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
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
New York: Knopf, 1983. 1st edition, full cloth, with dust jacket. A signed copy of the author's monumental first book, with the author's signature on a Knopf "compliments" card laid-in. A fine copy in like jacket of a very handsomely designed trade publication, with typography by Joe Marc Freedman. Exceedingly..... More
Brownsville: Story Line Press, 1994. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original white printed paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Dove on the title page of the original issue. A verse play in fourteen scenes, the present offering is for both the original issue of the author's verse play in the uncorrected..... More
New York: New Directions, (1984). 1st edition, full green cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket. A rather long collection (pp. 231) of poems, from this eminent poet who won the Bollingen Prize (1962), the Pulitzer Prize (1966), the National Book Award (1977) among many other prizes. A fine copy in like..... More
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
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (2001). 1st edition, advanced reading copy/uncorrected proof, glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). More
New York: Ecco Press, (1987). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed salmon paperwraps (as issued). The uncommon uncorrected proof issue of the author's third volume of poetry. Several corrections/revisions were made after this issue, especially to pages 81-85, prior to the publication of the first trade edition. A seldom seen..... More
New York, Houston: Dec 12, 1993. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed by Howard at his printed name, with original mailing envelope. Howard provides a handwritten text. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white onion skin letterhead paper, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1945. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by poet John Berryman on the FEP. The inscription by Berryman is to "Mary Jane" (Christenson Heming). The inscription reads "Congratulations! / & love / John" and is dated "7 Apr 1947"..... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. Set in Baskerville and Folio and printed on Zerkall. Size: 12.5 inches high x 9.75 inches wide, with two edges deckle. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Review copy with review slip laid in. "In this, his first new book of poems in seven years, Merrill is at the top of his form" (from the jacket notes). This is Merrill's final collection of new..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1960). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with printed dust jacket. Inscribed to Nims' good friend and fellow poet, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Ralph & Helen, / Thanking them for / Tante belle cose, & / wishing them the / same. Affectionately, /..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, broadside, with publisher's wrap. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout using Times and Folio types on Zerkall paper. The special publisher's wrap for this numbered edition is Gmund Kaschmir..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Johannot papers. A fine copy, offered..... More
n.p., n.d. (circa 1946). original manuscript in the author's hand, signed "by Sylvia" below the title, on white ruled paper (10.5 inches high x 8 inches wide.) This poem, from Plath's juvenilia canon, is recorded by title only in the "Uncollected Juvenilia" list of THE COLLECTED POEMS - SYLVIA PLATH..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, Vol 2, No 4, July, 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). An early issue of POETRY magazine, now beyond its centennial year, in beautiful condition. The text includes twelve poems by Lindsay, as well as poetry contributions by Amy Lowell, F.S. Flint, Richard Burton, and..... More
New York: New Directions, (1959). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. Signed "JL File Copy" by the book's publisher, James Laughlin, on the FEP in pencil. Provenance: James Laughlin, Norfolk, Connecticut. A very bright copy, with mild sunning and light soiling to complete (not price clipped) jacket..... More
Hanover: Wesleyan / University Press of New England, (1990). 1st edition, full gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. "NEW DARK AGES is a book of ideas that exhibits a rare quality--adventurousness. The poems are intelligent and deeply felt, complex and crystal clear" (from the jacket notes.) Further jacket reviews by Carl Dennis..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Roethke in his signature green fountain pen ink on the FEP. This first printing of the author's second book has become increasingly scarce in fine condition with an attractive dust jacket, and signed. In..... 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..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1967). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. A collection of thirty-eight poems. "These poems show a wide range and variety. There are lively recordings of the American scene as well as of foreign lands, poems on the nature of the artistic act..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, hand tied white stiff wrappers, with printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue. A beautiful presentation designed by Wolfram Swets. Set in Bembo and Akzidenz Grotesk type and printed by Joos Wiersinga on Zerkall Butten and Johannot papers. Hand..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed white dust jacket, and publisher's glassine jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Gampi Torinoko, with silkscreen four color ink on the dust jacket..... More
Arlington, VA: Settlement House, (2010). 1st edition, original printed glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Paul Zimmer" on the title page in black ink. A collection of fifty-six poems, divided into three sections. Also included is a two page Preface by the author. A fine, signed copy in 'as new'..... More