Frees Madeline (28 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light edge and shelf wear, tight and clean, unmarked, no rips or creases, 74 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 82 pp. Inscribed. Signed by Author(s).

First edition Close to fine stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. A paperbound original. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Illustrated wrappers. x, 74 pages. Very fine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. xi, 185 pages. Very fine. A paperbound original. Winner of the 2002 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First edition / First printing. Review copy, so stamped on half-title page. Illustrated wrappers. ix, 91 pages. Very fine. A paperbound original. Copper Canyon sends out few Review copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. This is the paperbound issue that was published simultaneously with the hardcover edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated wrappers. xviii, 78 pages. Very fine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Nice, clean, tight, unmarked copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title pg. Concentrated, multi-layered, spliced with humor, and informed by her thirty-eight-year tenure as a Catholic nun (she left the order in 1973), these poems are a study in contrasts. DeFrees's world refuses to be drawn in black and white, as she balances presence and memory, mind and body. Her poems achieve the quiet clarity of a woman constantly emerging. Signed by Author! Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition hardback cream boards covered in a clear plastic cover, no DJ. 208 browning pages mainly in the margins good and clean with clear bold print.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth with plate tipped to the front cover. 86 pages. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket, archival acetate jacket is supplied. Uncommon in hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed on the half-title page by Madeline DeFrees, additionally inscribed: For Tom, This record of all we've shared - hidden and revealed - or kept under our hats: "Homburg and humbug / Church and State" Love, Madeline 4 - 23 - 78. Green paper-covered boards. xviii, 78 pages. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, with a tear to the top of the front panel. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First edition / First printing. One of 100 copies of this chapbook published on the occasion of Madeline DeFrees' 80th birthday. Signed by the author and by Gary Thompson at his introduction. Illustrated wrappers. v, 9 pages. Very fine. A paperbound original. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First limited edition / First printing. One of 300 copies. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated wrappers. 27 pages. Very close to fine with a touch of fading to the wrappers. Number 4 in the CutBank Chapbook Series. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed by the author. Green paper-covered boards. xviii, 78 pages. Fine in close to fine dust jacket with one small area of edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Broadside. Condition: Near Fine Plus. A single sheet, 8 1/2" x 14", of white medium weight paper, printed both sides, folded once vertically to make a vertical oblong of four pages. Two poems by this American writer, a strong supporter of the women's movement. Printed in an edition of 200 copies.

Broadside. Condition: Near Fine Plus. A single sheet, 8 1/2" x 14", of white medium weight paper, printed both sides, folded once vertically to make a vertical oblong of four pages. Two poems by this American writer, a strong supporter of the women's movement. Printed in an edition of 200 copies.

paper wrappers. Press of Appletree Alley (illustrator). 8vo. paper wrappers. (8), 9-57, (3) pages. Illustrated by Rosalyn Richards. First trade edition. A fine copy. Printed on acid-free paper. The true first edition was hand set in Van Dijk type and printed by letterpress on Nideggen laid paper by Barnard Taylor. Part of The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series In Contemporary Poetry, edited by John Wheatcroft. Printed in two colors throughout.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. Lacking dustwrapper (spine a little sunned). Else a good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1954 first edition, the story of a dedicated young woman's life as a Nun by De Frees (Sister Mary Gilbert). Small owner's inscription inside front cover otherwise clean interior and all pages tight within binding. Covers clean and unscuffed.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. Lacking dustwrapper (spine a little sunned). Else a good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. pp XI, 208. 1st printing. Spine sun faded, internally fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Second printing. Signed and inscribed without personalization on the front free-endpaper, "Best wishes from Sister Mary Gilbert." Red and tan hardcover, second printing in dustjacket. A good copy but with soiling and staining to the cover edges and general shelf-wear to the boards. Interior is clean and unmarked other than the author's inscription. Binding and hinges are solid. The unclipped jacket is not so good with large tears especially spineward, soiling at the folds and overall fragility. 173pp., Gilberts first publication, detailing her life prior to and during her vows and entering the convent. An Oregon native, Gilbert was a well-known figure at Marylhurst, University of Oregon, and Pacific University.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A clean, tight and unmarked copy with age darkening to page edges. The autobiography of a dedicated soul, representing a first-hand account of convent life,as well as the harmonious freedom a nun may gain from obedience to divine discipline. Portraits of other nuns provide a glimpse of the different personalities that make up a religious community, their duties and diversions, their lapses, conflicts and achievements. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R6 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First edition / First printing. Limited Edition.Number 6 of 130 copies Signed by the author and artist on the colophon page. Oatmeal cloth. 59 pages. Very fine. Though no owner name is present, this is the copy of Northwest Poet Joan Swift. A student of James Wright and Theodore Roethke at the University of Washington in the early 1960's. She mentored Tess Gallagher and was friends with Richard Hugo and Sister Mary Gilbert later known as Madeline DeFrees. Signed by Author(s).