Poetry, Poetic Commentary, Sonnets, Verse

Boston, MA, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Tight/Bright Copy, Heavy Tan Buckram Cloth Bindings, Black & White Spinal Titles in an Orange Title Block Bordered by Alternating Black & Orange Decorative Accent Bands ending at rhe Crown & Heel, Slight Page Age Tanning, Clean Unmarked Text, The Attractive Color Illustrated Clear Brodart Covered Dust Jacket Features a Tall Marble Column & a Gallant Knight's Upper Torso, Helmet and Visor Armor. In the Forefront of a Vintage Antiquarian Bookroom. With the Rear Panel Featuring a Window Overlooking a Meandering Stream in Lush Green Valley. The Jacket has minor edgewear with upper edge and corner rubbing, the Spinal Crown's top 1/4' edge is nicked and worn away, with several small closed panel edgetears. With an Excellent Preface and Introduction on Literary Style, Influences, Glossary, Notes, Popular Ballads, Fragments, and Index... 723 pages. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Tight/Bright Copy, Heavy Tan Buckram Cloth Bindings, Black & White Spinal Titles in an Orange Title Block Bordered by Alternating Black & Orange Decorative Accent Bands ending at rhe Crown & Heel, Neat Previous Owner Name on a "Hands of God Protecting and Nuturing a Tender Seedling" Black & White Vintage Bookplate, Slight Page Age Tanning, Clean Unmarked Text, The Attractive Color Illustrated Clear Brodart Covered Dust Jacket Features a White Tall Marble Column & a White Marble Bust of Spenser in the Forefront of a Vintage Antiquarian Bookroom. With the Rear Panel Featuring a Window Overlooking a Meandering Stream in Lush Green Valley. The Jacket has minor edgewear with upper edge chipping, 1/4' edgenicks, closed panel splits, and end chipping with small creases. The Complete Poetic Works of Edmund Spencer. With an Excellent Preface Literary Style, Influences and Ideaolgy Commentary and Biographical Sketches... 852 pages. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Cloister Press of Hollywood, 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good/No dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Prior Printings Listed. light rubs to tips, In Red Boards with Gilt Titles, gifted on front first free page. A poetic anthology produced by " The Poets' Workshop/ Verse Writing Class/Hollywood Adult Evening School, nice vintage illustrations by Zella Dickinson, several very well chosen works by many Hollywood socialites. A very well presented "Cloister Press of Hollywood " printing example with light refracting embossed boards, and bold gilt titles...... more information

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San Simeon, CA: Privately Published , 1974. Tigtht/Bright copy, maroon textured bindings, gilt titles, unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear with a few small edge ters, light end nicks, and a few old and faint moisture exposure drip trace staining. Signed and Inscribed as : " 9/22/74 With Love to Elma, Charles Valois". A wonderful collection of inspirational Christian poetry reflecting, faith, gratitute, Christian Living, Biblical History, and Fellowship. With verse on Redemption, Nature, Drinking, Babies, Family, Labor & Toil, Blame, Believing, Money, War & Mankind, Nuclear Warfare, Haloween, Peter, Passing On and more. With a rear secton of light and funny verse on Frogs, Birds, Nature's Gifts, Christopher Columbus & Queen Isabella, The Medical Checkup & the Doctor Bill, and Bear Wrestling! 75 pages. The author's poem ' Apache Tears" was turned into a song by Johnny Cash,. Signed & Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1968. Tight/Bright Copy, orange cloth bindings, black titles and African Lion front cover illustration, no names, unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear, a few small shelf nicks, faint soiling and a few closed short edgetears. A Wonderful Richly Illustrated Collection of Animal Poetry, Characterizations and Sonnets by Famous American Poets.. 40 pages... Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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US: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1916. Green cloth bindings, gilt titles and borders, light edgewear, neat previous owner name on the front first freepage, faint soiling. A detailed anthology of The Romantic Movement's unique prose and poetry. Features reference bibliographies, commentaries, and great Poet glossary. 1432 pages!. Vintage Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, George Routledge and Sons Ltd,, circa 1926, 1/4 cloth beige spine over blue cloth bindings, black upper spinal title block, gilt titles, light cornertip wear, minor title block edge rubbing, newsprint shadon on the first front freepage, Tight Copy, unmarked text. A collection of poetry from ancient Greece, with women, feminity, love, sexuality, and relationships as their common themes. 316 pages, undated, 5" wide x 7 5/8" tall. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. more information

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Pepper Pike, OR: Garret Press , 1979. Tight/Bright Copy, Moonlight Gray Cloth Bindings, silver titles, remainder marked endpages, a clean blank white sticker is neatly affixed to the upper haf-title page, and the dedication page - most like covering up the previous owner names, the clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has very light shelfwear. A Warm, Reflective, Sensual and Heart Touching Collection of Thought Provoking Poems on the Pleasures, Pain, Fulfillment and True Deep Emotional Bonding of Marriage. There are 28 Poems of Private Thoughts and Emotions that Become an Integral Part of Those Deeply in Love. Love Seldom grows Overnight and it Needs to Be Nutured and Given Time to Grow. Illustrated with very several Late 60's to Early 70's Emotion and Mood Capturing Soft Focus Photographs of the Author. 44 pages.. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Alan Kaplan. more information

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