Washington: Orchises, 2009. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of short poems and couplets by this master of light verse. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition. More
New York: Knopf, 1983. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first regular trade edition of poems, in the very uncommon uncorrected proof state. Slight fold to botton right corner, else very little wear. Scarce. More
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1998. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, hand-tied original paperwraps, with dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated with a tipped in piece by Vivien Russe. A lovely chapbook publication, designed by Kenward Elmslie and C.W. Swets. Appears 'as new' in bright and fine condition. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1944. 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps, with dust jacket. Published in James Laughlin's Poets of the Year series. Slightly sunned along spine, else fine. More
Rochester: BOA Editions, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition. More
Hunter College: Nov 8, 1962. Six original black and white glossy photographs (10 inches high X 8 inches wide) of Robert Frost, as he "received at Hunter College on November 8, 1962 the Edward MacDowell Medal for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Poetry'. These photographs were taken that evening by Michael..... More
Santa Cruz: Story Line Press, (1987). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's verse play, which was born out of his earlier prose work titled STRING TOO SHORT TO BE SAVED. The jacket illustration is a color photo of the author's ancestral home, Eagle Pond Farm..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2000. 1st edition, original sewn glossy paperwraps (as issued). Compiled and with an introduction by Jack Kelleher, including detailed commentary by Hall that is not published elsewhere. The present copy is specially signed by Hall on the title page. Richard Wilbur has written the Foreward. Now out..... More
London: Faber, (1976). 1st edition, full turquoise boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed in year of publication to the Hungarian poet, Janos Csokits. Csokits, Hughes, and Sylvia Plath were close personal friends, and Csokits collaborated with Hughes on translations of poetry. The inscription reads: "To dear Janos / some half-olde..... More
Lewisburg, PA: The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University, 1994. 1st edition, limited (1/125) numbered and signed, cloth spine with paper over boards, without dust jacket (as issued). "To illustrate the book, Florence Putterman has created exciting, colorful images influenced by Native American imagery and reflecting the nature of..... 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
Chicago: Poetry, Vol CXXXII, No I, April, 1978. 1st edition, illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The first appearance of Maxine Kumin in POETRY MAGAZINE, and of David St John's poetry in this magazine, with his poem "Elegy." There are also three by David Wagoner, and others. The present volume is without..... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., October 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, broadside. A poem by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Levine, published in October 2013 by Tungsten Press. Handsomely designed by C.W. Swets, and printed by Jeroen Sukel using Garamont and Nobel type in three color ink on fine..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1973). 1st UK edition, full light gray linen cloth with gold embossed lettering to spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by Lowell to his close friend and fellow author, J. F. Powers. The inscription reads "For my friend / For almost as long as / this..... More
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
Chicago: Seymour, Daughaday and Company, August, 1915. 1st edition, Vol VI, No V, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The celebrated photographer, Imogen Cunningham's copy, with her ownership stamp to the free end page. Additionally, a ghost of her signature is visable on the front cover. The issue includes several poems..... 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
New York: Knopf, 2002. 1st edition, black spine and gold boards, with dust jacket. ". . . this life-spanning volume offers the delight of both discovery and re-discovery, as Ponsot tends the unruly garden of her mind with her customary care and passion" (from the jacket). This volume includes poems..... 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
London: Faber and Faber, (1950). 1st English edition, full black cloth with gold lettering on spine, with printed dust jacket. (Gallup A61b.) A presentation copy, inscribed by T. S. Eliot upon publication, to Elisabeth Jungmann (Lady Beerbohm). Eliot was the editor of the present volume, as well as the publisher..... More
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1973). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of the author's "somapoetics" in sections, including a glossary and the author's "somalogue" as introduction to the volume. The text also includes a preface by the poet Robert Kelly..... More
New York: Sheep Meadow Press, (1982). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. The author's first full collection to be published, this title won The Walt Whitman Award in manuscript form from The Academy of American Poets in 1981 (Donald Justice, judge). The present copy shows very little wear..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1966). Hardcover. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The first in what eventually became three volumes of Frost's biography by Lawrance Thompson. (Pp. 641, including index.) "The first volume of this critical and interpretive biography, reflecting Thompson's intimate knowledge of the..... More
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of forty-four poems, arranged in two sections. Jacket illustration by Gustave Dore, text illustrations by Lucy Evans. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets..... More