Search Results: Titles starting with W from Veery Books

New York: New York University Press, 1978. Some tiny bumps on corner. 'DeFanti's portrait re-creates Dahlberg's picaresque journey, from his impoverished days in his mother's Kansas City barbershop, to his vagabond wanderings throughout America, his expatriate period during the 1920s, his complicated (often comic) involvement with American radicalism, and his subsequent rejection of his early style and the re-emergence, following a long literary silence, of his grand autobiographical works, most notably, Because I Was Flesh.'. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 2000. 80 pp. Light rubbing to back of dust jacket and a crease in back flap, else fine. Inspiring quotations from E. B. White, Gloria Vanderbilt, Erica Jong, Sophia Loren, and more. Plus beautiful photos of pregnant women. Inscribed on ffep by editor. . Inscribed By Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.

editions Joca Seria & Turtle Point Press, 2005. 163 pp. Edges with light gray stains. Rear of wraps with light wear. In English and French. 'Thirty-seven American poets and one British poet have answered out call for texts, many even composing works specifically for the occasion. The resulting collection, finally, is often strikingly polemic. The poets we contacted were sensitive to the political nature of the anthology's joint publication in two countries whose relationship has come under considerable strain as of late. It's been said, in so many words, that Leaves of Grass dresses American democracy in a moose-pasture of universality. It's true we can no longer harken to this and other of its utopian fictions with equal naivete. But our world needs beauty, ethics and ideals . . . ' John Ashbery, Guy Bennett, Bill Berkson, Charles Bernstein, Charles Borkhuls, Macgregor Card, Robert Creeley, Tom Devaney, Ray DiPalma, Brandon Downing, Marcella Durand, Chris Edgar, Clayton Eshleman, Mark Ford, Peter… Read More

London: Novello, 1936. Paper-covered Boards. Very Good. Folio. 82 pp. Full score, folio, paper-covered boards. Unmarked. Overture; Serenade; Minuet (Old style); Sun Dance; Fairy Pipers; Slumber Scene; Fairies and Giants.

304 pp. Octavo, 6 x 8.5 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original March 25, 1957, publication. The book, dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the dust jacket.

New York, N.Y. (115 W. Broadway): Artists Poster Committee, 1984. With Union burst. Poster, lithography on clay paper. [22½ x 35 inches], VG or better. Light rippling throughout. On the left, one clean tear of ~3 inches, may be mended. Some light chipping to ink at edges and similar light edge wear. "On August 11, 1984, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio address on National Public Radio. During a soundcheck he said, 'My fellow Americans I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.' The audio was subsequently leaked. Despite making a joke about nuclear genocide, Reagan was reelected by a landslide a few months later."—Exhibition Annotation: Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Worldcat.org finds one copy at the University of Michigan and one at MoMA and none in trade. All posters are presently stored between acid free boards, flat, under weight. They will be shipped rolled, in tubes.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1988. viii, 62 pp. Fine book and dj, but that someone has written 'London' on the fore-edge. Baumel's poems have appeared in Agni, The American Poetry Review, The Antioch Reivew, The Harvard Advocate, Boulevard, The Denver Quarterly, Gradiva, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Parnassus, Pequod, Ploughshares, and Prometheus. 'They were decisive icy fingers / of geology class brought home, stretching / into the parkway.'--from Roches Moutonnees. 1987 recipient of the Walt Whitman Award from the American Academy of Poets. Baumel has been director of the Poetry Society of America, she won a poetry fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has been a lecturer at Harvard University, Boston University, and City College of New York. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Munchen: Henle, 1958 252 pp. Folio, full scores. Previous owner's stamp, linen binding with wear and soiling, backstrip detached on one side, else clean and unmarked. Edited by H. C. Robbins Landon in conjunction with Karl Heinz Fussl and Christa Landon. Contents: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse), Hob. XXII:7 - Missa Cellensis (Mariazellermesse), Hob. XXII:8 - Missa in tempore belli (Paukenmesse), Hob. XXII:9 - Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida (Heiligmesse), Hob. XXII:10.. Cloth. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Munchen: Henle, 1966 viii, 227 pp., 1 facsimile. Folio, full scores. Previous owner's stamp, some bumping and rubbing to extremies, some marks to no. 104, including rehearsal letters, else clean and unmarked. Edited by Hubert Unverricht. Contents: Sinfonie. Hob. I: 102. B-Dur. - Sinfonie. Hob. I: 103. Es-Dur. - Sinfonie. Hob. I:104. D-Dur.. Wraps. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Leo Feist, 1920. 6 pp. 9.25 X 12 inches. Spine split, else fine. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harry Von Tilzer, 1920. 5 pp. 10.5 X 13 inches. Art by Barbelle. Photo by Strang. Chipping and splitting to spine, which has been sewn. Rear wrap printed upside down and interior pages sewn in upside down. Possibly manufacturing error. Some wear with loss of printing to wraps. Fair to good. Voice and piano. ''My baby's eyes are blue . . . My baby's lips are sweet . . .''. Wraps. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Parke, Daniels & Friedman, 1916. 5 pp. + 2 pp. samples. Art by Einson. 10.5 X 13 inches. Photo of May[?] Gordon. Voice and piano. ''We'll meet in the land of the sky, We'll meet in the sweet bye and bye, . . .''. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Einson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

