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Poetry List
Last Updated January 13, 2012
1. (Baggs, John Sherman) Perkes, Mary. THE
PLACE IN BETWEEN.. Boise, Idaho: Limberlost Press,
1998. Softcover binding. Light wear. Very nice condition. Limited edition of 350
copies. $25.00
2. Binyon, Laurence. THE
ANVIL.. London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. Some wear to
edges of covers. Slight fading to covers. Softbound wrappers. $10.00
3. Bromley, Isaac H. OUR
CHAUNCEY: AFTER DINNER RHYMES.. New York: New York
Printing, 1891. Heavy shelf wear to spine extremities. Binding sound. Some
soiling to covers. $20.00
4. Brooks, Stanley Truman. ABOVE
THE SMOKE.. Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company,
1937. 89 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has browning
on the spine and at the edges and a few small chips. Scarce. $75.00
5. Byers, S.H.M. THE
HONEYMOON AND OTHER POEMS.. Chicago: Rand, Mcnally
& Co. , 1907. 84 pages. Signed by the author. Shelf wear to spine and
corners. Some fading to covers. A couple of small tears to the paper
illustration pasted on the front cover. Very scarce, especially signed. $50.00
6. Coblentz, Stanton A. THE
LONE ADVENTURER. Signed by Coblentz on front endpaper.. Unicorn,
1927. Signed by author. Spine and corners slightly worn. Dust jacket is worn at
edges and has a piece 1 inch by 4 inches missing at top of back panel. Otherwise
jacket looks very nice. $20.00
7. Coleman, Eleanor. THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: REFLECTIONS IN VERSE AND PROSE.. New
York: Exposition Press, 1952. Slight shelf wear. In dust jacket with chipping to
edges. $12.50
8. Costa, Elsa. OCTOPI
AND OTHER BEASTS LESS RUDE.. [n.p.]: Privately
Printed, ca. 1920. Softbound wrappers. Some stains to covers. Binding is tied
with blue string. A book of whimsical and humrous verse. $20.00
9. Crissy and Markley. THE POETICAL WORKS OF HOWITT, MILMAN, AND KEATS, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. . Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, ca. 1800's. 447 pages. Slight shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. No date of publication given, but it appears to be 1880's or 1890's. $25.00
10. Curtis, Theodore E. Mother,
Heart of Gold.. Salt Lake City: Magazine Printing
Company, 1932. 78 pages. Flexible pebbled cloth covers. Light wear. A clean and
tight copy. This book has illustrations and one-page biographies of many of
the mothers of the early LDS apostles and prophets. An interesting book. $22.50
11. Darling, Esther Birdsall. UP
IN ALASKA.. Sacramento: Jo Anderson Press, 1912.
59 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight
darkening to cloth around the edges. Scarce Alaskan poetry publication. $65.00
12. de Saint-Lambert, M. LES
SAISONS, POEME. . Paris, France: Chez Pissot,
Libraire, 1785. 399 pages. Full brown leather binding with red leather label and
gold decorative pattern on the spine. There is some rubbing and sleep chipping
to the leather at the top of the spine. The corners are rubbed and there are
some scuffed and soiled spots to the covers. The binding is tight and this is a
clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of prominent American modern
poet John L. Ciardi, and is signed twice by him. It came from the estate of his
son. $125.00
13. Desmond, Humphrey J. YOUR
BETTER SELF.. Chicago: A. C. Mcclurg, 1918. Some
wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Flexible stiff paper covers. $20.00
14. Dodge Publishing. A
VOLUME OF CONTENTMENT. Reprinted from the Calendar of Contentment.. New
York: Dodge, 1920. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Some discoloration to
covers. $10.00
15. Dodge Publishing. THROUGH
THE YEAR WITH AMERICAN POETS. . New York: Dodge
Publishing Company, 1907. 181 pages. Slight wear to spine and corners. Flexible
softcover binding.. Housed in the original publisher's box, which has some
staining and corners torn. $20.00
16. Duchesse De Rohan Douairiere. LE CHANT DU CYGNE. POESIES, 1914-1920. With watercolor illustrations by the author.. Paris, France: Calmann-Levy, 1922. 162 pages. Large Heavy paper covers, with beautiful watercolor illustration on front cover by the poetess and artist. The front hinge is pulling away slightly from the text block and there are a couple of the initial pages loosening, but still attached to the binding. Text block is sound. Some pages are uncut at the top. This large book contains poems and 11 beautiful watercolor illustrations by the author. The pages are heavy stock. A beautiful book. Measures 15 inches tall by just over 11 inches wide. $100.00
17. Garnett, Louise Ayres. THE
COURTSHIP: A DRAMATIZATION OF LONGFELLOW'S POEM "THE COURTSHIP OF MILES
STANDISH".. New York: Rand Mcnally, 1920.
Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Slight soiling to covers. $15.00
18. Gordon, Elizabeth. JUST
YOU.. New York: Algonquin Publishing, 1925. Slight
shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. Note: This is the 1925
reprint. Scarce dust jacket. $15.00
19. Guest, Edgar. EDGAR
A. GUEST BROADCASTING.. Chicago: The Reilly &
Lee, 1935. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with some soiling chips and
tears to edges. $4.95
20. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. THE
POEMS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.. Boston: Ticknor
and Fields, 1864. 410 pages. Beautifully bound in full brown leather, with
raised bands on the spine and the title in gold on the spine. The endpapers and
pastedowns are marbled. All page edges are gilt. There is slight wear to the
edges of the spine and corners, with a couple of small scuffs to the leather on
the corners. The binding is tight. A beautiful fine binding. $75.00
21. Johnson, Charles Nelson. POEMS
OF THE FARM AND OTHER POEMS.. Chicago: Hillison
& Etten, 1913. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Soiling to binding. $4.95
22. Kennington, Don. TRAIL
DUST II: COWBOY POETRY. . Ogden, Utah: Phil-Don
Publishing, 1990. 161 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Softbound edition.
$9.25
23. Kennington, Don. TRAIL
DUST III. COWBOY POETRY.. Ogden, Utah: Phil-Don
Publishing, 1992. 121 pages. Signed by the author. Southbound commercials like
wear. $6.75
24. Kerr, C. Duane. I
GUESS I AIN'T MUCH OF A COWBOY. Cowboy Poetry.. Tremonton,
Utah: Skyline Outfitters, 1992. 36 pages. Fine condition. Humorous and
well-written cowboy poetry by this Utah author. $10.00
25. Kerr, C. Duane. I'D
LIKE TO BE NOSTALGIC BUT MY MEMORY'S TOO GOOD. Cowboy Poetry.. Tremonton,
Utah: Skyline Outfitters, 1988. 62 pages. Softbound covers. Good cowboy poetry.
$10.00
26. Kulkarni, Hemant. DOUBLEHEADED
DRUM.. Calcutta, India: Writers Workshop, 1985.
Signed by the author. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners.
Corners slightly bumped. $20.00
27. Kulkarni, Hemant. THE
FLAMING SWORD.. Calcutta, India: United Writers,
1979. Signed by the author. Light wear to the binding to the covers. $20.00
28. Kulkarni, Hemant. BARBED
WIRE.. Calcutta, India: United Writers, 1980.
Signed by the other. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners.
Corners slightly bumped. $20.00
29. Kulkarni, Hemant. TILTED
TOWARDS DAWN.. Calcutta, India: United Writers,
1980. Signed by the author. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. Corners slightly bumped. $20.00
30. Kulkarni, Hemant Balvantrao. DRIFTWOOD
FROM THE BEACH.. Calcutta, India: United Writers,
1979. He he. $20.00
31. Longfellow, Henry W. THE
COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, AND OTHER POEMS.. Boston:
Ticknor & Fields, 1859. 215 pages. Shelf wear to spine and edges, with
corners bumped. Spine with slight lean. This is the first edition, second
printing. $30.00
32. McMahon, P. Maurice. FROM
FAIR HAWAIILAND.. Honolulu: Mercantile Printing
Co. , 1910. 53 pages. Shelf wear and fraying to edges.. $24.75
33. Meakin, John Philipps. FROM
THE FOUR WINDS: QUAINT AND HELPFUL POEMS.. Rahway,
N.J.: Quinn & Boden Co. Press, 1911. 189 pages. Shelf wear to spine and
corners. A few small rubbed spots to the spine. Signed by the author. $17.50
34. Noguchi, Yone. SEEN
& UNSEEN: OR, MONOLOGUES OF A HOMELESS SNAIL.. New
York: Orientalia Press, 1920. Signed by the author. Limited to 500 copies.
