Search Results: poetry from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

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.

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.

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.

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 poetry, haiku, in which he breaks down the structure, moods, and meanings of the poems.

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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1881. Cloth. Fine. Emerald green cloth stamped in gilt. Later printing. A fine, fresh example, 19th century bookplate front pastedown.

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 to some of the pages starting on page 340.

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

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.

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.

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 panel, end papers show spotty browning, text in excellent shape save for a hint of browning on page edges.

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.

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.

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.

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.