Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1986). 1st edition, full red cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Katrovas on the half title page, in blue ink. The author's second collection of poetry, following GREEN DRAGONS (Wesleyan, 1983). A collection of twenty-eight poems, with strong jacket reviews by James... More
New York: Persea Books, (2012). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Kearney on the title page in black ink. This volume, subtitled A NOVEL IN POEMS AND JOURNAL ENTRIES, is a sequel to Kearney's earlier volume, THE SECRET OF ME (Persea, 2005). "In a series of... More
New York: Four Way Books, (2009). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Kearney on the title page in blue ink, the present offering is the author's third book of poetry. Following her debut book, AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS (BOA, 2001), and THE SECRET OF ME: A.... More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2002. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, broadside. Overall size: 24 inches high x 13.5 inches wide. Very handsomely designed and printed by Terrence Chouinard at Wells College Press, on 'mouldmade Zerkall Book Wove' paper using types cast by the printer. Professionally shrink wrapped on acid free... More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2006. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, broadside. Femininely designed and printed in two color ink on delicately pink washed textured paper, with deckled upper edge. Each individual letter pressed broadside is hand washed, making each copy unique. An appropriately attractive presentation of a fine poem by... More
New York: Braziller/Persea Books, (2017). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed by the author on title page in black ink. The text is "An Adoptee's Search for Her Birth Mother" written and presented as "A Novel in Poems and Journal Entries" by this talented... More
Santa Cruz: Kayak Books, (1975). 1st ed, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Specially inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. Published in an edition of 1000 copies. Very light shelf wear, else fine. More
New York: Forkroads Press, (1994). 1st ed, paperwraps. Signed by author on half-title page. A fine copy, appears 'as new.'. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and dated by Kinnell in year of publication. "MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS is abundant but not careless, surprisingly funny and full of laughter in the small poems, risky and moving in the family poems, and finally... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, original hand tied white stiff wraps, with printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue (as issued). Printed in four color ink using Bembo and Futura fonts by Joos Wiersinga on Zerkall Butten and Gampi Torinoko papers. Bound by... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, original hand tied white stiff wraps, with printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue (as issued). Printed in four color ink using Bembo and Futura fonts by Joos Wiersinga on Zerkall Butten and Zerkall Restauro papers. Bound by Hans... More
London: J M Dent, (1974). 1st edition, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Knowles on the half title page in blue ink. Fine condition. More
Hanover: Wesleyan University press of New England, (1998). 1st edition, cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. "Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa delivers a powerful meditation on American, and particularly African American, life in the wake of Vietnam .... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Great Granny Press, 1976. 1st edition, broadside. Specially signed by Kooser in black ink immediately below his printed name. Issued as Great Granny's No 1, edited by M. Truman Cooper. The first issue in the Great Granny postcard broadside series. Printed in two color ink on textured... More
Exeter: Shearsman Books, (2010). 1st edition, original glossy illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by the author on the title page in red ink. A new book by Nancy Kuhl that is very inventive and full of energy. "Taking place within a lunar month . . . this collection of poems, fragments... More
Exeter, UK: Shearsman Books Ltd, (2007). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) The author's first book, specially signed on the title page in blue ink. "Nancy Kuhl's THE WIFE OF THE LEFT HAND is an amazing, subtle demonstration of the ways in which domestic containment rubs up against the... More
Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, (1976). 1st edition, gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Published as An International Poetry Forum Selection title, the present association copy is inscribed by both the author and the translator to "Sam" Hazo, founder and director of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh. Lapointe's inscription... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2017. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed black dust jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Hahnemuhle Bugra, with silkscreen two color ink on the dust jacket and title page. The... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2017. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed black dust jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Lana, with silkscreen two color ink on the dust jacket and title page. The author's... More
Athens: U of Georgia Press, (1972). 1st edition, cloth spine, w/publisher's acetate dj (as issued.) Inscribed by author in year of publication on the FEP. Legler was associated for most of his adult career as a writing professor at Northern Michigan University. His earlier years included earning a B.A. from..... More
Princeton NJ: Princeton U Press, (1990). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A presentation copy to fellow poet, inscribed: "For Richard Tillinghast / on a memorable occasion / with all good wishes / David Lehman / 1/26/03" in blue ink on the half title page. Published in... More
New York: Knopf, 1986. 1st edition, full red cloth, w/decorated dj. A signed copy of the author's second trade publication of poetry. "Brad Leithauser writes of the delights of nature, the astonishments and beauties of Japan, and the essence of all that endures" (from the jacket comments.) An engraved "compliments... More
Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, (2001). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Lennon on the title page, and additionally inscribed on the half title page. Publicity material from The Philadelphia Inquirer laid in. Uncommon signed. Fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, white boards, with printed dust jacket and publisher's acetate (as issued). A most handsome design by Tungsten Press, printed by Joos Wiersinga and bound by Wim Kamsteeg. The type is set using Garamond and Future fonts, on Zerkall... More