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London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1955. BS2 - Book was library reinforce with paper boards, has labels, library stamping, library plates, and markings, pencil underlining and writing, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise good. Wrtiters and Their Work No. 69.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: New York Browning Society, 1912. BX2 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition. A tight, sound copy in tan cloth covered boards with dark brown lettering on the spine and a brown graphic on the front with moderate overall wear plus there is very heavy soiling on the cloth and board edges plus there is some light soiling on the outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is some very light bumping on the right corners and on the bottom boards' edges plus there are the usual library pocket, stamps, mark, and perforations on the bottom outside paper edges, inside surface of the front board, front freepaper, title page, page three, page five, page 61/62, page 115. A collection of addresses, including poetry and/or speeches, presented before the New York Browning Society in New York City on May 7th, 1912. They are by Julian Pauline Leavens, Anna Benneson McMahan, Rev. Thomas R. Slicer,… Read More

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998. P6 - A hardcover book in good condition that has some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, significant writing and underlining (some in ink but mostly in pencil), light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches, General Editor: Gregory Nagy, Assistant Editor: Timothy Power. 9.25"x6.25", 338 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. AC1 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small scrape on the upper right of the spine, scattered scratches, rubbing, light foxing and stains, tanning, and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, scattered light foxing and stains on the page edges and endpapers, light tanning and shelf wear. The Critical Cosmos Series. 10.25"x7.25", 404 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980. J2 - A first edition ex-library hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label stain on the lower spine, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some light edgewear, light tape stains on the free endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Beta Phi Mu, 1972. BZ4 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front. A collection of sketches done by Robert Browning's father. The elder Browning's writing provides a clue to the source of many of the techniques, idiosyncrasies, and basic assumptions which are significant elements in Robert Browning's poetry. The author has been the Director of the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor in Waco, Texas. The book includes full page color facimile copies, on the facing pages, of the elder Browning's manuscript. 78p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6.25"x9.25".

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. Y6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ had price clipped, line cuts/tears, inside flaps taped to the book cover, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has rubbing, chipping, bumped corners, crease, library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), light discoloration and shelf wear. Riverside Studies in Literature.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, Inc., 1967. T6 - Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some peeling and chipping, stains, discoloration and shelf wear. Essay Index Reprint Series.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1987. J3 - An ex-library hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has fading, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book has light label stain on the back free endpaper, library stamping on the page edges and title page, light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. AO4 - A first US edition ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, label on the spine, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, rubbing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), edgewear, glue and label stain on the front free endpaper, some marked out info, highlighting and pencil markings and unerlining, discoloration (browning) and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1967. CL3 - Has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), dog-eared pages, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Essay Index Reprint Series.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1992. V4 - An ex-library hardcover book in very good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Masterplots II: Poetry Series (Volume 2) Cont-Gero. 9.25"x6.25", pages 423-856. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001. AP5 - A first edition (numberline starts at "1") hardcover book SIGNED by author (first name only) and inscribed to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book lightly bowed, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 156 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Susan Vanderborg examines the role of paratexts - notes, prefaces, marginalia, and source documents - in shaping the reading communities for American experimental poetry published since 1950. Since 1950, Vanderborg notes, American avant-garde poetry has been dominated by two seemingly contradictory impulses: a disruption of language as transparent communication and a need to contextualize the poets' word games for readers. For many authors, the solution has been the creation of a split text - a difficult, elliptical, disjunctive poetry… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965. AT4 - Dust jacket tear on bottom right corner. Mylar protected. Library card holder and markings on front loose endpaper, back loose endpaper. Library stampings and marker cross-outs on title page and back of title page, stampings on top page edges, and library stickers on spine and front cover. The book's author attempts to isolate and describe W.H. Auden's characteristic poetic mode. He quotes from Auden's substantial body of critical writing, to present Auden as an artist.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2003. AD2 - A first edition (First published 2003 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition that has bumped on top corners opposite the spine and some other corners, lightly cocked and bowed, small open tear/chipped on the front lower left side gutter, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.25"x6.25", 226 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc., 2006. D5 - A first edition (stated with complete letterline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling on the edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Rich, relevant, always inviting, and suffused with Hirsch's deep sensitivity to the nuances of language, Poet's Choice deftly illustrates how poems need readers to experience them and how individuals can appreciate the full beauty of life through poetry. 9.5"x6.5", 432 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Octagon Books, 1983. I3 - A reprint ex-library hardcover book in poor condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), bumped corners, lightly cocked, scattered stains, rubbing, and chipping, highlighting, underlining and writing, reading wear, light discoloration, and shelf wear with no dust jacket. A poem-by-poem analysis. Second edition, with an Epilogue entitled T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965. 8.25"x5.75", 270 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2014. CU4 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some scattered scratches and rubbing, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 173 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In the Introduction to Mark Sanders' Riddled with Light: Metaphor in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats, critic and poet Stephen C. Behrendt writes, "Sanders shows us Yeats anew, laboring on his visionary engine to produce a profoundly metaphoric poetry and a poetics that enfranchises and empowers his audience by making that audience both a respondent and, more important, an active co-creator whose role in both the making and the performing of Yeats' art has for too long been insufficiently understood and appreciated. In setting this matter straight, Sanders does a service for us no less than for Yeats, and in the process he reminds us… Read More

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1915. BE4 - A hard cover reprint edition book in good+ condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine and on the front with minor overall shelf wear with rubbing along the spine edges and at the right board corners plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.25") on the bottom spine edge plus there is some very, very light bumping on the right corners of the boards plus there is some light yellowing on the outside paper edges plus there is some very, very light soiling on the right outside paper edges. A book about the life of Robert Browning, how it affected his character, and how this is reflected in his poetry. Illustrated with one black and white reproduction. Indexed, 381p.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University Of North Carolina Press, 1963. AT6 - Ex-library, very good condition. Mylar DJ is glued to front and back fixed endpapers. Library card holder and stickers on front loose endpaper, library stampings on title page and copyright page, and back loose endpaper. Body text is clean. Library stickers on spine and back cover. Stamping on top page edges. This is the first full-length assessment of the poetry and criticism of Robert Graves. Concentrating on his earliest efforts in 1916 to his most recent collection and using his critical writings as commentaries on that development, it provides a judicious and needed survey of the most important aspects of Graves's career.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.