Literature: Poetry from The Owl at the Bridge

"Questa antologia della nuova poesia italiana segue, a distanza di qualche anno, un libro dello stesso genere, ora esaurito, (Antologia della poesia italiana contemporanea, voll. 2, Vallecchi editore, Firenze, 1946), ma non ne vuol essere la ripetizione né l'aggiornamento. Si tratta di un libro nuovo..." (Premessa). 418 pages, [3] pages of publisher's advertising at end; 23.5 cm. … Ler mais sobre este item

Thirty-six poems numbered I-XXXVI. Slocum, J. J. & H. Cahoon, Bibliography of James Joyce A6 (see note). "The only published book of poetry by James Joyce." "Publisher's Note [third preliminary leaf]: This is the only American edition of Chamber Music that is authorized by Mr. Joyce." Second, "Authorized" American edition, with reset type. Originally… Ler mais sobre este item

"Sing a song for Percy Shelley, / Drowned in pale lemon jelly, / And for precious John Keats, / Dripping blood of pickled beets..." 185 pages; paper; minor wear; Good. "Cover design by Bradbury Thompson." Stock#ofc0425.

Three bookseller catalogs listing poetry of the 1960s: Miller 2, A-E, 595 items, index; 3-4, F-V, 1956 items listed alphabetically by author with index; paper covers; Good. Chloe's, 400 items, typescript stapled in wraps; Good-. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0288.

Four catalogues listing poetry first editions, from the London firm of Bertram Rota. No. 183, Spring 1973, 904 items; No. 194, Spring 1975, 1000 items; No. 196, Summer 1975, 1000 items; Catalogue 261, Poetry 1827-1992, 1125 items. All stapled in paper covers; all Good+. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0287.

Two bookseller catalogues: Dawsons, 513 items plus 111 broadside items. Miller, 310 items including a Mark Van Doren collection and a section of Little Magazines. Both in paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0286.

Auction catalogs: [I] 285 pages; [II] 289 pages; 526 lots in all; index in Vol. II; color illus. throughout; color pictorial paper covers; VG+ (nearly new). Two heavy volumes. Stock#ofc0203.

Contents: Poetry: Joshua Epstein, Please Do Not Smoke; Chester Kuhn, Moon Riffle on Flowing River; Mary Butts, Two Poems; Norman Lewis Dodge, Portrait of Eighty Years; Yvor Winters, Nocturne; Prose: g a p, Gesture; Henry de Montherlant, Peyrony; Book Reviews (5); Lorente, Curious Books; Henri Pauens, On A Funeral For A Few Sticks. 32 pages; 26.5 cm.; dark-blue… Ler mais sobre este item

"125 representative works by the last of the great Victorians and the brooding precursor of modern poetry." "As real as conversation, as strong as English hymns, these poems reveal an unexpected versatility..." "Professor Ransom's introduction contains detailed analyses of several of Hardy's most representative poems and firmly establishes his position and rank in the canon of English poetry."… Ler mais sobre este item

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY ['Fifth Printing, February, 1962'].. Hard Cover. 94 p., index, illus.; 21.5 cm.; pictorial dj wrinkled, stained; bookplate; good. With a foreword by Hyde Cox and wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. 51 poems. Stock #28,290. 20th century American literature, poetry, verse

Methuen, London [1959]. Hard Cover. x, 100 p., illus.; dj chipped, torn, grease stain on rear corner intrudes to p. 99, back of dj & rear cover waterstained; good. stock#23811b.

First published 1930, Princeton. Translation "based on Hecker's text as published in his Boccaccio-Funde, Brunswick, 1902, from an autograph which embodies Boccaccio's latest known revisions of his text". Softcover. 214 pages, index; 20.5 cm.; spine & cover edges browned; occasional copious pencil underlining & notations; good. stock#3036/h.

Penguin Books, Baltimore [1966]. Penguin African Library. Soft Cover. Contents arranged by country: Madagascar (7), Senegal (27), Mali, Gambia (6), Ivory Coast (3), Ghana (10), Dahomey (2), Nigeria (54), Cameroons (4), Congo (Brazzaville, 4; Kinshasa, 3), Cape Verde Islands, São Tomé, Angola (4), South Africa (13), Malawi, Kenya (3), Uganda, Moçambique (5). 268 p.; paper; pages darkened;… Ler mais sobre este item

Éditions de l'Abeille d'Or, Paris [1926]. A tiny pocket book, with a brief introduction by L. L. Soft Cover. 158 pages, portrait frontispiece by Félix de Gray; color pictorial paper covers, 11.5 cm. Some scuffing, red crayon initials on title-page, good. Stock#29546.

Macmillan, NY [‘Twenty-first Printing, 1967’].. Hard Cover. xvi, 205 p., indexes, illus.; pictorial dj worn; ex library, tape marks on covers, blue marker crossing out library stamps, lacks flyleaf & half-title; internally clean & still a good using copy. stock#101364. Poetry anthology; children’s literature

Collier Books, NY [‘Fourth Printing 1971']. Soft Cover. xv, 299 p. ‘The major work of a powerful new voice in American poetry.' Includes the complete ‘Buckdancer's Choice', the best poems from three other previous volumes, and 23 new poems. Paper; small ink note on p. 10; VG. Stock#100241.

NY, New Directions [1956]. Offset from the 1926 edition with the addition of two appendices. The dust jacket has the advertisement for Section: Rock-Drill. "The second impression (3340 copies) of this offset edition." GallupA27b note. Hard Cover. 7 p. l., 273 pages, portrait front.; 22 cm. Vg/ dj vg. Stock#42640.

Paris, 1872; reprint Gregg, 1966. Publiées sous les auspices de la Société des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts de Lille. Hard Cover. lxxiv, 437 pages, errata, music, color front.; 25 cm. Fine/ no dj as issued. Stock#35724.

New York, Book of the Month Club/The American Past, 1980. Eleven Moser wood engravings. A grand epic of the Civil War but, as MacLeish points out, much more. It is poetry that has stood the test of time as it weaves people and events in compelling verse. This elegant book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Copper Beech Press [Providence RI] 1968. Twenty-nine poems, some previously published. "I am rowing with one arm, with the other blowing / kisses to the sharks who slide the toothed / curse of themselves so easy through / these rough seas. I am trying hard to love them; the rapt / thrashings of their feeding orgies..." (title poem). Soft cover;… Ler mais sobre este item