Poetry

London: Henry Frowde, M. A., 1902 Printed by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Edited by R. C. Browne with life, introduction and selected notes. Etymological notes revised by Henry Bradley, M. A. Maroon cloth, faded on spine. Gold embossed title on spine. Press emblem on spine faded. Two small chips in cloth on leading edge of front cover, vol. II. Nicks in cloth on top edge of border and boards are bowed on vol. I. Slight foxing to page edges and end papers. Binding good. Owner name penciled inside, a few small pencil marks to text. Advertisements for other books from Clarendon Press in back. 384p. 343p.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: The Kaleidograph Press, 1946 Tan paper dust jacket with black titles, otherwise unadorned. DJ has wear to extremities, large circular stain on front. Now in Brodart. Red cloth with gold titles. Cloth is quite clean. Binding is tight. Page borders are browning. 67p.. Unknown. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: The Kaleidoscope Publishers, 1930 Vaida Stewart Montgomery along with her husband, Whitney M. Montgomery, published the poetry magazine Kaleidograph through their publishing house, Kaleidograph Press. She was awarded the Poetry Society of Texas' Old South Prize in 1939 and 1944. Locoed was her first published volume of verse. Black cloth spine with tan suede over boards. Black illustrations and title on front. Suede is torn at lower front corner. Other corners are slightly rubbed. A few scuff. Binding is tight. Some foxing to page edges. 59p.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Will James. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Charleston, Illinois: Prairie Poet Books, 1975 Signed by the Author. Anthology of poetry. Author of 'Heir to a Pair of Boots'. Jacket is in brodart, plain paper with simple design. Chipping to edges. Sunned, foxed, and stained. Inscribed to Auta Lee, thanking her for nominating the book for an award. Red cloth with gold title on spine. 60p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Thoma Y. Crowell Epic poem. No date of printing is given but note above Preface refers to earlier printing. Gift inscription gives date of 1922. Lovely decorative cloth illustrated with birch bark and Queen Anne's Lace. Cloth is worn and soiled. Head of spine is fraying, a couple of dings to leading edge of boards. Points are soft and beginning to fray. Light water stain across very top edge of pages and down gutter of endpapers. Pages toning. Neatly written gift inscription on front free endpaper. Black and white uncredited frontispiece, only illustration. 330p.. Unknown. Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923 Black cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Gold on spine is nearly all rubbed off. Cloth is soiled, binding is tight. Spine is sunned. Foxing to top edges of pages, leading edge is rough-cut, this edge is foxing. Interior is clean and bright. 158p.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921 First edition, colophon is present. Olive green cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Gold is completely rubbed off on spine. Rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Cloth is soiled and spotty. Illustrated endpapers. Full color frontispiece, remaining illustrations are black and white. Signature starting. 253p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomas Fogarty. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Longmans Green and Co., 1905 Black cloth spine is very faded. Tears in cloth, rubbed through at head and tail of spine. Green paper on boards, stained and edgeworn. Points are bumped, foxing to endpapers. Last page of text is quite brown. 104p.. Unknown. Cloth and Board. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Austin, Texas: Nortex Press, 1983 Signed by the Author. Winner of the Ninth Annual Northex Press Book Award, sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Jacket is in brodart, shows some general shelfwear with foxing around the edges. Foxing on page edges. Signed by author. Sticker on dust jacket with price and copy number, #52. 53p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Austin, Texas: Nortex Press, 1983 Signed by the Author. Winner of the Ninth Annual Nortex Press Book Award, Sponored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Jacket is in brodart, no chips or tears but there is some slight shelfwear. Adhesive residue on front along with red mark. Brown cloth shows only hints of edgewear, otherwise fine. 53p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938 Dust jacket design by Maurice Sendak. BOMC. Color title page. DJ is price clipped, chipped back cover near top of fold. Small tear front, bottom of fold. Some self wear. Bound in red cloth with gold and brown embossed titles on cover and spine. Cloth is clean and bright. Binding tight, pages bright. Book club blind stamp on back.. Cloth. Near Fine/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1981 Inscribed by author to Auta and Bevington Reed, fellow poets. There is also a hand written note on the acknowledgement page about the cover design. There are several other notes commenting on some of the poems inspirations. Winner of the Seventh Annual Nortex Press Book Award. Jacket is in Brodart. General shelfwear, a couple of small tears and chips. One large (2 1/4") tear at front fold. Red cloth with gold title one spine. Some soiling to rear board, otherwise clean and tight. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. 