Robert Tristam Coffin (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Writing and underlining.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Large, heavy book, smooth light gray cloth, gilt and darker blue lettering on spine very fine, 793 lightly browned pages, double-column format. Light wear to top tips, very slight wear to bottom tips, very tiny tear and micronick at spine top edge, microtear and light crease at spine bottom edge, lightly faded at top back and along back left edge. Near Very Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No. First Edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First edition of this book of poems about the Puritans and other early American settlers. Black cloth lettered in gilt, 110 pages, no dustjacket. Light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned endpapers, pages clean and free from names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Cloth and Paper Covered Boards. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 70 pp, contents are clean and tight, covers are yellowed on tops else nice solid condition, jacket has some edge yellowing and very light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Gray cloth over boards with black lettering. Illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. Dated 1943 on copyright page. Dated 1945 on title page. 166 pages. Good condition. Binding is strong and corners are square. Pages are toned, but clean and free of marking. Head and foot of spine are bumped. Dust jacket good condition. Jacket has wear to the fore-edge and some chipping at the spine. No tears or creases. Jacket has been wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Some discoloration to the back of the jacket. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, where he has written, "Inscribed for Laura Boellsel with best wishes Robert P. Tristram Coffin". Please email with any questions or to see a few photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. DJ has very tiny nick at top back tip, very tiny tear and microtear with nicks at top back edge, two very tiny nicks at bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1934 Doubleday, Doran & Company, orange cloth hardcover without dust jacket, spine lightly faded, Inscribed by the author to a cousin, paperclip stain on endpapers, interior pages are clean, 304 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Ed. 8vo, black cloth binding, corners rubbed, Inscribed by the author, poetry, 89 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third printing; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards in pale orange cloth w/ black/gilt accents to spine; Spine gilt rubbed/dulled w/ all text still legible; Mild toning to upper edge text-block; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket ($2.50) moderately edge-worn w/ chipping to upper spine; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy, gently worn.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. 89p. Cloth. 20cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Coffin" (beneath another non-authorial inscription). Signed.

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 70 pages. A collection of poems. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear to the bottom of the front panel at the spine. Signed and nicely inscribed by Coffin on the front free endpaper. A fresh copy. Signed.

Wraps. Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. 32 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Some cover wear and soiling. Remains of red markings on the front cover and on page 27. Frontis illustration tipped in. This Newcomen Address, dealing with the dramatic and colorful and constructive life of Sir Isaac Coffin (1759-1839), was delivered at the "1051 Maine Luncheon" of The Newcomen Society of England, held in The Mayfair Room of Hotel Lafayette, at Portland, Maine, U.S.A., where Dr. Coffin was the guest of honor on September 19, 1951. Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet GCH (16 May 1759 - 23 July 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Coffin was born in Boston and served in the navy on a number of ships during the War of Independence. He fought at Cape Henry with Arbuthnot and at St. Kitts with Hood, eventually being promoted to command a number of small ships on the American coast. He clashed occasionally with the naval hierarchy A serious incident occurred when Coffin was particularly active off the Canadian coast. A charge was brought of issuing false musters led to his dismissal from the ship. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Howe, then intervened to have him dismissed from the navy entirely, a decision that was later overturned, which set an important precedent. Restored to his rank, Coffin commanded several ships during the opening years of the wars with France, but an old injury forced him to move ashore. Retiring from active service towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars Coffin died with the rank of admiral in 1839. Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (March 18, 1892 - January 20, 1955) was an American poet, educator, writer, editor and literary critic. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936, he was the Poetry editor for Yankee (magazine). In 1922 Coffin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Literature by Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Coffin served with the US Army in World War I. When he returned he became the Pierce Professor at Bowdoin College. Modeled after his friend and fellow poet Robert Frost's Bread Loaf Writers' Conference he was the co-founder with Carroll Towle of the Writers' Conference of the University of New Hampshire in 1956. Robert P.T Coffin also illustrated many of his books. The Newcomen Society of the United States was a non-profit educational foundation for "the study and recognition of achievement in American business and the society it serves." It was responsible for more than 1,600 individual histories of organizations, from corporations to colleges, which were distributed to libraries and its membership. It was patterned after the Newcomen Society of Great Britain, founded in London in 1920, a learned society formed to foster the study of the history of engineering and technology. Both groups took their name from Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), the British industrial pioneer whose invention of the atmospheric steam engine in 1712 led to the first practical use of such a deviceâ"lifting water out of mines. Newcomen's invention helped facilitate the birth of the Industrial Revolution. He is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Industrial Revolution." The Newcomen Society of the United States began as The Newcomen Society in North America, founded at New York City in 1923 by Leonor F. Loree, then dean of American railroad presidents, together with a group of other prominent business leaders. The original members were nominated from leaders in business, industry, education, the military and other professions. Its declaration of purpose was to: Preserve, protect and promote the American free enterprise system; Honor corporate entities and other organizations which contribute to or are examples of success attained under free enterprise, and to recognize contributions to that system; Publish and record the histories and achievements of such enterprises and organizations; Encourage and stimulate original research and writ.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. First edition third printing December 1934. Verso of front flyleaf with a small period gift inscription in upper corner. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. Unclipped, nicely illustrated dust jacket with some edge wear and some light foxing on folds. Internally very clean and tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No. First Edition. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1924. First edition, 1924. Author's first book. Blue hardcover, 54 pages. Near fine with minimal shelf rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, attractive personal bookplate on front pastedown, pages very clean with no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 24-page first edition hardcover in decorated covers with an illustration of a winter sleigh scene on front cover. Moderate wear with a small nick to mid-spine and bottom spine edge, couple of bent page edges, else very good. No jacket. Scarce and desirable. Ships in a box.…

dj. First Edition. Robert P. Tristam Coffin. The Third Hunger & the Poem Aloud. Denton, TX: Texas State College for Women, 1949. First edition, one of 2,000 copies printed. Octavo. 122pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, green top-stain, fore edge deckled, original unclipped dust jacket. Designed by Carl Hertzog. From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer and screenwriter from Austin Texas, founder of the Encino Press. . Minor shelfwear; foxed to endleaves; light sunning and wear to jacket. Very good.…

First edition. Inscribed by the author, "For Frangeon Jones Fellow poet and friend Robert P. Tristam Coffin". Coffin has also added a drawing a seaside home with a pine tree. Octavo. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.