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Come Climb My Hill

By: Abbott, Winston O.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: South Windsor, CT, Windsor House: 1980

Seller ID: 019548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Revised Edition, SIGNED by author and illustrator, in clean unchipped jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with tree illustration on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no previous owner markings. Unpaginated, illustrated with drawings by Bette Eaton Bossen. Clean jacket is unchipped, one tiny closed edge tear at top edge of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Poetic prose about the mystery and beauty of common things.
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Have You Heard the Cricket Song

By: Abbott, Winston O.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: South Windsor, CT, Inspiration House Publishers: 1986

Seller ID: 023896

ISBN: 0918114020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Tenth printing, SIGNED by both author and illustrator, in clean original dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with brown lettering and autumn leaf decoration on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. AS NEW condition. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. Signed by both author and illustrator on the title page. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears or creasing, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Chocolate Dreams: Poems

By: Adoff, Arnold

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books: 1989

Seller ID: 019713

ISBN: 0688068227

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unchipped jacket. Clean glossy illustrated boards, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Illustrated by Turi MacCombie. 63 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Christmas Carols and Midsummer Songs

By: American Poets

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop & Co.: 1881

Seller ID: 008503

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dark Maroon cloth boards almost black with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. Beveled edges. Light wear at top and bottom of spine. Cloth boards are clean, with a few very light scratches to boards. Gilt top page edges. Clean decorated endpapers. Contemporary previous owner name on interior blank page with date 1889. Pages have a few small spots.70 pgs. Rear hinge has a small bit of cracking to paper only. Signatures starting to loosen. Frontis illustration with tissue guard, lovely illustrations throughout. A really charming and attractive old book of beautiful songs, poems and illustr...
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Aragon: Poet of the French Resistance

By: Aragon, Louis (Hannah Josephson, Malcolm Cowley, editors)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, DUell, Sloan and Pearce: 1945

Seller ID: 028780

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second printing of the first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Some browning to endpapers; no names, writing or marks. All text pages are clean. 167 pages. Clean jacket is slightly age-toned, has small chips at spine ends, 1" closed edge tear at spine fold, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Louis Aragon was to France such as Tom Paine was to America during the Revolution. Poet and n...
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Walt Whitman's Secret

By: Aronin, Ben

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Argus Books: 1955

Seller ID: 026910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 374 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has several short closed edge tears, a few tiny edge nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A fictionalized biography of the great American poet. Not only Whitman but Emerson, Thoreau, Foster, Melville,...
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The Meandering Absolute

By: Asher, Elise

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Morris Gallery Press: 1955

Seller ID: 014897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean decorated blue paper covered boards with black lettering on cover and pine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper: "For Hildegarde W. - with love, Elin A." 55 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few very short closed edge tears, mere hint of browning to edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Poetry.
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Selected Poetry of W. H. Auden - Chosen for this edition by the Author

By: Auden, W. H.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1959

Seller ID: 027465

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Modern Library Edition in original dust jacket. Modern Library No. 160. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean blue cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with dark blue top-stained upper page edges, clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 180 pages. Dust jacket is clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, some light surface rubbing. 385 titles listed on inverse of dust jacket. Enclosed in new archival ...
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Homage to Clio

By: Auden, W. H.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 1960

Seller ID: 028196

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (slight offset or browning from dust jacket flap) - no names, writing or bookplates. 91 pages. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Winged Horse Anthology

By: Auslander, Joseph and Frank Ernest Hill

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1950

Seller ID: 023843

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Later printing in unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Decorated endpapers (with very small previous owner inscription on front fixed endpaper). Decorations by Paul Honore. 669 pages with index. Dust jacket has edge wear and chipping, 1" x 2" piece missing at base of front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Ode to the Sea and Other Poems

By: Baker, Howard

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Denver, Alan Swallow: 1966

Seller ID: 017375

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. Clean unfaded light green cloth boards with darker green lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with very slight offset browning from dustjacket. Endpapers intact; no names, writing or marks. 77 pgs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has edge chipping and closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Approx. 6" x 9". Poetry.
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The Stone Mason of Tor House - The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers

