Poetry from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Near front: Contents through p. 7, in block, have been detached, reinserted and glued successfully. At back pages, "Index of First Lines". Poet Emily Dickinson, b. 1830 Amherst MA - d. 1886, was a recluse in her father's house. Then, her sister Lavinia discovered several hundred poems in manuscript seeries over the next decades: 1890, 1896, and "Bolts of Memory",… Read more about this item

Right-hand pages and covers: colorful lithography. Bold black line art on left. Orange cloth over spine. Black text seems hand designed. This poem, in my memory, was inked into so many 20th century schoolbooks, as I recall. "A tree that looks at God all day / and lifts her leafy arms to pray; and later, "Poems are made by fools… Read more about this item

Featured theme: Concerns of "deeply successful marriage" with form of episodic autobiography of Thomas Cottrell, at first against marriage, then in love with Judith Carpenter, who has opposite view. Over 1st married 15 years, settings in Rhode Island, New York, Europe. Incidents include 30 characters in 75 episodes using 20 variants of metrical characters. Day-to-day themes include madness, the war,… Read more about this item

New York.: Henry Holt and Company., 1940. First edition. Presumed 1st.. Hard cover. Fair in good dust jacket. Sturdy, tightly bound but with Cover damp-stain, not bleeding into text.. 1 Brown cloth over boards; Gold spine and front tithes. Jacket in 2 brown tones. x, 110 p. 23 cm. Selection of 33 writer, novelist, and editor Raymond Holden's… Read more about this item

Rutland VT & Tokyo, Japan.: Charles E Tuttle Publishing., 1970. 6th printing, 1st 1966.. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. A few cover small "ding" blemishes. Spine end small bumps. Clean text pages.. Serizawa, Keisuke (Cover background by).. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. Glossy graphics-illustrated paper covers w/ extended flaps folded inside. 27 poems; 56 pages;… Read more about this item

New York / London.: G P Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press., 1901. First edition. Presumed 1st.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Durable weight text paper.. Coburn, Frederick Simpson (Illustrated by).. 1 159 p. Frontispiece, "The Curé of Calumette" on protective glassine. Tan cloth over boards, embossed woodsman, long pole. Black titles.… Read more about this item

New York.: Grove Press., 1974. 18th printing.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 464 p. Neruda, Pablo. Selective bibliography. Audience: General/trade. Poet Pablo Neruda is the 1971 Nobel Prize Winner, has been called by Library Journal, "our great Latin-American Whitmanesque father". With a reputation as a revolutionary prophet, Neruda became a national hero in Chile.

New York.: Da Capo Press, 1989. 0355. Trade paperback. Very good. Front cover a bit rumpled. Clean text pages.. Homer, Winslow (Drawings by). 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 368 p. Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. In 1863, poet Walt Whitman suggested to publisher John Redpath a book about his Civil War experiences. It was never published. But… Read more about this item

New York: Graywolf Press., 1996. First edition. 1st Graywolf printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Caillebotte, Gustave ("Le garden pottage, Yerres", 1877 Cover art by).. 1 Light burgundy cloth over spine; mustard paper over boards. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. Posthumous collection, a lifetime's work by poet Jane Kenyon, who selected and arranged this work shortly before… Read more about this item

Boston.: Copley Press., 1969. 2nd printing, same year as first.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Interior near fine. Covers moderately soiled.. Halberstat, Ernst (Photographs by).. 1 60 p. 25 cm. B&W Illustrations, Maps. A pleasant pairing by two friends, their poetry and art. Set in Massachusetts and primarily in Maine.

Saint Paul MN.: Graywolf Press., 1990. 2nd printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Top page block lightly darkened. Minor spine sun fade. Else fine. Clean covers and pages.. Hopper, Edward: Color cover: (Oil on Canvas, "New York, New Haven, and Hartford", from 1931 painting by). 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 80 p. Audience: General/trade. The third collection of… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: and London.: William Blackwood and Sons., 1881. 28th Edition.. Full leather.. Very good, near fine. No dust jacket. Light foxing, front interior pages. Spine edges at folds have minor wear. Slight back cover blemishing. 1 Full leather w/ gilt decoration, page blocks. Spine bands. Front Coat of Arms, gilt w/ frame. Concave onside page block. 8p. [1]-268p.… Read more about this item

New York / Rahway NJ, printers.: Harcourt, Brace and Co. / Quinn & Boden Co., 1921. First edition. Presumed 1st edition, no print line.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Slight top front minor small discoloration. "J. Eastman Chase, Langdon-July 1922", likely New Hampshire.. 1 Light brown cloth over boards, 2 different textures. Front… Read more about this item

New York.: Random House., 1982. 2nd printing of 1st edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Prof. Jay Parini signed this volume in Newport NH on receiving the Richards Library Board's Sarah Joseph Hale Award as a New England author, in 2003. Jacket has sun fade front and back.. 1 Maroon cloth over… Read more about this item

New York.: Clarion Books., 2004. Later printing.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 48 p. B&W, red Illustrations. 23 cm. Audience: Children/juvenile. Innovative and entertaining formatting w/ art compatible w/ text subjects. In several, the text winds, bounces, goes round and round, angles, finds voice balloons, and more.

New York.: Pocket Books Inc. by arr. w/ Viking Press., 1940. 6th Pocket. "Complete and Unabridged". #6 Pocket lists at back.. Mass-market paperback. Fair.. Cover art not credited.. 1 Mass-market paperback. 118 p. 17 cm. Black stiff paper covers, blue, white, w/ yellow on brown titles. Red page blocks. Red endpapers. Classic 1920s-1930s. "The verses in this book… Read more about this item

New York.: Charles Wells., 1831. Hard cover. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Light foxing. Mild cover soiling.. 1 328 p. Tan light fabric over boards; brown leather title box, spine, w/ gold titles. Stitched binding. 8x13 cm. Memoir p. i-xiv at end. Ten "books" of verse comprising "The Course of Time", 19th century. Prall's Memoir of Pollok… Read more about this item

New York.: Bounty Books / Crown., 1968. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. With inked gift inscription inside: 1975, friend to friend. Slight jacket blemishing. Light aging discoloration to page blocks, outside and lower.. Remington, Frederic (Reproduced artwork by).. 1 Gold cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Pale yellow jacket w/ blue and brown titles,… Read more about this item

New York.: Dodge Publishing Co., 1907. Author copyright 1903.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Rubs to stamped spine titles. Fine 3-color artwork plates.. Ross, Gordon (Illustrations by).. 1 Olive green cloth over boards. Paste-on 3-color artwork: Court jester looking sad. Light green titles include facsimile author signature. Deckled right page block; gilt top block. 104 p.… Read more about this item

New York.: Vantage Press., 2006. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Fine. Signed by author. Bookplate with a calligraphic "Katy" inscribed. "November 28, 2006", half title page.. Stewart, Tanya (Illustrated by).. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 29 p. Pen&Ink Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Dedicated by New Hampshire author, "To my friends who still know the value of a good… Read more about this item