Search Results: Poetry from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+. 1909. 4th Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine and rear cover of the book have a couple of smallish spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. "Dr. Allen is a graduate of Washington University and holds the degrees of B. A. And a M. A. From that Institution. The University of Wooster later conferred the degree of D. D. He pursued a two year's post graduate course in Philosophy at Princeton University and studied for the ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained by the Presbytery of St. Louis in 1882, he began work in the suburbs of his native city and was for several years afterwards pastor of the Carondelet Presbyterian Church. In 1889 he accepted a call to the South Park Presbyterian… Read More

Boston, MA: Shambhala. Near Fine. 1996. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1570622183 . This is a small format paperback book. (approx. 5" x 4" ). This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. "James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and memoir. He wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism, and published essays on food, travel, and sport. Harrison indicated that, of all his writing, his poetry meant the most to him. He published 24 novellas during his lifetime and is considered "America’s foremost master" of that form. His first commercial success." .

Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0807068284 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, & Co.. Very Good. 1869. 4th Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear, along with several small edge tears. There is some rubbing to the covers as well. This copy has been signed, with an inscription by the author on the first free page. This copy also includes the author's bookplate adhered on the front pastedown page. The inscription states that this is the author's "personal edition". "Stedman studied two years at Yale University; became a journalist in New York City, especially on the staffs of the Tribune and World, for which latter paper he served as field correspondent during the first years of the Civil War. As opportunity offered, he studied law and was for a time private secretary to Attorney-General Bates at Washington, and was a member of the New York Stock Exchange in Wall… Read More

Claremont, CA: Saunders Studio Press. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This edition limited to 415 unnumbered copies. This copy has been signed by the author on the first free page, with an inscription, date and place included. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, with the exception of a small spot of discoloration to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has large chips , tears, toning, and the front flap has been detatched. "Frédéric Mistral (French: Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. Mistral received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native… Read More

London, England: Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd.. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1928. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have noticeable toning. the dust jacket is complete, but has been heavily tape reinforced by a previous owner. It has several edge tears, nicks anrubbed spots along with toning to the spine and edges. Authors include: Aubrey Beardsley, Olive Custance, John Davidson, Lord Alfred Douglas, Evelyn Douglas (John Barlas), Ernest Dowson, Michael Field, John Gray, Laurence Housman, Lionel Johnson, Richard le Gallienne, Eugene Lee-Hamilton, Vincent O'Sullivan, Victor Plarr, J. A. Symonds, Arthur Symons, Francis Thompson, Oscar Wilde, Theodore Wratislaw, and, W. B. Yeats. .

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good+. 1911. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The front panel of the dust jacket has been tipped onto the front pastedown page. There are spots of foxing to the front endpaper. The illustrations are taken from photographs, mostly by Mr. Harold A. Taylor, of Coronado, CA. (RE: Harold A. Taylor) : "From 1902-1907, Taylor photographed Yosemite, operating out of his Studio of Three Arrows in Yosemite Valley. Later, living in Southern California, he photographed many of the Spanish Missions built in the late 1700s. In 1912, Taylor moved to Coronado, where he lived, worked in photography, and established the Coronado Floral Association with his wife Maud. When he started retiring, Harold and Maud moved to El Cajon where they cultivated a half-acre Victorian… Read More

Mill Valley, CA: Wings Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several beginning edge nicks, tears and some wrinkling to the spine ends and corners. "Stanton Arthur Coblentz (August 24, 1896 – September 6, 1982) was an American author and poet. He received a Master's Degree in English literature and then began publishing poetry during the early 1920s. His first published science fiction was The Sunken World, a satire about Atlantis, in Amazing Stories Quarterly for July, 1928. The next year, he published his first novel, The Wonder Stick. But poetry and history were his greatest strengths. Coblentz tended to write satirically. He also wrote books of literary criticism and nonfiction concerning historical subjects. Adventures of a… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1890. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The binding is possibly decorated by Margaret Armstrong. .

