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The Pedigree of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Printed for Private distribution 1880. Limited 1st edition. No.39 of 50 copies for America. 4to, black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Neat ex Libris book plate on front pastedown. pp20 With proof portrait frontis. Large folding genealogy map. In excellent clean and bright condition throughout. An attractive Shelley reference.
Blood Wedding. Federico Garcia Lorca. 1939 by Lorca, Federico Garcia
by Lorca, Federico Garcia
Blood Wedding. Federico Garcia Lorca. 1939
by Lorca, Federico Garcia
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Lorca, Federico Garcia, translated by Gilbert Neiman. Blood Wedding, a Tragedy in Three Acts and Seven Scenes . New Directions, Norfolk, Con, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo. Orange card wrap covers, pp61 with original staples. Spine of card cover is split with some loss. Neat ownership mark in pencil of poet Arnold Rattenbury dated 4.11.40 on title page. Pages edges have light age tone, otherwise tight, bright and clean. A keystone work with an interesting provenance.
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The Pedigree of Percy Bysshe Shelley.: No.39 of 50 copies for America.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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The Bridging Over
by Donovan, Constance E. H.
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Arlington, Massachusetts: The Maran Press, 1976. Signed and inscribed by author on blank page opposite title page. Also included ephemera: Engraved note card from the author (Mrs. Paul Donovan) with three page note to the inscriber and also signed - note card is signed with first name only. 51 pages to this slim volume of poetry with black and white decorations. Quarter sized stain to bottom of front cover with tiny spot transfer to blank fep. Slight wear to cover and looks like there is a depression front a paperclip on back cover. Probably privately printed. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press.
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A Drunk man looks a the Thistle.
by Hugh MacDiarmid
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MacDiarmid. Hugh. A Drunk man looks a the Thistle. Castle Wynd Printers, Edinburgh. Third Edition. 1956. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. PP116. Lacks dustwrapper. Binding in good condition, all pages in excellent clean and bright condition throughout.
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Collected Poems.
by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Townsend Warner, Sylvia. Collected Poems. Carcanet New Press, Manchester. 1982. Ist edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp290. Dustwrapper faded at edges and spine. With neat ownership mark of poet Arnold Rattenbury, a close friend of Sylvia Townsend Warner, on front free endpaper. Pages and binding in excellent order. A lovely book with an interesting provenance.
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Poems 1937- 1942.: Illustrated by Graham Sutherland,
by David Gascoyne
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Gascoyne, David. Poems 19371942. London, Nicholson and Watson, 1943. 1st Edition. Small 4to. Printed Board, orange cloth backed with gilt titles to spine. Half title, imprint, illustrated title page vii 1-62pp. Covers, title page and five full page colour illustrations by Graham Sutherland. Lacks dustwrapper. Cover edges bumped and spine cloth sunned. All pages and illustrations in clean bright order throughout. Illustration Metaphysical II has been bound in facing page 4 and note page 8 as listed. Signed on imprint page by the author (IOW 1992). Benford A6a
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The Pedigree of Percy Bysshe Shelley.: No.39 of 50 copies for America.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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The Pedigree of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Printed for Private distribution 1880. Limited 1st edition. No.39 of 50 copies for America. 4to, black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Neat ex Libris book plate on front pastedown. pp20 With proof portrait frontis. Large folding genealogy map. In excellent clean and bright condition throughout. An attractive Shelley reference.
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A Drunk man looks a the Thistle.
by Hugh MacDiarmid
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MacDiarmid. Hugh. A Drunk man looks a the Thistle. Castle Wynd Printers, Edinburgh. Third Edition. 1956. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. PP116. Lacks dustwrapper. Binding in good condition, all pages in excellent clean and bright condition throughout.
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Collected Poems.
by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Townsend Warner, Sylvia. Collected Poems. Carcanet New Press, Manchester. 1982. Ist edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp290. Dustwrapper faded at edges and spine. With neat ownership mark of poet Arnold Rattenbury, a close friend of Sylvia Townsend Warner, on front free endpaper. Pages and binding in excellent order. A lovely book with an interesting provenance.
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Poems 1937- 1942.: Illustrated by Graham Sutherland,
by David Gascoyne
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Gascoyne, David. Poems 19371942. London, Nicholson and Watson, 1943. 1st Edition. Small 4to. Printed Board, orange cloth backed with gilt titles to spine. Half title, imprint, illustrated title page vii 1-62pp. Covers, title page and five full page colour illustrations by Graham Sutherland. Lacks dustwrapper. Cover edges bumped and spine cloth sunned. All pages and illustrations in clean bright order throughout. Illustration Metaphysical II has been bound in facing page 4 and note page 8 as listed. Signed on imprint page by the author (IOW 1992). Benford A6a
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Selected Poems.: Limited Edition
by David Gascoyne
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Gascoyne, David. Selected Poems. London, Enitharmon Press, London. 1994. Signed, Limited, 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover, grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, Lee Miller's Photograph Revenge on Culture laid on upper cover, wrapped in original glassine. pp xx, 253. Limited edition of 50, this is number 21 writtten and signed by author on imprint page. In fine order throughout.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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