Search Results: Poetry from SmarterRat Books

Contemporary Books, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1986 Contemporary Books. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has white faux leather-covered boards with red and blue spine and cover lettering and decorations. Red endpapers. Black and white illustrations. 138 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Kent State University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Kent State University Press. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has mauve cloth-covered boards with metallic green spine lettering. Black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 99 pages. Dust jacket has very light surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

D. C. Heath & Co., 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1910 reprint of D. C. Heath edition, c1897. Andrew J. George, Editor. Small (6" x 4.5"), thin cream cloth-bound hardcover has brown decorative lettering on cover and spine. Cover title has brown frame borders and a central rosette. Spine is faded. Covers lightly soiled, spotted, and stained, but not very worn. Corners and spine ends bumped with a small amount of fraying. Small smudge on front endpaper. Name and date in ink on front free endpaper. Glossy frontispiece illustration of Coleridge and title page are heavily foxed. All other pages only lightly yellowed. 2 pages have several words underlined in pencil. 10 pages have pencil checkmarks. Bottom edge of 3 slightly shorter pages are uncut. 2 pages have finger smudges. 8 pages in preface have small crease at bottom corner. 59 pages. No dust jacket. Edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew J. George, M.A., department of English, High School, Newton, Mass.

Mercure de France, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1917 Mercure de France. NOT ex-library. Text in French. Third edition. Hardcover, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in leather with gilt ruled borders over marbled paper. Brown, blue, and green marbling is in Spanish Moire over Turkish pattern. Endpapers have light blue marbling. Spine has five raised bands, with gilt ribbon and dot pattern. Panels have gilt ruled borders; gilt lettering in two panels. Remaining panels have floral devices at center and corners. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Binding tight. Front hinge has light partial crack. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed. It appears as though the leather was once green, but the spine and most edges have faded to brown. Some cracking of leather along exterior hinge lines. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Edges of endpapers have tanned where in contact with leather. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple.… Read More

The Associated Talmud Torahs, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1935 The Associated Talmud Torahs. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 469 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, light stains, and chipped and nicked edges. Jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1973 William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., London. An Armada Lions book, C736. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black & white illustrations by Quentin Blake. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 96 pages. Printed in Great Britain. Spine title: Young Verse.

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 1995 University of Pittsburgh Press. Pitt Poetry Series. Softcover. 95 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked.

Bottom Dog Press, 2008. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 2008 Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 101 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked.

Red Berry Editions, 2011. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 2011 Red Berry Editions, California. SIGNED by author on title page with first name only. Not personalized. First Edition. First printing, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT Remaindered. Softcover with folded-in flaps. Deckle fore edges. 75 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked.

New Directions, 1974. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good+. 1974 New Directions. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 190 pages. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. "Four Plays in Verse". A New Directions Paperbook, NDP384.

Poetic Page, 1991. Softcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1991 Poetic Page. Chapbook. SIGNED by author on blank page opposite the first poem, with a personal inscription, dated 11/91; also signed by the cover artist, Brooke Bernstein. First Edition. First printing, stated. Softcover with stapled binding has plain cardstock covers. 30 pages. Tan paper dustjacket has blue cover lettering and a blue and brown landscape illustration on front panel. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Front of jacket has the remains of a sticker and some light soiling. Pages clean and unmarked.

Loring & Mussey. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. No date. Circa 1935-1940. Loring & Mussey. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Small blind-stamped illustration on front cover of a shaft of wheat and a scythe. Illustrated endpapers have a castle, and a knight and a maiden on horseback. 16 full-page color plates and black & white illustrations. Deckle fore edges. Binding has a few light cracks, but still tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled, with faded edges and spine. Covers have some light scratches. Gift inscription and name in ink on front free endpaper, both dated 1940. Small bookstore sticker on rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

D. C. Heath & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1911 D. C. Heath & Co. Small cream cloth-bound hardcover has faded and soiled spine. Covers are also somewhat soiled, with a few small red stains on front cover. Corners bumped; spine ends lightly frayed. Front cover has decorative title in brown. Dent at bottom edge of front cover. Name in ink on front free endpaper. 'Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Andrew J. George, Department of English, High School, Newton, Mass.' Copyright 1897. Black & white frontispiece of Thomas Carlyle. Pages clean and unmarked. 137 pages.

Black History Museum, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1997 Black History Museum - UMUM-LOH Publishing, Philadelphia. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription, dated 2-8-99. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Black and white photographs. Color illustrations inside of covers. Main body of book is in English (pages 1-120). This is followed by a French translation of two of the essays and the memorial poem (pages 121-166). The final section is a Wolof translation of the same two essays and the memorial poem (pages 167-226). Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Covers very lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. 232 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Running Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Near Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 1989 Running Press. Miniature hardcover, 3.25 x 2.75 inches, has burgundy textured paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. 137 pages. A Running Press Miniature Edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends and a small dent on the front edge of the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is like new except for a small dent near the front edge of the spine.. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Everyman's Library, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine ; Fine Jacket. 1999 Everyman's Library. Thirteenth printing. Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series. Small hardcover, 4.25 x 6.5 inches, has forest green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering on black panels and gold title on cover. 254 pages. Woven gold index ribbon. Selected and edited by John Hollander and J. D. McClatchy. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Color illustrated dust jacket is like new. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Columbia University Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Fine. Fine. 1993 Columbia University Press. Trade paperback with fold-in flaps. Deckle fore edges. 250 pages. Binding tight. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. A Columbia Anthology. First published in 1990 under the title "The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry"

Columbia University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Columbia University Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has burgundy paper-covered boards with burgundy cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 732 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge and a scratch on the back panel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1909 Charles Scribner's Sons. Copyright 1905. Limp flexible leather binding. Top page edges are gilt. Gilt spine and cover lettering and decorations include image of a sailing ship. Decorative green and white endpapers. 317 pages. A volume in The Biographical Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Preface by Mrs. Stevenson. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Leather is worn and flaking and faded at the spine and all edges. An eighth inch of the head of the spine is lost. Leather separating along the spine edges, especially at the top. Top half of leather on back cover is separated from the cover at top and sides. Gift inscription on first page after front endpapers. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Mentor / New American Library, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1969 Mentor - New American Library. Paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Name in ink on first page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 406 pages. A Mentor Book MW1093.