Altos Writers Roundtable (14 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Reading Copy Only, due to waterstain on front cover that bleeds into front endpaper (other pages unaffected), some browning to edges of interior pages. Tight, sound copy with some poems circled or checked, previous owner's name written on inside half-title page. Third printing.

Condition: Good. 1968. Third Printing. 130 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue patterned paper covered boards. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Price sticker to flap. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 130 pages. Dust jacket clipped, but price still present. Small tear on dust jacket. Printed on colored paper with illustrations. A pioneering 1966 anthology collecting over 300 haiku poems by 13 members of the Los Altos Writers Roundtable, edited by Helen Stiles Chenoweth, representing one of the earliest collections of original English-language haiku written by California poets following Japanese traditions of seasonal imagery and nature observation in the traditional 5-7-5 syllable format with illustrations. Keywords: English Language Haiku, California Poets, Helen Chenoweth, San Francisco Bay, Seasonal Imagery, 5 7 5 Format, Nature Poetry, Japanese Form, Writers Group, Early American Haiku, Poetry Anthology, Illustrated.

Condition: Good. 2nd Edition.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (Haiku, Poetry) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DUST JACKET. First Printing. First Printing. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, third printing, so stated. 8vo. Highly decorative two-color cloth binding, dark blue rice paper endpapers, printed on pastel shades of laid paper with water color illustrations in color. 130 pp. Claims to be the first book printed in English of American haiku on American subjects. Beautifully produced in Japan. Organized by seasons of the year. The Los Altos Writers Roundtable was organized by Helen Stiles Chenoweth. Hilda Aarons, Margot Bollock, Madeline Beattie, Peggy Card, Rosemary Jeffords, Barbara Ogden Moraw, Violet Parks, Catherine Neil Paton, Anne Rutherford, Joy Shieman, Jerri Spinelli and Georgian Tashjian also contributed haiku. New in new dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Except for a previous owner's bookplate inside, this book is in excellent condition. It is a clean copy, with no writing, no highlighting, and no marks inside. ; 7.6 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches; 130 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Borrowed Water: A Book of American Haiku, Los Altos Writers Roundtable. Published by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, 1966, sixth printing 1973. 130pp. Cloth boards with dark blue rice paper endpapers; printed on pastel shades of laid paper with water color illustrations. Light shelf wear to unclipped jacket; volume is in fine, unmarked condition. A collection of haiku written by thirteen contributors of the Los Altos Writers Roundtable. "An important experiment in writing haiku which are not Japanese but truly American, dealing with Western subjects." Haiku Form, Joan Giroux.

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