Search Results: Poetry from Knickerbocker Books

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1920 NEAR FINE. Blind embossed owner name on front free endpaper, half-title and contents pages (T. Nelson, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH) - no other markings. Pages fresh and clean. Free endpapers lightly toned. Hardcover of brown paper covered boards, lettered and decorated in black on front, black spine lettering. The cover is unusually well-preserved - clean with only light edge rubbing, light bumping to corners and spine ends. It is protected by a clear plastic jacket. Slight pull to front hinge at title page, but binding is firm, all pages secure. This collection contains the first appearance in a book of 'To Edmund Thomas" by Robert Frost. 5-3/8 x 7-3/4"; 52 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Morrow Junior Books/William Morrow, 1991 1991 First Printing. NEAR FINE in FINE, unclipped, dust jacket. A fresh, clean, tightly bound copy. Small owner name penned on front pasted endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Pages fine. Hardcover of laminated printed paper over boards is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket clean and complete, price intact on front flap has slight bit of shelf rub but no tears, chips, creases, nicks dents or abrasions. Jacket is in clear archival protector. Bright red endpapers. Binding tight. A beautiful copy of Tom Paxton's retelling in verse of 10 fables, with highly imaginative color illustrations by Robert Rayevsky. A lovely collectible copy! 8-1/4 x 11-1/4"; 40 pages . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Rayevsky, Robert.

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., Publishers, 2004. 2004 First Edition, First Printing. FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact jacket. Delightful and delightfully illustrated collection of verses starring the wild creatures. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Pages fine. Cover of printed paper over boards is fresh and unworn. Unclipped jacket has very slight rubbing at corners but is otherwise fine. Binding firm, boards and spine straight, hinges tight. 8-3/4 x 10-3/4". 36 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Speirs, John. Slim 4o.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. Copyright 1995, This is a reprint (fifth printing) INSCRIBED BY COLLINS on the title page (To Dympna & Don - Cheers! Billy Collins 2001). A NEAR FINE copy - clean and fresh. No other markings. Softcover binding. Cover is clean with no tears, creases or chips. Slight rubbing to corners. Binding tight, no creasing or cracking to spine. Laid into this copy is the program from Billy Collins' presentation at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY on Feb. 13, 2003. 5-3/4 x 9". 95 pages. Signed by Author. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, Inc., 1951. 1951 Edition. NEAR FINE in GOOD (and scarce) dust jacket. A crisp, clean and firmly bound copy. The only marking is an owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper (J & J Bingham - which would be NY Congressman Jonathan Bingham.) Pages fine, bound in hardcover of dark blue cloth over boards with yellow spine panel. Spine is titled in blue. Cover is clean and near fine with only slight edge rub. Bonding and hinges firm and straight. Price-intact dust jacket is clean though edge worn with short edge tears, chipping to spine ends flap folds, scuffing along folds. This work is described as "a choral composition in poetry." Hugh Chisholm (1912-1972) was the grandson of paper mogul Hugh J. Chisholm (International Paper Co.). For Chisholm's 1932 poetry collection "White Horses" he used his full name - Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr. In 1947 he published "The Prodigal Never Returns" and seems to have abandoned the full name, simply identified as Hugh Chisholm.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1926 1926 printing of the 1904 edition. VERY GOOD. Witty verses by William Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan). Illustrated throughout with 350 of Gilbert's delightful line drawings. A clean attractive copy. Pages fine , top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed, former owner name neatly penned on front end, no other markings. Green cloth cover is very good - spine slightly darkened but else bright and crisp. Binding a bit wobbly; front hinge started but still firm, no cracks or splits, no loose pages. 5 x 7-1/2"; [xii]+ 564 pp.. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gilbert, W.S.. 12mo.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1922 1922 printing of the 1904 edition. VERY GOOD. Witty verses by William Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan). Illustrated throughout with 350 of Gilbert's delightful line drawings. A clean attractive copy. Endpapers lightly toned and former owner name, place and date penciled on front end, a few small pen check marks to contents pages. Page edges rough cut and a few leaves were carelessly cut apart with some chips and tears resulting. Pages otherwise clean and fine. Green cloth cover, gilt decoration on front and gilt spine lettering - is very good - a few light spottings but bright with minimal edgewear. Rear hinge started but is still firm, no cracks or splits to text, no loose pages. Top edge gilt. 5 x 7-3/4"; [xii]+ 564 pp.. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gilbert, W.S.. 12mo.

New York City: Self-published, 1982. 1982 Stated First Printing. FINE in GOOD+ dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Vinokur on the front free endpaper, in black ink, "To--- Dr. Daniel Maklansky --- My thanks and best wishes. Herschel Weinrauch (Grigory Vinokur) April 12, 1982." A small address label is affixed below the inscription and phone number written beneath. An otherwise unmarked copy; pages clean, crisp and tightly bound in a blue leatherette hardcover with title gilt-stamped on front and spine. The dust jacket is clean though there is a long shallow chip with creasing at bottom edge of front panel and a tear with creasing at the top edge of the front panel. "…a prose-poem about a heroic Jewish people who are fighting for their survival...also a narrative that shows a new way of life; a quiet, peaceful life; a prosperous life without fear of terrorist, gangsters, or national or international demagogues who are nothing but opportunists and demagogues." An eloquent plea for a… Read More

