Search Results: Poetry from Conover Books

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gold cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 309 spiritual and poetic pages! "Some years ago Anna Hempstead Branch, Pauline F. J. Brower and another considered assembling a volume of American Mystical Verse. The book was to follow the principle of the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, that is, selection was to be made from among those poets alone whose expression touched toward that heightened perception, that enlargement of vision and level of being, which is so variously denominated..........." --------- from the Preface.. Reprint. Gold Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Dallas, Texas: Royal Publishing, Company , 1964. Edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; some chipping and a couple of small tears in the head of the spine of the dj; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; pages 105-108 have been pulled from the book; overall still a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Red cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! 200 historical and poetic pages! "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY BOOK VI is very important because it represents our sixth successful year of publication. Originally, we planned our publication only for the preservation of the different kinds of poetry written in America for the year. However, we find that its scope is much wider. University and college students find that in their study of American literature they can use a fine collection of poetry… Read More

Dallas, Texas: Royal Publishing, Company , 1966. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! 318 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages! "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY BOOK VIII is very important because it represents our eighth successful year of publication. Originally, we planned our publication only for the preservation of the different kinds of poetry written in America for the year. However, we find that its scope is much wider. University and college students find that in their study of American literature they can use a fine collection of poetry instead of reading hundreds of books of poetry to really cover the… Read More

Dallas, Texas: Royal Publishing, Company , 1963. Edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; some chipping and a couple of small tears in the head of the spine of the dj; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; former owner's inscription and a date are written on the ffep; some light shelf wear; pages 129-132 have been pulled from the book; overall still a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Gold cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 245 historical and poetic pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY BOOK V is very important because it represents our fifth successful year of publication. Originally, we planned our publication only for the preservation of the different kinds of poetry written in America for the year. However, we find that its scope is much wider. University and college students find that in their study… Read More

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1969. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 519 historical and poetic pages! "I have been teaching poetry for more than twenty-five years. For longer time, I have been growing up with and into poetry, living with it until its insistent claims could not be put off. This book had to get itself written. I have not meant to write a mandatory, dogmatic book. For dogmatism is death to the life of poetry; that is one of the few things I know about it.........." ---- from Invitation to Reading.. Reprint (1941). Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.A.: Moon Journal Press, 2001. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition, almost new and unread condition! Gift Quality! 18 very fine, unmarked and uncreased poetic pages! "These poems and prints were inspired by a visit to the Indian Agency House in Portage, Wisconsin. Its story is, for me, a metaphor for difficult transitions both in history and in personal life.". First Edition / First Printing. Stapled Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1954. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, small spot of ink at the top near the spine and a very small piece missing there as well, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Wonderfully well-preserved! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Very very scarce copy! 32 very fine, unmarked and uncreased poetic pages! "'Poetry is the rhythmic expression in words of the deep things in life.' This definition, according to Albert Rosevear himself, has appealed to him for some time. This book is the result.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. Edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; front hinge is cracked; pages are toning; missing the publisher's page; overall a nice clean collectible used copy! Marbled endpapers. Brown cloth quarterbound by leather with gilt lettering on the spine. 1071 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "George Gordon Byron was born in Holles street, London, on the 22d day of January, 1788. Soon after his birth, his father deserted him, and the whole responsibility of his early training devolved on his mother, who with him, soon after repaired to Aberdeen, where they resided for some time in almost complete seclusion. The infancy of Byron was marked with the workings of that wild and active spirit which he so fully displayed in all subsequent years of his life........." ---------- from The Life of Lord Byron.. Reprint.… Read More

Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.: Univ of Arkansas Pr, 2001. A very crisp and clean signed first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Illustrated black and tan wraps. 97 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, historical and poetic pages! "Changeable Thunder marks David Baker's emergence as a major contemporary poet. To his abiding sense of the Midwest ---- its politics, people, and landscapes ---- Baker adds a powerful historical dimension, with poems ranging from Puritan New England to the modern subway.". First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1929. Minor edge and corner wear, no dj, corners are bumped and rubbed, lightly scuffed and scratched, some shelf wear, former owner's inscription and a date in green ink on the half-title page, front and rear hinges are cracked, overall a nice used first Donohue edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find edition! Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. 92 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Extremely scarce! "Nothing has ever been written that appeals to a child's nature more than 'A Child's Garden of Verses.' It is written in a simple verse that a child can readily understand. It was one of the earlier efforts of the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scotchman by birth, who, owing to ill-health, became a world traveler................" ----- from the Introduction.. First Thus. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Myrtle Sheldon… Read More

