Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1974). 1st edition, illustrated paperwraps. Published as Pitt Paperback 95. The author's first book, inscribed to fellow poet and critic Paul Zimmer on the half title page. The inscription reads: "For Paul-- / with sincere thanks / for everything -- especially / the encouragement when..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. 1st edition, limited (1/1500) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with leather labels on spines, in original publisher's marbled slipcase (as issued). This two volume set, beautifully printed by the master printer Bruce Rogers at The Marchbanks Press and illustrated with wood engravings..... More
New York: Henry Holt, (1942). Hardcover. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. An association copy, with the attractive Rockwell Kent designed bookplate of Frederick Adams, Jr., on the pastedown. Adams was a friend of Frost, and accompanied him on his historic diplomatic visit to Russia which resulted..... More
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (2001). 1st edition, advanced reading copy/uncorrected proof, glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). More
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2005. 1st edition, limited (1/120) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed by Stuart Bradley on heavyweight Arches Johannot paper, a French acid free mouldmade paper. The text is printed in Emerson hand set type, the title in Bernard Modern Roman, and the printer's..... More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, (2003). 1st edition, original hand stitched printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first book, comprising forty-six poems, specially signed by Huff on the title page. Advance review comments (". . . clear, precise poems overflow with the things of this world . . .") by Sam..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1942). 1st edition, full red cloth, with printed dust jacket. The celebrated author's monumental first book, specially signed by Jarrell in ink on the second FEP. Published in an edition of only 1700 copies (Wright A1), seldom are examples found in bright condition. Typically the inferior..... More
New York: Persea Books, (2012). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Kearney on the title page in black ink. This volume, subtitled A NOVEL IN POEMS AND JOURNAL ENTRIES, is a sequel to Kearney's earlier volume, THE SECRET OF ME (Persea, 2005). "In a series of..... 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
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
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, white boards, with printed dust jacket and publisher's acetate (as issued). A most handsome design by Tungsten Press, printed by Joos Wiersinga and bound by Wim Kamsteeg. The type is set using Garamond and Future fonts, on Zerkall..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. 1st edition, marbled boards, with decorated dust jacket. "SONGS FOR EVE contains a long lyric sequence comprising some of the sweetest and most subtle lyrics in the language. Deceptively simple, they read like a cross between songs from Elizabethan plays and some of the mystical old..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1978. 1st edition, full maroon cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This title won the National Book Award for the author, which was his first volume published after winning the Pulitzer Prize for DIVINE COMEDIES. Both volumes went on to form major pieces of his highly acclaimed THE..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. 1st edition, full cloth, with dust jacket. 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..... 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
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1960). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with printed dust jacket. Inscribed to Nims' good friend and fellow poet, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Ralph & Helen, / Thanking them for / Tante belle cose, & / wishing them the / same. Affectionately, /..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1973). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of "occasional" poetry. Jacket wear includes two closed tears and rubs, else near fine. More
New York: Random House, (1999). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of 53 poems, including the long (pp. 8) title poem. Strong jacket review by Billy Collins. Fine condition. 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
Boston: Small, Maynard, (1910). 1st edition (second impression), tan paper boards stamped in green, with tan dust jacket printed in green. "Title-page, collation, and size as in first impression . . . Published probably early in 1917" (Gallup A6b). "PROVENCA is the first American Edition of his work, and contains..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Hardcover. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). A unique signed, inscribed, association copy of Sexton's Pulitzer Prize winning third collection of poems. The jacket illustration is by Barbara Swan, Sexton's friend and favored illustrator. The relationship between Sexton and Swan at Radcliffe..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1967). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. A collection of thirty-eight poems. "These poems show a wide range and variety. There are lively recordings of the American scene as well as of foreign lands, poems on the nature of the artistic act..... More
Milwaukee: Pentagram Press, (1979). 1st edition, original illustrated French-fold paperwraps (as issued). Published in an edition of only 500 copies. This presentation copy is inscribed to author Jonis Agee in the year of publication, and signed by the author on the dedication page. A fine copy. More