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Nothing to Do An Accompaniment to Nothing to Wear

By: a Lady (pseudonym of Justin H. Howard)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Wiley & Halsted: 1857

Seller ID: 30070

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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Tu Tze-Chun

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

Seller ID: A37804

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Selected Poems of Rafael Alberti

By: Alberti, Rafael (translated by Lloyd Mallan)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New Directions: 1944

Seller ID: 29907

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Mother Goose for Grown Folks A Christmas Reading

By: Anonymous (Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T.)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Carleton, Publisher: 1867

Seller ID: 30328

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Last Words

By: Antler

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1986

Seller ID: 31466

ISBN: 0345325419

Binding: Paperback

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."
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The Light of Asia; or, the Great Renunciation (Maabinishkramana) Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama

By: Arnold, Edwin (M.A.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Roberts Brothers: 1892

Seller ID: 31028

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Campus Anthology A Literary Review Costard Book

By: Associated Students University of California

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Associated Students University of California: 1927

Seller ID: 31491

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Desafio Radiofonico

By: Avila, Arthur V.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Oakland, CA, Arthur V. Avila: 1961

Seller ID: A34496

Binding: Paperback

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...
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Truth O'women Last Words from Long Vanished Ladies

By: Bacon, Josephine Daskam

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: 1923

Seller ID: A39906

Binding: Hardcover

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 ...
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Under the Arch: Tales Told True and Twisted

By: Bearden, Ed

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014

Seller ID: 31012

Binding: Paperback

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."
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Riding the Tractor

By: Bearden, Ed

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014

Seller ID: 31013

Binding: Paperback

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."
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On the Musem Steps

By: Bearden, Roberta

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Empire, CA, Black Pan Press: 2014

Seller ID: 31011

Binding: Paperback

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."
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The Poems Of Emily Dickinson

By: Bianchi, Martha Dickinson and Alfred Leete Hampson (edited by)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company: 1937

Seller ID: A38376

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Coyote Cowboy Poetry

By: Black, Baxter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Denver, CO, Coyote Cowboy Company: 1986

Seller ID: A36031

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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W.B. In California A Tribute

By: Bohemian Club, Bynner, Witter , William Maxwell, Hildegarde Flanner and Genevieve Taggard

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Bohemian Club: 1919

Seller ID: A35380

Binding: Paperback

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 ...
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The Unspoken And Other Poems / Tributes To Anne Bremer Two Volumes in Slipcase

By: Bremer, Anne

Price: $150.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Albert M. Bender / John Hnery Nash: 1927

Seller ID: A32660

Binding: Hardcover

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"...
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Mavericks

By: Brewer Jr., William A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, The Sign of the Pepper Tree: 1921

Seller ID: A35325

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Very Good+

SIGNED EDITION. This is a small pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light edge wear and rubbing to the covers along with a light nick to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, by the author on the front endpaper. "William Augustus Brewer, Jr. (1900-1957) was the son of American educator Reverend William Augustus Brewer (1863-1931) was an avid bookplate collector. His wife Augusta LaMotte Brewer bequeathed his collection to the University...
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October And Other Poems with Occasional Verses on the War

By: Bridges,Robert

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1920

Seller ID: 31854

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some edgewear and bumping to the spine ends and corners. The spine joints and and edges of the book covers have rubbing adn bits of paper lost . The covers are noticeably toned, especially the spine. The paper title lable has some ground-in dirt and toning as well. The text pages are clean and bright. "This miscellaneous volume is composed of three sections. The first twelve poems were written in 1913, and ...
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The Sorrows Of Cold Stonr Poems 1940 -50

By: Brinnin, John Malcolm

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead: 1951

Seller ID: A35904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; This book is #237 of an unknown limitation. This book is in Fine 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 dust jacket has has some light bumping and rubbing, along with a couple of tiny nicks and wrinkles. The spine of the dust jacket has noticeable generalized ground-in dirt. "John Malcolm Brinnin (September 13, 1916 – June 25, 1998) was an American poet and literary critic. Brinnin was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to two United States citizens." "From 1949 to...
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Poems (dedicated to A. F. Fleger as a Token of Friendship)

By: Brown, Valentine

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, Valentine Brown: 1900

Seller ID: 29817

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely published without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a bit of light rubbing and wwar to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address label on the front pastedown page.
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Category: Poetry