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Dancing in the Garden: A Bittersweet Love Affair With France

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By William Jay Smith

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9780980087413 | 1 edition (Bay Oak Pub, November 1, 2008), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Book by William Jay Smith

Words by the Water

Product Description: William Jay Smith has been one of the most respected figures on the literary scene for more than half a century. Two of his thirteen poetry collections were finalists for the National Book Award, and the present volume is clearly the work of a true American master...read more

By William Jay Smith

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9780801890642 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, August 19, 2008, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: William Jay Smith has been one of the most respected figures on the literary scene for more than half a century.

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9780801890659 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, August 19, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: William Jay Smith has been one of the most respected figures on the literary scene for more than half a century.

Candles to the Sun: A Play in Ten Scenes

By Dan Isaac, William Jay Smith (foreword by) and Tennessee Williams

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9780811215749 | New Directions, August 30, 2004, cover price $12.95

Up the Hill and Down: Poems for the Very Young

Accompanied by stunning illustrations, a former poet laureate presents a magical collection of poetry, filled with wit and wisdom, from such legendary writers as Robert Louis Stevenson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Marchette Chute.

By Allan Eitzen (illustrator) and William Jay Smith (editor)

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9781563970283 | 1 edition (Wordsong, August 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of poems about the playful world of childhood by Robert Louis Stevenson, F.

Hey Diddle, a Riddle

By William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9781588370099 | Winslow Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $20.01

The World Below the Window: Poems, 1937-1997

Product Description: This selection of William Jay Smith's work of sixty years covers the entire career of one of America's acknowledged poetic masters. It moves from the dark pre-war lyrics ( Quail in Autumn) to the powerful long-lined free verse of the 1960s ( The Tin Can)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By William Jay Smith

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9780801858598 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, April 1, 1998, cover price $48.00

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9780801867835, titled "The World Below the Window: Poems 1937-1997" | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: This selection of William Jay Smith's work of sixty years covers the entire career of one of America's acknowledged poetic masters.

The Girl in Glass: Love Poems

Product Description: "Now touch the air softly,/Step gently, One, two. . ./I'll love you till roses and robin's-egg blue;/I'll love you till gravel/Is eaten for bread,/And lemons are orange,/And lavender's red." So begins "A Pavane for the Nursery," one of William Jay Smith's most celebrated and charming love poems...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jacques Hnizdovsky and William Jay Smith

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9781885586599 | Books & Co, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: "Now touch the air softly,/Step gently, One, two.

The Cherokee Lottery: A Sequence of Poems

Product Description: For the first time in poetic form, The Cherokee Lottery treats one of the greatest tragedies in American history, the forced removal of the Southern Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. When gold was discovered on Cherokee land in northern Georgia in 1828, the U...read more

By William Jay Smith

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9781880684665 | Curbstone Pr, May 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: For the first time in poetic form, The Cherokee Lottery treats one of the greatest tragedies in American history, the forced removal of the Southern Indian tribes east of the Mississippi.

Around My Room

A collection of twentynine poems for children includes some that have been published previously and some that are new, with titles such as 'The Toaster,' 'The Mirror,' and 'Polar Bear.'

By Erik Blegvad (illustrator) and William Jay Smith

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9780374304065 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 2000, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Twenty-nine poems for children, including some that have been published previously and some that are new.

The Spectra Hoax

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By Arthur Davison Ficke and William Jay Smith

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9781885266842 | 2 sub edition (Story Line Pr, February 1, 2000), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Book by Smith, William Jay

What You Have Almost Forgotten: Selected Poems by Gyula Illyes

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By Gyula Illyes and William Jay Smith (editor)

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9781880684658 | 1 edition (Curbstone Pr, November 1, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: What You Have Almost Forgotten: Selected Poems by Illyes, Gyula

Laughing Time

Contains nonsense poems on a variety of topics.

By William Jay Smith

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9780613082211 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.25 | About this edition: A collection of witty poems for children by the respected American poet combines inventive illustrations with entertaining verses involving birds and beasts, kings and queens, alphabets, and chocolates

Here Is My Heart: Love Poems

A varied collection of poems celebrates love, the most universal of emotions, and is enhanced with delicate watercolor paintings by the award-winning illustrator of Animal Crackers, a vellum jacket, and a red ribbon marker. (view table of contents)

By Jane Dyer (illustrator) and William Jay Smith (compiler)

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9780316197656 | Gift edition (Little Brown & Co, February 1, 1999), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A varied collection of poems celebrates love, the most universal of emotions

The Forest of Childhood: Poems from Sweden

By Leif Sjoberg (editor) and William Jay Smith (editor)

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9780898231359 | New Rivers Pr, October 1, 1996, cover price $14.95

The Sun Is Up: A Child's Year of Poems

Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Sara Teasdale, John Updike, Aileen Fisher, and others highlight a compilation of seasonal poetry for children, all complemented by full-color illustrations.

