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The Life Of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq., In One Volume
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The Life Of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq., In One Volume

by Fairfield, Jane

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Privately Published, NY, 1847; First Edition; 8vo. (4 3/4" x 7 5/8", 132 pgs.; embossed maroon cloth; gilt titles and decorations; frontispiece engraved portrait plate of the poet, with guard tissue. Biography of American poet Sumner Lincoln Fairfield (1803-1844) who in spite of seemingly endless personal trials went on to publish a large body of prose and poetical… Read more about this item
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Marmion (In Miniature)
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Marmion (In Miniature)

by Scott, Sir Walter

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Valentine & Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, circa 1905; 16mo, (2 1/2" x 3 1/8"),186 pages; illustrated; plaid cloth; all page edges gilt; gilt morocco title label. The complete six cantos of Sir Walter Scott’s great narrative poem Marmion, including the closing "L’Envoy to the reader." No printed publication date. Brief inscription on front paste down dated August, 1905, Melrose,… Read more about this item
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Poems By Ralph Waldo Emerson, Household Edition
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Poems By Ralph Waldo Emerson, Household Edition

by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, ca. 1911; 8vo, 409 pages; half leather. The poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Edward Emerson, the poet’s brother, with his preface describing the history behind this edition. Includes the entirety of the Riverside Press edition plus additional poems and fragments. ‘The House,’ which appeared in the first volume of "Poems,"… Read more about this item
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The Laureates Of England, From Ben Jonson To Alfred Tennyson, With Selections  From Their Works And An Introduction Dealing With The Origin And Significance Of The English Laureateship

The Laureates Of England, From Ben Jonson To Alfred Tennyson, With Selections From Their Works And An Introduction Dealing With The Origin And Significance Of The English Laureateship

by West, Kenyon

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Frederick A. Stokes Co., NY and London, 1895; First Edition; 458 pages; illustrated; green cloth; gilt titles and decorations; all page edges gilt. Critiques and biographical sketches of the Poets Laureate of England up to and including Tennyson, with multitudinous selections from the works of each, plus nearly fifty b&w illustration plates by Frederick C. Gordon. Beautifully bound… Read more about this item
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by Housman, A.E. (Alfred Edward Housman)

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1936
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Alfred A. Knopf / Barclay’s, New York, 1936; First Edition; tall 8vo, 73 pages; blue cloth boards; gilt titles and decorations; frontispiece portrait plate of the author. Selection of forty-eight previously unpublished poems by eminent classicist and poet Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936), released in the year of his death by his brother Laurence in accordance with Alfred’s last… Read more about this item
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Delmore Schwartz, The Life Of An American Poet

Delmore Schwartz, The Life Of An American Poet

by Atlas, James

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1977
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Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1977; First Edition; 8vo, 418 pages. Biography of poet Delmore Schwartz, based on interviews and previously unpublished papers, including Schwartz’s private satires of friends and acquaintances, autobiographical stories, and correspondence with such notables as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Paul Goodman. Very Good, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Small damp stain… Read more about this item
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Poems Old And New, 1918-1978 (Signed)

Poems Old And New, 1918-1978 (Signed)

by Lewis, Janet

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1981
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Ohio University Press, Chicago, 1981; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 112 pages. A collection of sixty years of Janet Lewis’s poetry, beginning with "The Freighters," which won her admission to the Poetry Club at the University Of Chicago in 1918. Inscribed and signed in year of publication by the author to personal friends, Los Angeles millionairess and philanthropist Anna… Read more about this item
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Dawn Visions

Dawn Visions

by Moore, Daniel (Abdal-Hayy)

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1964
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City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1964; First Edition; 12mo, 116 pages; illustrated. Daniel Moore’s first book, with cover art and in-text illustrations by the poet. Moore at a later date came to renounce written poetry and established the "Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company" in San Francisco, which offered free live stage productions to audiences at Berkeley’s Hinkel Park.… Read more about this item
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History

History

by Lowell, Robert

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1973
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY, 1973; First Edition; 8vo, 207 pages. Large body of poems, 370 in all, by rugged individualist Robert Lowell, who twice tried to enlist in the American Armed Forces and was both times rejected, then, when finally called up, had become a conscientious objector. Speaking of him, William Dean Howells once said, "More than… Read more about this item
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Nine Horses

Nine Horses

by Collins, Billy

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2002
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Random House, NY, 2002; First Edition; 8vo, 120 pages. Poems by American Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Very Fine, in a Very Fine dust jacket.
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The Collected Poems Of Kathleen Raine

