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Worldly Hopes Poems

By: Ammons, A. R.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 1982

Seller ID: 10528

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Book appears to be unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 51 pages; Flatsigned by Ammons on title page. ; Signed by Author
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Sumerian Vistas: Poems

By: Ammons, A. R.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 1987

Seller ID: 13927

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light general wear with light curl on corners, probably from owner's thumbing through the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages; This copy belonged to Georgia writers, Jeanne and Al Braselton with their bookplate and some page notations in Al's hand on the ffep.
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The Poet Assassinated

By: Apollinaire, Guillaume (Trans. Ron Padgett)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1968

Seller ID: 9871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book has only light shelf wear and aging. Jacket appears to be near fine but has two areas of brownish streaks on back. Square and securely bound. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages; First English translation of Apollinaire's, Rabelaisian, semi-autobiographical poem. With exceptional and provocative illustrations by Dine.
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Daytime and Starlight

By: Applewhite, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press: 1997

Seller ID: 13931

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Some very light creasing on upper right of front. Also, there is an old damp stain on this same corner that affects some interior pages, only slightly. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 56 pages
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Poems Dramatic and Later Poems

By: Arnold, Matthew

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, MacMillan and Co.: 1885

Seller ID: 9866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Red leather with gold trim and decoration on front and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbelized foredeges and endpapers. Book is square and binding seems secure. However, front hinge has obviously been reinforced with glue and spine has had damage with about half the surface decoration missing. Still a nice looking copy but with significant flaws. ; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages; This is the third volume of three published in 1885 of all of Arnold's poetic works. The volume is not numbered and the only date is 1885.
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The Norton Book of Light Verse

By: Baker, Russell (Ed. ) , with Kathleen Leland Baker

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Norton: 1986

Seller ID: 10521

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book appears unread with only very light shelf wear. Jacket has light wear including some very small tears on the top edge. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 447 pages
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Image for Five Courtier Poets of the English Renaissance Sir Thomas Wyatt; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Sir Philip Sidney; Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke; Sir Walter Raleigh

Five Courtier Poets of the English Renaissance Sir Thomas Wyatt; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Sir Philip Sidney; Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke; Sir Walter Raleigh

By: Bender, Robert M. (ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Washington Square Press: 1967

Seller ID: 10526

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Reddish patterned cloth with brick red backstrip and gilt titles on spine. Book appears unread, square and securely bound. Jacket has light edge, corner and surface wear with one small tear on back upper left corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 671 pages; Comprehensive selection.
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The Man in the Black Coat Turns

By: Bly, Robert

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press: 1981

Seller ID: 14547

ISBN: 0385271867

Binding: Hardcover

Book has only light shelf wear along with some aging especially along spine. VG+. Jacket has wear, tears and holes and is at best G. Collection of Bly's poetry. Signed (Robert) with inscription and small drawing of a face by Bly.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 62 pages; Signed by Author
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Waiting for Winter

By: Boke, Nicholas

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Perkinsville, Raspberry Publications: 1987

Seller ID: 13930

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Beautiful copy. About fine. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pages; Signed on the title page to Georgia poets, Jeanne and Al Braselton. ; Signed by Author
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Before Sleep

By: Booth, Philip

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 1980

Seller ID: 13929

Binding: Softcover

Book has only light, general wear. About NF. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 78 pages; The first edition of this book was published simutaneously in hard and soft cover versions. This copy belonged to Georgia-poet, Al Braselton, who has check marked a number of poems. Two or three of the poems have Braselton's marginal notes. Interesting association. ; Signed by Author
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Baruch Spinoza-- Broadside

By: Borges, Jorge Luis (trans. Yirmiyaho Yovel)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Berkeley, Black Oaks Books / Okeanos Press: 1990

Seller ID: 15228

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Black type on tan paper. No apparent wear, a beautiful copy. This poem, used in Yirmiyahu Yovel's book "Spinoza and Other Heretics: The Marrano of Reason," was presented as a gift by Black Oak Books of Berkeley at a reading by Yovel. The broadside was printed by Okeanos Press in 1990. WorldCat locates only 4 copies in libraries.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages
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Vagrant Grace

By: Bottoms, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Port Townsend, Copper Canyon Press: 1999

Seller ID: 13932

Binding: Softcover

Book has only very minor wear; it is about Fine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 95 pages; Signed ("David") by Bottoms with brief inscription to Jeanne and Al Braselton, fellow Georgia writers. This book had a simultaneously published hardcover version ; Signed by Author
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Armored Hearts: Selected and New Poems

