Poetry from Books of the World

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam; Omar Khayyám; Edward FitzGerald (trans)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$79.95
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New York: Illustrated Editions, [c. 1938]. Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Black textured leather over boards with red, green and gilt title and illustrations to front and spine. Very thick paper. Nine magnificent mounted color lithographs. Top edge died deep red. Deckled fore-edge. Near Fine book in a Fair slipcase. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Title and illustrations to cover… Read more Item Price
$79.95

The Paris Review, Fall-Winter 1978, Volume 20, Number 74
by George A. Plimpton (ed); Peter Matthiessen (ed); Donald Hall (ed); Robert B. Silvers (ed); Blair Fuller (ed); and Maxine Groffsky (ed); Joan Didion; Margaret Drabble; Joyce Carol Oates; Alexander Theroux; Lawrence Kearney; Thomas Lux; Derek Walcott; Rober
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fall-Winter 1978
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- Paperback
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$29.95
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New York: The Paris Review, Fall-Winter 1978. Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to corners. Not from a library. 234 pages. Item Price
$29.95

Paradise Lost, edited by Merritt Y. Hughes (Odyssey Series in Literature)
by John Milton; Merritt Y. Hughes (ed)
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1935
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$19.95
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New York: The Odyssey Press, n.d. [c. 1935]. Hardcover. Tenth printing. Good. Discarded school textbook. Spine cracked. Notes and underlining in pencil. lvi + 422 pages. Item Price
$19.95

Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by Isaac Taylor Headland
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- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$149.00
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Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. Hardcover. No additional printings listed. Illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. Good+ book / no jacket. No prior ownership marking. Spine straight and sound. Edges and corners worn to boards. Not from a library. 160 pages; frontis, profusely illustrated. Item Price
$149.00

Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire
by Diane Ackerman
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Published
- October 2003
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060555297
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$10.95
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New York: Harper Perennial, October 2003. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full numberline. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 147 pages.
At the heart of Origami Bridges is the delicate relationship of trust between analyst and patient, a relationship… Read more Item Price
$10.95

Teen-Age Blues
by Nancy Pepper
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, second printing
- Published
- March 1948
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$19.95
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New York: Julian Messner. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, March 1948. Inscribed and signed by author on FFEP. Very Good book / No jacket. Text block pristine. Spine tight, with a slight tilt, ends bumped and frayed. Cover clean and bright. Not from a library. 72 pages. B&W illustrations by Abbi Damerow. Contents: Good Times; Telephone Topics; What Price Glamour;… Read more Item Price
$19.95

Jokes and More Jokes
by
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1955
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- Paperback
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$7.95
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New York: Scholastic, 1955. Paperback. T-32. 20th printing, April 1974. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears, folds, or creases. vi + 122 pages. "Better than a double dose of laughing gas"....122 pages of zany puns, tall stories, cartoons and wisecracks. You'll relish… Read more Item Price
$7.95

The Children's Treasury of Virtues
by William J. Bennett
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- As New
- Jacket condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
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- November 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743211367
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$74.95
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New York: Simon & Schuster, November 2000. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xv+333 pages. Color illustrations on every page. 9.5 x 12.0 x 1.2 inches. 4.1 pounds. The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and… Read more Item Price
$74.95

New England Legends and Folklore
by Samuel Adams Drake; Harry Hansen (ed)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Published
- November 1967
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0803849982
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$19.95
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New York: Hastings House, November 1967. Hardcover. Third printing, October 1972. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Text block pristine. Gift inscription to FFEP. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows age toning and light edgewear with two quarter-inch tears at spine head. Nor from a library. No remainder mark. 192 pages. Numerous black & white photos. Full title:… Read more Item Price
$19.95

The Works of Lord Macaulay, Complete. Edited by His Sister Lady Trevelyan. In Eight Volumes.
by Thomas Babington Macaulay; Lord Macaulay; Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan; Lady Trevelyan
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1875
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- Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$895.00
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. 8vo (9 x 6 x 15 inches). Three-quarter bound in black morocco-grain cloth with marbled-paper sides. Spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. First vol. has frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Armoral bookplate of Howell Wharton Bickley… Read more Item Price
$895.00

Treasures of Lao Literature
by Somsanouk Mixay
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- August 2000
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- Trade Paperback
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$139.00
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Vientiane, Lao PDR: Vientiane Times Publications, August 2000. RARE. Fine. Interior Pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Cover rubbed, but clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 60 pages.
Seven immortal epic poems of Laos, dating from the 17th century. They were engraved on palm leaves, kept in Buddhist temple libraries and transmitted from generation to… Read more Item Price
$139.00

Poems I Remember
by John Kieran (ed)
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1945
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$8.95
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Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing, 1942. Hardcover. 1945 reprint. Reddish-brown cloth on boards. Good book / no jacket. Prior owner's name and bookplate on inside cover, otherwise interior is clean. Pages tanned. Shelf wear to cover. Spine cracked. 8vo. 565 pages.
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$8.95