JUNE-TREE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1974-2000.
New York: HarperCollins, (2001). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) Publicity material, including full-color reproduction of jacket, laid-in. Fine. More
New York: HarperCollins, (2001). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) Publicity material, including full-color reproduction of jacket, laid-in. Fine. More
Athens GA: U of Georgia Press, (1989). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A handsomely designed book by Betty McDaniel, and edited by Bin Ramke as part of The Contemporary Poetry Series at the University of Georgia Press. The tasteful jacket illustration is by Tim Blalock. Bright..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace World, (1967). 1st edition, full blue cloth, w/dj. The author's first book. "Mr Barnes's poems are pervaded by strong feeling, great vitality, and humor" (from the jacket notes.) Light, minimal wear to jacket, else fine. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, (2012). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The winning title of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. "LSU Press Paperback Original First Printing" so noted on copyright page. Rear cover reviews by Fanny Howe and Naomi Shihab Nye. A...... More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, (1997). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) "Extending the reach of his groundbreaking BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (Copper Canyon Press, 1994), Marvin Bell's stunning new poems address and redefine--and ultimately embrace--aging, entropy, abundance, error, comedy, and horror in the active life" (from the rear..... More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, (2000). 1st edition, full black cloth, w/illustrated dj. "NIGHTWORKS is a refreshing retrospective on the distinguished poet's work. It provides a selection of poems from his previous books -- along with two dozen new poems -- and makes available poems from volumes long out of..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. 1st edition, original glossy paperwraps (as issued.) The author's first trade book, selected as The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1969. Wear to lower edges of covers, else fine. More
Montclair, NJ: Number 13, 1987. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Michael Benedikt's personal copy, with his ownership name and address printed on the front cover verso. Includes the issue's lead poem "Of Poetry, My Friend" by Benedikt, as well as poems by Joseph Bruchac, Nicholas Christopher, Marge Piercy..... More
Ithaca: Clandestine Press, (1999). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, original Florentine paperwraps. Printed in several color inks, and bound using a variety of Florentine papers selected by the author in Florence, Italy. A fine copy. Scarce. More
Louisville: Scienter Press, (2006). 1st edition, limited (1/100) original printed paperwraps (as issued.) The present copy is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. A small collection of fifty-eight epigrams, published in chapbook format. The colophon notes: "This book was laid out on a laptop PC..... More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, (2003). 1st edition, original hand stitched illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Includes all of the poems from Bennett's out-of-print collection, TO BE A HERON (1989) and a twenty-eight page section of new poems. A new copy, offered at the..... More
Kanona: FootHills Pub, (2004). 1st edition, original hand-tied printed paperwraps (as issued.) These twenty-one poems, published in three sections in a chapbook format, celebrate the "grief and love" the author knew through his mother. "There is courage, steadfastness, and humor; there is even, at times, a kind of tragic joy"..... More
Georgetown KY: Finishing Line Press, (2010). 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps, with black ribbon binding. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. A wonderful collection of thirty-one poems in the classic Bennett style, short on words, long on image, with tight lyric structure. Offered in fine, 'as new'..... More
Bath, NY: FootHills Publishing, (1991). 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This chapbook is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in blue ink. The text of the chapbook consists of twenty-nine poems. Fine condition. More
Washington DC: Orchises Press, 2017. 1st edition, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Bruce Bennett" on the title page. A generous collection (pp. 214) of poems by the ever popular Bruce Bennett, Professor Emeritus at Wells College in Aurora, New York. A fine copy, offered 'as new' at..... More
Ithaca: Clandestine Press, (2009). 1st edition, limited (1/500) original illustrated yellow paperwraps (as issued.) A sequence of thirty-eight short poems. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition. More
Washington: Orchises, 2009. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of short poems and couplets by this master of light verse. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition. More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishings, (2009). 1st edition, original hand tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A sequence of twenty-eight sonnets, illustrated with Edvard Munch's painting "Ashes" on the cover. A fine collection, specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. Offered in 'as new' condition. More
Georgetown KY: Finishing Line Press, (2014). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. The present copy specially signed by Bennett on the title page. A collection of twenty-seven poems, published in two sections. A fine collection, worth twice the price. Offered here 'as new' at the published price. More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered and signed, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely collaboration between these two creative friends and colleagues, handsomely designed and printed in handset Perpetua types on fine papers. Numbered and signed in pencil by both the author and artist on..... More
New Haven: Yale, (19810. 1st edition, full orange cloth, w/illustrated dj. Published as Volume 76 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, selected and with a foreword by Richard Hugo. A collection for forty-two poems, divided into two sections. Fine condition in like jacket. More
Peoria IL: Elephant's Foot Press, (1993). 1st edition, prospectus, original printed card stock (as issued). Specially signed "William Benton 1/9/93 // Key West" in black ink on the front cover. A prospectus for [the full title] MARMALADE: DRIFTS, GISTS, VERSIONS, DRAFTS & TAKES from the poems of Stephane Mallarme. Poems..... More
San Francisco: Five Fingers Poetry, (1985). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Cover illustrations by Stanley Goldstein. Rear cover reviews by Frances Jaffer, Frances Mayes, and Stan Rice who states (in part): "It is the accomplishment of this fascinating collection of sixteen closely related poems that the particular..... More
New York: William Sloane, (1948). 1st edition, full cloth, with dust jacket. Specially signed by Berryman. An advance publication presentation copy to Berryman's girl friend (Beryl Eeman) and inscribed: "B. imperishably John, Princeton, 27 Apr 1948 won't you send me one word?" in fountain pen ink on the FEP. Additionally..... More
San Francisco: Dryad Press, (1976). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A volume of poems in tribute to the memory of John Berryman. Contributors include Michael Berryhill, Donald Davie, David Ignatow, Ted Kooser, Robert Lowell, William Matthews, Judith Minty, and others. Gentle wear to spine, else near fine. More