Skip to main content alibris logo

About SmarterRat Books

Posted 17 July 2021

We are a small bookseller selling online since 2001. SmarterRat Books prides itself on accurate and complete descriptions of each book. We provide prompt and courteous customer service and quick shipping. We are book people.

Read More


SmarterRat Books

SmarterRat Books

Be sure to click on "Search SmarterRat Books by Catalog" to see our specialized subject listings!

Questions about our stock? Be sure to email us!

E-mail SmarterRat Books

Overall Seller Rating:

Alibris UK seller since January 2005


Search for books from SmarterRat Books Advanced Search

Page 1 of 6   change currency
Sort by
The Princess used book

The Princess

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: H. M. Caldwell Co Date published: n. d

Description: Poor; No jacket. H. M. Caldwell Co. no date, ca. 1890-1900. Small (4.25" x 6") hardcover has yellow cloth-covered boards with very decorative front cover. MISSING 90% of page 65-66. Most of page has been torn off. Page 87-88 missing top corner (one-quarter) of page & text. Front free endpaper removed. Front cover fully decorated in gold, red, and green with floral & leaf borders surrounding a central figure-eight design with heart-shaped lobes containing sunflowers & leaves. Spine & back of ... Read More

condition:

Book: Poor

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

Selected Poems

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Date published: 1951

Description: Good. 1951 Penguin Books, in association with Faber and Faber. Reprint of 1948 edition. Paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Covers have a few small stains. Spine covering lightly wrinkled. Spine ends worn, with a small amount of fraying. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. 125 pages. Series: The Penguin Poets, # D4. "A selection by the author". Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

The Contemporary American Poets: American Poetry Since 1940

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Mentor / New American Library Date published: 1969

Description: Very Good. 1969 Mentor-New American Library. Paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Name in ink on first page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 406 pages. A Mentor Book MW1093. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Listen & Read: Walt Whitman's Selected Poems used book

Listen & Read: Walt Whitman's Selected Poems

by

Binding: Softcover Publisher: Dover Publications Inc Date published: 1997 ISBN-13: 9780486296265 ISBN: 0486296261

Description: Very Good; Very Good box. 1997 Dover Publications Inc. Softcover book and audio cassette in a cardboard box. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Narrated by Brian Murray. 116 pages. Tape appears to be unused. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Box has light edge wear. 60-minutre digitally mastered audio cassette of Brian Murray reading nine poems from Leaves of Grass. Dover Audio Thrift Classics. Book dated 1991; cassette, 1997. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

Today I Wondered About Love

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Steven J. Nash Publishing Date published: 1988 ISBN-13: 9781878995070 ISBN: 1878995073

Description: Very Good. 1988 Steven J. Nash Publishing. Thirteenth printing. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs Michael Steinberg. 108 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a slight curling at the top front corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Milton's Shorter Poems and Sonnets used book

Milton's Shorter Poems and Sonnets

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: D. Appleton and Company Date published: 1904

Description: Good+; No jacket. D. Appleton and Company. 1904 printing of 1899 edition. Indicates first printing of this edition by 1 on last text page. Small hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with black spine and cover lettering and decorations. NOT ex-library. Name in ink on front endpaper, dated 1907. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Light moisture stain on bottom corner of covers and spine. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned ... Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Carlyle's Essay on Burns used book

Carlyle's Essay on Burns

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: D. C. Heath & Co Date published: 1911

Description: Good; No jacket. 1911 D. C. Heath & Co. Small cream cloth-bound hardcover has faded and soiled spine. Covers are also somewhat soiled, with a few small red stains on front cover. Corners bumped; spine ends lightly frayed. Front cover has decorative title in brown. Dent at bottom edge of front cover. Name in ink on front free endpaper. 'Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Andrew J. George, Department of English, High School, Newton, Mass. ' Copyright 1897. Black & white frontispiece of ... Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

The Innocent Assassins used book

The Innocent Assassins

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons Date published: 1973 ISBN-13: 9780684144375 ISBN: 0684144379

Description: Very Good. 1973 Charles Scribner's Sons. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi. 123 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Covers mildly curled. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Selected Essays, Lectures, and Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson used book

Selected Essays, Lectures, and Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Washington Square Press Date published: 1977 ISBN-13: 9780671488413 ISBN: 0671488414

Description: Good+. 1977 Washington Square Press-Pocket Books. Sixth printing of 1965 edition. Paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 396 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine has a single crease. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

The Art of Drowning used book

The Art of Drowning

by

Binding: Softcover Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Date published: 1995 ISBN-13: 9780822955672 ISBN: 0822955679

Description: Fine. 1995 University of Pittsburgh Press. Pitt Poetry Series. Softcover. 95 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

condition:

Book: Fine/Like New

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

Favorite Poems: 124 Poems With Spiritual Power

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House Date published: 1977 ISBN-13: 9780310220725 ISBN: 0310220726

Description: Good. 1977 Zondervan Publishing House. 21st printing of 1957 edition. Paperback. 108 pages plus index. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Three pages have a date written in ink next to ta poem. Two pages are dog-eared. Zondervan Books N0. 9310p. Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

First Prelude

by

Edition: Unabridged Binding: Softcover Publisher: Loyola University Press Date published: 1981 ISBN-13: 9780829403879 ISBN: 0829403876

