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Paris: Bleuet Jeune. Very Good. 1805. Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Nouvelle edition. Introduction by Franz Joseph Marie de Fayolle.3 volumes in original paper covered binding. Texts tight, clean & intact. A few lightly foxed pages. Uncut pages. All spine labels intact. Vol. #1 (xlv, 242pp, 2) decorated with a portrait of the author engraved intaglio by Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Nattier and 5 full page plates by Moreau the Younger engraved on copper by Simonet, Dupréel and Duhamel. There is a double set of engravings: the first leaf in black & white followed by a duplicate leaf that has been hand colored for a total of 12 engravings. Vol. #2 (4, 243-599). Vol. #3 (4, 269, 1). Poetry, Drama; Hand colored Plates; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 778 pages .
Lays of Ancient Rome and other poems by T.B. Macaulay - 1873
by T.B. Macaulay
Lays of Ancient Rome and other poems
by T.B. Macaulay
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Fine copy in full brown leather with raised bands and gold lettering. Slight corner bumps. Was very very slightly read or opened. 272pp. Excellent illustrations.
- Bookseller Rockley Book Buys (US)
- Illustrator C.G. Bush
- Format/Binding Leather
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher James Miller
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1873
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OEUVRES DE GRESSET (3 VOLUMES)
by De Gresset
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Country Sentiment. Poems.
by ROBERT GRAVES.
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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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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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Five Blind Men.
by HARRISON, Jim, Dan Gerber, George Quasha, J. D. Reed and Charles Simic
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- Used - Fine
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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£121.93
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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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Ballads and Other Poems
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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£207.29
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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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Others.
by SHIELDS, Carol
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- near fine
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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£162.58
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Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1972. First edition / First printing. A paperback original. Orange and purple perfect-bound wrappers. Near fine with very slight fading to the orange paper spine. Sharp copy. The author's first book. Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Stone Diaries. Born in the U. S. She lived in Canada most of her adult life. This title was not published in the U.S.
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Adventures in Poetry 10 (1973) - School Days - The Anonymous Issue
by Fagin, Larry (ed.), William S. Burroughs, Glen Baxter, et al
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Berkeley, California, United States
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New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 94pp, stapled wrappers. The rare Anonymous tenth issue of this key New York School poetry journal, includes a range of excellent material by cryptic contributors (William Burroughs [Schottlaender v4.C346] and Glen Baxter are definite). Covers sourced from a vintage Tijuana Bible. Unmarked copy with light cover wear and toning.
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Presence : A Magazine of the Revolution 3 (Summer 1968) - includes 4 untitled poems by Kathy Acker
by Connell, Dan (ed.), Kathy Acker, Allen De Loach, Lewis MacAdams, Richard Kretch, George Montgomery, et al
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Buffalo, NY: Presence Press, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG (but two pages blank). 8vo, 52pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. This rare literary magazine from 1968 Buffalo leads with 4 untitled poems by Kathy Acker (her earliest published appearance that I have seen). Unmarked copy, two (non-Acker) pages that are misprinted blank in this copy are included in photocopy.
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J 1 (No. 1; 1959)
by Spicer, Jack, and Fran Herndon (eds.), Richard Brautigan, Kay Johnson (kaja), Robert Duncan, Ebbe Borregaard, Robin Blaser, Joe Dunn, James Alexander, et al
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Berkeley, California, United States
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San Francisco: Jack Spicer, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Poor/No Jacket (as issued). Incomplete copy (missing front wrapper and first 5 interior leaves). 4to, 13 leaves, corner-stapled. The rarely seen first issue of Jack Spicer's seminal and groundbreaking mimeo mag. The missing portion of this copy comprises James Alexander's The Jack Rabbit Poem; remainder of issue, with work by Spicer, Richard Brautigan, Kay Johnson, Robin Blaser, Robert Duncan, et al., is present. Has been restapled. Missing content supplied in photocopy. A rare opportunity to obtain a totemic piece of countercultural history.
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Ole 2 (Olé; March 1965)
by Blazek, Douglas (ed.), Charles Bukowski, d.a. levy, William Wantling, Harold Norse, Steve Richmond, Walter Lowenfels, Larry Eigner, Duane Locke, et al
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Berkeley, California, United States
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£121.93
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Bensenville, IL: Ole, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Rare second issue of Douglas Blazek's great mimeo magazine. Includes a 9-page essay by Bukowski and work by levy, Wantling, et al. A publisher's ditto-printed announcement for works by Bukowski and Wantling is laid in. Unmarked copy, nicely preserved with a little wear.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- near fine
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- Near Fine
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781460257432
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- 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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- 1906
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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- New
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- Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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- ISBN 13
- 9780802160478
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- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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£14.27
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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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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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- ISBN 13
- 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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- ISBN 13
- 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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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 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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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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