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1) Poems
Chesterton, Gilbert K

Poems
New York: John Lane, 1926. Red-Orange buckram, stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, other edges uncut. Slightly sunned and lightly soiled, tiny store sticker bottom of front flyleaf, Very Good+. VIEW IMAGE. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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2) North of Rome
Church, Richard

London: Hutchinson, 1960. Mild bump to one corner, else fine in lightly soiled, very good+ price-clipped, dustwrapper. Illustrations by Michael Ayrton. Small 4to. 62pp + 1.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Michael Ayrton. more information

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3) This Strangest Everything
Ciardi, John

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1966. Fine in lightly rubbed, crisp and bright, Near Fine dustwrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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4) 39 Poems
Ciardi, John

39 Poems
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1959. Inscribed/signed by the author on front flyleaf. Lightly worn at corners, Near Fine in a bright and unclipped, good+ dustwrapper, missing piece at bottom of front panel, scrape to front panel, and rear panel with a few creases to lamination. VIEW IMAGE. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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5) An Alphabestiary
Ciardi, John

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. Fine in lightly used, Near Fine slipcase. Illustrations by Milton Hebald.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Milton Hebald. more information

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6) Lives of X (Poems)
Ciardi, John

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1971. Dark green cloth, gilt stamped spine. 8vo. 118pp. Fine in lightly worn, Very Good dustwrapper, with touch of rubbing, slight soiling to white background.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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7) IN FACT
Ciardi, John

Rutgers University Press, 1962. First.. About fine in very good dj, with rubbing to white surface, and mild dampstain to bottom of rear panel.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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8) I MARRY YOU (A Sheaf of Love Poems)
Ciardi, John

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1958. First.. A long, not unpleasant gift inscription, on front free end paper, otherwise a very near fine copy, in moderately rubbed/soiled, good plus dust jacket, with 1-½" creased tear at bottom of front panel, price clipped.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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9) PERSON TO PERSON
Ciardi, John

Rutgers University, 1964. First.. Fine in crisp, near fine dust jacket, but for small chip from spine heel, and light vertical rub line.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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10) Mid-Century American Poets
Ciardi, John (editor)

New York: Twayne, 1952. Only lightly used and Near Fine, with two small glue stains on front flyleaf, no dustwrapper. . First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. more information

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11) What the Light Was Like (Poems)
Clampitt, Amy

New York: Knopf, 1985. Woven beige cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine. Very Fine in Fine dustwrapper, with minor crease to crown of rear flap. No. 18 in the Knopf Poetry Series.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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12) Green (Poems)
Clark, Tom

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow., 1971. One of 1,000 in paper wrappers. Minimal shelf wear, else Fine.. First Edition. wraps. more information

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13) AIR (Poems)
Clark, Tom

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Lightly worn, and Near Fine.. First Edition (stated). wraps. more information

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14) AIR (Poems)
Clark, Tom

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Fine in lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper, with modest wear to top edge of rear panel, roughly erased price on front flap.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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15) The Vision of Jean Gent (a Study of His Poems, Plays and Novels)
Coe, Richard N

New York: Grove, 1968. 8vo. 343pp. Bibliography, Index. Tiny cover stains, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustwrapper, tiny dampstain.. First Printing (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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16) People Behave Like Ballads
Coffin, Robert P. Tristram

New York: Macmillan, 1946. Cloth nicked at spine crown, else tight, clean and Near Fine, no dustwrapper.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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17) Wild Earth and Other Poems
Colum, Padraic

New York: Henry Holt, 1916. Corner bumped, lightly worn spine ends, else near fine in green cloth, stamped in gilt. Small 8vo. 73pp.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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18) The Song of Lazarus (Poems)
Comfort, Alex

New York: Viking, 1945. Fine in very good, slightly soiled, dustwrapper, with scattered light wear, short tear.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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19) Come Out to Play
Comfort, Alex

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. Lightly dust-soiled page edges, else a fine and fresh copy in good to very good, dustwrapper, suffering moderate lamination peel, dust-soiling, tear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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20) Living Dying (Poems)
Corman, Cid

New York: New Directions, 1970. Minimal wear, Near Fine in illustrated trade wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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21) THE COLLECTED POEMS OF HART CRANE
Crane, Hart

