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New York City: New Amsterdam Book Company. Very Good+. 1901. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Handsome limited Edition #21/60. Clean brown cloth, Brown leather corners & spine decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean, intact & printed on deckle-edge paper. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 10 illustrations on plate paper colored by hand. Poetry ; Hand-painted; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages .
No Answer? by Julia Louise Reynolds - 1937: Poems by……
by Julia Louise Reynolds
No Answer?: Poems by……
by Julia Louise Reynolds
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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an EXTREMELY RARE collection of poems by the wife of the founder of Reynolds Aluminum: NO ANSWER? by Julia Louise Reynolds. New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1937.. VERY COLLECTIBLE. "1937" on both title page and copyright page. Overall condition is Near Fine. 5 ½" x 8 1/8", 96 pages, which are As New, and the top edges of which are tinted green. Outer fep's have light artistic pattern in shades of green. Cover (2-tone green designed boards w/ ¼ bound black cloth (including corners), particulars in silver gilt) = Very Good Plus. A yellow slipcase card with light green print quotes 2 paragraphs by famous American sculptor, George Gray Barnard, surrounds the book. The cover is protected by the original cellophane wrap, which has several significant chips. Noted appraiser James Beattie has placed a value of $135 on this book.
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- Place of Publication New York
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THE ODES OF ANACREON (1901, LIMITED & NUMBERED EDITION) Translated by Thomas Stanley
by Anacreon
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Autograph verse signed, the first stanza, of 8-lines, of her poem "The Old Arm Chair" -
by COOK, ELIZA (1812-1889; poet and journalist):
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"I love it, I love it and who shall dare / to chide me for loving that old arm chair?
" . 1-page 4to, mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Undated.
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PINTURA DEL SIGLO XIX EN EL MUSEO DEL PRADO. CATALOGO GENERAL. DIRECCION CIENTIFICA J. L. DIEZ. COORDINACION P. J. MARTI
by A. GUTIERREZ MARQUEZ
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MADRID: MUSEO DEL PRADO, 2015. Encuadernacion original. NUEVO / NEW. GUTIERREZ MARQUEZ, A. PINTURA DEL SIGLO XIX EN EL MUSEO DEL PRADO. CATALOGO GENERAL. DIRECCION CIENTIFICA J. L. DIEZ. COORDINACION P. J. MARTI. MADRID, 2015, 704 p. color laminas Encuadernacion original.International orders will require additional shipping charge.
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The Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner; 1891. Leather. Sextodecimo. 6.5 x 4 inches. [2], xxvii, [ii], 308, [2] pp. Very Good. Full vellum on thin boards. Lettered direct in black and red to front board and spine. Publisher's device (arbor scientiae, arbor vitae) stamped in black at lower right corner of front board. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut and untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Vignette title page bearing motto (Sperate miseri, cavete felices) and publisher's device. Thirty-two chapters. Preface and notes by Austin Dobson. Minor shelf wear and soiling. Binding firm. Hinges tight. Spine square. Browning to leading rough page edges and endpapers. Previous owner's signature at top of front pastedown, else internally bright and unmarked.
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The Sonnets of John Milton
by Milton, John (Edited by Mark Pattison.)
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New York: D. Appleton 1896. (Hardcover) 227pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 3 / 4 leather, marbled boards with gilt decorated spine. Top edge gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, index. Lightly edgeworn. Edited by Mark Pattison. (Poetry, Poetry).