By Carol Ra (compiler), William Jay Smith (editor) and Jane Chambless Wright (illustrator)

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9781563970290 | 1 edition (Wordsong, September 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, Sara Teasdale, John Updike, Aileen Fisher, and others highlight a compilation of seasonal poetry for children.

Berlin: The City and the Court

By Jules Laforgue, Simone Sassen (photographer) and William Jay Smith (trans)

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9781885983022 | Turtle Point Pr, July 1, 1996, cover price $13.95

Ho for a Hat!

A young boy and his dog observe and try on a variety of hats throughout history

By Lynn Munsinger (illustrator) and William Jay Smith

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9780316801263 | Reprint edition (Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A young boy and his dog observe and try on a variety of hats throughout history

School and Library:

9780316801201 | Little Brown & Co, October 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A young boy and his dog observe and try on a variety of hats throughout history.

Behind the King's Kitchen Door: A Roster of Rhyming Riddles

Illustrated with woodcuts, this collection of rhyming riddles--from centuries-old pieces to modern riddles--includes work by such figures as J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Justice, and May Swenson. By the author of Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense.

By Jacques Hnizdovsky (illustrator), Carol Ra and William Jay Smith

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9781563970245 | Boyds Mills Pr, March 1, 1992, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A collection of rhyming riddles ranging from the centuries old to those from the present day

Big and Little

A tall tale, written in a wacky, lighthearted rhyme, tackles the concept of big and little. By the author of Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense and Collected Poems 1939-1989.

By Don Bolognese (illustrator) and William Jay Smith

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9781563970238 | Wordsong, March 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A lighthearted look at the concept of large and small

Army Brat, a Memoir

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By William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9780892550470, titled "Army Brat: A Memoir" | Persea Books, October 1, 1980, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Son of a U.

Paperback:

9780934257503, titled "Army Brat: A Memoir" | Reprint edition (Story Line Pr, April 1, 1991), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Book by Smith, William Jay

9780140060850 | Viking Pr, April 1, 1982, cover price $5.95 | also contains What the Animals Do and Say: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition | About this edition: Son of a U.

Birds and Beasts

Poems deal with the cat, the dog, the rooster, the lady bug, the tortoise, the kiwi, and a variety of other creatures

By Jacques Hnizdovsky (illustrator) and William Jay Smith

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9780879238650 | David R Godine Pub, November 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Poems deal with the cat, the dog, the rooster, the lady bug, the tortoise, the kiwi, and a variety of other creatures

Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense

Contains nonsense poems on a variety of topics. (view table of contents)

By Fernando Krahn (illustrator) and William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9780374343668 | Rev sub edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1990), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of witty poems for children by the respected American poet combines inventive illustrations with entertaining verses involving birds and beasts, kings and queens, alphabets, and chocolates

Paperback:

9780374443153 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1990), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of witty poems for children by the respected American poet combines inventive illustrations with entertaining verses involving birds and beasts, kings and queens, alphabets, and chocolates

Collected Poems 1939-1989

Poems from each period of the author's career deal with nature, travel, the past, myths, love, art, and mortality

By William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9780684191676 | Scribner, October 1, 1990, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Poems from each period of the author's career deal with nature, travel, the past, myths, love, art, and mortality

The Golden Journey: Poems for Young People

A collection of poems grouped in such categories as 'Birds, Beasts, and Flowers,' 'The Sea,' and 'The Moon and the Sun'

By Louise Bogan and William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9780809242498 | Contemporary Books, May 1, 1990, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A collection of poems grouped in such categories as 'Birds, Beasts, and Flowers,' 'The Sea,' and 'The Moon and the Sun'

Poems from Italy

A concise essay on the nature of Italian poetry prefaces a selection of classic and contemporary works accompanied by English translations

By William Jay Smith

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Hardcover:

9780898230611 | New Rivers Pr, October 1, 1985, cover price $25.00

9780690639155 | Ty Crowell Co, June 1, 1972, cover price $11.74 | About this edition: A concise essay on the nature of Italian poetry prefaces a selection of classic and contemporary works accompanied by English translations

Paperback:

9780898230604 | New Rivers Pr, October 1, 1985, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: bilingual, w/Venetian Renaissance woodcuts

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