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Norton Anthology of Poetry, The - Shorter Edition
by Eastman, Arthur, et al, eds.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- good-
- ISBN
- 9780393099355
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$5.00
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NY: Norton. 1970. good-. Paperback. ISBN:0393099350 10" tall; 622pp including index; wear & light creases to black & yellow cover; marginalia, heavy on the few poems that have obviously been studied closely; prev. owner's name & address on first page .
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Tenderest Lover, The: The erotic poetry of Walt Whitman
by Whitman, Walt / Walter Lowenfels, ed. & intro.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- vg-
- ISBN
- 9780440586067
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$5.00
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Delta / Dell. 1978. vg-. Paperback. ISBN:0440586062 154 pages. 8" tall; 4th ptg.; b/w ils; light wear to cover .
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Brownings, The: Letters and Poetry
by Browning, (Elizabeth & Robert) / Christopher Ricks, ed. & intro.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- vg
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$5.00
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Garden City NY: Doubleday. 1970. vg. Hardcover. Book club ed.; 726pp; tan cover with brown & gilt on spine; small chips & stain to edges of dust jacket .
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Good for a Laugh: A Guide to Writing Amusing, Clever, and Downright Funny Poems
by Janeczko, Paul
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2007
- Condition
- vg-
- ISBN
- 9780439409636
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$5.00
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Scholastic. 2007. vg-. Paperback. ISBN:0439409632 126 pages + bibliography + blanks for writing. 7.5" tall; reading level 4, ages 8-12; pp browning .
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Metamorphoses of Ovid, The: A New Verse Translation
by Ovid / Allen Mandelbaum, trans.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- good
- ISBN
- 9780156001267
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$5.00
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Harvest / Harcourt. 1993. good. Paperback. ISBN:0156001268 9" tall; 559pp; heavy wear to corners; stain top corner last ca. 30pp; underlining & marginalia, mostly in pencil .
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Medea of Euripides, The
by Euripides / Gilbert Murray, trans. & notes
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1912
- Condition
- good+
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$6.00
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NY: Oxford Univ. Pr.. 1912. good+. Hardcover. In English rhyming verse with explanatory notes; 7.25" tall; dark green cover with gilt lettering; some wear to extrems of cover; prev. owner's info on first page; front hinge starting; some darkening to pp .
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American Poetry
by Allen, Gay W., Walter B. Rideout, & James K. Robinson
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1965
- Condition
- vg-
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$6.50
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NY: Harper & Row. 1965. vg-. Hardcover. 1274pp including index; red & blue cover; tape ghosts on endpages; light wear to edges of dust jacket .
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Nursery Rhymes (board book)
by none
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- vg+
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$6.00
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Whitman / Western Pubg.. 1970. vg+. Hardcover. 10.25" tall; 16 double-sided boards including covers; rounded corners; color photos each page using dolls .
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Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person
by Richards, Mary Caroline
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1964
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$85.00
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Middletown CT: Wesleyan Univ. Pr.. 1964. good. Hardcover. 9.25" tall; 159pp; monochrome il on paper over front board; significant wear to extrems of cover; prev. owner's name neatly on free front endpage; dust jacket has heavy wear, is in new clear protective mylar .
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Bloodline: Poems
by Marcum, Radha
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2017
- Condition
- vg-
- ISBN
- 9780997201147
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$16.00
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Denver, CO: Three: A Taos Press. 2017. vg-. Paperback. ISBN:9780997201147 89pp; text clean; binding solid; 11" tall; curling to top corner of front cover .
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Deutsche Gedichte
by Kippenberg, Katharina, ed
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Condition
- vg
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$10.00
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag. vg. Hardcover. Insel-Bücherei Nr. 512. 18cm (7.25") tall; 132 pp; text IN GERMAN; green striped cover; paper title labels on front cover & spine; no publication date; light pencil tick marks on index .
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Complaint, The: Or, Night Thoughts
by Young, Edward
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1835
- Condition
- fair
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$34.00
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Hartford: Andrus & Judd. 1835. fair. Hardcover. 324 pages; b/w illustrated engravings; foxing throughout; binding fragile, covers hanging on by threads; 5.75" tall; heavy wear to cover with boards showing; chips to spine .
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Merry Piper, The: Seventy Favorite Poems for Children (A Golden Story Book)
by none
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1950
- Condition
- fair
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$5.00
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Simon and Schuster. 1950. fair. Hardcover. 7-1/8" tall; 123pp in full color; very heavy wear to cover with covering over spine missing, chips to corners; a small number written on first page .
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Here, Bullet
by Turner, Brian
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2005
- Condition
- vg+
- ISBN
- 9781882295555
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$14.25
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Alice James Books. 2005. vg+. Paperback. Signed by Author ISBN:1882295552 Presentation copy signed "Greg, My best to you and to all you care for-- Brian." Also signed Brian Turner under printed name. 80 pages. 8.5" tall; color photo cover .
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Our World
by Oliver, Mary, text / Molly Malone Cook, photos
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2007
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN
- 9780807068809
- Item Price
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$76.00
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Boston: Beacon Press . 2007. vg. Hardcover. ISBN:9780807068809 88 pages; contents unmarked; b/w photos; 9" x 8" tall; corners of blue cover lightly bumped; b/w photo illustrated dj in new protective mylar .
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Love Triumphant: And Other New Poems
by Matheson, Annie
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1898
- Condition
- good-
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$52.00
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London: Innes. 1898. good-. Hardcover. 7-5/8" tall; 114pp; linen over boards with beveled edges is very soiled; b/w frontis with tissue guard; notations on free front endpage including "To Chris with the author's love"; moisture stain top of frontis & tissue guard .
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No Man Is an Island: Selected from the writings of John Donne
by Donne, John / Keith Fallon, ed.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- vg-
- Item Price
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$8.00
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Stanyan Bks / Random House. 1970. vg-. Hardcover. 7.5" tall; unpaginated; patterned turquoise cover has some wear to extrems; color photo dust jacket has light wear to edges, is price- clipped .
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Star Thrower, The
by Eiseley, Loren / W.H. Auden, intro.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN
- 9780812907469
- Item Price
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$5.25
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NY: Times Books. 1978. vg. Hardcover. ISBN:0812907469 319 pages; contents clean; binding solid; light shelf wear to edges of dj .
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Love Poems from the Greek Anthology
by Le Clercq, Jacques, English trans.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1955
- Condition
- vg
- Item Price
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$26.75
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Mt. Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Pr.. 1955. vg. Hardcover. Hard cover in slipcase; 8.75" tall; 2-color il'd paper over boards; full-page ils in blue & white; 107 poems + index of poets; paper title label on one side of the slipcase, which has some fading; very light wear to corners of cover .
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Lyrics and Minor Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, The (The Canterbury Poets, Wm. Sharp, ed.)
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe / Joseph Skipsey, preface
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Condition
- good+
- Item Price
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$9.75
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London: Walter Scott. good+. Hardcover. 5-3/8" tall; 291pp + ads; green cover with heavy gilt decoration & lettering on spine; wrinkle to cloth over boards on back cover & corresponding crack to board; no publication date but prev. owner's name on free front endpage is dated 1903; darking to free endpages .
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