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By: Adoff, Arnold
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1974
Seller ID: 12514
ISBN: 0525354603
Condition: Very Good++
Two small digits on fep, otherwise unmarked, clean and firmly bound. A compilation of poems reflecting thoughts on being black by such authors as Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni, and Imamu Amiri Baraka. View more info
By: Adoff, Arnold; Steptoe, John (illustrator)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books: 1981
Edition: First
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 12744
ISBN: 0688419429
Condition: Very Good++
This copy is 'as new' a with commerative bookplate on the ffep. The bookplate was designed for the Young Author's conference 1985 and bears the printed signature of Arnold Adolff. Previous owner's name in small letters, also on the ffep. B&W illustrations throughout. The poems reflect a child's thoughts inside and outside, describing what he sees and feels. View more info
By: Angelou, Maya
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1983
Seller ID: 12282
ISBN: 0394521447
Condition: Fine
44 pages, an early printing in mint condition. Author photo on back of jacket. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering. View more info
By: Baker, George A.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes: 1891
Seller ID: 003936
Condition: Very Good
Pages clean, former owner's name neatly on ffep is the only marking.. Title page in red and black. This volume is approximately 4" x 6", Spine is leather that extends 1" onto front and back boards, which have elaborate gold stamping. Gold lettering on spine is slightly faded but still quite readable. Boards have a floral pattern, top edge gilt, light wear along side edge. A very pretty book. View more info
By: Baylor, Byrd; Parnall, Peter (illustrator)
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers: 1986
Seller ID: 13252
ISBN: 0684185792
Condition: New
Remainder mark on bootom edge. The acclaimed team of Baylor and Parnall presents a radiant prose-poem about a girl who shares her love of desert life as she tells of treasured experiences such as dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day and sleeping outside during the Time of the Falling Stars. View more info
By: Baylor, Byrd; Parnall, Peter (illustrator)
Price: $6.99
Publisher: New York, Aladdin Paperbacks: 1995
Seller ID: 6554
ISBN: 0689806205
Condition: New
The acclaimed team of Baylor and Parnall presents a radiant prose-poem about a girl who shares her love of desert life as she tells of treasured experiences such as dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day and sleeping outside during the Time of the Falling Stars. View more info
Price: $21.00
Publisher: New York, Heritage Press: 1948
Seller ID: 10981
Condition: Very Good
Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman, 14 full-page color illustrations from painting by John Stuart Curry. Unmarked and crisp. Bound in blue cloth with title block on the front and on the spine with gold lettering. Top edge stained ble. Soldi blue slipcase is faded on the top and along the open edges. Sandglas 5M laid in. View more info
By: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead & Company: 1885
Seller ID: 006369
Condition: Very Good +
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1885. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2", volume 1 of a 5 volume set. B&W fronti portrait with tissue guard. All edges gilt, blue ribbon marker, 3/4 blue leather with blue marbled boards and endpapers. Gold decoration and lettering on the spine, 5 raised bands. A very pretty book. View more info
By: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett; Pagany, Willy (illustator
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1945
Edition: Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 11360
Condition: Very Good
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1945. Fourth Printing. Very Good. 86 pages, includes notes, 8 tipped-in color plates plus numberous b&w plates.. Index of first line. gift inscription. Bound in a marroon clothth gold lettering on the spine and front, along with a picture on the front. Spine is sunned, top edged stained to match the binding.. View more info
By: Browning, Robert
Price: $115.00
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1898
Seller ID: 11966
Condition: Very Good +
