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Shakespeare's Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)The...
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Verse Books & Ephemera
This is Women's Work: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry
by Susan Efros, editor
San Francisco, CA: Panjandrum Press, 1974. Soft cover. Good. Illustrations by 15 artists. Pictorial paper wraps and page edges heavily soiled. Tear at tail of spine. Creased corners and worn edges. 147 pages by Tillie Olsen, Marge Piercy, Jana Harris, Kathleen Fraser, Nancy Willard, Susan Griffin, among others
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NZ$36.48
Amy Lowell's Poems of Love and Beauty Selected By Peter Seymour Illustrated bt Bill Greer : The Touch of You
by Lowell, Amy
Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Editions, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bill Greer. 61 pages. Minimal wear. Missing dust jacket.
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NZ$14.59
Green & Gold Malaria
by McCall, Rupert
Kew Victoria: Mandarin. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations by Scott Rigney. Foreword by John Eales. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 114 pages. The third book of this Australian poet, notable for his poetry about sport. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
Courrier du Centre International d'Etudes Poetiques No.168 (Octobre-Decembre 1985) Ezra Pound (inedit)
Centre d'Etudes Poetiques, Bibliotheque Royale, Bruxelles, 1985. Staplebound. Good. Coffee stain on front cover otherwise in excellent condition. ISSN 0771-6443. Contains critical articles in French, a few illustrations (including a post card from Pound) and several poems with side by side English - French translations.
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NZ$32.83
I've Seen the Mountains Falling : Poems of Colorado, Philmont, Southwest
by Greg Hobbs
Philmont Staff Association, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. David Davis. One bumped corner, slightly sunned spine, light scuffing but still in overall excellent condition. 241 pages of poetry published in 1995.
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NZ$27.36
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN. Illustrated by George Cruikshank
by [Thackeray, W.M. & Dickens, Charles]
1839. London: Charles Tilt, 1839. 8 pp undated ads. Original dark green cloth wrappers pictorially decorated in gilt. First Edition, first issue, of this unusual collaboration between Thackeray, Dickens and Cruikshank. The volume consists of 31 quatrains of amusing verse, illustrated with Cruikshank's eleven full-page etchings (as well as the front cover design). According to Van Duzer, "It is now generally conceded that Thackeray wrote the text and that the notes and preface were by Dickens." For...
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NZ$1,489.42
Poesia chilena de hoy : De Parra a nuestros dias
by Erwin Diaz, editor
Ediciones Documentas, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Visible edge wear and scuffing to pictorial gatefold paper wraps rubbed through on corners and spine extremities; text block is age toned; ink stains on FFEP; provocative inscription by editor (Diaz) on title page.Poetry anthology 260 pages in Spanish published in 1988.
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NZ$54.71
Burning the Years: Lobo Poems, 1962-1975
by Childress, William
Essai Seay Pub Co, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Author inscription on FFEP "To Dan, who, in his next life, is going to be a poet. Wm Childress. 2002 Folsom CA" 107 pages, bel exemplaire.
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NZ$36.48
Fall Sanctuary : Poems by the 17th Annual Nicholas roerich Prize Winner
by Hardin, Jeff
Story Line Press, 2005. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Still looks new. 63 pages of poetry Selected & Introduced by Mark Jarman ISBN 1586540432
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NZ$36.48
Fire Wheel
by Voorakkara, Sharmila
University of Akron Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Could pass for new. 89 pages of poetry. ISBN 1931968217
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NZ$36.48
Uptwist: A collection of verse
by F. Melvyn Lawson (Mel Lawson)
Sacramento, California: Hibiscus Press, 1983. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. 95 pages of poetry by Sacramentan native and educator, 2nd edition (undated), author inscription on title page dated 1994. Minimal wear, almost new.
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EXCELSIOR.
by Harte, Bret
1877. Presented by Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., New York. Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers, n.d. [1877]. Original light blue wrappers decorated in black and sepia. First Edition of this illustrated poem -- quite possibly an earlier state than either of those documented by Blanck. Written as hack-work at a time when Harte badly needed cash, this is his parody of Longfellow's 1842 poem "Excelsior" -- with numerous minor changes, but with the word "Sapolio" replacing Longfellow's word "Excelsior". This was...
