Poesia

The Collected Verse of Alice Scudder.

Scudder, Alice, collected by two admirers Darwin Kirby and James Nelson, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Privately printed, ca1972. G PB. Signed by author on title page. Gift incription "Happy Birthday to Sophie Cox with love". Wraps soiled, sunned.

Burning Bush.

Untermeyer, Louis, · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Harcourt Brace, 1928. 1st ed. VG. Few spots on front cover.

O Taste and See, also contains short story "Say the Word".

Levertow, Denise, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, A New Directions Book, (1964). 1st ed 7th ptg. VG. Bookplate on ep. Some highlighting and marking.

Sonnets.

Hare, Amory, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Macmillan, 1927. 1st ed. G. Heavy edge wear, slight foxing on some pages. Paste on title on front of binding.

Wind Song.

du Bouillier, Jean, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Santa Barbara, CA, Karlton Winter Inc., (1927). VG in G DJ. DJ soiled, torn and repaired at edges. Flylfs sl soiled. Corners sl bumped. Beautifully dec book, cover copperized, illus.

The Love Letters of Phyllis McGinley.

McGinley, Phyllis, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, (1955). 1st ptg. VG. Book plate partially removed. Corner bumped.

Mocking Bird Wish Me Luck.

Bukowski, Charles, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Los Angeles, CA, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. VG PB. Wraps slightly soiled.

Herrick's Flower-Poems with Coloured Plates.

Castle, Florence with a note on Herrick by Algernon Charles Swinburne, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

London, Routledge, ND. VG. Some markings and underlinings. Owner's name etc. on front ep. Beautiful color plates by Castle. Front cover gilt embossed. Sl edge wear, sl corner bumping.

Of Poetry and Power: poems occasioned by the presidency and by the death of John F. Kennedy.

Schlesinger, Jr., · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Basic Books, (1964). VG in VG DJ.

The Book of Folly.

Sexton, Anne, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1972. 1st ptg ss. VG in G- DJ. DJ edges chipped and worn. "I would like a simple life yet all night I am laying poems away in a long box.".

The Poems of Richard Aldington.

Aldington, Richard, · 1934 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1934. 1st ed ss. Near Fine in Fair DJ. DJ ragged. The Great War shattered much of the renaissance of English poetry but Aldington's poetry is undated in its beauty.

Selected Poems: 1955-1970.

Grier, Eldon, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Montreal, Delta Canada, (1971). VG PB. Illus wraps sl soiled.

Poems.

Ray, Milton S., · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Henry Harrison, (1956). 2d ed. VG. A depiction of life on the Farallon Islands near the end of the 19th century when sea-bird rookeries were still of vast extent. Sl edge and corner wear. Dent to right edge of front cover. Blue cloth.

On the Pulse of Morning: the inaugural poem.

Angelou, Maya, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY, Random House, (1991). Fine PB. The poem read by Angelou by Bill Clinton's first inauguration. This is arguably the first edition, possibly handed out at the. inauguration, since there are no indications of it being a later printing which other editions in wraps have.

Damned Ugly Children: poems.

Glaze, Andrew, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Trident Press, (1966). 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped. Owner's inscription 1st flylf. A new direction in American poetry - strong, satirical & often surrealistic imagery.

Fatal Interview: sonnets.

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper, 1931. 8th ptg. VG. Fading at top of front cover, spine paste-on title label worn, as well as bot & top of spine. Owner's name fep. Sl loose.

Everyday Poems from the Land of Great Waters.

Severance, Charles Louis, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Akron, MI, JCS Publishing, (1978). Limited ed. VG in VG DJ. Limited numbered edition - #565 of 1,000 copies. DJ has edge wear. Owner's inscription on 1st flylf.

The Well.

Filipowska, Patricia, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, MA, Privately printed, (1993). 1st ed. Fine in VG DJ. A posthumous collection of author's work. A primary force underlying her work is Iowa and mythic force of the Mississippi.

Golden Harvest 1921-1971.

Poetry Society of Colorado, edited by Henry W. Hough, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Boulder, CO, Pruett Pub Co, (1971). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl soil, tears. Owner inscription on 1st ep. 50 year anniversary of the Poetry Society of Colorado, 122 poets.

Autumn Harvest: an autobiography in verse.

Davis, May Belle Thurman, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Utah, privately published, 1961. VG. Daughter of Utah's Supreme Ct. Chief Justice and granddaughter of Mormon pioneers, Davis writes in verse of her husband.