Poesia

To Youth.

Weaver, John V. A., · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, 1930. 2nd ptg. VG. Weaver tries to express the feelings of shop girls, teamsters, merry-makers in summer parks. Most of DJ glued to back endpaper. Yellow spine, brown & tan striped binding.

Double Exposure.

Kaufman, Paul & Ruth Lisa Schechter, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Barlenmir House, (1978). Limited ed. G. Signed by both authors on copyright page. Laid in postmarked card inviting receiver to celebration party for publication of. a collaboration of photography as poetry fusing with poetry as photography in an exciting commentary about h...

My Symphony.

Channing, Wm. Henry (Illus by Mary Engelbreit), · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Kansas City, Andrews & McMeel, (1997). VG in VG DJ. Engelbreit loving illustrates radiant poem by Channing listing ways to live a virtuous life. Owner inscription half title page. "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather tha...

The Keeper's Hill and Other Vermont Country Poems: stories about & reflections from my own rural life & that of neighbors.

Winer, Paul, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Cabot, VT, Privately printed, (1966). Limited ed. G ex-libary. Type hand set by author, handbound by him and his wife Lassie. Signed by author. Pictorial binding, blue cloth spine.

The Poetical Works with Memoir.

Hemans, Mrs. F., · 1870 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, nd (ca 1870). G ex-library. Rust colored binding, gilt & black decoration on ft & spine, owner inscription, foxing, edge wear, library markings.

Pillicock Hill.

Asquith, Herbert, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Macmillan, 1926. G ex-library. Delightful children's poetry. Maroon binding, gilt illustration & lettering. Foxing, edge wear, library markings.

The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate.

Tennyson, Alfred, · 1870 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper, 1870. G ex-library. Contains Timbuctoo, Tennyson's Cambridge Univ Prize Poem, plus poems published in 1830 edtion but omitted in later editions. plus a number of hitherto uncollected poems from various sources. Rust binding, gilt decoration & lettering. Spotting at...

The Poet's Sanctuary.

Dunn, Michael, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Bloomington, IN, First Books, (2002). VG PB. At 20 Dunn hopes to show the depth of the so-called "MTV Generation" with poems questioning to introspective on the. the complexities of relationships, art and the artist.

Sing with the Wind.

Abbott, Winston O., · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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S. Windsor, CT, Inspiration House, (1971). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Signed by author and illustrator. Intangible beauty & enduring strength of unseen things. DJ browning toward edges.

Mother's Poems: a collection of verses 1888-1970.

Oliver, Jane, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

N. Conway, NH, Reporter Press, (1970). VG PB. Signed by author's daughter Connie. Red binding, gray lettering & string binding, fading at edges.

The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms.

Preminger, Alex, edited by, with select reading list by T. V. F. Brogan, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, (1986). VG PB. 402 entries with primary emphasis on prosodic & poetic terms likely to be encountered in literary study. Sl edge wear.

The Penguin Book of Limericks.

Parrott, E. O., compiled and edited by, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Great Britain, Penguin, (1984). VG lg sz PB. Wit, sharp comment, mood music, landscape, philosophy. Double limerick, limeraiku, reverse limerick, beheaded limericks etc. Few corner creases.

String of Beads.

Buffler, Esther, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Francestown, NH, Golden Quill Press, (1981). VG in VG DJ. Signed by author on title page. DJ cover by Jeanne Thompson.

Lines from the Garden.

Blake, Eva S., · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Rutland, VT, The Tuttle Co, 1930. G. 2 pages have tanning from newspaper item. Laid in poem by Eph'm Jones. Green binding (faded at edges) gilt lettering.

Time for Tea: poems.

Chapman, Frances, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Chocorua, NH, Chocorua Press, (1966). VG in VG DJ. Signed by author on ft endpaper. Chapman of Chocorua, NH, was raised in Maine and she lived for years in foreign lands with. her engineer husband. DJ tanned at edges.

That Nothing Be Lost.

Corkran, Elizabeth B. G., · 1953 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Hanover, NH, Privately printed, 1953. G. Published posthumously. Gilt title square, light blue binding, dark blue spine. Owner inscription ft endpaper, binding tanned.

The Congressional Anthology: poems selected by senators and representatives.

Senators and Representatives (85th Congress), · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Washington, D.C., Univ Press of Washington DC, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Grew out of discussions in Prayer Breakfast Group of House of Representatives. Red cloth binding, gilt lettering. Owner. name ft endpaper. Front of DJ shows the official picture of the Capitol Prayer Room.

Wartime and Patriotic Selections for recitation and reading.

Case, Carleton B., · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, Shrewesbury Pub Co, (1919). G PB. Illustrated binding, both poetry and prose on war & patriotism. Sl soil on cover, some owner notations, smudges. Owner name title page, corner creases. Some writings slightly ghoulish in their humor: Fleurette by Robert W. Service The...

Poems of Love and Beauty for You by the Dreamer.

Wales, Martin S., Radio Broadcaster, · 1945 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Coral Gables, FL, Glade House, (1945). VG. Inscribed by author to Victoria. Deep pink binding with silver decoration, pink lettering. Edge wear, nick on spine near bottom. Also facsimile signature under frontis, "The Dreamer Martin S. Wales", Cottage by the Sea, Coconut Grove,...

The East Window.

Palmer, Mary R., · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Portland, ME, Bryant Press, (1978). VG PB. Inscribed by author.