Category: Poetry

The Coming Forth by Day of Osiris Jones

Price: $31.50

Publisher: NY. NY, Scribner : 1931

Seller ID: 21498

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Owner name on first endpaper. Turquoise cloth covers are heavily sunned at margins and spine, as is usual for this title. . This is the first state, with THE MUSIC centered at top of p. 37. Pages are clean and bright, binding is tight. . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 44 pages. D1
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A Look Round the Estate Poems 1957-1967

By: Amis, Kingsley

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World : 1968

Seller ID: 23327

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Short tear to top corner of dust jacket, no other defects in book or jacket. A lovely copy. Jacket now in mylar sleeve. Author's second book of poetry. . A beautiful copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 49 pages. A6
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Iluso Vista (Portuguese Edition)

By: Andrade, Silvio

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Editora Velcipede : 1999

Seller ID: 24289

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Gray card wrappers with purple abstract design of an eye, repeated in reduced form throughout the book. Spine area is slightly toned, else Fine. Card pages. . Book of poetry, illustrated with simple geometric designs and an abstract eye. In Portuguese. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 64 pages. M2
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Traffic with Time

By: Andrews, C. L. & E. Awad & G. Khairallah & H. Khatchadourian & C. H. O. Scaife

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Beirut. Beirut, Khayats : 1963

Seller ID: 31895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has light edgewear, back panel lightly soiled, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has owner name penned to first endpaper, no other defects. . An anthology of poetry written by five poets and a painter, all on the staff or recent graduates of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Illustrated with pen and ink abstract drawings. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D3
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Darwin's Ark: Poems

By: Appleman, Philip & Rudy Pozzatti (illus.)

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr : 1984

Seller ID: 30032

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

Dust jacket has several tears and associated creasing, still bright and attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Top page ends of book are lightly spotted, faint spot to front cover, no other defects. . Includes many stunning etchings and drawings by Rudy Pozzatti. SIGNED AND DATED BY POZZATTI on title page. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 83 pages. Signed by Illustrator. J0
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Cosmos Club Poets through the Years; an Anthology

By: Barnett, Robert E.

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, Cosmos Club : 2000

Seller ID: 23737

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

No defects. Unread. Bound is blue textured heavy paper with gilt decoration and titles. . Includes poems by a bevy of Cosmos Club poets such as Maya Angelou, James Dickey, Daniel Halpern, Archibald Macleish, Allen Tate, and many others. No edition indicated. The Cosmos Club is a private club in Washington, D. C. That elects members of high scholarship, creative genius or intellectual distinction in any field. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 78 pages. L2
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China Poems

By: Barnstone, Willis

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr : 1976

Seller ID: 32862

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No defects, book is As New. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author: "For Anne & Luis, my dear cousins. Willis". Book is As New, gift quality. . Breakthrough Book Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 64 pages. Signed by Author. J1
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Nocturne and Other Poems

By: Barrette, Denise

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Boston. Boston, Bruce Humphries, Inc. : 1940

Seller ID: 20112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Jacket has light edgewear, all corners clipped, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR on first free endpage. Barrette was a child prodigy and became an internationally renowned pianist. She also illustrated several children's and poetry books and studied the ballet in Paris. This is believed to be her first book. The boards are a striking white birch design. A beautiful copy of the first edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 63 pages. Signed by Author. T2
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A Mind Apart: Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction

By: Bauer, Mark S

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA : 2008

Seller ID: 29935

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

No defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Poems dating from the 15th century to the present. Poets include William Shakespeare, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, John Milton, William Cowper, William Blake, John Keats, Samuel Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, Siegfried Sassoon, Philip Larkin, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath and Sharon Olds, among many, many others. A unique collection. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 432 pages. I4
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Images of Eternity; Studies in the Poetry of Religious Vision from Wordsworth to T. S. Eliot

By: Benziger, James

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Southern Illinois U. Press : 1962

Seller ID: 25216

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has one-inch triangular chip, two one-inch tears, rubbing at extremities, sunning to extremities, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Slight corner bump to front cover. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Author treats Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Yeats, Stevens, and Eliot. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 324 pages. F3
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Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs : in the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) / Can Such Things Be? / ... / Selected Stories (Library of America)

