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bulletHeavenly Maiden Tanka by Akiko Baba, translated into English by Hatsue Kawamura and Jane Reichhold. ISBN: 0-944676-42-1,AHA Books: 1999. Perfect bound, 124 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 inches. $10.00 ppd. Akiko Baba is famous in Japan for several reasons: her research and books published on Noh theater, her plays written and performed in the Tokyo theater, her regular appearances on TV to lecture on Noh theater and for the other lover of her life - tanka. Sixteen collections of her tanka have been published and awarded distinguished awards and citations but this is the first time a collection of her tanka are available in English. 

one tree
having no chance to talk
to another
sprouts leaves along the roadside
with a determined expression

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bulletOneself: Haiku by Poets from Rochester, New York by Pamela A. Babusci, Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa, Donatella Cardillo-Young, Michael Ketchek, Tom Painting, Sue-Stapleton Tkach with cover art by Pamela A. Babusci, designed by Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa with a foreword by Michael Ketchek. Saddle-stapled, 12 pages, $5.00 postpaid. Order from Tom Painting, 40 Huntington Hills, Rochester, NY 14622. Book Review

bulletNOVEMBER RAIN BLUES - a Duet by Paul Bagley& Mary Peterson-Bagley. Subject: An assortment of poems on and about loves lost and won. Written by two southern poets who met and fell in love because of their love of the written word. A sharing of ideals and hope that love will , in the end , be found by those willing to search for it. Stapled and taped, 72pp., 5 x 8.5, published in 2-1-99. Price: 8.50. Contact addr: Paul Bagley, 575 35 th avenue, Vero Beach FL 32968. Email addr: checkmat@gate.net

 

bulletacorn book of contemporary haiku, acorn book company, England, 2000, edited by Lucien Stryk and Kevin Bailey. 173 pp, 5 x 7 inches, perfect bound, £ 6.99,-. Order from acorn book company, P.O. Box 191, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 SYQ, England. Book Review

 

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Raku by Edward Baranosky. EAB Pub, 115 Parkside Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6R-2Y8. Saddle-stapled, 8.5 x 5.5, 40 pages, illustrated by the author.

 

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Ghostdancing. Edward Baranosky. Poetry, drawings and cover art by Edward Baranosky. 1997. Saddle-stapled, 8.5" x 5.5", 38 pp., no price. Write to Edward Baranosky, 115 Parkside Drive, Totonto, Ont. M6R 2Y8, Canada. BOOK REVIEW

 

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Eye of the Storm by Edward Baranosky. The chapbook is 40 pp., 31 titles, 5.5 x 8.5, saddle-stapled, $7.50 + $2.00 P&H. The tape Eye of the Storm is 90 minutes of readings, tone poems and sounds for $20,00 ppd. Order from Edward Baranosky, 115 Parkside Drive, Toronto, Ont., M6R-2Y8, Canada. BOOK REVIEW

 

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Raindancing by Edward Baranosky. EAB Publishing: 1999. Saddle-stapled, 8 x 5, 38 pp., no listed price. Order from 115 Parkside Drive, Toronto, Ont. M6R-2Y8, Canada. BOOK REVIEW

 

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Spindrift by Edward Baranosky. Saddle-stapled, 8,5 x 5.5", 40 pages, illustrated, US $5.00 or Canadian $7.00 postpaid. Order from EAB Publications, 115 Parkside Drive, Toronto, Ont., M6R-2Y8, Canada.  Book Review  

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The Outer Coast by Edward Baranosky as EAB Pub. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5, 40 pages, illustrated copiously by the author, with full color cover. Contact the author  for price and ordering information.  Book Review.

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Four Seasons: Renga by Ed Baranosky and Jen Finlayson. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 32 pp., full color cover, illustrated by Holly Briesmaster. Contact Ed Baranosky.  Book Review

bulletFlamingo Shapes. John Barlow. Snapshot Press, 2001.Saddle-stapled, 3.5 x 8, 22 pp. £4.50:US$7.50. Order from Snapshots Press, 132 Crosby, Liverpool, L23 8XS, England. 