New York: Liveright, 1933. Redish-brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Frontispiece by Siqueiros. Edited with an introduction by Waldo Frank. A mild bump to one corner, spine dull, mild tanning to endpapers along spine joint; overall an especially attractive, tight and clean, near fine copy, no dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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22) Venus Invisible, and Other Poems
Crane, Nathalia

New York: Coward McCann, 1928. Black cloth spine over decorated paper boards. A beautiful tight and Near Fine copy, with just a tiny spot of wear to base of front boards, and mild toning of page margins, in a Very Good, lightly worn and tanned dust jacket. Illustrations by Ruth Jonas.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Yes. more information

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23) Copper Sun
Cullen, Countee

Copper Sun
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Black cloth spine over marbled paper-covered boards, with paper labels on front and spine. Small 8vo. 89pp. Numerous illustrations by Charles Cullen. Book is near fine, bright, tight and clean, except for slightly rubbed surface, and Mary Elizabeth Raub's neatly scripted name on front flyleaf. One of the earliest volumes of poetry from the Harlem Renaissance. VIEW IMAGE. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Illus. by Cullen, Charles. more information

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24) On Wind of Chance (Poems)
Cummins, Virginia Kent

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1931. Covers lightly stained, some surface wear to rear, nick to spine crown, else quite nice and very good. On the front flyleaf the author has scripted a poem in black ink, below that her SIGNED gift inscription. Clipped at bottom of page is an additional note, initialed by the author. There is a small rust-stain from the clip at bottom of endpapers.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Ruth Reeves. more information

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25) The Inferno
Dante (Alighieri) Translated in Verse by JOHN CIARDI

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. Spine sunned, date on rear pastedown, lightly worn and Near Fine, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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26) ONE PART LOVE (Poems)
Deutsch, Babette

Oxford University, 1939. 1st ed.. Near fine in very good dustwrapper.. First Edition (stated). hardcover. more information

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27) COLLECTED POEMS
Durrell, Lawrence

New York: Dutton, 1960. Review copy with slip tipped-in. Very good to fine in bright, very good dust jacket, with a tiny creased tear bottom front corner, light tanning to rear which has a few tiny speckle-stains.. 1st American Edition (stated). hardcover. more information

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28) THE INNOCENT ASSASSINS (Poetry)
Eiseley, Loren

Scribner's, 1973. First.. Illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. Mild sunning to board's edges, about fine in like dust jacket, with spot of soiling to rear panel.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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29) A LITTLE BOOK OF TRIBUNE VERSE
Field, Eugene

A LITTLE BOOK OF TRIBUNE VERSE
Denver: Tandy, Wheeler, 1901. 1st ed.. T.e.g. Small bookplate front pastedown with offsetting to flyleaf which is slightly detached, rear endpaper slightly split at rear joint (not the binding), still a stunningly fresh, and near fine copy. VIEW IMAGE. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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30) The Angel of History (Poetry)
Forche, Carolyn

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper. . First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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31) Selected Poems
Grass, Gunter

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966. Side by side German and English text, translated by Michael Hamburger & Christopher Middleton. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 8vo. 63pp. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, illustrated with a drawing by Grass. There is a tiny triangular chip at bottom of rear panel, nicked and lightly soiled along top edge, not price-clipped ($3.95).. 1st American Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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32) A Harlot's Hire
Grossman, Allen

Cambridge, MA: Walker-de Berry, 1961. First issue, with erratum slip laid-in. Light tanning to extremities, light scattered rubbing along spine joints. Contents clean and bright. A very good plus copy of the author's first book, in printed trade wrappers.. First Edition (stated). Original Wraps. more information

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33) Touch (Poems)
Gunn, Thom

London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 8vo. 58pp. Fine in fine dust jacket, with just a hint of rubbing to white background.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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34) Hoofprints: Horse Poems
Haas, Jessie

Hoofprints: Horse Poems
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2004. Very Fine and unread in Fine dustjacket. Publisher's promo information laid-in. Octavo, 208pp. Collects 104 poems, plus an afterward with an overview of horse history, and a glossary that provides information about historical figures and events featured in the poems. VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON AT LEFT.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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35) A Box of Rain: Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter
Hunter, Robert

New York: Viking, 1990. Fine in near fine dustwrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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36) Freedom and the Tragic Life: a Study in Dostoevsky
Ivanov, Vyacheslav

