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63-0071San Jose CA: Edwin Markham Poetry Society 1951. 18mo. Oblong. 24 pp. Stapled Wraps Very Good. San Jose, CA: Edwin Markham Poetry Society, 1951. paperback
63-0029San Jose CA: Edwin Markham Poetry Society 1953. 18mo. Oblong. 24 pp. Stapled Wraps Good with creasing minor staining to covers noted penciled in margins throughout. San Jose, CA: Edwin Markham Poetry Society, 1953. paperback
1889005131New York: Knickerbocker Press/G.P. Putnam's Sons 1889. First Printing First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. American War Ballads and Lyrics Vol.2: The Civil War" is the second part of a two-volume set containing songs and lyrics from the Civil War era. Vol. 1 features music of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Included among the 76 pieces are "John Brown's Body" "Reveille" and "Barbara Frietchie" as well as many about individual soldiers and battles. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 278 pages plus 6 pages of ads for other Putnam's books in this "Knickerbocker Nuggets" series of pocket-sized works; 21 illustrations including the frontispiece which still retains its tissue paper protection. This work was produced in both one and two-volume editions and in this book the last ad -- unnumbered -- is for the work itself an indication of another edition to come and that this small 2-vol. set is the first edition. Laid in is a period publisher's ad/bookmark for Putnam's "Literary Gems" series. This book is quarter-bound in navy blue cloth over blue and grey floral cloth boards. Spine is gilded in a floral pattern and the top edge of the text is gilded; the title page is ruled in red with red and black lettering. The boards show considerable wear and fraying along the edges and at the corners with a 3/8 " tear at the top of the spine and lower end bumped and worn. The binding remains tight and whole with a complete text block that is still square and shows only light soiling at the edges and an occasional small stain. Overall a very decent copy of a scarce edition of this work. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall <br/> <br/> Knickerbocker Press/G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
199037076Emmaus PA: Jasper Press 1990-01-01. First Edition. Pamphlet. Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple bound chapbook of poems Near Fine clean and unmarked NO age toning. Jasper Press unknown
1915DEMO016190INew York: Mitchell Kennerley 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 90 pages green cloth. <br/><br/>FKF was an accomplished dramatist and poet who appeared in Harriet Monroe's 1917 THE NEW POETRY: An Anthology Mitchell Kennerley hardcover
2003902381Lubbock TX: Texas Tech University Press 2003. Authors' first book; signed & inscribed by the author; 12th winner of the Walt McDonald First Book Award; 94pp. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Texas Tech University Press Hardcover
1946004447Sydney: Current Book Distributors 1946 stapled wrappers with title in red and black and illustration of a miner's head with helmet and headlamp name at head of title otherwise tidy copy with lightly soiled wrappers line illustrations by H McLintock 31pp an Australian Communist coal miner's poetry includes tributes to the defenders of Stalingrad Lenin etc. trade unionism socialism etc. "Foremost among pitmen poets was Jock Graham a coal miner and prominent unionist from Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley New South Wales who was known as the miners bard.". First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H McLintock . 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Current Book Distributors paperback
1981003200Port Townsend Washington: Graywolf Press 1981 First edition stated first printing. Author's first book recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Award. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with moderate paper loss to bottom spine crease/tear to bottom back panel and light rubbing. Graywolf Press hardcover
1640New York: Leavitt & Allen 287 pages gilt edge all around nice steel engravings circa 1860 very light writing on last page with faint stain on last two pages. Leavitt & Allen hardcover
199263451Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Fine. 1992. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Still stiff to open bound in full steel bluish-green leather with gilt decoration silk-moire endpapers all edges gilt and a ribbon marker still folded as it came from the publisher. About new but for nameplate to front pastedown. Collector's notes laid-in. ; 212 pages . Easton Press hardcover
199446011<p>7" x 10". 2150 pages. There are six stamped Library marks three on the closed surface of the pages one on each end paper and a single 'Withdrawn' in the back. Remainder of sticker on back cover. Cloth boards. No other markings in the book. Pages clean and white. Very little shelf wear. Indexes first lines last lines poets from all nations through 1993. This book weighs SIX pounds. ADDITIONAL postage is calculated into the price of the book. Our listing number 46011.</p> Columbia University Press, New York hardcover
18764938Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. Vol 1 - vi 455 pgs. Vol 2 - iv 475 pgs. Deep red/brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on cover gilt lettering on spine. Gilt upper text block. Condition of the books is VERY GOOD ; corners worn ends of spine worn and chipped away covers very clean spines faded. Binding very tight both vols. Text extremely clean. Poetry. RGR. James R. Osgood and Co. hardcover
197200006302New York: Atheneum 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 4to. 8 viii-xii 2 3-94 4 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a line drawing on the title page. A Near Fine book with mild sunning to the edges of the boards and a touch of foxing to the fore-edge in a like dust jacket with a small chip to the top of the front panel. Atheneum hardcover
