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London: Edward Moxon, 1839 only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front hinge, as issued with pale yellow endpapers, untrimmed top edge, head of spines are slightly chipped with minimal loss, vol3; viii 314+2pp vol4; viii 361+3pp, First Collected Edition, and the first with Mary Shelley's notes. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
Jumbish by Elouise Loftin - 1972
by Elouise Loftin
Jumbish
by Elouise Loftin
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New York: Emerson Hall Publishers, 1972. First edition. Chapbook, stapled mustard wraps. 40pp. Near Fine, slight bump to bottom corners.
Uncommon first book from this experimental African American poet whose work foreshadows 'rap' Ishmael Reed in a review of Elouise Loftin's work at the The Washington Post in the early 1970's says Loftin "writes Abby Lincoln-visceral-screaming poems . . . She writes Pearl Bailey sashaying, defiant, hands-on-hips (Nina Mae McKinney) poetry, and she can glide tenderly like Sarah Vaughan's voice. . . . And when she gets 'Street' it's not the strained condescending 'rap' of some rhetorical descendants of Ingersoll, but Bed-Stuy 'Street.'"
Uncommon first book from this experimental African American poet whose work foreshadows 'rap' Ishmael Reed in a review of Elouise Loftin's work at the The Washington Post in the early 1970's says Loftin "writes Abby Lincoln-visceral-screaming poems . . . She writes Pearl Bailey sashaying, defiant, hands-on-hips (Nina Mae McKinney) poetry, and she can glide tenderly like Sarah Vaughan's voice. . . . And when she gets 'Street' it's not the strained condescending 'rap' of some rhetorical descendants of Ingersoll, but Bed-Stuy 'Street.'"
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited By Mrs. Shelley ( 2 Vols of 4)
by SHELLEY Percy Bysshe
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Ballads and Other Poems
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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London, England: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good. 1880. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 184 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 1: KB#011154: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Copy has prior owner's name and date (Christmas 1880) neatly inscribed on second front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green, with embossed design around edge (front, back and spine), plus gilt lettering on spine. Boards have light wear at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for owner's name as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Includes 184 pages plus 3 pages of lists of additional Tennyson Works. .
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Ariel
by Sylvia Plath
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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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A Tale of Time City
by Diana Wynne Jones
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JONES, Diana Wynne. A Tale of Time City. [London]: Methuen [1987].8vo, 285pp. Light gray cloth with spine stamped in red. Pages aged, as always (due to the high acid content of the paper used), else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First UK edition. It is September 1939, the start of World War Two, and Vivian Smith is being evacuated. On arriving at the station, she is kidnapped by two boys, Jonathan and Sam, and taken to Time City, which exists outside of what we know as History. There the three encounter powerful forces and must work together to preserve history as we know it. A wonderful, time-travel fantasy by one of the masters of modern children's fantasy.
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SIGNED 1ST BURIAL AT THEBES
by SEAMUS HEANEY
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PASADENA, California, United States
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited By Mrs. Shelley ( 2 Vols of 4)
by SHELLEY Percy Bysshe
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Edward Moxon, 1839 only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front hinge, as issued with pale yellow endpapers, untrimmed top edge, head of spines are slightly chipped with minimal loss, vol3; viii 314+2pp vol4; viii 361+3pp, First Collected Edition, and the first with Mary Shelley's notes. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Ballads and Other Poems
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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London, England: C. Kegan Paul & Co.. Very Good. 1880. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 184 pages: 4.5 x 7 in.: 1: KB#011154: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Copy has prior owner's name and date (Christmas 1880) neatly inscribed on second front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green, with embossed design around edge (front, back and spine), plus gilt lettering on spine. Boards have light wear at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for owner's name as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Includes 184 pages plus 3 pages of lists of additional Tennyson Works. .
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Ariel
by Sylvia Plath
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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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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A Tale of Time City
by Diana Wynne Jones
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New York, New York, United States
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JONES, Diana Wynne. A Tale of Time City. [London]: Methuen [1987].8vo, 285pp. Light gray cloth with spine stamped in red. Pages aged, as always (due to the high acid content of the paper used), else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First UK edition. It is September 1939, the start of World War Two, and Vivian Smith is being evacuated. On arriving at the station, she is kidnapped by two boys, Jonathan and Sam, and taken to Time City, which exists outside of what we know as History. There the three encounter powerful forces and must work together to preserve history as we know it. A wonderful, time-travel fantasy by one of the masters of modern children's fantasy.
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SIGNED 1ST BURIAL AT THEBES
by SEAMUS HEANEY
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PASADENA, California, United States
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- 9781460257432
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- 146025743X
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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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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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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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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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- 9780802160478
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- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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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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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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- 9780913028452
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- 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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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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- 9789810728496
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- 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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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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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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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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- 9780682486231
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- 068248623X
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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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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