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1992 Middlesex School Yearbook
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Massachusetts: Middlesex School, 1992. 1992 yearbook for the Concord, Massachusetts day and boarding high school that boasts former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld as well as actor Steve Carrell amongst its alumni. Brown hardcover with bright silver titles and logo on front cover. 209 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; there are also a couple of color photograph illustrated pages. This volume has unique senior pages (versus senior photos) where the senior got to write (sometimes in their own handwriting) and select the photographs and contact for their page. We note only some light shelfwear and edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A Select Collection of Poems, viz. An Essay on Man; An Essay on Criticism; The Messiah; &c. &c. by Alexander Pope; To which are prefixed, An Account of the Life of the Author
by Pope, Alexander
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Hartford, Conn: Lincoln & Gleason, 1804. Hardcover. Poor. [1]-26, [3], 38-88, [3], 96-129, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary calf spine; pastepaper over boards. Error in pagination: p. 98 misnumbered 89. The title copied onto the front free endpaper in an old hand. Former owner's name on front free endpaper verso and at head of p. [3]: Mollie J. Kellogg. At head of title page: "L.H. $34.55 3/4." Watercolor flowers added to p. [93] by former owner. Very scarce. In Poor Condition: incomplete: lacking pp. 27-34, 89-92, and 131-32; lacking leather at head of spine; boards are very worn, with loss along edges; lacking lower corner of title page, without loss of text; section lacking along fore-edge of pp. 101-2, without loss of text; 5-cm. tear from lower corner of pp. 127-8, without loss of text; light soiling throughout.
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A Short, Plain, Comprehensive, Practical Latin Grammar, Comprising All the Rules and Observation Necessary to an Accurate Knowledge of the Latin Classics, Having the Signs of Quantity Affrixe to Certain Syllables, to show their Right Pronunciation; with an Alphabetical Vocabulary
by Ross, James
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Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1829. Hardcover. Very Good. The Ninth Edition, Revised and Improved. viii, 184 p.; 18 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine label. Inclues index. The author, James Ross (1743-1827), was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He headed a grammar school in Carlisle, Pa., from 1780 to 1784, when he became the first faculty member of the newly founded Dickinson College. In 1792 he left Dickinson to established a school for classical learning in Chambersburg, Pa., where he wrote his popular Latin Grammar. He was professor of languages at Franklin College in Lancaster, Pa. from 18081 to 1809, when he moved to Philadelphia, where he continued to tutor students for the rest of his life. In Very Good Condition: lacking front free endpaper; closed 4-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 21-22; occasional soiling; light foxing; occasional marginal pencil mark; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; with an Introduction by John R. Kuehl
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [42] p.: facsimiles; 24 cm. Hardback with facsimile of original notebook on cover. Original glassine dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Illustrated title page. The diary reproduced here is from 1910-1911, when its author, later known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was 13 and 14. In Near Fine Condition: slight discoloration on endpapers; otherwise, clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: closed tears from upper edge of back ection; spine slightly sunned.
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JULES GERARD, THE LION KILLER OF ALGERIA; THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD, THE LION KILLER, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF HIS TEN YEARS' CAMPAIGN AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS OF NORTHERN AFRICA
by TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD
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NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, 1860 RARE BOOK, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH. BROWN COVER WITH HEAVIER BINDING ON THE SPINE. GOLD PRINT SPINE, OHIO SCHOOL LIBRARY REFERENCED. WEAR ON THE COVER, SPINE SHOWS 2 NICKS MIDWAY AND BOTTOM. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT INSIDE, DRAWING OF HEAD IN PENCIL FIRST BLANK PAGE- NO OTHER MARKINGS. FADED MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. TOWARDS BACK PAGES AND FRONT PAGES SOME LIGHT STAINING DUE TO LIQUID SPILLED. WHITEHEAD DEDICATES THE BOOK TO HIS TRUE FRIEND, CAPTAIN JAMES MC MCINTOSH- UNITED STATES NAVY, A TRUE HUNTER. WONDERFUL BOOK DETAILING INFORMATION ON THE LION, HUNTING AND LIFE OF GERARD. ARTWORK IS GOOD A DETAILED HELP TAKING YOU INTO THE STORIES. GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR THE AVID HUNTER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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Immortal Prairie (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Ransom, James H
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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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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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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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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 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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Quartering
by Reza, Seema
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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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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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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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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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THE WATER POEM AND OTHERS
by Friedberg, Martha
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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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Dreamer's Den
by Alsup, Byron K
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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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