Poet abolitionist
List poet abolitionist
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No inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge this biography reveals for the first time the influential role this key enlightenment figure played in africa and britainvery good condition
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The title is hip hop poethip hop poet radio edit 3:32hip hop poet loony string mix 5:32for this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Title: letters to a young poetmissing information?catalogue number
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Oxfam shop fulwood road the poet and the piper - seamus heaney and liam o'flynn see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This biography of keats traces his life, examines the development of his poetry and describes the factors which influenced keats as a poetthe inside pages are clean, but a little grubby on the outside edgesoxfam books & music wells this softcover copy is in good condition, with no markssee oxfam website for delivery information read morerevised edition
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The title is a poet's lifefor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Liechtenstein johann-baptist bĂŒchel poet mnh ** am happy to ship with carrier of your choice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx read more
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poetry by heart by andrew motion, poet laureatea child's book of poems to remember compiled by liz attenboroughcollection includes wh auden, roald dahl, william shakespeare, lewis carroll, robert frost, emily dickenson, seamus heaney, edward lear, wb yeates, langston hughesoffers considerednew mint condition with original dust jacket
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In brooks's telling, march emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racismas alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so brooks turned to the journals and letters of bronson alcott, louisa may's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreauas he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been throughlike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyset during the american civil war, 'march' tells the story of john march, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in 'little women', louisa may alcott's classic american novelit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belieffrom the author of the acclaimed 'year of wonders' and 'people of the book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the american civil warthe story spans the vibrant intellectual world of concord and the sensuous antebellum south, through to the first year of the civil war as the north reels under a series of unexpected defeatssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy pick
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B/w frontispiece portrait of the poetfrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"his poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneythe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intactinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)edward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagetitle etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinea keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war ihowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedom
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Paste-down and end-paper and flyleaf's all foxed, end-paper has a inscription by a previous ownerspine, gilt letters, bumped, water-stainedall other pages in a clean conditionin this warm and affectionate poem, riley has amusingly and quaintly emulated omar khayyam's more famous rubaiyat with his gentle and mildly dialectical poem celebrating a good country doctorpublisher: longmans, green & cooxfam shop darlington hardbackjames whitcomb riley () was an american writer, poet, and best-selling authorback paste-down, end-papers and flyleaf's all foxedin the front, from the 2nd flyleaf to the 2nd half title page, these 6 pages have come loose from the text blockhis famous works include "little orphan annie," "america!," "the raggedy man," "the soldier," "when the frost is on the pumpkin," and the "rubaiyat of doc siferstop edge gilt, fore and bottom edges yellowedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more" from the mid-s, riley was the nation's most read poet, a trend that accelerated at the turn of the centuryused poor conditionduring his lifetime he was known as the "hoosier poet" and "children's poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectivelybound in green clothfront-board, gilt letters and decoration, with pictorial decoration, bumpedhis poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that riley authored, the majority are in dialectbackboard, gilt decoration, small amount of staining, bumped
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The famous people shown on the stamps are robert kreutz, istvan szechenyi a statesman, kuruc lovas a horseman, salvador allende, jozsee attla a poet, dr zimmermann agoston a veterinarian, munkasorseg, gyulai pal a poet and an historian, william shakespeare a writer, tarr imre, madach imre a writer, a poet and a lawyer, bolyai farkas a mathematician who specialised in geometry, koranyi sandor, dorsa gyorgy- the stamp celebrates the 500th anniversary of his birth, istvan pataki a colonel, gardos mariska, karayi frigas - the stamp celebrates 75 years of the national institute for the prevention of tuberculosis, moricz zsigmond a writer and novelist, radnoti miklos, martos flora, athokoly felkeles, mezo imre, daniel berzsenyi, margit kaffka a writer and a poet, bethlen gabor, schonherz zoltan an anti-fascist, barnabas pest, jose marti, pablo meruda, galileo galilei, erdei ferenc, michelangelo a painterthe used stamps have a little of the postmark printed on them clearlysome of the stamps in this collection are unusedall the stamps in this collection were issued in hungarysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, andthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inall the stamps are in good conditionoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 32 stampsthe newest stamp in this collection was issued in
