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  • YEATS'S 'LAST POEMS' AGAIN: Being No.VIII of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers MCMLXV. by ]Yeats, William Butler] Bradford, Curtis
    ]Yeats, William Butler] Bradford, Curtis
    YEATS'S 'LAST POEMS' AGAIN: Being No.VIII of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers MCMLXV.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dublin: The Dolmen Press, (1966). First edition - First separate publication of this essay on rereading these poems, published as part of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers; Liam Miller, general editor. Includes an appendix with the order of these "Last Poems." pp 259-288.

    Condition: Very good in plain brown wrappers with outer printed brown wrappers.

    Book ID: 72542
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • THE FACE BEHIND THE FACE. by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny.
    Yevtushenko, Yevgeny.
    THE FACE BEHIND THE FACE.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York & London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd. (1993). A collection of poems originally published in 1979. translated from the Russian by Arthur Boyars and Simon Franklin. Introduction by Yevushenko. xiv, 193 pp. ISBN: 0-714526177.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72343
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  • BIRTHSTONE 5 - The Women's Issue by Yorker, Eve and Pam Duval, editors.
    Yorker, Eve and Pam Duval, editors.
    BIRTHSTONE 5 - The Women's Issue

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Birthstone, 1978. First edition - An issue which became known as "the women's issue" produced simultaneously with the Naropa issue (#4) Includes contributions from Phyllis Kostenbaum, Leslie Simon, Nellie Wong, and more, with graphics and photographs by Bill Germino, Carolyn Fisher, Sandra Meyer and others. Cover photos by Marion Gray. A free underground publication and quite scarce today. 29 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83774
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  • Young, Al
    DANCING

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    New York: Corinth Books, (1973.). SIGNED - An early printing of this African American writer's first book, a collection of poetry, first published in 1969. SIGNED on the title page. Cover art by Ronald Dahl. 63 pp.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in stiff yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 21153
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry [With CD] by Young, Al.
    Young, Al.
    SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry [With CD]

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks / Media Fusion, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - "Like Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes, who first popularized the blues as a poetic form, California Poet Laureate Al Young has written about the blues, played the blues and drawn inspiration from the blues." 120 poems in the book plus this includes an audio CD with "More than 60 minutes of gripping, dynamic blues poetry (often with a live band), plus Langston Hughes' soulful reading of 'The Weary Blues'."SIGNED on the title page. Square format. 254 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (both book and cd are as new).

    Book ID: 56534
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  • THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED: POEMS 1990-2000. by Young, Al.
    Young, Al.
    THE SOUND OF DREAMS REMEMBERED: POEMS 1990-2000.

    Edition: Reprint (orig published in 2001.)

    Berkeley, CA: Loveletter Editions. (2006.). SIGNED first edition - Young has been the California Poet Laureate, the recipient of NEA, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, as well as the PEN/Library of Congress Award for Short Fiction and the PEN/USA Award for Non-Fiction. Yusef Komunyakaa says this collection "invites readers to travel the depth and breadth of his bountiful imagination. There is a deep singing inside of Al Young's poetry, with a hint of Ocean Springs beneath a distilled signifying in the hands of a master code switcher. This seasoned voice knows the music and folklore, the history and lingo..." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2007. Cover art and illustrations by Vivian Torrance. 134 pp. ISBN: 1427601143.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 56960
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  • THE OTHER PARKSVILLE: Where Our Hearts and Souls Live. by Young, Cy.
    Young, Cy.
    THE OTHER PARKSVILLE: Where Our Hearts and Souls Live.

    Edition: First printing, a slim trade paperback.

    British Columbia, Canada: By the author, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The third book of poetry by this Canadian author, journalist and magazine publisher. Many of the poems refect the area where he lives, on Arbutus Bay in British Columbia. SIGNED on the first page with the words "compliments of." 84 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 83548
    Keywords: canada, Poetry
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  • BLACK LAB. by Young, David.
    Young, David.
    BLACK LAB.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - A cycle of poems attuned to the Midwestern seasons, and to love and loss - that of his father and of his wife to cancer. Notes. 68 pp. ISBN: 0-307-263223.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58130
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China. by Young, Ed (1933-2023)
    Young, Ed (1933-2023)
    BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 50242
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  • BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China. by Young, Ed. (1933-2023)
    Young, Ed. (1933-2023)
    BEYOND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS: A Visual Poem about China.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 50243
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  • COLD WIND FROM AACHEN. by Young, Virginia Brady.
    Young, Virginia Brady.
    COLD WIND FROM AACHEN.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Prospect, CT: The Catalyst Press, (1978). SIGNED first edition - A slim collection of poems, dedicated to her brother who was killed in action during World War II. INSCRIBED by the author inside the front cover to another poet with the comment "a fine poet" and dated in the year of publication. 32 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (name of a school stamped on front cover).