1970M4735Goleta CA: Christopher Books 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket as issued. Near Fine. 4to 16pp stapled wrappers. Number 17 of 26 SIGNED and numbered copies of a total edition of 300 of this attractive mystical chapbook. Unmarked copy light wear signature and numbering have a little offsetting to adjacent leaf. Goleta, CA: Christopher Books paperback
1974100071<p>Boston: Godine 1974. First edition first prnt. Commentary by Harold Bloom. <em> Signed</em> by Hollander on the front free endpage. #3 in the publisher's chapbook series. Issued without dustjacket. Minor edgewear mostly at the corners and spine ends. Very Good condition. Hollander's seventh collection of poems. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> Godine hardcover
188641233Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Co 1886. Hardcover. Illustrations by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. 4to. Beige and grey cloth with gilt lettering and black and gilt decorative stamping. 50pp 3pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece 27 full-page illustrations as called for. Good plus. Binding rather edgeworn more so at head and tail of spine and as usual a bit rubbed scuffed and age toned; inner hinges artfully reinforced with cream cloth tape though internally tight 'n' bright and a sound very good. A tight and nice first of this illustrated edition of Holmes' memorable 1830 poem -- inspired strangely enough by Herman Melville's uncle Thomas Melvill one of the last of the Boston Tea Party survivors. Stretched out over many leaves this over-the-top Victorian almost Art Deco-ish rendition is interspersed with quaint illustrations. Houghton Mifflin & Co hardcover
1923013290Munchen: Ernst Heimeran 1923 name to fep ' Dr. Franz Neumann Munchen' assumed first trade edition 145pp twice once in Latin once in German paper stock browning leaf at rear states; 'Dieser band tragt die nummer' but no number entered keine nummer trade edition with halb-leinen may have been left in Germany when Dr Neumann fled at the Nazi seizure of power and gifted on as per the inscription Possibly the Dr Neumann who was a political theorist and later Soviet Spy. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ernst Heimeran hardcover
2015359539New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2015. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A new edition revised with a Foreword by Kevin Young a reprint of the original true First Edition edited by and with an Introduction by Carl van Vechten. Simply bound in tan cloth over boards sharp and distinct black lettering vertically to front cover and spine. Unmarked but for five words underlined and "no more happy negro" written adjacent to a poetic stanza. Bright and shiny dust jacket illustrated little worn. Gift-quality condition exemplar of a justly celebratory edition of a classic poetry collection. Langston Hughes writes powerfully about African-American toils and travails their experiences in print when most Black voices were mute and silenced. 91 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
8Highlands NC: Jonathan Williams 1957. Paper bound in stiff French wrappers with illustrated jacket second edition limited to 1000 copies. SIGNED by author with previous owner name on fly. Introduced by William Carlos Williams. Scarce. 315 grams. A Very good or better copy. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1957 unknown
1998912Stated First Edition. In fine near new condition clean and unmarked in a fine dust jacket with price intact. Signed and inscribed by Jeannette Montgomery Barron on title page that is additionally signed by Jorie Graham. Scalo hardcover
197439003New Rochelle NY: The Elizabeth Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover in slip case one of 400 printed tight clean unmarked text minor bump top tip front very light soiling on boards lettering on boards vivid slip case faded and discolored with a couple of small dampstains on edges and edge wear and a buckling on spine book is Very Good or better slipcase Good Minus. The Elizabeth Press hardcover
1984312652Oxford: Blackwell 1984. First edition. hardcover. very goo/very good. 8vo. pp.319 Blackwell hardcover
1993004944Saint Paul MN: Penguin High Bridge Audio 1993. Brand new and shrinkwrapped 90 minutes on 1 cassette From back: "As a young man in the late 1800s writer James Weldon Johnson was deeply influenced by the renowned black preachers of the day. In God's Trombones published in 1927 the author transformed his memories of these brilliant orators into a now-classic work of stunningly original poetry." Brand new and shrinkwrapped but there is some crushing wear to the paper case. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Audio Cassette. New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Penguin High Bridge Audio Paperback
1912350369Belfast Ireland: Self-published by the author printed by W. & G. Baird 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Signed by Author. Uber-scarce in the trade there being currently no additional copies available on-line that are DOUBLE-SIGNED signed first by the author at title page "To Lady Whitla with kind regards from E.B.L. Kemp" and then Lady Whitla gave it away later "To the Right Hon. Samuel Cunningham with Lady Whitla's kind regards" dated November 1924. Lady Whitla was the wife of Sir William Whitla physician benefactor biblical enthusiast. A handsome little copy bound in green buckram cloth sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover and decorated endpapers. 111 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Self-published by the author, printed by W. & G. Baird hardcover
1962002255<p>Madison Minnesota: The Sixties Press 1962. Stiff wrappers in dustjacket with the original price of $1.00 on the inside front flap 63pp. First printing of the first American edition. Spanish and English text. In fine condition; in a near fine dustjacket with age toning. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine/Fine.</p> The Sixties Press paperback
