Category: Poetry

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The Psalms of David, in Metre, Translated and Diligently Compared With the Original Text and Former Translations, More Plain, Smooth, and Agreeable to the Text, Than Any Heretofore. Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of The Kirk of Scotland, and Appointed to be Sung in Congregations and Families.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Ed. Barrington & Geo. D. Haswell : No Date - mid-19th century (possibly 1830s)

Seller ID: CL005316

Ed. Barrington & Geo. D. Haswell, Philadelphia, No Date - mid-19th century (possibly 1830s), (VG-), 281 pages plus 4 pages of adverts for other titles at back, index of first lines, 3-3/4 in. x 6-1/8 in., hardcover, full leather, black spine label with gilt title, gilt spine fillets (lines), corners and spine ends mildly bumped and rubbed, a little very minor rubbing to edges and spine joints, light soil to covers, pages age-toned (title-page more so than rest), very light damp mark to fore-edge of most pages and also along top of approx. the last 50 pages, former owner ink inscriptions (from ...
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TIME The Total Mind

By: Cohen, Edmond

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Time Press, Venice CA : 1988

Seller ID: CL005109

ISBN-13: 9780961790134

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Time Press, Venice CA, 1988, 1st edition stated, 110 pages, a few b&w illustrations and photos, 4”x 5”, paperbound, black heavy paper covers with white titles and illustrations, covers scuffed, light edge and corner wear, first five pages have a slight ripple in the center, otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good {Poet John Brander says of this book “The reader may come away understanding the polarities of TIME and TIMING, the focussed and shattered perceptions which are the source of our ultimate being.”} (VG) 5109 [(s)0816EC]
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Chants du Soldat: Nouveaux Chants du Soldat, Marches & Sonneries, Refrains Militaires, Chants du Paysan; Edition Illustrée

By: Déroulède, Paul; Illustrations d’apres les aquarelles de Eugène Chaperon & Charles Morel

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Modern - Bibliothèque, Arthème Fayard, Éditeur : no date - 1880s or 1890s? (author inscription is d

Seller ID: CL005039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Hardcover, (VG-), Inscribed by author on title page, Book is in French, Modern - Bibliothèque, Paris, Arthème Fayard-Éditeur, no date - 1880s or 1890s? (author inscription is dated 1908), 125 pages (mostly unpaginated), colorful marbled-paper endpapers, book has ornately decorated color title page and is profusely illustrated in b&w, 7 in. x 9.50 in., blue leather spine and blue marbled paper boards, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, corners sharp but worn (boards very slightly visible), some light rubbing and wear to spine hinges (mostly at top and base of spine), edgewear, a little...
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Blood of the Tenement

By: Ferrini, Vincent

Price: $140.00

Publisher: Sand Piper Publishers : 1944

Seller ID: CL005146

Binding: Softcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good+

Softcover in dust jacket, (VG+/G+), First Edition stated, Sand Piper Publishers, Lynn MA, July 1944, 50 pages, illustrated with b&w frontis on glossy paper (per note: "from an oil painting by the author"), poems on plain paper, 6 in. x 9 in., pale blue paper covers with red titles, bound with two center staples, covers have very slight age-toning along spine and edges, one small spot of soil on fore-edge of text-block, dust jacket has slight bumping and light wear/loss to corners and spine ends, slight edge wear to jacket with a very few short closed tears, jacket panels show slight soil, one ...
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English Odes

By: Gosse, Edmund W. (Selected by)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. : 1884

Seller ID: CL002206

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(G), Kegan Paul Trench & Co., London, 1884, 259 pages, all edges gilt, author introduction, green and blue marbled endpapers, b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard, 3-5/8 in. x 6-1/8 in., hardcover, half-bound leather with marbled paper covers (now worn), gilt tiles and decoration, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, edgewear, rubbing to spine edges, wear to gilt titles and decoration, covers scuffed with heavy rubbing loss to paper, minor age-toning to first and last blank leaves and frontis, paper of front endpapers cracked but hinge holding nicely, very small piece missing from bottom corn...
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Arcadian Leaves

By: Holmes, Alice A.