56p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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1988 Signed by the Author who was Poet Laureate of Texas in 1973. Anthology of poems written in 1969. Poems juxtapose events of the times with events of th past as she travels through Europe. Interesting collection. Paper cover sunned, some soiling. Inscribed by author on title page and dated July 29, 1988 Laredo. 69p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Palestine, Texas: Harp & Quill Press, 1996 Signed by the Author. Cream colored softcover, some stains on rear. First four pages are slightly bumped. Inscribed by author on title page. 69p.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1976 Signed by the Author. 1st Ed., no jacket. Red cloth with gold embossed titles on front and spine. Slight soiling to cloth. Binding is tight. Interior is clean. Poems inspired to trip to Guatemala in the wake of the 1973 earthquake. Black and white line drawings. 65p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erin Wells. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nortex Offset Publications, Inc., 1973 Signed by the Author. Published the year author was Poet Laureate of Texas. Light green cloth with dark green titles on spine and cover. Cover also has lovely vine design. Small red scratch on front. Fron bottom corner is bumped. Slight rubbing to tail of spine. Small amount of soiling to rear. Slight ding in leading eddge of rear board. Inscribed by author on ffe. and dated Austin , November 16, 1973. 66p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913 Green cloth with gold embossed titles on spine and cover with winged horse device. Spines are slightly sunned. Tissued portrait of author frontispiece in vol. I. Vol. I has a stain to bottom front corner that travels up the edge. Vol. II has similar mark, but smaller. Boards are slightly bowed. Vol. II p points are soft. Top page edges are gilt, others are rough-cut. Pulling to head and tail of spines. Stains on cover corners bleed to interior, though faint. Vol. I, 426p. Vol. II, 451p.. Fifth. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910 Green clothwith gold titles on spine and front. There is a nick in the cloth marring the authors name on front. Rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. First few pages are dogeared on bottom. There is a crease to the first paste-down. Some foxing to page edges, broken signature. Back corners are slightly soft. 206p.. Fifth. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1934 Antholgy of lyrical poetry. Revised and enlarged, two volumes in one, 1934. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Cloth is spotty and binding is slightly leaning. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Foxing to page edges. Interior is clean and bright. 248p.including index of writer, index of poems and index of first lines. . Reprint. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: MacMillan & Co., 1929 Golden Treasury Series. "Reprint from the original editions with notes by Francis T. Palgrave, late professor of poetry in the University of Oxford". Printed in Great Britain by R. &R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Table of contents by year and title, index of first lines. Binding tight, blue cloth with gold title on spine and flute player on front cover. Slight foxing. 284 p. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: The Book Craft, 1961 Signed by the Author. Collection of poetry. Dust jacket is in brodart. Fair amount of insect damage to edges. Shelfwear and some soiling. Sunned. Inscribed by author. Green cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Foxing to boards and endpapers. Binding is tight. 78p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Viking Press, 1931 Beige dust jacket with pink titling. Pink cloth with dry embossed title on cover and gold embossed title on spine. Dust jacket spine is slightly soiled. Fading to spine and cover. Foxing on page edges and on endpapers along spine. Binding is good, 62p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: American Book Company, 1898 Eclectic English Classics. Edited by A. M. VanDyke, M. A. Brown cloth with brown embossed titles and design. Binding and points are firm. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges. Previous owners name in pencil on ffep. Includes list of other titles in series. 110p.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1953 Signed by the Author. Published the year author was Poet Laureate of Texas. Jacket is fragile. Faded, yellowing, edgeworn, insect damaged. There is a large tear on the front at the spine. Jacket is now in Brodart. Bright silver cloth with blue titles on spine and cover. There is also a design of Texas and a red star on the front. There is some rubbing to the edges and the bottom front corner is bumped. Endpapers are foxing. Inscribed by author on ffep. Foxing to gutter on title page. Foxing on page edges. 84p. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907 Anthology of religious poetry. Limp green leather with gold embossed designs and titles on cover and spine. Tissued portrait of author. Third, enlarged edition. Sunning to spine and back cover. Some soiling and staining on back. Beautiful gold and green endpapers. Top edges of pages are gilt. Some foxing to page edges. 220p. . Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930 Collection of poems. Bright green cloth with titles in embossed in dark green on spine and cover. Sunning to spine. A coulpe of very small stains to top edge of front board. Foxing to top edge of pages and cloth. Some foxing to other edges of pages and small amount to endpapers. Binding is tight, pages are clean. 67p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924 Anthology of poetry including: Lord Byron, Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily Dickinson. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Front board has gold title and illustration of sailing ship. Head and tail of spine are rubbed as are points. Cloth is slightly soiled, foxing to page edges and endpapers. Small bookplate from book store on ffep. Text block is clean and bright. 511p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1950 Anthology of poetry. Tan dust jacket with brown titles and green decorations. Jacket is heavily worn and browning at edges, some insect damage. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Green cloth with bright gold title on spine. Rubbing to board edges. Small nick in cloth at head of spine. Pages are slightly yellowed. Frontispiece portrait of author and husband. 143p. plus index of titles. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Indianapolis: The Bobbs - Merrill Company, 1905 Printed by Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N. Y. Black and white photographs by William B. Dyer. Cover and spine bright. Dark green cloth with gold and color embossing. Gold embossed title and decoration on spine. Pages clean, no foxing. 190p.. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by William B. Dyer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Denton, Texas: North Texas State University Press, 1971 Signed by the Author. Distinguished Professor of English at North Texas State University. Mr. Sampley won the Edwin Markham Award of the Poetry Society of America in 1964 and the James Joyce Award in 1965. Brown dust jacket is heavily worn. Chips and tears all along edges. Large chip in back. Jacket is now in Brodart. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Pulling and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Bottom front corner bumped. Cloth is clean, binding is tight. Inscribed by author on ffep. Interior is clean. 129p. including index of titles. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946 Contains two complete volumes, Chicago Poems and Cornhuskers. Illustrated with photographs selected by Elizabeth McCausland. Introduction by Lloyd Lewis. Dust jacket is heavily worn including a large chip on front panel, much of title is missing. Price clipped. Brown cloth with gold titles and light brown decorations. Title on front board is rubbed, some gold missing. Rubbing to all edges, points are soft. Maroon top-stain. 267p.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Poor. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: James R. Osgood, Co, Boston, 1885 Heavily decorated green cloth, gold titles. Titles are raised; decorations are both embossed and de-embossed. General wear to cloth, light stain to top of front board. Boards have beveled edges. Head and tail of spine are heavily worn, fraying. Slight lean to binding. Middle signature starting. Decorative endpapers, gilt page edges. Some foxing to pages. Black and white illustrations. Pink line border to each page. Printed by University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. 275p.. Fourth. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Signed by the Author. Blue paper cover, sunned near spine, slightly soiled. Staple binding. Inscribed by author on title page.56p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Barse and Hopkins, 1916 Collection of poems, red cover gilt embossed title on spine, gilt top edge, 208 p. Written while the author was an ambulance driver in WWI, dedicated to his brother who died in action . Red front cover unattached, binding intact, back cover slightly stained. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Schocken Books, 1973 Off-white jacket has heavy edgewear including chips and tears. White cloth on spine with gold title. Blue boards with authors name in gold on front. Head of spine is bumped. A few light pencil marks to passages. 131p.. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Denton, Texas: North Texas State University Press, 1972 Signed by the Author who is Cecil Eugene Shuford, former chairman of North Texas State University's Department of journalism. Poems about the darker side of American life, particularly in the southwest. Brown paper jacket with simple tree design on front. Numerous chips and tears to edges. A couple of faint red marks across the front and a dark smudge on the back. Jacket is now in Brodart. Brown cloth with black title on spine. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Inscribed by author on ffep. Binding is tight and interior is clean. 147p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1980 Winner of the Sixth Annual Nortex Press Book Award sponored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Author was chairman of the Department of Journalism at North Texas State University. Brown cloth with gold title on spine. Very good except for several impressed lines in front cover. Sound, clean copy. 52p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978 Signed by the Author. Winnerr of the Fourth Annual Nortex Press Book Award sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. No jacket. Green cloth with gold title on spine and cover. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Lower corners slighgtly bumped. Small black stain on front board. Inscribed by author. 43p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Amarillo, Texas: Paramount Publishing Company, 1978 Signed by the Author. Beige softcover with green titles and illustration. Near fine except for some small amount of soiling and small tear at tail of spine. First and last pages are green, first is signed by author and illustrator. Collection of "Poems of the West - Then and Now". Book is printed on heavy, beige, textured paper. Interior is clean. 