London: Ulysses, 1999. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand-tied paperwraps, with dust jacket (as issued). A handsome chapbook of one long poem, written in ten numbered sections and printed one section per page. Printed letterpress on Velin Arches mould-made paper by Gloucester Typesetting. Frontispiece drawing of an Aleppo..... More
Denver: Bread & Butter Press, (1989). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by Tipton on the title page. A collection of eleven poems, published in chapbook format. Author's bio sheet laid in. Fine condition. More
Ithaca: Ithaca House, (1972). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by Torgersen on the title page in black ink. The final pages (49-57) loosly inserted, as issued in the first binding. Gentle shelf rubs to covers, else very little wear. Uncommon signed. 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
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1974). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty-nine poems. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. The present copy is in fine, nearly 'as new'..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. 1st edition, blue cloth spine, illustrated boards, with publisher's acetate jacket (as issued). The present offering is a presentation copy, inscribed "For Judy Minty -- / in friendship and in poetry" and signed by Wakoski using her trademark flower illustration. The text of this..... 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
n.p., n.d. six original typescripts, signed. Each of the six prose typescripts are single page, 11 inch x 8.5 inch, and are signed in full "Francis P. Weisenburger" in blue ink. Folded for mailing, else fine. Offered as a lot for one price. More
n.p., n.d. two original typescripts, signed. The poems are "Darwin without Tears" and "Noah at Ararat", typed on 11 inch x 8.5 inch white paper. The first poem listed is signed in full in black ink. The second poem is inscribed, and signed "Charles [or Chas?] W." in black ink..... 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
Cummington: April 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of a single poem, signed and dated by Wilbur below the poem, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white paper, black ink. Wilbur won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry twice (1957 and 1989) and the National Book Award..... More
Washington DC: Orchises Press/Press of the Nightowl, 1991. 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered and signed, leather spine and cloth covered boards, w/out dj (as issued). A single long poem in five sections, written with Williams's characteristic long lines. Attractively printed by Dwight Agner, who has also signed the colophon page..... More
New York: New Directions, (1958). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Williams in his post stroke hand on the FEP. The fifth and final volume of the epic sequence by Williams, named for the town in New Jersey where he lived and..... More
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of forty-four poems, arranged in two sections. Jacket illustration by Gustave Dore, text illustrations by Lucy Evans. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan U Press, (1970). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed copy of the author's first book-length collection of poems. "A steely elegance and precision of style characterize these poems and momentarily mask a readiness for surrealistic flights . . ." (from the jacket notes)..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed white dust jacket, and publisher's glassine jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Johannot, with silkscreen four color ink on the dust jacket and..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed white dust jacket, and publisher's glassine jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Gampi Torinoko, with silkscreen four color ink on the dust jacket..... More
London: Rapp & Whiting, (1969). 1st British edition, turquoise boards, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Wright on the FEP in black ink. Includes a one page introduction "A Note on James Wright" by Robert Bly, which does not appear in the US edition published by Wesleyan. Additionally, there..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered, signed, original hand tied printed paperwraps (as issued). This beautiful chapbook publication of Dean Young's THREE POEMS: EXIT STRATEGIES, HOW TO BUILD A WATERFALL, AND A BLACKBIRD is set in Bembo and Futura types on Zerkall Butten and Lana papers..... More
Arlington, VA: Settlement House, (2010). 1st edition, original printed glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Paul Zimmer" on the title page in black ink. A collection of fifty-six poems, divided into three sections. Also included is a two page Preface by the author. A fine, signed copy in 'as new'..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1979). 1st edition, full light gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. A signed copy of the author's first book, inscribed: "For --, / Best Wishes, / Al Zolynas / 1/83" on the FEP in black ink. Issued as Volume 97 in the Wesleyan Poetry Program. "This first book..... More