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
Athens GA: U of Georgia Press, (1989). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A handsomely designed book by Betty McDaniel, and edited by Bin Ramke as part of The Contemporary Poetry Series at the University of Georgia Press. The tasteful jacket illustration is by Tim Blalock. Bright..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1995). 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The poetry in this volume "offers the power of idiomatic narrative at its naked best" (from the jacket notes). A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition. More
Fremont: Sumac Press, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A collection of forty-eight poems: 16 by Rosochacki, 13 by Kohl, and 19 by Carrigan. All three poets have signed the colophon page. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 1989. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with decorated dust jacket. Tiny spot to jacket at spine, else a lovely copy. Bright and fine. More
New York: The Ecco Press, (1989). Hardcover. 1st edition, rust cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. "The painting of Balthus, enigmatic, poetic, and controversial, is both deeply traditional and radically modern . . . These notes are not an orderly argument by an art critic but a progression of responses..... More
New York: The Spiral Press, 1953. 1st edition, original decorated paperwraps (as issued). Published as the Frost Holiday Greeting at Christmas 1953, with a poem by Frost and decorations by Philip Grushkin. (Crane B25.) The present copy bears the "Marguerite & Fred Melcher" imprint (1/175). Fine condition. More
New York: New American Library, (1968). Paperwraps. 1st edition, long galley uncorrected proof, original wire staple bound, with custom archival box. The celebrated author's first book of poetry, presented here in the first issue uncorrected proof format. Laid in is a signed letter from Stanley Moss, on New American Review..... More
New York: Ecco Press, (1989). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely copy of the author's third volume of verse, preceded by FIELD GUIDE and PRAISE. Proof copies of this title are seldom seen. Fine condition. 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
Alton, England: Prospero Poets, 1995. 1st edition, limited numbered & signed, glossy paper accordion fold into illustrated boards, with illustrated & signed broadside. This delightful poem, appropriately and profusely illustrated by Christopher Battye, is presented here in both book format and as a broadside. Both the book and the broadside..... More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2006. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, broadside. Femininely designed and printed in two color ink on delicately pink washed textured paper, with deckled upper edge. Each individual letter pressed broadside is hand washed, making each copy unique. An appropriately attractive presentation of a fine poem by..... More
New York: Norton, (2002). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. An advance copy, with publisher's material laid in. The author's thirteenth book of poems. Fine condition. More
Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, (1976). 1st edition, gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Published as An International Poetry Forum Selection title, the present association copy is inscribed by both the author and the translator to "Sam" Hazo, founder and director of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh. Lapointe's inscription..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1968). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty poems, including an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines. Pages toned from aging, else a fine copy in like (price clipped) jacket. More
Stonington: Oct 24, 1994. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed and dated by McClatchy below the poem, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white watermark paper, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and fine, with original mailing envelope. Unique. More
San Francisco: Twowindows Press, (1970). 1st edition, original decorated paperwraps (as issued). Published in chapbook format, this collection of seven poems was limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is very bright and fine, appears in 'as new' condition. More
Urbana: Accent, Spring, 1952. 1st edition, Volume XII, Number 2, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Preceding Merwin's first book publication, this seven section poem is among Merwin's earliest appearances. The present copy shows only minimal wear, primarily to front cover. Uncommon thus. 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
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
New York: Norton, (1993). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps. A large collection (pp. 426) of poems, including a three page Foreward by the author. Publisher's material laid-in. Minimal shelf wear, 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
London: Vol III, No, 1, July 1954. 1st edition, original paperwraps (as issued). An important magazine of the literary arts, edited by Stephen Spender and Irving Kristol. This early tenth issue of the magazine includes the prose and poetry piece "Reminiscences of Childhood" by Dylan Thomas, a long prose essay..... 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