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By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Cupples & Leon: 1912
Seller ID: 0401
Condition: Fine in Good Box
Oh, how I love old gift books, but when I get one in its original box I have to work to remain dignified! This one is beautiful and was clearly kept as a treasure. The theme of course is the poems of John Russell Lowell paired with that of violets. Together they are totally charming. This one was given as a Christmas gift in 1912 and is recorded as such on the reverse of the front free endpaper. The hard cover boards are a padded faux leather which is pristine, as are the book pages. The box is soiled a bit and lightly worn, but the gem inside is a beauty. Art is brightly colored and plentifu... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: State Historical Society of Colorado 1985: 1985
Seller ID: 0543
Condition: Very Good
Very clean booklet nicely designed with endpapers, a raised design on the cover, and handsome paper. Simple, but nice. Measures 6"x9" and has 28 pages. The author served three terms as governor of Colorado from 1975 to 1987. He has published several nonfiction books and written at least one novel. The poem relates the story of the American West with sections covering the river, the mountain men, on the Yellowstone March of 1825, the Mormons, the immigrants,the miners, the Indians, a land of hope and a new destiny. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Self-Published: 1967
Seller ID: 0941
Condition: Very good
I really like this little chapbook of poems accompanied by the poet/artist's charming drawings of the town of Frederiksted located on the west side of the island of St. Croix. Poems include Downtown, Peanuts, The Chance Book, Caught, Armor, The School Uniform, Cruzan Ice Cream. Country Woman, Dear Detroit, The Bees Are Drunk, Quick Sugar Harvest, Funeral In Frederiksted, In the Lutheran Church, and Dogs.The booklet is clean and nice other than rusting to the staples. It measures 6"x9-1/4" and has 32 pages, one of which contain these lines "Danger fills the dooryard and I cannot leave the hou... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Rootstown, Ohio, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Human Values in Medicine: 1988
Seller ID: 1118
Condition: Very good
Very nice clean booklet filled with selected works of finalists in the William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition for the years 1986-88. The contest was named as such due to the fact that William Carlos Williams was both a physician and a poet. Poets include Bradley Anderson(2) University of Oklahoma; Dipali V. Apte (3) University of Illinois; David Brown (2) Medical College of Pennsylvania; Clifford I. Harris (3) University of California at San Francisco; Laura Kinberger (1) University of Miami; David Z. Levine (3) Michigan State; Mark Mosley (3)University of Oklahoma; Orren Z. Perlman (1) Me... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Hoffstra University: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1477
Condition: Very good
With the exception of one small circular stain to front cover outside the margin of the cover image, a very tiny one at back, and a very small tear to upper front edge, program is very clean and nice. Inside is laid a very large folded advance publicity piece containing an unused registration form. But the best part is a 47 page transcript of one of the talks given at the conference addressing Whitman's world view. All pieces found together. It's a really nice addition to a collection -- seldom seen. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Lincoln, England, The Tennyson Society at the Tennyson Research Centre: 1989-1990
Edition: Volume 5, Numbers 3 & 4
Seller ID: 1478
Condition: Very good
Tennyson's Creed is crisp and clean as a whistle and was recorded by his son Hallam Lord Tennyson on the notes to the Eversley Edition of the Collected Works. It measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and has eight pages -- printed in 1974.The magazines are also clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. They measure 5-3/4" x 8-1/4". Among the topics are: Emerson's views on Tennyson; Memory in Tennyson; Arthur Eden and Harrington Hall; an interdisciplinary study of Tennyson's Maud and the Crimean War; a train journey with John Betjeman and more. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Boston, Mass., Bromley & Co.: circa 1950's early 1960's)
Seller ID: 1539
Condition: Near fine
