Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 1989. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. Signed by Gibson on the title page. The award-winning poet's fourth collection. An advance publicity copy with material laid in. Sightly sunned on jacket spine, else fine. Uncommon in cloth, and scarce signed. More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979. 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. Published as Volume 5 in the New Poets of America Series by BOA, with a Foreword by John Logan who has inscribed the book "for Jerry, my friend, / these poems of a friend / John / feb/7/79" on the half..... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. A handsomely designed broadside, set in Folio and printed on Fabriano Umbria. The entire edition, printed in three color ink with two edges deckled, consists of only twenty-six copies lettered and signed by the poet. Size: 9.5 inches..... More
Tungsten Press, N.H, (2010). 1st edition, limited (1/74) signed, boards, with printed dust jacket. This collection of sixteen poems has been handsomely printed by Joos Mooi Press in Amsterdam and bound by Distelkamp Bookbinders. The complete edition is limited to seventy-four copies, the present copy is designated "H. C." [hors..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand tied white stiff wrappers, with two color printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue. A beautiful presentation designed by Wolfram Swets. Set in Janson type, hand bound and printed by Frank Turenhout and Hans Dessens on Zerkall Butten..... More
New York: New American Library, (1968). Paperwraps. 1st edition, long galley uncorrected proof, original wire staple bound, with custom archival box. The celebrated author's first book of poetry, presented here in the first issue uncorrected proof format. Laid in is a signed letter from Stanley Moss, on New American Review..... More
Spokane: Lynx House Press, (2022). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Goldbarth with his people drawing on the title page. A collection of forty-seven poems arranged in three sections. " ... Goldbarth's most engaging trait is his deep and abiding soulfulness, a generosity of spirit that..... More
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2012). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Goldbarth in black ink, with his illustration of a man and woman on either side of a house -- his "everyday people" -- on the title page. Also laid in is a copy of the..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/5) numbered and signed, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Issued as the "clockface edition" with an original illustration drawn, numbered, and signed by Goldbarth on the title page. A collection of thirty poems, presented in four sections (pp. 94). Published in..... More
Gambier, OH: Kenyon Review, 2011. 1st edition, limited (1/25) lettered, signed, with special star insignia. The first printing of this poem, designed by Joumana Khatib as the letterpress edition. Printed on Firenze paper at the Igloo Press, using Arno Pro and Steelfish fonts. As the colophon states, an edition of..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2021). 1st edition, limited (1/5) original illustrated paperwraps. The present offering is for 1 of 5 copies of the Ringed Planet Edition, specially created signed and numbered by the author. The illustration on the cover is from an original painting by Skyler Lovelace. A collection..... More
New York: Ecco Press, (1991). 1st edition, black cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to Herb Leibowitz and signed on the title page. The inscription reads: "for Herb -- Jorie / - 1997 - " in blue ink. Laid in is a "Compliments of the Author" card from..... More
New York: Ecco Press/HarperCollins, (2000). 1st edition, full black boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Graham on the title page in black ink. "With SWARM, her first new collection since THE ERRANCY, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jorie Graham has given us a book-length sequence of poems stunning in its sober..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st edition, boards, w/illustrated dj. A presentation copy of the author's third collection of poems, inscribed to her fellow colleague and noted poet at the University of Michigan. The inscription reads: "For -- / whom it is my great good fortune / to call friend /..... More
Credition, Devon: Richard Gilbertson, n.d. (1969). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, green printed hand-tied paperwraps. A collection of fifteen poems, issued in chapbook format (10 inches high x 7.5 inches wide) and offered here in bright, fine condition. More
Santa Cruz: Kayak Books, (1971). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed: "For Helen -- /Amphibiously, / John Haag" on the dedication page. Designed by George Hitchcock using many illustrations from the sea. Haag (1926-2008) studied with Theodore Roethke and James Wright at the University of..... More
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2005. 1st edition, limited (1/120) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed by Stuart Bradley on heavyweight Arches Johannot paper, a French acid free mouldmade paper. The text is printed in Emerson hand set type, the title in Bernard Modern Roman, and the printer's..... More
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/70) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed by Stuart Bradley at the Railway Station Press using two color ink on fine textured stock. Overall size: 10 inches high x 7 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
Santa Cruz: Kayak, 1973. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Hall at his contribution (p.65) in black ink. The volume has additional poetry contributions from James Tate, Stephen Dobyns, Anne Sexton, and many others. An excellent example of the editor/publisher George Hitchcock's unique poetry journal of..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, (1995). 1st edition/2nd printing, illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by Hall on the title page in black ink. A rich collection of prose pieces, including Hall's often quoted "The Unsayable Said." A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition. More
London: Andre Deutsch, (1964). 1st true edition, full orange cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Hall, the former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the President's National Medal of Arts, on the title page in black ink. This British edition precedes the U.S. edition. An uncommonly bright and..... More
William Ewert, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/150) illustrated, broadside. Calligraphy and illustration by R.P. Hale. This first edition was produced for the New Hampshire Science Teachers Association to recognize outstanding teachers of science and ecology from the Granite State. A beautiful publication in two color ink on fine stock, the..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, bound in silk boards. Compiled by Jack Kelleher, who also wrote the introduction. This excellent reference includes a foreword by Richard Wilbur, and elucidating commentary by Hall. Signed by Hall, Kelleher, and specially signed by the book's designer/printer Carol Blinn on..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2000. 1st edition, original sewn glossy paperwraps (as issued). Compiled and with an introduction by Jack Kelleher, including detailed commentary by Hall that is not published elsewhere. The present copy is specially signed by Hall on the title page. Richard Wilbur has written the Foreward. Now out..... More
London: Agenda, (1990). 1st edition, original glossy stiff white paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by poet Michael Hamburger on the title page. The issue features poems by Hamburger, Glyn Maxwell, W.S. Milne, and many others. Also included are "Translations from Lorca" by David Gascoyne. A bright fine copy. More