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New York, New York: Nicholas L. Brown. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1920. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 103 pages: 5.25 x 7.5 in.: 0.8: KB#010257: No dustjacket is included. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are bright red with paper author and title labels on spine and front cover. Label on front is complete but spine label is chipped. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for very slight rubbing at board corners). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Evelyn Scott (18931963) was an American novelist, playwright and poet, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Ernest Souza and Elsie Dunn. This book "Precipitations" was her first book. .
Hojas de Hierba - Borges translation by Walt Whitman - 1969
by Walt Whitman
Hojas de Hierba - Borges translation
by Walt Whitman
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1969 Juarez Editor first edition thus. Translated by Jorge Luis Borges. Illustrations by Antonio Berni. Limited edition, in Spanish.
The book consists of a portfolio folder which contains the text and illustrations. The text is 176 pages in 11 signatures. 10 of the 11 signatures are unopened. I opened the first signature to ascertain publication information. At the end of the text, a 12th unopened signature contains 5 woodcuts by Berni. Including the frontispiece opposite the title page, there are 6 Berni woodcuts in total.
The beginning of the book contains a critical study of Whitman written Guillermo Juarez, and a prologue written by Borges.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The cover shows moderate wear, with some light soil and creasing. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue to inside pages is a gift inscription (para Alicia y Luis) on the first blank page of the first signature. The book was acquired from the estate of Alicia and Luis Monguio, who were both well known academic authorities on Spanish Literature.
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The book consists of a portfolio folder which contains the text and illustrations. The text is 176 pages in 11 signatures. 10 of the 11 signatures are unopened. I opened the first signature to ascertain publication information. At the end of the text, a 12th unopened signature contains 5 woodcuts by Berni. Including the frontispiece opposite the title page, there are 6 Berni woodcuts in total.
The beginning of the book contains a critical study of Whitman written Guillermo Juarez, and a prologue written by Borges.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The cover shows moderate wear, with some light soil and creasing. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue to inside pages is a gift inscription (para Alicia y Luis) on the first blank page of the first signature. The book was acquired from the estate of Alicia and Luis Monguio, who were both well known academic authorities on Spanish Literature.
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- Bookseller Harpo Speaks Books (US)
- Illustrator Antonio Berni
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition first thus
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Juarez
- Place of Publication Buenos Aires
- Date Published 1969
Precipitations
by Scott, Evelyn
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good with no Dust Jacket
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- First Edition: First Printing
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- Hardcover
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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£101.16
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Obras Del Bachiller Francisco de la Torre: 1903 facsimile reprint
by Francisco De La Torre
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- Acceptable
- Hardcover
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Hardcover
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Scotia, New York, United States
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£121.40
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1903 De Vinne Press, with a print run limited to 200 copies. The book is a facsimile reprint of the 1631 first edition. 145 pages. Spanish language. Ex-library, from Stanford University. Acquired from the estate of Alicia de Colombí-Monguió, who was an internationally known writer and Spanish Literature scholar.Condition of the book is Acceptable. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. Condition issues are associated with it's ex-library status, and include:• Call number on the spine, • Stanford bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, • Perforated Stanford blindstamp on the title page,• Accession number stamped on the title page verso,• Remnants of a card pocket and date due slip on the back endpapersPlease message me with any questions
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by Eliot, T.S.
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good
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- first edition, first printing
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- Hardcover
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Scotia, New York, United States
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£201.52
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1939 Harcourt Brace stated first American edition. 1.25 price on dust jacket.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue is an old, light dampstain visible along the book's spine, and on inside pages in the book's gutter. See the last two listing photos.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows a bit of edge wear, with small chips at the top and base of the spine. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions
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Tlaloc 12 (Issue No. Twelve; Series 2, Number 6; 1966) / How 6
by McCarthy, Cavan, and Andrew Lloyd (eds.), Gerry Gilbert, Carlos Reyes, Bill Bissett, Anselm Hollo, Jim Burns, George Bowering, Pete Hoida, Earle Birney, et al
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- 1st edition
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Berkeley, California, United States
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£101.16
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Leeds, England: Location Press, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce joint issue of two important sixties little magazines of avant-garde writing. Cover by John Furnival. A few scattered marginal checkmarks to publications list pages and library stamp to cover (no other markings), horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear and soil.
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The Book of the Green Man
by Ronald Johnson
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- first
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Scotia, New York, United States
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£109.26
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1967 Norton first edition. Uncommon as a true first.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. The price has been inked over, but is still visible (see last listing photos). The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover..Please message me with any questions.
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Lillabulero: Being a Periodical of Literature and the Arts. Volume 1, Number 2.
by BANKS, Russell and William Matthews, Editors. Signed by Russell Banks
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- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First edition / First printing.
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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£101.16
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Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.
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Country Sentiment. Poems.
by ROBERT GRAVES.
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom
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£125.00
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Martin Secker, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 81pp. 'Cobble-stone' decorated paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. A strip of light partial browned in the free endpapers and some spotting throughout. A tiny dealer plate to the front pastedown. A nice bright copy in the uncommon dust wrapper, slightly dust marked and tanned, and chipped at the spine panel ends with a little loss. Graves' fifth book, forty-six poems, dedicated to his wife Nancy Nicholson. 1,000 copies were printed. Higginson A5.
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Five Blind Men.
by HARRISON, Jim, Dan Gerber, George Quasha, J. D. Reed and Charles Simic
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- Fine
- Paperback
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition)
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- Paperback
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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£121.40
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Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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Obras Del Bachiller Francisco de la Torre: 1903 facsimile reprint
by Francisco De La Torre
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- Acceptable
- Hardcover
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Hardcover
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Scotia, New York, United States
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£121.40
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1903 De Vinne Press, with a print run limited to 200 copies. The book is a facsimile reprint of the 1631 first edition. 145 pages. Spanish language. Ex-library, from Stanford University. Acquired from the estate of Alicia de Colombí-Monguió, who was an internationally known writer and Spanish Literature scholar.Condition of the book is Acceptable. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. Condition issues are associated with it's ex-library status, and include:• Call number on the spine, • Stanford bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, • Perforated Stanford blindstamp on the title page,• Accession number stamped on the title page verso,• Remnants of a card pocket and date due slip on the back endpapersPlease message me with any questions
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Ariel
by Sylvia Plath
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- First American Edition (which is actually the second edition) La
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- Hardcover
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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£157.81
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Copyright ends at 1965, No Edition, No Printing Stated. Last page has 72-73-74-75 10 9. The American Edition is the Second Edition. This is a First American Edition with a 1972 (later) Printing. The dust jacket has some soiling with tears at edges of the spine and corners, see photos. Book itself is in Near Fine condition with the exception of a stain inside the cover which transferred to the FEP and bled onto two pages beneath. (Lowered the rating to Very Good). The black boards with blue lettering have bumped spine edges.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- first
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781460257432 / 146025743X
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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- Used - Good+
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- 1906
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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£14.57£10.93Save £4.50!
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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- Used - Fine
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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£13.02
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- Paperback
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780802160478 / 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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£14.20
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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- first
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- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
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- Numbered Edition; First Printing
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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- very good
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780913028452 / 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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£16.19
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789810728496 / 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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£20.23
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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- Used
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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£15.86
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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- Fine
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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£20.23
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780682486231 / 068248623X
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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£20.23
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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