>>Poetry from Bluebird Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. 0517478552 . A collection of poems by famous worldwide poets, excluding those originally written in English. The verses have been rendered into English by a number of different translators, who are indexed at rear of book along with the poems' authors and titles.… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0517478552 . A revised and expanded collection of the writings of the ultra-witty Dorothy Parker (1893-1967). Includes two volumes of short stories, three of poetry, plus play reviews, uncollected articles, later stories and book reviews. With an introduction by Brendan Gill and an… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 1990. Hardcover. A compact, deluxe Folio Society edition presenting the love poetry of the English poet and cleric John Donne (1572-1631). Per the introduction by Kingsley Hart, Donne's ". . .love poetry is considered by many to be the finest in the language." Includes an index of first lines at rear… Read more about this item

New York: Chatham River Press / Arlington House, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hard Cover. 0517415143 . A selection of poems by the eminent American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) in a handsome reprint edition. Includes an introduction by George Gesner and several prefaces by different authors, including one by literary critic and close Dickinson… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. The famous grouping of love poems known as the Rubaiyat, were ". . .attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed the Astronomer-Poet of Persia" (per Wikipedia). With six color plates bearing the illustrations of Edmund Dulac; translated into English by Edward… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 1978. Hardcover. Stated third impression, 1978. The Canterbury Tales are a collection of 14th century poetic stories set against the backdrop of a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Originally written in Middle English, they have been rendered into modern English verse in this complete Folio Society edition by Nevill Coghill, who has… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Very Good+. 1983. Hardcover. A handsome, illustrated Folio Society edition of the classic Medieval Romance, which is believed to have been written in the fourteenth century. This ancient poem has been translated by Keith Harrison, with his introduction. Includes handsome lithograph illustrations by Virgil Burnett. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1935-52]. First Edition. Hardcover. An incorrectly dated Everyman's Library edition, possibly published c.1935-52, though 1927 date appears in book. England's Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was a clergyman and author, who began writing… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. A 1958 reprint of the 1955 revised Everyman's Library edition. A selection of the plays and poems of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). Includes his famous "Tamburlaine" and "The Tragical History… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1945-63]. Hardcover. 0394607627 . A Modern Library Giant edition offering a wide variety of writings by Alexander Pushkin, the noted 19th Century Russian novelist, poet and playwright. The author is described on the jacket flap as the ". . .Shakespeare of the Slavs and,… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1961]. Hardcover. Stories, sketches, essays and verses from the celebrated writer who made his way from his birthplace in Kansas to New York City and became known as "Mr. Broadway." Selected, and with an introduction, by Clark Kinnaird. Volume wrapped in jacket… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1956]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the epic poem of ancient Greece, rendered into English prose by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang. With an introduction by Gilbert Highet. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1969-70]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition containing a collection of the ultra-witty American writer's poetry. Includes all the poems from her earlier collections: "Enough Rope," "Sunset Gun" and "Death and Taxes" plus additional verses. With index of first lines at rear of… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. A Modern Library hardcover edition in jacket, presenting a selection of the principal works of the early 19th century English romantic poet. Arranged by Narrative Poems and Lyrical Dramas, Lyrical and Reflective Poems, and Prefaces and Essays. Selected, edited and with… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. From the dust jacket: "A Collection of Greek Poetry from the Earliest Times to the Fifth Century, A.D." Includes selections from Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," as well as selections by Xenophanes, Sappho, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides, Thucydides, Apollonius of Rhodes, Aesop and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. Leather. A deluxe, full leather edition presenting a comprehensive collection of the principal poems and dramatic works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). With tissue-guarded frontis sepia-toned portrait of Tennyson and an engraved title page illustration of Farringford, Tennyson's home on the Isle of Wight. Edited,… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. A 1955 revision of the 1907 issuance. Volume two only (of three) presenting the poetry of the great English romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Edited by Philip Wayne. Entry 311 in… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. A 1959 reprint of the 1953 revision. Everyman's Library presents the works of four 17th Century English poets: Sir John Suckling (78 poems), Richard Lovelace (103 poems and 42… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. A 1963 reprint of the 1956 revised Everyman's Library edition. A collection of poems and other writings of Alexander Pope, the 18th century essayist and poet. Edited and with… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. A 1961 reprint of a work which first appeared in an Everyman's Library edition in 1941. A collection of the writings of Ireland's John Millington Synge (1871-1909). Per Donald… Read more about this item