By: Bottoms, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Port Townsend, Copper Canyon Press: 1995

Seller ID: 13937

Binding: Softcover

Book has only very minimal shelf wear and aging. It is square and securely bound. Spine is neither cracked nor creased. VG+ to NF. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 141 pages; Inscribed by Bottoms on the ffep to Georgia writers, Jeanne and Al Braselton. This book was simultaneously issued in hard and soft cover 1st editions. ; Signed by Author
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Bad Land

By: Braun, Richard Emil

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Penland NC, Jargon Society: 1971

Seller ID: 13122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Book has only very light shelf wear, feels unread. Jacket has some minor wear on flap folds; wear tends to blend with cover. ; Jacket Photograph; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Unpaginated pages; Narrative poetry about unusual young men from fictional school and community.
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Who Is She That Looketh Forth As The Morning

By: Brother Antoninus

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Capricorn Press: 1972

Seller ID: 16310

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

This Limited Edition poem by Brother Antoninus (William Everson) is in Fine condition with its original wrapper which is about Fine. This is #185 of 250 copies designed by Noel Young and signed by the poet. It is printed on Curtis Rag with Trump Mediaevel type and handbound by Earle Gray in full green leather, with marbled endpapers and gilt stamping. Beautiful copy.; Color Block Print; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 19 pages; Signed by Author
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Bone Palace Ballet New Poems

By: Bukowski, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Santa Rosa, CA, Black Sparrow Press: 1997

Seller ID: 7952

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

The book appears As New with only a hint of shelf wear. Beautiful copy, never read. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 363 pages; Collection of some of Bukowski's later poems.
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Upon This Most Delicate Profession - Broadside

By: Bukowski, Charles

Price: $125.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Second Coming: 1990

Seller ID: 15203

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This broadside is printed in black on slate blue papers. It has only a hint of wear at the corners. It is signed at the bottom by poet A. D. Winans who published "Second Coming" magazine and was a close friend of Bukowski. The broadside is one of an unstated number of copies issued with Volume 18, No. 1 of "Second Coming" magazine. This copy differs from that listed in the Bukowski bibliography, which gives dimensions of 4 9/16 X 7 inches while this one is 5 1/2 X 11 inches. Very attractive association copy of this relatively uncommon broadside.; Small 4to 9" - 11" ta...
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The Dialogues of Archibald Macleish and Marl Van Doren

By: Bush, Warren (Ed. )

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Company , Inc.: 1964

Seller ID: 10543

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Book has light general wear and light aging. Book is square and binding is secure. Jacket has some short tears and small chips. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages; Recorded conversations between these two poets.
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: Satires

By: Butler, Samuel

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Edinburg, The Apollo Press By the Martins: 1777

Seller ID: 9140

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Full leather with gilt border on front. Gilt title and ornamentation on spine. Light edge and corner wear with some bits of damage and loss on spine. Interior has some toning and occasional underlining in pencil. A cut out engraved portrait of Butler has been tipped to the second free endpaper which has a crease on the lower right corner area not affecting the portrait. Book is square and binding is secure. ; Bell's Edition, the Poets of Great Britain; Vol. 3; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages; Volume 3 only from a three volume collection of the poetical works of Samuel Butler. Very attrac...
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New Poems 1960

By: Bynner, Witter

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1960

Seller ID: 10533

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Black and white striped covers with black titles on spine. Book is square and securely bound. Some edge and corner wear. Jacket has some edge and corner wear with light scuffs and minor loss at some extremities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages; Signed on limitation page and inscribed to famed agent Benjamin Sonnenberg with the added note that the inscription "is through Robert McKinley." This is Number 838 of seventeen hundred and fifty numbered copies. ; Signed by Author
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Something Black in the Green Part of Your Eye

By: Cantwell, Kevin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University - An Inland Seas Poetry Book: 2002

Seller ID: 13928

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very minor shelf wear. It appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages; Signed in red ink on the pictorial half-title page. ; Signed by Author
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The Other Side of the Hill

By: Capitol Hill Poetry Group

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington DC, The Other Side of the Hill Poetry Group and the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop: 1979

Seller ID: 13955

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Light shelf wear. Collection of poems by this important Washington DC group. This copy is signed by Chris Llewellyn with inscription to Georgia poet, Al Braselton. Other poets in the book are: Shirley Cochrane, Pramod Lad, Mary Ann Larkin, Jean Nordhaus, Fan Ogilvie, Russell Spicer and Hastings Wyman, Jr. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages; Signed by One Author
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