‎Poetry‎

‎POETRY ANTHOLOGY‎

‎The Muse's Mirrour: Being a Collection of Poems Written by the Following Authors: Mr. Pope Swift Churchill Gray Colman Wilkes Lloyd Thornton Garrick Ansty Jernyngham C. Denis Sheridan Cumberland Cunningham Edmund Waller Julius Mickle Schomberg J. Philips Law. Sterne Newell-Puddicombe T. Vaughan Mr. Soam Jenyns H. Kelly Fowkes Woty Aaron Hill Bryant Edwards McMillan Cha. Crawford Wm. Whitehead Paul Whitehead Evelyn Meadows Dr. Parnell Young Goldsmith Berkley Landhorne S. Johnson Sheridan Burton Rev. Mr. Mason Caswal P. Stockdale Rev. Mr. Ogilvie Nath. Lloyd Lord Carlisle Lyttelton Palmerston Sir Tho. H. Williams Alex Schomberg Hon. C. Townshend Mr. Fitzpatric C. Fox Mr. Erskine Capt. Thompson Rice Lady M. W. Montague Mrs. Montague Lady Craven Mrs. Vaughan Lennox Greville Miss Sally Carter H. Moore Aikin.‎

‎London: Sold by J. Debrett. and Richardson and Urquhart 1783. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes 8vo 175 x 110mm. Pagination: 263pp.; 278pp. 1 errata. Contemporary tree calf ruled in gilt spine gilt in six compartments with red and green morocco labels joints starting light edgewear marginal staining on pastedowns and endleaves only otherwise good and sound copies. Stated Second Edition; first published in 1788. <br/><br/> Sold by J. Debrett... and Richardson and Urquhart hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WB16445

‎Eberhart Richard‎

‎HOUR:::GNATS. NEW POEMS‎

‎np: Putah Creek Press 1977. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Eberhart and Shine.Copy #27. Printed by Sid Berger. Bembo type. Hosho and Kozo papers. Number 3 in the Library Associates"Fine Arts" series. Printed sewn wrpas. 8pp. Slightly mussed front wrap; Near Fine condition. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Carolyn S. Shine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Putah Creek Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 110771

‎Kennedy Caroline‎

‎A FAMILY OF POEMS. MY FAVORITE POETRY FOR CHILDREN‎

‎NY: Hyperion 2005. First edition first prnt. Paintings by Jon J. Muth. Signed by Kennedy and Muth on the half-title page. Illustrated flyer for the booksigning event laid-in. Poems by Bishop Borges Dickinson Frost Heaney Milne Tolkien Yeats et al. Weak bump to spine bottom edge with corresponding shallow small wrinkle on the dustjacket; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jon J. Muth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hyperion Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 50759 ISBN : 0786851112 9780786851119

‎Duncan Robert‎

‎GROUND WORK. BEFORE THE WAR‎

‎NY: New Directions 1984. First edition limited issue of 150 numbered copies signed by Duncan on the limitation page. Copy #61. Cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Slipcase with light rub and two small discolor spots not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. New Directions Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 40780 ISBN : 0811209156 9780811209151

‎Ondaatje Michael‎

‎THE STORY‎

‎Toronto: House of Anansi Press 2005. First edition first prnt. Signed by Ondaatje on the title page. Color drawings by David Bolduc. Illustrated label on front board. Printed band slipped onto rear board as issued. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by David Bolduc. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. House of Anansi Press Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 120663 ISBN : 0887841945 9780887841941

‎Stafford William‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎1985. TLS. 8.5 x 11 inch sheet 20lb white stock. Dated "6 July 1985." Stafford writing to Louis McKee the publisher of the literary magazine "The Axe Factory Review" apologizing profusely for his unintended duplicate submission. "I found to my horror that. "Listening to the Tide". is alas at two places now. and the only thing to do was write this note in great haste to minimize the damage." Stafford goes on to explain his manuscript management and how he could have made his mistake. Ends with "Humbly and guilty." Signed "Bill Stafford" in ink. Aprx two hundred and forty words. Folded twice for mailing slight wrinkling at lower corner; otherwise in Fine condition. Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 10067m

‎Kunitz Stanley‎

‎PASSING THROUGH. THE LATER POEMS. NEW AND SELECTED‎

‎NY: W.W.Norton 1995. First edition first prnt. Signed and dated "March 13 2006 New York City" by Kunitz on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. National Book Award winner. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W.W.Norton Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 70675 ISBN : 039303870x 9780393038705

