THE LICH GATE.
Station Hill Press, (1980). 1st ed, limited (1/43) numbered & signed. This copy, numbered & signed on the colophon page, is additionally signed by the author on the title page. A bright, fine copy. More
Signed Books
ON MULES SENT FROM CHAVIN.
Swansea, UK: Galloping Dog Press, 1977. 1st ed, (1/700) original illustrated stiff paperwraps. This copy specially signed by the author on the title page. There were also twenty-six copies bound in boards. Very light rubs to an otherwise fine, unopened copy. More
SHEET MUSIC.
Detroit: Three Bee Press, 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered and signed, hand tied gray paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket. A handsomely designed chapbook, printed in two-color ink on Rives Heavyweight Buff by Greg Wahl at Signal-Return Press in Detroit's historic Eastern Market. The text includes six poems from the..... More
SO IT HAPPENS. (Typescript, signed.)
No place, no date. an original typed (from typewriter) copy of Feldman's poem, "So It Happens" on 11 inch x 8.5 inch fine watermarked paper, signed by Feldman on lower right corner in black ink. Two folds for mailing, else fine. More
A FURTHER RANGE.
New York: Henry Holt, (1936). Hardcover. 1st edition, full red linen cloth, with dust jacket. The true first trade edition of Frost's Pulitzer Prize winning title, following the limited edition, with "First Printing" so noted on copyright page. (Crane A21.1) A presentation copy, inscribed "Robert Frost / to / J...... More
A FURTHER RANGE.
New York: Henry Holt, (1936). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/803) numbered and signed, full coarse tan linen cloth and brown morocco leather label to spine, with publisher's original slipcase. (Crane A21.) Frost won the Pulitzer Prize with this title in 1937. As stated in the Crane bibliography: "The limited edition..... More
KITTY HAWK.
New York: Spiral Press, (1956). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Frost's Christmas greeting for 1956, with a new poem by Frost and woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. (Crane B28.) The present copy bears the author's (Robert Frost) personal imprint. In our experience, the Frost imprint of this..... More
PHOTOGRAPH.
(circa 1962). Classic black & white photograph of Frost by David Rhinelander, signed and inscribed "Robert Frost / to the Corbins / in friendship" in blue fountain pen ink. The image was used on the dust jacket of IN THE CLEARING (Holt, 1962) and for the pencil drawing for the..... More
SENSUAL MATH.
New York: Norton, (1995). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original tan wraps (as issued.) Signed by author on title page. Fine. More
OUT IN THE OPEN.
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
EGGS IN THE LAKE.
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
BASEMENT SONG. (Broadside.)
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
IN SONG & STORY.
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
A WINDING SHEET FOR SUMMER.
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
FIRSTBORN.
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
THE END OF SPACE.
Portland: Tavern Books, (2012). 1st edition, limited (1/4) numbered and signed, original white hand tied paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). A prose poetry essay published in ten parts. The present offering is one of four copies devised as the "Space Sticker Edition" on the colophon page, stickered, numbered..... More
EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
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
THE NOW.
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
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INTERIORS OF DICTATORS' HOUSES.
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
REGION OF UNLIKENESS.
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
SWARM.
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
MATERIALISM.
Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press, (1993). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original galley pages bound with black plastic comb. A presentation copy, inscribed by Graham to poet Robert Hass. The inscription reads: "Bob: This is much revised, thanks in / great part to you. Much love -- / Jorie" on the title..... More
WATERBORNE.
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
THE BRINE-BREATHER.
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
A REQUIEM FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGE. (Broadside.)
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