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
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ILLITERATE HEART.
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
THRILLER SUITE.
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
LOVING A WOMAN IN TWO WORLDS.
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
STEALING SUGAR FROM THE CASTLE: SELECTED POEMS.
New York: Norton, (2013). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy illustrated paperwraps. A selection of the author's poems from "1950 to the present" comprising 316 pages. "Selected from more than ten volumes of poetry from 1950 through 2005 . . ." (from the rear cover notes). A nice volume in fine condition. More
THE FALCON 4.
Mansfield, PA: Mansfield State College, No 4, Spring, 1972. 1st edition, original stiff glossy paperwraps (as issued). A large (pp. 145) issue including poems by Albert Goldbarth, Greg Kuzma, Dougas Blazek, Robert Bly, Wakoski, Bruchac, and others. Minimal wear to covers, else fine. More
ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD. (APCS.)
Chelsea/London. An original handwritten postcard by T. S. Eliot, accepting an invitation to a party hosted by bibliophile John Carter. The card is addressed in Eliot's hand to Mrs John Carter / 16 Bedford Grdens / N. 8. The original postmark from Chelsea (London) is dated "15 Dec 1950" and... More
CONVERSATIONS WITH MAYA ANGELOU.
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1989. 1st edition, full black cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket (as issued). This popular publication is quite scarce in the cloth issue. The present offering is presented 'as new' in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine. 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
REGION OF UNLIKENESS.
New York: Ecco Press, (1991). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed white paperwraps (as issued). A proof issue of Graham's fourth volume of verse, the actual copy originally sent to Joyce Carol Oates requesting a review, with a note from Oates enclosed declining to review the book. The note is... More
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC. (Broadside.)
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/70) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed by Stuart Bradley at the Railway Station Press using two color ink on fine textured stock. Overall size: 10 inches high x 7 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
PHRASES AFTER NOON.
Frankfort: Frankfort Arts Foundation, (1985). 1st edition, limited (1/310) numbered, original printed stiff sewn paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Hass, the former US poet laureate, on the title page. The first section of this handsome book publishes eight poems by Hass. The second section presents poems by Eric Trethewey... More
SLOW SPRING.
Tungsten Press, N. H, (2015). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand tied stiff white paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). A most handsome chapbook of six poems, set in Bembo and Folio fonts on Zerkall Butten, with fine Lana blue dust jacket. Printed by Hans Dessens and... More
WE ARE SO LUCKY (and) ANOTHER SOBER DAY.
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, chapbook, with hand tied stiff white wraps, printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue. This attractive chapbook of two poems is designed by C. W. Swets. Set in Bembo and Future types, and printed in three color ink by... More
UPRIVER / DOWNRIVER.
(n.p.): Tangram, 1992. 1st edition, limited (1/150) hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by author to fellow poet (Judith Minty) in year of publication. The inscription reads: "Summer 92 / to Judith / pieces of that other, / shakier shore / Jerry" in black ink on the FEP... More
AN INTERIM.
Tungsten Press, N. H, (2014). 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed black dust jacket (as issued). This beautiful chapbook publication of Massey's long poem is set in Baskerville and Folio fonts on Zerkall Butten and Hahnemuhle Bugra papers, with silkscreen four color ink on... More
ECHOES INSIDE THE LABYRINTH.
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (1983). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. "This is poetry of the land and people of America . . ." (from the jacket notes). A small quarto volume (8.75 inches high x 8.25 inches wide, pp. 146) including sixty-three poems. Uncommon in cloth. Minimal wear, fine condition. More
FOLD. (Broadside.)
San Antonio: Gemini Ink, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/108) numbered and signed, illustrated, broadside. This attractive broadside of Nye's poem was letterpress printed by Rose Harms with an image design by Beck Whitehead. The text and image are printed in black ink on light gray watermarked stock, untrimmed edges, numbered... More
THE JOE 82 CREATION POEMS.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, with publisher's acetate dust jacket (as issued). Laid in is a copy of # MAGAZINE (April 1980) with contributions by Owens, Robert Kelly, and others. Trace of sunning to bright yellow boards, small nick & tear to acetate, else fine. More
THE SNOWFLAKE STAR. (A.M.S., manuscript.)
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
POETRY: A MAGAZINE OF VERSE.
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
THRONES 96-109 DE LOS CANTARES.
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
REGARDING WAVE.
Iowa City: Windhover Press, (1969). 1st edition, limited (1/280) numbered and signed, full burgundy cloth (as issued). Copy number "1" as noted on the signed colophon page, and additionally inscribed by Snyder to his longtime friend and publisher, Don Allen, on the first FEP. Don Allen published Snyder, and many... More
JUNIOR COLLEGE.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. This volume of poems is specially inscribed and signed by Soto in year of publication on the title page. A bright, fine copy showing no wear. More
PATERSON (BOOK FIVE).
New York: New Directions, (1958). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Williams in his post stroke hand on the FEP. The fifth and final volume of the epic sequence by Williams, named for the town in New Jersey where he lived and... More
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