Nashville: Hatch Show Print, n.d. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. Illustrated with two hand-colored block prints by celebrated artist and sculptor, Alan LeQuire. The poem appears in Spires volume ANNONCIADE (Viking Penguin, 1989). Size: 22 inches high x 15 inches wide. Printed at historic Hatch Show..... More
Baltimore: MTA (Maryland Transit Administration), n.d. 1st edition, signed, illustrated broadside. Published in the "Poetry in Motion" series for display on trains and buses. Design and illustration by Joe Parisi. Issued unsigned, the present offering is signed twice by Spires. Size: 11 inches high x 22 inches wide. No copies..... More
Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/300) broadside. Illustrated with art by Jason Pickleman, and designed by JNL Graphic Design. Printed letterpress in gray ink, with multicolor illustration, on fine heavy stock. Size: 13 inches high x 10 inches wide. There are no copies listed on OCLC. Fine condition..... More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated broadside. A beautifully designed broadside, with expert illustration sensitive to the poem's text. Professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 20 inches high x 15 inches wide. A fine copy in 'as new' condition. More
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, (ca. 1970). 1st edition, illustrated broadside postcard, signed. A rare Torgersen postcard from the series issued by The Alternative Press in the early 1970s when the press was located in Grindstone City, Michigan. The press, co-founded by husband and wife team Ken and Ann Mikolowski..... More
n. p., 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/75) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. Designed and illustrated by Julio Granda, letterpress printed on fine paper with one deckled edge. The author, poet David C. Ward, also serves as Historian at the National Portrait Gallery, and recently curated "Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets"..... More
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and letterpress printed in two color ink by Stuart Bradley. The text of the poem is printed in black ink using 24 pt. Goudy Open type, with a yellow Humpty Dumpty illustration balanced between..... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., June 2012. 1st edition, limited, signed, broadside postcard. Designed and printed letter press by C. W. Swets at the Tungsten Press, Netherlands, using Romanee type and three color ink on fine textured Zerkall stock. One of several poems issued by Tungsten Press in their "poecard series" postcard..... More
Paul Moxon/Fameorshame Press, 2003. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. Designed, hand-colored, and printed letterpress by Paul Moxon at his Fameorshame Press on over-beaten abaca handmade paper by Frank Brannon. Moxon's creative hand-colored image makes each of the twenty-six broadsides unique. Size: 9 inches high x 6 inches..... More