Pittsford: State Street Press, 1981. 1st edition, limited (1/400) paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed and inscribed by Allardt. Published as volume #6 in the State Street Press Chapbooks series. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine. More
New York: Norton, (1975). 1st edition, full black cloth, with dust jacket. A nice bright copy in like jacket of the author's eleventh book of poetry. Fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. The author's second volume of poetry, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. There were only 2000 copies published in the first printing (MacMahon A2). Printed by The Riverside Press in Cambridge, the present copy has The Grolier..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1988). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. "TO URANIA is the third collection of Joseph Brodsky's poetry to be published in the United States. It includes poems from various periods in Mr. Brodsky's career, translated from the Russian or originally composed in..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's eleventh and final book, a collection of fifty poems. Fine in complete (not price clipped) jacket. 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
Tempe: Inland Boat/Porch Publications of Arizona State U, (1979). 1st edition, stiff paperwraps. The author's first solo publication. Published as Volume 8 in the Inland Boat Series. Edited by Pamela Stewart and Norman Dubie. Very little wear and mild sunning to a potentially fragile item, else fine. More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, February, 1967. 1st edition, Vol 109, No 5, original illustrated paperwraps, (as issued). The present issue includes seven poems by Creeley that later appeared in his popular volume, WORDS (Scribner, 1967). The issue also includes poems by Harrison, May Swenson, Stephen Sandy, Keith Wilson, and others..... More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979. 1st edition, limited (1/75) signed, white stiff paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Eight poems published in chapbook format in the "BOA Phamphlets, Series A" series by the noted poetry publisher. A total press run of 500 copies, the present copy is one of only..... More
New York: Norton, (2000). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Publisher's material laid in. A collection of thirty-four poems. The present volume appears to be bound with pages in reverse order, making it truly an "uncorrected proof" copy. 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
New York: Ecco Press, (1991). 1st edition, black cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to Herb Leibowitz and signed on the title page. The inscription reads: "for Herb -- Jorie / - 1997 - " in blue ink. Laid in is a "Compliments of the Author" card from..... More
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
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/250) signed, full brown cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes two poems by this Irish poet, and two illustrations. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
Medford, NY: Backstreet Editions, 1999. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Two poems printed on a single broadside, using black ink on yellow stock. Overall size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Fine. More
Berkeley: Oyez, (1966). 1st edition, limited (1/500) original printed paperwraps. The author's first book of poetry. Publisher's material laid in. Prior owner's name inked to verso of front cover, else only minimal wear to this fine copy. More
New York: Norton, (1980). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy, with black and white glossy photo of Hugo laid in. A collection of thirty-three poems written from Hugo's experience living off the coast of Scotland on the Isle of Skye. The present offering is..... More
Riverdale-on-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, (1990). 1st edition, full red cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's second collection of poems. The text includes fifty-eight poems, organized into six sections, followed by a section of Notes. The jacket illustration is by Rembrandt. Jacket comments by Stanley Moss, Marjorie Perloff, Richard Wilbure..... More
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, (1963). 1st edition, limited (1/220) numbered, original brown boards, with printed paper label on spine (as issued). Levine's first book, issued in a small press run of only 220 copies. The present copy is hand numbered "91" on the colophon page, which states "Of..... More
New York: Knopf, 1988. 1st edition, full purple cloth, with dust jacket. A collection of thirty-eight poems, arranged in five sections. An uncommonly fine copy in bright jacket. 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
Kensington: Hit & Run Press, n.d. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed on custom-made abaca/cotton paper, illustrated with artwork by Davis Te Selle. Size: 13 inches high x 9.25 inches wide, approximate, deckle edges untrimmed. Fine. More
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/250) signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes two poems by this Kansas born poet, and two illustrations. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
New York: Knopf, 1969. Hardcover. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with dust jacket. "These cantos form both a joke on the antique genre of the long poem and an attempt to write one . . . " (from the jacket comments). A nice copy in like jacket. Fine. More