Compiled William Jay Smith (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wright, Jane Chambless (illustrator). First Edition. BL3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.) and light shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In very good, clean, unmarked condition with a bumped head/heel of spine. An offering of modern poems that celebrate all aspects of life. Size: 6 x 9.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A collection of poems grouped in such categories as "Birds, Beasts, and Flowers," "The Sea," and "The Moon and the Sun." Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0440029201. Hardback. First printing as stated on copyright page. Slight wear to corners and edges; remainder purple sprayed on bottom edge; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dust jacket with slight wear to corners and edges; minor dust soiling over all; two red pencil marks on back; $16.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket; Very Good condition. No Signature.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. An anthology for older children and young adults, compiled by Smith and illustrated with drawings by Jacques Hnizdovsky. "There are poems on many subjects and in many forms, all the way from simple rhymes to complex stanzaic patterns. Some are the work of the most famous poets of our time, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and W. H. Auden; others are by young poets published here for the first time." Among the other poets are Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, Dylan Thomas, Gary Snyder, and more. Index of authors, translators and titles. xiii, 225 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in a good dust jacket (edgewear and short closed tears to the dj, small piece of tape stuck to front cover, now in an archival cover.).

Condition: New. [SIGNED 1st Edition] Hardback in DJ SIGNED BY 7 POETS including GALWAY KINNELL; Wm J Smith; Henry Taylor; Josephine Jacobson; Wm Cole; Karen Swenson and Sam Menashe. Very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (B).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel (illustrator). First edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears) dust jacket.