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Pudney & Russell, Printers : 1858

Seller ID: CL005000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Hardcover, (VG-), Pudney & Russell Printers, New York, 1858, First Edition, 122 pages, thin pale yellow endpapers, 3-7/8 in. x 6-1/8 in., red cloth with gilt and stamped titles and decorations, corners mildly bumped, spine ends slightly bumped with very minor wear, very slight fading to gilt, minor soil to covers with one small soiled wrinkle on front, pages slightly foxed with a little minor soil to some, very short crease to upper corner of front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and tight, item protected in new clear plastic sleeve, Book: Very Good- 5000 [Hss0819DF] Please feel free ...
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Stories and Poems

By: Jacobs, Leland B. and Jo Jasper Turner, editors

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Golden Book Educational Services, NY : 1963

Seller ID: CL005490

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Golden Book Educational Services, NY, 1963, 1st edition stated, Charter Subscriber Edition, First Adventures in Learning Program, 94 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black with one color by these illustrators: Grace Clark, Tony DeLuna, June Goldsborough, Polly Jackson, J. P. Miller, Gustaf Tenggren and Garth Williams, color illustrated endpapers, 10-3/8x 8-1/4" oblong, hardcover, color illustrated paper over boards, corner and edge wear with short tears at spine edges, bottom of spine a bit frayed, soil, scuffing and fading on both covers, shallow dent in front cover top edge near spi...
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Helderberg Harmonies

By: Merritt, Magdalene; edited by M. G. Kains

Price: $60.00

Publisher: M. Merritt - Voorheesville NY (author published) : 1909

Seller ID: CL005339

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Minus

M. Merritt - Voorheesville NY (author published), 1909, First Edition, 96 pages, (VG-), all pages - except copyright page and frontis - printed only on recto (right-hand side when book is laid open), author preface, list of illustrations, illustrated with 8 b&w photo plates including frontis, 5-5/8 in. x 7-7/8 in., hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration, top edges gilt, corners and spine ends mildly bumped and rubbed, covers show a very little minor scuffing, small stain with scuff on upper rear cover, very small spot to fore-edge of text-block, slight foxing to first and last...
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Comus: A Mask

By: Milton, John and Pickersgill, Corbould, Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, etc. illustrators

Price: $70.00

Publisher: George Routledge, London : 1858

Seller ID: CL005022

Binding: Leather-bound hardcover

Condition: Good+

Leatherbound, (G+), George Routledge, London, 1858, 90 [2] pages, notes, 30 b&w illustrations by Pickersgill, Corbould, Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, etc. (the figures are all clothed) engraved by the Brothers Daiziel, 6 in.x 8-1/8 in., full brown leather binding with blind-tooled decorations on both covers and on spine which also has four raised bands, gilt titles on front, edges slightly rubbed, corners slightly rubbed and gently bumped, top of spine has a 5/8 in. closed tear at back edge and a 1/4 in. piece missing near the front, extremely light scuffing on both covers, a miniscule paint s...
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Diving Base

By: Samokhvalov, Alexander Nikolaevich

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Khudozhnik RSFSR (Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Leningrad : 1970

Seller ID: CL005645

Binding: paperbound

Condition: Good+

Khudozhnik RSFSR (Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Leningrad, 1970, reprint of the original 1928 edition, in RUSSIAN, unpaginated but 12 pages, green, brown & black reproductions of the original watercolors by Alexander Nikolaevich Samokhvalov on every page, 8-1/2"x 11-1/8", paperbound, green, brown & black illustrated covers, light edge and corner wear, spine rubbed, crease lower right front corner, 1/2" tear at top of spine with a fold on back cover, a little light soil on a few pages at bottom edge, otherwise contents clean and tight, book Good+ {This book was or...
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Charmes (Charms)

By: Valery, Paul, translated by James L. Brown

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Forsan Books : 1983

Seller ID: CL004903

ISBN-13: 9780961229801

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Softcover, (VG-), Forsan, 1983 (WorldCat indicates publisher/date of Forsan Books/1983 - no notation), 127 pages, in French and English, red endpapers, Translator’s Foreword, 5-1/4 in. x 8-1/8 in., corners faintly rubbed, spine darkened and shows a very little minor wear (a little bit of loss to titles), covers mildly darkened at edges with larger (1 in.) mildly darkened strip along top of rear cover, very slight cover soil, interesting original price label on rear cover (easily removable), slight smoke odor, otherwise contents clean and tight, item protected in new clear plastic sleeve, Book:...
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Category: Poetry