 

bulletPencil flowers: jail haiku by Johnny Baranski  Out of Print

 

bulletThe New Haiku, edited by John Barlow & Martin Lucas. Snapshot Press, PO Box 132, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 8XS, United Kingdom. ISBN: 1-903543-03-7. Perfect bound, 8.5 x5.5, 224 pages, Preface by John Barlow, Introduction by Martin Lucas, An Introduction to the Origins, Mechanics and Aesthetics of English-language Haiku by John Barlow, Resources, Authors’ Biographies, and Index of First Lines. £9.95 US$15.00. LYNX XVII-3 Book Review.

 

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Tangled Hair #3. Edited by John Barlow. Snapshots Press, PO Box 132, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 8XS, United Kingdom. Perfect bound, full color cover, 60 pages, 4 x 4, US$11.00 ppd. Book Review.

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The HAIKU Calendar 2001. Snapshots Press, 2000. Fifteen cards, 52 haiku, in a 5 x 5 ½ inch plastic case, with full color covers. ISBN: 1-903543 02-9. $13., ppd. Order from Snapshots Press, 132 Crosby, Liverpool, L23 8XS, England. Book Review  

 

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crumb moves the ant by geri barton. Saki Press:2005. Chapbook, 5.5 x 4.25, 32 pages. A Virgil Hutton Haiku Memorial Award Chapbook Contest Winner 2004-2005. Saki Press, 1021 Gregory Street, Normal, IL 61761.Book Reviews LYNX XXI-1,February, 2006

 

 
bulletASSIMILATION by LLOYD BARTHOLOMEW. Perfect Bound, pages: 161; size: 7 inches by 5 inches, illustrations are several clip arts edited for subject matter. Printed in 1999. Price: $17.50. Contact: 8725 25 SIDE ROAD, R.R 2 BELWOOD, WEST GARAFRAXA. ONTARIO. N0B1J0. CANADA. Email: ACTWRITE@SYMPATICO.CAThis book contains Contemporary Poetry and Short Stories.
Subject covered are Love, Philosophy, Children, Humor, Yourself and Spirituality.
bulletHaiku for Lovers compiled by Manu Bazzano. MQ Publications, London, England: 2003. Hard cover with full color dust jacket, 6 x 6 inches, 256 pp., 250 haiku, illustrated with many pages in full color, ISBN: 1-84072-412-9, £9.99. Contact MQ Publications or find on Amazon.com. Book Review

 

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zen poems edited by Manu Bazzano. MQ Publications Ltd., 12 The Ivories, 6 – 8 Northhampton Street, London, N1 2HY, England. Hardcover with dust jacket, 260 pages, illustrated with sumi-e artwork. £6.99.

 
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Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku  by Harry Behn (Compiler)  Out of Print

                                     

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More Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku by Harry Behn (Translator)   Out of Print

 

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Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets : Selected Poems 1972-1989 (Asian Poetry in Translation. Japan ; 17) by Makoto Ooka, Janine Beichman (Translator) (Paperback -February 1996) Usually ships in 2-3 days Our Price: $19.95 (Hardcover - February 1996)  Usually ships in 2-3 days Amazon.com Price: $30.00  

 
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Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry by Janine Beichman. University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu: 2002. Trade bound paper, 339 pages, 6 x 9 inches, an Appendix of kanji of the poems and each poem is accompanied with the romaji version, $23.95. ISBN:0-8248-2347-8 is available in bookstores.  Book Review.