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NZ$638.32
Du Cochon (et de ses truismes)
by Jehan Van Langhenhoven
Java, 1995. Soft cover. Fine. Prose poem of extraordinary vivacity. Illustrated ("Porcelaineries") by Aline Gagnaire. Tome III de "Histoire naturelle de l'ennui". Du Cochon a ete tire a 175 exemplaires, plus 20 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 20, chacun accompagne d'un dessin rehausse de la main d'Aline Gagnaire, et 5 exemplaires H.C. Ceci un des 5 exemplaires hors commerce et avec envoi d'auteur. Association copy with inscription by author on FFEP to fellow poet...
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NZ$51.07
Politics of Landscape: Rural Scenery and Society in English Poetry, 1630-1660
by Turner, James G
Harvard University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light surface wear and creasing to top edges of dust jacket flaps, binding not as tight as new (gently read), still in overall excellent condition. Illustrations, 237 pages with index.
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NZ$54.71
Hands Washing Water
by Abani, Chris
Copper Canyon Press, 2006. Soft cover. Fine. Almost new, 83 pages of poetry. ISBN 1575532751
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NZ$27.36
Aube de peau
by Guy Pique
Editions du Petit Vehicule (Nantes), 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Mild corner wear, 82 pages, poetry.
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NZ$27.36
Guado di cuore
by Gaetano Marcellino
L'Alfabeto Urbano, 1995. Staplebound. Near Fine. Edition originale de 1995 (Napoli), plaquette agraffee de poesie en italien, 64 pages, seguito da Piu vicino di Salvatore Salemi e da un acquarello di Antonio Neiwiller. Could still pass as new despite faint smudge on front cover.
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NZ$36.48
Exceptions And Melancholies: Poems 1986-2006
by Angel, Ralph
Sarabande Books, 2006. Soft cover. Very Good. 175 pages, light wear to covers. ISBN 1932511423
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NZ$32.83
Poetry. June 2009. Volume 194, number 3.
by Averill Curdy, Michael Hofmann, Tom Sleigh, P.K. Page
Poetry Foundation, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. Still looks new. ISSN 0032-2032 paginated 193-254 poetry featuring Averill Curdy, Michael Hofmann, Tom Sleigh, P.K. Page
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NZ$27.36
Le chemin du myosotis
by Le Roux, Jean-Luc
editions la Simarre, 2006. Soft cover. Near Fine. Huguette Rebourg.
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NZ$36.48
Playing Favorites: Selected Poems 1971-2006
by Ron Tranquilla
Pollock Pines, CA: Rattlesnake Press, 2007. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Still looks new. Staplebound, 36 pages of poetry. Rattlechaps Chapbook Series #33.
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NZ$27.36
Selected Poems
by Thomas, Dylan
London: The Folio Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. Overall shallow wrinkling to the leaf of pages 131-132. The slipcase has a tiny dent on the head edge and small, faint abrasions on one side.; This volume includes 49 poems that are representative of this brilliant, self-destructive Welsh poet. Editors Walford Davies and Ralph Maud selected these from Thomas's most significant books: 18 Poems, Twenty-Five Poems, The Map of Love, Deaths and Entrances, and In Country...
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NZ$85.11
Poems : A Few Days
by Schuyler, James
Random House, 1985. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Good. Some corner and edge wear, one large crease on back cover, slightly faded spine, fine interior and solid binding : G+. 91 pages of poetry. 2nd printing of first edition.
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NZ$45.60
Jardin sans lieu -- poemes
by Colette Wittorski
JMG Creation, 2007. Staplebound. Near Fine. 19 pages. Poetry staplebound chapbook 9,5 x 21 cm with a three panel wraparound stiff cardstock jacket with color illustration on front. Innovative design, rare, in collectible condition. Some creasing along spine edge, could still pass as new. Colette Wittorski is from Normandy and lived with her family in the countryside during the German occupation. She studied philosophy and worked in Paris for some years before moving to Brittany where she lives with...
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Feminin Poesie
by Francois Auge
L'Harmattan, 2014. Soft cover. Near Fine. RAS 155 pages
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NZ$36.48
