Rochester NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2003. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Published as The New Visions Programs Park Avenue Broadside Series No 2. The abstract illustration of Bellows' bovine is attractively accomplished using seven colors in addition to the black ink for the text. A color image of this broadside is..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, (1974). 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Selected as one of the "Notable Books" of 1974 by the American Library Association, the present offering is one of only fifty copies numbered and signed by Heyen on the colophon..... More
Northport, NY: Birnham Wood, (2001). 1st edition thus, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Originally published as a limited edition by Harry Duncan at Abattoir Editions in 1976. The present edition contains sixteen poems in chapbook format. Specially signed by Heyen on the title page. Fine condition. More
Rook Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, broadside. Published with an illustration, as "Ordinary Broadside 1" in black ink on fine paper. Professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 14 inches high x 7 inches wide. (Note: not to be confused with the ordinary..... More
n.p. n.p., 1976. 1st edition, limited (1/300) numbered, signed, broadside. "This poem is here printed for the first time in a broadside edition of three hundred copies, of which this is number 299." Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Black ink on white stock. Fine condition. More
Medford, NY: Backstreet Editions, 1999. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Two poems printed on a single broadside, using black ink on yellow stock. Overall size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Fine. More
Pittsburgh & Derry, PA: Sisyphus Editions, (1976). 1st edition, limited (1/400) numbered, printed paperwraps. From a total press run of 503, the present copy is inscribed by Heyen to a friend and fellow author: "For --, this / silly sequence, but / in friendship, which / is no machine --..... More
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery/U of Rochester, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, illustrated broadside. Produced by William Ewert with design and two color printing at Firefly Press. "This broadside was specially issued by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester to commemorate the DeLoss McGraw/William Heyen exhibition..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, (1984). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to fellow poet Karl Shapiro on the second FEP. The inscription reads: "For Sophie & Karl Shapiro / with thanks -- and so / glad to see you /..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. 1st edition, full green cloth, w/printed dj. Specially signed by the author in black ink on the title page. The author's second book of poetry, following his debut appearance as the Yale Younger Poet in 1954, selected by W. H. Auden. A fine copy..... More
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (1999). 1st edition thus, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A reissue on the fiftieth anniversary of this volume's original appearance, the present offering with a new preface and specially signed by Hoffman in black ink on the title page. A scholarly work of highly..... More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/50) illustrated, signed, broadside. Playfully designed with a juvenile illustration by Owen Lennon, and printed in five color ink. Overall size: 15 inches square. A fine copy in 'as new' condition. More
New York, Houston: Dec 12, 1993. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed by Howard at his printed name, with original mailing envelope. Howard provides a handwritten text. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white onion skin letterhead paper, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and..... More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, (2003). 1st edition, original hand stitched printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first book, comprising forty-six poems, specially signed by Huff on the title page. Advance review comments (". . . clear, precise poems overflow with the things of this world . . .") by Sam..... More
New York: Knopf, 1942. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Hughes on the FEP in black fountain pen ink. "A book of light verse. Afro-Americana in the blues mood. Poems syncopated and variegated in the colors of Harlem, Beale Street, West Dallas, and..... More
New York: Knopf, 1949. 1st edition, black cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Hughes on the FEP in black fountain pen ink. "ONE-WAY TICKET is tellingly and beautifully illustrated by the distinguished young American Negro painter, Jacob Lawrence" (from the jacket notes). A wonderful collection..... More
Alton, England: Prospero Poets, 1995. 1st edition, limited numbered & signed, glossy paper accordion fold into illustrated boards, with illustrated & signed broadside. This delightful poem, appropriately and profusely illustrated by Christopher Battye, is presented here in both book format and as a broadside. Both the book and the broadside..... More
London: Faber, (1976). 1st edition, full turquoise boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed in year of publication to the Hungarian poet, Janos Csokits. Csokits, Hughes, and Sylvia Plath were close personal friends, and Csokits collaborated with Hughes on translations of poetry. The inscription reads: "To dear Janos / some half-olde..... More
Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/26) original printed hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, inscribed to Hugo's longtime friends and fellow poet David & Patt Wagoner. The inscription reads: "For Dave & Patt the roads are always open Love Dick" on the title page. The colophon..... More
Lewisburg, PA: The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University, 1994. 1st edition, limited (1/125) numbered and signed, cloth spine with paper over boards, without dust jacket (as issued). "To illustrate the book, Florence Putterman has created exciting, colorful images influenced by Native American imagery and reflecting the nature of..... More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1996. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued.) The poet William Heyen's copy, with his ownership signature on the FEP. Very little wear. More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1967). 1st edition, full brown cloth, w/illustrated dj. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, who has also crossed out one name on the dedication page using the same pen. The author earned his M. A. in 1958 from the University of..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1942). 1st edition, full red cloth, with printed dust jacket. The celebrated author's monumental first book, specially signed by Jarrell in ink on the second FEP. Published in an edition of only 1700 copies (Wright A1), seldom are examples found in bright condition. Typically the inferior..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1945. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by poet John Berryman on the FEP. The inscription by Berryman is to "Mary Jane" (Christenson Heming). The inscription reads "Congratulations! / & love / John" and is dated "7 Apr 1947"..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H, (2015). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, hand tied stiff white paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). A most handsome chapbook of six poems, set in Bembo and Folio fonts on Zerkall Butten, with fine Lana green dust jacket. Printed by Hans Dessens and..... More