84p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Eugene H. Brock. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Henry Frowde, M. A., 1905 Printed by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Dark red cloth with gold embossed title on spine. Rubbing on front and back cover. Spine a little faded. Pages bright with a little foxing to top edge. Tight binding. 256p.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1892 Copyright states 1891. 'Rhymes and Rhythms and Histories Droll, For Boys and Girls from Pole to Pole'. Collection of poetry for children. One of the first appearances of illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Grey green cloth is heavily soiled. Pencil marks front and back, faint writing on front. Small red stain bottom of front board. Black title and decoration on spine. Title in yellow on front with illustration of yellow full moon and two small children. Boards slightly bowed. Binding is broken, completely detached from text block. Names written in pencil on first fifty pages. 136p.. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by Lavinia Ebbinghausen, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Jessie McDermott, J. Augustus Beck, and Herman Faber. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1931 Anthology of poetry edited A. M. Stephen. Teal textured leatherette with attached ribbon bookmark. Cover is worn and slightly soiled in areas. Color of leather has faded on spine. Binding is still very tight. Endpapers yellowed with minor foxing, but other pages are bright. Gilt top edge of page. Gold embossed title on spine. 146p.. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. Wallcousins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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1987 Signed by the Author. Paper binding, front is sunned. Small round sticker on front. Inscribed by author using only first name, dated Mankato 1987. Poem have alll been previously published in other anthologies. book is clean and sound. 26p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barbara Stevens. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1931 Lovely edition, complete. Brown paper cover with black title and black and white illustration on front board. Edges of boards are a little worn, tail of spine is bumped. Points soft, two tiny puncture marks mid spine on rear board. Illustrated endpapers. Feels unread. Binding is tight and interior is clean. Silhouette style illustrations. 91p.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paula Rees Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Signed by the Author. Winner 3rd Annual Crossroads Chapbook Competitiion, 1985. Heavy beige paper with title, violin and bird on cover. Cover is a little soiled and slightly worn in places. Inscribed on title page. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Mickey Huffstutler. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1976 Winner of the Second Annual Nortex Press Book Award sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Possible original clear jacket. Textured green cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Blackbird design embossed in black on cover. Binding is sound and interior is clean. 51p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1949 Water damage to front cover, spine and top edge of pages. Decorations by Reginald L. Knowles.. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by Alfred E. Taylor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: Paon Press, Inc., 1979 Plain white dust jacket with only small decoration on front, black title on spine and portrait of author on rear. A few small coffee stains to jacket and 1 inch tear at head of spine and smaller tear on rear. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine and decoration on cover. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. Small white spot of foreign material on rear. 54p.. Unknown. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1898 The Cambridge Edition of the Poets edited by Horace E. Scudder. Biographical sketch by W. J. Rolfe. Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Burgundy cloth with gold embossed title on spine. Spine is faded, pulled and rubbed at head and tail. Corners rubbed and a little soft. Boards very slightly bowed. Binding is slightly loose. Gilt top edge of pages. Some foxing to page edges. Previous owners name on ffep. Tissued frontispiece portrait of Tennyson. Illustration of Farringford, Isle of Wight on title page. 887p. including appendix, index of first lines and index of titles. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888 'Letters to Various Persons' Riverside Press. Original copyright 1865. Title page contains shield shaped emblem from Houghton Mifflin. Editor's Notice dated 1865 states these letters are takes from the original hand written letters, only personal information has been altered. There is an also a selection of poems. The title page at the beginning of this section has a small N printed on the page. Dark green cloth with gold title on spine and replica of Thoreau's signature on front. Gold is still relatively bright. Wear to edges, corners rubbed. Color of cloth is uneven. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed. Boards have beveled edges. Deep black endpapers. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Binding is beginning to crack at rear. There may be some blank pages missing. Some random spots of foxing throughout text. 229p.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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