Seven beautiful glossy, full color postcards showing the interior and exterior of the home of American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a depiction of his sons, Charles and Ernest; and of his wife, the former Frances Elizabeth Appleton. The house was located at 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge Mass. and Longfellow lived in it from 1837 to 1882. The chairw as given to him as a gift on his 72nd birthday from the children of Cambridge because it was made of the chestnut wood made famous in his poem "The Village Blacksmith." The room with the fireplace was Longfellow's study. The other one with a ta... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, The Ryder Press: 1976
Seller ID: 2216
Condition: Very Good Condition
I am very fond of the work of this poet, so you may have to take this with a grain of salt. But to appreciate both him and his work do type his name into google and bring up the blog post written by his friend. If it plays music at the end you've got the right one. Magner was a long-time John Carroll University professor, and several time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize. This booklet was SIGNED and inscribed by him with the date Sept. 14, 1988. Magner died in 2000. The booklet measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and has 68 pages. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Kent, Ohio, Kent Zendo: 2011
Edition: No issue stated
Seller ID: 2623
Condition: Fine condition
This is a unique Ohio magazine with a message about spirituality which embraces readers from everywhere. The backdrop is Ohio, but the focus is on such subjects as Socrates, Chuang Tzu, Zen koans, poetry, art, Zen calligraphy, curve sets (information art) and more. I have never seen one of these and can't recall where I got this one. It's a quality magazine -- nice paper, nice cover, and a good size at 8-1/2" x 11" with 112 pages. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh Festival Society Ltd.: 1965
Seller ID: 2816
Condition: Good condition
Thumbing through the many pages (54 plus ads) makes you want to go to the next one. It's all about the arts -- many arts -- painting, music, singing, poetry, theatre, and a film festival with two whole weeks to enjoy it. Some of the highlights of the 1965 festival include five orchestras, a Corot exhibition, the Netherlands chamber choir, Indian music, Poets in Public, opera, treasures of Romanian art, live theater, and the Military Tattoo. Great black and white photos throughout, plus info on the various offerings day by day. Program measures 7-1/4" x 10-1/4". There's a bit of wear to front c... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, Hearst Books: 1989
Edition: First edition stated
Seller ID: 3254
Condition: Fine condition
This is both pretty and wise, a gem to keep for yourself, or a gift for someone else. It's not a desk calendar, but a book of days which is divided into the four seasons. There's beautiful art in full color, classic poetry, snips from the text of classic books, recipes, and places to write your thoughts, your favorite things, and your memories. It has not been used and is clean and bright, as is the slipcase. The only minor thing is a pretty unused bookplate affixed to front paste down. The book measures 6-1/2" x 8-1/2". Among the authors are Emily Dickinson, Dylan Thomas, Louisa May Alcott, L... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Cleveland Heights High School: 1978
Edition: Second edition
Seller ID: 3583
Condition: Good condition
I bought this booklet years ago in Cleveland Heights, but was not sure where it came from originally ,so back into the closet it went several times. But this time my research answered the question of location. It's a student publication written and published at Cleveland Heights High School. There are stark black and white drawings and a few black and white photos. The students grasped both the history and the emotion of the horror. Many wrote with the voice of the children but others told the story of the adults who lost their lives too. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" with 46 pages and ea... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $14.00
Publisher: USA, The Poetry Foundation: 2011
Edition: April and May (two issues)
Seller ID: 3687
Condition: Fine condition
This magazine has great longevity. It was founded in 1912 by Harriet Monroe and is still moving along. Both issues (April and May) are clean and bright and appear unread. Each issue focuses on three poets in addition to many others. March featured poets are Daisy Fried, Gottfried Benn and Paul Hoover. April's are Averill Curdy, Karen An-hwei Lee, and Laura Kasischke. Each one can be found on google, as all are experienced and talented. I have many more of these from 2011 to 2015. If you're looking for a specific issue let me know. BOTH SHIP TOGETHER for $2 via media mail in the U.S. View more info
By: Alta
Price: $10.00
Publisher: San Lorenzo, California, Shameless Hussy Press: 1971
Seller ID: 2466
