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London: The Cresset Press, 1946 First printing of the first edition. cloth boards with gilt-lettered title, 45pp., in tan dust jacket with the publisher's original price on front flap intact. Hint of bookplate ghost to front endpaper, else book in fine condition; in dust jacket with minimal signs of age or wear.
To the Loud Wind and Other Poems (Pegasus series Volume I, Number 1, Spring 1955) by Hall, Donald - 1955
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To the Loud Wind and Other Poems (Pegasus series Volume I, Number 1, Spring 1955)
by Hall, Donald
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Cambridge: Pegasus Publications Series / Harvard Advocate, 1955 First printing of first edition. Book (stiff-plain wrappers) in fine condition; dust jacket with tiny closed tear to upper, front cover, light wear along edges and faint tanning to spine and cover margins, else fine. Author's first collection of poetry and first in a series of booklets presented by Pegasus Publications of the Harvard Advocate.
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The Double Image
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Selected Poems 1923 - 1967
by Borges, Jorge Luis; John Updike, Mark Strand, W. S. Merwin, John Hollander, Richard Wilbur, et el. [Translators]; Norman Thomas di Giovanni [editor].
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New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1972 First edition, stated first printing. Spanish and English text. Light shelf wear and a faint vertical crease to inside jacket flap, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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The Changes
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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Samuel French Morse directly on the title page; additionally, French wrote the following inscription on the front-free endpage: "For Bill Kienbusch / who is often / 'Colloquial as August when we're / here' / June 1965 / Sam" American artist, William Austin Kienbusch (1914-1980), a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton, was best known for his semi-abstract landscapes of Maine. Representations of his work are on exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.
Morse finished his inscription to Kienbusch using the first line of the last stanza from the concluding poem for this volume: "A Poem in Praise of Hancock Point," p.91. (The referenced poem was also included in Morse's, The Collected Poems, 1995.)
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Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle
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Chicago: The David Company, 1989 Second printing of the first edition, stapled wrappers. Presentation copy signed to Greg Gatenby, Canadian historian, writer, and host of Toronto's festival of authors. also signed by Gatenby, dated 1989. Book in fine condition.
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The Rescued Year
by Stafford, William
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966 First printing of the stated first edition, first state with page listing author's books up front, printing information at rear, untrimmed fore-edge, and $3.95 list price to jacket flap. Signed directly on a bookplate by William Stafford and laid-in to the half-title page. Book with light rubbing to board edge, faint toning to pastedowns and a tiny bump/rub to bottom back corner, else in fine condition; dust jacket with some rubbing/wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing along spine folds and light toning to spine and folds, else fine.Stafford was the recipient of the National Book Award in 1963, a Shelley Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Western States Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry. In 1970, he was the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (U. S. Poet Laureate).
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Once: Poems
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1968 First printing of the stated first edition. Author's first book. Bookplate of "The Ed Sullivans" to front fly leaf and mild shelf wear to boards, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with chips, tears and creasing, rubbing along folds, light tanning/offsetting to front cover.
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Hundreds of Fireflies: Poems
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books / Random House, 1982 First printing of the stated first edition. Author's first book. Signed by Brad Leithauser directly on the title page. Book with light age-toning to endpapers and faint toning to the top edge of boards, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear to upper back cover, faint toning to spine and cover margins, else in fine condition.
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Winter Garden
by Neruda, Pablo; William O'Daly [Translated from the Spanish]
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Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1986 First printing of the first edition, with Spanish/English text. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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The Changes
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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Samuel French Morse directly on the title page; additionally, French wrote the following inscription on the front-free endpage: "For Bill Kienbusch / who is often / 'Colloquial as August when we're / here' / June 1965 / Sam" American artist, William Austin Kienbusch (1914-1980), a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton, was best known for his semi-abstract landscapes of Maine. Representations of his work are on exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.
Morse finished his inscription to Kienbusch using the first line of the last stanza from the concluding poem for this volume: "A Poem in Praise of Hancock Point," p.91. (The referenced poem was also included in Morse's, The Collected Poems, 1995.)
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Chicago: The David Company, 1989 Second printing of the first edition, stapled wrappers. Presentation copy signed to Greg Gatenby, Canadian historian, writer, and host of Toronto's festival of authors. also signed by Gatenby, dated 1989. Book in fine condition.
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To the Loud Wind and Other Poems.
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Cambridge: Pegasus Publications Series,, 1995.. Volume 1, Number 1. Spring.. 26 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers and near fine printed dust jacket with sunning to spine and extrems.
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To the Loud Wind and Other Poems (Pegasus series Volume I, Number 1, Spring 1955)
by Hall, Donald
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Cambridge: Pegasus Publications Series / Harvard Advocate, 1955 First printing of first edition. Plain stiff stapled wrappers in printed light blue dust jacket. Author's first collection of poetry and first in a series of booklets presented by Pegasus Publications of the Harvard Advocate. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with tiny closed tear to upper front cover, light wear along edges, and light toning to spine and cover margins, else fine.
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To The Loud Wind and Other Poems
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Cambridge: Pegasus Publications Series (Harvard Advocate), 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Volume One, Number One of the Pegasus Publications Series published by the Harvard Advocate. This issue devoted to the poems of Donald Hall. A very good copy in card wrappers.
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To The Loud Wind and Other Poems
by HALL, Donald
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Harvard Advocate, 1955. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers and fine dustwrapper.
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To the Loud Wind and Other Poems [Signed]
by HALL, Donald
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Cambridge: Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine/Fine-. First Printing of the poet's first commercial collection published in the United States. 8vo: [4],26pp. Cream stiff wrappers, light blue dust jacket printed in black and priced 65¢. Signed by the poet on the title page. Fine in about Fine jacket, sunned at the edges. Kelleher A5. Published as the inaugural volume in the Pegasus Publication Series (Spring 1955). Hall is "considered one of the major American poets of his generation. His poetry explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects the poet's abiding reverence for nature. . . . Often compared favorably with such writers as James Dickey, Robert Bly, and James Wright, Hall uses simple, direct language to evoke surrealistic imagery." (Poetry Foundation) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with…
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TO THE LOUD WIND AND OTHER POEMS
by HALL, Donald
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Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine copy in a lightly sunned, Near Fine blue dustwrapper with a faint small stain on the outside edge of the front cover. Stiff wraps with a blue printed dustwrapper. Hall's first collection of poetry published in the United States, issued as Volume I, Number I of the Pegasus Publication Series. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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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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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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Just God And Me
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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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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
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Fan poems
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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
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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.
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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
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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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