Barretti, Giuseppe; Samuel Johnson and Mason William

The Ear-Wig; or an Old Woman's Remarks on the Present Exhibition of Pictures of the Royal Academy: Preceded by a Petit Mot Pour Rire, Instead of a Preface. Including Anecdotes of Characters Well Known Amongts the Painter, Observations on the Causes of the Decline of the Arts; a Description of the Buildings of Somerset-House, and the Apartments Occupied by the Royal Academy / a Guide Through the Royal Academy / an Epistle to Dr. Shebbeare: To Which Is Added to an Ode to Sir Fletcher Norton, in Imitation of Horace, Ode VIII, Book IV

London, G. Kearsly / T. Cadell/ J. Almon, 1781. Softcover. Three volumes in one, missing covers, leather spine; VII, 23, 32, 27 pp. Three titles bound in one. The third title is the fourth edition. Publisher's advertisement on rear page of last section. Fair (missing front and rear covers, expected age toning, foxing spots throughout. Title page of the middle volume is torn with top section missing.) .

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Book number: 186599

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old; Poetry: Satire

Keywords: Misc ; Shebbeare, John; Fletcher Norton Grantley; Poetry ; ;

Chapman, Edwin O. (ed)

A Thousand and One Gems of English and American Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson : Chronologically Arranged

New York, Worthington, 1887. Hardcover. Brown decorative pressed boards with gilt title block on front cover. Decorative gilt title blocks on spine. Decorative end pages and inside covers. 399 pages, illustrated. VG Cover and spine have general wear and fading, Rear cover partially seperated from rest of book. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning. Some pencil markings from previous owner.

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Book number: 184598

Catalogue: Poetry, Literature

Keywords: Poetry, Literature ; Poetry ; ;

Clarkson, L.; John Green Leaf Whittier

The Gathering of the Lilies

Philadelphia, J.L. Sibole and Co, 1877. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Full edge gilt. 36 leaves unnumbered leaves : color illustrations. Poems./ "Colored plates and lithographic etching. VG Cover and spine show wear and stainging. Corners have been previously repaired. Spine has damage at hinges. Interior pages have general age toning, staining and foxing.

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Book number: 184480

Catalogue: Literature, Poetry

Keywords: Literature, Poetry ; Literature ; ;

Cloke, Richard (editor)

San Fernando Poetry Journal, Volume II, No. 3; Volume III, No. 1; Volume III, No. 2

Northridge, CA, Kent Publications, 1981. Paperback. Three issues of this journal. Volume II, No. 3 is bound in green wraps with black illustration and lettering, 80 pp. Volume III, No. 1 is bound in yellow wraps with black illustration and lettering, 80 pp. Volume III, No. 2 bound in pale green wraps with black lettering and illustration, 80 pp. A quarterly journal that began in spring of 1979 and ended in November 1998. This is three issues featuring American poetry. VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Volume 2, No. 3 has one highlighted line on the contents page. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Binding tight.) .

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Book number: 187379

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old; Poetry

Keywords: Literature Young and Old; Poetry ; Poetry ; ;

Dana, Charles A; Rossiter Johnson

Fifty Perfect Poems

New York, D. Appleton, 1884. Hardcover. Blue leather boards with gilt lettering and design. Decorative gilt on 5 raised band spine. Full gilt edge. Marbled end pages. xii, 203 pages illustrations. Selected and ed. by Charles A. Dana and Rossiter Johnson. With seventy-two illustrations. VG Cover/spine has wear edge damage, peeling at spine, ownership from previous owner on inside front cover. Previous owners signature on ffep. Interior pages have age toning and some staining .

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Book number: 185156

Catalogue: Poetry, Literature

Keywords: Poetry, Literature ; Poetry ; ;

Fields, James Thomas; Edwin Percy Whipple

The Family Library of British Poetry from Chaucer to the Present Time. (1350-1878. )

Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1882. Hardcover. Decorative cloth boards with gilt lettering and design elements. Gilt lettering and design on spine. Top edge gilt. xxx, 998 pages frontispiece, portraits. VG Cover and spine have general wear with edge damage (especially at spine). Bookblock has age toning. Inerior pages have age toning.