‎LA FONTAINE Jean de.‎

‎Once Again La Fontaine: Sixty More Fables.‎

‎Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0819564583 . Complete with CD still sealed. Bilingual edition - French and English. Translated from the French by Norman R. Shapiro. Illustrated by David Schorr. Foreword by John Hollander. First printing paperback. INSCRIBED by the translator. About fine in illustrated wraps. . Wesleyan University Press paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 23112 ISBN : 0819564583 9780819564580

‎Eberhart Richard‎

‎"The Groundhog"‎

‎Faircopy of the complete poems typed on 8.5 X 11 inch 30 lb tan stock. Inscribed by Eberhart. "For _ from Richard Eberhart with best regards 1984. This poem is now 51 years old." Fine condition. This and "The Fury of Aerial Bombardment" are Eberhart's most often anthologized poems. Eberhart was awarded Yale University's Bollingen Prize for distinguished achievement in American poetry the Pulitzer in 1966 the National Book Award for Collected Poems 1930-1976 and the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America in 1986. He was a fellow of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. . Inscribed and Dated By Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Faircopy/Typescript. Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 60611

‎Stern Gerald‎

‎NOT GOD AFTER ALL‎

‎Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press 2004. First edition first prnt. Signed and dated "11-18-05" by Stern on the title page. Drawings by Sheba Sharrow. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Sheba Sharrow. Autumn House Press Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 110556 ISBN : 1932870024 9781932870022

‎Forche Carolyn‎

‎THE COUNTRY BETWEEN US‎

‎NY: Harper & Row 1982. First edition later printing third. Softcover issue in glossy pictoral wraps. Inscribed by Forche on the title page. For - with warm regards Carolyn Forche 10 March 1983." Small indentation on the foreedge and beginning foxing on the topedge; appears unread. Near Fine condition. The 1981 Lamont Poetry selection. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 10532 ISBN : 0060909269 9780060909260

‎White Bob. Carey Kevin Editors. Hodgson Julie Poetry Editor. Tucker Sandra Jo Fiction Editor‎

‎CIRCA 79‎

‎Tulsa: University of Tulsa 1979. 1st printing. White paper wrappers stapled with b/w photographic image and black title lettering prined to front wrapper. A VG copy. 1 blank iv 58 1 blank pp. Many b/w photographic images. 8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>A little magazine of a literary bent. University of Tulsa unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 35612

‎Poetry. Wild Peter‎

‎TERMS & RENEWALS‎

‎San Francisco: Two Windows Press 1970. 1st edition. Ltd to1000cc. Reddish-brown wrappers. Fine. Unpaginated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Two Windows Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 14303

‎Poetry. Solis Eudoro‎

‎La CASA GUARDADA‎

‎Mexico D.F.: Editorial Cvltvra 1958. 1st edition. Limited to 1000 cc. Grey printed paper wrappers. VG spine sunned & some age toning at the extremities. 90 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Editorial Cvltvra unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 20219

‎Poetry. Palmer Alice Freeman‎

‎A MARRIAGE CYCLE.; With a Preface by George Herbert Palmer‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1915. 1st edition. Publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt stamped lettering showing "Poems" as the spine title. VG. xvii 1 68 2 pp. Frontis with tissue guard. 8vo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 29150

‎Poetry. Chi Yu Cheng‎

‎CHINA In VERSE‎

‎Berkeley California: The Gillick Press 1944. 1st edition. Burlap cloth spine over yellow paper-wrapped boards with red stamped lettering. Bookplate. A VG copy. xxiv 120 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Gillick Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 31075

‎Slavery. American Poetry. Thomas Joseph.‎

‎A Poetical Descant on the Primeval and Present State of Mankind; or The Pilgrim's Muse.‎

