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RECKLESS WEDDING.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 1st edition, cloth spine, w/printed dj. Published in The Houghton Mifflin New Poetry Series. A "compliments" copy with slip laid in. Fine condition. More
THE CAPTAIN ASKS FOR A SHOW OF HANDS.
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2011). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Promotional letter from publisher laid in. Strong rear cover reviews by Franz Wright and Carolyn Forche, who writes in part: " . . . a rare lyrical interrogation of brutality in the light of conscience .... More
THE PRINTER'S ERROR.
Oxford, OH: Miami U Press, (2001). 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) Fine. More
GATHERING THE TRIBES.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1976). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A pristine copy of the author's celebrated first book. Selected as Volume 71 in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. A five page Foreword by Stanley Kunitz, who comments: "Her imagination, animated by a generous..... More
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. 1st edition, limited (1/1500) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with leather labels on spines, in original publisher's marbled slipcase (as issued). This two volume set, beautifully printed by the master printer Bruce Rogers at The Marchbanks Press and illustrated with wood engravings..... More
A FURTHER RANGE.
New York: Henry Holt, (1936). Hardcover. 1st edition, full red linen cloth, with dust jacket. The true first trade edition of Frost's Pulitzer Prize winning title, following the limited edition, with "First Printing" so noted on copyright page. (Crane A21.1) A presentation copy, inscribed "Robert Frost / to / J...... More
A MASQUE OF REASON. (UNCORRECTED PROOF) Including STEEPLE BUSH and A MASQUE OF MERCY
London: Jonathan Cape, (1948). 1st edition, Uncorrected Proof, original gray green paperwraps (as issued). The present volume combines the complete text of Frost's A MASQUE OF REASON, A MASQUE OF MERCY, and STEEPLE BUSH representing the "First English Edition" of all three titles. There was no US equivalent. (Crane A34.)..... More
NEWS AND NOTES.
Montpelier VT: The Vermont Historical Society, 1963. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 14, Number 7, March 1963. The text includes four articles about Frost. A single fold for mailing, and browning rubs to rear cover, else near fine. An unusual piece of Frost ephemera. More
ONE MORE BREVITY.
New York: The Spiral Press, 1953. 1st edition, original decorated paperwraps (as issued). Published as the Frost Holiday Greeting at Christmas 1953, with a poem by Frost and decorations by Philip Grushkin. (Crane B25.) The present copy bears the "Marguerite & Fred Melcher" imprint (1/175). Fine condition. More
A WITNESS TREE.
New York: Henry Holt, (1942). Hardcover. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. An association copy, with the attractive Rockwell Kent designed bookplate of Frederick Adams, Jr., on the pastedown. Adams was a friend of Frost, and accompanied him on his historic diplomatic visit to Russia which resulted..... More
PHOTOGRAPH.
(circa 1962). Classic black & white photograph of Frost by David Rhinelander, signed and inscribed "Robert Frost / to the Corbins / in friendship" in blue fountain pen ink. The image was used on the dust jacket of IN THE CLEARING (Holt, 1962) and for the pencil drawing for the..... More
SENSUAL MATH.
New York: Norton, (1995). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original tan wraps (as issued.) Signed by author on title page. Fine. More
DEPARTURE.
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1973). 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. This volume of thirty-three poems, and dedicated to the author's good friend and business partner Jim Harrison, was published at their Sumac Press. Published in an editon of 1000 softcover, and 126 hardcover, as noted on the colophon page. Very light wear..... More
A SECOND LIFE: A COLLECTED NONFICTION.
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (2001). 1st edition, advanced reading copy/uncorrected proof, glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). More
OUT IN THE OPEN.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 1989. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. Signed by Gibson on the title page. The award-winning poet's fourth collection. An advance publicity copy with material laid in. Sightly sunned on jacket spine, else fine. Uncommon in cloth, and scarce signed. More
EMILY'S BREAD.
New York: Norton, (1984). 1st edition, full white cloth, with dust jacket. Jacket reviews by Carolyn Kizer, Frank Bidart, Robert Pinsky, and Richard Eberhart. Very light wear to jacket, else quite fine. More
JUDGMENT DAY: POEMS.
New York: W W Norton & Company, (2018). 1st edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The author's tenth collection of poems. A collection of eighty poems, in four sections. Fine. More
CHRISTIANITY AND POETRY.
Menomonee Falls: Wiseblood Books, 2024. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Gioia on the title page in blue ink. An expanded essay by Gioia, published as No. 13 in the Wiseblood Essays in Contemporary Culture series. A new copy. Fine condition. More
MEET ME AT THE LIGHTHOUSE.
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2023). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). "First Graywolf Printing, 2023" so noted on copyright page. Specially signed by Gioia on title page in black ink. The text includes twenty-three poems presented in five sections, including the final poem in seventeen separate sections. Section II publishes..... More
EGGS IN THE LAKE.
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979. 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. Published as Volume 5 in the New Poets of America Series by BOA, with a Foreword by John Logan who has inscribed the book "for Jerry, my friend, / these poems of a friend / John / feb/7/79" on the half..... More
BASEMENT SONG. (Broadside.)
Tungsten Press, N.H., 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. A handsomely designed broadside, set in Folio and printed on Fabriano Umbria. The entire edition, printed in three color ink with two edges deckled, consists of only twenty-six copies lettered and signed by the poet. Size: 9.5 inches..... More
CONSIDER THE WOUND.
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2023. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket. This single long poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Hahnemuhle Bugra papers. A fine copy, offered in..... More
IN SONG & STORY.
Tungsten Press, N.H, (2010). 1st edition, limited (1/74) signed, boards, with printed dust jacket. This collection of sixteen poems has been handsomely printed by Joos Mooi Press in Amsterdam and bound by Distelkamp Bookbinders. The complete edition is limited to seventy-four copies, the present copy is designated "H. C." [hors..... More