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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Book number: 345365

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 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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Book number: 356841

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 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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Book number: 356840

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Keywords: 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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Book number: 356838

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 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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Book number: 356839

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Keywords: 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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Book number: 356837

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 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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Book number: 355076

Catalogue: Poetry

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

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Hermetic Definitions

West Newbury, Massachusetts, Harvey Brown, Frontier Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine condition copy of an unauthorized edition of poetry, published by Harvey Brown, Frontier Press, West Newbury, Massachusetts, 1971. Simply gray card stock wraps, paper label title to spine. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355968

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: H.D. Hilda Doolittle poetry

Duval, K.D. and Sydney Goodsir Smith, eds.

Hugh Macdiarmid: A Festschrift

Edinburgh, K.D. Duval, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and loving homage to Hugh Macdiarmid (pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve), and with contributions by the two editors, and in 221 pp., another 14 essays including by Norman MacCaig, David Daiches, Maurice Lindsay, William R. Aitken, A.T. Cunninghame, Edwin Morgan, Douglas Sealey et al. Macdiarmid's poetry, poetry criticism, and prose addresses Scots and Gaelic language, Marxism, nationalism, the Scots contribution to the European Renaissance. Black-and-white frontis of him and two and a half dozen photographs. [10], 11-221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 348566

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Keywords: festschrift|Hugh Macdiarmid|Christopher Murray Grieve|poetry

Darais, Alex B.

Little Bird: Selected Poems and Paintings

Salt Lake City, Utah, Museum of Fine Arts, Brigham Young University, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade there being currently only two additional copies available one being an ex-library copy. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound strikingly in creamy black cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. xv + 171 pp. Ralph A. Britsch provides a Foreword. List of poems, List of plates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 348357

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Davenant, William

Selected Poems of Sir William Davenant

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Willow Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Decorated paper over boards, black cloth-backed, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. The item was designed and printed by Geoffrey Bush at the Willow Press, brother of the Douglas Bush, who provides an Introduction. Composition and presswork were done by hand. 43 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356836

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry Sir William Davenant Douglas Bush

Davidson, Gustav

Ambushed by Angels & Other Poems

London, Outposts Publications, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dude was seriously into angels. Gustav Davidson (December 25, 1895 – February 6, 1971) "was an American poet, writer, and publisher. He was a one-time secretary of the Poetry Society of America," born in Warsaw, Prussia (now Poland), but he and his family settled in the U.S. in 1907 owing mostly to antiSemitism. He earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Columbia University, workd for the Library of Congress and eventually became the Executive Secretary of the Poetry Society of America from 1949 to 1965. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright red cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and chipped along top edge. Stated First Edition. 64 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 356892

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Gustav Davidson poems poetry poets

Davie, Donald

New & Selected Poems

Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Gray linen weave cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, a bit soiled, protected by a plastic coat. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356835

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Keywords: Donald Davie poetry poems

Davis, Francis

Earlier and Later Leaves or, an Autumn Gathering

Belfast, Ireland, Patrick Mallon, 1878. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A remarkably handsome little tome, likely an early reprint of or a simultaneously-published-by-a-different printer edition, also from 1878, having been rebound in dark green cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Very light foxing to and soiling of original endpapers, and new endpapers added. Black and white illustration of "The Belfast Man" at frontis. A fine collection of the Irish poet's best poems, he having been one of the "minor Victorian-era poets." Very lightly bumped spine head and foot. Francis Davis was born the son of a soldier in Ballincollig, County Cork. Another Irish bookseller notes that three different printings were considered firsts and sometimes with a printed-over ticket pasted on. A Wikipedia entry about him notes that his father was a Presbyterian from the north of Ireland, while his mother, Jane MacFee, was from Belfast. His father fought in the Napoleonic wars, his mother died when he was young, he was consigned to drudge-work at a loom as an apprentice, and when his father died he left for Belfast. He made a living as a weaver and poet thereafter. He was fluent in French, Latin, Greek and Gaelic, in addition to English.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 349480

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Davis, Francis

Earlier and Later Leaves: Or, an Autumn Gathering

Belfast, Ireland, W.H. Greer, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A delightful copy in octavo format, gilt portrait frontis, at xxvii + 638 pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, gilt device to front over, lettering and illustration to spine. Toning to pastedown and other endpapers, bumped spine head and foot, else just about rock-solid. This copy has the original publisher's name laid over by a printed W.H. Green name and address, but also with the tell-tale little dealer stamp of Allen & Johnston, Bookbinders, Belfast inside front flap at bottom near gutter. Francis Davis was born the son of a soldier in Ballincollig, County Cork. A Wikipedia entry about him notes that his father was a Presbyterian from the north of Ireland, while his mother, Jane MacFee, was from Belfast. His father fought in the Napoleonic wars, his mother died when he was young, he was consigned to drudge-work at a loom as an apprentice, and when his father died he left for Belfast. He made a living as a weaver and poet thereafter. He was fluent in French, Latin, Greek and Gaelic, in addition to English. A handsome copy on the shelf.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 349482

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Keywords: Francis Davis|The Belfast Man|poetry|Ireland|Irish poets