Poesia

Hugh Macdiarmid: A Festschrift

Duval, K.D. and Sydney Goodsir Smith, eds. · 1962 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Edinburgh, K.D. Duval, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and loving homage to Hugh Macdiarmid (pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve), and with contributions by the two editors, and in 221 pp., another 14 essays including by Norman MacCaig, David...

Twilight, Poems

Packard, A. Appleton · 1959 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

, Self-Published, by The Schauer Press of Santa Barbara, California, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seventy poems 48 of which have been published elsewhere. Signed affectionately by the author from Santa Barbara, February 11, 1961. Sterling condition ...

The Muse in Exile

William Watson · 1913 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Poet's Place in the Scheme of Life" has been added as an essay to augment this fine collection of poetry. Bound handsomely in green cloth, with stamped light blue lettering at front cover, wi...

I Never Told Anybody: Teaching Poetry Writing in a Nursing Home

Kenneth Koch · 1977 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Random House, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting...

Songs and Lyrics of Robert Burns

Burns, Robert; William Macdonald, selected and translated by · 1911 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

London, Philip Lee Warner, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A handsome copy indeed, bound quite sturdily in burgundy cloth, and with blind-stamped illustration and lettering to front cover and spine, protected now in plastic sleeve. Toning to front and ...

Hesitant Fire: Selected Prose of Max Jacob

Jacob, Max; Moishe Black and Maria Green, eds. · 1991 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Lincoln, University of Nebraska, 1991. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine but scarcely-available-to-the-grade contribution to the French Modernist Library series, translated and edited by Moishe Black and Maria Green. First English Edition....

Francis George Scott: An Essay on the Occasion of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday 25th January 1955

MacDiarmid, Hugh · 1955 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Edinburgh, Scotland, M. MacDonald, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, mostly just light sunning thereto, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable ...

Les Joyeusetã©S

R.P. la Cayorne · 1882 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

Paris, Chez J. Lemonnyer - Libraire, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Cute little copy penned by Rene Ponaard la Cayorne, bound in softcover, illustrated and printed, book in French, with a delightful fronstispice by Henry Somm and who designed the publisher...

Catoninetales: A Domestic Epic

Brown, Hattie (pseudonym of W.D. Linton); W.J. Linton, ed. · 1891 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1891. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the cuter feline caper-books you'll ever see, illustrated and edited by W.J. (William James) Linton, "Hattie Brown," "a young lady of colour lately deceased at the age of 14,...

Little Bird: Selected Poems and Paintings

Darais, Alex B. · 1990 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Salt Lake City, Utah, Museum of Fine Arts, Brigham Young University, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade there being currently only two additional copies available one being an ex-library copy. A superior copy inside and out...

The Use of a Wall Mirror: A Selection from Mothers and Sons (1962) and the Use of a Wall Mirror (1968)

Morrien, Adriaan; Ria Leigh-Loohuizen, translator · 1970 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

San Francisco, Twowindows Press, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Printed, illustrated red wraps, comprised of two selec...

Hoch Der Kaiser; Myself Und Gott

Rose, A. McGregor · 1900 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Abbey Press, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and bound still sturdily. Decorated endpapers. First free endpaper is present but detached, previous owner's book-plate affixed ...

Certain Weathers

Hiller, Tobey · 1987 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Berkeley, California, Oyez, 1987. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Prologue is a snippet from a poem by Emily Dickinson. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfect...

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Burns, Robert · 1815 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Baltimore, Maryland, F. Lucas, 1815. . Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Published with woodcuts, being of the author at frontis and another at p. 286; bound in at rear is a short review item, "Highland Mary's Bibles," and a poem invoking Robert Burns by John Greenlea...

Poetry/la

Friedland, Helen, ed. · 1984 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Los Angeles, California, Peggor Press, 1984. First Edition. . Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A good-looking, structurally sound copy of an issue of a then premier L.A.-based poetry magazine, edited by Helen Friedland, and featuring original works by Nan Hunt, Kenneth Lincoln, Barbara Str...

A Jongleur Strayed: Verses on Love and Other Matters Sacred and Profane

Le Gallienne, Richard · 1922 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$15.20 (€13.79 | £11.51 | ¥2,427)

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. SIGNED by the author at page of limitation, noting that this is Copy #488 of 1,500 copies ...

Amado Nervo: Mexico's Religious Poet

Wellman, Esther Turner · 1936 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York, Instituto de las Espanas, en los Estados Unidos, 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Printed wraps are a bit worn, lightly soiled, some chipping along edges, spine slightl...

Dreaming of the Chinese Army

DenBoer, James · 1999 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Grand Rapids, Blue Thunder Books, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author, warmly inscribed to the former owner, the Sacramento-based bookseller, Richard L. Press. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of cover...

Old Cronies: A Poetical Miscellany

Richardson, Leon · 1951 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Fairfax, California, Feathered Serpent Press, 1951. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. SIGNED by the author at top of first free endpaper, inscribed to his friend warmly, the poet, the "fellow worker," Harry Hart in 1952. Eight poems follow, from "Ly...

Animula Vagula

Bacon, Leonard · 1926 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Nice-looking, structurally sound copy in hardcover, with paper label over front board, a bit toned but barely abraded, a more abraded paper label over spine. Original publisher's green cloth...