Poesia

A Dream of Springtime. Poems 1970-78

Ostriker, Alicia · 1979 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, The Smith, Publisher, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. Stated first edition. Green illustrated wraps. 61 pp. A collection of poetry reflecting on various topics, including nature, relationships, urban settings, etc. Alicia Ostriker is an American poet and winner many awar...

Faust in Spring. Poems

Marco, Angela · 1926 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, Harold Vinal, Publisher, 1926. Hard Cover. Floral patterned paper over boards with a green cloth spine. one of 500 copies designed by Robert S. Josephy and printed at the shop of Douglas C. McMurtrie. 59 pp. A collection of poems musing on Greek mythology, death and ...

With the "Pousse Café," Being a Collection of Post Prandial Verses

Helmuth, William Tod · 1892 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,623)

Philadelphia, Boericke and Tafel, 1892. Cloth. Gray cloth illustrated in silver foil, with a cream cloth spine. 141 pp. A collection of poetry covering a range of topic relating to the practice of medicine, being a doctor, surgeon and surgery. William Tod Helmuth was a 19th ce...

Connecticut River Reeds Blown by the Peasant Bard. Poetry of Farm and Rural Life

Canning, Josiah Dean · 1892 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Boston, Joseph George Cupples, Publisher, 1892. Cloth. Red cloth. 136 pp. plus ads in the rear. With a few photos, all present as called for. A collection of poetry by Josiah Dean Canning, reflecting on life in the Connecticut River region of Massachusetts, including that of h...

Hymns

Johnson, Samuel · 1899 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Andover, The Andover Press, 1899. Cloth. Blue cloth. 59 pp. A collection of poems, mostly religious in theme, reflecting on nature, living a spiritual life, etc. Samuel Johnson was an American clergyman, noted for his works on Oriental religions, as well as his Transcendentali...

This. Broadside No. 1

Olson, Charles. Cernovich, Nicola · 1952 · Mare Booksellers

$486.00 (€440.94 | £367.86 | ¥77,608)

Black Mountain, NC, Black Mountain College Workshop, Publisher, 1952. Soft Cover. Single sheet, 24 by 18 inches, folded in quarters. Printed on a single side only. With original printed envelope. Bluish-green colored paper. A broadside poem by Charles Olson, accompanied by a p...

The Poetical Works of Adelaide A. Procter. Reprinted from the Latest Revised Edition. With an Introduction by Charles Dickens

Procter, Adelaide; Dickens Charles · 1800 · Mare Booksellers

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York, The Arundel Print. Cloth. no date, presumed mid to late 1800s. Green cloth with decorations and titling in gilt. All page edges gilt. 442 pages. A collection of poetry by Adelaide Procter, preceded by an introduction by Charles Dickens that provides a short account o...

Collected Poems

Gale, Norman · 1914 · Mare Booksellers

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London, Macmillan and Co, 1914. Cloth. Blue cloth. 241 pp. plus 2 pages of ads in the rear. A collection of poems from 'A Country Muse,' 'Orchard Songs,' 'Song in September,' and 'A Book of Quatrains.' Norman Gale was a English poet and author from the late 19th century to the...

Songs for a Son. Poems

Peters, Robert L. · 1967 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, New Directions, 1967. Wraps. First paperback edition, also issued in a clothbound edition. SIGNED by the author, with a brief inscription. Trade paperback. 76 pp. A collection of poems reflecting on the death of a young child, and loss in general, seeking the existen...

The Poet Anthology 1937

Crouch, Harry; Erskine, Frank; Griffiths, Mamie; Paddon, Eleanor; Thanet, Oskar et al. · 1937 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Edinburgh, Celandine Publishing Company, 1937. Cloth. Blue cloth. No jacket. 62 pp. SIGNED by one of the poets anthologized within, Eleanor Paddon, with a brief inscription. A collection of poems published previously in The Poet magazine of Scotland, including work by Harry Cr...

Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes

Cowper, William · 1814 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

New York, David Huntington, Publisher, 1814. Full Leather. Full calf leather. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. Two volumes. 268, 248 pages. With frontispiece illustrations at the front of each volume. A collection of shorter and longer poems by William Cowper, the noted 18th centu...

For Poets. Poetry 2. A Scholastic Literature Unit Series 4100

Porter, Bern; Gomringer, Eugen; Williams, William Carlos, et al (authors). Dunning, Stephen; Eaton, M. Joe; Glass, Malcolm (editors) · 1975 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

New York, Scholastic Book Services, 1975. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 166 pp. A guide aimed toward beginning poets, providing different exercises to create poetry, as well as giving an overview of different styles of poetry. This includes found poetry and concrete poetry, ...

Anselm Hollo. Black Book No. 1. Winter 1975

Hollo, Anselm · 1975 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Center Conway, NH, Weston Evans, publisher at Walker's Pond Press, 1975. Wraps. Glossy white wraps. 45 pp. A few illustrations throughout, including a frontispiece by Fielding Dawson. The first issue of this little magazine devoted to poetry, with each issue intended to presen...

The Poetical Works of Abraham Cowley. Volume Two Only (of Four Volumes). From the Text of Dr. Sprat, Etc. , with the Life of the Author

Cowley, Abraham · 1784 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Edinburgh, Printed at the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1784. Full Leather. Stated "Bell's Second Edition." Full calf leather. 5 ¼ by 3 ¼ inches. 260 pp. With an illustrated half title. Volume 2 only of this collection of poetry by Abraham Cowley, containing his 'Mistress,' va...

Driftwind. A Magazine of Verse. March, 1940. Vol. XIV, No. 9

Coates, Walter John (editor); Various Authors · 1940 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

North Montpelier, VT, Walter John Coates, Publisher, 1940. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 253-282. With a few small illustrations throughout. A single issue of this 'little' magazine devoted to poetry, featuring a section of Vermont poets. Authors include Samuel All...

Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes

Cowper, William · 1814 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, David Huntington, Publisher, 1814. Full Leather. Full calf leather. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. Two volumes bound as one. 268, 248 pages. With frontispiece illustrations and illustrated title pages at the front of each volume. A collection of shorter and longer poem...

The Return of the Blue Cat

Reeve, F.D. · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

New York, Other Press, 1991. Wraps. First printing. Wraps with French flaps. 66 pp. plus black and white photos in the rear. With a CD recording of the poetry set to music in a rear pocket. Of note is a typed letter from the author, with his signature (initial) in ink, with se...

Brothers of Morning

Steingesser, Martin · 2009 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Cumberland, ME, Deerbrook Editions, 2009. Wraps. Second edition. Wraps. SIGNED, with an inscription, by the author, both on the first endpaper and title page. 73 pp. A collection of poetry by Steingesser, a Maine based poet, with a few small, loose broadsheet style poems laid ...

Gallimaufry No. 4. Spring, 1975

Miller, Errol; Dixon, Stephen; Cabral, Olga et al. · 1975 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

San Francisco, Gallimaufry, Publisher, 1975. Wraps. Wraps, side stapled. Newsprint paper. Small folio. Black and white, slightly psychedelic illustrations throughout, by Karol Barske. 48 pp. including covers. A single issue of this 'little' magazine featuring poetry and fictio...

Centerfold

Dunetz, Lora; Nameroff, Rochelle; Sly, Samantha; Scott, David Joseph; Bodeen, Jim et al. · 1980 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

No Place, Centrum Poetry Symposium, presumed Publisher, 1980. Wraps. Blue wraps, side stapled. 66 pp. plus a centerfold illustrations. A 'little' magazine in the mimeo style, containing poetry from many different writers, several reflecting on themes of travel and living in th...