Description: Fine. 1981 Loyola University Press. SIGNED by author on title page. Not personalized. First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 63 pages. SIGNED by author. First Edition. Includes dust jacket. Read More

condition:

Book: Fine/Like New

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

The Land Speaks: a Saga in Verse

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Onyx Publishing Company Date published: 1964

Description: Near Fine; No jacket. 1964 Onyx Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. SIGNED by both author and illustrator on front free endpaper, with personalized inscription dated 1964. First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Black and white illustrations by F. S. Toguchi. 75 pages. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. No ... Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Four English Poems: Pope: the Rape of the Lock. Cowper: John Gilpin's Ride. Byron: the Prisoner of Chillon. Matthew Arnold: Rugby Chapel used book

Four English Poems: Pope: the Rape of the Lock. Cowper: John Gilpin's Ride. Byron: the Prisoner of Chillon. Matthew Arnold: Rugby Chapel

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Allyn and Bacon Date published: 1922

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1922 Allyn and Bacon. Copyright 1897. Small hardcover has dark blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Black & white portraits of the authors. Binding tight. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Tail of spine rubbed. Spine lightly sunned. Pages clean and unmarked. 89 pages. No dust jacket. The Academy Classics series. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

Daniel Berrigan; Poetry, Drama, Prose

by

Binding: Softcover Publisher: Orbis Books Date published: 1988 ISBN-13: 9780883442746 ISBN: 0883442744

Description: Very Good. 1988 Orbis Books. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 352 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. one page has diagonal crease at bottom corner. Edited and with an introduction by Michael True. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Men and Women used book

Men and Women

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Dolphin Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc Date published: n. d

Description: Good. Dolphin Books-Doubleday and Company, Inc. Circa 1961, no date. Paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Corners lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 280 pages. A Dolphin Book, # C 136. "This book is a reprint of the first edition of Men and Women as it was published in 1855 by Chapman and Hall. Except for the correction of...typographical errors the...text of the first edition has no abridgement or editing of any kind...The ... Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Poems used book

Poems

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Date published: 1937

Description: Good; No jacket. 1937 Random House. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering on red panels. Top page edges red. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Endpapers lightly tanned. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 115 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Christmas Poems used book

Christmas Poems

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Everyman's Library Date published: 1999 ISBN-13: 9780375407895 ISBN: 0375407898

Description: Fine; Fine Jacket. 1999 Everyman's Library. Thirteenth printing. Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series. Small hardcover, 4.25 x 6.5 inches, has forest green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering on black panels and gold title on cover. 254 pages. Woven gold index ribbon. Selected and edited by John Hollander and J. D. McClatchy. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Color illustrated dust jacket is like new. Dust ... Read More

condition:

Book: Fine/Like New

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

Lord, Don't You Love Me Anymore?

by

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Living Books Date published: 1988 ISBN-13: 9780842338271 ISBN: 0842338276

Description: Near Fine. 1988 Living Books, Tyndale House Publishers. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. Paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black & white illustrations. 136 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Small faint stain on back cover from where a price sticker was removed. Pages clean and unmarked. Appears to be unread. First Edition. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Conversations on Some of the Old Poets used book

Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: David McKay Date published: 1893

Description: Good+; No jacket. 1893 David McKay. Third edition, enlarged. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has burgundy cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped ruled borders. Top edges are gilt. Green satin index ribbon. 294 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends bumped. Light scuffing to rear cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Name in ink on title page. Text pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Introduction by Robert Ellis ... Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

used book

The Long Shadow: Emily Dickinson's Tragic Poetry

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press Date published: 1965

Description: Good+. 1965 Princeton University Press. Second printing of 1964 edition. NOT ex-library. Trade paperback. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine lightly sunned. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 308 pages. A Princeton Paperback, 18. Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Digte Og Sange used book

Digte Og Sange

by

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag Date published: 1903

Description: Good; No jacket. 1903 Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen. Fourth edition. Text in Danish. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Front cover has black illustration of a hiker in the mountains and gold ruled borders. All page edges gilt. Cream endpapers have gold repeating floral pattern. 200 pages. Binding tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have light surface and edge ... Read More

condition:

Book: Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

Awake at the End: a Heights Arts Poet Laureate Anthology used book

Awake at the End: a Heights Arts Poet Laureate Anthology

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Bottom Dog Press Date published: 2008 ISBN-13: 9781933964218 ISBN: 1933964219

Description: Very Good. 2008 Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 101 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

The Classic Hundred All-Time Favorite Poems used book

The Classic Hundred All-Time Favorite Poems

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Columbia University Press Date published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9780231082396 ISBN: 0231082398

Description: Fine. 1993 Columbia University Press. Trade paperback with fold-in flaps. Deckle fore edges. 250 pages. Binding tight. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. A Columbia Anthology. First published in 1990 under the title "The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry" Read More

condition:

Book: Fine/Like New

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA

The Halo of Desire used book

The Halo of Desire

by

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: The Galileo Press Date published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780913123133 ISBN: 0913123137

Description: Very Good. 1987 The Galileo Press, Baltimore, Maryland. First Edition, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. 76 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Top corner lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. First Edition. Read More

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

Seller Name & Rating:

SmarterRat Books, OH, USA


Page 1 of 6: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next>

*What is a Wishlist?