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Dweller in the Sun  [Signed, Limited Edition]

Dweller in the Sun [Signed, Limited Edition]

by Taylor, Marcia A.

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Edition
3rd Edition
Published
1931
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Soft cover
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Medford, Massachusetts: C. A. A. Parker Publisher, 1931 Inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper "Cordially Yours, Marcia A. Taylor. 7/14/31". "Three hundred and fifty copies of this brochure were printed by hand from handset type and the type distributed". [10], 22pp, deckled page edges, binding tight, with black paper wrapper. Other then the… Read more about this item
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The Open Gate  [Signed, 1st, Limited Edition]

The Open Gate [Signed, 1st, Limited Edition]

by Taylor, Marcia A.

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Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1949
Binding
Soft cover
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Bangor, Maine: The Dustin Press, 1949 Inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper "For Dorrice & Ned. With every good wish. Marcia Taylor. Hancock Point [Maine] Nov. 5/52.". "One thousand copies of this brochure were printed by hand from handset type and the type distributed. The number of this copy is 857". … Read more about this item
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The Cup  [Signed, Limited Edition]

The Cup [Signed, Limited Edition]

by Taylor, Marcia A.

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Used - Very Good
Edition
5th or later Edition
Published
1932
Binding
Soft cover
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Medford, Massachusetts: C. A. A. Parker Publisher, 1932 Signed by the Author on the last page. "Three hundred copies of this brochure were printed by hand from handset type and the type distributed". [12], 22pp, deckled page edges, binding tight, with black paper wrapper. Other then the Author's signature, there are NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. … Read more about this item
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Thirteen Moons

Thirteen Moons

by Chute, Robert M.

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Used - Good+
Published
1978
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Soft cover
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Brunswick, Maine: Blackberry, 1978 Maine Author. This is a poem based on various sources depicting the life of the Jesuit scholar, Sebastian Rale, priest to the Norrigwock Indians. [2],22pp, [6], staple bound in illustrated stiff paper covers. Spine is age darkened.
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Sitka Spring  [Inscribed to Maine Author]

Sitka Spring [Inscribed to Maine Author]

by Lawless, Gary

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Used - Good+
Published
1991
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780942396638
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Nobleboro, Maine: Blackberry Books, 1991 Inscribed to Maine Author Sanford "Sandy" Phippen, whose estate this book came out of. Signed by the Author and the Illustrator. Unpaginated [32pp], staple bound, in illustrated stiff paper covers. Light foxing to the covers and outer page edges. POETRY.
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Claiming   [1st Edition, Signed]
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Claiming [1st Edition, Signed]

by Ranzoni, Patricia

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Used - Good to Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1995
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780913006597
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Orono, Maine: Puckerbrush Press, 1995 SCARCE. Inscribed to Maine Author Sanford "Sandy" Phippen, whose estate this book came out of. Inscription reads " For Sandy - My outback brother whose voice is music to my ears. Thanks again and always for showing me the meaning of my people's support. Let's give 'um hell - it's our… Read more about this item
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Dream Cities, and Other Poems  [SIGNED, 1st Edition]

Dream Cities, and Other Poems [SIGNED, 1st Edition]

by Hunting, Constance

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Canadian Edition
Published
1982
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780920802335
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Ontario, Canada / Orono, Maine: ECW Press / Puckerbrush Press, 1982 Inscribed by the Author, to a fellow Maine Author, Sanford "Sandy" Phippen, "For Sandy, With fizz and gratitude, Connie". Also includes Phippen's signature. 40pp, [4], printed on laid paper, bound in stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight, spine sunned.
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

by Palgrave, Francis Turner [Selected, Arranged with Notes by]

Condition
Used - Good++
Published
1910
Binding
Hardcover
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New York & London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910 Circa 1910. xv, [1], 459pp, [1], bound in faded purple cloth, illustrated endpapers, binding and hinges tight, tipped-in frontis and plates [with tissue guards intact] throughout the book. Occasional foxing.
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The Wire Harp.  Ballads / Poems / Songs
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The Wire Harp. Ballads / Poems / Songs

by Biermann, Wolf

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Used - Good+
Edition
First Thus
Published
1968
Binding
Soft cover
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NY: A Harvest Book / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968 Translated from the German Language by Eric Bentley. [8], 98pp, [1], bound in stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight. Includes musical scores by the author. Covers age darkened, label on the front cover. POLITICAL POEMS AND SONGS.
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Ballads: Scottish and English  [Association Copy]

Ballads: Scottish and English [Association Copy]

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1867
Binding
Hardcover
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Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1867 Circa 1867. Extra Chromo-Lithograph title, viii, 472pp, 16pp of advertising, illustrated, bound in a decorative green cloth binding, decorative spine, beveled edges, all edges gilt, brown endpapers, binding tight. Embossed mark on endpaper reads "W. H. Smith & Son, Strand / London" [established in 1792], Signature of Betty B. Hoskins (1936-2015) Author and… Read more about this item
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A Bunch of Grapes Cut From the Vine With a Pair of Shears  [1st Edition, Scarce]
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A Bunch of Grapes Cut From the Vine With a Pair of Shears [1st Edition, Scarce]

by Him & Me [Morris, Gouverneur]