 
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Decima Mucho by John M. Bennett and Ivan Arguelles. Luna Bisonte Prods, 137 Leland Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43214. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8 inches, 20 pages, $5.00, ISBN:1-892280-09-4.  Book Review

 
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Oriori no Uta (Poems for All Seasons) Ôoka Makato. Translated by Janine Beichman. Kodansha Bilingual Books, Japan: 2000. ISBN: 4-7700-2380-4. Perfect bound with dust jacket, 4.5 " x 7.5", 300 pages, Yen 1300. Book Review

 

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Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko  and the Rebirth of the Female Voice in    Modern Japanese  by Janine Beichman (Hardcover - December   2000)  List Price: $55.00 Our Price: $44.00, (Paperback)  Not Yet Published -- On Order List Price: $27.95  Amazon.com Price: $22.36

                       

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A Poet's Anthology : The Range of Japanese Poetry (Reflections, No 3)  by Makoto Ooka, Janine Beichman(Translator) (Paperback – May 1994)  Special Order Amazon.com Price: $20.00

                                 

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The End of Summer (Japan's Women Writers) by Harumi Setouchi, et al, translated by Janine Beichman. Out of Print

 

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Masaoka Shiki  by Janine Beichman  Out of Print

 

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Little Treasury by Basho Matsuo, translated by Peter Beilenson  Out of Print

 
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Sun Through the Blinds: Montreal Haiku Today, edited by Maxianne Berger & Angela Leuck. Shoreline Press, Quebec, Canada: 2003. Perfect bound, 6 x 6 inches, 176 pp., Canada $19.95, USA $16.95, ISBN:1-896754-32-5. Contact Shoreline Press.  Book Review

 

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Drums at New Brighton by Jim Bennett. Subject: Poetry of place, and interactions with place. Pages: 26. Size: A5, Binding: card, stapled. Year publ: 1999. Price: £2.99 ($7.00).Contact address: 50 Princesway, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4PR Email addr: jim.bennett@usa.net

 
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Mailer Leaves Ham, John M. Bennett, Pantograph Press 1999. 174 pages, perfect bound. ISBN: 1-880766-18-3. Distributed by: Small Press Distribution, 1341 7th St., Berkeley CA 95710, USA. BOOK Reviews  

 
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Isthmus by Tony Beyer. Puriri Press: New Zealand. 2004. Card cover, sewn, 5" x 8", 24 pp., $NZ15.00 (within New Zealand) or $US10.00 (outside). ISBN 0-908843-29-6. Order from Puriri Press, 37 Margot Street, Epsom, Auckland 3, New Zealand. LYNX XIX:3 Book Reviews.

 

bulletLongitudes by John Birkbeck. Subject: Poetry; dark humour, raciness, rants, goofiness, the sublime. Perfect Bound, 64 pp., 5 1/2 x 8 ½, 1999. Price: $15.50. Contact: Book Clearing House, Inc., 46 Purdy Street, Harrison, NY 10528. Toll-free; 800-431-1597. Mastercard, Visa accepted. Email addr: jbirkbeck@hotmail.com
bullet WHISPERS OF LOVE by Carole Black-MacKinley. Subject: Poetry collection about love and life. Some relating to true experiences. Pages: 35, size: 5 1/2 x 8 ½. Binding: Perfect bound, paperback. Illustrations by Helen M. Kita. 1994. Price: $6.95. Contact addr: Carole Black-MacKinley, P.O. Box 495, Vega,TX 79092 Email addr: C.MacKinleyL@cs.com

 

bulletWithin: A Collection of Poems Louder than Words by Nameaka V. Blackstone. Paperback, 50 pages, 5 x 11. A collection of poems about the Black experience and every man' s and woman's struggle for love and respect. Contact: Rock Publications, POB 1544, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1544 for price and ordering.

 

bulletMoving Stillness by David Samuel Bloch and illustrated with 22 black and white prints of carvings by Julie Hagen Bloch. Haiku in 575 syllables with spirit and love. Hard cover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 5.5, 192 pp., $22.00 ppd. Order from AHA Books Bookshelf or Julie Bloch, R.D.1, Box 9A, Hurleyville, NY 12747. 

Art and haiku reach new levels of integration and inspiration in this collaboration by this talented pair. David has been writing outstanding haiku for ten years in his own very strong voice. One of the few persons to stay with the traditional 5-7-5 syllable count, yet his work bounces with life and joy. You will find yourself smiling and nodding yes as you read his haiku. Julie has drawn and carved a new set of illustrations just for this book. If you know her artwork from the other books you are in for a big surprise as her abilities and vision reach new heights.

