Poesia

Crown Jewels: gems of literature, art and music (Salesman's Sampler).

Various, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

np, np, nd (ca 1891). Fair. Contains samples of the book for sale. Some scribbles and smudges, some blank endpapers removed, binding heavily worn.

Halfway to Silence: new poems.

Sarton, May, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Norton, (1980). 4th ptg. VG PB. To Sarton poetry has been life's deepest creative passion and always reflected the preoccupation of her mind and emotions.

The Blessed Damozel (and Maude Clare).

Rosetti, Dante Gabriel, · 1890 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

London, Johnson, Hickborn & Co, nd (ca 1890). Limited ed. VG PB. Two tipped in illustrations, one a frontis of Dante, another long haired beauty with star ornaments in her hair in glimmery. dress. Edition de luxe. Second poem, Maude Clare, by Dante's sister Christina (C. G.) R...

Complete Poetical Works.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, · 1876 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Osgood & Co, 1876. Fair. In a note by the author, Whittier explains this is the first complete collection of his work but explains that illness has. not given the attention to revision and arrangement that he would have wished. Burgundy binding, gilt author decoration ...

Intimate Kisses: the poetry of Sexual Pleasure.

Maltz, Wendy, edited by, foreword by Thomas Moore, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Novato, CA, New World Library, (2001). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Anthology of love poetry exploring sexual pleasure.

Homespun Verse (signed by author).

Erickson, Ruth Linnea, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Providence, RI, Rollinson & Hey, (1956). G ex-library. Signed by author, donated by a friend of the author to library. Library markings.

Symphony in the Pines.

Wilkinson, Jack, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, ME, House of Falmouth Pubs, (1975). G PB. Wilkinson was born in Portsmouth, NH, but spent the greater part of his life in Maine. Pictorial binding, tanning edges. Longfellow - a Memory. "Oh giant of a former age, man of strength and man of thought, oh gentle seer of ...

All You Who Sleep Tonight.

Seth, Vikram, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Vintage, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. Seth was trained as an economist but his poems reflect his understanding of the cultures of England, California, China &. India. His previous books were an account of his travels through Sinkiang and Tibet.

Collage: a collection of poems.

Keegstra, Darren, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Alexandria, VA, Washington House, (2002). VG PB. "Yesterday I rode a mount of esteem. Then I was decisive ina way all my own. Today in torn wet clothes my mind caught. between these walls change is rampant: reality.".

Bratsk Station and other new poems.

Dutton & Igor Mezhakoff-Koriakin, intro by Rosh Ireland, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Anchor, 1967. VG PB. Yvelushenko was born in 1933 in Zima in Siberia and lived in Moscow. His poetry has been translated into many languages. and many have responded to his impassioned poetry readings. His personal concerns are sufficiently representative of the concerns o...

A Wave: poems by John Ashbery.

Ashbery, John, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Noonday Press/Farrar Straus, (1985). G PB. Ashbery takes life itself as his subject, the interaction of experience, memory and expression ias cast against the shadow. of mortality. The poems are lovingly addressed to the reader as Walt Whitman offered to stop somewhere wai...

Songs out of Doors.

Van Dyke, Henry, · 1911 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Scribner, 1911. VG. Beautiful little book, green binding, gilt facsimile signature of Van Dyke on front cover. Spot on front endpaper.

The Works of Virgil (volume III only) translated into English blank verse with large explanatory notes & critical observations.

Poetry in the University of Oxford, · 1755 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London, W. Meadows, 1755. Fair. Leather, front cover almost disbound, tanning on endpapers, owner name ft endpaper, joints cracked, edges quite worn.

To Speak in Passing: voices of the universe (signed).

Nemser, Rudolph, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Cherry Hill, NJ, Unitarian Church, (1986). VG PB. Signed by the author. Attractive navy blue cover with exploding stars on front .The expereience of any one of us. is literally universal.".

Claiming the Spirit Within: a sourcebook of women's poetry.

Sewell, Marillyn, edited by, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Beacon Press, (1996). 3rd ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Chicks Up Front: poems (signed by author).

Holbrook, Sara, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Cleveland, OH, Cleveland State Univ, (1998). VG PB. Inscribed by author. She continually works miracles by giving substance to steam in these keepsake poems.a wondrous. wordsmith.why poetry has a pulse again.

Love: ten poems from the movie The Postman: bilingual edition.

Neruda, Pablo, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Miramax/Hyperion, (1995). 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG PB. "Love is so short, forgetting is so long." Fiery Chilean poet's love poems in both Spanish and English.

The Poets of Maine: a collection of specimen poems from over 400 verse-makers of the Pine-Tree state w/biographical sketches.

Griffith, George Bancroft, compiled by, · 1888 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Portland, ME, Elwell, Pickard & Co, 1888. Fair. Brown binding, gilt decoration & lettering ft cover, all edges gilt, splatter on front endpaper and title page, ft flyleafs. removed, edge wear, hinges cracked.

Mortal Beauty.

Nemser, Rudolph, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Cherry Hill, NJ, Unitarian Church, (1988). VG PB. The truths of the universe are revealed in moments and glances. These pieces reflect my experience and learnings from those. sacred times. Pictorial iris decorated binding. Dedicated to his wife Betsy who "led me into Camelot".

The Stone Lantern.

McQuilkin, Eleanor A., · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, Privately published, (1966). G PB. Tanned on edges of binding as if it had been stored between larger books.