Rocky Mount, NC: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1994). 1st edition, original photo-illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Ammons on the title page. The inscription reads: "With admiration & deep affection / to Susan Moore / from / Archie Ammons / W-S / 9 April '95" in..... More
New York: September 13, 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed and dated by Ashbery, in original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, buff watermark letterhead stationery, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and fine, with original mailing envelope. Unique. More
Garden City: Dial Press/Doubleday, 1985. 1st edition, burgundy cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. "In this deeply affecting book of love poems, Robert Bly explores its meaning" (from the jacket notes). A fine copy, in complete (not price clipped) jacket. More
London: Portents, (1973). 1st edition, side stapled illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Portents 23. Specially inscribed: "Jerry -- / These are very public poems, but / it was a very public day -- so / fine to see people reading a poem / for once -- / Regards, /..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1989). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of prose poems. Strong jacket reviews by John Ashbery, James McMichael, and W. S. Merwin. A bright, fine copy in like dust jacket. More
New York: Henry Holt, (1947). 1st edition, full green 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 in..... More
London: Rainbow Press, 1971. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered and signed, full calf binding, TEG, in publisher's cloth slipcase. The present offering is designated number "77" and signed by Hughes on the colophon, and additionally inscribed and signed by Baskin immediately below Baskin's frontispiece drawing. The inscription reads: "For Sandy..... More
New York: Braziller/Persea Books, (2017). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed by the author on title page in black ink. The text is "An Adoptee's Search for Her Birth Mother" written and presented as "A Novel in Poems and Journal Entries" by this talented..... More
New York: W W Norton & Company, (2018). 1st edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A collection of twenty new poems, in addition to a broad selection of poems from her five earlier books. This uncorrected proof copy is copyright 2018, the trade issue was released..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1963). 1st edition, full tan decorated cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by Layton to his wife and daughter, signed and dated upon publication. The inscription reads: "For Betty and Naomi, / With love, / Irving / Montreal, Que. / January 28, 1963" in black fountain..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1946). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially inscribed to an editor at the "New York Post" and signed by Lowell on the FEP in black ink. The author's second (and first trade) book, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry..... More
New York: Norton, (1998). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed, inscribed copy: "Thomas Lynch / For Gerry -- / Every goodwill / TL" in black ink on the title page. The text includes 66 poems, and the illustration on the cover is a painting titled "Still..... More
New York: Knopf, 1985. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's fourth volume of poems. The tentative publication date of "Sept. 19, 1985" is noted on the cover. Minimal wear, else fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, illustrated stiff printed paperwraps, with envelope (as issued). This single poem is printed using Baskerville and Folio types on Cartiera Magnani Pescia and Neenah Columns papers, in a total press run of 74 signed copies. The paper is..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, September 1964. 1st edition, Vol 104, No 6, original printed tan paperwraps (as issued). This issue publishes six new poems by Merwin, eight new poems by Bly, and additional poems by Philip Levine, A. R. Ammons, Jean Garrigue. Minimal wear to this clean, near fine copy..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, October and November, 1912. 1st edition, original printed and decorated paperwraps (as issued). The inaugural first two issues of the landmark modern poetry magazine, begun in 1912 by editor and publisher, Harriet Monroe in Chicago, Illinois. The first issue includes two poems "To Whistler, American" and "Middle..... 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
New York: Norton, (2004). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). "In this new collection Adrienne Rich confronts dislocations and upheavals in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century" (from the rear cover). Publisher's material laid in. Fine. 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
Concord NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Vol XXII, No 2, Summer 1967. The text of this issue is Thompson's article on Frost (pp. 3-26) including several black and white photos of Frost. The text also includes two other New Hampshire..... More
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1974). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty-nine poems. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. The present copy is in fine, nearly 'as new' condition..... More
London: Faber and Faber, (1962). 1st UK edition, full burgundy cloth, with printed dust jacket. A volume of poems, Wilbur "displays to the full his wit, his superb craftsmanship and his gift for verbal and visual precision" (from the jacket flap). The present copy is from the collection of Sir..... 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