Search Results: Poetry from Books of the World

New York: Simon & Schuster, November 2000. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xv+333 pages. Color illustrations on every page. 9.5 x 12.0 x 1.2 inches. 4.1 pounds. The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and The Children's Book of America combined into one volume. A collection of stories and poems about virtues, conduct of life, heroes, and American history and folklore. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited shipping.

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. Hardcover. No additional printings listed. Illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. Good+ book / no jacket. No prior ownership marking. Spine straight and sound. Edges and corners worn to boards. Not from a library. 160 pages; frontis, profusely illustrated.

New York: Fall River Press, 2014. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 731 pages.
Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honor, and revenge are filled with magic, mystery, and an assortment of gods and goddesses who meddle freely in the affairs of men.

New York: Scholastic, 1955. Paperback. T-32. 20th printing, April 1974. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears, folds, or creases. vi + 122 pages. "Better than a double dose of laughing gas"....122 pages of zany puns, tall stories, cartoons and wisecracks. You'll relish every daffynition, crazy poem and "perfect squelch". In all, here are 439 sure ways to be quick with a comeback and the life of the party.

New York: Hastings House, November 1967. Hardcover. Third printing, October 1972. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Text block pristine. Gift inscription to FFEP. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows age toning and light edgewear with two quarter-inch tears at spine head. Nor from a library. No remainder mark. 192 pages. Numerous black & white photos. Full title: New England Legends and Folklore; Based on writings by Samuel Adams Drake and Others, and Illustrated with Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain. Edited, with a Foreword, by Harry Hansen. "Adapted, with additions, from A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore, by Samuel Adams Drake,... 1884."

London: Orchard Books, September 1990. Hardcover. Signed Limited Edition. Quarter-bound in dark grey cloth with dove grey sides. Silver titles and top edge. Silver silk ribbon marker. Illustrated endpapers. Dove grey slipcase. Presentation copy of a Limited Edition of 250 copies. Flat-signed by illustrator Faith Jaques, the noted children's book author, illustrator, artist, and advocate. Fine book in a Near Fine slipcase. Not from a library. 88 pages. Profusely illustrated.

New York: Harper Perennial, October 2003. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full numberline. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 147 pages. At the heart of Origami Bridges is the delicate relationship of trust between analyst and patient, a relationship that grows out of the emotional give-and-take of the psychoanalytic process. In this collection, Diane Ackerman, with astonishing candor, lays bare her desires, anger, jealousy, fears, and anxiety, as she probes not only her present emotional landscape but also her past. And what gradually rises to the surface is an understanding of how the poet uses verse to purge her demons, express her delight, or confess secret longing, and through this process come to a better understanding of the self.

Simsbury, Connecticut: Antrim House, October 2015. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition. Near Fine. Gift inscription from author, otherwise as new. 48 pages. The poems in Outlaw Odes balance deftly on a high wire stretched between life within and without the law, between distrust of the establishment and a passionate defense of all those treated unfairly by circumstance.

New York: The Odyssey Press, n.d. [c. 1935]. Hardcover. Tenth printing. Good. Discarded school textbook. Spine cracked. Notes and underlining in pencil. lvi + 422 pages.

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing, 1942. Hardcover. 1945 reprint. Reddish-brown cloth on boards. Good book / no jacket. Prior owner's name and bookplate on inside cover, otherwise interior is clean. Pages tanned. Shelf wear to cover. Spine cracked. 8vo. 565 pages.

Coventry, UK: Dangaroo Press, 2001. Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Unread. Undamaged. 53 pages.

New York: Illustrated Editions, [c. 1938]. Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Black textured leather over boards with red, green and gilt title and illustrations to front and spine. Very thick paper. Nine magnificent mounted color lithographs. Top edge died deep red. Deckled fore-edge. Near Fine book in a Fair slipcase. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Title and illustrations to cover and spine have faded, otherwise book is in Fine condition. Illustrated slipcase is delaminating and has heavy wear with separation at corners. No markings. 119 pages. 27 cm.

Mundelstrup, Denmark: Dangaroo Press, 1984. Trade Paperback. Second Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 72 pages. Winner of the 1984 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Songs of frustration and defiance from African slaves and indentured Indian laborers are expressed in a lyrical Guyanese Creole in these provocative poems. An insightful critical apparatus of English translations surrounds these lyrics, shedding light on their meaning, while at the same time cleverly commenting on the impossibility of translating Creole and parodying critical attempts to explain and contextualize Caribbean poetry.

New York: Julian Messner. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, March 1948. Inscribed and signed by author on FFEP. Very Good book / No jacket. Text block pristine. Spine tight, with a slight tilt, ends bumped and frayed. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. 72 pages. B&W illustrations by Abbi Damerow. Contents: Good Times; Telephone Topics; What Price Glamour; Party Palpitations; Career Girl; Date Data; Time of Your Life; Men In and Out of Your Life; Oh Promise Me! Cultivate your sense of humor, and recognize your own quirks, sub-deb, and you'll get a kick out of this.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. 8vo (9 x 6 x 15 inches). Three-quarter bound in black morocco-grain cloth with marbled-paper sides. Spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. First vol. has frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Armoral bookplate of Howell Wharton Bickley (1842-80) to each front pastedown. "MButler" penciled on top of three bookplates. A handsome set, particularly when shelved. All volumes unmarked, tightly bound, square and clean. No evident repairs. Interiors are in exceptional condition for books nearly 150 years old, with only slight tanning. Exteriors show a good deal of reading and shelf wear and general abrasion. Rubbing and chipping at hinges and spine ends. A 1.5 inch gouge mars the spine of Vol. 5. Dents to top and bottom edges of the rear covers of Vols. 5 and 7. Part of the marbled is missing from the rear cover of Vol. 7 and front cover of… Read More