HARRISON, JIM

After Ikkyu and Other Poems

Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1996. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1570622183. This is a small format paperback book. (approx. 5" x 4" ). This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. "James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and memoir. He wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism, and published essays on food, travel, and sport. Harrison indicated that, of all his writing, his poetry meant the most to him. He published 24 novellas during his lifetime and is considered "America’s foremost master" of that form. His first commercial success.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 43588

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 1570622183 Poetry Jim Harrison Shambhala Publications

HARTE, BRET

Poems

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, unrecorded variant with publisher's FO monogram on bottom spine end of the book cover, and James R. Osgood monogram on the title page, along with T. S. K. Caption (corrected) on page 136. With rust colored cloth covered boards. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends have noticeable bumping, rubbing, wear and light fraying, as do the corners and edges. There are a couple of small spots of discoloration to the rear covers and there is generalized rubbing to the cloth. The text pages are generally clean, though there are occasional spots of foxing, especially to the first twenty pages or so. The text block is a bit loose. There is a previous owner's inked notation (the book number of his personal library) on the reverse of the front endpaper. The endpapers are a coated chocolate brown color. The contents pages has a spot of ground-in dirt / rubbing. "Harte moved to California in 1853, later working there in a number of capacities, including miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist; he was also secretary of the San Francisco Mint. [10] He spent part of his life in the northern California coastal town of Union (now Arcata) , a settlement on Humboldt Bay, as a tutor and school teacher, then a printer's devil on The Northern Californian, and went on to reporting news, writing poems, and occasionally, acting editor, leaving after three years, from lynching threats for writing an editorial about the 26 February 1860 Wiyot massacre. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 44630

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Bret Harte Boston Californiana

HASS, ROBERT & ROBINSON JEFFERS

Rock and Hawk a Selection of Shorter Poems By Robinson Jeffers

New York, NY: Random House, 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394557697. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There are a couple of tiny spots of discoloration to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some very beginning toning to the spine and front panel. "John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887 – January 20, 1962) was an American poet known for his work about the central California coast. Much of Jeffers' poetry was written in narrative and epic form. However, he is also known for his shorter verse and is considered an icon of the environmental movement. Influential and highly regarded in some circles, despite or because of his philosophy of "inhumanism", Jeffers believed that transcending conflict required human concerns to be de-emphasized in favor of the boundless whole. This led him to oppose U. S. Participation in World War II, a stance that was controversial after the U. S. Entered the war. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 47818

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0394557697 Poetry Robinson Jeffers Robert Hass Critical Analysis

HASS, ROBERT

Sun Under Wood

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0880014687. 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. "From 1995 to 1997, during Hass's two terms as the US Poet Laureate (Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress) , he became a champion of literacy, poetry, and ecological awareness. He criss-crossed the country lecturing in places as diverse as corporate boardrooms and for civic groups, or as he has said, "places where poets don't go." After his self-described "act of citizenship," he wrote a weekly column on poetry in the Washington Post until 2000. He serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, was a trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize (now trustee emeritus) , and works actively for literacy and the environment. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 41804

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0880014687 Poetry Robert Hass Poet Lauriates

HILLS, DELIA M.

Whisperings of Time

San Francisco, CA: H. Keller & Co, 1878. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The bottom front end, front foredge and spine joints have rubbing, wear and some light biopredation. There are several spots of ground-in dirt and discoloration to the front cover by the title. The text pages are generally clean, but noticeably toned and with spots of foxing. The front endpaper has been removed by a former owner. There is a previous owner's address label on the front pastedown page. The rear endpaper has a small edge tear. "As teenagers, Leila Curtis and her sister Mary became fascinated with the process of copper engraving. Both parents, having a background in engraving, encouraged their daughters’ interest. Soon the sisters opened an engraving shop in the carriage house of their San Francisco home at 1117 Pine Street. Mary became the draughtsman, i. E, the artist, and Leila, the block-cutter. That endeavor led to a shop downtown and eventually a partnership called Crane and Curtis (1871). Mary withdrew from the business when she married Thomas Richardson in 1869. Her life’s work became painting; the Richardson house became a mecca for artists and writers." (from Found SF website) "Mrs. Agnes B Peterson was one such woman who arrived in 1868. Upon being rebuffed by the Union, she raised the capital to open her own printing office and establish the Women’s Co-operative Printing Union (WCPU) , the first permanent foothold for woman printers in San Francisco. The times had already started changing with women becoming a significant part of San Francisco life. Other organizations helping women had been established that same year: the confusingly similar sounding Women’s Co-operative Union to provide employment for women in various fields, and the California Labor Exchange to help both men and women find work. " (from Found SF). Good .