By: Bierce, Ambrose & S. T. Joshi (Ed. )

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Library of America : 2011

Seller ID: 33646

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in book or dust jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . Nearly 900 pages of Ambrose Bierce at his best. . LOA #219 Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 864 pages. U2
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Jerusalem A Simplified Version with Commentary and Notes

By: Blake, William & William R. Hughes (Ed. )

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Allen & Unwin : 1964

Seller ID: 32220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in VG dust jacket. Jacket is price-clipped, light soil to back panel, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects, Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A simplified version of Blake's Jerusalem edited with commentary by William R. Hughes. A handsome copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 235 pages. F3
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Magpies' Nest

By: Bolles, Henry Jason

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman, Montana, Martha Bolles : 1943

Seller ID: 31663

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has light edgewear. Book has been read but has no defects. . Wonderfully straightforward and vivid Montana poetry. Book was published by Martha Bolles, the poet's wife, posthumously. Inscription by her to "David, my dear -- Marty, Xmas 1943" on the first endpaper. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 147 pages. B4
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Bozzetti Di Capri

By: Bovenzi, Eugenio

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Napoli. Napoli, Tommaso Marotta Editore : 1996

Seller ID: 25779

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Gray illustrated card wrappers. . This is a book of poetry and art, the former in French and mostly, Italian and the latter being reproductions of bright abstract and semi-abstract paintings. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED by the author and artist. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 79 pages. Signed by Author. H1
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American Scenes: Poems on WPA Artworks

By: Brennan, Matt

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Bliss Station Publishing : 2001

Seller ID: 29190

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Side-stapled booklet, 24 pages. Includes b/w WPA prints of subjects. SIGNED AND DATED by the author on title page. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 24 pages. Signed by Author. D7
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The Music of Exile: Poems

By: Brennan, Matthew

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bristol, IN. Bristol, IN, Wyndham Hall Press & Cloverdale Books : 1994

Seller ID: 29084

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

No defects; book is unread. Handsome brown card covers with bright gilt titles to covers and spine. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author on title page. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 52 pages. Signed by Author. D3
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That Tantalus

By: Bronk, William

Price: $31.50

Publisher: New Rochelle, NY. New Rochelle, NY, Elizabeth Press : 1971

Seller ID: 21183

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Jacket has a sunned spine and bottom margin of back panel, which have turned into yellow. A little flaking of orange color from the flap creases, jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Top page ends of book are spotted. Inside, pages are crisp, tight, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Appears unread. . Bronk was winner of the National Book Award in 1982. This is his fourth book. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 50 pages. No indication of later printing. . B6
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Democracy and the Arts

By: Brooke, Rupert

Price: $29.00

Publisher: London. London, Rupert Hart-Davis : 1946

Seller ID: 22213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Pages are slightly yellowed, light corner bump to back cover. Former owner was H. M. Geduld, Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, specializing in film, and editor of the 17-volume New York Times Enclopedia of Film. Geduld's name stamp and date appear on the first free endpaper. Lacking the dust wrapper. . Preface by Geoffrey Keynes. In original green cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Written by the poet in 1910 and published posthumously. This is the first edition. 32p. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 32 pages. G5
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The Crooked Lines of God

By: Brother Antoninus [William Everson]

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Detroit. Detroit, U. Detroit Press : 1959

Seller ID: 30778

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

One-inch separation at bottom of front hinge, inscription to former owner neatly inked to ffep, owner name neatly inked to half-title page, slight bump to bottom corner of front cover. In spite of these problems, a handsome copy. Author is William Everson using a pseudonym. . The first printing, this is one of 1000 copies. Book is tight, clean inside and out. Lacking the dust jacket. . Contempory Poets Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 88 pages. K7
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Emily Dickinson: an Annotated Bibliography: Writings, Scholarship, Criticism, and Ana 1850-1968

By: Buckingham, Willis J. , Ed.

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana U. Press : 1970

Seller ID: 21507

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Minor rubbing to jacket extremities, now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Bookplate is affixed on ffep, along with a DISCARD stamp. No other marks or other indications of previous ownership. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 322 pages. D2
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Category: Poetry