Search Results: Poetry from Lippincott Books

Chester (MA): Hollow String Press, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 42pp. 1/1000 copies. Presentation copy, signed & dated on title page.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1922. Third Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. 96 pp. Dark blue cloth, title gilt, top edges gilt. Inscribed on half-title by Guest. 21 paintings and drawings by a distinguished array of American illustrators. VG+ The F.X. Leyendecker color dust jacket, reproduced as the frontispiece in black & white, is chipped.

Camden (NJ): Whirlwind Press, 1990. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 38pp. Signed on title page.

Portland, Maine: Privately Printed, 1947. First Edition, Limited . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Blue cloth spine and green marbled paper-covered boards in plain pale green dustjacket. 56, [2] pp. Uncut pages. One of 125 copies, printed by the Athoensen Press. Howe worked for the Youth Companion, and later Atlantic Monthly, and won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. This book of his verses was printed as a Christmas gift for friends.

Peterborough: Richard R Smith Publishers, 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 59pp. Signed by Sarton on recto of frontispiece. Gift inscription on ffep.

Portland, Maine: Loring, Short & Harmon, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. 100 pp. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt. Light soiling to front board. Maine author; includes a poem titled Fryeburg.

Chico (CA): Flume Press, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 32pp

Latham (NY): Paris Review Editions, 1989. First Edition . 1/4 Bnd cloth/paper. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 91pp. Crease on rear dj flap. Presentation to another poet, signed on half-title.

Ellsworth, Maine. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. 1994-2006. Letter J of 26 Lettered copies, a complete set of 100 chaplets, each signed by each poet. An electric, international collection of original poems; poets include Carl Rakosi, Cid Corman, Diane Di Prima, James Laughlin, Anne Waldman, Amiri Baraka, Kenneth Rosen and Robert Creeley. Each poet has signed his or her name usually, but not always on the final page, usually at the bottom. A few have also added a stamp, or the date, or additional writing. Bern Porter's poem is a collage of photos, Anne Tardos' poem is non-verbal, scribbling, Mark Melnicove has a poem made out of uncrossed out words from the Spring 1989 issue of Foreign Policy; there are poems with Hebrew and Chinese and Tibetan calligraphy. All of the leaflets are in Fine condition. In custom box, designed by MaJo Keleshian, who designed the chaplets, and bookbinder Virginia Graham

New York: Macmillan Company, 1901. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG. x, 486 pp with index. Maroon cloth, spine title gilt, top edges gilt. Front hinge cracked, occasional pencil notes, previous owner's name in ink on ffep, wear with short tears at spine edges. Poetry as a social institution.

Huron (OH): Bottom Dog Press, 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 158pp. Signed on title page.

St. Paul (MN): Graywolf Press, 1986. First Printing . Very Good. 85pp. Small corner bump and very light edgewear. First printings of the first edition, even in paperback, are rather scarce.

NY: Knopf, 1920. 1st U.S. . Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 99pp.

Chicago, Illinois: Dun& Bradstreet, Lakeside Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. George Suyeoka. xvi, 240 pp. Two-toned cloth: green over turquoise, with titles and cover decoration in gilt; top edges gilt. Dual toned illustrations introduce each "chapter". A poem celebrating the mystery of the salt waters of the world in the life of man; published on the occasion of Dun & Bradstreet's 125th anniversary. Signed by Sullivan on the half-title page: "For Basil Burwell friend of poety and the spoken work of poetry sincerely A M Sullivan April 21, 1967"; with letter to Burwell, director of the Belfast [Maine] Maskers, and other papers laid in. Top corners bumped.

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth, title gilt on front panel and spine. Early edition: Page 14 corrected, misprint "wich-hazel" on p. 62 uncorrected. Signed by Frost on the title page. VG photographs available on request

San Luis Obispo (CA): Solo Press, 1971. Limited/Numbered . Paper Over Boards. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 13pp. Edges untrimmed. One of 26 copies, handlettered on the colophon, this one being "N", and signed by the author. Printed by Alan Brilliant.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/G-. 122, [1] pp. Decorated paper covered boards over green cloth with cactus pattern design on the front panel, spine title gilt. The dust jacket has a cactus pattern similar to the front panel. Nicely Illustrated frontispiece & recto of frontispiece; also with illustrated title page, and head-pieces over contents page and the first poem. Cowboy poetry with a rich Western humor; "In vigor of style, irresistibly suggests a transplanted Kipling. " The author was a colunnist for a Denver newspaper. Near Fine in dust jacket with a loose piece out of bottom of spine; the jacket is otherwise good. The loose piece of the jacket is laid in.

Berkeley: Rosebud Press, 1979. Paperback. Fine. 26pp

Cayucos Books, 1971. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxvi, 163pp. 1/500 copies printed by Graham Mackintosh. With an introduction by William Everson.

Montclair, New Jersey: Pine Tree Publishing, 1932. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/GVG. Guy Rutter. 47 pp. Inscribed on ffep, " ...Hoping you both escape a Caw-Damnation. Wilson MacDonald..." The author was a popular Canadian satirist and poet.