San Francisco: Sherman, Clay & Co., 1919. 3 pp. 9.25 X 12 inches. A crease to foreedge corner, split at spine. Two stains (visible in photo on cover) extending through pages. Good. ''So hurry back to Sweden and You'll find me waiting here.'' . Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Fort Bragg, California, U.S.A.: Edgework Books, 2002. 102 pp. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth Decorative Paper. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

136 pp. Plate number 2979. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 9 x 12 in. Where's Charley?: A musical comedy in two acts, book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, based on the 1892 play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas. Set in Oxford in 1892. The musical's Broadway opening was on October 11, 1948, at the St. James Theatre. The choreography was by George Balanchine.

Philadelphia, 1956. 48 pp. Wraps soiled and chipped at edges, markings on wraps and in table of contents, inside fine. Contents: Poetry by Joseph P. Clancy, Keith Jacobson, Robert S. Sward, Nelson Bentley, W. R. Moses, Vassar Miller, Henry Birnbaum, C. M. Schmid, William Pillin, David Cornel DeJong, Mary Godfrey Donleavy, Alfred Dorn, and Stanley Moss, a story by Oxford S. Stroud, a story by Harold Witt, an article by Thomas Cole, and a review by John Andrew Fisher. . Wraps. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

272 pp. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in. A fine book, quarter cloth, with gilt stamped titles on spine, with a fine dust jacket in archival cover. Nicely signed in blue ink on the half-title. White Butterfly is Mosley's third Easy Rawlins novel. A delightful exemplar

15 black line print (diazotype) leaves [22⅜ x 11³⁄₁₆ inches], folded in half to form four parts (I Violin, 1–6 pp.; II Violin [1], 2–7; Viola [1], 2–7; Violoncello [1], 2–6, [7]). The parts are in very good condition, with little discoloration or soiling. A couple of creases, signs of paper clip rust.
Randall Thompson is probably best-known among choristers. His "Alleluia" for a cappella chorus has extraordinary popularity and is performed often. Unlike Handel's Hallelujah, Thompson's is quiet and expansive, evoking solemn contemplation.
"The Wind in the Willows" for string quartet was composed in the second year of Thompson's residence at the American Academy in Rome. The three movements were written in February and March and the quartet was premiered by the Quartetto Veneziano on March 15, 1925.
The string quartet is complete in three movements: I = River bank, 2 = Toad, Esq., 3 = The Wild Wood. In notes for a performance at the Boston Public Library by the Musical Arts… Read More

Akron, Ohio: Univ of Akron Press, 1997. 77 pp. 'A native of St. Paul, Clare Rossini is an assistant professor of English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and a member of the faculty at Vermont College's low-residency MFA program. She completed her BFA at the College of St. Benedict, before taking an MFA at the University of Iowa and a PhD at Columbia University, where she won the Bennett Cerf Award for Poetry and an Academy of American Poets Prize.' 'I know you want to know / What nights have meant to me, to get the facts. / Whose hand is raised toward whom? Was I really / Capable of all that implies? And what kiss is that, / That sears the last line? Don't ask. / That kiss has been paid for.'--from To the Curious Reader. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Turtle Point Press, 2008. 108 pp. Near Fine. First edition. A hint of a bump to one corner. Contents: Only Different; Pederasty; To Constantine Cavafy; The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Castor and Pollux; Mind Under Matter; Ediya: an interview; Family Secrets; Exposures: I. Taken for a Ride; II. Concerning an Invasion of Privacy.. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.