Poetry from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
New Arrivals
Why The Dwarf Had To Be Shot
by Sasha Skenderija
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 2008
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- 9780938872399
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SGD 67.17
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2008 softcover as pictured. A collection of poetry by renowned Bosnian poet Sasha Skenderija. A great title. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Boards show only light shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OF3 Item Price
SGD 67.17
Songs Of A Sourdough
by Robert W Service
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- Fourteenth Edition
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- 1908
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 35.64
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1908 hardcover as pictured. A handsome book that has seen some use but remains very readable. This is a collection of poetry centered on the men of the Yukon goldrush by Robert Service, a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping and paste on illustration are lightly… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 35.64
The Divan-I-Hafiz
by Hafiz
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- Used - Good
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- 2007
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- 9780936347806
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 91.85
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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.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 91.85
The Green Sea of Heaven
by Elizabeth T Gray
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- Used - Very Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 1995
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- 9781883991067
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 58.95
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 58.95
Kabir - Ecstatic Poems
by Robert Bly
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2004
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- 9780807063842
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 27.42
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.42
Rending The Veil
by Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī) with Shahram Shiva (Translator)
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1995
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- 9780934252461
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 32.90
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1995 hardcover as pictured. A collection of 252 quatrains from Rumi rendered in Persian calligraphy with literal English translations and poetic interpretations. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards show only light edge wear. FEP with a small amount of pencil notations. Rear endpapers and bibliography are extensively annotated. Text itself appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.90
The Drunken Universe
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 1999
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- 9780930872656
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 39.76
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.76
The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by John Greenleaf Whittier
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
- Published
- 1884
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 75.40
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.40
A Touch of Tennessee
by Lois Walker Johnson
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
- Published
- 1981
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 30.16
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1981 softcover as pictured. A collection of poems by Lois Walker Johnson. This copy is signed by the author on the half title page. Stapled binding is firm. Covers show minimal shelf wear. Writing on front endpaper. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR Item Price
SGD 30.16
Voices of the NIght
by H. W. Longfellow
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
- Published
- 1899
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 47.98
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1899 hardcover as pictured. This is a handsome small volume that, despite its wear, feels comfortable in the hand and remains very readable. Binding is intact. Full brown leather padded boards with gold stamping are faded over spine and edges with a chip at top of spine. Decorative endpapers. Pencil notation on FFEP. Rear endpapers lightly mottled. Gilt edge of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 47.98
Kentucky is my Land
by Jesse Stuart
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1952
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 34.27
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.27
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
by LeRoi Jones
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
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- 1961
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 42.50
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1961 softcover as pictured. This is the first poetry collection from black poet, LeRoi Jones, aka Amiri Baraka. Stapled binding is intact. Covers are mottled and rubbed with some pencil markings. Previous owner's note inside front cover. Several pages of text have notations. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB2 Item Price
SGD 42.50
The Singing Heart
by Clinton Scollard
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- 1934
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SGD 46.61
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1934 hardcover as pictured. A memoir and collection of poems by Clinton Scollard edited by his wife Jesse Rittenhouse. Scollard (1860–1932) was an American poet and writer of fiction. He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is intact. Blue cloth boards show edge wear with fraying at head and tail of spine and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 46.61
The Skalds
by Lee M. Hollander
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- 1968
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SGD 57.58
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1968 softcover as pictured. A collection of old Norse and Icelandic poetry translated by Lee Hollander. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Text appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR Item Price
SGD 57.58
The Works of Anne Bradstreet
by Jeannine Hensley (Editor)
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- 1967
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SGD 24.68
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1967 hardcover as pictured. A collection of poetry by the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. Bradstreet was the first Puritan figure in American Literature. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Gray cloth boards with gold stamping are lightly rubbed with some edge wear. Foreward… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.68
The Undersea Farmer
by Barbara Howe
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 1948
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 64.43
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1948 hardcover as pictured. A nice copy of Golden Rose winner Barbara Howe's earliest poetry collection, printed by Banyan Press in a limited edition. This is number 95/250. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards show minimal wear. Paste on label at spine is rubbed. End papers are foxed. Previous Owner's name in pencil on FFEP. Rough cut text block. Text… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 64.43
Poetical Works of Robert Browning
by Robert Browning
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
- Published
- 1900
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 175.48
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1900 hardcover as pictured. A beautifully made book in good condition. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with beveled edges, embossed and stamped in black and gold, show slight fraying at head and tail of spine and at gently bumped corners. Gilt edge of text block. Half inch tear mid front hinge. Pencil markings on FFEP. Text is age tanned… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 175.48
Pythian Odes
by Pindar
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- Used - Good
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- 128/1050 Limited Edition
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- 1928
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SGD 37.01
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1928 hardcover as pictured. A beautiful small volume, numbered copy 128/1050, by Nonesuch Press/Random House. Twelve Pythian odes by the cannonical Greek poet in English translation with commentary. Binding is firm. White buckram boards with gold stamping on spine are lightly soiled but show little wear. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers tanned. Rough cut text block with gilt top edge.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 37.01
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The Poetical Works of John Milton
by John Milton (Edited by Rev. H. C. Beeching, M.A.)
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- Oxford Complete Edition
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- 1904
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Cazenovia, New York, USA
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SGD 102.82
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Oxford Complete Edition published by Henry Frowde in 1904. Leather cover as shown with this listing is rubbed and lightly scuffed, spine has five raised bands with gilt decorations and gilt title. Marbled endpapers with gilt decorative edges, previous owner signature on first free endpaper. Full gilt edges, head & tail bands, printed on fine Indian paper (note, a few… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.82
The Young Cowherd and Other Poems
by Monica Lai and T. C. Lai (Editors)
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1978
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SGD 43.87
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1978 hardcover as pictured. A beautiful anthology of classic Chinese natured themed poetry from the earliest times to ca 1900 interspersed with b&w illustrations of similar vintage. Binding is intact. Red boards with gold stamping are clean and show minimal edge wear. Edge of text block is lightly mottled. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly soiled… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 43.87
