EDO SATIRICAL VERSE ANTHOLOGIES by Blyth, R. H - 1961

Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1977. Second printing. Hardbound in very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. xxxiv, 312 pages.

Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1961. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in a near very good dust jacket; Some wear and creases t jacvket edges, especially head of spine.. xxxiv, 312 pages; twelve plates with captioned facing tissues.

CollectibleGood. 1961 Hokuseido. With orignal Jacket. Dustjacket in good condition with a few cracks and tears. Good hardcover copy with jacket, solid binding, mild to moderate reading/age wear, jacket has some mild edge wear, may have ex owner inscription and/or some light markings. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Hokuseido Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover, tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, covers unworn else FINE in FINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. All 11 illustrations present, some are fold-outs. Handsome copy of older verse. 308 pages plus index. "The tipsy man - makes the head-wind -his stick"; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

[Tokyo 1961], Hokuseido. Brown cloth, very good, 312p.,11 bw photos, color frontispiece & folding photos, index, biblio- graphy, dj., copy in collector's condition. SCARCE FIRST EDITION This excellent monograph begins with a history of Oriental Humour, European Satire, and 18th century Edo satirical ver- se. The he leads in to Mutamagawa for 18 chapters, and on to Mankuawase, Yanagidaru, Parodies of Hyakunin Isshu, Suetsu- muhana, Kawasoe Yanagi, Yanagidaru Shui &c. This is a serious work on Senryu verse. Well done, with may Japanese texts translated expertly into English by the author. Zen master D.T. Suzuki described Blyth as "one of the most emi- nent exponents of Japanese culture." Blyth's studies on Haiku, Japanese humor, and Zen are "unique contributions towards East-West understanding." Blyth lived and worked in the East for 40 years, until his death in 1964. ALWAYS RARE! Reginald Horace Blyth. **** A very well written, readable set of books. The celebrated… Read More

Japan: Hokuseido Press. Good. Hardcover. 1977. 312 pages. 2nd printing nice clean copy .

Tokyo, Japan: The Hokuseido Press, 1961. Original publisher's brown textured linen cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Decorated end papers. Color frontispiece with titled tissue-guard. "Dedicated to Daisetz Suzuki Who taught me Not to teach." xxxiv, 312 pp. Eleven color plates, some fold-out, with titled tissue-guards. Very good in a very good dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Clean, tight, no markings. Reginald Horace Blyth (1898 – 1964) was an English author, teacher, poet, and friend and student of Zen Buddhism under D. T. Suzuki. As a devotee of Japanese culture Blyth is most famous for his writings on Zen, Haiku poetry, and Senryu. He almost single-handedly popularized Haiku in the West. During the war Blyth was interned as an enemy alien in Japan alongside Robert Aitken. After the war he worked hard to encourage a peaceful dialogue between Japan and the West, and was one of those who drafted Emperor Hirohito's official declaration that he was in fact… Read More

2015 - Stated First Edition - Limited Edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title-page "Fran Marie, Friend for many years," - "Unlike the tradition of most books of poetry, Ransom includes photos and paintings." - book: near fine - tight, sound, and square - pages are clean and unmarked - dj: near fine

Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.

Comet Press Books, New York, 1956, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 56 pages, 5.5" x 8.25". Inscribed by author on ffep.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

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…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Plainfield: North Atlantic Books, 1976. First Edition, 8vo. [60pp], no pagination. Softcover, pictorial wraps. Very good condition, faint creasing, slight rubbing, top corner bumped and back cover small stain. This project was partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

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 .

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.

Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1985. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 20pp, colophon; six colored wood engravings by Caryl Seidenberg. 9.5" x 6.5" This is #222 of 250 copies only, set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by hand on dampened Rives heavyweight. Signed under the colophon by Seidenberg and by Friedberg.

NY: Exposition Press, 1976. Burgundy leatherette boards, bright gilt lettering. Pages [63] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Semi-transparent waxpaper dust jacket, appears to be original; in new archival mylar, age discoloration at edges and spine, some edge wear, small bit missing. The author graduated Kennett (Missouri) High School in 1973. Copy of newspaper [DDD] article about the KHS reunion on Jan 18, 2004 laid in. Now also available is a signed copy, same condition but without the transparent dust jacket. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.