. ***186 pages. 222mm x 145mm. ***'After Dag Hammarskjöld's death, the manuscript of Vägmärken was found in his house in New York together with the folowing undated letter, addressed to the swedish Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Leif Belfrage. ***"Dear Leif: Perhaps you may remember I once told you that, in spite of everything, I kept a diary which I wanted you to take charge of someday. Here it is. It was begun without a thought of anybody else reading it, But, what with my later history and all that has been said and written about me, the situation has changed. These entries provide the only true 'profile' that can be drawn. That is why, during recent years, I have reckoned with the possibility of publication, though I have continued to write for myself, not for the public. If you find them worth publishing, you have my permission to do so - as a sort of 'White Book' concerning my negotiations with myself - and with God.' [Taken from a Note at the beginning of the book] ***'Dag Hammarskjöld 29 Jul 1905 - 18 Sep 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld still remains the youngest person to have held the post, being only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.' ***'Vägmärken (Markings, or more literally Waymarks), published in 1963, is the only book by former UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld. The journal was discovered after his death, with a covering letter to his literary executor. After the original Swedish version was published in 1963, the English translation came out in 1964. The translation was done by noted Swedish scholar Leif Sjöberg, and was refined by the poet W. H. Auden, who also wrote a foreword. This brought the book immediate literary notice, and even a front-page rave in The New York Times Book Review. It is highly regarded as a classic of contemporary spiritual literature. (Wiki) ***A near fine copy of Dag Hammarskjöld's only published book, which was reprinted three times in the year of publication, in its original dustwrapper, in nice original condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 172 pages. In Very Good plus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine of jacket is dark purple with pink lettering. Dust jacket is sleeved in a protective mylar cover, and shows mild shelf wear on covers. Single small, closed tears in top and bottom edges of jacket front. Very small area of chipping in top corner of jacket front near spine. Boards show mild rubbing wear and light sunning along bottom edges. Text block shows negligible shelf wear. Inscribed in black ink by Joseph Brodsky to Myra Sklarew on title page: "Joseph Brodsky / For Myra Sklarew from guess who", followed by a small drawing of a heart. Shelved in Room A. Joseph Brodsky was a Nobel-prize winning Jewish, Russian-American poet who served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991-1992. This book is inscribed to Myra Sklarew, another Jewish poet and professor who was a prominent figure within the Washington, D.C. literary scene alongside Brodsky. 1401039. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Barbara Hepworth (Dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in October 1964, a few months after the first impression came out. The photograph on the jacket is of Barbara Hepworth's 'Single Form', a memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld in front of the Secretariat building at UNO headquarters in New York. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or tears to the cloth - just some light creasing to the top and tail of the spine. Corners sharp. The page block edges are clean with just light foxing to the top edge. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no marks or foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good photographic illustrated dustwrapper, which has been neatly corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is virtually complete, with no chips or tears, but is slightly rubbed, nicked and creased, especially at the head of the spine and at the tips of the folds. There is very minor loss at the head of the spine and corner tips, and some creasing to the top edge of the back panel, which is also slightly discoloured, marked and rubbed being a matt white background. Light rubbing to the edges of the spine of the dustwrapper. No browning or fading. ***186 pages. 222mm x 145mm. ***'After Dag Hammarskjöld's death, the manuscript of Vägmärken was found in his house in New York together with the folowing undated letter, addressed to the swedish Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Leif Belfrage. ***"Dear Leif: Perhaps you may remember I once told you that, in spite of everything, I kept a diary which I wanted you to take charge of someday. Here it is. It was begun without a thought of anybody else reading it, But, what with my later history and all that has been said and written about me, the situation has changed. These entries provide the only true 'profile' that can be drawn. That is why, during recent years, I have reckoned with the possibility of publication, though I have continued to write for myself, not for the public. If you find them worth publishing, you have my permission to do so - as a sort of 'White Book' concerning my negotiations with myself - and with God.' (Taken from a Note at the beginning of the book) ***'Dag Hammarskjöld 29 Jul 1905 - 18 Sep 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld still remains the youngest person to have held the post, being only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.' ***'Vägmärken (Markings, or more literally Waymarks), published in 1963, is the only book by former UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld. The journal was discovered after his death, with a covering letter to his literary executor. After the original Swedish version was published in 1963, the English translation came out in 1964. The translation was done by noted Swedish scholar Leif Sjöberg, and was refined by the poet W. H. Auden, who also wrote a foreword. This brought the book immediate literary notice, and even a front-page rave in The New York Times Book Review. It is highly regarded as a classic of contemporary spiritual literature. (Wiki) ***A really nice copy of Dag Hammarskjöld's only published book, in the original dustwrapper. The book is quite scarce in the first impression, having been reprinted three times in the year of publication. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 71 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is black and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$3.00" on front flap, has mild general foxing, moderate creasing and edgewear along extremities, chipping to head fore corners and head joints, and a ~4.5in. closed slice along front cover. Boards have mild general rubbing wear and moderate shelving wear and creasing along spine head, tail, and joints. Textblock edges have mild age-toning, moderate foxing along head edge; endpapers have mild age-toning and moderate foxing. Signed flat on title page by John Hollander. Shelved Room C. 1397454. Special Collections.

First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Very light offsetting to endpapers. In the dustwrapper, slightly dusty and a little darkened to the spine, the tips and corners a touch rubbed with a tiny nick to the upper edge of the fold between spine and front panel. A very presentable copy. 'Some Trees', Ashbery's first full-length collection was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, 'Turandot, and Other Poems' had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had already chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and later chose James Wright and John Hollander. The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 is given in the poet's own words in David Kermani's bibliography of the poet: "I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden. Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud." It is a beautiful collection, lyrical and formally adventurous, at once suffused with a young poet's debts to older poets (Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel), while speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice. Auden's fascinating introduction as well as the volume's attractive design adds to the book's continuing appeal. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

1938 1st edition stapled paperback (31pp) with four poems by Iris Murdoch aged 18 (most likely the first time she was in print); cover a little worn and discoloured; a sprinkling of foxing to several pages; staples have rusted but are still doing their job; otherwise, a good, readable copy. Produced by school-children in Bristol for the fund for Chinese Medical Aid Used - Good. Good stapled paperback.

New Haven: Yale University Press. 1956. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher's yellow printed dust-jacket; pp. 87, [1]; cloth a touch bumped to lower spine end, jacket minimally toned and rubbed to lower spine; a fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, in the fine, bright dustwrapper; front free endpaper signed by John Ashbery in blue ink.A particularly attractive signed first printing of Ashbery's first book, chosen by W. H. Auden as winner of the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition, with Auden's introduction.Some Trees, Ashbery's first full-length collection, was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, Turandot, and Other Poems, had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, with the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and would later choose James Wright and John Hollander.The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 has been described by the poet: 'I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden . Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud' (quoted in Kermani, John Ashbery (1976)).Some Trees is lyrical and formally adventurous, suffused with the young poet's debts (to Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel) but already speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice.