A group of seven poetry and poetry-related books Print The first: Brooke, Rupert. 1914 & Other Poems. Garden City: Doubleday and Page, 1915, with original unbound and uncut sheets in custom cloth chemise and blue half-morocco slipcase; the second: Brooke, Rupert. Poems. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911, with original blue cloth and paper label in a custom cloth chemise half-Morocco slipcase; the third: Rosenberg, Isaac. Youth. London: I. Narodiczky, Printer, 1915, original paper wrappers, staple-bound; the fourth: Nabokov, Vladimir. Three Russian Poets: Selections from Pushkin, Lermonov and Tyutchev. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, 1944, original blue printed paper-covered boards; the fifth: Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna. [At the Edge of the Sea]. Petersburg: Alkonost, 192, wax printed in an edition of 3000 entirely in Russian; the sixth: de Selincourt, E.. On Poetry: an Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 1 March 1929. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1929, blue paper cover with thread binding; the seventh: Akhmatova, Anna. [Plantain]. Petrograd: 1921, entirely in Russian with modern marbled boards with blind stamp of translator Robin Kemball to flyleaf, 7 pieces Provenance: The Estate of Tammis Day, Sula, MT. Notes: ''1914'', ''Poems'', ''Youth'', ''Three Russian Poets'', and ''Plantain'' each accompanied by a letter from Bauman Rare Books, New York, NY. Condition: Each in overall good condition. ''1914'' with normal signs of wear including discoloration to slip case. ''Poems'' with browning to edges of paper on discoloration possibly due to skin oils to page 20, pencil sketches on the back page of the book, slight seperation to back and front binding, and discoloration to slip case. ''Youth'' with discoloration to cover. ''Three Russian Poets'' with discoloration and small tears to the slipcover. ''At the Edge of the Sea'' with folds and tears to the cover page and seperation from the rear cover. Scattered discoloration throughout. "On Poetry" with discoloration and tearing to cover and browning to edges of paper. ''Plantain'' with wear to cover, browning to paper, and pencil notes in Russian throughout.
A group of seven poetry and poetry-related books Print The first: Brooke, Rupert. 1914 & Other Poems. Garden City: Doubleday and Page, 1915, with original unbound and uncut sheets in custom cloth chemise and blue half-morocco slipcase; the second: Brooke, Rupert. Poems. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911, with original blue cloth and paper label in a custom cloth chemise half-Morocco slipcase; the third: Rosenberg, Isaac. Youth. London: I. Narodiczky, Printer, 1915, original paper wrappers, staple-bound; the fourth: Nabokov, Vladimir. Three Russian Poets: Selections from Pushkin, Lermonov and Tyutchev. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, 1944, original blue printed paper-covered boards; the fifth: Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna. [At the Edge of the Sea]. Petersburg: Alkonost, 192, wax printed in an edition of 3000 entirely in Russian; the sixth: de Selincourt, E.. On Poetry: an Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 1 March 1929. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1929, blue paper cover with thread binding; the seventh: Akhmatova, Anna. [Plantain]. Petrograd: 1921, entirely in Russian with modern marbled boards with blind stamp of translator Robin Kemball to flyleaf, 7 pieces Provenance: The Estate of Tammis Day, Sula, MT. Notes: ''1914'', ''Poems'', ''Youth'', ''Three Russian Poets'', and ''Plantain'' each accompanied by a letter from Bauman Rare Books, New York, NY. Condition: Each in overall good condition. ''1914'' with normal signs of wear including discoloration to slip case. ''Poems'' with browning to edges of paper on discoloration possibly due to skin oils to page 20, pencil sketches on the back page of the book, slight seperation to back and front binding, and discoloration to slip case. ''Youth'' with discoloration to cover. ''Three Russian Poets'' with discoloration and small tears to the slipcover. ''At the Edge of the Sea'' with folds and tears to the cover page and seperation from the rear cover. Scattered discoloration throughout. "On Poetry" with discoloration and tearing to cover and browning to edges of paper. ''Plantain'' with wear to cover, browning to paper, and pencil notes in Russian throughout.
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