Poesia

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: complete edition.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, · 1882 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1882. G. Green binding, gilt author block, heavy edge wear.

Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant.

Bryant, William Cullen, · 1884 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Appleton, 1884. G. Brick-colored binding with gilt author box with author. Slight edge wear, owner name front endpaper, owner notations back and. front endpapers.

W. B. Yeats: the Augustan Books of English Poetry (second series).

W. B. Yeats, edited by Humbert Wolfe, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, np, (1931). 3rd imp. VG PB. Awarded the Nobel Prize, deserved almost as much to the inspiration he has been to others, as for his own beautiful. achievement. Yeats is a mystic and this mysticism is an integral part of his rhythm of his actual words and of his mind. Beauty ...

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822: The Augustan Books of English Poetry.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by Ernest Thompson, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Stokes, nd. VG PB.

Elinor Wylie: the Pamphlet Poets.

Elinor Wylie, edited by Laurence Jordan, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, nd. VG PB. Here are the poems of a vigorously subtle mnd, a clear-eyed, firm imagination. There is blood and vitality in them. Nets to Catch the Wind was Wylie's first book of poems. It attracted the attendion of such critics as Amy Lowell and was so wide...

Walt Whitman: The Pamphlet Poets.

Walt Whitman, edited by Louis Untermeyer, · 1819 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

np, Simon & Schuster, nd. VG PB. Whitman was born May 31, 1819, in West Hills, Long Island. When he was a child his father left the farm and the family moved. to Brooklyn. After a fitful schooling, young Whitman became a printer's apprentice. For 20 years he earned his living ...

Poems and Ballads.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, · 1904 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Scribner, 1904. G ex-library. Ex-library, heavy edge wear, library markings.

British Poets of the 19th century.

edited with reference lists and notes, · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Benj. H. Sanborn & Co, 1917. Revised. VG. 15 chief poets of the century with a full and adequate section sufficient to represent the poet and his work. Sections are very. full and for the most part consist of complete poems including Robert Browning, Clough, Arnold, Rosset...

Holy Holy Land: a devotional anthology.

Wallis, Charles L., edited by, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Harper & Row, (1969). 1st ed. VG. Religious poetry. Beautiful copy with scenes of the Holy Land.

The Little Book of American Poets 1787-1900.

Rittenhouse, Jessie B., edited by, · 1915 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, (1915). VG in G DJ. Purple binding, silver lettering and decoration on spine. Rittenhouse was the chief founder of the Poetry Society of. America, and has lectured on modern poetry on nearly every state. She went on to become the President o...

Knots of Straw and Other Verses (signed by author).

Coughlin, Anna E., · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Portland, ME, Mosher Press, (1926). 1st Ltd 300. G. Light green binding, darker green decoration and lettering on front cover and spine. Hinges split.

Story Hour: a second look at Cinderella, Bluebears, and Company.

Hay, Sara Henderson (signed), · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

NY, Doubleday, 1963. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Inscribed by the author. Poems based on nursery tales but definitely not for children, according to the author. What would story time characters have done in real life? Photo of author on back DJ flap. Hay was the wife of well-known Rus...

N'Heures Souris Rames: the Coucy Castle Manuscript.

de Kay, Ormonde, translated & annotated by, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1980). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Rhymes in French with English translations. Salvaged from the ruins of famed Coucy Castle with a similarity to well-known. English rhymes. DJ price clipped.

Don't Forget to Fly (inscribed by author).

Janeczko, Paul B., · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Scarsdale, NY, Bradbury Press, (1981). VG in VG DJ. A cycle of modern poems collected by Janeczko. What do love night swimming Sundays children fathers mothers movies crows. cars cats gnats war gluttony dentists poets insomnia cemeteries youth & marriage have in common? They a...

Will You Be My Friend?.

Kavanaugh, James, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dutton, (1971). 10th ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ tanning toward spine. Kavanaugh is the well-known former priest & author who here takes another step in his journey. that began in anguish with A Modern Priest Look at His Outdated Church & The Birth of God. He received his PhD in r...

Blow Me a Song (Cold Winter Wind).

Griffith, Norma, · 2009 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

NY, Vantage Press, (2009). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. Born Norma Way in Syracuse NY her family moved to NYC in 1929, Norma had already performed in several shows at the local Loew's. She also appeared in vaudeville with Edgard Bergen and Charlie McCartha and met Frank Gaylord Grif...

Apples of Gold: a book of selected verse.

Beatley, Clara Bancroft, · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, American Unitarian Assn, 1903. VG ex-library. Selected verses. Gray binding with golden apple pictorial, gilt lettering on front covering & spine. Library and owner stamp.

The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns.

Burns, Robert, · 1900 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Houghton Miffling, (1900). Cabinet ed. VG. Green binding with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt border, top edge gilt.

Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow including The Shepherd Lady and other poems.

Ingelow, Jean, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, John W. Lovell Company, nd. VG ex-library. Decorated and embossed binding, gilt decorated author square, all edges gilt. Front endpaper clipped to hold library card. Back cover wrinkled.

With Trumpet and Drum.

Field, Eugene, · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, 1901. G ex-library. "So come little child, cuddle closer to me, In your dainty white nightcap and gown, and I'll rock you away to that. Sugar-Plum Tree in the garden of Shut-Eye Town." Half white half blue binding with blue decoration with drum, trumpet, and bird...