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Book number: 185143

Catalogue: Literature, Poetry, British

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, British ; British Poetry ; ;

French, Frank; Magaret E. Sangster

Home Fairies and Heart Flowers

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design elements. Full edge gilt. 3 pages 1. 5-93 pages illustrations, plates. poems by Margaret E. Sangste. VG Cover ha general discoloration, staining, and edge/corner damage. Interior pages have age toning and foxing.

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Book number: 185534

Catalogue: Literature, Poetry

Keywords: Literature, Poetry ; Children ; ;

Hosmer, William H. C.

Yonnondio, or Warriors of the Genesee: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century

New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1844. Hardcover. Green textured cloth boards with gilt design on cover, gilt lettering on spine. 4 preliminary leaves, [i]-vi, [7]-239, [1] pages, 2 leaves. In verse, descriptive of events during the summer and autumn of 1687. Vg Cover and spine have general wear, heavy staining, water damage, fading, and some edge damage. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning and foxing, Private library sticker on inside front cover. Some pencil writing from previous owner in book.

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Book number: 184478

Catalogue: Literature, Seneca, Poetry

Keywords: Literature, Seneca, Poetry ; Seneca Indians ; ;

Page, D.L.

Poetae Melici Graeci: Alcmanis, Stesichori, Ibyci, Anacreontis, Simonidis, Corinnae, Poetarum Minorum Reliquias, Carmina Popularia Et Convivialia Quaeque Adespota Feruntur

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1962. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xi, 623 pp. Text in Greek with introductory matter in Latin. Includes bibliographical references and index. Good (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are otherwise clear.) .

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Book number: 185929

Catalogue: Poetry; Literature

Keywords: Poetry; Literature ; Greek Poetry ; ;

Rossetti, Christina Georgina

Poems

London, Blackie and Son, 1910. 98/350 Signed. Hardcover. Full vellum covers with gilt stamped design and lettering on front and spine; top edge gilt, untrimmed side and bottom block; bw illustrated end papers; color illustrated frontispiece with descriptive guard sheet; xxiv, 369 pp, 70 leaves of plates, 36 in color, 34 in bw. Color plates are mounted on heavy cardstock with descriptive guard sheets. This edition is limited to 350 copies numbered and signed, of which this is No. 98. Signed by artist, Florence Harrison. Florence Harrison was an English Australian illustrator of poetry and children's books. Includes an introduction by Alice Meynell. Includes a list of General Poems; Devotional Poems; A List of Coloured Plates; and a List of Black Plates. Good+ (heavy soiling to boards, small tears to bottom of spine, rear cover has major damage with large pieces missing extending to last pages with page 353 until the end having tears and pieces missing along the bottom only. Despite the heavy damage to rear boards and bottom of the last few pages, the damage does not affect any content. All the text and illustrations are clean and clear. Previous owner's name is on front end paper.) .

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Book number: 182349

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old; Poetry

Keywords: Literature Young and Old; Poetry ; English Poetry ; ;

Staite, W. Edwards; Joseph Billing; Kate Brooks; Edward Churton; Thomas Jones

Fables for Children, Young and Old, in Humorous Verse

London, E. Churton, 1848. Hardcover. Red leather boards with gilt design and lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. 126 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations (hand-coloured wood-engravings). Full edge gilt. by W. Edwards Staite, author of "The lays and legends of Normandy. G Cover has general wear, staining and fading. Spine damaged, missing pieces of outer spine, partially seperated from bookblock. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have foxing and age toning. some pencil markings on inside of book.

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Book number: 184317

Catalogue: Literature, Children, Poetry

Keywords: Literature, Children, Poetry ; Childrens Poetry ; ;