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CHICAGO: FRANK V. IRISH, 1896 BEAUTIFUL AND EXCELLENT DETAILED BOOK ON AMERICAN AND BRITISH AUTHORS BY EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR FRANK V. IRISH. A GUIDE AND HELP IN THE PRIVATE STUDY OF THE BEST AUTHORS AND THEIR WRITINGS. DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE. 25 ILLUSTRATIONS OF AUTHORS AND HOMES. 60 AUTHORS, PREFACE, HINTS TO TEACHERS, INTRODUCTION, BIOS, INDEX, DETAIL EVALUATING, CLASSICS, BIBLE AS A CLASSIC, THOUGHTS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Argentina: Espaza-Calpe, 1944 Nice looking paperback in Spanish laguage, prologue by Juan Valera, Colleccion Austral, Buenos Aires-Mexico, Dustcover is paper and fair condition- inner front flap loose and in good shape, all pages of book tight, light brown with age, former owners name front, a few notes are in pencil inside front cover and on a few pages translating to English.
Azul is a collection of short stories and poetry by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. It was published in 1888 as Darío's first major work and a major work of the Modernismo literary movement.[1][2] He is commonly considered the initiator of literary modernism, a thesis that has been supported by personalities such as Octavio Paz, Ángel Rama or Darío himself. Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 ¿ February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism)… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1894 Poems by Riley with several pages of his works in the back. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. TIGHT AND NICE LOOKING. INSCRIPTION IN FRONT DATED 1894. CLEAN AND TIGHT. Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916), American poet. During his lifetime, Riley enjoyed enormous popularity. Known as ¿The Hoosier Poet¿ or ¿the people's poet¿, he drew material from Midwestern literature, fairy tales, and speech patterns. His verses, written in folk dialect, expressed the myth of rural America, with phrases such as ¿When the frost is on the punkin¿ and ¿the old swimin'¿hole¿. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS ORIGIN OR ADOPTION. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTING AND INDEX BACK. GREAT NUMBER OF BALLADS, FOR THE LOVER OF BALLADS, MUSIC AND VERSE. NUMEROUS BALLADS REGARDING ROBIN HOOD. BALLADS ON ALL PARTS OF LIFE ITSELF. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. MacEdward Leach (1892-1967)… Read More

Indianapolis: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1907 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, DARK GREEN DESIGN GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT. FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. RILEY IS A WONDERFUL POET AND STORY TELLER. THE ART IN THE BOOK THROUGHOUT ARE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS. HIS BOOKS ARE A DELIGHT TO READ AND STUDY THE ART. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems that Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 1882 BEAUTIFUL GREEN TEXTURED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, GOLD TRIM PAGE EDGES, HEAVY BOOK, LONGFELLOW'S PICTURE FRONTISPIECE, 17 ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETICAL LISTING FRONT, AUTHORS AND TITLES ALSO. TERRIFIC BOOK WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, FOR THE LOVER OF POETRY AND SONG. FIRST EDITION. Charlotte Fiske Bates ( November 30, 1838 September 1, 1916) was an American writer, critic, and educator. Charlotte Bates was born in New York City as the youngest of six children. Her father, Hervey Bates, died when she was an infant, causing her mother, Eliza Endicott Bates, to relocate the family to Cambridge, Massachusetts. After public education and private tutoring, Bates accepted a position at the Salisbury School for Young Ladies as an instructor of English in September 1888. Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song (1882). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, 1857 GOOD CONDITION FOR THE AGE. BROWN, TIGHT BINDING, SLIGHTLY WORN AT EDGES. GREAT BOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR, POET OR LOVER OF HISTORY. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. The poem was published between 1812 and 1818. Dedicated to "Ianthe", it describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man, who is disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry and looks for distraction in foreign lands. Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824). Poet. He succeeded to the barony and Newstead abbey in 1798. After Harrow and Cambridge he embarked on the grand tour which provided material for his verses, in 1812 waking to find himself famous with the publication of the first two cantos of Childe Harold. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". The poem… Read More

