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Harcourt Brace & Company. NY. No date. No indication of edition., 1926 Decorated paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Title and publisher info on paper spine label. 128 pages. 8vo. Illustrated by JOHN AUSTEN. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Small nick to the spine cloth and light edge wear; some light penciling. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Yankton Printing Company. Yankton, South Dakota., 1907 Book size about 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with some 168 pages. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering. Top edge gilt. This is the Third Edition with about 20% more material than was included in the first & second editions. Poetry from some 18 local South Dakota residents. Book with light wear; corners bumped; previous owner name at front. Quite scarce. VERY GOOD. 3rd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Alfred A Knopf. NY. 1981., 1981 Book size about 6 by 8 inches with some 55 pages. Bound in black cloth. Original dust wrapper with front flap price of $9.95. Second collection of poems by this young poet who won the U.S. Award of the International Poetry Forum in 1975. Book with some covers discoloration. Wrapper spine sunned; couple of tiny edge tears. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, Nebraska., 1992 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 115 pages. Bound in illustrated pink wraps with black lettering. This is an UNCORRECTED PROOF copy. Laid-in is 2/3 of a publisher letter regarding the book. Tiny nick at front cover top right edge else very slight wear. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Elihue Smith Publishing Co. Dallas. 1972. First Edition., 1972 White wraps illustrated with a background of classified ads. Portrait of author(?) on the front cover in black/white. 40 numbered pages. 8vo. Back cover states: 'born in a louisiana parish of monroe. after my first five years my mother father two sisters and myself moved to dallas where i began school to learn no farther than eleven years. i have learned life here, involved in blackness where i have recently felt secure chartering a positive course with my culture in mind'. Forty pages, forty poems. At least very scarce and probably rare book of black poetry written during the early 70's social turmoil. Some cover soiling; crease at lower rear cover corner. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Pascal Covici. Chicago. Ltd. Ed. 1/600, 1924 Book size about 6 by 8 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in tan paper over boards with a white cloth spine. Title on spine paper label. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. In the original dust wrapper. Limited Edition 1 of 600 copies so stated. Compilation of poetry from various Chicago writers edited and with an Introduction by Keith Preston. General layout is with one poem per page by Vincent Starrett, Marjorie Barrows, Richard Atwater, Robert Ballou and many other Chicago notables. Index at the rear gives actual name and pseudonym (Where used) for each author. Book with darkening in spots where wrapper has chips; wear through at one tip; unmarked. Wrapper with small chips, moderate tear at front cover upper right; soiling. GOOD/GOOD Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Carlton Press. NY., 1994 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 32 pages. Bound in tan cloth with black spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $7.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book with slight wear. Wrapper with dark thin line at spine top; small dent in rear cover. FINE/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Georgia A B Press. Kansas City, Missouri. 1990. Second Edition., 1990 White wraps with front cover lettering and illustration in black; also, notice that the author won the 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship Grant. Rear cover photo of the author along with brief bio. 64 pages. 8vo. LENGTHY INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Book of poetry by this award winning black poet. Light general wear and soiling; small scuff on the rear cover. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Inscribed by Author. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Famous Potatoes Pulications. Rapid City, South Dakota, 1991 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 20 pages. Bound in illustrated tan wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR INSIDE THE FRONT COVER. Book with slight wear. NEAR FINE. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Duckworth. London. 1927. First Printing--one of 165 copies--this copy No. 100., 1927 Yellow-cream cloth with gilt lettering on the spine only. 93 pages. Largish 8vo. BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Slight soiling to the covers; couple of pages rudely opened; bumped corners at top; light general wear. A nice collector quality copy. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Henry Harrison. NY., 1932 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 111 pages. Bound in green cloth with front cover and spine lettering in white. Foreword by Mary Brent Whiteside. Well over 100 poems by Georgia poets of the day. Book with covers rubbing including the lettering; couple of pages with markings in ink; other light wear. A clean and unmarked book with undamaged hinges. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Charles Scribner's Sons. NY. 1919. First Edition., 1919 Gray paper covered boards with a navy cloth spine. Front cover lettering in dark blue; small red device at center. 27 pages. Small 8vo. Book of World War I poetry. A few remnants of the dust wrapper laid-in. Rear cover bottom spine edge insect damage; bit of edgewear. Clean unmarked copy. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Agee Publishers. No place., 1986 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 45 pages. Bound in illustrated cream wraps. Poetry collection from this noted poet. Light overall wear and soil. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Chatto & Windus. London. 1956. First Edition., 1956 Magazine size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 95 pages. Wraps. This issue notable for the 5 previously unpublished poems by Thomas Hardy with an Intro by Evelyn Hardy. Laid-in is the 12 page printed Index to volume two. Old ink price on front cover; light overall wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dodd, Mead and Company. NY. 1926., 1926 Olive green cloth with front cover lettering in gilt. 44 pages. 8vo. Frontis and six full page illustrations by PHILIP CONNARD. Very slight wear. Bright, clean and unmarked. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf. NY., 1985 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 145 pages. Bound in salmon wraps with black lettering. Additionally, the publisher has stapled an information sheet inside the front cover. This is an UNCORRECTED PROOF copy. Book with very slight wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

W W Norton & Company. NY., 1991 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 94 pages. Bound in blue wraps with black lettering. This is an UNCORRECTED PROOF copy. Book with no sign of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Nortex Offset Publications. No place., 1973 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 66 pages. Bound in pale green cloth with black lettering and decoration. In the original dust wrapper with hand lettered front flap price of $4.50. Ms. Newton was named Poet Laureate of Texas in 1973. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Book with slightest of wear. Wrapper with tiny stain at front cover top; sunning to covers. FINE/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapolis. 1920. Price clipped DJ., 1920 "Deep red cloth with front cover lettering and decorative border in gilt. Spine lettering in gilt. 188 pages. 8vo. Frontis and numerous other illustrations (Full page and smaller) throughout in black/white by WILL VAWTER. The scarce DJ with front cover color illustration of two young boys and their dog headed for the old fishing hole; rear cover ads for "Four New Vawter-Riley Volumes". Very slight wear to the book; spine lettering a bit dull. DJ with a few tiny shallow chips; small scuff at top of rear cover at left corner; light soiling to rear cover. VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng". Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Boston. 1892. Limited Edition #181/250 copies printed on Japanese paper., 1892 White vellum with front cover borders, intricate design and lettering in gilt. Gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Bound-in ribbon place marker. 43 pages. 8vo. Leaves are numbered and printed on one side only; thus there are about twice as many pages as numbered. Rear of the book contains three pages of Notes. Tissue guarded frontis and nine plates by E H GARRETT. Small brown spot on front cover; light soiling; light general wear; previous owner inscription on FFEP; previous owner name on Title Page. An attractive book overall lightly soiled (White is a very tough color to find in lovely condition). VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.