Search Results: Poetry from The Novel Shoppe

Penguin Classics. Very Good. 1973. Paperback. 0140442685 . A translation of the first epic poem in the English language. Cover scuffs, pages yellowing. ; Mass Market PB; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 175 pages; 14899 .

Health Communications. Near Fine. 1988. Softcover. 0932194702 . Children of alcoholics live in an ongoing contradiction of realities. The only concistency is inconsistency in the alcoholic family. These poems address that inconsistency. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 83 pages; 32017 .

Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 17313 .

MacMillan. Very Good in Poor Dust Jacket. 1969. Hardcover. That the Iliad and the Odyssey are not the beginning but the consummation of an artistic process of which the earlier stages are no longer discernible. But, while this would explain the fact, it does not explain the miracle. The miracle is the quality of poetry, and miracles cannot be explained. They may, however, be described and their effects observed. DJ edgeworn, stained, chipped and torn. Reprint of 1962 edition. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 595 pages; 32934 .

NY: Dodd, Mead. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green DJ torn, rubbed, chipped. Previous owner's name. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 742 pages; 15329 .

Self-Published. Poor with no Dust Jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Stains, tears. Sewing coming loose. This appears to have been a blank paper board with leather binding journal which someone pasted poems, newspaper articles, letters in between pages of writing that appear to be like a diary for different people (handwriting inconsistent). The earliest date I could find was 1859, latest date was 1889. Images available and may be the only way to describe this unusual book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 27565 .

VSP Books. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 189362210X . Mattie J. T. Stepanek takes us on a Journey Through Heartsongs with more of his moving poems. These poems share the rare wisdom that Mattie has acquired through his struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and the death of his three siblings from the same disease. His life view is one of love and generosity and as a poet and a peacemaker, his desire is to bring his message of peace to as many people as possible. Long sentimental gift note on flypage; DJ clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 74 pages; 30503 .

Australia: Hinkler Books. Very Good. 2003. 1st Edition. Softcover. Warning: explicit content; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 444 pages; 26141 .

Self-Published. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Opposite the title page is the poem: "I live in a world of fancies, In a land of make-believe; My brain is the Loom of the Fairies, And the thread of my thought they weave". ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 71 pages; 31282 .

Hamman Pub. Co. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0912316012 . Signed by illustrator, Lucas Johnson who made twenty-two b/w plates to go with the poetry of C. W. Truesdale. I read most of the poems and couldn't find one about knives. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 101 pages; 33258; Signed by Illustrator .

Loughborough, England: Ladybird Books. Very Good+ with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book 3 in these Ladybird rhyming books. One of the rhymes: "Monday alone, Tuesday together, Wednesday we walk When it's fine weather. Thursday we kiss, Friday we cry,..etc" The rear board is crinkled, corners lightly bumped, interior like new with no flaws. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 50 pages; 31911 .

Berkeley, CA: Lederer Street & Zeus. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1924. Hardcover. Brown boards worn on front board, gilt titling still brilliant. Laid in is an old article about Horace's influence. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 114 pages; 31314 .

Self Published. Near Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author, ending with "aloha". Several of the poems are of Hawaiian subjects. Boards are burnt orange, darkened a little to brown. Gilt titling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pages; 30559; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Dorrance Publishing. Very Good in Very Good- Dust Jacket. 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED as follows: "To my good friend. . . From R. Castillo Vaughan". Some staining to page edges, edgewear to book, jacket chipped and in mylar Book Jacket Cover. ; Contemporary Poets of Dorrance Series Series; Small 8vo - 7½" to 8" tall; 113 pages; 13434; Signed by Author .

NY: Morrow Junior Books. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0688108776 . Favorite night poems from such authors as Robert Louis Stevenson, Nikki Giovanni, and William Blake, along with many traditional works, are accompanied by lullabies and simple melodies for guitar or piano. Oversize book, DJ lightly edgeworn. ; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 80 pages; 19569 .

Pagosa Springs, CO: Weminuche Printing. Very Good. 1993. 1st Edition. Softcover. "Beyond the asphalt, the old west still lives. " Covers lightly rubbed; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages; 21855 .

Boston: Chapman & Grimes. Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. 1936. Probable 1st. Hardcover. Dampstain lower half of DJ, affecting only the first and last couple of endpapers and bottom of DJ, in new mylar. Previous owner's book plate. Back of DJ is ad for a book of western verse titled Sun & Saddle Leather by Badger Clark; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 64 pages; 20984 .

Barnes & Noble. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0880295139 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 836 pages; 13966 .

Westvaco Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Published Christmas 1980, in its own slipcase. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 308 pages; 31718 .