Search Results: Poetry from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

Copyright 1892, published 1896. This copy from the new edition, with additional poems, copyright 1893, reprinted February, 1896. Unjacketed hardback, cloth cover as shown with this listing stamped on front board and spine, is rubbed and bumped. Residue from a label on back cover. Previous owner bookplate attached to front endpaper, dedication on half-title and small bookseller label on back endpaper. Half title and first signature lifting away from front guard, binding loose. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

1909 six volume hardcover set as pictured. This is a beautifully bound set that has seen considerable wear. Bindings are intact. 3/4 bound in marbled paper and brown pebble grain leather with head and tail bands and gilt stamping on spine. Boards and spines are rubbed and scuffed. All volumes have bumped, worn corners, significant edge wear and sections of leather missing from spine. Marbled endpapers. Rough cut text with many pages uncut. No dust jackets. Text itself appears clean and unmarked. Includes many illustrations. Price includes extra shipping cost due to weight. our purchase helps support our small village library. sOA4

1884 hardcover as pictured. A handsome edition and a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with beveled edges and black with gold stamping show some wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Brown endpapers. Gilt edge of text block. Text, in double column format, is lightly tanned. Pages 118-119 are discolored from a newspaper clipping which remains in the book. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3

This collection was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Republic of Kazakhstan and published by the Public Foundation National Bureau of Translations working in partnership with Cambridge University Press. Unjacketed hardback with pre-printed cover (as shown with this listing). 6" x 9", 608pp + 22pp front matter. Would be listed as new but for some marking on back of the cover. Copy appears unused. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

New edition, published in 1856. Three volumes in one, unjacketed hardback, cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped, scuffed and chipped. Sewn binding, some pages are loose near the center of the book. Previous owner name of front endpaper (in pencil). Edges are aged and text is foxed and mottled. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR)

1852 leather bound hardcover poetry collection as pictured. A well loved, beautifully bound volume. Binding is firm. Brown leather boards are extensively embossed with gold stamping. Boards are rubbed and show marked wear at edges, corners and hinges. Front hinge cracked at title page. Gilt edges to text block. Text is tanned and mottled. Many tissue guarded engravings. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s(O-O2)

2007 hardcover as pictured. This is a complete verbatim translation of the works of the Persian poet Hafiz with translation by Henry Wilberforce-Clarke. Considered the most popular translation of Hafiz, this edition is accompanied by extensive notes, a biography, a new introduction and a concordance. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Your purchase helps support our small public library. s (AR above T)

1926 hardcover as shown. The binding is firm though top half of rear hinge is cracked. White buckram boards with black, tan and gold stamping are soiled and show edge wear. Text block is tanned but appears unmarked. One page has a small tear along uncut fore edge. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)

1999 softcover as pictured. "You must take these poems as mirrors, a mirror has no form of itself, but rather reflects the face of anyone who looks in it." Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed, small dent at top of spine. Endpapers and text clean and unmarked. Would be as very good aside from dent. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1868 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Green buckram boards with beveled edges and gilt stamping on front and blind stamping on rear are lightly soiled and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked. Gilt edge of text block. Title page has a small tear. Text is mottled but unmarked. Several pages have rough edges. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)

Published 1936 by Henry Holt. Jacketed hardback, jacket is rubbed, bumped, stained, chipped and torn. Cloth cover, as shown with this listing is gilt stamped on front board and spine and is slightly faded. Signed by the author on the half title page. Endpapers are tanned and aged with a pencil annotation on front free endpaper. Binding is firm, colored top, head and tail bands. Rough cut fore-edge, text appears unmarked. Despite it's flaws a charming volume. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (B2)

From the publisher: "Jan Polkowski's moving poetic cycle Głosy [Voices], presented here in its entirety in the English translation of C.S. Kraszewski, is a poetic monument to the dead, their families, and all who were affected by the 'December Events,' as they are sometimes euphemistically referred to." Published by Glagoslav Publications in 2021. Cover as shown with this listing. Book appears unused. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (B3)

1995 softcover as pictured. Fifty ghazals, comparable to sonnets, in the original Persian with side by side English translation. Hafiz was a 14th century master of this poetic form. This edition also includes two essays on Hafiz by Gray and Daryush Shayegan and notes on the translations. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text are clean and unmarked aside from a pencil notation on the final page of text. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE3

1892 hardcover as pictured. A handsome edition in good condition. Binding is firm. Silver cloth boards are embossed and stamped in brown and gold. Top of spine has been bumped. Slight fraying of head and tail of spine. This book appears to have come from the library of the American poet Eugene Field. The front endpapers carry his bookplate and dated signature (see photo). Text, printed on heavy stock, is lightly tanned but clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sON4

1897 edition as pictured. This book has been rebound in 3/4 binding with tan cloth and brown leather. Spine with raised bands has no markings. Binding is firm. Boards show light edge wear. Marbled front endpaper is detaching from cover. Front and rear free endpapers have been glued to following and preceding blank pages respectively. Marbled edge of text block. Text is lightly tanned but clean and unmarked. Text contains many ballads plus about 100 b&w illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Four volume set published in 1892 by J. B. Lippincott. Unjacketed hardbacks, covers as shown with this listing are rubbed, bumped scuffed and frayed. Gild top, edges aged. Printed endpapers, text lightly tanned and appears unmarked. Ex library books with usual stamps, marks and labels (see photos). Binding intact but there is some hinge cracking. Books contain Christmas stories and poems from around the world. Authors include John Keats; Shakespeare; George Washington, John Milton and Lord Tennyson. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (O-B2)

2004 hardcover as pictured. A collection of poems by the 15th century Indian poet Kabir whose philosophy incorporated elements of Islam and Hinduism and was one of the inspirations for Sikhism. Translated/interpreted by Robert Bly. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with gold stamping show minimal wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows only light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1952 hardcover as pictured. A collection of poems by Jesse Stuart, an American writer from Kentucky, whose works were centered on Appalachia. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping show only a trace of edge wear. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is tanned and lightly soiled with a few tiny chips and tears at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OF2

From the publisher "here emerges, through the work of the poet as story-teller, not only a shared history of Kraków but, for the reader, a sense of those voices that might otherwise be forgotten, speaking again in poems of extraordinary clarity and simplicity."
Pamlet style booklet, cover as shown has French flaps. Book appears unused. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (B3)

1951 hardcover as pictured. This is a handsome small volume in very nice condition. Quarter bound in black and cream cloth with red and gold stamping on spine, head/tail bands and red marker ribbon. Indexed by author and title, also includes small portraits or photographs of many of the featured poets. Binding is firm. Boards are clean with minimal edge wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Book protected by plastic sleeve and slip case. Case is lightly soiled and age tanned with one edge partially separated. Your purchase helps support ur small village library. s OG1