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ALASKAN SONGS AND BALLADS

By Salisbury, Harold

Book condition: Fine

Book Description
Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, 1967. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus by the author. Pictorial paper covers. 111pp; frequent illus. Titles include: Castle of Logs; Nocturnal Icescape; The Rhythm of the Rill; Thunderheads; Anchorage; Ketchikan; An Old Gold Dredge; Old King Gus; Lumberjacks' Holiday; &c.; &c. 8.5" x 5.5". ... Read More

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AN AMERICAN IN LOVE WITH HIS COUNTRY

By Sievers, James Bruce Joseph

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Hollywood: Starboard Publishing, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 32pp, calligraphed text; portrait. The poems are his reflections on life, war, patriotism, generation gap, etc. 8.5" x 5.5 This copy is inscribed and signed by the author.... Read More

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AMERICAN FOLK POETRY:

By Emrich, Duncan, editor

Book condition: Fine
ISBN 10: 0316237221
ISBN 13: 9780316237222

Book Description
Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. First Edition. Original cloth. Fine/Fine. pp: xxxi, 831, extensive bibliography; illus from old music sheets. 9.5" x 7.75 The songs and ballads in this big book are arranged by topic: lullabies; nonsense songs; dances; banjo and fiddle pieces; kissing games and songs; laments; ballads; tragedies; hymns; war songs; sea songs; work songs; cowboy songs; blues; etc. ... Read More

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ARIEL, OU LA VIE DE SHELLEY

By Maurois, Andre

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1924. First Trade. Decorative boards. Very Good. 358pp. 7.25" x 4.5 ... Read More

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ARMY HYMN:

By Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
s.l.: George and Lena Arents, 1940. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. (10)pp, including a foreword by the Arentses, a printing of the poem, and a facsimile of Holmes's original manuscript. The wraps are distressed to look old, not foxed. 10.25" x 7.5 This is one of 435 copies only.... Read More

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ARROW I:

By Allen, T.D., editor

Book condition: Fine

Book Description
s.l.: T.D. Allen, 1969. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. 32pp on heavy stock. Printed by The Pacific Grove Press; Cardoza-James Bookbinding. 7.75" x 4.5 Contains 12 poems and one short story by young, Native American writers.... Read More

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Autograph letter signed (ALS) from Bakersfield, California, March 19, 1896:

By Burdette, Robert J

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Bakersfield, CA, 1896. Original manuscript. not bound. Very Good. One page, in part: " . It is a far cry from Bryn Mawr to Bakersfield and now you understand why you have waited so long and--I trust--so patiently for this autograph. As March is not usually a month of roses in Philadelphia, I take the liberty of sending you a native of this land of sunshine and flowers. Sincerely yours, Robert J. Burdette." 8" x 5.25 Burdette (1844-1914) was an author and poet. A four-page biography of him... Read More

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THE BAB BALLADS:

By Gilbert, W.S

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
London: Macmillan, 1924. Sixth Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. pp: xii, 564; 350 vignette illustrations. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in blue-dyed polished calf, with gilt cover rules, dentelles, and spine design, all edges gilt; spine labels gone. 7.25" x 4.75" ... Read More

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BALLADS AND STORIES IN VERSE:

By Huhner, Leon

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: Gertz Bros., 1959. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (vi), 42. Contains 12 long poems and ballads, most with historical settings. 9.25" x 6" ... Read More

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BALLADS OF OLD NEW YORK

By Guiterman, Arthur

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: Harper , 1920. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. pp: (xii), 301; plates, text vignettes. 8" x 5 Includes: The Legend of the Bronx; How Pearl Street Was Paved; Mary Murray of Murray Hill; The Palisades; Bowling Green; etc.... Read More

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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TO SEVENTY-FIVE MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS

By Lepper, Gary M

Book condition: Fine

Book Description
Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 1976. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Fine. pp: xv, 428. 9.25" x 6 Lepper compiled checklists of the works of 75 American novelists and poets, prominent from 1945 to 1975.... Read More

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE SCOTS POETS:

