Poesia

I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Many Long Years Ago.

Nash, Ogden, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Little Brown, (1938) (1945). 2 VG hardbacks. Red binding, brown title strip, gilt lettering, spines sunned.

The Poems, Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous.

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, · 1848 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Clark & Austin, 1848. Reprint. Fair. A preface by the author proclaims that his publishers wanted to print a handsome library edition instead of the cheap, popular. edition of his youth. The author was induced to make a more careful collection of his poems than had yet app...

Best Loved Poems of All Time: treasured verses everyone enjoys.

Harano, Gil, selected by, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Kansas City, MO, Hallmark, (1975). VG in VG DJ. A Red Red Rose by Burns, A thing of Beauty, Keats, Annabel Lee, Poe, Dover Beach, Arnold. DJ price clipped, owner inscription.

The Answering Voice: one hundred love lyrics by women.

Teasdale, Sara, selected by, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Macmillan, 1926. Revised. G ex-library. Blue leather bound, top edge gilt. Library markings, edge wear.

Sonnets to a Wife.

McGaffey, Ernest, · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Saint Louis, William Marion Reedy, 1901. G. True poetry does not need to be explained. It goes directly from poet's to reader's heart. Cover folds over fore-edge,. backstrap missing, edge wear. "The man she loves, and all he means to her Are what a woman's world is.".

An Introduction to Haiku: an anthology of poems and poets from Basho to Shiki.

Henderson, Harold G., with translations and commentary by, · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Doubleday Anchor, (1958). G PB. In the hands of its great masters, the haiku is a very exciting form requiring compliance with the strictest aesthetic standards. of concreteness, objectivity, and suggestiveness. Smudges on cover, writing on back endpaper, owner name ft end...

Haiku: gems of intimate beauty in a new collection of classic Japanese poetry.

Hughes, Mary Dawson, selected by, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Kansas City, MO, Hallmark, (1970). VG in VG DJ. Haiku outline the essentials of an experience: our imagination supplies the details. DJ price clipped and edge wear.

A Poet's Proverbs being mirthful, sober & fanciful epigrams on the universe with certain old Irish proverbs in rhymed couplets.

Guiterman, Arthur, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Dutton, (1924). 1st ed. VG in Fair DJ. "Wit, wisdom and commonsense concentrated in captivating couplets.on Sport or Traveling, or Human Nature, on Women.". DJ torn at seams.

Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson.

Thompson, Francis, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Boni and Liveright Mod. Lib., nd. VG. Flexible green binding with gilt decoration and lettering. Owner name ft endpaper, endpapers tanned, owner pencil notations.

The Black Panther: a book of poems.

Wheelock, John Hall, · 1922 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, 1922. 1st ed. G. Black binding, gilt panther on ft cover, gilt lettering. Owner name ft endpapers, notations to text in pencil.

In Memoriam: The Lover's Tale.

Tennyson, Alfred Lord, Poet Laureate, · 1890 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, Donohue, Henneberry, nd (ca 1890). G. White decorated binding is tanned toward edges, edges heavily worn, tanning on endpapers, ft hinge cracked.

Representative British Poetry: Merrill's English Texts.

Keyes, Rowena Keith, edited by, · 1920 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Charles E. Merrill Co, (1920). VG. Blue binding, black lettering & border. Tanning to ft endpaper.

The Little Book of Modern Verse: a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets.

Rittenhouse, Jessie B., edited by, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1913). 19th imp. VG. Dark green binding, gilt decoration on ft cover, gilt lettering on spine (rubbed), extremity wear, owner name pencil ft endpaper.

Love Is.....

Moody, Clinton, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Stamford, CT, Walden Book Co, (1971). 15th ptg. VG PB. Published in author's handwriting, poetry. Few nicks along binding edges.

People Touch and other poems that say what you feel.

Caruba, Alan, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Ontario, Canada, Pocket, (1972). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Caruba explores the vigrant feelings of love, the deeply felt, sometimes disturbing, but always beautiful mystery..

Complete Poems of Robert Frost.

Frost, Robert, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1964). 17th BCE. VG in G DJ. Long recognized as one of America's greatest poets, one of the few poets whose work is widely and popularly read. Contents from ten of his best-known books. Nice copy. DJ edge wear, partial address sticker ft endpaper.

Eve.

Finch, Annie, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Ashland, OR, Story Line Press, 1997. VG PB. Inscribed and signed by author. "Annie Finch's brilliance as a poet lies in her view of the world.a formidable first book. first book of poetry." Molly Peacock.

Poems.

Shelley, Percy, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, (1993). 5th ptg. VG. Celery green cloth binding, gilt lettering, ribbon bookmark, gift quality, pocket size.

Poems.

Byron, Lord (George Gordon), · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Knopf, (1994). 5th ptg. VG. Maroon cloth binding, gilt lettering, ribbon bookmark, gift quality, pocket size.

Poems and Prose.

Poe, Edgar Allan, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, (1995). 9th ptg. VG. Ribbon bookmark. Beautiful copy, gift quality, pocket size. Navy blue cloth binding, gilt lettering.