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Eskside Lyrics
 David Cuthbertson
1878 First Edition

EXTREMELY RARE

Book is in Good +++ condition for its age

    * Very HTF book of Scottish poetry.  First poetry book by Scottish poet David Cuthbertson
    * You see very, very few books this old in this great a condition.Binding tight, pages clean. Pages are browned, but not brittle.
    * Cover has obvious wear for age of book, but as pictures show, the color is still very bright and vivid





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Poems By Felicia Hemans, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Others Equally Distinguished Poets
undated - 1850's or 1860's likely

 

  • Book is in Excellent condition for age
  • Edgewood Edition, 316 pages. Undated but believed to be 1850's - 1860's vintage
  • Includes 3 separate books bound together: 
    • Songs of the Affections, by Felicia Hemans , 
    • Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and 
    • Poems by Distinguished English Authors, including Shelley, Spenser, Burns, and many more.
  • Pages starting to yellow at the edges, but all pages extremely clean and still tightly bound. Book appears lightly used.
  • Cover has shelf wear and aging as might be expected

 

 

 

 

$79.95

Poetical Works of Robert Burns Chronologically Arranged - Volume First
  • Book is in VERY GOOD condition for age. No DJ
  • Described in the preface as the "new popular Edition". An exceptional collection of the works of arguably one of the greatest poets in history. 
  • William Patterson, publisher, Edinburgh. Undated. 283 pages.  
  • All pages clean, tightly bound. T
  • issue protecting frontispiece is intact. 
  • Moderate wear for a book this age. 
  • It is undated, but is clearly 19th century.

 

 

 

$18.95

In & Out
by Tom Robinson, Illustrated by Marguerite De Angeli
1944 1st Edition, 2nd Printing

Book is in Very Good condition, no DJ

    * Nice illustrated volume of verse. Color and black and white drawings by Marguerite De Angeli.
    * Blue boards, faded from sun on the spine
    * Pages clean, binding tight
    * New York Viking Press 1944, First Edition Hardcover, Second Printing Stated. 
    * 140 pages including index of titles and first lines.


 

 

$24.95

Callaloo, Vol 32, no. 1 - Celebrating Texas Writers
by various authors

 

  • Book is in Very Good ++ condition
  • Softcover, 336 pg, 2009, Johns Hopkins Univ Press. 
  • Minor shelfwear, very clean inside, no markings. Cover has a bend in the lower corner as seen in image
  • Includes:
    • Poetry (predominately, the book is poetry)
    • Non-fiction prose
    • Art
    • and more

 

 

 

$19.95

 

West Side Story
Story by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1958 5th Printing of 1st Edition

GOOD++ Condition overall. Cover is in GOOD condition, insides in VERY GOOD condition, DJ is in VERY GOOD condition

    * The classic musical story that brings the Romeo/Juliet story to life on the West Side of New York.
    * This is the entire script of the original Broadway Play
    * Ex-Library copy, DJ well preserved in mylar,
    * Pages clean with a little bit of pencil markings and some pages have a little staining, but still insides are in VERY GOOD condition
    * Published by Random House, 1958 5th printing of 1st edition, 143 pages





$42.95
Whitman in the Light of Vedantic Mysticism
by V. K. Chari
1st edition


Book is in EXCELLENT condition. No DJ

    * The author's attempt to give a consistent account of Walt Whitman's poetic thought and belief, wherein he discovers a unifying principle in the preoccupation with the problem of self.  This study is substantially the text of the author's doctoral dissertation.
    * Vedantic: The system of Hindu philosophy that further develops the implications that all reality is a single principle, and teaches that the believer's goal is to transcend the limitations of self-identity and realize one's unity
    * 1st ed thus
    * Univ of Nebraska Press, 1964, 176 pages
    * Bookplate inside front cover
    * Minor underlining / notation all lightly in pencil
    * Pages are very clean, binding tight
    * Browning along inside seam of covers, front and back.







$42.95

Signature of the Sun
Southwest Verse, 1900-1950

Edited by Mabel Major & T. Pearce, Inscribe / Signed by Mabel Major

  • Book is in EXCELLENT + condition , no DJ
  • Inscribed / Signed by one of the editors, Mabel Major
    University of New Mexico Press, 1950, 302 pages
  • Includes poets from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
 

 

 

 

 

$34.95

The Full-Blown Rose and Other Poems

by Eugene P. Mallary, Inscribed and signed by the Author

  • Book is in NEAR MINT condition, no DJ
  • Inscription to a close friend. The author is a native of Georgia, and has served on several University faculties in the Philosophy Departments Southern Press, 1965, 131 pages.
 

 

 

 

$34.95

Timberline 

by Margaret Brenton  

Numbered and Signed Limited Edition

 

Book is in Very Good condition. Soft cover

  • Beautifully illustrated in black and white by the author, whose etchings have been exhibited in National Print Annuals in NY, CA, KS and MO. 
  • Poetry inspired by forested mountains and the wilds 
  • 1971, Imperial Press, ~ 30 unnumbered pages 
  • Clean pages, with some brown spots that do not impact the content, and tight binding.
  • Moderate wear consistent with an almost 40 year old soft cover book, with brown spotting on cover as shown in image.

 

 

 

 

$13.95

The Best Poems of 1923

Edited by L. A. G. Strong

 

Book is in VERY GOOD condition for its age.
  • Very rare edition, Includes the first book appearance of a published poem of Ernest Hemingway, "Chapter Heading", that appeared in the Jan 1923 Poetry Magazine
  • Small Maynard & Company, 1924. small volume 6 1/2 x 4 1/2. 225 pages
  • All pages clean and tightly bound. Very clean. Cover still bright.
  • Great poetry from dozens of authors, including E. E. Cummings, Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, Robert Graves, and many others

 

 

 

$179.95