By Geddie, William

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society, 1912. First Edition. Morocco-backed cloth. Very Good. pp: cix, 364. 9" x 5.5 Geddie documents "the varying attitudes of scholars and others towards Scottish poets of the 16th and earlier centuries." In addition to general works, he examines material available on 14 Scottish poets, including Gawin Douglas, Blind Harry, James I, Sir David Lyndsay, and others. A long introduction includes discussions of each of the 14 poets.... Read More

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BOLTS OF MELODY: New Poems. Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham

By Dickinson, Emily

Book Description
NY Harper & Brothers 1945., 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spine gilt dull, else in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.25" pp: xxix, 352 First-line index. Contains more than 650 poems, previously unpublished. [Citation: Blanck, BAL 4695]. Illustrated by 8pp manuscript facsimiles. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. ... Read More

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BRANCHES THAT RUN OVER THE WALL:

By Richards, Louisa L. Greene (Lula)

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Salt Lake City: Magazine Printing Co., 1904. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. pp: (xi), 269; frontispiece, two plates. 7.75" x 5.25 In the first section, the author transforms the Book of Mormon narrative into blank verse. Other sections contain rhymed verse to the tunes of various popular songs, rhymed poems for children, and a story for kids. [Flake, Mormon Bibliography, #7247.] ... Read More

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THE BRONX CHEER," Vol. I, No. 1

By Anonymous

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: Boomer Poet, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 16pp; illus throughout from cartoons. 12" x 9 We find no record of this publication. The only clues to its origins are a statement that "The Roaming Dreamer says Trade Mark Applied For" and a slug for "The Boomer Poet, 44 West 17th St., New York City." The editor has assembled cartoons, jokes, and humorous poetry from various sources.... Read More

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CHARLES PEGUY [POEMS]:

By Peguy, Charles

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: DISC (Asch Recording Studios), Circa 1944. First English language edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 16pp; few small marks on back cover. 8.25" x 5.5 Contains three long poems in the original French, followed by English translations: "Priere de Confidence" (Prayer of Trust); "Priere de Residence" (Prayer for a Dwelling); "Presentation de la Beauce a Notre Dame de Chartres" (Presentation of Beauce to Our Lady of Chartres). Peguy died for France in 1914 on ... Read More

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THE COLLECTED POEMS OF DYLAN THOMAS

By Thomas, Dylan

Book Description
NY New Directions (1953)., 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. News clip "burn" on front endsheet, else very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: (ix), 199 In this issue, the "daughers" for "daughters" error on page 199 has been corrected. Illustrated by frontispiece portrait. 1st US Edition. Binding is original cloth. ... Read More

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CONTEMPORARY ASIAN POETRY:

By Glauber, Robert H., editor

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
Beloit, WI, 1962. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 64pp. Samples the writings of "some 40 Asian poets" from Indonesia, Korea, Malaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. 8.5" x 5.25 ... Read More

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FOUR FRENCH RESISTANCE WRITERS:  Louis Aragon, Paul Eluard, Francois Mauriac, Albert Camus  [Poems and Editorials]

By Aragon, Louis and others

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Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: DISC (Asch Recording Studios), 1944. First English language edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 24pp. 8.25" x 5.5 Contains a half-page introduction by Maria Jolas, followed by nine poems in French with English translations, and full-page editorials in both French and English by Francois Mauriac and Albert Camus (both dated 25 August 1944). This very scarce work was published by Moses (Moe) Asch who set up his Asch Recording Studios in the early 1940s, first recorded Woody Guthrie, founded F... Read More

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FOUR INDIAN LOVE LYRICS FROM "THE GARDEN OF KAMA":

By Hope, Laurence (pseud. Adela Cory Nicolson, 1865-1904)

Book condition: Very Good

Book Description
NY: Boosey , 1903. Early edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 28pp. 12" x 9.75 Comprises lyrics and piano accompaniment to four poems of India by Laurence Hope, a Victorian staple. Titles are: The Temple Bells; Less than the Dust; Kashmiri Song; Till I Wake.... Read More

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