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High Windows
by Philip Larkin
High Windows is a collection of poems by English poet Philip Larkin, and was published in 1974 by Faber and Faber Limited. The readily available paperback version was first published in Britain in 1979. The collection is the last publication of new poetry by Larkin before his death in 1985, and it contains some of his most famous poems, including the title piece, "High Windows", "Dublinesque", and "This Be The Verse".
English Poetry Books & Ephemera
Late Start
by Daniel Green
Eagle Printing, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author Eagle Printing,1989. No dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.Inscription on half title page reads: 'Judy, Ever Faithful. Dan'. Cover has very slight shelfwear. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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$22.80
The Undertaker Poet
by FFINCH, Michael
Latimer Press,, 1968. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. This limited edition is one of 250 published. Tanning and a small pen mark present to the cover. Internally in very good condition.
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$25.34
Poems of the Appalachians and Other Verse
by Lloyd, Ray A
Harlo Press, 1958 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover. Fine/VG.
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$30.00
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser:the Text Carefully Revised, and Illustrated with Notes, Original and Selected, Volume I
by Francis J. Child
Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Houghton, Osgood and Co.,1878. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Cover has moderate shelfwear with rubbed corners, frayed spine ends, and some mild foxing. Bookplates inside fornt cover.Frontispiece tissue intact, pagekeeper ribbon intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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$18.70
Themes and Images in the Medieval English Religious Lyric
by Douglas Gray
Book is in Near Fine condition, with minor edgewear to cover, top corner of front endpaper has faint marks, looks like prior bookshop pricing or inventory numbers that were erased. Pages are otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, with sun bleaching to spine and edges of jacket front.
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$50.00
The Poems of Henry Carey
London: The Scholartis Press: Eric Partridge Ltd., 1930 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 560; epp tanned; DJ (in Brodart) soiled & chipped top rear; o/w clean & tight.
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$60.00
Ancestral Dances
by Glen Sorestad
Presumably first edition. 69 p.; ill. Incredibly mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine condition, possibly unread. Divided into four parts:I - Dances II - Faces III - PetroglyphsIV - Sharers
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$7.77
![Biograficheskiy Ocherk Angliyskogo Poeta, s Prilozheniem Ego Stikhotvoreniy. [Thomas Hood (1798-1845). Biographical sketch of the English poet with selections from his poems].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/722/323/1384323722.0.b.jpg)
Biograficheskiy Ocherk Angliyskogo Poeta, s Prilozheniem Ego Stikhotvoreniy. [Thomas Hood (1798-1845). Biographical sketch of the English poet with selections from his poems].
by [Hood Thomas]
Moskva, Obshchestvo rasprostraneniya poleznykh knig, 1901.First Russian separate book edition with Hood's verses.Rare.The book contains 7 verses: The Bridge of Sighs; The Song of the Shirt; The Lady's Dream; The Lee Shore; The Dream of Eugene Aram; The Lay of the Laborer; A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months.
For the first time Hood's poem, The Song of the Shirt, was published in magazine Sovremennik (№ 9, 1860). However, the poem was interpreted as 'politically dangerous' and was... Read more about this item
For the first time Hood's poem, The Song of the Shirt, was published in magazine Sovremennik (№ 9, 1860). However, the poem was interpreted as 'politically dangerous' and was... Read more about this item
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$490.00
Hail, Man!
by Angela Morgan
John Lane, 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. John Lane,1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear. Heavily foxed inside cover. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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$19.00
Poems from the Desert
by Various
Published by George G. Harrap,, 1944. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. This 1944 reprint is in fair condition with a poor detached jacket. Some tanning and spotting to the boards as well as light foxing to the tile pages. Otherwise internally a good clean copy.
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$6.32
Evening Bells
by George Albert Smith
Cincinnati: Jennings and Pye, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First Edition. Jennings and Pye, 1902. First Edition. Poetry from the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Beautifully illustrated throughout with pictures from Smith's personal collection. Hard Cover. No dustjacket.Cover has mild shelfwear, lightly rubbed on bottom edges. Front hinge slightly cracked before frontispiece. Frontispiece remains well attached. Pages are clean and unmarked. A lovely...
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$253.70
Poesia
by Pavia, Cristovam
Moraes Editores Lisbon, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This 1982 rare volume of poetry is in very good condition. The front end paper has been removed and an inscription present. Publishers stamp also present on the title page. Otherwise the pages are excellent and near fine. Free from markings or signs of wear.
