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AN ODE TO HARVARD AND OTHER POEMS.
Boston:Small Maynard & Company. 1907. 119pp. 1st. ed. Author's first book. Title on binding and spine in gilt; Harvard seal on front cover stamped in blue, gold, and red. Aside from some light foxing scattered throughout, a very good, tight, clean copy.
$25.00
COLD COMFORT. SELECTED POEMS, 1970-1996.
Santa Rosa:Black Sparrow Press. 1997. 278pp. First edition. Hardcover with clear plastic jacket. One of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. Binding is only gently shelf-worn and in very good, near fine condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good, near fine copy.
$40.00
FOREST FLOWERS. An early poem recovered.
Amherst: Friends of the Amherst College Library. 1978. 4pp. + insert. Soft cover. One of 400 copies. Fine copy. S001.
$50.00
GARBAGE.
New York:W. W. Norton and Company. 1st edition. 121pp. With dust jacket. Near very good to near fine conditon, with just a bit of dust soiling residue to top page edges and a bit of shelfwear to jacket.
$20.00
POEMS OF PARK BENJAMIN
New York: Columbia University Press. 1948. 209 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. The dustjacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn with a couple small tears along edges, but otherwise is in very good condition. Book itself is internally clean, bright and in fine condition.
$20.00
POEMS.
(New York):New Directions. (1958). 71pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some light wear with dust residue to the covers. There is a small tear at the top right corner of the front cover but otherwise in good condition. Book itself shows some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy with a good dust jacket.
$35.00
SPRING IN THIS WORLD OF POOR MUTTS
New York: Columbia University Press. 1968. 85 pp. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. First edition. Jacket is slightly chipped on the edges with a few small tears and faint rubbing. Otherwise just lightly shelf worn. A very good, clean copy.
$45.00
THE HISTORICAL POETRY OF THE ANCIENT HEBREWS.
New York:D. Appleton and Company. 1879. 2 volumes. Ex-library. Hardcover. Both binding are worn and lightly soiled with some white library numbers inked onto the spines. Otherwise in very good condition. Interiors of both volumes are clean and free of stray markings, save for library bookplates on the inside-front board and small library stamps at the bottom of the title page. Overall, this is a very good set.
$60.00
THE LION & THE LADY AND OTHER POEMS.
(New York):New Directions. (1949). 76pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn but does show some significant dust residue to the covers. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good copy with a good dust jacket.
$35.00
THE THREE TAVERNS. A BOOK OF POEMS.
New York:The Macmillan Company. 1920. 120pp. First edition. Hardcover. Binding shows some light wear to the edges with gentle soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good copy.
$20.00
10 POEMS FOR 10 POETS
Los Angeles:Black Sparrow Press. 1970. Limited signed edition, No. 20 of 200 copies, signed/numbered on Colophon page. 71pp. Hardcover with acetate dust jacket. Boards with light soiling from dust residue to top edge of front board and all edges to rear board. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The acetate dust jacket is lightly shelfworn, but still in very good condition.
$95.00
A BALLAD OF CHANNEL CROSSINGS
New Haven:Press of Timothy Dwight College, Yale University. 1941. 36pp. Illustrated. Wrps. 1st edition. Covers are lightly soiled and sun-faded; interior has a previous owners name written on the first free end-paper in pencil, and an inscription, signed and dated by the author on the half title page. Otherwise, aside from some light soiling at page edges, a very good, clean copy.
$50.00
75-100x100.JPG "A BOOK OF SONGS AND SONNETS SELECTED FROM THE POEMS OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH")
A BOOK OF SONGS AND SONNETS SELECTED FROM THE POEMS OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
j(Boston):Riverside Press (Houghton, Mifflin and Company). 1906. 1st limited edition, No. 23 of 430 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers. ix+113pp+colophon page. Hardcover. Green boards with medalllion blindstamped to front cover and title in gilt on spine lighlty soiled and shelfworn, with wear to spine ends and 2 small chips top of spine strip. Internally, end-pages slighlty age-toned with a previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise a very good, clean copy. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
$50.00
A BRAVERY OF EARTH
London:Jonathan Cape. (1930). 1st edition. 128pp. Signed/inscribed by the Author on the 1st free endpage..."To Fred and Peggy Weed with best regards from Dick 1936" and at the bottom edge, "As it was in the beginning". Hardcover. Blue textured boards browned along edges and spine strip with some bottom spine end starting to fray. Internally, end pages slightly age toned but otherwise a very good, clean copy. Errata sheet bound in before page 7. *Author's first book.
$195.00
A COLLECTION OF BALLADS
London:Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1897. 1st edition. xxiii+250pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. In very good condition. Decorated boards lightly soiled. Top edges gilt. Internally, end-pages age toned, but otherwise pages clean and bright. No previous owners marks or signatures. A very good copy.
$45.00