‎Winchester Va.: J. Foster Printer 1816. First edition. Fragile sheep rubbed but sound; some light foxing and spotting; front joint just a trifle tender; a good sound copy of a moderately crude American book. Small 8vo original sheep red leather label gilt lettering 219 1 pages. An eccentric book-length poem from Elder Joseph Thomas 1791-1835 the wide-ranging charismatic North Carolina itinerant preacher known as the White Pilgrim for his habit of attiring himself in white apparel in all seasons and climes. Thomas includes a fairly lengthy and graphic section here leveled against slavery and its e suggesting those who endorse slavery might "Let them be bound and torn away / From wives and friends to Africa. / Let them be starv'd and beat one year / Then say 'tis right I'll say 'tis queer; / Or whip their wives before their eye-- / Is that all right O no they cry." Thomas also suggests abstaining from the product of slave labor "In sugar works where Negroes toil / A leg and arm they often boil; / They grind them up and mix the sweet / Of all that luxury we eat. / O temp'rate man use not that food / That's stain'd or mix'd with negro blood! / That taste luxur'ous now forego / Which causes human gore to flow." Stoddard & Whitesell 1148; Sabin 63639. Early ink autograph ownership signatures to the front free endpaper and to a rear blank and endpapers. Small tear from the lower margin of one leaf with loss of a few letters but no loss of sense. J. Foster, Printer, unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 19598

‎American Poetry. Park Roswell.‎

‎Selections of Juvenile and Miscellaneous Poems Written or Translated by . . .‎

‎Philadelphia: Desilver Thomas & Co. 1836. First edition. Cloth somewhat sunned and a bit spotted; some light foxing; light but moderately large and persistent damp-stain to the last third or so of the leaves; in good condition. 12mo original green cloth gilt lettered leather spine label 153 1 pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses written while the author was a student at West Point including an anecdote of a classmate with a dislocated jaw where he graduated in 1831. Desilver, Thomas & Co., unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 19119

‎American Poetry. Steam Poets. DeWolfe George Gordon Byron.‎

‎The Capture of Jeff. Davis caption title; with: Songs by DeWolfe the Wandering Poet of New Hampshire . . . "The Last Ditch!" or Davis Booth and Lee & The President who wore his wife's Petticoat caption title.‎

‎Nashua N.H. Byron DeWolfe 1865. First edition of each. One upper corner of the first song sheet town not touching text; some general wear and soiling; in good condition overall. Two broadsides mounted to heavier stock likely the leaf of a scrapbook the first measuring 8 x 4.5 inches the second 7.88 x 4.25 inches. Woodcut vignettes on each. Two ephemeral humorous topical song sheets from the indefatigable George Gordon Byron DeWolfe 1835-1873 the "Wandering Poet of New Hampshire." Per Chapin's Poets of New Hampshire 1883 the Canadian-born DeWolfe "came to the United States about 1855 and commenced the work which he followed until his death namely travelling from state to state from town to town writing verses on people places and popular events. . . . From the rapidity with which he wrote he was called the 'Steam-Machine Poet.'" Indeed DeWolfe could turn his hand with equal versatility to such topics as the capture of Jefferson Davis and his supposed attempt at escape in his wife's dress and the just desserts of Booth and Lee as here to the occasional murder ballad or commemoration of a clam-bake--and could evidently do so with a happy fluidity that was no doubt the envy of many a more sluggish laureate; as DeWolfe notes elsewhere in the colophon to some 1870 mendicant verses he had composed for a blind stone-cutter John Hobart "Mr. H. related some incidents of his life to 'The Wandering Poet' who composed the verses on this sheet in less than two hours and returned to his home in Nashua that afternoon. . . . Verses will be composed on reasonable terms on any subject for any person. All business correspondence will be kept confidential." The first song sheet evidently noted at seven locations on OCLC excluding likely electronic copies the second song sheet at two locations plus presumably a copy at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Fragment mounted on the verso of the leaf of a contemporary woodcut illustration of a crowd of slaves escaping into the Union lines as an African American soldier looks on. Byron DeWolfe, unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 19202

‎Parker Dorothy‎

‎Sunset Gun‎

‎<p>Limited edition. Octavo. Original gilt stamped white cloth over purple boards. No dust jacket. No slipcase. Very good. 75 pages. No other signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Copy #236/250 signed by Parker in blue fountain pen ink.</p> Boni & Liveright hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 2222230

‎Poetry / Indiana. Gilliland Winona Montgomery 1891 1960‎

‎POETRY ARCHIVE Of WINONA MONTGOMERY GILLILAND. Including Typescript Poems Publications and Two Photographs‎

‎Mooresville IN et al.: various various. Circa 1930 - 1950. Dark brown three-ring binder stamped "Supplements. The Seeforth Service"; teal cloth book in tan dj printed in black; wrappered magazines. Tears to binding holes of two typescript leaves; occasional minor soil or edgewear; occasional pencil notations and corrections; binder worn. Book lightly damp-stained to bottom edge of boards and some leaves spotting/soil to endpapers and few leaves; in Poor dj panels split and damp-stained loss to spine and edges. Average general wear to magazines with occasional chipped edges faint staining and rusted staples; wrappers of one quite foxed. Overall Good to Very Good condition. Binder: 64 leaves most typescript to recto only containing 57 poems. INDIANA POETS: 160 pp. Poetry magazines: various paginations. 2 b/w photographs laid in both ~3-1/2" x 3-1/2". 4to binder 11-1/2" x 9-1/2"; 8vo book and magazines. <br/><br/>The poetry archive of Winona Montgomery Gilliland a minor Indiana poet who garnered some national and local acclaim primarily in the 1930s. The feature item of the archive is a binder of over 50 typescript poems with occasional pencil notations and corrections in what we presume to be Gilliland's hand accompanied by a typed and incomplete List of Publications. Given that several of the poems were typed on the blank verso of her husband's life insurance office stationery it seems likely that these were Mrs. Gilland's personal collection comprised of both published and apparently unpublished poems. Also included is a copy of Indiana Poets: An Anthology of 48 Living Writers New York: Henry Harrison 1935 in which Gilliland is one of the featured 48 writers; 20 issues of various poetry magazines one duplicate containing publications of her poetry; and two b/w photographs one of which is identified as a portrait of the author. Mary Winona Gilliland lived in Indianapolis most of her life graduating from Tudor Hall and then DePauw University before marrying Robert V. Gilliland in 1915. She was published in The American Mercury Poetry Kaleidograph Indiana Poetry Magazine Weird Tales Bozart Westward Better Homes and Gardens Wings and the 1937 issue of American Women Poets among other magazines and was invited to join the Poetry Society of America in 1937. A unique collection of material documenting the literary achievements of a largely forgotten mid-20th century poet. (various) hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 44116

‎Scottish Poetry. Lauder James‎

‎WARBLINGS Of A CAGED BIRD‎

‎Leith: Published by John Johnston 1870. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. General wear & soiling to binding. Evidence of damping to base of front board. Text with signs of having been read. A VG copy. viii 104 pp. 16mo. 6-1/2" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/>Scarce volume with OCLC listing only 3 holding institutions none in the United States. Published by John Johnston hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 41702

‎Poetry / Fable‎

‎The CRAFTY COURTIER: or The FABLE Of REINARD The FOX: Newly done into English Verse; From the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopperus and by him Dedicated to Maximilian then Emperor of Germany‎

‎London: Printed for John Nutt 1706. 1st edition of this English translation Foxon C493. Modern brown speckled full calf binding executed in a period style. Binding - Fine. Textblock - usual browning & spotting Very Good. 8 311 1 pp. Advert last page. Mispaginations in D gathering. 8vo: A4 B - U8 X4. <br/><br/>The character of Reynard the Fox a folklore fixture thought to have originated in Alsace-Lorraine before spreading to France the Low Countries & Germany. The character received expanded treatment by Pierre Saint-Cloud ca 1170 in his Le Roman de Renart. Caxton first published the tale under the title Reynard the Fox in 1481. This a somewhat uncommon early 18th C English translation with ABPC showing no copies at auction these past 30 years. Printed for John Nutt unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 36332

‎California Poetry. Whitaker Robert 1863 1944‎

‎MY COUNTRY And Other Verse‎

‎San Francisco: The James H. Barry Company 1905. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep in the year of publication. With tipped-in TLs in front. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. Slight lean. Modest extremity wear. A VG - VG copy. 210 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The James H. Barry Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 36447

‎Small Press Poetry. Schenck Robert‎

‎PSYCHOGRAMS‎

‎Omaha Nebraska: bradypress 1988. 1st edition. SIGNED. Limited to 100cc. Deckled-edged black paper wrappers with black cloth spine. Spine stitchings with red thread. Abstract geometric design to front wrapper. Nr Fine. 26 6 pp. Last poem printed on a separate leaf inserted in pocket on p. 26. Printed in red & black. Illustrated by the author. Folio. 12-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>The colophon states the work printed by Denise Brady at the University of Nebraska Omaha Fine Arts Press. bradypress hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 29222