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Book number: 45090

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Delia M. Hills San Francisco, CA Californiana Women's Co-operative Printing Union Women Printers Co-ops

HITOTSUYANAGI, MERRELL VORIES (EDITED BY FREDERICA MEAD HILTNER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAKI HITOTSUYANAGI)

Poems of the East and West

Dayton, OH: Omi Brotherhood, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition an was issued without a dust jacket, but with a wrap-around band and a slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notaiton on the front endpaper. The wrap-around band is in Fine condition and the slipcase is in Very Good- condition with some beginning edge wear and rubbing. "Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi (Mereru Hitotsuyanagi (? ? ? ? ? , Hitotsuyanagi Mereru) ; born William Merrell Vories; October 28, 1880 – May 7, 1964) was an educator, architect, entrepreneur, Christian lay missionary, and founder of the Omi Mission. Born in the United States, he later became a naturalized Japanese citizen. [1]Merrell lived and worked mainly in Shiga Prefecture in Japan. With only limited formal training as an architect, he founded an architectural office in Shiga which employed over thirty professional staff and was responsible for the design of well over 1000 residential, commercial, and church structures in Japan and occupied Korea, prior to the Second World War. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 39813

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry merrell Hitotsuyanagi Frederica Mead Religion Mission churches poetry

HOLLAND, J. G. (JOSIAH GILBERT)

Kathrina Hre Life and Mine, in a Poem

New York: Charles Scribner & Co, 1867. 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, corners and spine joints have edge wear, rubbing and some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the first free page. "In 1850 Holland returned to western Massachusetts and became an editor of the Springfield Republican newspaper, working with the well known editor Samuel Bowles. Many of the essays Holland wrote for the paper in the decade before the Civil War were collected and published in book form, which helped to establish his literary reputation. His first book was a History of Western Massachusetts. He followed in 1857 with an historical novel, Bay Path, and a collection of essays entitled Titcomb's Letters to Young People, Single and Married in 1858. In 1862, when Samuel Bowles took an extended trip to Europe, Holland temporarily assumed the duties as editor-in-chief of the Springfield Republican. After the Civil War he reduced his editorial duties and wrote many of his most popular works, including the Life of Abraham Lincoln (1866) , and Kathrina (1867).". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 35894

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry J. G. Holland Josiah Gilbert Holland Epic Poems Poetry

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

Before the Curfew and Other Poems, Chiefly Occasional

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. 1st Edition; 1st Issue. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, rubbing and nicking. The covers have noticeable ground-in dirt and toning, especially to the spine and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (James Fraser Gluck) on the front pastedown page. "Holmes is one of the Fireside Poets, together with William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and John Greenleaf Whittier. These poets—whose writing was characterized as family-friendly and conventional—were among the first Americans to build substantial popularity in Europe. Holmes in particular believed poetry had "the power of transfiguring the experiences and shows of life into an aspect which comes from the imagination and kindles that of others". Due to his immense popularity during his lifetime, Holmes was often called upon to produce commemorative poetry for specific occasions, including memorials, anniversaries and birthdays. Referring to this demand for his attention, he once wrote that he was "a florist in verse, and what would people say / If I came to a banquet without my bouquet?" As critic Hyatt Waggoner noted, however, "very little ... Survives the occasions that produced it". Holmes became known as a poet who expressed the benefits of loyalty and trust at serious gatherings, as well as one who showed wit at festivities and celebrations. Edwin Percy Whipple for one considered Holmes to be "a poet of sentiment and passion. Those who know him only as a comic lyricist, as the libellous laureate of chirping follow and presumptuous egotism, would be surprised at the clear sweetness and skylark thrill of his serious and sentimental compositions". " (frrom Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 40155

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Oliver Wendell Holmes Harvard Medical School Harvard University Poetry

HOPE, LAURENCE (PSEUDONYM OF ADELA FLORENCE NICOLSON )

Stars of the Desert

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredges of the text block are uncut. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, foxing, ground-in dirt, several edge tears, nicks and a couple of snags to the rear spine joint. "In 1901, she published Garden of Kama, which was published a year later in America under the title India's Love Lyrics. She attempted to pass these off as translations of various poets, but this claim soon fell under suspicion. Her poems often used imagery and symbols from the poets of the North-West Frontier of India and the Sufi poets of Persia. She was among the most popular romantic poets of the Edwardian era. Her poems are typically about unrequited love and loss and often, the death that followed such an unhappy state of affairs. Many of them have an air of autobiography or confession. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 43856

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Laurence Hope Adela Florence Nicholson Violet Nicholson Romance Sufi Islam India Confessional Style Writing

INGELOW, JEAN

The Shepherd Lady and Other Poems

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1876. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and fraying. The text pages are clean and bright, with only occasional spots of foxing throughout. There is a small rectangle of rubbing / wear to the front pastedown where a previous owner's address label was removed. Illustrated throughout with 18 engravings, including 4 by Arthur Hughes. AEG (all edges gilt). "Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 – 20 July 1897) was an English poet and novelist. She also wrote several stories for children. Born at Boston, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of William Ingelow, a banker. As a girl she contributed verses and tales to magazines under the pseudonym of Orris, but her first (anonymous) volume, A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings, which came from an established London publisher, did not appear until her thirtieth year. This was called charming by Tennyson, who declared he should like to know the author; they later became friends." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 45074

