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Hartford, Conn: Lincoln & Gleason, 1804. Hardcover. Poor. [1]-26, [3], 38-88, [3], 96-129, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary calf spine; pastepaper over boards. Error in pagination: p. 98 misnumbered 89. The title copied onto the front free endpaper in an old hand. Former owner's name on front free endpaper verso and at head of p. [3]: Mollie J. Kellogg. At head of title page: "L.H. $34.55 3/4." Watercolor flowers added to p. [93] by former owner. Very scarce. In Poor Condition: incomplete: lacking pp. 27-34, 89-92, and 131-32; lacking leather at head of spine; boards are very worn, with loss along edges; lacking lower corner of title page, without loss of text; section lacking along fore-edge of pp. 101-2, without loss of text; 5-cm. tear from lower corner of pp. 127-8, without loss of text; light soiling throughout.
The Birds of Scotland, with other poems by Grahame, James - 1806
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Edinburgh: James Ballantyne & Co., 1806. Small octavo, pp 7, (5), 248, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, some pages slightly dusty internally, but generally in very good condition, bound in a late nineteenth century quarter morocco and pebbled cloth, gilt decorated spine with raised bands. An excellent copy. [The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates; the library was later gifted to the Gilbert White Museum in 1955.]. [Rev. James Grahame [1765 - 1811), was a Scottish poet whose poems are full of quiet observation of country sights expressed in graceful verse. The Birds of Scotland, exemplifys both ornithological knowledge and descriptive ingenuity and ease.]. First Edition. Quarter leather. Very Good.
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Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows
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Singapore: Math Paper Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 9810728492 . Printed white wrappers, show moderate soil; light vertical crease front cover. Two Poem anthology, arising from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. In a series of chapbooks borne of the Babette's Feast public gathering of writers.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall .
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Palermo Edizioni Arte e Pensiero, 1947, paperback. Poetry, text in ITALIAN. SIGNED, inscribed by Giosue Sparito (pseudonym of Enrico Fagone). 123 pages. Softcover. Good used condition: binding unglued from spine, covers edgeworn, page margins tanned.
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New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co.. Alligator (padded) Edition of the Poets with Red-Line Borders, Padded Corners, Full Gilt Edges IN ORIGINAL BOX. The binding is pristine, the gilt is tarnished in places, the box is whole w repairs to corners of bottom and top, original label on box describing the binding as Padded Hornback Alligator.Book appears unread-no previous owners signature, pages pristine. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1895.
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