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1941 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH LEATHER COVER AND GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS INSCRIPTION INSIDE FRONT, TASSLE ATTACHED, THICK PAGES, WAS REBOUND AND IS TIGHT AND VERY GOOD CONDITION. FOREWARD WRITTEN BY MILLAY WHEN AT STEEPLETOP. WONDERFUL WRITER AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE. Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd. Millay won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her poem "Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"; she was the first woman and second person to win the award. In 1943, Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry. Millay was highly regarded during much of her lifetime, with the prominent literary critic Edmund… Read More

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, LEROY PRATT PERCY, 1943 DARK RED COVER, INLAID DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, FORMER OWNER LABEL IN FRONT, FRONTISPIECE IS A PICTURE OF PERCY. A GREAT NUMBER OF INTERESTING POEMS THROUGHOUT. SOME POPULAR POEMS ARE SAPPHO IN LEVKAS, IN APRIL ONCE, LYRICAL PIECES, FROM A SOLDIER'S NOTEBOOK, ENZIO'S KINGDOM, DELTA SKETCHES, A LETTER FROM JOHN KEATS TO FANNY BRAWNE AND NEW POEMS. VERY INTERESTINGPOEMS FROM A POPULAR POET. William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 January 21, 1942), was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature. In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LEWSISBURG, PA: J. R. CORNELIUS PRINTER, 1878 VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FORMER OWNER LABEL IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK PICTURE JAMES AIKEN AS FRONTISPIECE. A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERESTING POEMS BY AIKEN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A COMMON MAN. INTRODUCTION WRITTEN BY AIKEN IN 1878. A VERY INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING COLLECTION FROM A WELL WRITTEN AND EDUCATED MAN. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: BARSE & HOPKINS, 1900 LIGHT BROWN, SOFT LEATHER COVER. GOLD STAMPED TITLE FRONT COVER. THIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE IS CRAIGIE HOUSE, LONGFELLOWS HOME. INTRODUCTION BY AUSTEN T. KEMPTON. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND WONDERFULLY WRITTEN IN POETRY BY LONGFELLOW. MADE INTO A FILM IN 1923. CIRCA 1900, DATE IS UNLEDGEABLE AND STAMPED INSIDE BACK COVER. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims. The Courtship of Miles Standish is set in the year 1621 against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war and focuses on a love triangle among three Mayflower passengers: Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, and John Alden. Longfellow said that the story was true, but the historical evidence is inconclusive. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul… Read More

LONDON: ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS, 1906 BROWN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN EDGES OF FRONT. GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN RAISED RIBBED SPINE. THERE IS CLEAR TAPE ON SPINE. BOOK IS TIGHT AND PAGES VERY GOOD CONDITION. A STRIP OF CLEAR TAPE IS INSIDE VERY FRONT ALONG CREASE. ONLY MARKING IS A SMALL 3" X 1/2" LESS PIECE OF PAPER GLUED ON FIRST BLANK PAGE AND PARTIALLY REMOVED- HAD PRINTED DETAIL ON
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Don Juan (Spanish: [doŋ ˈxwan]), also known as Don Giovanni (Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women.
WONDERFUL BOOK, GREAT DETAIL. BEAUTIFUL. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 ¿ 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty." He is regarded… Read More