Nothing corresponds
with its last known location
- our buried mailbox

bulletThe Essence of This. Haiku by David Bloch, illustrated with blockcuts and calligraphy by Julie Bloch. This book won a Merit Book Award from the Haiku Society of America in 1992. Hand-tied, 32 pp, 5.5 x 8.5, $5.95 ppd. Contact Julie Bloch, 51 Mongaup Rd., Hurleyville, NY 12747. Expert haiku surrounded with loving spirits and inspiring art. Perfect for any low day in your life or companion to your happiness.

 

bulletNo Such Thing as Strangers. Haiku by David Bloch, illustrated with blockcuts blockcuts and calligraphy by Julie Bloch. Hand-tied, 32 pp, 5.5 x 8.5, $5.95 ppd. Contact Julie Bloch, 51 Mongaup Rd., Hurleyville, NY 12747. Dedication: To the One Who stirs the fire and lets fly sparks of recognition.

 

bulletA Knock at the Gate. Haiku by David Bloch, illustrated with blockcuts and calligraphy by Julie Bloch. Hand-tied, 32 pp, 5.5 x 8.5, $5.95 ppd. Contact Julie Bloch, 51 Mongaup Rd., Hurleyville, NY 12747.Here the dedication is: To You, Who, in the beginning made a big bang with only one word.

 

bulletHaunting Us with His Love. Haiku by David Bloch, illustrated with blockcuts and calligraphy by Julie Bloch. Hand-tied, 32 pp, 5.5 x 8.5, $5.95 ppd. Contact Julie Bloch, 51 Mongaup Rd., Hurleyville, NY 12747. A taste: The dedication is To the Hearer of Cries whose ocean of compassion washes over us.
 
bullet Early Evening Pieces by Marianne Bluger. BuschekBooks, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 2004. Trade paperback, 8.5 x 5.5, 84 pages, ISBN:1-894543-14-9, $15.00. Order from The Literary Press Group of Canada, 192 Spadina Ave., Suite 501, Toronto, ON M5T 2C2, Canada. Phone:514.605.6931 or web site Book Review

 

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Zen Mercies Small Satoris by Marianne Bluger. Penumbra Press, Poetry Series 57: 2005. Soft cover, 8 x 5 inches, 64 pages, $14.95, ISBN:18941375-4. Book Reviews LYNX XX-3 October, 2005.

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Tamarack & Clearcut. Haiku by Marianne Bluger, Photographs by Rudi Haas. Carleton University Press: 1997. ISBN: 0-88629-293-X. Perfect bound, 11" x 8.5", 96 full-color pages, $27.95. Toll-free order: 1-800-320-4606. E-mail: cup-orders@ccs.carlton.ca BOOK REVIEW

 

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gusts by Marianne Bluger. Penumbra Press Poetry Series, ISBN: 0 921254 86 5. Perfect bound, 4 x 6 inches, 110 pp. Book review

 

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Haikus for Jews : For You, a Little Wisdom by David M. Bader (Hardcover – September 1999) Usually ships in 24 hours List Price: $11.00  Our Price: $8.80

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 Senryu by Reginald Horace Blyth (Hardcover – June 1949)  Out Of Stock  Amazon.com  Price: $35.00

 

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Haiku by Reginald Horace Blyth  Out of Print

 

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History of Haiku by Reginald Horace Blyth  Out of Print

 

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Im fremden Garten : 99 Haiku  by Imma Bodmershof  Out of Print

 

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 Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben by Imma Bodmershof  Out of Print

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 Mohn und Granit vom Waldviertel  by Imma Bodmershof  Out of Print

 
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Chocolate Cherry Milk: One Man's Romanic Vision. Java Bomani. Perfect bound, 8.5 x 5.5, 60 pp. $8.99 ppd. Order from Julius Simmons, 525 Page Terrace, South Orange, NJ 07079 or the web store.

