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Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 22pp. Very good. Inoffensive coffee-like stain on front wrapper. Inscribed by Engle. Sole edition. Lovely collection of sonnets honoring Iowa's World War One, World War Two and Korean War dead. Nicely inscribed on the title page "For Ralph Newman, one of the / bravest living survivors of / the Civil War (Book Club)!" Boldly signed and dated November 8, In original mailing envelope. Very uncommon. Seller Inventory # 27301
Title: For the Iowa Dead
Publisher: State University of Iowa, N.p. [Iowa City]
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Paperback
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fair. The pages are yellowed, a couple tears and creases; a reading copy of an old booklet. Name inside. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 204670. Seller Inventory # 204670
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. soft cover stapled; cover slightly soiled and darkened a bit with age; signed by author on title page; 22 pgs. Seller Inventory # 225763
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Defunct Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine, slightly sunned. No writing in text. Seller Inventory # 046848
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. State University of Iowa January 1956 Binding: Trade Paperback. Seller Inventory # 97783
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 24 page center stapled softcover with 22 Sonnets written for a service dedicating the Memorial Honor Roll of Iowa - students and alumni who have given their lives in the armed forces. Unmarked, tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 529669
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Soiling and crease to cover. No statement of printing. Seller Inventory # 17671
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Defunct Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Includes additional dedication letter from Director of University Relations to Editor of Globe-Gazette. Cover has tiny tear, edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine, slightly sunned. No writing in text. Seller Inventory # 045499
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Staple-bound. Condition: Good. Pages clean, though toned in margins; the saddle staples bear rust spotting, and the cover shows a large brown spot at the lower front, some smudges and spots of foxing on the rear, toning around edges, and an upward bend across the lower front, causing a small split at the spine heel but otherwise leaving no mark that proper shelving won't correct. 24pp. "The worn, quick syllable of 'war' / Proves no blood, terror, agony. / The name of 'sorrow' has no more / Night-weeping anguish than the look / Of petals dried in an old book.". Seller Inventory # 078705
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. [24]; original gray wrappers printed in red; very good copy. From the library of Kim Merker. Seller Inventory # 62448
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Certain Books, ABAA, Bolivia, NC, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Collection of items by Paul Engle including: The World of Love, Random House NY 1951 39 pages, First Printing stated on copyright page, inscribed "For Frank and Bill, with words of love from all of us Paul Engle Iowa City 1951", dustjacket with a little edges, tips wear, little edge-creasing, volume with a few spots on cover, very good condition overall; Book and Child Three sonnets by Paul Engle printed for his and his family's friends. Christmas 1956, (6) pages, with a black and white engraving on copper by Katharine Hefner, type set Romanee at The Cummington Press, inscribed "Belated greetings, Paul Engle" and with "Christmas 1956" in pencil on the front endpaper, softcover stapled self-wraps, light wear, very good condition; Arden-America Averell Harriman Privately Printed 1955, designed, hand set and printed by Carroll Coleman at the Prairie Press in Iowa City, folding sheet, 2 pages, inscribed "For Frank and Bill, devotedly, Paul", some light browning to outer edge, very good condition; A Name single sided small 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" approx. broadside poem by Paul Engle, inscribed "Frank & Bill - devotedly, Paul 1954", no printer or date given, nicely done in two colors, evidence of old crease, unobtrusive, light wear and in very good condition; An Old Palestinian Donkey single sided small approx. 5" x 13" broadside poem by Paul Engle, reprinted from Better Homes & Gardens, April 1958 issue, with a black and white illustration of a Charles Umlauf sculpture of Christ on a donkey, commemorating Palm Sunday as does the poem, old fold crease, light wear, little aging, yellowing of paper at top portion and in very good condition; Three Poems (6) pages, 1950 with "Paul and Mary Engle Christmas 1950" in blue crayon on front cover, and with a typewritten note laid-in or yellow paper, to "Lords" and chatting about the family's children and Hobe Sound (Florida) visits, signed in red crayon 'Paul', the three poems reprinted from Poetry Nov. 1950, stapled paper wraps, light wear, little aging, yellowing of paper and in very good condition; Why Modern Poetry by Paul Engle, (5) pages, signed in red crayon "Paul Engle 1953" on the front page, this reprinted from College English Oct. 1953, light wear, little aging, old fold lines and in very good condition; For the Iowa Dead by Paul Engle, xxii pages, State U. of Iowa 1956, written for a Service of Dedication at the University of Iowa, printed paper wrap covers, some darkening, light wear, very good condition; Paul Engle (1908 -1991) noted American poet, writer, editor, and novelist, best remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and founder of the International Writing Program (IWP), both at the University of Iowa; a nice group of signed items by the poet and educator. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 19727
Quantity: 1 available