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By: a Lady (pseudonym of Justin H. Howard)
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Wiley & Halsted: 1857
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 30070
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some edge wear and rubbing along with some fraying and a small tear to the top rear spine joint of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. View more info
By: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke (translated by Dorothy Britton) and an introduction by E. G. Seidensticker
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Rutland, VT, Kodansha International / Japan Publications Trading Company: 1965
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A37804
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Near Fine slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light sunning to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase has some lightly ground-in dirt and beginning wear to the corners. "Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Akutagawa Ryunosuke, 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927) , art name Chokodo Shujin (Was a Japanese writer active in the Taisho period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story" and Japan's premier literary award, the... View more info
By: Alberti, Rafael (translated by Lloyd Mallan)
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, New Directions: 1944
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 29907
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though they do have some light, generalized toning. There is a previous owner's personal library card pocket on the front pastedown page. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears and nicks along with toning to the spine and edges. The rear panel has some ground-in dirt and toning / foxing. This book is part of the Poets of the Year series by New Directions. "So great has grown the fame of Garcia Lorca th... View more info
By: Anonymous (Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T.)
Price: $65.00
Publisher: New York, Carleton, Publisher: 1867
Edition: Early printing
Seller ID: 30328
Condition: Very Good-
This book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. There is some beginning fraying to the spine ends as well. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there are spots of foxing throughout. "Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (September 15, 1824 – March 20, 1906) was an American poet and prolific writer who published more than 20 books for girls. Her books expressed a traditional view of women's roles an... View more info
By: Antler
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1986
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31466
ISBN: 0345325419
Condition: Very Good+
This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Antler was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He worked his way through college in various factories. As John Muir left the University of Wisconsin at Madison for the University of the Wilderness in 1863, Antler left the Milwaukee campus for the same destination in 1973." View more info
By: Apollinaire, Guillaume (translated by Pepe Karmel)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Boston, MA, David R. Godine: 1980
Edition: 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing
Seller ID: B60022
Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Woodcuts; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some rubbing to the spine. "Considered one of the first modern poets in France, he experimented freely and his casual lyric style marked a significante break with the past." View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Boston, MA, Roberts Brothers: 1892
Edition: Trade Edition
Seller ID: 31028
Condition: Very Good
Trade edition, following the 1879 Altemus First US edition. The book is in Very Good condition and was possible issued without a dust jacket. There is rubbing to the spine joints and some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has been removed and there is a small strip of the top edge of the title page cut out as well. "In the following Poem I have sought, by the medium of an imaginary Buddhist votary, to depict the life and character and indicate the philosophy of that noble hero and ref... View more info
By: Associated Students University of California
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Associated Students University of California: 1927
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31491
Condition: Very Good+
Limited to 1000 copies - this is an unnumbered patron's copy. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. There is some toning to the bottom edge of the covers along with some light spotting. The text pages are clean and bright. "There is a dogma to the effect that undergraduate verse tends diversely toward extremes of realism and extremes of romance, - amounting, if you like, to pseudo-realism and pseudo-romance. According to the cant, college poetry deals exclusively with full moons and rosebuds on the one hand, and on the other, with slaughter-house... View more info
By: Avila, Arthur V.