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1910 WONDERFUL BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY, IN THREE VOLUMES, VOLUME I CHAUCER TO GRAY. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1910 WONDERFUL BOOK OF POETRY AND WRITINGS. BEOWULF, SONG OF ROLAND, NIBLUNGS, STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 1894 BEAUTIFUL TEXTURED COVER, DARK BLUE WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, FORMER OWNERS NAME AND INSCRIPTION INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE IS ARTWORK OF THE COUNTRY LASSIE. NICE INDEX IN THE BACK, OVER 200 OF THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN AND ENGLISH POEMS. A FEW POETS ARE SHAKESPEARE, BYRON, MILTON, WORDSWORTH, TENNYSON, HOLMES, BRYANT, STOWE AND MANY MORE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: American Book Company, 1903 VERY NICE LOOKING GRAY BOOK, DESIGN AND PRINT ON FRONT AND SPINE IN BLACK, INITIALS INSIDE FRONT, NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT, VERY GOOD SHAPE. KENNETH MCKENZIE, INSTRUCTOR IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES IN YALE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES PREFACE. ENGLISH ANNOTATION, FABLES ARE IN FRENCH, A VOCABULARY IN THE BACK FRENCH TO ENGLISH. La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-95). Poet, known above all for his Fables, which have been read, learned, and recited by French children and adults for three centuries. He wrote much else besides, in a variety of genres. Often seen as one of the principal authors of French classicism, he appears rather as an idiosyncratic individualist. His tastes ranged from Plato to Rabelais, from the romances of chivalry to Malherbe, and his writings show a love of experiment as well as a sensitivity to contemporary taste. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

FLORAL PARK, N.Y.: JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 1893 RARE BOOK, BEAUTIFUL COVER IN RED WITH SILVER AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. HEAVY BOOK, WONDERFUL DESIGN AND ARTISTRY THROUGHOUT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. LOVE THE ARTWORK AND DETAIL. TWO THOUSAND APPROPRIATE GEMS OF POETRY AND NEARLY 500 AUTHORS. ALPHABETICAL LIST. A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR AMATEURS ON THE CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS INCLUDED. INDEX INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE FLOWER LOVER. John Lewis Childs (May 13, 1856 March 6, 1921) was a horticultural businessman and politician who founded Floral Park, New York. In addition to a widespread reputation for being a zealous ornithologist, Childs is also credited with founding the first mail order seed catalog business in the United States. Childs was born in Franklin County, Maine, and grew up in Buckfield. His career in horticulture began in 1874, when he took a job with C. L. Allen of Queens. Soon afterwards he began renting, then buying land in nearby East Hinsdale, Queens County, near other… Read More

INDIANAPOLIS: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1910 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, RILEYS BOOKS ARE WELL KNOWN TO BE BEAUTIFUL WITH ART AND DECORATION, HEAVY PAGES AND WELL MADE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONT COVER IS A DARK GREEN, GOLD AND WHITE DECORATION FRONT AND SPINE. PICTURE LADY ON THE FRONT. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SARAH H. LEGGETT, 1877 BEAUTIFUL COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, HEAVY PAGES, GOLD TRIM PAGES. AMERICAN POETRY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, JOHN G. WHITTIER, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL AND BAYARD TAYLOR. ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICKS, DARLEY, SMILLIE, HARTS AND OTHERS. POEMS INCLUDE ON THE THRESHOLD, THE SONG SPARROW, THE POETS, JUNE ON THE MERRIMAC, THE FIREFLY A PARABLE, THE LOST CAYATID. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: WILDWOOD HOUSE, 1973 WONERFUL BOOK FOR THE ART LOVER AND LOVER OF HISTORY. THE GRAVE WAS WRITTEN BY ROBERT BLAIR IN 1808 AND REFLECTS ON LIFE AND DEATH. BLAKES ARTWORK IS TERRIFIC. LARGE FOLIO SIZE BOOK, LIGHT COVER WITH ARTWORK FRONT. FIRST TWO PAGES LOOSE BUT VERY GOOD SHAPE, ARTWORK AND POEM PRESENTED VERY NICELY. A PRIZE POSSESSION. Rev Robert Blair (17 April 1699 – 4 February 1746) was a Scottish poet. His fame rests upon his poem The Grave, which in a later printing was illustrated by William Blake. "The Grave" is a blank verse poem by the Scottish poet Robert Blair. It is the work for which he is primarily renowned. According to Blair, in a letter he wrote to Philip Doddridge, the greater part of the poem was composed before he became a minister. Edinburgh editor and publisher John Johnstone stated that it was composed whilst Blair was still a student, although "probably corrected and amplified by his more matured judgement."The poem, 767 lines long, is an exemplar of what became… Read More