The Seventies Press, 1977. 1st edition, stiff paperwraps, with dust jacket. Translated by Lewis Hyde and Robert Bly. Published by Bly at his Seventies Press. Very light sunning to an otherwise bright, tight copy. More about TWENTY POEMS
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1979). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This Cuban born poet's first book. "Alonso writes in the tradition of Afro-American and Caribbean poetry" (from the jacket notes). Very gentle shelf rubs to jacket, else fine. More about CIMARRON
Boise: Floating Ink Books, 1995. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Ardinger on the title page. Decorated with a linocut by Linda Wolfe. " . . . a collection of poems about traveling, the loss and renewal of place, the renewal of love, the... More about GOODBYE, MAGPIE
New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A review copy of the author's third book, with review slip laid in. A collection of fifty poems by this native American Cherokee poet. A bright, fine copy. Uncommon thus. More about LIKE A WALL
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 about NIGHTWORKS: POEMS 1962-2000
New York / Tribeca: Four Way Books, (2019). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A luminous collection of 32 poems, presented in three sections."These Many Rooms is a sequence of elegies that build to an almost unbearable depth of feeling ..." (Chase Twichell, from the rear cover). Bound in... More about THESE MANY ROOMS
New Haven: Yale U Press, (1986). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A specially signed, inscribed copy of the author's first book, selected as the Yale Series of Younger Poets by James Merrill, who provided the Foreword. ". . . a book which strives for that particular... More about TERMS TO BE MET
New York: Poet's Guild, (n.d., circa 1922-1925). 1st separate edition, broadside. Published in "The Unbound Anthology" series by The Poet's Guild in New York City. Also known as "The Christodora Broadsides." Exceptionally elusive and very scarce. This poem is among Dickinson's most popular pieces. Overall size: 7.5 inches high x.... More about A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK. (Broadside
New York: Norton, (2016). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy paperwraps (as issued). The text (pp. 427) includes poems, and a section of author's notes. Minimal edgewear to front cover, else fine. More about COLLECTED POEMS: 1974-2004
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1971. 1st edition, original printed and decorated paperwraps (as issued). Handsomely designed and decorated, with an Introduction by David Meltzer. Lightly sunned along spine, else a tight and fine copy. More about THE BOOK OF MONTHS & OTHER POEMS
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 about POEMS: NEW AND SELECTED
Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, (2001). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). Published in a total edition of 300, of which 26 have been lettered and signed. The present offering is copy "E" of the twenty-six and is in bright, fine, 'as new' condition. Scarce. More about THE HOUSE OF SARA LOO
New York: Henry Holt, (1934). 1st edition, thus, full tan decorated cloth boards, with dust jacket. (Crane A2.2) "With the issue of this new edition, Robert Frost's first volume of poetry is made available in a format to satisy the most discriminating. The book has been redesigned, the text has... More about A BOY'S WILL
New York: Henry Holt, (1936). 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. Richard... More about A FURTHER RANGE
London: Andre Deutsch, (1964). 1st true edition, full orange cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Hall, the former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the President's National Medal of Arts, on the title page in black ink. This British edition precedes the U.S. edition. An uncommonly bright and..... More about A ROOF OF TIGER LILIES
Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/26) original printed hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, inscribed to Hugo's longtime friends and fellow poet David & Patt Wagoner. The inscription reads: "For Dave & Patt the roads are always open Love Dick" on the title page. The colophon... More about ROAD ENDS AT TAHOLA
New York: New Directions, (1948). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The annual anthology of new writing, conceived, edited, and published by James Laughlin. An early appearance of Richard Wilbur with six poems, as well as contributions by Paul Bowles, Rene Char, Alex Comfort, Robert Duncan, Richard... More about NEW DIRECTIONS 10: IN PROSE AND POETRY
New York: Atheneum, 1966. 1st edition, full cloth, w/dj. Merrill's fourth volume of poetry, and the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 1967. This volume includes Merrill's long poems, "The Thousand and Second Night" and "From the Cupola," along with sixteen other poems. Light sunning to spine... More about NIGHTS AND DAYS
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 about THE SNOWFLAKE STAR. (A.M.S., manuscript
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 about POETRY: A MAGAZINE OF VERSE
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 about THRONES 96-109 DE LOS CANTARES
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1968). 1st edition, full red cloth, with decorated dust jacket. A collection of forty poems, following the author's first book, X-RAYS. Specially signed by the author in red ink on the title page. A fine copy with minimal wear to jacket. More about DRAGGING THE MAIN
Pasadena: The Untide Press, 1948. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Cover illustration by Lee Mullican. A combination of poetry and prose, published by The Untide Press, edited and printed by William Eshelman, Tom Polk Miller, Kemper Nomland, Jr., and Kermit Sheets. The Untide Press was founded in 1943... More about THE ILLITERATI (Number 5
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 about ROBERT FROST'S AFFECTION FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE (in HISTORICAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
Tungsten Press, N.H., June 2012. 1st edition, limited, signed, broadside postcard. Designed and printed letter press by C. W. Swets at the Tungsten Press, Netherlands, using Romanee type and three color ink on fine textured Zerkall stock. One of several poems issued by Tungsten Press in their "poecard series" postcard... More about THE KENTUCKY DERBY. (Broadside