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Here is a WB Yeats signed limited edition copy of Early Poems and Stories we sold:
W.B. Yeats Signed Limited Edition of “Early Poems and Stories”
Nobel Prize winning poet, W.B. Yeats signed copy of his “Early Poems and Stories”. First U.S. limited edition published in New York: Macmillan and Co., 1925. One of only 250 signed copies, this being #51. In lovely, near fine condition with light toning. Sold for $1,634.
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Rudyard Kipling Signed Handwritten Poem — ”When Earth’s Last Picture is Painted”
Rudyard Kipling signed handwritten poem ”When Earth’s Last Picture is Painted”, dated ”6:1:09”. Beautiful poem reads in full: ”When Earth’s last picture is painted / And the tubes are twisted and dried / When the oldest colors are faded / And the youngest critics have died / We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it / Lie down for an aeon or two / ‘Till the Master of all good workmen / Shall call us to work anew. / And those that were good shall be happy / They shall sit in a golden chair / And splash at a ten league canvas / With brushes of comet’s hair / And they shall have real saints to draw from / Magdalene, Peter, and Paul / They shall work for an age at a sitting / And never be tired at all. / And only the Master shall praise us. / And only the Master shall blame. / No one shall work for money. / No one shall work for fame. / But each for the joy of working, / And each, in his separate star, / Shall draw the thing as he sees it. / For the God of things as they are! / Rudyard Kipling”. Poem was written two years after Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature. 24 lines on two pages measures 5.25” x 7.75”. Toning, else near fine. Sold for $3,049.
Over 100 pages of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Anne Sexton, the first drafts of ”The Awful Rowing Toward God” and ”The Death Notebooks”, one day after she completed these ”raw, unworked poems”. Poems are accompanied by two typed letters signed, the first written to critic Walter Kerr, to whom she gave these poems because she had read that Kerr and his wife read poetry aloud, and that she was also touched by his ”kind, gracious, and insightful review of ‘Mercy Street’ years earlier. Two page letter is written upon Sexton’s personal letterhead, dated 31 January 1973 as is the other single page letter, also signed ”Anne Sexton”, where she writes one day after their completion, ”These poems were started January 10, 1973, finished January 30, 1973…they are raw, unworked poems, all first drafts, written in a frenzy of despair and hope…I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren…” The draft of the ”The Death Notebooks” features Sexton’s handwritten inscription, ”For Walter Kerr”, and includes an original poem entitled ”Jesus Walking”. These first drafts, all pages being photostatic copies, differ from the published works, with many additional verses present in these volumes. Over 120 pages in total, bound in custom quarter-leather boards with marbled endpapers, reading ”Anne Sexton / 1973” on spine. Measures 8.75” 11.25”. Some wear to boards, very good condition. Sold for $2,813.
Original Book From William Wordsworth’s Personal Library — Signed by the Revered Poet on Title Page
British Romantic poet William Wordsworth book from his personal library, signed clearly ”W Wordsworth” on title page. Wordsworth spearheaded the Romantic poetry movement in England along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others in the 19th century, becoming known for his 1798 collaboration with Coleridge entitled ”Lyrical Ballads.” Book is written in French and titled, ”Causes celebres et Interessantes avec Les Jugements Qui Les Ont Decidees / Redigles de nouveau par M. Richer, ancien avocat au Parlement, Tome Premiere.” Published ”Chez Michel Rhey” in Amsterdam in 1772 as a volume of legal judgments by various authors. Wordsworth lived in France, becoming engrossed in the Revolutionary Republican movement. He fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon, who in 1792 gave birth to their child, Caroline. Front fly leaf has notes written in French, though not identifiably in Wordsworth’s hand. Book is split into two parts and the front board is detached. Very good condition otherwise. Sold for $1,420.
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