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Robert browning () was an english poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost victorian poetsthe body of the book is firmly bound with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; dark green silk page marker present; frontispiece b/w photograph portrait of the poet (taken in )our book is handsomely bound in full black leather with the poet's monogram (shiny black with gilt outline) on the front coveronly light external wear - a little damage to the top of the spine, one or two scuff marks, a few stainsall page edges giltsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe reader will find enough here to gain a good impression of the poet's work from to the end of his lifehis poems are known for their irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntaxwhether this is evidence of worm damage is not certain - but there appear to be no other such defects elsewhereinside, the green 'marbled' endpapers are bordered with a gilt line round edge of the covers, and the rear endpaper has a strange v-shaped hole mirrored by a pale v on the fep, and a tiny hole a little belowoxfam books & music islington a prefatory note to this volume describes the contents in some detail, stressing that they include at least two poems not included in any other such publicationtitle in gilt lettering on the spine, with 5 impressed double-line bands and gilt flower motifs, remains bright
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Hand-set in fournier and printed in an edition of 75 numbered copies signed by the poet25 copies were accompanied by a handwritten poem, 20 copies were only numbered and signed by the poetin addition, a loose âmededeling aan vijfenveertig poĂ«zieliefhebbersâ, signed and numbered by the poet, with two handwritten lines of poetry, is added, explaining that something with the numbering went wrong (all copies with insert should have been roman-numbered, but that went wrong; this resulted in 18 arabic-numbered copies and 24 roman-numbered copies)âom het ongerief dat de bezitters van de bundel werd aangedaan enigszins te verzoeten, zijn aan deze mededeling twee niet eerder gepubliceerde dichtregels van de dichter [in manuscript] toegevoegd, alsmede de signatuur van de dichterâare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is one of these 20 copiesboudewijn bĂŒch, drie reve-gedichtenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein reality 42 copies were therefore provided with an insertcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is one of the 30 copies on immortal fire, with a loose insert, the poem âohne jahresangabeâ (âeen vierde reve-gedichtâ), printed on the gronlandea pers in 45 numbered and signed copiesthe collection and the insert are numbered â16â, the notice is numbered ââ[utrecht], sub signo libellisewn with coverplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe copper hand in the photos is not included in this lot
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Oxfam shop colne road the reputation of rainer maria rilke has grown steadily since his death in ; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth centurymitchell's versions more clearly than in any others," said w"rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in mrit contains representative poems from his early collections the book of hours and the book of pictures; many selections from the revolutionary new poems, which drew inspiration from rodin and cezanne; the hitherto little-known "requiem for a friend"; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work" see oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the duino elegies and the sonnets to orpheus" ahead of all parting is an abundant selection of rilke's lifework"if rilke had written in english," denis donoghue wrote in the new york times book review, "he would have written in this englishincluded too are passages from rilke's influential novel, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose pieces"his work is masterfulthis modern library edition presents stephen mitchell's acclaimed translations of rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thought
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This is one of 50 numbered copies printed on papier hollande van gelder the book has not yet been cut and was therefore never readhe was a poet, and wrote short stories, art criticism and dramaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithat is why the photos were taken from a low angleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehis work has been translated into 28 languages (including english, russian, german, chinese and japanese)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableemile verhaeren (21 may november ) was a belgian francophone poet, and a representative of symbolismthis work was published posthumously and includes a large selection of the poet's work, presented by marie gevers, the first female member of the royal academy of belgiumplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Mixed collection all in good condition read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her storieschild, the mother's story book or western coronalour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablespine is a little loose, otherwise in good conditiona collection of miscellaneous pieces by mrs child ⊠to which are added a few tales by mary howitt, and caroline fry, londonher journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the s through the slydia maria francis child (born lydia maria francis) (february  â october ), was an american abolitionist, women's rights activist, native american rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of american expansionism244 pages with 2 steel engravings and 24 woodcuts (in the text)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst english edition
