Conquest, Robert

Arias from a Love Opera

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First American Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn along edges, protected by a plastic coat. 63 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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N° du livre: 356705

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Robert Conquest poetry

Conquest, Robert

Between Mars and Venus

London, Hutchinson, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, though, oddly, with "St. Martin's Press" label at spine bottom. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. 63 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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N° du livre: 356704

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Robert Conquest poetry

Cooley, Nicole

Resurrection: Poems by Nicole Cooley

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Winner of the 1995 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little wear, protected by a plastic coat. 79 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 356706

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Nicole Cooley poetry

Corn, Alfred

All Roads at Once

New York, Viking Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent First Edition, though not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. From the publisher's blurb, "Alfred Corn's first book of poetry, All Roads at Once (1976 ), covers a range of forms, from imagistic short lyrics to an ambitious narrative poem ( Pages from a Voyage'), and reflects his interest in the relationship between art and experience." 85 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 356703

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: poetry Alfred Corn

Corso, Gregory

The Vestal Lady on Brattle, and Other Poems

, Richard Brukenfeld, 1969. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A collection of poems written in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the personal library of Larry McMurtry as conveyed to me by Inkq. Simple printed wraps, mild toning to, sunning of wraps, mostly at reap, else tightly bound and cover art by Nick Cikovsky. Affixed neatly inside front flap is McMurtry's iconic bookplate. One-page Introduction by P.L.B. 35 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 355085

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Larry McMurtry Gregory Corso Beat poets poetry

dalla Corte, Girolamo Murari

La Grazia: Poema in Decima Rima

Vicenza, Italy, Nella Stamperia Turra, 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy available on-line. A still quite handsome exemplar of an Italian language compilation of verse. Girolamo Murari dalla Corte (1747-1832), and Italian historian and art compiler. Beautiful marbled paper over boards, contemporary leather-backed, with raised bands, rich friezes and gold titles on burgundy leather gusset on spine, with five fleurs-de-lis. Marbled endpapers. Generally clean, unmarked interior, with moderate to heavy foxing here and there, light soiling to top edge. Scuffing to tips, edges, but binding tight, interior bright. XXIII [2], 2--249 [1] pp. Four fine black-and-white plates, including of an imagined Adam and Eve, complete with elephants, lions, cats, dogs and horse. Fine title page vignette, intaglio insignia of the Virgilian Colony (motto: tibi Mantua Palma). All in, a still handsome little tank of a tome, in Italian, four cantos devoted to Old Testament themes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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N° du livre: 355984

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Italian Girolamo Murari dalla Corte Italian language poetry poems

Henri Coulette

The Family Goldschmitt: Poems

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This fine collection is the sequel to Coulette's Lamont Poetry Award-winning debut, The War of the Secret Agents. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Handsomely produced in pumpkin cloth over boards, black design and lettering to cover and spine. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed. 55 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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N° du livre: 356842

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Henri Coulette poetry poems

Cowper, William

The Task, Table Talk, and Other Poems of William Cowper: With Critical Observations of Various Authors on His Genius and Character

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Carey and Hart, 1842. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, nicely bound in leather over boards, gilt stamped designs and ruling to front cover, lettering and designs to spine. Moderate rubbing to, scuffing of tips, edges, spine head and foot. Gilt edges all round. Handsome penned gift inscription at first free endpaper. Moderate, uniform foxing throughout. Two title pages, at the second, a fetching black-and-white engraving of a young lass ogling a caged bird, and another at frontis, tissue-guarded. Plentiful additional black-and-white plates, also tissue-guarded, by Cheney, Cushman et al., after drawings by John Gilbert. 324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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N° du livre: 357196

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: William Cowper poems poets poetry

Tucker, Alan, Brian Morse, Morris Cox and T.R. Glover

Format 3

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Printed by Gogmagog Press for The Bookshop, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still fairly sturdy, though with a bit of chipping along spine head. Poems by Morris Cox, T.R. Glover, Alan Tucker and Brian Morse. Blue stapled covers, illustrated with a Medieval-era knight on his horse, quite ornate, and designed by Morris Cox and printed at his Gogmagog Press and then distributed through The Bookshop. Printed on paper of multiple colors, staple-bound. Alan Tucker contributes five poems, Brian Morse, five also, Morris Cox, "A Dialogue for National Folk Week," and then four by T.R. Glover.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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N° du livre: 345365

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Format|Morris Cox|T.R. Glover|Alan Tucker|Brian Morse|poetry|Gogmagog Press|poetry

Cross, Allen E.

