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London: Faber and Faber,, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by noted bibliophile Tom Turner to the author L.A.G. Strong at front end page - "To L.A.G. Strong, in token of friendship and with every good wish from Tom Turner 8 Mar 1936". Tom Turner befriended and regularly corresponded with several authors, notably L. A. G. Strong, whose "The Sacred River: An Approach to James Joyce" was dedicated to Turner. Very Good, lacking the dust wrapper, the paper covered boards with rubs and tears along fore edges. The 12 portraits feature Albert Einstein, T. S. Eliot, George Bernard Shaw, Walter De La Mare and John Galsworthy among other contemporary notables. A SCARCE book with a quite nice literary Association inscription. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
(Presentation Copy) Quilting (with 7th Poem and Prospectus laid in) by Low, Denise - 1984
by Low, Denise
(Presentation Copy) Quilting (with 7th Poem and Prospectus laid in)
by Low, Denise
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Lawrence, Kansas: The Holiseventh Press, 1984. #18 of 183 signed and numbered copies in the edition. Illustrated by Linda Samson-Talleur, and SIGNED by her and Denise Low at limitation page. Contains limitation page and six poems, each poem printed on 1 folded sheet measuring 60 x 20 cm.; the poems with title page and colophon lie loose in box. With added 7th poem, an additional copy of Flower Garden Poem, with handwritten letter in ink from Linda Samson-Talleur, to bookseller Gary Steigerwald -" Dear Gary, At last - your book. It had to take this long - because Jennie Frederick & I wanted it to be EXCELLENT. The colophon - intro page was a development I hadn't planned on - as was the 5 color livo for cover." She goes on to talk about the pricing of the book and ends "Thanks for support in the beginning - when it was so badly needed. LST". The paper was hand made by Jenni Frederick of Kansas City Paperworks. With prospectus also laid in. 7" x 7" square box, the poem titles are The Quilt Again -- Wedding Ring Quilt -- Blue and White Quilt -- Quiltmaker -- Flower Garden Quilt -- Cold. A unique copy of this little gem of an artist's book. Fine and lovely, and would make a wonderful gift for the quilter in your life! . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Unbound. Fine. Square 8vo. Presentation Copy.
- Bookseller Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
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- Place of Publication Lawrence, Kansas
- Date Published 1984
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Twelve Portraits by William Rothenstein
by Rothenstein, William
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The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Preface By Edmund Gosse
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London: William Heinemann, 1918. 133pp, frontispiece and seven color illustrations with titled tissue guards, black and white illustrations throughout. Very Good in original green cloth tooled in gilt, light wear at spine ends, small corner bumps, end pages moderately toned, scattered small spots of toning throughout, bookplate verso front end page. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Theocritus; The Complete Poems
by Theocritus; Translated by Jack Lindsay , with an Introduction by Edward Hutton
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London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. An unnumberred copy of 500 printed. Full green parchment with device of goatherd and goat gilt on upper cover. Near Fine, the usual spine fading to brown. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Last Crusade ; with a Note to the Poem by the Author
by Brother Antoninus (William Everson); Designed and Printed by Graham Mackintosh
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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No Place (Berkeley): Oyez, 1969. #129 of 165 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR as Brother Antoninus. The binding is Jack Gray. Text type is Van Djck with Albertus for display; the heraldric device on the title page is eraly 14th c. The paper is Arches and was printed on a demi-royal Colts. Fine, no jacket. A lovely copy. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition.
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India's Love Lyrics Including the Garden of Kama
by Collected and Arranged in Verse by Laurence Hope
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: John Lane, 1921. Bound in contemporary half burgundy morocco over red buckram, the back and top edge gilt, marbled end papers. Very Good, front joint cracking from top edge yet holding nicely, corners rubbed . Later Printing. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Education of an American; an Autobiography
by Sullivan, Mark
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- Later Printing
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "For Will Hays With recollection of a prized association, now long enough in the years to be "auld lang syne" Mark Sullivan". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until…
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American Child, A Sonnet Sequence
by Engle, Paul
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: Random House, 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Alice Edwards with Monmouth greetings. Paul Engle, Oct. 1946." Additionally, laid in is a Typed Postcard Signed, dated Mar.25, 1947, addressed to C.A. Owen, who was a professor of English at the Monmouth College in Illinois, that reads -" Iowa City March 23, 1947 Dear Mr. Owen, At Grinnell, April 24,25,26, there will be a writer's conference. I don't know all the speakers, but I am talking the evening of April 24, John Crowe Ransom twice April 25, and Allen Tate twice April 26. Prof. Paul S. Wood at Grinnell College is the man to write to for exact information. My visit to Monmouth was a pleasant interlude of a rainy autumn week. I should like to come back again. I had the feeling you were doing a good job with that group of young students there. Keep it up. Sincerely, Paul Engle." Book is Fine in a Very Good Minus dustjacket, 1/2" chips at head of spine and bottom corner front…
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Human Shows, Far Phantasies
by Hardy, Thomas
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1925. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, jacket a bit wrinkled bottom edge at spine, faint mark around price at base of spine. Pages are uncut, and a quite lovely copy of Hardy's last work published while he was still living. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.
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Three Poems from the German
by Turner, Frederick ;Translated by
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Kenyon College, Gambier, OH: Pot-Hanger Press, 1974. SIGNED by the translator, Frederick Turner. Additionally SIGNED by Peter Newman, who designed and hand-printed the book, and by cover etching artist Martha Schulman. SCARCE, SIGNED by all three. Near Fine, 2 tiny spots front wrapper, tiny corner curls rear wrapper. . SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse
by Chosen by David Nichol Smith
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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United Kingdom: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926. In fine contemporary binding, stamp-signed Ramage London, of half red morocco over red buckram, the back gilt, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Just God And Me
by Mary Frances Reyes
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- New
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- Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780802160478 / 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781460257432 / 146025743X
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine
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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions…
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Fan poems
by Tom Clark
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- 9780913028452 / 0913028452
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Pantone 125
by Lee, Madeleine
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- 9789810728496 / 9810728492
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Melodie d'Infinito; Rime e Canti dei Chiarori Stellari.
by Sparito, Giosue [Enrico Fagone]
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780682486231 / 068248623X
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Piggott, Arkansas, United States
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NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.
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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.
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