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[BROADSIDES] AMERICAN POETRY PORTFOLIO

[BROADSIDES] AMERICAN POETRY PORTFOLIO by GINSBERG, Allen; UPDIKE, John; STAFFORD, William; PASTAN, Linda McHUGH, Heather; NEMEROV, Howard; HEYEN, William; DAVISON, Scott

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
Title
[BROADSIDES] AMERICAN POETRY PORTFOLIO
Author
GINSBERG, Allen; UPDIKE, John; STAFFORD, William; PASTAN, Linda McHUGH, Heather; NEMEROV, Howard; HEYEN, William; DAVISON, Scott
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in case as issued
Description
Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the broadsides illustrated and each individually SIGNED by the author. This is Copy "F" of 26 lettered copies of a total edition of 126. Contributors are John Updike ("Two Sonnets"), Allen Ginsberg ("Capitol Air" - - Ginsberg has also made a single word holograph correction to the text), Linda Pastan ("Mother Eve"), Howard Nemerov ("Landscape with Self-Portrait"), Heather McHugh ("From 20,000 Feet"), William Stafford ("Geography Lesson"), William Heyen ("Mother and Son"), and Scott Davison ("Soft Salvation"). The five printers are The Red Ozier Press, The Meadow Press, The Press of A. Colish, The Press of W. Thomas Taylor, and the Wind River Press. Housed in a plexiglass box especially made for this publication and allowing the portfolio to be hung on a wall with one of the broadsides displayed.
Happy Tommy, The Workhouse Boy

Happy Tommy, The Workhouse Boy by W.W.

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
Happy Tommy, The Workhouse Boy
Author
W.W.
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
London: W. Symons, Vauxhall and Sold by James Gilbert & B.L. Green, Paternoster Row, 1849. [SIGNED] [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. 48mo (3 15/16" x 2 ½"); 16pp; stiff glazed navy wrapper, gilt stamped title decoratively framed on front; all edges gilt; author inscription "Miss Price from the Author" on verso front wrapper; light crease at upper corner through all layers, a few scuffs to wrapper; near fine. Unrecorded. A small religious tract-style chapbook was written as a letter, beginning with "My Dear Children," and signed on the last page with the initials "W.W." This small book is signed by "the Author" on the verso of the front wrapper, and yet no clue has been found to who this might be. The very sad story of a boy named Tommy, whose father died, and when his ill mother was no longer able to care for him, he was sent to a workhouse. Tommy continued to be cheerful even in his dire circumstances. He soon becomes ill and dies, and his memory becomes an inspiration to those who knew him.
A Child's Book of Poems

A Child's Book of Poems

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
A Child's Book of Poems
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1960. Vera BOCK. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Vera BOCK, illustrator. 12mo (7 3/8" x 4 ½"); 61pp; color pictorial boards printed in red, yellow and green; bright wood-cut style illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with a price of "$1.25" on the front flap; fine in fine dj. A small collection of popular children's poems by famous authors, including Lewis Carroll, Eugene Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman, and others. The Peter Pauper Press is an American family-owned publishing company known for publishing small volumes of popular subjects in attractive and inexpensive bindings.
The Youth's Companion, New Year's Number 1900. January 4, 1900, Volume 74, No. 1

The Youth's Companion, New Year's Number 1900. January 4, 1900, Volume 74, No. 1

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
The Youth's Companion, New Year's Number 1900. January 4, 1900, Volume 74, No. 1
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
Boston: Perry Mason Company, 201 Columbus Avenue, 1900. [JUVENILE] [PERIODICAL] [EPHEMERA]. Weekly periodical. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp [1]-12; color pictorial wrapper printed in red and black, an illustration of a woman on the front looking up at the face of a grandfather clock on the front, the rear wrapper a full-page advertisement for Ayer's 20th Century Almanac; two staple binding; advertisements throughout for children and adults; stories and features with illustrations; horizontal fold through all sheets as issued for mailing; light staining to wrapper and a few finger spots; near fine. Interesting articles, stories and advertising that would appeal to both young readers and adults. In this issue, the feature story is titled, "The Rebellion of Anne" by Mary E. Wilkins. Other stories include "A Better Understanding" by Sheldon C. Stoddard and "At the Manila Pumping-Station." The "Children's Page" features a full page article on the chickadee bird by Bradford Torrey.
Kopeefun Kartoons and Kopeefun Kapers

Kopeefun Kartoons and Kopeefun Kapers

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
Kopeefun Kartoons and Kopeefun Kapers
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
Elizabeth, New Jersey: Embree Manufacturing Company, 1940. [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. Front wrapper title: Kopeefun, Magic Copy Paper Kit 8vo oblong; [24pp]; color pictorial stiff wrappers, two staple binding; magic stick to front wrapper flap; lacking "magic paper"; age-toned paper, small stain on rear wrapper; very good plus. From the front wrapper: "Copies Pictures from any newspaper. New, easy way to create cartoons. 5000 funny combinations.".
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THE DREAMS OF DONALD ROLLER WILSON by Wilson, Donald Roller

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
THE DREAMS OF DONALD ROLLER WILSON
Author
Wilson, Donald Roller
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE DREAMS OF DONALD ROLLER WILSON, Hawthorn Books, 1979, first edition, fine in like slip-case bumped at the spine extremities. 1/500 copies SIGNED by the artist. 60 full page, full color images along with 1/500 SIGNED full color lithographs.
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BACON's NEW MAP OF LONDON WITH GUIDE by Bacon, G. W.

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Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Title
BACON's NEW MAP OF LONDON WITH GUIDE
Author
Bacon, G. W.
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: G. W. Bacon & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Undated, but neat previous owner inscription on cover sates "purchased July 1928". Near fine, no apparent signs of use. 36 panel folds out to aboout 38" x 29". Green cloth covers, with 24 page text titled "Strangers' Guide to London" which includes detailed street index. A collectible copy.
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BETWEEN THE ACTS by WOOLF, Virginia

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Title
BETWEEN THE ACTS
Author
WOOLF, Virginia
Seller
Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 219. Ex library with stamps, bookplate; pocket removed. Cover somewhat scuffed and worn, o/w VG. Kirkpatrick A26b. A novel.

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