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BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 1884 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, BROWN, GOLD AND DARK BROWN COVER. TEXTURED WITH GOLD INLAY. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, PICTURE OF LOWELL FRONTISPIECE, DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS BY TYPES OF POEMS. EARLIER, SONNETS, MISC., MEMORIAL, BIGELOW PAPERS, POEMS OF WAR AND VARIOUS OTHER POEMS. James Russell Lowell ( February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an… Ler mais sobre este item

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 1883 BEAUTIFUL BLUE, BLACK AND GOLD COVER. TEXTURED DESIGN WITH GOLD INLAY. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. HOLMES PICTURE AS FRONTISPIECE. POEMS ARE DIVIDED THROUGHOUT BOOK IN PERIODS. 1830 THROUGH 1877. FOR THE LOVER OF POETRY AND HOLMES. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath… Ler mais sobre este item

BOSTON: HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY; THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1880 BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER, GOLD AND BLACK PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT DATE 1881 IN PENCIL, VERY LIGHT FOXING INSIDE VERY FRONT AND BACK PAGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS IN HISTORY. CONTENTS OF THE INFERNO, PURGATORIO AND… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: A.C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 1884 BEAUTIFUL SET IN RICH BROWN COVER, INLAY DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT AND DARK DESIGN SPINE. INDICATED AS LIBRARY EDITION. 2074 TOTAL PAGES, 6.25 POUNDS. WONDERFUL SET FOR THE LOVER OF POE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNER HAS NUMBER ON TITLE PAGES IN PENCIL FOR THEIR LIBRARY. FRONTISPIECE… Ler mais sobre este item

BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS, 1882 VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK, LIGHT BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. BLACK DESIGN, FORMER OWNERS # IN PENCIL ON TITLE PAGE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. RIGHT UPPER CORNER FRONT BUMPED. A VERY NICE COLLECTION OF BALLADS AND SONNETS BY AN INTELLIGENT ARTICULATE PERSONALITY. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April… Ler mais sobre este item

BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS, 1880 LIGHT BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE, BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FRONTISPIECE IS PICTURE OF INGELOW, SIGNED SINCERELY YOURS JEAN INGELOW, VERY LIGHT FOXING ON FRONTISPIECE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL PIECE OF HISTORY THAT HAS A GREAT COLLECTION OF HER FAMOUS POEMS. Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 – 20 July 1897) was an… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882 BEAUTIFUL RARE BOOK, BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD TRIM PAGE EDGES. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT DATE 1889. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. HOLLANDS PICTURE FRONTISPIECE. VERY NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK BY A WONDERFUL POET AND AUTHOR. Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was… Ler mais sobre este item

MURFREESBORO, TN: GINGERSNAPBOOKS, 2007 A BOOK OF POETRY FROM DANIEL CRAIG TONEY WHO WAS A SOUL THAT HAD A WAY WITH WORDS AND LIFE. HE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. SOFT COVER WITH BLACK WHITE DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. PUBLISHED BY HIS DAUGHTER DISPLAYING DANIEL'S POETRY. A WONDERFUL GIFT. 77 POEMS ABOUT… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS… Ler mais sobre este item

UNITED STATES: BELFORD, CLARKE & CO., 1887 NICE LOOKING RARE BOOK, BLACK TEXTURED COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, TITLE PAGE LOOSE BUT GOOD SHAPE, NEW EDITION COMPLETE ONE VOLUME. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF GREAT WRITING IN FICTION AND POETRY. Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot (Marian Evans),… Ler mais sobre este item

LONDON: WILDWOOD HOUSE, 1973 WONERFUL BOOK FOR THE ART LOVER AND LOVER OF HISTORY. THE GRAVE WAS WRITTEN BY ROBERT BLAIR IN 1808 AND REFLECTS ON LIFE AND DEATH. BLAKES ARTWORK IS TERRIFIC. LARGE FOLIO SIZE BOOK, LIGHT COVER WITH ARTWORK FRONT. FIRST TWO PAGES LOOSE BUT VERY GOOD SHAPE, ARTWORK AND POEM PRESENTED VERY NICELY. A PRIZE POSSESSION. Rev Robert… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: MITCHELL KENNERLEY, 1918 RED COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT. LIGHT FADING FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. INTERESTING POEM ON LOVE, LIFE, SOCIETY AND RELIGION. THE POEM WAS DELIVERED AT HARVARD. PASSAGES APPEARED IN THE BELLMAN, BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT AND AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Harold Witter Bynner (August 10, 1881 – June 1, 1968), also known by the pen… Ler mais sobre este item

BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, 1876 WONDERFUL BOOK BY A TREMENDOUS POET. DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE, LIGHT WEAR EADGES. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT DATED 1877. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. POPEMS LISTED UNDER CONTENTS WITH NOTES AND INDEX IN THE BACK. VERY NICE COLLECTION. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was… Ler mais sobre este item

LEWSISBURG, PA: J. R. CORNELIUS PRINTER, 1878 VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FORMER OWNER LABEL IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK PICTURE JAMES AIKEN AS FRONTISPIECE. A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERESTING POEMS BY AIKEN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A COMMON MAN. INTRODUCTION WRITTEN BY AIKEN IN 1878. A VERY INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING COLLECTION FROM… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: SARAH H. LEGGETT, 1877 BEAUTIFUL COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, HEAVY PAGES, GOLD TRIM PAGES. AMERICAN POETRY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, JOHN G. WHITTIER, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL AND BAYARD TAYLOR. ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICKS, DARLEY, SMILLIE, HARTS AND OTHERS. POEMS INCLUDE ON THE THRESHOLD, THE SONG… Ler mais sobre este item

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1902 BEAUTIFUL BOOK BY A WONDERFUL POET AND KNOWN FOR ARTWORK IN HIS BOOKS. TERRIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. GREEN COVER WITH PICTURE OF LADY ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DECORATIONS BY VIRGINIA KEEP. SIX BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. POETRY IS VERY TOUCHING AND ROMANTIC. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916)… Ler mais sobre este item

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1904 BEAUTIFUL BOOK BY A WONDERFUL POET AND KNOWN FOR ARTWORK IN HIS BOOKS. TERRIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. GREEN COVER WITH PICTURE OF LADY ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DECORATIONS BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG. THICK PAGES, WELL BUILT. ENTERTAINING STORY SET IN COUNTRY. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916)… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: ILLUSTRATED MODEN LIBRARY, 1944 NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER WITH DESIGNS, SPINE REINFORCED WITH GRREN MATERIAL AND HAS GOLD PRINT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.NICE ARTWORK BY LEWIS. A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ONES LIBRARY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.… Ler mais sobre este item

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, 1956 TERRIFIC TWO BOOK SET. BLACK COVERS, GOLD PRINT SPINE. WHITE INK DESIGN. RED TOP OF PAGE EDGES, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT 1956. NICE ARTWORK, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. VOLUME I HAS KIM, THE JUNGLE BOOK, JUST SO STORIES AND PUCK OF POOK'S HILL. VOLUME II HAS STORIES, SOMETHING… Ler mais sobre este item

LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1948 DARK BLUE COVER, INLAY DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. PREFACE BY SELINCOURT. FAIRY QUEENE IS THE MOST POPULAR POEM AND FIRST, GREAT NUMBER OF WORKS, INCLUDED ARE APPENDIX, CORRESPONDENCE, CRITICAL APPENDIX, GLOSSARY AND INDEX FIRST LINES. FOR THE LOVER OF SPENSER, POETRY. A VERY INTERESTING POET. ONE OF ENGLANDS… Ler mais sobre este item