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Meditations on the Insatiable Soul

by Robert Bly

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Used - Very Good
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good
Edition
First edition
Published
1994
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Hardcover
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New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Very good with rem mark on bottom of the text block, and some bumping to the spine. Good dust jacket, with sales sticker on front cover. First edition. Hardcover. 83 pp. Poetry by Robert Bly, who became a controversial figure for his views on masculinity, and involvement with a… Read more about this item
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We Must Make a Kingdom of It

We Must Make a Kingdom of It

by Gregory Orr

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
First edition
Published
1986
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780819561473
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Middletow, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine, with previous owner sig on half-title. Bright, tight copy. Inlet with a bookmark featuring a poem by the author. First edition. Softcover. 54 pp. A collection of brooding and beautiful poetry by American poet Gregory Orr.
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Vault of the Macabre

Vault of the Macabre

by Darren Field

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Used - Near Fine
Published
2004
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9781326426255
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Canada: Lulu.com, 2004. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine, with minor scuffing on the front and back cover. Softcover. 71 pp. A collection of macabre poems and simple, yet disturbing illustrations.
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Ragged Lion: A Tribute to Jack Micheline

Ragged Lion: A Tribute to Jack Micheline

by Jack MIcheline

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Presumed first edition
Published
1999
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780912824406
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Ellensburg, Washington: Vagabond Pr, 1999. Presumed first edition. Softcover. Very Good. Very good. Presumed first edition. Softcover. 211 pp. A collection essays about San Francisco artist and poet, Jack Micheline. Includes a short biography, and scattered with Micheline's own poems. With candid black & white photographs.
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The Genius of Haiku: Readings From R.H. Blyth on Poetry, Life, and Zen

The Genius of Haiku: Readings From R.H. Blyth on Poetry, Life, and Zen

by R.H. Blyth

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Edition
Presumed first edition
Published
1994
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780952239703
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UK: The British Haiku Society, 1994. Presumed first edition. Softcover. Very Good. Very good. Presumed first edition. Softcover. 146 pp. Essex-born R.H. Blyth became a Professor of English Literature and later emigrated to Japan, where he became a personal tutor to the Crown Prince (later, Emperor) Akihito. This book is his scholarly interpretation of the Japanese form of… Read more about this item
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R.I.P. A Poetic Sequence

R.I.P. A Poetic Sequence

by Louis Phillips

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Used - Fine
Edition
First edition
Published
2003
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9781931982054
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Livingston, AL: Livingston Press at The University of West Alabama, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine. Issued with no dust jacket. First edition. Softcover. 77 pp. A charming array of poems based on the Irving character "Rip Van Winkle
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Wild Life Rifle Fire

Wild Life Rifle Fire

by Paul Seigell (signed)

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Used - Fine
Edition
Presumed first edition
Published
2010
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780980602562
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Australia: Otoliths, 2010. Presumed first edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine condition. Signed by the author. Presumed first edition. A book of wordplay and stylish, experimental poetry.
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Spanish Poetry of the Golden Age

Spanish Poetry of the Golden Age

by Bruce W. Wardropper (ed.)

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Used - Fine
Edition
First edition
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
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1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Fine. No jacket (none issued?) No dust jacket. Small ownership signature top corner front free end paper. 353 pages with bibliography, index of poets, glossary of technical terms, index of first lines, vocabulary. Scholarly study of Spanish poetry from the late 1400s to the early 17th century.
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Colonial Verses (Mount Vernon)

by Lawrence, Ruth

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First edition
Published
1897
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Hardcover
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New York: Brentano's, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Slim 12 mo in ornately decorated cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Illustrated with photographic plates of Mount Vernon and its interiors. Very good.
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Alcestis and Other Poems

by Wiley, Sara King

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Used - fine
Edition
First edition
Published
1905
Binding
Cloth
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New York: Macmillan, 1905. First edition. Cloth. fine. First edition. Olive green buckram lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Slim 12mo. 60 pp. plus publisher's ads. Poetry. Fine.
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Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces

by Hay, John

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Used - Fine
Published
1881
Binding
Cloth
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1881. Cloth. Fine. Emerald green cloth stamped in gilt. Later printing. A fine, fresh example, 19th century bookplate front pastedown.
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The Giaour, A Fragment of A Turkish Tale

by BYRON, Lord

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Published
1814
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Hardcover
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London: Thomas Davison, 1814. Hardcover. Acceptable hardcover. 12th edition. Missing front cover. Pages light brown, clean text. Edges of rear cover worn. Gold gilt title on spine and décor. Leather cover and spine.
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

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Published
1986
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Hardcover
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NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable hardcover without dustwrapper. The book spine ends have fraying. The book cover edges are worn with a few tears near corners. The book spine and covers are fading. The hinges are cracked and the title page is loose but included. There a few pencil markings in text. There are newpaper clippings glued… Read more about this item
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Collected Poems

by GRAHAM, Robert Neely

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Published
1957
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Hardcover
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NY: Vantage, 1957. Hardcover. First edition. Very good hardcover with good dustwrapper. First edition. Text clean. Clean cloth cover. Small water stain on top edges of dustwrapper. Tear on top edge on front dustwrapper. Scratch on front dusjtacket.
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Tristram Of Lyonesse and Other Poems

by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles

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Published
1904
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Hardcover
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Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1904. Hardcover. Ltd 450copies. Hardcover in very good Condition, 1 of 450 limited copies, former owners inscription on front end paper, a faint light brown water stain on spine that does not effect or show up on any other area on the book, light browning of panels, a couple small scuff marks on front… Read more about this item
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Yield From Flame

by LAW, Margaret Lathrop

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Published
1952
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Hardcover
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NY: Exposition, 1952. Hardcover. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First edition. Signed on front endpaper by author. Includes a poem on separate paper Inscribed by the author. Pages are clean. Small brown spots on inside boards. Spine ends lightly faded. Dustwrapper chipped on edges. Dustwrapper spine browned.
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