Iowa Music and Poetry

Des Moines, IA: Department of Public Instruction, 1913. 109 pp. all printed in sepia on glossy cream paper. Includes article, poetry and prose selections, skits, songs with music and suggested programs. Some writing on covers and notes like "learn this" on a few pages. Covers slightly soiled and spine covering missing 1" at bottom and 1/2" at top. Cover fully attached but fragile. Unusual and interesting book.. Presumed First. Pictorial Wraps. Good. Illus. by Sepia Photos. 6 x 9". Iowa, Ecology, Poetry, Education. more information

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Grinnell, IA: Jonathan Chenette, 1990. Oh Millersville! consists of 14 songs to poems written purportedly by a 12 year old Iowa schoolgirl names Fern Gravel. The 58 poems of the original book were actually written by James Normal Hall and published as a literary hoax in 1941. Program of April 17, 1996 performance in Newton, IA included.. First. Tagboard, Plastic Spiral. Fine. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2". Privately Printed. Iowa, James Norman Hall, Colfax, Music. more information

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Newton, IA. 81pp. Author was a schoolteacher who died at age 27 of "consumption" in 1907. This little book was published by her brother after her death. Includes laid in copy of local newpaper article about her life. Front cover bent on lower corner; pages slightly darkened by age. Frontis. picture of author. Laid in card "Compliments of E.L. Earley.". Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4". Privately Printed. Iowa, Poetry, Newton. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. 195 pp. Includes Dedication, Prologue, Folk of the World, Great Valley, Chicago, California, New York, Atlantic Passge--East, England, Germany, Vienna, Russia, Notre Dame, Belleau Wood, Atlantic Passage--West, Epilogue at the Core of Earth. Slight browning on page edges.& soil at top of endpapers. Solid, clean. 2 newspaper clippings w/photo laid in: one on Engle's death & one on "Iowa's Poet of the Century." DJ price clipped w/nicks at upper edge, 1/2" closed tear on lower edge & scuffing along spine front.. Brown Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 5 1/4 x 9 1/4". Hardback. Poetry, Iowa. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1934. 102 pp. deckeld edges, pages yellowing. Cover has some fading & sunned spine. Owner's bookplate on fep. This collection is a tribute to American places & people; snapshots of American just before WW II. Includes Earth in Our Blood, Fire at Viareggio, New York, Troubadour of Eze, Eternal Season, Thou Shalt Thresh the Mountains.. First Edition Stated. Blue Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4". Hardback. Poetry, Iowa, Americana. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. 50pp. narrative poem by author of Portrait of Jennie. DJ design by Hollis Holland. Two small spots on front cover & gilt title on spine dimmed. DJ not price clipped but shows general wear & 1/2 " chips at base & head of spine, frayed corners & 1" closed tear top front. Endpapers darkened & gift inscription on ffep.. First Edition Stated. Black Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 5 1/2 x 8". Hardback. Poetry, Iowa. more information

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Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1985. 113 pp. Collection of church music (psalm settings and hymns) by Iowa composers accompanied by sermons based on each psalm. Musical notes by Larry Christensen. Each musical score is reproduced. Composers include John Dexter, Mildred Souers, Charles Hutchenson Gabriel, Maro Loomis Bartlett, James Fritschel, Edwin Earle Ferguson, Alice Jordan, John S. Fearis, and Dale Grotenhuis. "Notes" give sources for the music. Lt. brown stain on cover, otherwise as new.. ISBN: 0-89536-931-1. First Edition Stated. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good +. 5 1/2 x 7 1/4". Iowa, Music, Religion. more information

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Iowa Fall, IA: CSS Publications, 1982. 212 pp. of wit & wisdom by the "Barrister Bard" whose writings have appeared frequently in the Des Moines Register. Commentary on the times w/appropro illus. by a well-known contemporary cartoonist. Inscribed to Verne Lawyer and signed by author.. First Stated. Purple Cloth. As New/As New. Illus. by Frank & Mindy Miller. 6 x 9". Hardback. Poetry, Humor, Iowa. more information

Offered by Carroll M. Proctor, Ph.D. (United States)