 
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Hinterhofhitze, by Gerd Börner, Moderne Kurzlyrik.  Haiku und Haibun. IDEEDITION Berlin, 12:19 cm, 164 Seiten, ISBN 3-00-015797-2. Preis Euro 12.90. Books on Demand GmbH, Gutenbergring 53, 22848 Norderstedt.Book Reviews LYNX XX-2 June, 2005.

 
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The Farmer Tends his Land by Janice Bostok, Tiny Poems Press Winner 1997. The booklets of the winners of the chapbook contest are 5.5 x 4.25 inches, staple bound, and available for $3.00 ppd each, or $10 for the set of four postpaid. Hint: go for the whole series. They are truly worth every cent. Order from Tiny Poems Press, 170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082. Book Review

 

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Dimmed the Mystery by Janice M. Bostok. Saddle-stitched, full color cover, 4" x 6", 36 pages. $10., ppd. ISBN: 1-9526773-2-6.. Order from Snapshots Press, 132 Crosby, Liverpool,L23 8XS, England.  Book Review

 

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A Splash of Sunlight by Janice M. Bostok. Saddle-stapled, 36 fully packed pages, $5.00. Janice M. Bostok, 260 Campbell's Road, Dungay, NSW 2484, Australia. Book review

   

bullet The Classic Tradition of Haiku : An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions) by Faubion Bowers (Editor) Paperback List: $1.50 -- Amazon.com Price: $1.35 -- Published by Dover Pubns. Publication date: October 1,1996 Dimensions (in inches): 8.17 x 5.14 x .29 ISBN: 0486292746. Availability: This item usually shipped within 2-3 days.

 

bullet THE BODYGUARD. Lewis Sanders and Carl Brennan. From Ardeal Publications, Lewis Sanders, 125 Taylor St., Jackson, TN 38301. Comb-bound, 11" x 8.5", 12 pp., lots of Tibetan line-art. BOOK REVIEW

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No Other Business Here: A Haiku Correspondence  by Steve Sanfield, John Brandi (Paperback- August 1999) Usually ships in 2-3 days Amazon.com Price: $12.00

 

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Weeding the Cosmos : Selected Haiku  by John Brandi     Out of Print

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Songs They Sang in Ancient Japan: Isles of the Dragonfly by Brannen, Noah S., and William I. Elliot, editors and translators, Tokyo: Heine, 1995. Contains many of the popular folk song forms that came to be prized by the ancient court in connection with music and dance.

 

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Juan Manuel Brazam : evocaciâon de la transparencia, 1993-1995 by Juan Manuel Brazam Out of Print

 

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Confessions of Lady Nijo by Karen Brazell (Translator), Karen Brazil   (Paperback - December 1983) Usually ships in 2-3 days Amazon.com Price: $18.95

                                                              

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Haiku in Western languages; an annotated bibliography (with some reference to senryu) by Gary L. Brower  Out of Print

 
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Phantelles by Allen Briesmaster. Aeolus House, 20 Prince Arthur Ave. Apt. 11-C, Toronto, ON M5R 1B1, Canada. Saddle-staped, 36 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, $5.00. 

 
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Pomona Summer by Allan Briesmaster with artwork by Holly Briesmaster; Hidden Book Press, Toronto. Flat-spined, full-color cover, 32 pages, ISBN:1-894553-62-4. Book Reviews LYNX XX-3 October, 2005

 

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Japanese Court Poetry by Brower, Robert H., and Earl Miner. Stanford University Press, 1961. The standard academic study on the subject with backgrounds. Out of Print

 

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 Anti-Haiku, Poems by Bernard Brodsky (Paperback - June 1985)  Special Order Amazon.com Price: $4.95  

 
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Tongue by Margaret S. Burns. Illustrated with watercolors by Carolyn M. Schneider. Hand-tied art papers, 32 pages, 4.25 x 5.5, $12. each. Order from Ladies Bench Press, 28500 Alta Vista Drive, Winters, CA 95694. Book Review.


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