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$8.85
Of Frogs and Stars
by Thomas Cahill
Hartford, Connecticut: Thomas Francis Cahill, 1960. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author Thomas Francis Cahill,1960. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Signed by Author. Cover has mild shelfwear, very light scratches on front. . Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Very nice copy.
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$43.00
The Canterbury Poets: Odes of Horace
by William Sharp (ed.)
Walter Scott, 1888. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Walter Scott,1888. Third edition, Enlarged, this copy contains an 'errata-preface' after the table of contents. Scarce. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, faded spine with darkened title plate, frayed spine ends and corners. Front hinge is cracked, back hinge is partially cracked. Bookplate on front endpaper. Writing on front flyleaf. Light foxing on endpapers and flyleaves. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Translations...
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$78.00
Selected Poems, 1936/1966
by O'Connor, P
Jonathan Cape, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This first edition is in very good condition with a very good jacket complete with protective plastic cover. The pages are free from inscriptions, markings or damage. A very good clean copy.
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$12.66
![[The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark]. Gamlet: Prints Datskii.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/252/948/1563948252.0.b.jpg)
[The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark]. Gamlet: Prints Datskii.
by Shakespeare, W
Translation by B. Pasternak.
[Preface and comments by M. Morozov].
Signed and inscribed by the translator Boris Pasternak: "Komu vynetsia / tomu sbudetsia. / B Pasternak . 6 ianv. 1947 g. / Moskva". [Whoever pulls up it, will get it. B. Pasternak. January 6th, 1947. Moscow].
Most likely, this signed copy was a prize in some game. Third edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's translation.
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), a Nobel laureate, translated eight of Shakespeare's plays into Russian: Hamlet, Romeo and... Read more about this item
[Preface and comments by M. Morozov].
Signed and inscribed by the translator Boris Pasternak: "Komu vynetsia / tomu sbudetsia. / B Pasternak . 6 ianv. 1947 g. / Moskva". [Whoever pulls up it, will get it. B. Pasternak. January 6th, 1947. Moscow].
Most likely, this signed copy was a prize in some game. Third edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's translation.
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), a Nobel laureate, translated eight of Shakespeare's plays into Russian: Hamlet, Romeo and... Read more about this item
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$29,760.00
Folk Tales for the General
by Galvin, Patrick
Raven Arts Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed and Inscribed by Author to title page.
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$24.07
Gottfried Benn's Static Poetry: Aesthetic and Intellectual-Historical Interpretations (University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures #112)
by Mark William Roche
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. NF with light rubbing to corners and spine ends; inscribed by author on tp; "27 February 1991 For Dean R__, With warm appreciation for his peerless support and continued encouragement, Mark"; clean & tight.
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$30.00
Poems.
by LLOYD, Robert
Printed for the author, by Dryden Leach; and sold by T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1762. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. This first edition is in fair condition. Wear to the boards and spine as shown in the photo. Half title and title page are present along with the list of subscribers. Internally good, close to very good with a tear present to one of the page edges only. Otherwise excellent for their age. Please see the photos for further details.
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$125.41
Green Linen of Summer
by Lily Peter
Robert Moore Allen , 1964 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed #38 of 200 limited. VG in a VG slipcase..
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$25.00
THE UNGAINSAYABLE PRESENCE
by Anonymous
Centaur Press, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. This copy is from Centaur Press archives and effectively 'new old stock' and unread.
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$12.66
On Mountains' Breath
by Harold Littlebird
Tooth of Time Books, 1982 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). Near-fine softcover. Inscribed by the author on the title page--otherwise clean.
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$10.00
The Poetical Works of John Keats
by FORMAN, H. BUXTON ED
Oxford University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This book is in good condition. Wear and rubbing to the spine and ex libris plate on the inside cover. Otherwise a good clean copy with only light foxing present to the front end papers.
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$10.12
The Cinnamon Peeler - Selected Poems
by Michael Ondaatje
U.S.A.: Knopf, 1991 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Fine in Fine DJ.
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$35.00
Heart-Tones and Other Poems
by D. O'Kelly Branden
Peter Paul Book Company, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Peter Paul Book Company, 1897. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear with rubbed corners and edges. Top edge gilt and rough cut edges. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned and foxed. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not ex-library. Not remainder. Very nice copy.
Item Price
$38.00