Condition: Very good condition
Hard-hitting poems written during the womens' movement of the early 1970's. Raw and visceral, but also quite good. Chapbook's design displays an anti-establishment vibe with its back cover. The poet listed recent poems she had written, but the publisher (named)"hasn't paid me yet tho we signed a contract. Women in sexist society dig it." The poet founded the Shameless Hussy Press, the first of its kind, in 1969 and kept it going to 1989. Chapbook measures 7" x 8-1/2". Its very clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. To see more about her go to this site: http://www.shesbeautifulwhens... View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1990
Edition: First Edition Stated
Seller ID: 3934
ISBN: 0394584368
Condition: Fine Condition
These little gift books have been given to many people. I remember getting them from friends back in the 60's. I have since accumulated a small number of them, all of which are here. The book is pristine with only one fault, a short inscription to a child from his mother and dated 1995. I will enclose a brand new floral bookplate which you can use, or not, at your choice to cover it. These are short poems -- one a day to remember as you go about the hours. The book measures 4-3/4" x 7-3/4" and has 63 pages. The dustjacket will also arrive in a brand new mylar cover. View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1980
Seller ID: 2828
ISBN: 0394500725
Condition: Like New
Joan Walsh Anglund remains a favorite, both for her simple poems and charming illustrations. This little gift book is a collection of small poems and thoughts, one per page, but with no illustration other than that on the dustjacket. I was surprised by that, but it's still a pretty little gift. The only fault is a new blank bookplate. I put it in because the original one had fallen off and left a shadow of itself on the endpaper. I think the new one looks very pretty though. The book measures 4-3/4" x 8" and has 63 pages. Will arrive in brand new mylar cover. View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's: 1987
Edition: First Edition stated
Seller ID: 3274
ISBN: 0684187671
Condition: Fine condition
What a lovely book -- clean and crisp as the day in 1987 that it ran off the press. No defects and shows as new. Joan Anglund was a big deal in the 1960's -- I remember both buying and being given her sweet little books. This one comes along twenty years later, but is still vintage Anglund. The book measures 4-1/2" x 7-3/4" and has 63 pages. The dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar to keep it as beautiful as it is now. A lovely little gift. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Birmingham, Alabama, Banner Press: 1966
Edition: Limited edition (1st edition)
Seller ID: 3173
Condition: Very good condition
This is a lovely book in its original printing. It was republished in the early 2000's. The author is a southern poet who has been awarded a number of prizes. This book is bound in textured green cloth and printed on fine paper with a deckled outer edge. Lovely drawings by Ruth Powers Bridges add beauty to the pages. The book measures 6" x 9" and has no names or writing. The collection consists of eighteen poems about gardens and plants, love, Alabama, seasons, beachcombing and more Here's a snippet to give you an idea of what to expect: "I gave my love a gift one day, Green trees upon a mou... View more info
By: Barrus, Clara
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Roxbury-in-the-Catskills, Self-Published: 1927
Seller ID: 0751
Condition: Good-plus
Lovely booklet not often seen. Other than a light half circle stain to top front edge and a small loss of paper at top and bottom of spine to yapped edges, the booklet is clean and the ontents are pristine. Booklet is SIGNED by Dr. Clara Barrus, the author, thus: "To Dina and Reuben with abiding affection. Clara Barrus." Booklet shows a lovely pensive photo at frontis of the poet,John Burroughs, sitting by the fire. Booklet actually has a dustjacket over the card covers. It measures 6-1/4"x 8" and has 27 pages, two of which show facsimile pages written by Burroughs. View more info
By: Basho, Busson, Issa, Shiki et al
Price: $8.95
Publisher: Mount Vernon, New York, Peter Piper Press: 1955
Seller ID: 2554
Condition: GoodDustjacket
Very attractive, yet simple, gift book in the usual elongated Peter Pauper format. The book measures 4-3/4" x 7-1/2". It's clean inside and out with all faults confined to jacket -- a small chip to upper back edge, a small tear to spine repaired inside with archival tape and wear to top of spine and upper right front corner. Jacket looks lovely in brand new mylar cover. Poems are classic and is each is accompanied by a Japanese symbol. 229 haikus in all View more info