11 attractive volumes, each 4 1/4" x 6 1/8". From the author's revised text, edited with introductions and notes by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. Each volume contains a b&w frontis (All different) with a printed tissue guard. decorated title pages. Unmarked with firm bindings. Bound in deep burgundy with elaborate gold decoration on the fronts and spines. Top edges gilt, ContainsThe Agamemnon of Aeschylus, La Saisiaz, Dramatic Idyls, JocoseriaBalaustion's Adventure, Aristophanes Apology, Red Cotton Night-Cap country, The Inn Album, The Two Poets of Croisic, Men and Women,... View more info
By: Browning, Robert
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, E. P, Dutton & Co.: 1911
Seller ID: 005261
Condition: Very Good
New York: E. P, Dutton & Co., 1911. Very Good/No Jacket. Everyman's Library. clean, unmarked copy, green binding with gold decoration and lettering on the spine, beautifully decorated endpapers. Edited by Ernest Rhys. View more info
By: Browning, Robert; Rhys, Ernest (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1909
Seller ID: 12379
Condition: Very Good
Everyman's Library, 645 pages, bookplate on first blank enpaper, crack at the gutter at the half title page. Decorated endpapers, green binding with elaborate gold lettering and decoration on the spine. View more info
By: Burns, Robert
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Chicago, Belford, Clarke & Co.: 1885
Seller ID: 9210
Condition: Very Good
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1885. Very Good. 584 pages, illustrated with b&w engravings, black and white frontis with tissue guard. Floral endpapers, all edges gilt, binding is firm. Padded alligator binding is tan with gold lettering on the front and spine. The spine has sunned. The only marking within is on the title page, which has a stamp that indicates that the Union Publishing House in Chicago is looking for agents. (possibly a salesman's sample). View more info
By: Collins, Billy
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., Random House Inc: 2001
Edition: First
Seller ID: 004983
ISBN: 0375503803
Condition: Very good +
First Printing. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy with separate letter from Random House to accompany it, (besides the printed letter on the first page). Crease at top corner.. View more info
Price: $295.00
Publisher: London, J. Hatchard: 1810
Seller ID: 9203
Condition: Very Good++
London: J. Hatchard, 1810. Very Good++. Beautifully bound in full leather with double gilt fillet borders, spines have gilt decoration with black title blocks and author blocks. Gilt decorative roll on turn-ins, ribbon markers, marbled endpapers, stained tops and side edges. Firmly bound, the paper is bright and a pleasure to touch. Half title page is present, advertisement in the back for other books lists 48 titles. View more info
By: Davies, Mary Carolyn; Caldwell, Louise Helene (illustrator)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company: 1922
Seller ID: 003957
Condition: Very Good
70 pages of poems, b&w illustrations throughout, 2 color plates. Endpapers illustrated with silhouettes. Bookplate and gift inscription inside front cover, no other markings. Bottom 2" of front hinge cracked. Light wear at cover extremities. View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & company: 1971
Edition: First
Seller ID: 13253
Condition: Very good
Stated first Edition. 7 1/4" x 13 3/4", illustrated in full color and b&w, illustrated endpapers, appendix with English translations and translator's notes. Gift inscription on ffep, otherwise interior os unmarked with bright pages. Decorated endpapers. Bound in tan cloth with smal fleur de lis pattern . Binding cloth is foxed at the top. gold lettering on spine. View more info
By: de la mare, Walter; Robinson, W. Heath (illustrtor)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company:
Seller ID: 11785
Condition: Very Good +
178 pages, a neat gift inscription inside the front cover is the only marking. Color frontis with tissue guard, b&w illustrations throughout. Bbound in green cloth with gold lettering and picture on the front. Spine lettering has faded. Corners are sharp, slight wear at spine ends. No date, circa 1930. View more info
By: De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Scholastic Inc.: 1988
Edition: First
Seller ID: 12519
ISBN: 0590406450
Condition: Very Good++
142 pages, iluustrated throughout in full-color by 9 Caldecott Medal artists. Index of poems in the back plus brief biographies of the illustrators.Former owner's name on ffep and very slight nick to the jacket on back corner. View more info
By: De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Scholastic Inc.: 1988
Seller ID: 10841
ISBN: 0590406450
Condition: Fine
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1988. Fine/near fine. 142 pages, iluustrated throughout in full-color by 9 Caldecott Medal artists. Index of poems in the back plus brief biofraphies of the illustrators. Crisp, clean and unmarked. View more info
