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Fantasy Press, Oxford, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, second issue (incorporating a single minor textual correction to the poem 'Tamer and Hawk' a 't' added to the end of 'though' in the first line). Slim 8vo. 44pp. Yellow cloth lettered and ruled in red at the upper board. Cloth a little marked and handled. Endpapers really quite browned, yet otherwise extremely fresh internally. Twenty-five poems, the author's first substantial book (and the first hardcover publication issued by the Fantasy Press). The first and second states comprised only 305 copies in total and can be differentiated only by the textual correction (the publisher Oscar Mellor believed the two states could be identified by the slightly different shade of yellow cloth they were bound in, but Gunn's bibliographer Jack Hagstrom has suggested that this is probably not the case). No dust wrapper, as issued..
Heart's Needle. Poems by W.D.SNODGRASS - 1960
by W.D.SNODGRASS
Heart's Needle. Poems
by W.D.SNODGRASS
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The Marvell Press, Yorkshire, 1960. First UK Edition (first printing) of the author's first book (issued a year after the US edition). Slim 8vo. 75pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. One pencilled note to margin. A virtually fine copy in very good dust wrapper, just a little tanned at the spine panel.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
- Bookseller Clearwater Books (GB)
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- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Edition 1st Edition
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- Publisher The Marvell Press, Yorkshire
- Date Published 1960
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Fighting Terms. Poems.
by THOM GUNN.
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The White Threshold. Poems
by W.S.GRAHAM.
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London, United Kingdom
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Faber, London, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's uncommon fourth collection of verse. Slim 8vo. 70pp. Orange cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge very lightly dust marked and with a small area of spotting to the front pastedown and endpaper. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little darkened to several edges and with a touch of spotting to the rear panel and a centimetre or so of loss to the head of the spine panel and one or two other tiny fractions of loss to extremities. Publisher's compliments slip laid-in stating "With Compliments of the author" (the first two words printed, the final three typed). Thirty-one poems. 1,200 copies were printed..
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Careless Love and Its Apostrophes. Poems. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by WILLIAM BRONK.
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London, United Kingdom
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Red Ozier Press, New York, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 175 numbered copies, this being one of just forty casebound copies (#22), signed by the author in pencil at the base of the colophon. 8vo. Unpaginated. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper with hand-lettering by Anita Karl and bound into decorated paper-covered cloth designed by Claire Maziarczyk and with a paper spine label. A fine copy of a most handsome production. No dust wrapper called for, but housed in the original unprinted acetate protector. Thirty-one poems. Uncommon..
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No Continuing City. Poems 1963-1968.
by MICHAEL LONGLEY
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Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's first regularly published collection (which was preceded by two pamphlets). Slim 8vo. 56pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver at the spine. Some fairly light spotting to the endpapers and to several concluding leaves, and also to occasional text leaves. A very crisp copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, a little rubbed, marked and chafed, and exhibiting some light internal spotting. A brief dedicatory verse precedes thirty-seven poems. Uncommon, especially in this casebound format (a UK edition was published alongside this Irish issue, but that one was only issued in wrappers)..
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1933 and Still Going Wrong! With drawings by Nicholas Bentley. (THE DEDICATION COPY)
by J.B.MORTON (i.e. 'Beachcomber').
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London, United Kingdom
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Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - the dedication copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my darling Mary with all my heart from John". 4to. 84pp. Blue cloth lettered in red at the spine. Some light fox-spotting to half a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves and evidence of a little damp soiling to the rear board. A bright if slightly dusty copy in tanned and spotted dust wrapper, chipped at the spine ends with a little loss and with some minor corresponding signs of damp to the rear panel. A selection of twenty-two satirical poems ('Straight-Bat Barrington', 'The Debasing Influence of a Good Child', 'Gratuitous Advice to a Lady Who is Kind to Cats', etc.), with a printed dedication 'To My Wife'. Morton met and married Mary O'Leary, an Irish doctor, in 1927. They lived happily together until Mary's death in 1974, a fact Morton never fully…
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Fighting Terms. Poems.
by THOM GUNN.
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London, United Kingdom
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Fantasy Press, Oxford, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, second issue (incorporating a single minor textual correction to the poem 'Tamer and Hawk' a 't' added to the end of 'though' in the first line). Slim 8vo. 44pp. Yellow cloth lettered and ruled in red at the upper board. Cloth a little marked and handled. Endpapers really quite browned, yet otherwise extremely fresh internally. Twenty-five poems, the author's first substantial book (and the first hardcover publication issued by the Fantasy Press). The first and second states comprised only 305 copies in total and can be differentiated only by the textual correction (the publisher Oscar Mellor believed the two states could be identified by the slightly different shade of yellow cloth they were bound in, but Gunn's bibliographer Jack Hagstrom has suggested that this is probably not the case). No dust wrapper, as issued..
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Country Sentiment. Poems.
by ROBERT GRAVES.
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- Fair
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London, United Kingdom
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Martin Secker, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 81pp. 'Cobble-stone' decorated paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. A strip of light partial browned in the free endpapers and some spotting throughout. A tiny dealer plate to the front pastedown. A nice bright copy in the uncommon dust wrapper, slightly dust marked and tanned, and chipped at the spine panel ends with a little loss. Graves' fifth book, forty-six poems, dedicated to his wife Nancy Nicholson. 1,000 copies were printed. Higginson A5.
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The White Threshold. Poems
by W.S.GRAHAM.
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London, United Kingdom
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Faber, London, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's uncommon fourth collection of verse. Slim 8vo. 70pp. Orange cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge very lightly dust marked and with a small area of spotting to the front pastedown and endpaper. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little darkened to several edges and with a touch of spotting to the rear panel and a centimetre or so of loss to the head of the spine panel and one or two other tiny fractions of loss to extremities. Publisher's compliments slip laid-in stating "With Compliments of the author" (the first two words printed, the final three typed). Thirty-one poems. 1,200 copies were printed..
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Careless Love and Its Apostrophes. Poems. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by WILLIAM BRONK.
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London, United Kingdom
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Red Ozier Press, New York, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 175 numbered copies, this being one of just forty casebound copies (#22), signed by the author in pencil at the base of the colophon. 8vo. Unpaginated. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper with hand-lettering by Anita Karl and bound into decorated paper-covered cloth designed by Claire Maziarczyk and with a paper spine label. A fine copy of a most handsome production. No dust wrapper called for, but housed in the original unprinted acetate protector. Thirty-one poems. Uncommon..
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1933 and Still Going Wrong! With drawings by Nicholas Bentley. (THE DEDICATION COPY)
by J.B.MORTON (i.e. 'Beachcomber').
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London, United Kingdom
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Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - the dedication copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my darling Mary with all my heart from John". 4to. 84pp. Blue cloth lettered in red at the spine. Some light fox-spotting to half a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves and evidence of a little damp soiling to the rear board. A bright if slightly dusty copy in tanned and spotted dust wrapper, chipped at the spine ends with a little loss and with some minor corresponding signs of damp to the rear panel. A selection of twenty-two satirical poems ('Straight-Bat Barrington', 'The Debasing Influence of a Good Child', 'Gratuitous Advice to a Lady Who is Kind to Cats', etc.), with a printed dedication 'To My Wife'. Morton met and married Mary O'Leary, an Irish doctor, in 1927. They lived happily together until Mary's death in 1974, a fact Morton never fully…
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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- 1906
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- New
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780802160478 / 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- Near Fine
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781460257432 / 146025743X
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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- 9780913028452 / 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789810728496 / 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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- 9780682486231 / 068248623X
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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