LIVING ON FIRE: A COLLECTION OF POEMS.
New York: Random House, (2000). 1st ed, uncorrected proof, printed blue paperwraps (as issued.) A fine copy with very little wear. More
New York: Random House, (2000). 1st ed, uncorrected proof, printed blue paperwraps (as issued.) A fine copy with very little wear. More
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, illustrated broadside. The present offering is from the Oyster Suite series of broadsides, printed by Paper Crane Press in Half Moon Bay, California, illustrated and published by Charles Seluzicki. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by Adamshick in..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, (2014). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of ten poems (pp. 61) offered here in the uncommon "Uncorrected Proof" state, with publication sheet laid in. Fine condition. More
Riverdale-on-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, (1996). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Agoos on the title page. A fine copy in like jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. 1st edition, cloth spine, with dust jacket. The author's second book, which won the 1978 Lamont Poetry Selection in manuscript form. Light, gentle shelf rubs to cream background of jacket, else a fine copy. Increasingly uncommon in fine condition. More
The Seventies Press, 1977. 1st edition, stiff paperwraps, with dust jacket. Translated by Lewis Hyde and Robert Bly. Published by Bly at his Seventies Press. Very light sunning to an otherwise bright, tight copy. More
Evanston: Triquarterly Books, (2002). 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed yellow paperwraps (as issued.) "Intensely autobiographical poems that explore the foreign and the familiar" (from the rear cover.) Fine. More
Pittsford: State Street Press, 1981. 1st edition, limited (1/400) paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed and inscribed by Allardt. Published as volume #6 in the State Street Press Chapbooks series. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine. More
New York: Four Way Books, 2010. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A specially signed copy of the author's second book. The text includes thirty-six poems. The title won the 2010 Grub Street National Book Prize for poetry. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
Fairfax Station, VA: Road Publishers, (1991). 1st edition, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) "M. Ray Allen participates in the literary quickening that has taken place in southern Appalachia during the past quarter century. His subjects and themes . . . give expression to a collective experience of the region's..... More
Urbana: U of Illinois, Autumn, 1960. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) This issue includes Ammon's poem "Canto 13," as well as contributions by Anthony Ostroff, David Ray, Robert Pack, and others. A fine copy. More
New York: Norton, (1975). 1st edition, full black cloth, with dust jacket. A nice bright copy in like jacket of the author's eleventh book of poetry. Fine. More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1961). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's second collection of poems, offered here in the scarce cloth binding, with the second issue dust jacket. "It would not be accurate to call Mr Ansen a 'beat' poet, although he has something of..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2020. 1st edition, limited, (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This nine poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Courier and Garamond types using four color ink, on Zerkall Butten and..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, August 1966. 1st edition, Vol 108, No 5, original red printed paperwraps (as issued). The first appearance of Carroll Arnett in POETRY Magazine with three poems. Other contributors include Josephine Miles, Josephine Jacobsen, and others. The present copy is bright and fine, appears in 'as new'..... More
New York: Knopf, 2002. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Publisher's material laid in. "A highly orignal poetry debut . . . Exquisitely paced, full of delicate banter, Visits from the Seventh is a passionate and philosophically profound collection of poems" (from the publisher's comments). The author's..... More
New York: Viking, (1987). 1st edition, cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's twelfth collection of poems, which has been reprinted many times. Prior owner's name on pastedown. Offered here is the original first edition in bright, fine condition. More
New York: Viking, (1987). 1st edition, cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's twelfth collection of poems, which has been reprinted many times. Offered here is the original first edition in bright, fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, hand-tied chapbook, with printed dust jacket. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in two color ink by Joos Wiersinga using Bembo types on Zerkall Butten paper. The dust jacket for this lettered edition is Johannot, and..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand-tied chapbook, with printed dust jacket. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in two color ink by Joos Wiersinga using Bembo types on Zerkall Butten paper. The dust jacket for this numbered edition is Zerkall Restauro..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1961). 1st edition, full gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's first book, inscribed "Dear Mary and Jack Dant / Welcome aboard my book on its / shakedown cruise -- / Robert Bagg" in blue ink on the FEP. Three moderate stains to jacket, else minimal wear..... More