Poesia

Songs and Stories from Magnolia Grove.

Hobson, Margaret W., · 1937 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Greenville, MS, Nashville Star, (1937). 1st ed. G PB. Inscribed by author to memory of her brother Richmond Pearson Hobson. Green binding with gilt lettering and yellow string. Includes some true stories about Old Tom, body servant of the father of Hobson during the Civil War ...

The Happenstance.

Ellison, Max, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Conway, MI, Conway House, (1972). VG in VG DJ. Signed by author. Quiet moments and violent ones, peace in the country, people living their lives. DJ tanned at edges.

The Seasons of Our Minds (signed).

Michaels, Ian, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Exposition Press, (1972). 1st ed. G in G DJ. Signed by author. A journey of contemplation, the sensitivity of moments. DJ fading at edges, bump on ft cover above title.

A Flagon of Beauty (signed).

MacDonald, Wilson, · 1947 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Buffalo, NY, Broadway Press, (1947). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Signed by author MacDonald on half title page. MacDonald has been called the man's poet because of the virility of his poems. Partially removed bookplate ft endpaper, black out name.

Caw-Caw Ballads (inscribed).

MacDonald, Wilson, · 1946 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Buffalo, NY, Broadway Press, 1946. 5th ptg. VG in G DJ. Inscribed Yours in a good "caws" Wilson MacDonald. DJ says "some of the best satire since the days of Juvenal" Bliss Carman. "They bite like acid into the evils of modern society." Politics, the law, and society are the s...

Shadow of the Perfect Rose: collected poems of Thomas S. Jones, Jr..

Jones, Thomas S., Jr., memoir and notes by John L. Foley, · 1937 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, (1937). 1st ed. G. Inscribed by Foley. Laid in letter from a friend of Jones who sent this book to owner because of her poetry interests. Rose-colored binding, edge wear, spot on ft cover.

Yankee Boundaries.

Hurd, Harry Elmmore, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, John Day, (1949). VG in G DJ. "The best-loved work of one of New England's best known poetic voices." Here are the people of New England, their work, their. thoughts, their faith." Dedicated to Hurd's wife Eleanor "who shared 14 years of joyous partnership" with him. Dark ...

Roslyn.

Lewisohn, James, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Portland, ME, Casco Ptg Co, 1975. Limited ed. G in G DJ ex-library. Written in Maine State Prison by husband of now dead Roslyn. He was imprisoned for her murder. Nice snow scene by Michael Wilis ft cover of DJ. Lewisohn, born in Paris, France in 1933, son of opera star Thelma...

Where Are the Love Poems for Dictators?.

Miller, E. Ethelbert, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, D.C., Open Hand Pub Inc, (1986). 1st ptg. VG PB. Last week we marched in the square to protest the shortage of food we were women not politicians it made no difference. bayonets and blood they beat us clubbed us opened our stomach with knives.

Collected Poems.

Moore, Marianne, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Macmillan, 1952. 2nd ptg. G ex-library. Blue binding, gilt lettering spine (rubbed), edge wear, library markings.

Medea the Soceress: the archaeology of movies and books.

Wakoski, Diane, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Santa Rosa, CA, Black Sparrow Press, 1995. 2nd ptg. VG PB. "I don't like the night.darkness still frightens me, and when I am alone I have to sleep with a light on. There is no. explanation for my fear, of course, because fear is irrational." Pictorial binding of woman's face ...

Emerald City of Las Vegas: the archaeology of movies and books.

Wakoski, Diane, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Santa Rosa, CA, Black Sparrow Press, (1995). VG PB. Las Vegas is the city Wakoski characterizes as having "monolithic singularity". Sticker mark on back cover.

History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion.

McCollum "Buck Private", · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

Seattle, WA, Bucklee Pub Co, (1929). 200,000th ptg. VG. Especially nice copy with gilt lettering on brown velvetized binding, slight rumpling to beginning two pages. Laid in. newspaper photo from June 10, 1930 Portland (ME) Press Herald, of unknown young woman titled, "Will As...

A Private Mythology: poems.

Sarton, May, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Norton, (1996). Reissue. VG PB. Sarton reflects on a journey abroad to celebrate her 50th birthday, around the world to Greece by way of Japan & India. The trip marked a new direction in her llife, her sense of fresh horizons both without and within, new suppleness and flu...

Sunshine and Shadows: an anthology of life in prose and poetry.

Crane, Monta H. and Selma Shepherd Downey, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Coshocton, OH, Shaw-Barton, (1973). G lg sz PB. A combination of poetry and prose in bite-sized pieces. Edge wear.

Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle...and other modern verse.

Dunning, Stephen, Edward Lueders and Hugh Smith, compiled by, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scott Foresman, (1966). 9th ptg. VG. Modern poems chosen for individual excellence and special appeal to young people. Green binding, gilt lettering. Bottom corners bumped.

New Voices in American Poetry - 1988.

Vantage Press editors, compiled by, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Vantage Press, (1988). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. To encourage subdued and timid new writers to lift up their voices and let their poetry be heard. DJ sl toned on edges.

Modern Verse: British and American.

Forbes, Anita P., · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Holt, (1923). Reprint. VG. Blue binding, dark blue lettering. Owner name n pencil ft endpaper, spine sl darkened.

American Voices 1935: an anthology of poetry selected from entries submitted by more than twenty-five hundred poets.

Gould, David, edited by, · 1935 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Avon House, (1935). VG. Black binding, gilt lettering (rubbed). Owner name ft endpaper.

Love in All Ages: songs and fragments of days old and new.

Willoughby, Lois, edited by, · 1910 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chicago, Volland, (1910). 4th ed. G. Love poetry. Hand bound tan binding stamped with green leaves, ribbon bound, tanning on endpapers, owner name, edge wear.