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Oakland, CA, Arthur V. Avila: 1961
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34496
Condition: Very Good
This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued binding. The text is all in Portuguese. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some noticeable creasing to the covers, especially the front cover. The spine of the book has rubbing and some grease pencil marks. Part of the author's name has been rubbed off. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, with toning to the edges of the pages and the edges of the text block due to the acid content of the paper. This copy has an i... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1923
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A35911
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a penciled previous owner's name. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips, along with noticeable toning / sunning to the spine. "Josephine Daskam Bacon (Mrs. Selden Bacon) (born: Josephine Dodge Daskam) (February 17, 1876 – July 29, 1961) was an American writer of great versatility. She is chiefly known as a writer who made the point of having ... View more info
By: Bearden, Ed
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31012
Condition: Fine
This is a trade paperback book. This book is in Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "The stories in this collection seemed to come about naturally and after a time, to take on a life of their own. A year after Roberta and I entered the Real Estate business, we started a newsletter as a way of marketing ourselves to the community." View more info
By: Bearden, Ed
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31013
Condition: Fine
This is a trade paperback book. This book is in Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "The honest and unpretentious poems in Ed Bearden's book, Riding the Tractor are woven out of memories of his childhood and adolescence growing up on a farm in California's Central Valley. They celebrate A sense of place; the sweet smell of ripening peaches, breathing winter fog, riding on a tractor." View more info
By: Bearden, Roberta
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31011
Condition: Fine
This is a trade paperback book. This book is in Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "In this marvelous collection of poems, Roberta Bearden captures her world from her view on the Museum steps, past, present and future. Rich with images of nature, these poems are also rich with compassion." View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Beloit, WI, Beloit Poetry Journal: 1957
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A35219
Condition: Very Good+
The chapbook has been bound, as is in a hardcover binding. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. This compilation includes poems by a variety of authors, including Gwendolyn Brooks, James Dickey, Langston Hughes, Alfred Kreymborg, Carl Sandburg, William Carlos Williams and more. "Since 1950, the Beloit Poetry Journal has been publishing poetry that matters. Well-known as an early publisher of Galway Kinnell, Charles Bukowski, Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin, Sharon Olds, Albert Goldbarth, and Sherman Alexie, the BPJ ... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.: 1913
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34416
Condition: Near Fine
This book is in Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 – May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Col. James Walker Benét and his wife née Frances Neill Rose, and grandson of Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benét. He was educated The Albany Academy in Albany, NY and at Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, graduating wit... View more info
By: Bianchi, Martha Dickinson and Alfred Leete Hampson (edited by)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company: 1937
Seller ID: A38376
Condition: Very Good+
This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "When she was eighteen, Dickinson's family befriended a young attorney by the name of Benjamin Franklin Newton. According to a letter written by Dickinson after Newton's death, he had been "with my Father two years, before going to Worcester – in pursuing his studies, and was much in our family." Although their relationship was p... View more info
By: Black, Baxter
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Denver, CO, Coyote Cowboy Company: 1986
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A36031
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Baxter Black (born January 10, 1945) is an American cowboy, poet, philosopher and former large-animal veterinarian. He is also a radio and television commentator. Black grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was trained as a large-animal veterinarian at New Mexico State University and Colorado State University, but began writing and speaking in the early 1980s. Black left his veterina... View more info
By: Blanding, Don
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1943
Edition: 8th Printing
Seller ID: A33874
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The book has been illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by the author. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, small tears and small chips missing, mostly to the spine ends and corners. There is some noticeable rubbing to both spine and flap joints as well. The rear panel shows several small spots of foxing. "Blanding b... View more info
By: Bohemian Club, Bynner, Witter , William Maxwell, Hildegarde Flanner and Genevieve Taggard
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Bohemian Club: 1919
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A35380
Condition: Very Good
Limited to 400 copies printed for private circulation. This book has illustrated cardstock covers and a sewn and glued spine. The spine ends, corners and edges have rubbing, edge wear, small edge tears, and toning. There is toning to the spine and top edges of the book covers and a small chip to the top front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front free page. This is a tribute to Witter Bynner. "He had a short spell in academia in 1918–1919 at the University of California, Berkeley. He was hired to teach Oral English ... View more info
By: Bremer, Anne
Price: $150.00
Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Albert M. Bender / John Hnery Nash: 1927
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32660
Condition: Near Fine
This is a two volume set with slipcase. The books are in Near Fine condition. The slipcase is in Very Good+ condition. The books and their contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the bottom edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase has bumping and rubbing to the corners of the slipcase. There is also a light scratch with some toning to one panel. "Anne Bremer (May 21, 1868 – October 26, 1923) was a California painter, influenced by Post-Impressionism, who was called "the most 'advanced' artist in San Francisco"... View more info
