Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/500) signed, full red cloth, AEG, with original publisher's glassine, and publisher's slipcase. The first printing of Sexton's monumental fifth book of poetry, published at the height of her career. Barbara Swan provided the illustrations. The relationship between Sexton and Swan at..... More
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1979). 1st edition, limited (1/300) signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes two poems by this Jamaica, West Indies born poet, and two illustrations. Simpson emigrated at seventeen to the United States..... More
Concord NH: William B Ewert, 1989. 1st edition, limited (1/36) numbered and signed, broadside. A handsomely designed broadside, the entire text in calligraphy by R. P. Hale. The present offering is one of only thirty-six copies printed on special paper and signed by the author and calligrapher. There were an..... More
Erieville: May 3, 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of a single 2 page poem, signed and dated by Snodgrass at the conclusion of the poem on page 2, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, buff watermark paper, blue ink. Snodgrass won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize..... More
(Concord, NH): William B Ewert, 1984. 1st edition, limited (1/25) numbered and signed, broadside. "This sonnet previously appeared in Targ Editions No. 20. Released for private distribution by William B Ewert, the Publisher. Limited to 400 copies, of which 40 are on special paper" (take from the colophon). The present..... More
Kensington: Hit & Run Press, n.d. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed on Rives BFK white paper, illustrated with artwork by Davis Te Selle. Size: 13 inches high x 9 inches wide, approximate, two deckle edges untrimmed, two edges trimmed. Fine. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1991). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps. Specially inscribed in year of publication by Soto: "to -- / in faith ! / Gary Soto / 1991" on the title page. "Soto turns reflectively to scenes from his Catholic boyhood. In poems touched with the poignancy of..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. This volume of poems is specially inscribed and signed by Soto in year of publication on the title page. A bright, fine copy showing no wear. More
Houston: Arte Publico Press, (1988). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps. A collection of essays by this noted Chicano author and poet, inscribed and signed by Soto on the title page. Fine condition. More
Middletown: Wesleyan, (1981). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Spires on the title page in black ink. The author's first trade publication, following a limited edition chapbook. The text includes twenty-nine poems in three sections. A fine copy in price-clipped jacket. Uncommon in cloth..... More
New York: MTA (New York City Transit), n.d. 1st edition, signed, illustrated broadside. Published in the "Poetry in Motion" series for display on trains and buses. Size: 11 inches high x 25 inches wide. Issued unsigned, the present copy is specially signed by Spires in black ink under her printed..... More
n.p. (Waco TX): The Beall Poetry Festival (Baylor University), 2006. 1st edition, broadside, signed. Printed in two color ink on fine heavy stock, and published by Baylor University on the occasion of The Beall Poetry Festival in 2006. Size: 13 inches high x 19 inches wide, approx. Only 1 copy..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st edition, full cloth, with photo illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed and inscribed: "For Herb, / With endless / respect / & best wishes, / David / New York, 1977" in blue ink on the FEP. The inscription is to Herb Leibowitz, editor..... More
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/250) signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes two poems by this Kansas born poet, and two illustrations. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
New York: Viking Press, (1970). 1st edition, cloth spine, w/dj. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author on the FEP. Very little wear, two short closed tears to rear panel of jacket, else a bright copy. Fine. More
New York: Viking Press, (1977). 1st edition, patterned boards, w/dj. A presentation copy, inscribed on the FEP with a line of verse: "For Lee 'Nothing here finished yet' Ann Stanford Port Townsend 1980." Gentle shelf rubs to price clipped jacket primarily along edges, else fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1977). 1st edition [2nd printing] full black cloth, w/photo-illustrated dj. Signed by Stern on title page, and additionally inscribed to fellow poet Douglas Blazek on the half-title page. A nice association copy in fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, original hand-tied stiff paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). The text of these multicolor visual image calligram poems "is set in Vollkorn type and printed by Frank Turenhout and Hans Dessens in August 2015 for Tungsten Press..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 1994. 1st edition, full white boards, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Stuart in year of publication on the title page. Strong jacket reviews by William Matthews, and others. A large selection (pp. 196) of poems by this popular poet and former editor..... More
Milwaukee: Pentagram Press, (1979). 1st edition, original illustrated French-fold paperwraps (as issued). Published in an edition of only 500 copies. This presentation copy is inscribed to author Jonis Agee in the year of publication, and signed by the author on the dedication page. A fine copy. More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, (1943). 1st edition, original printed purple paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Dylan Thomas on the half title page. The inscription reads: "for Elmer Borklund / from / Dylan Thomas. / Chicago 1950," in black fountain pen ink. Elmer Borklund was a Chicago based..... More
Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, (1995). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. Signed by Peter Sanger on the title page in black ink. Cover review by Michael Ondaatje. "This book more than doubles the amount of John Thompson's work previously collected" (from the Foreword). The text includes a "Notes on..... 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
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