Books:English Literature:Poetry from ZH BOOKS

S. l. (Woodside, CA): The Heyeck Press, 1985. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 200 copies; 9 3/4 x 6 1/2; pp. [8]; marbled wraps; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine; finger smudge to first blank leaf; light wear to corners; deckled page edges; one illustration by "Rice;" very good condition.Published by the Heyeck Press of Woodside, California… Read more about this item

Calvert, TX: Tribune Print, 1931. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9 1/2; pp. [20]; brown wraps tied with a decorative string and illustrated in green; handmade paper; age-toning to wraps; very good or better. Signed and inscribed by author to her sister.Beautiful early 20th century Texas poetry.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. First edition; 4 1/2 x 6; pp. 137; full velum stamped in gilt; red decorative closing ribbon (tying ends cut); a bit of age-toning to covers; previous owner's name to front cover verso; pages clean; very good or better.An uncommon collection of poems by Louis Magee, published posthumously in… Read more about this item

Oakland, CA: Published by the Author, 1926. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 71; textured blue cloth over boards; gilt title to front board a bit faded; a few small rubbed spots to tips and along spine; very minor foxing to first and last page only, else clean; very good or better. Signed and inscribed by author.A beautiful… Read more about this item

University of California, Berkeley: Libera / Women's Press Collective, 1972. Softcover. First edition; oblong 7 3/4 x 10; pp. 60; orange wraps with b&w photographic illustration; a few small crease lines to corners; minor wear and spotting to tips of spine and margins of covers; a cut-out newspaper article about "Libera" laid in resulting in darkening of pp. 20-21;… Read more about this item

N/A, 1973. Softcover. First edition, n.d. ca 1973 (small note to upper margin of front cover "rec'd 5/73"); 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 53; mustard wraps illustrated and printed in black; faint fading along margins; thin closed cut to tail of spine; internally clean; very good to near fine.An apparently unrecorded anthology of poems by various well-known female… Read more about this item

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1923. Hardcover. Edition limited to 230 sets of which 200 are for sale (this set hand-numbered #18); 7 x 9 1/2; pp. 234 vol. I (1908-1917), pp. 240 vol. II (1917-1922); white cloth over boards; gilt title; silk page marker detached but present in both volumes; top edge gilt; all edges deckled; hand-made paper; age-toning… Read more about this item

Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1936. Softcover. Second printing; 6 x 9; pp. 32; stiff green wraps printed and illustrated in black; slight age-toning and spotting along margins; small nameplate to front cover verso; internally bright and clean; illustrated with photographs and drawings; overall very good or better condition.A beautiful collection of poems about the flowers and beauty of Hawaii.

Springfield, MA: Clark W. Bryan Company, 1896. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 7 1/2"; pp. [11], 8-146, [2]; embossed brick-red cloth over boards; a few small rubbed spots to tips of spine; corners lightly bumped, else very minor wear; faint gift inscription; internally fine; illustrated with photographs including frontispiece of the historic Old Elm in Pittsfield, MA; overall very… Read more about this item

London; Valentine & Sons, 1925. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9; brown wraps with gilt title and vignette to front cover; tartan-inspired DJ with author's portrait on a paste-on label; mild wrinkling to tips of spine and corners; gift inscription; pages clean; illustrated with numerous photographs; overall very good or better. Jacket good with small nicks and chips along… Read more about this item

Cleveland : American Weave Press, 1951. Softcover. Second printing; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. [4], 1-40; hand-sewn blue wraps; mild age-toning and fading to margins of front cover; a photo greeting card pasted on front cover verso; pages fine; overall very good or better. Signed by author with a lengthy inscription on first free page.Donald Campbell Babcock was a… Read more about this item

Lafayette: Cedar Hill Press, 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition, limited to 100 copies; 5" x 7"; pp. [4], 1-22 including text to last page; original wraps; pictorial DJ affixed to wraps; very minor wear to covers; faint age-toning to first and last page; near fine. Signed by author to front cover verso. Published in an edition… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. Second printing; 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [4], 1-52; original black boards; pictorial DJ; fine in a near fine jacket (small closed nick to bottom edge). Signed/inscribed by Noel Reyburn. He was a poet and an actor, starring in several movies alongside John Wayne and Walter Reed. His poems… Read more about this item

San Jose: Rich Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. First edition;5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [8], 1-52, [4]; original black boards; pictorial DJ; fine in a near fine jacket. Signed/inscribed by Noel Reyburn. He was a poet and an actor, starring in several movies alongside John Wayne and Walter Reed. Lyrical poetry.

New York: Gilbert H. McKibbin, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Part of "The Manhattan Young People's Library" series; not dated (c1910); 16mo; pp. [8], 11-234; pictorial cloth; black title to spine; illustrated with numerous full-page color and in-line b&w engravings; spine cover faded; head and tail of spine curling; general fading to boards; corners somewhat rubbed; a few minor soil… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. Hardcover. Good. A delightful little book - one of the very first editions in which "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Maud" were ever published in a book form. Condition: Good - original blind-stamped dark blue covers, gilt title and decorations to spine; all page edges gilt; fading and a few spots… Read more about this item

Leavitt & Co., New York, 1851. Hardcover. Good. A beautiful early edition of Wordsworth's poems: Poems of the Imagination, Poems of Fancy, Poems of Childhood, etc. Condition: Good - bluish-green covers, elaborate full-cover gilt decorations and title, all page edges gilt; head and tail of spine worn; corners somewhat rubbed, otherwise boards mostly clean; mild to moderate foxing… Read more about this item

Sao Paulo: Empreza Tipografica Editora <O Pensamento>, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition (revised); in Portuguese; small 8vo; pp. [5], vi-xxii, [3], 2-288, [4]; original marbled boards with 1/4 leather spine; three raised bands to spine; gilt title; minor wear to boards (mostly along edges); leather along spine edges show wear and rubbing; previous owner's name to first… Read more about this item