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Jean Ingelow Arthur Hughes Mary Hallock G. Perkins J. A. Mitchell W. L. Sheppard G. O.C. Darley

IRWIN, WALLACE

Chinatown Ballads

New York: Duffield & Company, 1906. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated with eight glossy black and white illustrations from drawings by E. C. Peixotto. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are generally clean and bright. This book appears to be lacking a front endpaper. "Irwin often wrote under a pseudonym or presented himself as the editor, translator, or sardonic discoverer of works by others. His Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Jr. Purports to be his translation from a language he calls “Mango-Bornese”. Irwin’s most sustained impersonation began in 1907 with the serialization of his Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy in Colliers magazine. He wrote in a stereotypical fractured English in the persona of a thirty-five-year-old “boy” Hashimura Togo. The fourth installment of the series, entitled “Yellow Peril”, featured Irwin posed in yellow face make-up for a portrait photograph of Togo. The photo fooled readers for months, whereupon Colliers produced twin photos, Irwin as Togo and Irwin “before he was Japanned. ”". Very Good .

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Book number: 33568

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Wallace Irwin Chinatown California California Authors Californiana Poetry

JANNEY, RUSSELL

The Vision of Red O'shea a Melodrama in Rhyme

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc, 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with a long inscription on the front endaper, by the author. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and large chips missing. "Russell Janney (April 14, 1884 – July 14, 1963) was a theatrical producer and author. He is best known for his 1946 best-selling book and first novel, The Miracle of the Bells, which was made into a film of the same name in 1948. He also produced and co-authored the 1925 musical The Vagabond King, working with Brian Hooker and composer Rudolf Friml. Janney also produced other plays including Marjolaine (1922) (based on Pomander Walk by Louis N. Parker) , White Eagle (1927) (based on Edwin Milton Royle's The Squaw Man) , June Love, Ballyhoo (1927) , and an adaption of The O'Flynn (1934) by Justin Huntly McCarthy. His second novel, So Long As Love Remembers, was published in 1953, and the short novel Curtain Call followed in 1957." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 35932

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Russell Janney Drama Melodramas Signed Edition Democracy Poetry

JOHNSON, BURGES / THE MENTOR

The Mentor : Makers of Modern American Poetry (Women June 15, 1920 (Serial No. 205)

New York: The Mentor Association, 1920. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. B&W Illustrations; This booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. Included are 7 illustrations of American humorists. The booklet covers have some edge wear, rubbing and several small edge tears to the covers, especially the bottom edges. The covers of the booklet have generalized light toning. There is a two+ inch tear to the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The authors include Amy Lowell, Alice Brown, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Sara Teasdale, Edith M. Thomas and Josephine Preston Peabody. "The purpose of The Mentor Association is to give people, in an interesting and attractive way, the information in various fields of knowledge that they all want and ought to have. The information is imparted by interesting reading matter, prepared under the direction of leading authors, and by beautiful pictures, produced by the most highly perfected modern processes. The object of The Mentor Association is to enable people to acquire useful knowledge without effort, so that they may come easily and agreeably to know the world s great men and women, the great achievements, and the permanently interesting things in art, literature, science, history, nature and travel.". Very Good .

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Book number: 34628

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Burges Johnson The Mentor Magazine Modern Poetry Womens Poets Biographies Poetry

JOHNSON, JAMES WELDON

Saint Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day

New York: Viking Press, 1930. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. #Signed, Limited Edition - limited to 200 copies, this is #176. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket, but with a slipcase. The slipcase is in good only condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with the exception of a chip with loss of cloth to the bottom spine end (approximately 1/2 depth) . The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is missing the whole top edge but is otherwise in Very Good condition. "James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) , where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novels, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43474

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry James Weldon Johnson African American Authors Poets Harlem Renaissance Signed Editions Numbered editions Limited Editions

JURY, JOHN G.

Cosmen - Exiles a Drama of Life in Symbol and Fantasy

Berkeley, CA: John G. Jury, 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book has been signed by the author, on the front endpaper, with a small inscription and date. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. Privately printed. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and bumping. The rear cover has some spots of rubbing / wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredge and bottom edge of the text block are uncut. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the front endpaper. Laid-in is a program for a recital of the poems, given at the Sequoia Club of San Francisco, which includes a signed notation to that fact, and a three page typed poem: Swallows of San Juan Capistrano, also by the author. The poems are esoteric and metaphysical in nature. "John G. Jury, Esq, author... Is known to be one of the best lawyers at the California Bar. This reputation is sustained by his erection of a monumental work both comprehensive and simple of design, upon the above subject." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 39828

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry John G. Jury Californiana California Authors San Francisco Bay Area Metaphysics Esoterica Sequoia Club Of San Francisco Poetry