Books - "poetry"
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The Epic Poise: A Celebration of Ted Hughes
Octavo softcover (VG+) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1999
KEYWORDS: ted hughes poetry prose literature english writer
Stormy Weather: Rain by James K Baxter illustrated by Judith Trevelyan and The Ships by James K Baxter illustrated by Dawn Johnston
EX-LIBRARY, octavo paperback journal (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Price Milburn
KEYWORDS: poetry james k baxter judith trevelyan dawn johnston children literature
Selected Poems 1957-1981
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1982
KEYWORDS: ted hughes poetry anthology prose
Present Without Leave
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling, discreet reinforcement to inside edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature writers authors D'Arcy Cresswell poetry poets
Dumb Instrument: Poems and Fragments
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 58pp, illus, VG+ (minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Enitharmon Press 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions limited edition poems poetry verse literature Denton Welch
Cantes Gitanos
TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine with raised bands also, teg, marbled eps, illus title page, 219pp + unpaginated indices to rear, VG (moderate rubbing/surface loss & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate water staining to edges of prelim & terminal pages)
PUBLISHER: Imprenta Moderna 1907
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH gypsy gipsies gypsies Romani gipsy verse poetry poems literature Katacla
The Message of Milarepa: New Light upon the Tibetan Way
Sm 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1958
KEYWORDS: TibetTibetan poems poetry Milarepa religion religious spiritual spirituality
An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911
Ex-library. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & COmpany 1996
KEYWORDS: Chinese literature China anthology early poetry prose
1396: A Literary Calendar
8vo spiral-bound (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Wai-te-ata Press n/d
KEYWORDS: calendar card literary literature poetry
Ani Lin: The Journey of a Chinese Buddhist Nun
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pohutukawa Press 2010
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Pip Griffin Chinese buddhism buddhist spirituality philosophy
Dialogues of the Soul, and Mortal Self in Time
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall N/D (1980s?)
KEYWORDS: philosophy poetry poems verse literature dialogues Jane Roberts
Mason: The Life of R A K Mason
Ex-library, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary biographies biography memoir literature poets poetry R A K Mason
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1844-1889): A Study of Poetic Idiosyncracy in Relation to Poetic Tradition (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. Ex-library. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, vol. 1: xvi + 304 pp., vol. 2: xiv + 415 pp., plates, foldout sheetmusic, VG- (light scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, tape & adhesive residue to bds, usual library markings, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, soiling to eps, creasing to prelims (vol. 2), closed tear to pg 71 (vol. 1), light foxing throughout), in d/w, G+ (light to moderate tanning/soiling & fading, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, bookseller's sticker to front flap, loss of rear flaps at fold, lg closed tear to fron (vol, 2)).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry metrics scansion versification criticism 19th century literature
Poems New and Old
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1944
KEYWORDS: poems poetry verse literature Edith Sitwell
Selected Poems
Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1943
KEYWORDS: Louis Macneice poetry poems verse literature
Wisdom of the East: A Lute of Jade: Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China
Duodecimo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1946
KEYWORDS: eastern poetry wisdom literature oriental chinese
For the Time Being
OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH, octavo, beige buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, 124pp, VG+ (sl tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light foxing & chipping to edges moderate tanning & rubbing/loss to spine)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden
The Orators: An English Study
OWNERSHIP OF NZ AUTHOR M K JOSEPH (DATED 1948), octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 112pp, deckled page edges, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims to terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1946
KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature W H Auden
New Year Letter
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 188pp, VG (minor tanning to spine, sl tanning/soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, has a lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG (all corners clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1941
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse W H Auden
Paterson
UK FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions literature poems poetry verse William Carlos Williams