Search Results: Poetry from Optical Insights

Melbourne, Australia: Printed By Mclaren & Co. Pty. Ltd.. NONE, dust jacket only. 1963. Softcover. VG, minor edge wear, back cover sunfaded somewhat; Signed by the illustrator and inscription by the author: Ala [Story] & Margaret [Mallory]. /With Love/Maie/27.2.64 on the title page; Stiff wrappers; small 4to; Signed by Author .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1957. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ with publishers band noting Nobel Prize 1956; Gift note ffep. Nice copy of this book of poetry by winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956; 2nd Ptg; Rose cloth; 8vo; DJ .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+, very minor edge wear; HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, addressed to Robert Nathan, poet and novelist, dated 1918; First; Blue boards; 12mo; No DJ .

Los Angeles, CA: Penwith Press. VG/NONE. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. VG, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago, IL: The Dierkes Press. VG/NONE. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. VG; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Alice Fowler Whitfield; First; Green cloth; 8vo; No DJ; Signed by Author .

New York, NY: Random House. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. VG; Author's name, city (Iowa City) and Date (December, 1945 to ffep. ; Stated First; Grey boards; 12mo; No DJ .

New York, NY: Mitchell Kennerley. VG+/NONE. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. No markings or names. ; Early work by this attorney and poet; First (1917) ; Red cloth; 12mo; No DJ .

University of Massachusetts Press. 1976. Hardcover. 0870232185 . Fine in a VG+ DJ w/ light edge wear; Second recipient of the Juniper Prize awarded by the University of Massachusetts Press; Tan cloth; 8vo; 61 p.; DJ .

Privately Printed. F/NONE. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Fine; Author's poems created as she struggled with breast cancer, losing the battle in 2005.; 8vo .

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG+/VG. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+ in VG DJ with minor edgewear; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to poet Robert Nathan, in 1938; First _A_; Green cloth; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author .

London, England: MacMillan and Co.. NF/NONE. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover; Sixth Printing. Prior owner name front pastedown, mionor rub to front spine edge at gutter. ; Previously owned by Louise Adams Easton of Easton (now part of Burlingame) , CA. W. S. Gilbert is the Gilbert of Gilbert and Sulllivan fame. This lovely copy is the sixth edtition, printed in 1914. Gilt decoration to front cover and gilt spine lettering. Green cloth. ; Line Drawings; 8vo; 564 p. .

Indianapolis, IN: Maxwell Droke. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, minor edge wear, no names or markings; Lively and cute lyrics; First; Cloth backed boards; 12mo; No DJ .

London, England: Jonathan Cape. NF/VG+. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. NF in a VG+ DJ that is very lightly soiled; Beautifully decorated by Montgomery; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Los Angeles, CA: Quinn-Mann. NF/NF. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. NF in a NF DJ, very minor edge wear only. ; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep, with handwritten note laid in. Also accompanying the note is a photocopy of another poem by the author, another reflection on life written on her 79th birthday. Author began her musical career as an opera singer, later conducted the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and had quite a career in music and as a patroness of the arts, as documented by a David Wolper film in which the author starred. She was married to Willard Coe, a cousin of J. Pierpont Morgan. As the handwritten note indicates the poems were performed with accompaniment by the San Diego Symphony. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 144 p.; Signed by Author .

Los Angeles, CA: Quinn-Mann. NF/NF. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. NF in a NF DJ, very minor edge wear only. ; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. Author began her musical career as an opera singer, later conducted the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and had quite a career in music and as a patroness of the arts, as documented by a David Wolper film in which the author starred. She was married to Willard Coe, a cousin of J. Pierpont Morgan. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 144 p.; Signed by Author .

Austin, TX: University of Texas. 1965. Hardcover. NF in VG DJ with light edgewear; Light transfer from review of this book by Michael Blankfort (author and screenwriter) laid in, Blankfort's copy; Ltd to 1000 Copies; Black cloth; Tall 12mo; DJ .

New York, NY: Covici, Friede Publishers. 1929. Hardcover. VG+; SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Quarter parchment over grey boards. Very nice clean copy; Ltd to 1050 Copies; Parchment/board; 8vo; No DJ; Signed by Author .

New York, NY: Random House. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0571091504 . Fine in a VG+ DJ with very small chip top front panel DJ; Very nice copy, clean, free of all markings. DJ price of $4.50 is intact. ; First US; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 124 p.; DJ .

Berkeley, CA: Gillick Press. 1947. First Edition. Softcover. VG+ minor edge wear only, white semi-circul. Stain front cover; First; Softcover; 8vo; 72 p.; No DJ .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. F/NF. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a NF DJ, minor edge wear to top and bottom of DJ spine. ; This is the Knopf First Collected Edition, limited to 2500 copies (#584) . DJ is NOT price-clipped. Clean, free of markings, no offset to endpapers, no names; First Collected Ed. ; Brown cloth; Thick 8vo; 534 p.; DJ .