Poetry from Novel Ideas Books
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For Thee Alone : Poems of Love
by Hartshorne, Grace
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1899
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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$20.00
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Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers soiled; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 294 pages .
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date (3 VOLUMES)
by Percy, Thomas (editor)
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1823
- Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition; First Printing
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Philadelphia PA: James E. Moore. Good+. 1823. First American Edition; First Printing. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st American edition taken from the 5th British edition. Brown leather over marbled paper covered boards. Spine titles in gilt are faded to nearly illegible. Vol 1 is missing about 1/2" square at spine top while Vol 2 is… Read more
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$150.00

Collected Poems of John Masefield
by Masefield, John
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1938
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- New and Enlarged
- Item Price
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$40.00
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London: William Heinemann. Near Fine. 1938. New and Enlarged. Three-Quarter Leather. In special binding -- 3/4 leather over blue cloth. Spine has heavy gilt decoration with red title label. Front cover has a gilt seal of the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Bookplate on endpaper note a presentation from the Commissioners to an individual for… Read more
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Maine Lives : 101 Contemporary Poems About Maine
by Aldridge, Richard (compiled by)
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$8.00
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Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket has edgewear and corner of front jacket flap is clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages .
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Alone in the Wintry Twilight
by Brombacher, Charlotte
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- N.D.
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$20.00
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Wirths Brothers. Good. N.D.. Card Covers. Ribbon tied binding. Owner gift note. Light soiling to covers. A short poem with margin illustrations -- a small gift booklet. ; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 5 pages .
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John Brown's Body : A Poem
by Benet, Stephen Vincent
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
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$12.00
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New York: Heritage Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Some fading / darkening to the spine. No slipcase. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 454 pages .
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The Poems of Robert Browning
by Lewis, C. Day (Ed)
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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$14.00
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New York: Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. In slipcase.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 299 pages .
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The Ring and the Book
by Browning, Robert
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1949
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Item Price
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$16.00
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New York: Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. In lightly worn slipcase.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 690 pages .
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Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey / translation by J.U. Nicholson / illustration by Rockwell Kent
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1934
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$90.00
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Garden City Books. Very Good. 1934. Three-Quarter Leather. Very nice green leather over green cloth. Gilt decoration, titles, and top page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 627 pages .
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$90.00

Never the Nightingale
by Hicky, Daniel Whitehead
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Atlanta GA: Tupper and Love, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Athos Menaboni illustration. Inscribed " For the Walt Johns, this small addition to their library. Very sincerely, Daniel Hicky." Also laid in are two type-written poems signed with brief inscription to Walt and Mary Lou (Johns). … Read more
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A Ballad-Maker's Pack
by Gutterman, Arthur
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1921
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$40.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge paper split. Light rubbing / wear to spine -- spine lettering faded / dulled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages .
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While One Bird Sings
by Hitchcock, Velma
- Seller
- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Item Price
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$60.00
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Brooklyn NY: Lantern Publication. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Copy no. 31 of 200. Lantern Poet Series Number Ten. Owner bookplate. Some light browning to front endpapers probably from newspaper clipping being left there. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .
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Poems
by Gould, Gerald
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1918
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Boston: Four Seas Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. Owner name. Just a trace of wear at spine corners. NOT a 1st edition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 86 pages .
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The Vision of Sir Launfal
by Lowell, James Russell
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1930
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Item Price
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$8.00
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Strawberry Hill Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. K . Spine darkened. Owner gift note. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 26 pages .
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The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley (10 volumes)
by Riley, James Whitcomb
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1897
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Item Price
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$200.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1897. Three-Quarter Leather. Volumes 1 through 10. Homestead edition in 3/4 vellum. Copy #56 of 204 issued on Japan paper. All of the spines have a bit of soiling or darkening with volume 9 having a small darker stain on the lower area. … Read more
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$200.00

Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces
by Hay, John
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1875
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Item Price
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$8.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1875. Hardcover. Lower corners of covers are discolored / stained. Contents very good. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pages .
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Lycidas and Other Odes
by Milton, John
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- N.D.
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Boston: Alfred Bartlett. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Illustrated by R. Anning Bell. Spine worn with some loss at top and two small holes in cloth. Covers have light general soiling. Circa 1903. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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Poems Volume 2 only
by Cowper, William
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1803
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Philadelphia PA: Robert Johnson. Good. 1803. Full-Leather. This is volume 2 of a 2 volume set. The leather covers are in good condition with 1/4" loss at spine top and a 2" split on the lower front hinge. Other minor rubbing / wear. Owner name. Contents are very good minus with some foxing… Read more
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Pippa Passes
by Browning, Robert (Margaret Armstrong illustration)
- Seller
- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1900
- Condition
- Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item Price
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$40.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Light wear at spine ends and corners. Very pretty binding with gilt cover design having pink and white accents. Brief gift note. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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Behind The Lines
by Fisher, George A.
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- Novel Ideas Books
- Published
- 1944
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item Price
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$15.00
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The Deseret News Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by George Fisher (mayor, chief of police and fire department in Keetley, Utah which is now a ghost town submerged in the Jordanelle Reservoir). ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 54 pages; Signed by Author .
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