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ca. 1948. 13.5 x 23.8 cm. These are the timeless adventures of Abdul Buhl the terrible, and Morbhid Dhung, his man, told in verse. Charmingly illustrated by Polly Hill, Adul and Morbhid cross a desert, go out to sea, meet some Amazons, including Sweet Ahlmad Buhl, from Abdul's clan. They encounter Whirling Dervishes, Attila's Huns, sail back over the sea to Araby the Fair. [Author believed to be the same L.F. Deacon b. 1913 who served in the RAF in World War II and taught at Tanglin in Singapore after the war, then moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and then South Africa.] Green suede leather cover, text block loose from binding, poor. . Catalogs: Poetry.

New York, NY: The Book Shop, 155 w. 23rd. St, 1908. 12 x18 cm. "And all men kill the thing theylove, by all let this be heard, some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word, the coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword."" Paper booklet, cover sunfaded. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

1889. 13 x 19 cm. Unique poetry cuts a wide swath of learning in a small, un-cut booklet. Includes reference to a rare marine plant named after a correspondent of Darwin's. This is the Word, feed of wind, the thought-gyvers preach-- Numskulls so brittle, one could brain with a fan, Who scatters the white-wheat, barn smut, chaff and bran...The purpose and moral of this jingle-crambo--Cant unhouse, unfrock, malus animal show, Wash, penny-wheep, ""cooly examine"" bewray, Megalos Anthropus, duty, courtesy pay. L'Envoi. Evolution, Creation, age-stirp, loam-clod, Protogenes Haeckel, progenitor toad? Several more stanzas. Paper booklet, uncut, lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Bruxelles: J.P. Meline, Libraire-�diteur, 1837. 10 x 15 cm. Premi�re Harmonie: Invocation. L'hymne de la Nuit. Hymne du Matin. La Lame du Temple. B�n�diction de Dieu dans la Solitude. Aux Chr�tiens dans les temps d'�preuves. Hymne de l'Enfant a son R�veil. Hymne du soir dans les Temples. Etc. Marbled boards with leather spine, covers detached. Leather of spine missing. Prize inscription dated Mai 1850 on half title page, and note inserted in book: ""This is not a Christmas present but is interesting�Published in Brussells 99 years ago.[in 1837] Given to your grandmother as a prize when she was 10 years old."" Poor. . Catalogs: Poetry.

ca. 1924. 14 x 21 cm. Memorial tribute to young Kathryn Gray McFarland Wood, b. 1903, d. 1924. Tribute by Ada L. Snell, Department of English, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Tipped in photo of beautiful young Kathryn, student at Mt. Holyoke College, who spent her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris, and met Remsen V. Wood there. Shortly after their marriage in Illinois she and her husband returned to France. Apparently, on that voyage, with heavy storms and violent seas, she developed a strange malady, and ddied at the American Hospital in Neuilly, France in January 1924. Tribute includes poetry and prose by Kathryn. Paper booklet fastened by decorative string, cover lightly soiled. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1886. 33.5 x 23.8 cm. Elegant book of illustrated poems through the year, by T. B. Aldrich, Celia Thaxter, A.A.Proctor, Bryant, Horace Smith, George Arnold, George Macdonald, Susan Hartley Swett, Whittier, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Craik, Lucy Larcom, B.F. Taylor, Susan Coolidge, John James Platt, Rose Terry Cooke, Mary E. Blake, ""H.H."". Decorated cloth on board with gilt decoration. Heavy gilt-edged pages printed on one side. Cover lightly soiled, heel and toe of spine slightly frayed, inside front hinge cracked, inscription on ffep: ""Addie from Mame Dec. 25, 1885"". Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company, Publishers, ca. 1925. 13 x 20 cm. Slim, hardcover book of poetry, poems on floral-decorated heavy pages.""Pansies for thoughts -- the thoughts come unbidden, Growing within the heart almost unseen�"" by Clifton Bingham. Also ""We are listening to the birds on yonder spray�"" by Charlotte Murray; also poems by Ellis Walton and H.M. Waithman. Cloth on board floral decorated cover, with large (4 x 5 cm) stain; heavy paper pages with elaborate floral decorations, good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Odessa, MO: American Press; Nancy M. Ryan, 1990. 13 x 21 cm. Collection of Poems: March in Yellowstone, 1989; A Social Life on the Skids; Crevices; Dreamscape; Being; August Interlude; Tiananmen Square; Red Alert; Easternmost Point; First Snow; more. Paper booklet, signed by author. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Hartford, CT: Pometime Publishers WTIC, 1941. 12 x 18 cm. Poem Time with Gene & Glenn; a collection of selected verse by Bill Ludlum. Gene & Glenn had a regular broadcast on the NBC (Red) network, sponsored by Quaker Oats. Their broadcasts of Bill Ludlum's poems brought hope and cheer to many. Poems include ""National Unity"", ""The 'Mike' Before Christmas"", ""New Joys for Old"" and ""The New Boss --1941"". Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Buffalo, NY: Phinney & Co., Publishers, 1854. 12 x 18.5 cm. Judge of Erie County wrote many poems in his early years, and this is a collection of them: Tehoseroron; The Hero of the Plague; Moral Beauty; The Hearth-Stone. Red cloth on board, blind-stamped design with gilt lettering and emblem of lyre on cover; cover lightly soiled, minor wear, owner name on ffep. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Boston, MA: E.O. Libby & Co, 1859. 9.3 x 14.2 cm. Tupper (1810-1889) was an English poet and philosopher. Brilliant little commentaries. Poem ""Waterloo"" commemorates the Iron Duke in British victory over Napoleon. ""Scene in High Life"" describes Henry Mynton, who has charged Sir Richard Hunt of cheating at cards. ""Worthlessness of Easy Converts"". Blue cloth on board with elegant blindstamped design and gilt title on spine. Gep. Author's portrait at frontispiece with tissue shield. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, ca. 1914. 11 x 18 cm. Collection of Kipling's poems, led by Recessional, a Victorian Ode, The Vampire, as suggested by the painting by Philip Burne-Jones; Danny Deever; Tommy [O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an ""Tommy go away""; But it's ""Thank you Mister Atlins,"" when the band begins to play,] Decorated paper on board, pencil marks on front free endpaper, good, dustjacket spine frayed, fair. . Catalogs: Poetry.

New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Co, 1912. 9.5 x 19.6 cm. Little booklet of poetry.""Not on the store of sprightly wine, Nor plenty of delicious meats, Though generous Nature did design To court us with perpetual treats,-- 'Tis not on those we for content depend, So much as on the shadow of a Friend."" From the Greek of Menander. Also poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burton, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, J.G. Fichte, Lord Bacon, William Law, Elizabeth Charles, Thoreau, Emerson, Max Ehrmann, many more. Paper booklet fastened with decorative ribbon, title embossed and gilded. Spine frayed bottom 4 cm. Back cover stained. Fair. . Catalogs: Poetry.