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1890
Binding
Hardcover
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Possibly - New Haven, Connecticut: No Publisher Mentioned, 1890 First and only Edition. Circa 1890-1910. Unpaginated, with 16 leaves, printed on what appears to be handmade paper, bound by F. J. B. & Co. Bindery, May 1918 in blue cloth with the gilt on the spine still bright. This was originally printed as a soft cover book,… Read more about this item
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One Hundred Quatrains From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam  [1st Thus, Limited Edition]

One Hundred Quatrains From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [1st Thus, Limited Edition]

by Curtis, Elizabeth Alden [A Rendering in English Verse by]

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Used - VERY GOOD ++
Edition
First Thus
Published
1899
Binding
Hardcover
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Gouverneur New-York: Brothers of the Books, 1899 With an Introduction by Richard Burton. Limited Edition, this being Number 166 of 600 copies. 72pp printed on Van Gelder Zonen paper, with a deckled page edge, binding and hinges tight. Previous owner's signature "John E. Hudson" on the front free endpaper, possibly being John Elbridge Hudson (1839-1900) an American… Read more about this item
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Hawaii Nei.  An Idyll of the Pacific Isles

Hawaii Nei. An Idyll of the Pacific Isles

by Bailey, Edward

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Thus
Published
1999
Binding
Soft cover
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Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii: The Maui Historical Society, 1999 A 1999 reprint of the 1878 edition. [6], 53pp, [6], thread bound in stiff green paper covers. Includes an original mounted photograph of Edward Bailey's oil on canvas of Maliko Gulch, 1891. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.
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Llangollen Vale, 1796  [Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834]  [First Thus]

Llangollen Vale, 1796 [Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834] [First Thus]

by Seward, Anna

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781854771711
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Oxford and New York: Woodstock Books, 1994 1994 Reprint of the 1796 Edition. [16], 48pp, bound in vivid purple cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, but does show pressure imprints.
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Needwood Forest, and the Fall of Needwood, With Other Poems  [First Thus]

Needwood Forest, and the Fall of Needwood, With Other Poems [First Thus]

by Mundy, Francis Noel Clarke

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Used - Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1830
Binding
Hardcover
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Derby: Thomas Richardson, 1830 viii, 5-135pp, bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, front hinge starting, binding tight. Embossed previous ownership of "Midland Railway Institute, Derby". as well as an inked name "Mary Meakin".
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The Swan at Lichfield: The Lichfield Poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809)  [Association Copy]

The Swan at Lichfield: The Lichfield Poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) [Association Copy]

by Seward, Anna / Williams, Margaret [Introduced by]

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Used - Good to Very Good
Published
1994
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780905985077
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Lichfield: Lichfield Press / An Imprint of James Redshaw Ltd., 1994 35pp, [1], staple bound in stiff paper covers, with the binding tight. Bookplate of the Author and Gastroenterologist (Dr.) Denis Gibbs inside the front cover. Covers are in Good Condition, with foxing. Interior in Very Good Condition.
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Six Poets of the San Francisco Renaissance  [SIGNED]

Six Poets of the San Francisco Renaissance [SIGNED]

by Kherdian, David

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Used - Good
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Good
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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Fresno, California: The Giligia Press, 1967 Introduction by William Saroyan. xiii, [1], 183pp, bound in tan cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. Other than the Author's signature on the half title page, there are NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Poets included are Lawrence Ferlinghetti *Gary Snyder *Philip Whalen *David Meltzer *Michael… Read more about this item
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Irish University Review, A Journal of Irish Studies, Volume I, Number 2, Spring 1971

Irish University Review, A Journal of Irish Studies, Volume I, Number 2, Spring 1971

by Harmon, Maurice [editor]

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Published
1971
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Soft cover
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Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1971 [4], 149-295pp, [3], bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight. Articles include *The Opening of Dubliners *Identifying the Irish Printed Sources for Finnegans Wake *Yeats "Old Pensioners" and His "Visionary" *Portraits of Four Irishmen as Artists *Lament for Arthur O' Leary *Poets Progress… Read more about this item
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The Hanging of the Crane

The Hanging of the Crane

by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Used - Fair to Very Good++
Edition
First Thus
Published
1875
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1875 64pp, bound in a Victorian decorative binding with beveled edges, gilt still bright, all edges gilt. Church library bookplate inside cover [only library marking]. Lacks a plain paper free endpaper, interior foxing, some pages detached.
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Songs of Seven

Songs of Seven

by Ingelow, Jean

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Used - Good to Very Good
Published
1881
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881 47pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in decorative blue cloth with beveled edges, gilt still bright, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt, hinges tight. This book was stored with a brown paper cover over it, which allowed the book covers to remain in Very Good Condition, but the paper covers were pasted onto the inside… Read more about this item
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