Flexible cloth covers. Housed in the original slipcase/covering with ivory bone
clasps. Slight wear to the book, with a couple of small creases to the covers
from being bent slightly. The slipcase/cover shows some wear to the edges and
slight fading to the spine. $40.00
35. Nuffer, Camille Cole. DOWN
HAPPINESS ROAD.. Deseret News, 1944. 64 pages.
Slight shelf wear. $6.00
36. O' Keefe, James W. LIFE
AND OTHER VERSE.. Oklahoma City: Trave Company,
1923. Some wear to spine and corners. Flexible cloth binding. Corners bumped and
rubbed. $20.00
37. O'Cotter, Pat. RHYMES
OF A ROUGHNECK.. Seward, Alaska: Pat O'Conner,
1918. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Library ink stamps inside covers and
front blank endpaper has been removed. Binding tight. $5.00
38. Osmond, Alfred. THE
POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED OSMOND.. Salt Lake City:
George Q. Cannon, 1891. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Gilt
title on front cover and spine. Early LDS poetry. $50.00
39. Richards, Susan. POETRY.
WAYSIDE THOUGHTS: A COLLECTION OF POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, SACRED SPECIAL, AND
TRIBUTARY.. Oakland, California: Pacific Press,
1883. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. There is a split of a couple of inches
to the cloth at lower front joint. Binding & hinges are tight. Scarce
California poetry. $25.00
40. Ritch, Johnny. HORSEFEATHERS:
BEING A JUMBLE OF MEDIOCRE VERSE BY AN OLD MAN ON THE FRINGE OF DOTAGE.. Helena,
Montana: Private Printing, 1940. 1st Edition. 95 pages. Signed and dated by the
author 1/13/41. Some shelf wear. A few brown spots on the top of the front
cover. $55.00
41. Sackett, Blanche Lang. MOODS..
New York: Henry Harrison, 1938. Shelf wear, else
near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $8.00
42. Service, Robert. MY
ADVENTURES IN THE NORTH.. Fairbanks, Alaska: Bard
of Alaska, ca. 1960's. Some shelf wear. Softbound covers. $3.00
43. Smith, L. Worthington-editor. Silk
of the Corn. Poems by Members of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.. New
York: Henry Harrison, 1932. 112 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket
has some chips to the edges. $5.99
44. Spenser, Edmund (George Gilfillan). THE
POETICAL WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER. Complete set of 5 volumes.. Edinburgh
& London: James Nichol & James Nisbet, 1849. Complete set of five
volumes. All of the volumes are in the original black cloth bindings. There is
some wear to the edges of the spine. Corners are slightly bumps and there is
slight discoloration to a couple of the cover edges. Former owner's early
decorative bookplate inside the front cover of each volume. Bindings are tight
and pages are clean. Gold titles on spine are still bright. Overall a beautiful
set. $70.00
45. Strevell, Mrs. J.W. POEMS
BY MRS. J.W. STREVELL.. Chicago: Published by H.H.
Hill, 1899. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners
slightly bumped. $28.00
46. Thomson, James. THE
POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES THOMSON. Two volume set.. Boston:
Little Brown, and Company, 1854. The spine edges show wear, with small chips to
the top of the spine of volume 1. A few minor scuffs. The bindings and hinges
are tight and secure. There is an ink stamp that says "Trinity Parish"
inside the covers, but no sign of ex-library marks or usage. Overall a very nice
set. $55.00
47. Warrum, Noble. FORCED
LANDINGS: METRICAL MARKERS INDICATION DEPRESSIONS MADE IN THE FAMILIAR EARTH
AFTER ATTEMPTS TO RIDE PEGASUS THROUGH THE STARLIT SKIES OF POESY. . 1936.
160 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has large tears
and chips. $10.00
48. Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. THREE
WOMEN.. Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1897. 194
pages. NIce pictorial binding. Slick white cloth covers show some soiling and
wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The binding is tight. $30.00
49. Wolfe, Humbert. CURSORY
RHYMES.. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran &
Company , Inc. , 1928. Slight shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket with
large chip to spine. $4.50
50. Wood, H. Harvey. THE POEMS AND FABLES OF ROBERT HENRYSON SCHOOLMASTER OF DUNFERMLINE.. London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Some shelf wear, else near VG. $10.00
51. Yates, Katherine M. WHAT
THE PINE HEARD.. Boston: 1913. 35 pages. Some wear
and soiling to the covers. Nice pictorial front cover. Binding is tight. $15.00