    Book ID: 79681
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  • WINGS IN THE WINDS: Pictures and Poems. by Zabeth (Schreirer)
    Zabeth (Schreirer)
    WINGS IN THE WINDS: Pictures and Poems.

    Edition: First edition.

    By the author, n.d. (ca 1970). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this writer now living in Southern California, illustrated by the author. SIGNED on the second page with the words "who loves life, beauty and art." Unpaginated.

    Condition: Near fine in tan stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 61251
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • BIG, BAD AND A LITTLE BIT SCARY: Poems That Bite Back! by Zahares, Wade.
    Zahares, Wade.
    BIG, BAD AND A LITTLE BIT SCARY: Poems That Bite Back!

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Zahares's wonderful illustration enhance this collection of poems about animals who might "bite back" - a collection which includes such verses as "Sparrow Hawk" by Russell Hoban and "Viper" by Eve Merriam, and poems by John Gardner, Hillaire Belloc, Maxine Kumin, Dick King-Smith, Karla Kuskin, and Ogden Nash and more. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-670-035130.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 44782
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  • Zamora, Daisy.
    CLEAN SLATE: New & Selected Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Books, (1985). First edition - Zamora is a Nicaraugan poet, painter and psychologist who was in the front lines of the Sandinista Liberation friont and served as Vice Minister of Culture after the 1979 Revolution. The 110 poems in this book were written between 1968 and 1993. A bi-lingual edition with the original Spanish and English translations by Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall. 193 pp. ISBN: 1-880684098.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83247
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  • THE GATES OF BOOMBOX HEAVEN. by Zark, Bob.
    Zark, Bob.
    THE GATES OF BOOMBOX HEAVEN.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Panic Button Press, (1994). First edition - A collection of poems by this writer who was also the editor of the "Underground Crawlspace Review." Described on the back cover as "not for the squeamish. . . a book of exasperations, psychedelic incantations, hallucinations. . . " Illustrated by Scott Cunningham and others. Cover by Rich/Poor. 93 pp. ISBN: 1-886496005.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80298
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  • WOLF TRACKS ON THE WELCOME MAT: Poems. by Zarzyski, Paul.
    Zarzyski, Paul.
    WOLF TRACKS ON THE WELCOME MAT: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    Cedarville, CA: Carmel Publishing Co / OreanaBooks, (2004). Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this cowboy poet which range "from the rodeo arenas of Paul Zarzyski's youth, to nourishing translations of the natural world, oftentimes with unexpected tenderness and vulnerability. . . [from] the wide-open spaces of Montana to the resilient territory of the heart." 136 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Theodore Waddell. ISBN: 1-886312230.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76423
    Keywords: cowboy poet, montana, Poetry
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  • Zarzyski, Paul. Photographs by Barbara Van Cleve.
    ROUGHSTOCK SONNETS: Poems and Photographs.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Kansas City: Lowell Press, (1989). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this cowboy poet and photographs by Barbara Van Cleve which range from the rodeo arenas to the wide-open spaces of Montana. INSCRIBED by Paul Zarzyski on the half title page and dated in 1991. Introduction by Jay Dusard. xiv, 62 pp. Square format. ISBN: 0-932845355.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

    Book ID: 76866
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  • LATE AFTERNOON WOMAN: A Crimson Edge Chapbook. by Zeidenstein, Sondra.
    Zeidenstein, Sondra.
    LATE AFTERNOON WOMAN: A Crimson Edge Chapbook.

    Edition: First printing.

    Goshen CT: Chicory Blue Press, (1992). First edition - Zeidenstein's first chapbook of her own poetry, and the first title in the Crimson Edge Chapbook series. Zeidenstein founded Chicory Blue Press to create a place where women past sixty can find their voices and be published. Includes 15 poems and an afterword. 35 pp. ISBN: 0-961911131.

    Condition: Very near fine in stapled wrappers with self flaps. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 77977
    Keywords: first in series, Poetry
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  • ALL: The Collected Short Poems 1923 - 1958. by Zukofsky, Louis.
    Zukofsky, Louis.
    ALL: The Collected Short Poems 1923 - 1958.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems are arranged chronologically in three sections: 55 Poems (1923-1935), Anew (1935-1944), and Barely and Widely (1956-1958). Index of titles and first lines. Praise fromKenneth Rexroth and William Carlos Willians, and a long blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket by Gilbert Sorrentino, one in which he emphasizes the importance of Zukofsky to modern American poetry. 157 pp. .

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some toning to pages and dust jacket, name of previous owner, poet Elizabeth Harrod, on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 78118
    Keywords: Poetry
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