Category: Poetry

A Vade Mecum for Malt=Worms: or, a Guide to Good Fellows. Being a Description of the Manners and Customs Manners and Customs of the most Eminent Publick Houses, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster with A Hint on the Props (or Principal Custo

Price: $135.00

Publisher: London, T. Bickerston

Seller ID: 643

Condition: Good

N/D (ca. 1870) Two parts bound in one volume; Woodcuts adorn the top of each page; Brown cloth covers are lightly bumped at corners, and the cloth has a few tears along top joint; Contents are very lightly toned, though remain very bright and clean, and the text block is tight.
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American Poetry-The Nineteenth Century (Complete in 2 Volumes)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Library of America : 1993

Seller ID: 6009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

0940450607 with 094045078x Volume 1 Is the first printing, vol. 2 is the fifth printing. Both books show a small amount of rubbing. Both volumes are in slipcase with light to moderate corner bumps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Anthology of Verse: Poems Written by Studens of Modern Poetry in the Classes of Miss Minna M. Keyser

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, NY, Alexander Hamiliton High School : 1930

Seller ID: 6000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Cover corners are lightly bumped and rounded. Only light general wear otherwise present. ; 40 pages
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Aucassin & Nicolete: Done Into English by Andrew Lang

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, G. E. Stechert & Co. : 1928

Seller ID: 4761

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Blue cloth cover lightly toned along shelf and slightly worn at corners. Former owner's name and stamp on ffep. A single line has been underlined and an exclimation point penned in red ink in the "notes" section on pp 51. Otherwise clean and tightly bound. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 51 pages
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Collection of Kansas Poetry

Price: $160.00

Publisher: Topeka, KS, The Kansas Journal of Literature, Politics, Society, and Art : 1891

Seller ID: 173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Purple/blue cloth covers show minimal surface wear. Spine ends show light-moderate rubbing. Hinges tight. Dust staining on top of block. Text yellowed. Slight smudging to bottom corner of first index page, else clean text.
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Firelands Arts Review

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Joel Rudinger : 1975

Seller ID: 3046

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Created by the students of Bowling Green State University, Firelands. White saddle-stapled paper covers show toning at edges and spine, otherwise only light wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages
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Natives: A Woman's Anthology of Poems

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Laurel Press : 1982

Seller ID: 42

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

No other copies of this poetry collection could be found at the time of listing. Eight leaves with paper clip creases/rust stains at top edges not affecting any text. Other very slight wear, though overall a tight and clean copy.
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The Germ: Thoughts Towards Nature in Poetry, Literature, and Art. MDCCCL

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher : 1898

Seller ID: 661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Fair dust jacket

Limited to 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper; 224+ pages; Fold over dust wrap, over un-covered boards; Non-author inscription on blank front free end page reads in full: "To Tho's O'Rielly, M.R.C.S.E.-- With the respect and best wishes of John W. O'Brien-- Christmas 1898"; Edges are a little worn, and contents show a little very light foxing and darkening; Dust wrap shows tears along edges, as well as over joints of covers at spine; All lettering on dust wrap remains good.
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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Virginia, USA: in Celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Westvaco Corporation : 1975

Seller ID: 7479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Light general wear. Laid in is an unused bookplate, printed "Ex Libris" with a collum decoration and also printed "Presented by" under which it is signed, in pen, "Deen and Brad Thompson" Presumably, by Illustrator Bradbury Thompson's wife [Della] Deen Dodge Thompson. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages; Signed by Illustrator
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Voices from an Earlier America. an Anthology of Poetry Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Westvaco Corporation : 1980

Seller ID: 6149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Spine sun faded, otherwise fine condition book in a slipcase with light wear. Laid in is a bookplate with an image from the book. It is printed Ex Libris with a blank space and then printed Presented by under which it is signed, in pen, "Deen and Brad Thompson" Presumably, by Illustrator Bradbury Thompson's wife [Della] Deen Dodge Thompson. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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Come Climb My Hill

By: Abbott, Winston O.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: South Windsor, CT, Inspiration House : 1974

Seller ID: 5940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Book shows only light, general wear. Jacket rubbed and soiled on surfaces with light wear at edges. There are 3 small tears with associated creasing at the bottom spine corner of the jacket's rear. Flat signed by the author and Illustrator on the title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator
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Ellen P. Allerton's Walls of Corn and Other Poems

By: Allerton, Ellen P. (Collected and Published by Eva Ryan)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hiawatha, KS, Press of the Harrington Printing Co. : 1894

Seller ID: 6954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Ex-library with usual markings both internal and external; Front end page has been torn out; Card pocket or book plate has been torn from rear end page and rear paste down; Volume remains tight and is otherwise intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages
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The Ballad Book: a Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads

By: Allingham, William (Ed. )

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, White, Stokes, & Allen : 1886

Seller ID: 6852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Covers are a blue-green cloth with beveled board edges and a gilt cheurb decoration on the front cover and spine. Block edges are also gilted. Light general wear. Former owner's signature at front, otherwise unmarked and tightly bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages
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Ground Work: Selected Poems and Essays 1970 - 1979

By: Auster, Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London & Boston, Faber & Faber : 1990

Seller ID: 4642

ISBN-13: 9780571141531

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Cover edges lightly worn. Former owner's name penned on ffep. Binding sound. Jacket has a 3/4" tear on top of the front cover along with a small to moderate amount of edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 226 pages
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Festus. a Poem

By: Bailey, Philip James

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, William Pickering : 1845

Seller ID: 4680

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Cover corners rounded. Rear cover detached; spine cover loose from binding and detached from front cover from the top halfway down the front hinge. Front internal paper hinge still sound. Former owner's information on ffep. Block remains clean and tight despite the damage to the cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 396 pages
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After the Reunion

By: Baker, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fayetteville AR, University of Arkansas Press : 1994

Seller ID: 7136

ISBN-13: 9781557283528

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Light general wear. Autographed copy sticker on front cover has been partially removed. Flat signed by the author on the title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; Signed by Author
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Ancient Rhetoric and Poetic; Interpreted from Representative Works

By: Baldwin, Charles Sears

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The MacMillan Company : 1924

Seller ID: 5034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Light wear to cover edges. Former owner's blind stamps on ffep and title page. Tight binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages
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All Quiet Along the Potomac, and Other Poems

By: Beers, Ethel Lynn

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates : 1879

Seller ID: 1165

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Covers show moderate surface and edge wear. Corners rounded and spine ends fraying. Hinges broken, binding slightly loose. Small (1/2 x3") portion of ffep missing. Text show light wear. Heavy foxing on 6ish pages from, still present, newsprint bookmarks.
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Rhymes from the Rangeland a Book of Western Verses

By: Beggs, Wesley

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Denver, CO, Eastwood-Kirchner Printing Co. : 1912

Seller ID: 1288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Covers show light to moderate edgewear and some fading to pictorial front cover. Hinges tight, binding slightly loose. former owner's name penned on front pastedown. Text remains clean.
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Five Chambered Heart

By: Bell, Charles G.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Persea Books : 1986

Seller ID: 3035

ISBN-13: 9780892550975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Inscribed, signed and dated June 1990 by the author on the title page. Cover corners show light wear. Jacket has a small amount of surface rubbing and a few closed tears and light rubbing at edges. Otherwise fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages; Signed by Author
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