Tungsten Press, N. H., (2016). 1st edition, limited (1/62) signed and numbered, chapbook. This single poem by the 2014 Newdigate Prize winning author is presented as a long format (13 inches high x 6.5 inches wide) broadside. Set in Baskerville type and printed by Frank Turenhout for Tungsten Press on... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, with publisher's acetate dust jacket (as issued). Laid in is a copy of # MAGAZINE (April 1980) with contributions by Owens, Robert Kelly, and others. Trace of sunning to bright yellow boards, small nick & tear to acetate, else fine. More
Binghamton, NY: Geryon Press/Bellevue Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/65) signed, broadside. Printed by Stuary McCarty II at the Geryon Press in black ink on bright red pebbled paper. The present offering has been professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 12 inches high x 8 inches... More
Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full blue cloth w/publisher's slipcase. Additionally laid in is a woodcut, signed and numbered by McCurdy. Both the additional woodcut and the book is numbered 62/100. The colophon page is signed by six of "those Penmaen associates... More
Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, (1975). 1st edition, limited (1/312) original hand tied paperwraps (as issued.) Beautifully designed and printed in two color ink on Curtis Tweedweave papers from hand-set Kennerley type. The final poem in this selection is "Anchor Drifting" which was later changed to "Anchor Dragging" as the title... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., 2012. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. A handsome broadside, designed by C. W. Swets and printed by Frank Turenhout, set in Baskerville and printed on Zerkall paper. The entire edition, printed in four color ink with two edges deckled, consists of only twenty-six copies... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., October 2012. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, broadside postcard. Designed and printed letter press by C. W. Swets at the Tungsten Press, using Romanee type and three color ink on fine textured Zerkall stock. One of several poems issued by Tungsten Press in their "poecard series" postcard... More
Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1955. 1st edition, limited (1/500) numbered, gray printed and decorated boards, with publisher's acetate dust jacket (as issued). One of only 500 copies handsomely designed and printed by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. Gallup A70a. A fine copy. More
Syracuse, NY: DWC/Boxcar Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, broadside. Printed in silver ink on flat black stock, and signed by Pratt in silver ink. Appropriately decorated with an abstract illustration suggestive of broken glass. Overall size: 14 inches high x 11 inches wide. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition. More
New York: Knopf, 1941. 1st edition, limited (1/1000) numbered, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. Roethke's first solo book publication, specially signed by Roethke in his characteristic green fountain pen ink on the title page. The present copy is hand numbered "206" on the colophon page. The book is fine... More
New York: Parnassus, 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/125) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. A scarce broadside appearance by the former poet laureate of the United States, illustrated with a drawing by the highly acclaimed artist, Robert Berlind, and signed by both. The broadside is designed by Ron Gordon at the... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016. 1st edition, limited (1/33) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely printed by C W Swets in three color ink using Bembo type, May, 2016. The poem was originally published by The New Yorker on November 16, 2015. Size: 9 inches high x 6.25 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price. 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
(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
Iowa City: Windhover Press, (1969). 1st edition, limited (1/280) numbered and signed, full burgundy cloth (as issued). Copy number "1" as noted on the signed colophon page, and additionally inscribed by Snyder to his longtime friend and publisher, Don Allen, on the first FEP. Don Allen published Snyder, and many... More
Iowa City: Windhover Press, (1995). 1st edition, limited (1/350) original sewn heavy paperwraps (as issued). A collection of sixteen pencil drawings of Vassar by Wallace Stevens, with an introduction by D. H. Woodward. A very handsome publication, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price. More
Milwaukee: Pentagram Press, (1979). 1st ed, 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
Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/300) broadside. Illustrated with art by Jason Pickleman, and designed by JNL Graphic Design. Printed letterpress in gray ink, with multicolor illustration, on fine heavy stock. Size: 13 inches high x 10 inches wide. There are no copies listed on OCLC. Fine condition. More
Sewanee: The University Press, 1981. 1st edition, limited (1/1500) original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued). "This special edition of SEWANEE IN RUINS, limited to fifteen hundred was set in twelve point Caledonia and printed on Strathmore Pastelle at The University Press, Sewanee, Tennessee" (from the colophon page). Prior owner's signature... More
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1985. 1st ed, limited (1/500) numbered, hand-tied paperwraps (as issued.) Attractively printed in Emerson and Goudy Oldstyle on a hand fed C & P using Mohawk Letterpress paper. Bright, fine condition. More
Seattle: Wessel Lieberman, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, broadside. This handsome broadside features a black and white photograph of Theodore Roethke by renown photographer Mary Randlett, along with Wagoner's poem "The Rosebush" from his play FIRST CLASS. This broadside was published for the premiere of Wagoner's one-act... More
n. p., 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/75) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. Designed and illustrated by Julio Granda, letterpress printed on fine paper with one deckled edge. The author, poet David C. Ward, also serves as Historian at the National Portrait Gallery, and recently curated "Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets"... More
Wymondham, England: Brewhouse Press, 1968. 1st edition, limited (1/325) original illustrated hand sewn paperwraps (as issued.) Attractively decorated with bold illustrations by Rigby Graham, gold stamped and bound by Trevor Hickman, and printed by Peter Bonser. A handsome publication. More
New York: Random House, (1981). 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered & signed, navy blue cloth with acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase. A very bright, fine copy, appears 'as new' condition. More
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, cloth spine and marbled boards, w/out dj (as issued.) Foreward by William Stafford, and signed by both Stafford and Wendt on the half title page. The author's first book. This collection of twenty-eight poems is presented in three... More