By: Bennett, Melba Berry

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, The Ward Ritchie Press: 1966

Seller ID: 022152

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean book SIGNED by the author in original unclipped jacket. Later printing (no statement of edition). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold letteirng on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by author: "For Dan McCall - Warm Regards, Melba Berry Bennett." Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. 264 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (10.00 on front inside flap), very slight edge wear and a few short closed edge t...
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Trial Poems

By: Berrigan, Daniel and Thomas Lewis

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Beacon Press: 1970

Seller ID: 028650

ISBN: 0807066664

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Large, clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Size approx. 10-3/4" x 13-1/4". Clean cream-colored boards with black lettering, silver bars on cover, black faux leather spine. Very small spots of wear-through at lower corner tips. Binding is tight, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Dust jacket has chipping and short closed edge tears, fading and chipping to spine; photos and brief biographies of authors on rear panel, not price clipped (ink line through price of 17.50 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival q...
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Teuchsa Grondie: A Legendary Poem

By: Bishop, Levi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albany, Levi Bishop (Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers): 1870

Seller ID: 006321

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Clean green cloth boards with bevelled edges, gold lettering on spine. Small spots of wear to corners, 1/8" chipping to green cloth at base of spine, light wear at top of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Dark brown endpapers. White library numbers on lower spine, plain diagonal brown cardholder on rear fixed endpaper. No library stamp marks to pages or edges. No names or bookplates. Ink spot (size of dime) on bottom margin of copyright page and contents page. Date on copyright page 1869; date on title page 1870. 446 pgs.
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Boswell's Book of Bad Verse - Love Poems and other verses

By: Boswell, James (Edited by Jack Werner)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, White Lion Publishers: 1974

Seller ID: 025153

ISBN: 0-85617-487-4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean green boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 215 pages. Dust jacket is clean, corner price clipped (tiny bit of price still showing), no chips, hint of very slight rubbing and one 1/16" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Poems discovered by Jack Werner (editor) in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, written in Boswell's own hand on 100 sheets of h...
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Skin Diving in the Virgins and Other Poems

By: Brinnin, John Malcolm

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 1970

Seller ID: WARD01061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean green boards quarter bound in darker green cloth with gold lettering and design. Binding tight & square, pages clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates inside. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped. One very small closed tear on top rear edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poetry.
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Let the Blackbird Sing: A Novel in Verse

By: Bristol, Helen O.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Exposition Press: 1952

Seller ID: 016733

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition, signed by author. Very clean unfaded green cloth boards with crisp black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "For Celine and Edgar - Let the Blackbird Sing - with my love, Helen Bristol." 271 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, hint of slightest edge wear, small corner price clip at top of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A long poem that tells a story of an immigrant fam...
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English Poems

By: Bronson, Walter C. (Editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1908

Seller ID: 028832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, published June, 1908, attractive clean decorated American trade binding. Clean golden cloth covered boards with black and gold decoration on cover and spine, white lettering. Tiny spots of wear at spine corners. A little chipping to lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Previous owner name neatly penned on front pastedown. Red and black lettering on title page. A few instances of lightly penciled notations in text. 538 pages.
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Sonnets from the Portuguese

By: Browning, Elizabeth

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1953

Seller ID: 023213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Sixth printing, "Half-Hour Classics" edition, in original publisher's box (box in excellent condition). Red leather boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean, however there are red pencil notations and underlining by previous owner in the text and a previous owner inscription in pen on front fixed endpaper (and a short P.S. on rear fixed endpaper!). Full color tipped -in frontis illustration. With Introduction and Notes by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 58 pages. Box is uncracked, clean, with ver...
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The Poems of Robert Browning

By: Browning, Robert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Heritage Press: 1971

Seller ID: 012606

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean illustrated cloth boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. 299 pgs. with index. Original Heritage Club Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Clean sturdy original slipcase is unfaded, unchipped, no cracking. Poems selected, edited & introduced by C. Day Lewis. Poetry.
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Category: Poetry