The Collected Poems Of Kathleen Raine

by Raine, Kathleen

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1956
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Random House, NY, 1956; First Edition; 8vo, 175 pages. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket that has some miniscule chipping at the uppermost extremity of the spine panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.
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Poems Collected And Selected (Association Copy)

Poems Collected And Selected (Association Copy)

by Flanner, Hildegarde

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1988
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John Daniel, Santa Barbara, 1988; First Edition; 8vo, 111 pages. Selected poems of notable California poet Hildegarde Flanner (1899-1987), once described by Jeffrey Paine of the San Francisco Chronicle as, "the best unknown writer in America." Flanner first visited California in 1915 as a girl of fifteen, where, inspired by a meeting with Olive Percival, she determined to… Read more about this item
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Arpa de Cinco Cuerdas (Signed)

Arpa de Cinco Cuerdas (Signed)

by Mora, Luis Maria

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Imprenta Salesiana, Rome, 1929; First Edition; Signed; 12mo, 159 pages; wraps. Collection of works by Colombian author and poet Luis Maria Mora, (1867-1936) member of the literary/political group known as "La Gruta Simbolica." Preface by influential Colombian author/literary critic Antonio Gomez Restrepo providing an analysis of Mora’s work. Inscribed and signed in year of publication by the author… Read more about this item
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Adam Mickiewicz 1798-1855, Selected Poetry & Prose, Centenary Commemorative Edition

Adam Mickiewicz 1798-1855, Selected Poetry & Prose, Centenary Commemorative Edition

by Mickiewicz, Adam

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Polonia Publishing House, Warsaw, 1955; First Edition; 8vo, 192 pages; illustrated. Centenary collection of the works of legendary Polish national poet and patriot Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), edited and with an introduction by Stanislaw Helsztynski. A wealth of both prose and poetry works, including a synopsis with substantial chapters from "Master Thaddeus," (Pan Tadeusz) plus a collection of… Read more about this item
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Selected Poems Of William Vaughn Moody, Edited, And With An Introduction By Robert Morss Lovett

Selected Poems Of William Vaughn Moody, Edited, And With An Introduction By Robert Morss Lovett

by Moody, William Vaughn

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1931
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1931; First Edition; 8vo, 200 pages; frontispiece portrait sketch, with guard tissue. Selected poems of William Vaughn Moody, with extensive ninety-two page biography at the front. (BAL 14332). Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, and exceptionally bright, in a Very Good dust jacket with slight spine tan.
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Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, Collected And Arranged By The Author

Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, Collected And Arranged By The Author

by Bryant, William Cullen

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1878
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D. Appleton and Company, NY, 1878; First Edition; 8vo, 501 pages; green cloth; illustrated. Complete collection of Bryant’s poetical works, beautifully illustrated throughout with 100 engravings from drawings by Birket Foster, Harry Fenn, Alfred Fredericks, et. al. Steel engraved frontispiece portrait plate of the author, with guard tissue. Richly bound in beveled boards with lime green cloth illustrated… Read more about this item
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A Marianne Moore Reader

A Marianne Moore Reader

by Moore, Marianne

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Viking Press, NY, 1961; First Edition; 8vo, 301 pages; Prussian blue boards, gray cloth spine. Extensive prose and poetry collection of Marianne Moore, once described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the few (writers) who have done the language some service in my lifetime," and who in 1951 had the unique distinction of winning the Pulitzer Prize,… Read more about this item
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Wind Song

Wind Song

by Sandburg, Carl

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1960
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Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1960; First Edition; 8vo, 127 pages; illustrated. Carl Sandburg’s personal selection of poems from amongst his many published works which he believed were particularly suited to children, plus sixteen entirely new poems. Illustrations by William A. Smith. Charming rear panel photograph of Sandburg posed with Smith’s young daughter. Very Good Plus, in… Read more about this item
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New Poems By Robert Browning And Elizabeth Barrett Browning

New Poems By Robert Browning And Elizabeth Barrett Browning

by Browning, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Frederic G. Kenyon, Editor

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The Macmillan Company, NY, 1915; First Edition; 8vo, 186 pages plus a 4-page Macmillan catalogue at the back; black cloth; gilt spine titles. Collection of 29 poems by Robert Browning and 6 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, uncovered for the first time at the Sotheby’s 1913 sale of the Browning estate and heretofore unpublished but for a very small… Read more about this item
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Memorial Sonnets

Memorial Sonnets

by Dilworth, Hiram Powers

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1926
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Hiram Powers Dilworth, Chicago, 1926; First Edition; small 8vo, 58 pages. Moving series of elegiac sonnets dedicated to his parents, by turn of the century Chicago poet Hiram Powers Dilworth. Very Good, in printed wraps.
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