Terse Verse, Signed (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG-. Eve Vanek, illus. 90 pages. Author signed. Trade paperback. General wear to edges/corners. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 6 X 8.5 inches. Green stiff card cover. 36 pages. Saddle-stitched booklet. "A collection of poems and ditties by a great Quaker and former probation officer. Brentham, London, 1987." Lengthy inscription by the author to friends dated "Christmas, 1987". Light foxing type spots on a few pages and the flair edge. [housed in poetry]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Poetry by "a more or less tired business man.written.to assist in keeping life in balance." "The high-brow poet lit a thought | And to a flame he fanned it. | But now its done he cannot un-- | Derstand it!" SIGNED by the author on the title page, with a scrawled-out first attempt. Paperback. Light wear, text clean; [6], 86 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Cincinnati: Deerfield Press. 1979. Hardcover. First edition. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very dark blue [almost black] boards with gold gilt lettering/decoration, 106 pages, illustrated with a few black-and-white drawings. Fine. See photos clphE.

MASON, Walt. TERSE VERSE. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1917. 8vo., decorative brown cloth, stamped in gilt; 176 pages. First Edition. Walt Mason was a Canadian-American humorist and poet, well-known in his time for his newspaper column "Rippling Rhymes"- which was widely read in its day. Signed by Mason on the half-title page. Uncommon thus. Very Good (contents clean & tight, covers very bright). A nice copy! $75.00.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Scarce. Illustrated wrappers. Dale Wimbrow was a radio artist, hobo poet, and journalist active from 1920s-50s. Book is a collection of verse lyrics w/illustrations. There are four interesting inscriptions by the author that shed light on Wimbrow's biography, including a presentation to Alonzo Decker, co-founder of Black and Decker; another note that says "Remember me Mr. Decker;" another that states that Wimbrow was a former factory representative at Black and Decker; and one that places Wimbrow actively in Oklahoma and Texas in the 1930s. 8vo. 67 pp. Illus., photo. Smudging to covers and vertical damp-stain on pages (see photos). Ships fast with tracking. Inscribed by Author(s).