Philadelphia, PA: Turner Brothers & Co.. Very Good+. 1869. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some begining pulling to a couple of signatures. The author, Joseph Warren Watson apparently died very early in life, at age 23, after starting a promising career as a poet, writing and publishing poems in several regional magazines. Here's a portion of his obituary: "hough he loved to communicate brief catches of poetry to contribute to the amusement of gay and festive circles, he rarely entered them himself, but seemed to live as if profoundly conscious of his early death. He died after a lingering illness of that fell destroyer of so many bight ambitious, and beautiful youths - consumption." Walt Whitman, at some point, read and admired Watson's most famous poem, Beautiful Snow,… Read More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good-. 1888. 1st Edition; 1st Issue. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, rubbing and nicking. The covers have noticeable ground-in dirt and toning, especially to the spine and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (James Fraser Gluck) on the front pastedown page. "Holmes is one of the Fireside Poets, together with William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and John Greenleaf Whittier. These poets—whose writing was characterized as family-friendly and conventional—were among the first Americans to build substantial popularity in Europe. Holmes in particular believed poetry had "the power of transfiguring the experiences and shows of life into an aspect which comes from the imagination and kindles… Read More

Lenexa, KS: April Editions. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letterpress of Harry Duncan at the University of Nebraska. "First printing of this uncommon private press edition of a selection of Frost's short poems - 48 pp. Hand set by Harry Duncan at Cleary House - University of Nebraska at Omaha" This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light, spots of ground-in dirt and rubbing. "Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1902. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping , rubbing and fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name on the front endpaper. The last page of text has been roughly opened, and left an inch + tear to the foredge. The book is illustrated throughout with illustrations by J. W. Vawter. .

San Francisco, CA: Gallimaufry. Very Good+. 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0916300005 . Collages; Limited to 500 copies. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have several small spots of foxing and there are patches of toning as well. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1928. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one small spot of light spotting to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name to the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some beginning bumping to the bottom front corner of the book cover and a small tear to the top rear spine joint, and some light toning to the spine and spine joints. "Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd. Millay won the 1923 Pulitzer… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Ella M. Sexton. Very Good-. 1902. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very God- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the covers have some rubbing, wear, and bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. .

San Francisco, CA: The California Publishing Company. Very Good+. 1882. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light ground-in in dirt and rubbing to the spine ends, corners and joints of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Charles Henry Phelps was born in Stockton, California, January 1, 1853. He grew up in Sonoma county, and then in San Francisco. He attended the University of Califonria and Harvard Law School (1872-1874). He practiced law in San Francisco (1874-1880), and during this period became editor of the California. He moved to New York in 1882 where he practiced law. His poetry appeared in Harper's, Century, Atlantic, and Lippincott's." .

San Francisco, CA: Diepenbrock & Co.. Very Good+. 1889. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints as well. The text pages are clean and bright. "Published for the Benefit of the Youth's Directory" "The Youths’ Directory is a temporary home for friendless and abused boys between the ages of 7 and 14 years. It was founded on Howard street, near Third, in 1886. One year later Rev. D. C. Crowley took charge and soon secured the necessary funds with which to erect a four-story building on a lot situated between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets on Howard. Many merchants and professional men will attest as to the character of the boys they are fortunate enough in securing from the… Read More

New York: Hurd and Houghton. Very Good. 1867. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a small format book (approx. 4.5" x 6.5"). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is a tear across the bottom spine end of the book cover, and a beginning crack to the front bottom spine joint- only the cloth, not the joint itself. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have discoloration from the glue underneath. "Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include "And Can It Be", "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today", "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling", the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and "Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending". " (from… Read More

New York: Duffield & Company. Very Good. 1906. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated with eight glossy black and white illustrations from drawings by E. C. Peixotto. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are generally clean and bright. This book appears to be lacking a front endpaper. "Irwin often wrote under a pseudonym or presented himself as the editor, translator, or sardonic discoverer of works by others. His Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Jr. Purports to be his translation from a language he calls “Mango-Bornese”. Irwin’s most sustained impersonation began in 1907 with the serialization of his Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy in Colliers magazine. He wrote in a stereotypical fractured English in the persona of a thirty-five-year-old “boy” Hashimura Togo. The fourth installment of the series, entitled “Yellow Peril”,… Read More