Moline, Illinois: Hibiscus Press, 1980. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, lightly toned covers, spine is gently creased, overall a very clean used first edition! 40 unmarked and uncreased, historical and poetic pages! "Kathleen Cox's poetry is coming alive, and teeming with images. We not only see them with the inner eye ---- we feel them creping on our skin, we breathe them in and smell them and taste them."------June Singer. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1993. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Inscribed by the author on the half-title page! Black and white illustrated wrapper with red and white letteirng. 305 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages! "In The Dark End of the Street, Maria Damon brings a new sensitivity to modern poetic criticism. She adds an important dimension to cultural theory, revealing the struggles of one group of artists as they address improtant questions about art, social life, and the oppression they encounter. Taking as her premise that the intensity of poetic language is an appropriate venue for representing the 'dark end of the street' of social pain, Damon foregrounds the work and lives of a number of modern American poets in order to argue that the American avant-garde is located in the experimental literary works… Read More

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is slightly faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used FIRST EDITION (stated)! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Marbled boards quarterbound by black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 55 historical and poetic pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print FIRST EDITION (stated)! . First Edition. Marbled Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Deerfield, Massachusetts : Deerfield Academy , 1972. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper. 30 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Contents include: Starkist by R. Lewis McHenry / Dismal Battles, Dismal Wars by Jack Davey / The Real Sea by Gary Greene / Driftin' by James Babson / Euphoria by R. Lewis McHenry / Shed a Tear by Fred Meyer / Distraction From Social Boredom/A Social Lunch by James Babson / Pacing The Streets by Jack Davey / Philadelphia by Bob Vuyosevich.........." ------- and many other poems and illustrations of interest.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Henry Lie . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Deerfield, Massachusetts : Deerfield Academy , 1972. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper. 30 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Contents include: Starkist by R. Lewis McHenry / Dismal Battles, Dismal Wars by Jack Davey / The Real Sea by Gary Greene / Driftin' by James Babson / Euphoria by R. Lewis McHenry / Shed a Tear by Fred Meyer / Distraction From Social Boredom/A Social Lunch by James Babson / Pacing The Streets by Jack Davey / Philadelphia by Bob Vuyosevich.........." ------- and many other poems and illustrations of interest.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Henry Lie . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York City, New York: The Lovell Company, 1899. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, torn at the top of the spine and a small hole at the base, bottom front corner is heavily worn, overall a clean, collectible used copy! Extremely rare and hard to find! Very very scarce! Green leatherette with gilt upper page edges as well as a design and lettering on the spine and a design on the front cover! A wonderfully well-preserved and clean used copy! 189 unmarked and uncreased historical pages!. Leatherette. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1883. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; head and tail of the spine are beginning to fray; some shelf wear; former owners inscription and a date are in ink on the second page; overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Decorative brown cloth with gilt and brown lettering and illustration on the front board and spine. Decorative endpapers. Gilt outer page edges. 159 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "On some long day of june take a terrestrial globe with all the equipments for measuring the days, the nights and the twilights; the route of the shadow and the sun; for catching Eveywhere in the fine web of lines and parallels. Find Alaska whence Campbell's doleful wolf has been raising its 'long howl' for a life-time. You are notlooking… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1912. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, top and base of the spine are beginning to fray, some margin writing and underlining in pencil throughout the book, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used vintage first edition! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 339 historical and poetic pages! "If we ask what is an epic? a hundred critics hasten across the centuries to our assistance. Not alone Aristotle, a fixed star in any region of philosophical inquiry, who, as Roger Bacon said, had 'the same authority in philosophy that the Apostle Paul had in divinity,' but longo intervallo writers like Longinus, Horace, and Petronius may be consulted, all curious in the matter, and later, learned and very numerous, a great army of eager law-givers, the Humanists of Italy and their successors in France and England." ---- from Chapter I English Epic and Heroic Poetry. First Edition. Blue… Read More

Goldenrod, Florida : SABAL PALM PRESS, 2012. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and blue lettering. 201 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "How would you like having something, found and appreciated worldwide, named after you, as in perhaps a color? And a very popular color, one of those highly favored by artists. And, we all know how choosey and picky artists are about their colors for yonder easel and palette. After all, color is the artist's stock-in-trade......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Goldenrod, Florida : SABAL PALM PRESS, 2004. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and blue lettering. 222 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Your face is not as appealing as a pie, but it is surely round like one, that stare routine you rivet down from that haughty perch high in some giant oak or cypress to us lowly humans tramping through the Florida woods below your forest kingdowm. Sharp yellow beak, collar of gray-brown, feathers gathered like a shawl, dark eyes that plunge deeply inward, hiding your silent thoughts......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.