Freedom and the Tragic Life: a Study in Dostoevsky
New York: Noonday Press, 1952. Red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Octavo. 166pp. Translated by Norman Cameron. Solid, and Near Fine in price-clipped Very Good, or better dustwrapper, with modest rubbing and wear. VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON AT LEFT. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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37) DESCENT TO THE DEAD. Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain
Jeffers, Robinson

New York: Random House, 1931. One of 500 copies, numbered, and SIGNED by Jeffers on the Limitation Page at rear: this recorded as no. 198. Close to Fine, small 4to., backed in cream-colored vellum over brown papered boards.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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38) Collected Poems
Joyce, James

New York: Viking, 1937. Cover very lightly soiled, else a tight, fresh and fine copy; no dust jacket.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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39) Buy Your Own Cherries, and Other Tales
Kirton, John W

Buy Your Own Cherries, and Other Tales
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. No date, but with "Xmas" gift inscription, dated 1907. Covers soiled, fraying to tips and spine, title page detatched, but present, else tight, clean and very good. VIEW IMAGE. Hard Cover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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40) Love Poems and Others
Lawrence, D. H

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. The author's fifth book, and first collection of poems. Bound in original purple cloth with spine lettered in gold. Spine sunned and gilt dulled, very light wear to tips and spine ends, former owner, M. Abell and his address, stamped on front flyleaf (possibly Arthur M. Abell noted classical musician, 1868-1958), otherwise tight, clean and Very Good+.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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41) CAPE COD BALLADS, and Other Verse
Lincoln, Joe

Trenton: Albert Brandt, 1902. Drawings by Edward W. Kemble Near Fine coy of the author's first book in original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Lincoln, Joe. more information

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42) The Dialogues of Archibald MacLeish and Mark Van Doren
MacLeish, Archibald, Mark Van Doran (Warren V. Bush, editor)

New York: E. P. Dutton., 1964. Fine in lightly rubbed, near fine dustjacket.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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43) SPRING PLOWING
Malam, Charles

SPRING PLOWING
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. A very near fine copy in bright and crisp, very good plus dust jacket, with creased tear and a few shallow chips along top edge. A wonderful book of poetry and art, capturing the natural beauty of the New England hills and their people. VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON AT LEFT.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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44) Make Bright the Arrows (Poems)
Millay, Edna St. Vincent

Make Bright the Arrows (Poems)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Black quarter cloth, blue papered boards, printed paper spine label. 8vo. 65pp. Tiny store-sticker at bottom of front pastedown, else a lovely Near Fine copy in slightly edgeworn, Good+ dustwrapper, missing jagged 2" chip to upper rear corner. VIEW IMAGE. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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45) Huntsman, What Quarry?
Millay, Edna St. Vincent

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Pages lightly toned, else Near fine in tanned and dampstained dust wrapper, edge-worn, and missing tiny chip mid-spine.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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46) Robert Browning, a Portrait
Miller, Betty

Robert Browning, a Portrait
New York: Scribner's, 1953. Blue cloth, stamped in blind on front, gilt on spine. Tall 8vo. 317pp. Bibliography, index, photographs throughout. Hard bump to upper front corner causing light crease to pages, still clean, crisp and Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, with wear to foot of spine, slight loss at head, a little edge-worn. CLICK ICON AT LEFT TO VIEW IMAGE.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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47) Chosen Poems
Monroe, Harriet

New York: Macmillan, 1935. SIGNED inscription by the author on front flyleaf, Very Good to Near Fine in burgundy cloth with decoration and lettering in gilt on front and spine. Spine dull, and nicked at crown, light cover stains.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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48) The Life and Death of Jason (a poem)
Morris, William

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1867. Green cloth, brightly stamped in gilt on spine, brown endpapers, 12mo. 307pp. 4 pages of ads at front. A few light cover stains, corner wear, cloth nicked at spine ends, endpaper cracking--not the binding--along hinge, still a solid, internally clean and very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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49) The Life and Death of Jason
Morris, William

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1867. Brown cloth, blind-stamped border, spine brightly gilt lettered and decorated. Spine cap chipped, nicked at foot, light stain to rear, small chip to title page fore-edge, name and short inscription top of title page, dated 1867, lightly tanned page margins. Book is tight, clean, and overall quite appealing and in very good condition, . 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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50) THE FLAG THE HAWK FLIES (Poems)
O'Gorman, Ned

New York: Knopf, 1972. Very slight cover lift, else fine in very good plus dust jacket, but for mild lamination bubble to front spine gutter.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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