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Solitude by SACKVILLE-WEST, V - 1938
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Solitude
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1938 Other than slight browning, a small Hatchards label on front inside cover and s slight indentation affecting about a dozen page edges the book is in not far from mint condition.D/j is very presentable subject to some shelf wear and scuffing and a couple of nicks.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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An Italian Visit
by LEWIS, C Day
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THE ODES OF ANACREON (1901, LIMITED & NUMBERED EDITION) Translated by Thomas Stanley
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New York City: New Amsterdam Book Company. Very Good+. 1901. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Handsome limited Edition #21/60. Clean brown cloth, Brown leather corners & spine decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean, intact & printed on deckle-edge paper. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 10 illustrations on plate paper colored by hand. Poetry ; Hand-painted; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages .
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Over the Brazier
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London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.
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Autograph verse signed, the first stanza, of 8-lines, of her poem "The Old Arm Chair" -
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"I love it, I love it and who shall dare / to chide me for loving that old arm chair?
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A Will and a Way: A Temperance Story, in Verse
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Carlton & Lanahan / Hitchcock & Walden. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Edges of spine and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed w/small tears, pages foxed, some page corners creased, FFEP has been torn out, 1/4"x1" chip to top edge of front pastedown; small green hardcover; 95 pages .
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An Italian Visit
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London, United Kingdom
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1954 Signed by author on half-title page. The book is in near mint condition,the d/j has some shelf-wear with very slight wear to the extremities of the spine.
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THE ODES OF ANACREON (1901, LIMITED & NUMBERED EDITION) Translated by Thomas Stanley
by Anacreon
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New York City: New Amsterdam Book Company. Very Good+. 1901. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Handsome limited Edition #21/60. Clean brown cloth, Brown leather corners & spine decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean, intact & printed on deckle-edge paper. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 10 illustrations on plate paper colored by hand. Poetry ; Hand-painted; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages .
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Over the Brazier
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London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 The author's first book. Internally very good subject to moderate browning and dustiness and a few small stains to the title page (couple mirrored on inside front cover) . Binding firm. Cover is somewhat shelfworn and a little scuffed with a small stain; the Claud Fraser design on the front cover is reasonably bright.
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Autograph verse signed, the first stanza, of 8-lines, of her poem "The Old Arm Chair" -
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"I love it, I love it and who shall dare / to chide me for loving that old arm chair?
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A Will and a Way: A Temperance Story, in Verse
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Magalia, California, United States
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Carlton & Lanahan / Hitchcock & Walden. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Edges of spine and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed w/small tears, pages foxed, some page corners creased, FFEP has been torn out, 1/4"x1" chip to top edge of front pastedown; small green hardcover; 95 pages .
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Solitude: A Poem
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DUNEDIN, New Zealand
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The Hogarth Press 1939 (second impression). FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 56pp+advertisments, VG (light scuffing and fading, soiling to boards; light tanning; light to moderate foxing within (heaviest to endpapers), prev. owner's bookplate)
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Solitude - A Poem
by V. Sackville-West
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Oudtshoorn, South Africa
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1938 56 pages. Previous owner's name inked on flyleaf dated April 1939. Excellent, tight copy. ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½" Wide - 9" Tall
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Solitude - a Poem
by Sackville-West, V
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. DJ tanned, chipped, rubbed with tearing along spine edges, top edge and portion of loss to rear. 'Royal naval war libraries' stamp to ffep, central gutters a little strained, pp clean and tidy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo.
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Solitude - A Poem
by Sackville-West, V. [Vita]
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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London: The Hogarth Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Light crease to cloth at lower corner of front board. Ex libris bookplate on front endpaper, and another earlier owner's name dated 1944. Scattered spots of foxing to preliminary leaves. Dust-jacket with chips and tears to margins, some smudge marks and stains. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 56, [7], [1 (blank)] pages. Pink cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 136mm. Poetry. "It is of a more philosophical nature, its theme being the poet's intimate reflections induced by the solitude of night, reflections upon love, God and the universe, beauty and truth, life and death." - from front panel of dust-jacket. .
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Solitude: A Poem [First Edition in Jacket] - Sackville-West, V
by Sackville-West, V
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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Hogarth Press, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. First edition in original jacket. Clean, unmarked, tightly bound. Light wear and soiling to exterior. Jacket in poor condition, with tears and soiling. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!
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Solitude: A Poem
by SACKVILLE-WEST, V
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, signed issue. Tall octavo. 56pp. Quarter vellum and dark orange cloth. Spine is lightly tanned, very slight toning on boards, else a near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with small stain at the base of spine, and some light soiling at the extremities. Copy number 33 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Sackville-West.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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