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Useful and Instructive Poetry by Carroll, Lewis; Derek Hudson [Introduction] - 1954

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Useful and Instructive Poetry by Carroll, Lewis; Derek Hudson [Introduction] - 1954

Useful and Instructive Poetry

by Carroll, Lewis; Derek Hudson [Introduction]

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London: Geoffrey Bles, Ltd., 1954 First printing of the first edition, pictorial cream cloth, decorated in gilt, and lettered in gilt, red and light green, in publisher's original, rare "transmatic" dust jacket, patented in 1930, complete with printed paper front flap and original price intact. Book with mild age-toning to spine and edge of boards, light soiling, upper corners lightly bumped, else fine; dust jacket with a couple chips and closed tears to bottom back cover, else fine.
  • Bookseller Idler Fine Books US (US)
  • Illustrator Lewis Carroll
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  • Edition 1st Edition
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  • Publisher Geoffrey Bles, Ltd.
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1954
  • Keywords POETRY, LITERATURE.

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Pablo Neruda: A New Decade (Poems 1958-1967)
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Pablo Neruda: A New Decade (Poems 1958-1967)

by Neruda, Pablo; Ben Belitt [Introduction, Editor]; Belitt and Alastair Reid [Translated from the Spanish]

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New York: Grove Press, 1969 Stated first printing, first bilingual edition with Spanish/English text, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Spine ends gently softened, else book in fine condition; dust jacket in fine condition. An exceptional copy.
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Doctor Brodie's Report

Doctor Brodie's Report

by Borges, Jorge Luis; Norman Thomas di Giovanni [Translator]

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New York: E. P. Dutton / Emece Editores, 1972 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a tiny scratch/nick to middle front cover and a couple tiny chips to crown of spine, else fine.
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The Changes
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The Changes

by Morse, Samuel French; ; William Austin Kienbusch [Association]

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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Samuel French Morse directly on the title page; additionally, French wrote the following inscription on the front-free endpage: "For Bill Kienbusch / who is often / 'Colloquial as August when we're / here' / June 1965 / Sam"

American artist, William Austin Kienbusch (1914-1980), a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton, was best known for his semi-abstract landscapes of Maine. Representations of his work are on exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.

Morse finished his inscription to Kienbusch using the first line of the last stanza from the concluding poem for this volume: "A Poem in Praise of Hancock Point," p.91. (The referenced poem was also included in Morse's, The Collected Poems, 1995.)
"Colloquial as August, when we're here-- / A rhyme for rustics, like a villanelle. / We listen for but almost never hear / The kind of talk that makes our… Read More
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The Rescued Year
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The Rescued Year

by Stafford, William

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966 First printing of the stated first edition, first state with page listing author's books up front, printing information at rear, untrimmed fore-edge, and $3.95 list price to jacket flap. Signed directly on a bookplate by William Stafford and laid-in to the half-title page. Book with light rubbing to board edge, faint toning to pastedowns and a tiny bump/rub to bottom back corner, else in fine condition; dust jacket with some rubbing/wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing along spine folds and light toning to spine and folds, else fine.

Stafford was the recipient of the National Book Award in 1963, a Shelley Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Western States Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry. In 1970, he was the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (U. S. Poet Laureate).
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts

by Plath, Sylvia; Ted Hughes [Introduction]

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978 First printing of the stated first edition, preceded by the British edition. Spine ends gently crimped, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short tear to bottom back spine fold, a tiny tear to upper front cover, tip of front corner rubbed, and light crimping/wear to spine ends, else fine.
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AIDS and Its Metaphors
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AIDS and Its Metaphors

by Sontag, Susan

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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Susan Sontag directly on the front-free-endpage. Faint toning to top edge of boards and dust jacket spine, else fine, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama: The Completion of the Clark Lectures...
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama: The Completion of the Clark Lectures Trinity College, Cambridge 1944

by Lewis, C. S.; Bonamy Dobree, Norman Davis, and F. P. Wilson [Editors]

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New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954. First printing of the first American edition, 669pp, with index. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and cover margins, a small slightly rubbed spot near lower back spine, and soft creasing to spine ends, else fine.
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The Dean's December
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The Dean's December

by Bellow, Saul

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New York: Harper & Row, 1982 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Saul Bellow directly on the front-free endpage: "For A. Verezhemsky / with all good wishes / Saul Bellow"; additionally included, a handwritten postcard from Saul Bellow addressed to recipient laid-in. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to extremities and faint toning to spine, else fine.
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Pablo Neruda: A New Decade (Poems 1958-1967)
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Pablo Neruda: A New Decade (Poems 1958-1967)

by Neruda, Pablo; Ben Belitt [Introduction, Editor]; Belitt and Alastair Reid [Translated from the Spanish]

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New York: Grove Press, 1969 Stated first printing, first bilingual edition with Spanish/English text, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Spine ends gently softened, else book in fine condition; dust jacket in fine condition. An exceptional copy.
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Winter Garden
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Winter Garden

by Neruda, Pablo; William O'Daly [Translated from the Spanish]

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Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1986 First printing of the first edition, with Spanish/English text. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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Useful And Instructive Poetry

by Lewis Carroll; Derek Hudson [introduction]

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New York: Macmillan Company. , 1954.. Very good example. . Edition: First printing stated., Binding: Printed paper boards. With publisher’s dust jacket in Mylar, corners clipped, printed price $2.50 struck through., Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel., Size: 8vo.(195 x 130 mm), Illustration: Illustrated in black-and-white., Category: Book Literature;
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Townsend, Jacinda

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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
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Gold

by Eugene O'Neill

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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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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Poet and Peasant
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke

by Kenneth Ewing Bailey

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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A… Read More
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Quelques Optimistes.

Quelques Optimistes.

by Sempe

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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)

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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More
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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan

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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Palmares

by Jones, Gayl

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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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