Poetry / Essays from SRG Antiquarian Books

The Mother Goose Primer by Belle Wiley, with Illustrations by Anne Merriman Peck. New York: Charles E Merrill Co., 1910. First Edition. Condition: NOT a library book. Almost fine condition: Complete, without marks, pencil, crayon, tears, crimps, or stamps within. Only slight wear to covers. Colored Peck illustrations make this a particularly desireable copy, especially for younger children. Please review photos… Read more about this item

Farm Ballads, by Will Carleton, Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square. Contents: 19 Farm Ballads, 14 other poems, 31 black and white illustrations. Condition: NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! Very good condition, with bright gilt on both cover and spine. Firm, tight binding, fresh… Read more about this item

The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and Arranged with Notes. By Francis T Palgrave, Late Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford Revised and Enlarged. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited. 1903. Condition: NOT a library book. Clean interior, firm binding. Original spine piece applied to professionally re-backed covers. Faded spine.… Read more about this item

The Shipwreck by William Falconer; Also, Poems; by Thomas Parnell, D.D. New York: Published by R. & W. A. Barrow, & By W. A. Bartow & Co. Richmond, (Vir.). Gray & Bunce, Printers. Great Antique Gift Book ! 1821, First Edition, 216 pp, 3-1/2" x 5-3/4". Condition: Modern leather cover with gilt spine labels as pictured. Original tissue covers the… Read more about this item

The Luck of Roaring Camp, Bret Harte, 1871 hard cover original. This original is a real beauty, awaiting your purchase for your Bret Harte collection or for a gift to a Harte enthusiast. At this price and in this condition, don't wait! This edition contains the story, "Brown of Calveras". The table of contents has been photographed for full contents… Read more about this item

1811 - The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside, M.D. with The Virtuoso, A Fragment Never Before Published and The Life of the Author. Printed by J. Seeley, Buckingham; for Suttaby, Evance, and Co. Crosby and Co. and Scatchard and Letterman, London, 1811.****A second engraved title page precedes the 1811 one and has a date of 1814...see photos please.** "Dr Akenside was… Read more about this item