Thunder over Jerusalem: Poems of Justice

New York, Association Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of prescient poetry devote to justice and social justice over religion and race from Allen Eastman Cross, with an Introduction from Edwin Prince Booth. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Light vertical creasing to a short range of pages, dissipating. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn along edges, sunning to spine. protected by a plastic coat. 61 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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N° du livre: 356841

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: poetry justice social justice Jerusalem religion Allen Eastman Cross Edwin Prince Booth

Crothers, Elizabeth Mills

The Ascent & Other Poems

San Francisco, California, The Sunset Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, scuffing to spine bottom. Protected in stiff plastic sleeve. Foreword by David Starr Jordan. Fine black-and-white frontis portrait in vertical oblong cameo of the author, tissue-protected. Unpaginated, but roughly 30 pp. Fine black-and-white illustrations throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 356840

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Elizabeth Mills Crothers

Cullen, Countee

The Black Christ & Other Poems

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Some extremely dramatic black-and-white engraved woodcuts by Charles Cullen, his brother. Blue cloth over boards, black cloth-backed. Abraded paper label to front cover, black over tan. Even more abraded paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light bleed-through of blue at upper rear panel. 110 pp. and with a final, arresting, Christian-themed image at end. Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an extremely important American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright. His importance to the so-called Harlem Renaissance is unquestioned. His precise birthplace remains unknown, whether Baltimore, Maryland, New York City or Louisville. He was adopted at age 15 by "Reverend Frederick A. Cullen, pastor of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem's largest congregation, and his wife, the former Carolyn Belle Mitchell; the former became "president of the Harlem chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)" (Wikipedia). His eventual marriage to W.E.B. Du Bois's daughter Yolande was allegedly the social event of the year but the marriage was fraught with tension not least owing to Countee's stated love for men despite his love for his wife (and hers for him). This collection, The Black Christ & other poems, look at the importance of faith and justice among African-Americans, linking their pain and suffering with that of Jesus Christ. Countee Cullen was an exceedingly-proud-of-his-race man, a fine poet and man. He wrote painfully about racial segregation, Jim Crow laws and lynching in the South. The final image offered by Charles Cullen suggests a sort of Black Messiah figure (dedicated, he says, to White America") and that was fleshed out in the work of "other African-American writers such as Langston Hughes, Claude Mackay, and Jean Toomer" (Wikipedia). The illustrator, Charles Cullen, was apparently unrelated, but he also did decorations and illustrations for Langston Hughes. 110 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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N° du livre: 356838

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Countee Cullen Harlem Renaissance African-American poets African American Studies Charles Cullen

Cullen, Countee

Copper Sun

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1927. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Decorated paper over boards, black cloth-backed, with yellow and black paper title labels to front cover and spine. Tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, moderate toning to endpapers then dissipating. Previous owner's inscription in pen at first free endpaper. Some extremely dramatic black-and-white engraved woodcuts by Charles Cullen. Protected by stiff plastic jacket. Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an extremely important American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright. His importance to the so-called Harlem Renaissance is unquestioned. His precise birthplace remains unknown, whether Baltimore, Maryland, New York City or Louisville. He was adopted at age 15 by "Reverend Frederick A. Cullen, pastor of Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Harlem's largest congregation, and his wife, the former Carolyn Belle Mitchell; the former became "president of the Harlem chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)" (Wikipedia). His eventual marriage to W.E.B. Du Bois's daughter Yolande was allegedly the social event of the year but the marriage was fraught with tension not least owing to Countee's stated love for men despite his love for his wife (and hers for him). This collection, The Black Christ & other poems, look at the importance of faith and justice among African-Americans, linking their pain and suffering with that of Jesus Christ. Countee Cullen was an exceedingly-proud-of-his-race man, a fine poet and man. He wrote painfully about racial segregation, Jim Crow laws and lynching in the South. The final image offered by Charles Cullen suggests a sort of Black Messiah figure (dedicated, he says, to White America") and that was fleshed out in the work of "other African-American writers such as Langston Hughes, Claude Mackay, and Jean Toomer" (Wikipedia). The illustrator, Charles Cullen, was apparently unrelated, but he also did decorations and illustrations for Langston Hughes. 89 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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N° du livre: 356839

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Charles Cullen Countee Cullen poetry African-American poets Harlem Renaissance

cummings, e.e.

Him

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. e.e. cummings's play was an important precursor to the Theatre of the Absurd. A reviewer wrote, In the play, "Cummings attempted to include the unconscious thoughts of its two principal characters, Him, a playwright, and Me, his girlfriend. The plunge into the unconscious was represented by a series of vaudeville skits and circus acts, so that Cummings's jokes and verbal nonsense made for a highly entertaining but not very coherent work." Illustrated paper over boards, black cloth-backed. Title gilt-stamped to spine, lightly scuffed. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. 145 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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N° du livre: 356837

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: poetry poems e.e. cummings play theatre Theatre of the Absurd

Currie, Robert; Richard Hornsey; Carl Law; Don Polson; Bruce Elder; Marilyn Grace Julian; Sharon H. Nelson; D.C. Smith

A Full Run of Quarterbacks, Nos. 1-8

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Delta Canada, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition set of eight softcover format chapbooks, each being bound in printed softpaper wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, including very slight sunning. Each measures 8 1/2" x 4". In each case, first printings. Each poetry chapbook with eight pp. Special Limited Edition of only 500 copies, sold for 25 cents (!). Edited by Glen Siebrasse, Quarterbacks published the inaugural work of each poet. No titles but of the authors' names.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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N° du livre: 355076

Catalogue: Poetry

Mots-clés: Robert Currie Richard Hornsey Carl Law Don Polson Bruce Elder Marilyn Grace Julian Sharon H. Nelson D.C. Smith