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She was an american abolitionist and political activistduring the american civil war, she served as an armed scout and spy for the union armyborn into slavery, tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the underground railroadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein her later years, tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrageinternally the book is inscribed on the title pageoxfam books & music beeston this rare and signed book is in very good conditionpage 97-8 has been mis-trimmed but otherwise all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedexternally there is a mark on the front cover as can be seen in the photo, but otherwise the book shows little signs of wearthe life of harriet tubman, focusing on her civil war activity and underground railroad
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She explores how acts of volunteerism and charity became involved with the abolitionist movement, educational patronage, the struggle against racism, and female social justice campaignsthe market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations have all been closely linked since the birth of the united statesoxfam original liverpool since the dawn of the republic, faith in social equality, religious freedom, and the right to engage in civic activism have constituted our national creedmccarthy traces the evolution of these ideals, exploring the impact of philanthropy and volunteerism on america from totracing, then, the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this book will prove essential to anyone interested in american history and governmentwhat resulted, she contends, were heated political battles over the extent to which women and african americans would occupy the public stagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the civil waramerican creed explores the relationships among these three institutions, showing how charities and reform associations forged partnerships with government, provided important safety valves for popular discontent, and sparked much-needed economic developmentmccarthy also demonstrates how the idea of philanthropy became crucially wedded to social activism during the jacksonian erain this bracing history, kathleen d
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Jef geeraerts - drawing of his cat zefyr, signed, undated - drawing and manuscript in black ink on a pre-printed postcard cm, recto only - on the back address lines and the logo of van stockum belinfante & coebergh - fine nikolaas jan karel (nic) van bruggen (merksem, 17 march - antwerp, 14 july ) was a flemish poet, âpink poetâ, supporter of the flemish movement, publicist, art critic, sports journalist, copywriter and visual artisthe later wrote numerous novels, including the vincke and verstuyft crime novelsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigeeraerts started his literary career in the early s by writing down his experiences in the belgian congo, where he was employed as an assistant regional manager in the s and was in charge of a military unit in andour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storejef geeraerts - some handwritten notes in 3 versions about nic van bruggen, signed, undated - 1 sheet of unlined paper cm - manuscript in black ink, 18 lines, only recto - paper irregularly torn on the left, otherwise good three versions, or actually two, of a text about nic van bruggencatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe second and third versions are identicalblack venus was published in , the first book from the four-volume gangreen cycle with which geeraerts would gain great famejozef adriaan anna (jef) geeraerts (antwerp, 23 february - ghent, 11 may ) was a flemish writer(wikipedia) read moreall three versions signedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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) the illustrator first adapts his ambient repertoire to the celestial empirespine and portfolio faded, the rest is in good conditionthe translator, yves gandon, tells the reader in his detailed note that this book is considered the best contribution by tsing pann yang to chinese poetryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiillustrated first edition, whose print run was limited to 990 copies, this is one of the 950 on lana vellum, numbered from 41 to 990) he uses low tables, pottery, branches of flowering peach treesif the lover is dressed, he has her wear traditional clothingif she is smoking opium, he paints the dragonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablehe draws shining pearl with simple lines, almond eyes, rounded face, a flower in her hairloose leaves in folded illustrated cover, folder and slipcase) from the abandoned poetâs languor suddenly springs admirable images sparkling with gold, flowing with deep black, blossoming with the pink shades of dawnâfrom the poetâs deep love of the young shining pearl is born the lost pavilion of delightsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesuperb compositions in colour by sylvain sauvage woodcut by pierre bouchet, including 35 in text and 32 vignettescrisp interior free from foxingone octavo volume with 161 pages
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The resistance committee insisted that eluard, the poet of love, write a political poem fitting the situationllustrated edition of this iconic poem of resistance to the invader written during the second world war (in )lithograph (direct tone printing) on canson vellum unfolding in 8 flapsmodern reprint (date unknown) by seghers, the original publisher who published this poem for the first time inhe searched in his papers and found: this message of love which was turned into a message of hope for many and was quickly spread by english paratroopers, reinvigorating themare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe origin of the poem is hardly knownour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea year after the death of the poet, publisher pierre seghers asks fernand lĂ©ger to illustrate the famous poem in tribute to his deceased friendthe artist creates an accordion book of several pages inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham summer : on the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand english country house, a young poet takes his lifea shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but grace never couldthe only witnesses, sisters hannah and emmeline hartford, will never speak to each other againwinter : grace bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of riverton manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehartley's the go-between, and lovers of the film gosford parka thrilling mystery and a compelling love story, kate morton's the house at riverton will appeal to readers of ian mcewan's atonement, lghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks
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Gerusalemme conquistata [conquered jerusalem] is the ârevised and correctedâ version of the masterpiece of the poet torquato tasso, the poem gerusalemme liberata (which was finished in and printed in )tasso worked there from to and published the work in rome in with a dedication to cardinal cinzio aldobrandini, nephew of pope clement viii and benefactor of the poet during the last years of his lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicontemporary limp full-parchment binding with manuscript title on spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetorquato tasso - gerusalemme conquistata libri xxiv novellamente ristampati - pavia, pietro bartoli & ottavio bordoni, ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevery rare early edition of gerusalemme conquistatawith this work, tasso was convinced that he had built a perfect poem, better than the liberata (he called it âmy favourite daughterâ)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesmall stain on binding, very faint water stain in the bottom right corner of several pages, otherwise a (very) neat copy
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She wrote remarkable prose poems ("canzoni di bilitis" ), presented as translations of a non-existent ancient poetat the origin of most of his works lies the classical world, which he approached both as a translator and as a poet and narratorand title page; 1 unnumbered page on the back of page beautiful lithographs inside printed in colour, made by chimot and printed by dumolin, they depict female subjects of remarkable sensualityin perfect condition, deckle edgesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihis literary fortune was consecrated by the novel "afrodite" () followed by "la donna e il fantoccio" () of spanish environment and the fantastic "avventure di re pausole" ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepierre louys, was born in ghent in and died in paris inpaperback with red and black title within a vignette; back plate, blank, spine with imprint in red and black1 blank sheet; 163 numbered pages, including half-title page with typographic data and numbering indication on the back: noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Man of letters, poet and historianknight of the lĂ©gion d'honneur born in noumĂ©a, new caledoniaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirenĂ© puaux (), editor of le temps, journalistplus a sample of his signature in facsimileour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefour postcards by francis carco () writer, poet, journalist, lyricistmember of a huguenot family from vivaraisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In january he was appointed city poet of amsterdam for two yearsthis is letter qare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin addition, 12 copies were written on fabriano umbria, numbered i to xiihis work has been translated into english, german and frenchhe was posthumously awarded the ida gerhardt poetry prizethis is one of the 26 copies lettered a to z on zerkallthe poem's title was written in red pencil, the lines and signature in blackour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehis official debut appeared in under the title â's zomers stinken alle stedenâcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemenno wigman (beverwijk, 10 october - amsterdam, 1 february ) was a dutch poet, anthologist and translatorfrom the very beginning he was a member of the amsterdam branch of de eenzame uitvaart: poets who read a poem at funerals of people without family or friendsin his collected poems were published, compiled by neeltje maria min and rob schoutenthe jury considered his collection âslordig met gelukâ as his âbest collection ever, his swan songâmenno wigman - herostratos - manuscript in red and black pencil - hilversum - uitgeverij - one leaf cm (broadsheet) - 14 lines, only recto - edition of 38 copies - numbered (q / z) and signed - fine the poem was written in april âon the eve of the inauguration of king willem-alexanderâ in amsterdam on 30 aprilplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website(source: wikipedia) read more
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Montenegro complete sets of 16 stamps in pairs, the mountain wreath by the poet petrovic njegosmint with original full gumsassone + airmailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease note: current safety measures under the conte decree with regard to covid-19 may result in longer than usual shipping timeshowever, both poste italiane and all of the shipping companies continue their collection and delivery service with only minor operating delaysour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemnh (mint never hinged)printed in black on the standard mail stamps are some of the poet's versesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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John godfrey is a poetvincent katz is a poet, critic, translator, editor, and curatordavid salle is an artist and writerabout the author michael rooks is the wieland family curator of modern and contemporary art at the high museum of artmargaret graham is an art critic
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