Poesia

Acts of Love: ancient Greek poetry from Aphrodite's garden.

Economou, George, introduction by Wendy Doniger, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Modern Library, (2006). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Tart & tender tribute to passion & to the power that Aphrodite and her son, Eros, hold over mortals.

A Book of Beauty: an anthology of words and pictures.

Hadfield, John, compiled by, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Universe Books, (1977). VG in VG DJ. Beautiful pictures with beautiful poems. Owner name ft flyleaf.

Miriam and other poems.

Whittier, John greenleaf, · 1871 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Boston, Fields, Osgood, 1871. G. Original green binding, beveled edges, gilt lettering, printer emblem spine bottom. Edge wear, owner name ft endpaper.

Advancing Back.

Locke, Edward, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Canton, MA, Harlequinade Press, 1995. VG PB. Blue binding with pictorial of man dressedin harlequin outfit.

Bird Lyrics and Other Poems.

Jackson, Charles E., · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Portland, ME, Smith & Sale, 1909. VG. Beautiful book. Blue and white binding with gilt bird decorations. Cover design by Mrs. C. E. Jackson. Laid in. publisher release stating in part, "The frontispiece is of two little birds printed in colors and is a neat setting for so dain...

The Haunt of Time.

Chapin, Henry, introduction by Josephine Jacobsen, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dublin, NH, William L. Bauhan, publisher, (1982). 2nd ptg. G PB. Chapin's work has directness, wit & much hard-earned wisdom, an indisputable sense of true poetic sensibility. Sl edge wear.

The Enchanted Grindstone and other poems.

Robinson, Henry Morton, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1952. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Author of the novels The Cardinal, The Great Snow and The Perfect Round his poetry has been widely anthologized. Rose-colored binding, black spine, gilt lettering. DJ chipped & sl faded.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: poems.

Trotter, Elizabeth M., · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Hicksville, NY, Exposition Press, (1980). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Poems of nature, beauty of the wild, lulling a child to sleep. DJ edge fading & some wear.

Milton's Comus, Lycidas and Other Poems and Matthew Arnold's Address on Milton.

Allen, Samuel Edward, edited by with introduction and notes, John Milton, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Macmillan, 1919. Later ptg. G. Brown binding, gilt lettering, small book. Index. Owner name & notations, binding wrinkled.

Back Country Poems.

Foss, Sam Walter, · 1907 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Boston, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, (1907). VG. Inscribed by Foss's wife & daughter. Bright green binding, black decoration, gilt lettering. Owner name ft endpaper.

Sea Haven: selected poems.

Jakeman, Adelbert M., · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Portland, ME, Falmouth Pub House, (1950). VG in VG DJ. Named for his home at Ocean Park on Maine coast. DJ tanned toward edges, endpapers tanned toward spine, top corners bumped.

Pleasnt Places in Nature and Life: poems.

Griffith, George Bancroft, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Concord, NH, Rumford Press, 1899. VG. Green pictorial binding, gilt lettering, gilt decorated endpapers. Owner inscription ft flyleaf, dampstain fore-edge.

Ballads of the Hills.

Foster, John, · 1908 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Manchester, NH, John B. Clarke Co, 1908. VG. Maroon binding, bilt lettering, top edge gilt. Edge wear, owner bookplate ft endpaper, few nicks along tissue guard edge.

Collected Poetry.

Dudek, Louis, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Canada, Delta, (1971). 1st ed. G lg sz PB. 1 of 3000 limited first edition. Some tanning on covers, edge wear.

The Poems of William Dunbar.

Dunbar, William, edited by W. Mackay Mackenzie, · 1932 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Edinburgh, Porpoise Press, (1932). 1st ptg. G. Blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Owner name ft endpaper, notations & markings in text, fading to spine & top of binding.

The Complete Poetical Works.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, · 1881 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1881. G. Green embossed binding (rubbed), gilt decoration, black lettering. Ft hinge cracked, owner inscription ft flyleaf, edge. wear.

The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Cambridge Edition.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, · 1895 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1895). Cambridge. VG. Maroon binding, gilt wreath decoration around gilt lettering of Holmes' name. Title page illustrated with Cambridge house. Top edge gilt. Edge wear.

Poems.

Marston, Philip Bourke, biographical sketch by Louise Chandler Moulton, · 1892 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, 1892. VG. Pale green binding, gilt decoration & lettering, top edge gilt. Edge wear, sl binding soil, hinges cracked, sl tanning endpapers. 1850-1887. Lost his sight at an early age, poet, author of idylls of flower life.

The Poems.

Gilder, Richard Watson, · 1908 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1908. 1st ed. G. Poems clipped from newspapers attached to endpapers, not affecting text of book, owner name ft endpaper. Edge wear.

The Pearl: a Middle English poem.

Jewett, Sophie, · 1908 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Crowell, (1908). 3rd thousand. VG. Red binding, black lettering, sl edge wear, owner name ft endpaper.