Poetry

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. xx, + 76pp., illustrated throughout in b/white (archival) and full colour halftone plates. Book clean and square. Trivial bump on head of backstrip, otherwise gloss illustrated boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Loosely inserted errata slip in like condition. Identically-illustrated (as boards) loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly bumped on head of spine, else very good. The thirty-seven poems in this anthology came from young Native American writers whose ages range from seven to seventeen. They were participants in a mentoring program for new native writers, conducted by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Ojibwe, Lakota, Omaha, Navajo, Cochiti-Kiowa, Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Ute, Index, more. Book weight approx. 360g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: The Poetics Foundation Inc. , 1998. 345pp., plus (vi). Colour and b/white halftone plate illustrations, plus a sketch illustration. Softcover format, with dustjacket. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Unprinted card wrapper. Illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Boxkite #2, an official part of the 1998 'A Sea Change' Festival makes a significant contribution to the world of poetry and poetics. A special feature of this edition is a supplement of contemporary French poetry. Contents include: Prelims., Editorial, Contributions, Supplement (as noted), Contributor's Notes, Publications Received, Books and Chap Books Received. Book weight approx. 720g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Softcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1990. xvi, + 224pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Remainder stripe on head of textblock, otherwise leaves clean. Printed card wrapper lightly edgeworn, very small area of surface abrasion [sticker removal?] only. "This anthology aims to represent the best African poetry written in English over the past thirty years..." Familiar names such as Wole Soyinka, Dennis Brutus and Kojo Laing are represented along with emerging talent such as Chenjerai Hove and Gabriel Gbadamosi. Includes Introduction and Bibliographic Notes. Book weight approx. 250g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. 1st Impression. Softcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. more information

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St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1978. lxii, + 323pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, and nominally U.V. affected title on spine. A stand-alone, Volume 9, in the 'Asian and Pacific Writing' series, modern Japanese poetry began in 1882 with the translation of Western poems in Japanese. Under Western influence the form of poetry that developed was called 'Shi'. This anthology contains mostly 'Shi', but also has examples of 'Tanka' and 'Haiku' in new forms. Contents, between the Introduction and the Index Of Poets, is a who's who of modern Japanese poets, including Shimazaki Toson, Yosano Akiko, Ishikawa Takuboko, Muro Saisei, Ozaki Kihachi, Miyazawa Kenji, Miyoshi Tatsuji, Hino Sojo, Murano Shiro, Tagaki Kyozo, Kinoshita Yuji and many, many more. Book weight approx. 640g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. 1st [Aust.]. Softcover, 8vo. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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