Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Old Friends Essays in Epistolary Parody

Lang, Andrew · 1990

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Longman's, Green, and Co., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound as a short octavo format hardcover in First Edition state in the original blue cloth over boards, rubbed...

The Age of the Dragon: Poems 1930-1951

Lehmann, John · 1952

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic...

Emily Dickinson in Southern California

Kennedy, X.J. · 1973

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, David R. Godine, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Marred only by a former owner's inscription being torn from first free endpaper tip. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy including publisher device at front cover, being decorated paper over boards. Square...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Khayyam, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald, translator · 1946

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1946. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Another fine contribution to the Half-Hour Classics series. Bound handsomely in decorated paper over boards (gray and red) and with identically decorated endpapers. Bright and shiny ...

Poems in Black and White

Frederick McNear, Jr. · 1932

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Los Angeles, California, The Raven's Head Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An "Extra" copy of this Limited Edition of poetry by Frederick McNear, Jr., and illustrated in black-and-white by John Sebastian including of the publisher device at tit...

Poems in Black and White

Frederick McNear, Jr. · 1932

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Los Angeles, California, The Raven's Head Press, 1932. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An "Extra" copy of this signed, limited edition of poetry by Frederick McNear, Jr., and illustrated in black-and-white by John Sebastian. Black paper over board...

Two Mystic Poets

Loudon, K.M. · 1922

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Oxford University Press, Basil Blackwell, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Simply bound, light blue paper over boards, tan cloth-backed. Moderately worn and rubbed exterior, else tightly bound and with a bright, clean interior. Three sections: 1) "Two M...

The Creole Mephistopheles: A Collection of New Poems

Lieberman, Laurence · 1988

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The author received a Jerome Shestack Poetry Prize from American Poetry Review in 1986 and then taught English at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound...

The Happy Marriage

MacLeish, Archibald · 1924

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Houghton and Mifflin, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An early collection of the Sturdy, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned interior, rubbing to extremities. Bound in blue cloth over boards, rubbed and mottled a bit, bumped corners, toned...

Songs for Eve

MacLeish, Archibald · 1954

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed. Handsomely produced in gilt-ruled white vellum-like boards, sharp and ...

The Wild Old Wicked Man" and Other Poems

MacLeish, Archibald · 1968

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 45 pp. over which run 31 different lyrics A later collection of poems from this three time Pulitzer Prize winning author. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound ...

End and Beginning

Masefield, John · 1933

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American Edition. Sturdy, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned and moderately foxed at endpapers front and rear, less so of interior, minimal rubbing to extremi...

Goodbye But Listen

McCloskey, Mark · 1968

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated...

A Letter from Pontus and Other Verse

Masefield, John · 1936

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Macmillan & Co., 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of short poems and narratives, inventive prose, including the title piece, "A Letter From Pontus." John Masefield was England's Poet Laureate at the time of publication in 193...

The Hour I First Believed

Lamb, Wally · 2008

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, HarperCollins, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A preeminent novel about the human condition and gun violence, set in Columbine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for remainder ...

The Hour I First Believed

Lamb, Wally · 2008

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Harper, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A preeminent novel about the human condition and gun violence, set in Columbine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for remainder mark al...

Six for Them

Morton, David, gathered by · 1931

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Amherst, Mass, The Poetry Society of Amherst College, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extrem...

Posthumes

Morrow, Bradford · 1982

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Santa Barbara, California, Cadmus Editions, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Illustrated softpaper wraps over stiff...

Soulscot: Poems 1960-1973

Mudd, Harvey · 1976

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

1976, Second Porcupine Press, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED in pen by the author at first free endpaper. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly read...

Knowledge of the Evening

Nims, John Frederick · 1960

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrat...