KNIBBS, HENRY HERBERT

Saddle Songs and Other Verse

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 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 bumping, rubbing and nicking. There are several small spots of dirt and some ground-in dirt to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The front pastedown page has the bookplate of Dave Hennen Morris: David Hennen "Dave" Morris (April 24, 1872 – May 4, 1944) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who co-founded the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA)." "From 1933 to 1937, he was the United States Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy to Luxembourg. During this joint appointment, he resided in Belgium, where he and his wife continued to make international contacts for the language that would later take the name Interlingua." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 43898

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Henry Herbert Knibbs Cowboys Cowboy poetry

LEE, E. LAURENCE

Home Made Rhymes

Chicago, IL: R. A. Masters, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format, leatherbound book. The book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing and wear. The front panel of the book has several smallish patches of darkening / toning. The text pages are clean and bright. Each text page is fully illustrated in black and white. The frontispiece has a tipped in photograph of the author.. Very Good .

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Book number: 35571

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry E. Laurence Lee Chicago Dramatists Melodramas Poetry

LINDSAY, NICHOLAS VACHEL

General William Booth Enters Into Heaven and Other Poems

New York: Macmillan Company, 1919. Early printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION - signed by the author's son, Nicholas Cave Lindsay. This is an early reprint (trade) edition of this book which was originally published by Mitchell Kennerley in 1913. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a small edge nick / tear to the top spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed and dated, with an address, on the title page. " He is considered the father of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. His extensive correspondence with the poet Yeats details his intentions to revive the musical qualities in poetry as had been practiced by the ancient Greeks. Because of his identity as a performance artist and his use of American Midwest themes, Lindsay became known in the 1910s as the "Prairie Troubador." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Family Member. Very Good .

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Book number: 43903

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Nicholas Vachel Lindsay Signed Editions Music Lyrics Nicholas Cave Lindsay

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH

Evangeline a Tale of Acadie

Dansville, NY: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 0. Stapled wraps. ISBN: 0897472683. B&W Illustrations; This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a noticeable tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover, along with some fading and ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 45600

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Evangeline Poetry Fiction Pre-1940's Fiction Biography

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Cambridge Edition

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, N.D.. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. Circa 1910. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The maroon cloth has some light edge wear and rubbing. There are several tiny spots of discoloration to the spine. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is toning to the endpapers, and several spot of toning / discoloration to the top edge of the text block. The front endpaper includes a previous owner's inked name and gift notation. "James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1838, despite his reputation as a troublemaker, and went on to earn a law degree from Harvard Law School. He published his first collection of poetry in 1841 and married Maria White in 1844. The couple had several children, though only one survived past childhood. They soon became involved in the movement to abolish slavery, with Lowell using poetry to express his anti-slavery views and taking a job in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the editor of an abolitionist newspaper.". Very Good .

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Book number: 34358

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry James Russell Lowell Fireside Poets Abolitionists Cambridge Editions Of Poetry

HOLLOW ORANGE MAGAZINE

Hollow Orange Six

San Francisco, CA: Hollow Orange Magazine, 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a small format booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end and corners. The cardstock covers have some beginning ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a series of short poems by various authors, including: David Meltzer, Jack Shoemaker, Mary Carey, Doug Blazek, Keith Abbott, Pete Winslow, Hale Chatfield, Patrick Nolan, Jim Thurber, Bill Bathurst, and, Clifford Burke. Several of the authors are part of the Beat Generation.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 35309

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Hollow Orange Magazine Beat Poetry Beat Generation Small Press Poetry

MANSFIELD, KATHERINE

Poems

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The foredges of both covers has some toning / darkening. The pastedown spine label has a bit of toning as well. The text pages are clean and bright. There are a couple of spots to the front endpaper. "Kathleen Mansfield Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. At 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a friend of modernist writers such as D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In 1917 she was diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at the age of 34.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 31571

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Katherine Mansfield New Zealand Modernist Author Modernism Poetry

MARKHAM, EDWIN

The Star of Araby

Stapleton, NY: John Willig Press, 1937. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Limp cloth. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription on the front endpaper, by the author. This is a taller than trade sized booklet with a suede covered binding and a string binding. The booklet is in Very Good+ condtion and is lacking the glassine dust jacket. The front cover of the booklet has some toning to the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46958

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Edwin Markham Signed Edition Birthdays

MCAULAY, MARGARET CRAIG

Christmas Light in San Francisco

San Francisco, CA: Greenwood Press, 1954. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. This is a trade-sized pamphlet with thin, decorated, cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is one small tear to the foredge of the front cover of the pamphlet.. The text pages are clean and bright. This Christmas keepsake was published by the author in an edition of 250 copies, printed by the Greenwood Press in San Francisco. This item is scarce in the trade, with only two copies listed in Worldcat.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45165

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Margaret Craig McAulay Christmas San Francisco Californiana California Poetry California Imprints Christmas gifts

MCCLURE, MICHAEL

Scratching the Beat Surface

San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0865470731. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near 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. "Michael McClure (born October 20, 1932) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and is immortalized as "Pat McLear" in Kerouac's Big Sur." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40159

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0865470731 Poetry Michael Mcclure Beat Fiction Poetry Essays

MERRILL, JAMES

A Scattering of Salts Poems

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679441581. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near 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. "James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover (published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980) , which dominated his later career. Although most of his published work was poetry, he also wrote essays, fiction, and plays. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 42303

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0679441581 Poetry James Merrill

MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT

The Buck in the Snow & Other Poems

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one small spot of light spotting to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name to the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some beginning bumping to the bottom front corner of the book cover and a small tear to the top rear spine joint, and some light toning to the spine and spine joints. "Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd. Millay won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her poem "Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"; she was the first woman and second person to win the award. In 1943, Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45977

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Edna St. Vincent Millay Female Poets

MILLER, JOAQUIN

In Classic Shades and Other Poems

Chicago, IL: Belford-Clarke Co, 1890. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. Signed by the author's daughter, Juanita Miller on the dedication page in bue pencil and dated 1948. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author's daughter Juanita on the dedication page. "He (Miller) accompanied William Walker on the latter's 1855 filibustering expedition to Nicaragua. In the spring of 1857, Miller took part in an expedition against the Pit River Tribe after they killed a white man on Pit River. Years later, he claimed that he had sided with the Native Americans and was run out of town for it. He was widely rumored to have married an Indian woman, possibly a Wintu princess who nursed him back to health after he was wounded by Modocs, and to have fathered with her a daughter named Cali-Shasta, or "Lily of the Shasta." Although Miller soon left the area to pursue other adventures, in the 1870s he sought out Cali-Shasta, then in her teens, and took her to San Francisco to be educated by his friend Ina Coolbrith. Contemporaries believed that Miller's "Indian wife" was the woman later kidnapped by Modocs and held in captivity for some years until rescued by a man named Jim Brock (whom she married) , but when "Amanda Brock" died in 1909, Miller denied news reports describing his supposed romance with her. He credited her with saving his life, but said she had always been a platonic friend." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Associated. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43853

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Joaquin Miller Juanita Miller Signed Edition California Authors Poetry

MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER)

Songs of the Sierras

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1871. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 2nd issue pages (with Thoughts About Art on the 4th page of preliminary ads) , in Blanck's Binding B (with the gilt wheel around the publisher's name on the spine of the book. Terracotta colored boards, with gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover and spine of the book. This copy is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning wear / fraying to the corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers are a coated brown color. "In 1877, Miller adapted his First Fam'lies of the Sierras into a play, The Danites, or, the Heart of the Sierras. It opened on August 22 in New York with McKee Rankin as the main character. The anti-Mormon play, which featured Danites hunting the daughter of one of the murderers of Joseph Smith, became one of the most commercially successful in a series of anti-Mormon dramas at the time. The Spirit of the Times, however, attributed its success to curious audience members expecting a disastrous failure and instead discovering a good show: "The play proved to possess more than ordinary merit, and if it is not a great work, it is decidedly not a very bad one." The Danites was extended from a run of only a few days to one of seven straight weeks before moving to another theatre and, ultimately, was performed to such a degree that it rivaled the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was published in book form later in 1877. Miller later admitted that he regretted the anti-Mormon tone. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44887

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Joaquin Miller Californiana Kit Carson San Francisco, CA

MISTRAL, F. (TRANSLATED FROM THE MODERN PROVENCAL BY MARO BEATH JONES) (WITH A FOREWORD BY JAMES GEDDES)

Anglore the Song of the Rhone (Lou Pouemo Dou Rose)

Claremont, CA: Saunders Studio Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ruth Thomson Saunders. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This edition limited to 415 unnumbered copies. This copy has been signed by the author on the first free page, with an inscription, date and place included. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, with the exception of a small spot of discoloration to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has large chips , tears, toning, and the front flap has been detatched. "Frédéric Mistral (French: Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. Mistral received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". He was a founding member of the Félibrige and a member of l'Académie de Marseille. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 42227

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry F. Mistral Frederic Mistral Occitan Literature Felibrige