New York: Orchard Books, 1988. 1988 First Printing with full printing number line. FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Hardcover of pumpkin colored paper over boards and brown cloth gilt titled spine is fresh and unworn. Unclipped color illustrated jacket is lightly shelf rubbed, with bit of wear along edges - no chips, tears or creases. Publisher's reinforce binding is firm and straight. A beautifully composed books with short verses (such as the Aztec saying, "We enter by three doors. We exit by one.") beautifully complemented by full page color artwork by Goembel Ponder. A book that encourages youngsters as well as adults to use imagination and thoughtfulness. 9-3/4 x 11-3/4"; 32 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Goembel, Ponder.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1927 Near Fine in Very Good, very scarce, dust jacket. A neat, clean and securely bound copy. Newbegins, SF bookseller label on rear endpaper, no other markings. Pages near fine - pages 35-36 have short crease, caused by binder during folding. Cover of decorative cloth boards, maroon cloth spine with printed paper label, is clean, edges toned. Dust jacket, a rare survivor, has price intact. It is lightly rubbed with a few tiny chips, closed tears along edges. Jacket is in a clear protector. B&W illustrated endpapers, frontispiece and end-pieces by John Austen. 5-1/4 x 7-1/2"; xiv + 99 pages. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Austen, John.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., Inc. 1933. First American Edition. Publisher's Advance copy with slip, dated Oct. 26, 1933, tipped to front flap. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy in lovely hardcover binding of hand-made decorative paper over boards, black cloth spine with paper title label. Cover slightly toned at edges, otherwise fine. Dust jacket featuring artwork by Elizabeth Montgomery, is clean and near fine: flaps shallow clipped, clean with small pen mark on back panel, spine and edges slightly toned but no tears or chips. Binding firm, hinges tight. Poets represented include Conrad Aiken, A.E. Coppard, Walter de la Mare, Frances Frost, Frances Meynell, Edwin Muir, Carl Sandburg, Siegfried Sassoon, Dorothy Seager, Humbert Wolfe and many more. Features b&w decorations and illustrated endpapers by Elizabeth Montgomery. 5 x 7-1/2"; 128 pp An exceptional copy.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Montgomery,… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1952. 1952 First Edition (stated). INSCRIBED by Editor Phyllis Barclay-Smith. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. Inscription on front free endpaper reads, "To my dear friend / Elsie Naumburg/ with love from / Phyllis Barclay-Smith / July 1952." Naumburg was a noted American ornithologist. Book is otherwise unmarked; pages clean and near fine. Green hardcover, gilt titled on spine, is slightly rubbed and color faded at edges, otherwise fresh and fine. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Unclipped illustrated jacket is clean, lightly edgeworn with small chips and a few short closed tears. Jacket spine slightly toned. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Reproductions of more than 70 woodcuts and descriptions from Bewick's History of British Birds, each accompanied by a short verse by 20th-century poet Arthur Seymour John Tessimond. Phyllis Barclay-Smith, an avid conservationist who in 1952 became Hon. Secretary of the Advisory Committee… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 2007 First Edition, First Printing. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket, A fresh, crisp copy - clean, unmarked and tightly bound - book and jacket in new condition. This sixth published collection by the esteemed American poet contains three suites of poetry; "Birthday"; "Gravity and Center"; "Dune." 5-3/4 x 8-1/2". [xiv] + 61 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Bethesda, MD: Kitab / A Jusoor Book, 2001 2001 STATED FIRST EDITION. Published by Kitab and distributed by Syracuse University Press. Trade Paperback (not published in hardcover). NEAR FINE, totally unmarked and fresh copy. Tightly bound with no creasing to spine. A few light rub marks to lamination at upper front corner of cover; no creases, tears or chips. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2"; 174 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo.

Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, Inc., 1982 Volume X in the Unicorn Keepsake Series. Poems by Nizar Qabbani, Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab, Adunis (Ali Ahmed Sa'id); Mahmud Darwish with Bio-Bibliographic Notes. Introduction by Richard Eberhart, calligraphic titles by Kamal Boullata. VERY GOOD+. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy in tan paper wrapper printed in dark brown, green and black. Wrapper slightly edge rubbed and a light stain to front bottom margin of wrapper; small stain from old label at top corner of first leaf (blank), else fine. 5.5 x 8.5"; 60 pages. First Edition. Wrapper. Very Good+.

Lyme Center, NH: The Giligia Press, 1972 VERY GOOD paperback. Pages crisp and clean - no markings. Last 12 leaves lightly creased at bottom corner, otherwise fine. Cover, with photograph of the 20 poets, is lightly worn and edge rubbed: rear bottom corner creased; small areas of light discoloration on front, with some rubbing to title type. Binding firm - cover spine is not creased; no splits or cracks. The first title in the City Anthology Series of American Poetry. 6 x 9"; 144 pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Reed, G. (Photographer).

Washington, DC: Edge Books, 2007. 2007 soft cover. Printing ustated. FINE. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Paper cover printed in green, yellow and black has small bump to rear top corner, otherwise fine. A collection of 14 pieces (13 poems and 1 construction) by the British poet and visual artist. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 43 pages. First Edition Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine.

San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 1995 Stated First Edition, First Printing with "A" in printing line. FINE in FINE unclipped dust jacket. Verses or 'songs' familiar to children, to "adults who remember" and to Mexican-Americans. Colorful, joyous illustrations by Annika Nelson. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in unclipped dust jacket. Hardcover of cream colored paper over boards with blind-embossed sun symbol and black cloth spine. Cover is fresh and unworn. Jacket is clean and intact, no tears, chips or creases. Binding tight and straight. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4". 79 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Nelson, Annika. 8vo.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. 2000 First Edition. FINE in FINE dust jacket. The poet's first published collection, and winner of the 1999 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets. A fresh, unworn, unmarked copy in clean, bright color pictorial dust jacket . 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"; 59 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Reference Department, Library of Congress, 1966. 1966 First Edition. NEAR FINE. 6 x 9" with 16 pages securely staple bound into printed paper wrapper. Pages are crisp, clean and fine. Slight toning to front of wrapper, otherwise wrapper is fine. A fresh, unmarked copy. Wrapper. Near Fine.