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
No place, no date. an original typed (from typewriter) copy of Feldman's poem, "So It Happens" on 11 inch x 8.5 inch fine watermarked paper, signed by Feldman on lower right corner in black ink. Two folds for mailing, else fine. More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/5) numbered and signed, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Issued as the "clockface edition" with an original illustration drawn, numbered, and signed by Goldbarth on the title page. A collection of thirty poems, presented in four sections (pp. 94). Published in..... More
Gambier, OH: Kenyon Review, 2011. 1st edition, limited (1/25) lettered, signed, with special star insignia. The first printing of this poem, designed by Joumana Khatib as the letterpress edition. Printed on Firenze paper at the Igloo Press, using Arno Pro and Steelfish fonts. As the colophon states, an edition of..... 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
Paris and New York: The Paris Review, Winter Spring 1964. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The "Anniversary Number" featuring "Poets of The Sixties." First appearances of poems from twenty-one poets, all of whom were initially introduced to readers of THE PARIS REVIEW by Donald Hall during his time..... More
Knotting, Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press, (1977). 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) The present offering is one of fifty signed copies, from a total press run of only 150 copies. This single poem chapbook is handsomely printed on Abbey Mills laid paper by Skelton's..... 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
New York: Braziller/Persea Books, (2017). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed by the author on title page in black ink. The text is "An Adoptee's Search for Her Birth Mother" written and presented as "A Novel in Poems and Journal Entries" by this talented..... More
Chicago: Vol XIII, No V, February, 1919. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps. The present issue includes six new poems by Lawrence; and a section of Poems from the Chinese: "Chinese Written Wall Pictures" translated by Amy Lowell and Florence Ayscough. An amazingly bright, fine copy. More
Tungsten Press, N.H., October 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman 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..... 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
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, (2013). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The Walt Whitman Award winning title for 2012, selected in manuscript form by Jane Hirshfield. The author's first book. A promotional letter from Academy of American Poets announcing the Whitman award is laid in. Fine condition..... 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
New York: Norton, (2004). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). "In this new collection Adrienne Rich confronts dislocations and upheavals in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century" (from the rear cover). Publisher's material laid in. Fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. Hardcover. 1st edition, black cloth spine and gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by Sexton to her friend, the artist Barbara Swan, on the half title page. The celebrated author's important first book, seldom found signed. Sexton and Swan were friends from..... 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
Port Townsend: Dragon Gate, (1983). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. HOME was picked by Raymond Carver as a Pushcart Writer’s Choice selection in 1984. “These are evocative and beautifully rendered poems,” Carver said in his Pushcart citation. “Time and again I found myself stopping to draw..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, Vol 106, No 1-2, April-May, 1965. 1st edition, original green printed paperwraps (as issued). A special "Double Issue" featuring "Work in Progress, Long Poems, Sequences" by some of the leading poets of the 1960s. Contributors include: Wendell Berry, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Galway Kinnell, Denise Levertov..... More
n.p. (Waco TX): The Beall Poetry Festival (Baylor University), 2006. 1st edition, broadside, signed. Printed in two color ink on fine heavy stock, and published by Baylor University on the occasion of The Beall Poetry Festival in 2006. Size: 13 inches high x 19 inches wide, approx. Only 1 copy..... 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
Amherst: Verse Press, (2002). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This volume is Tate's "first collection of stories . . . short-shorts or sudden fiction" (from the jacket notes). A bright, fine copy. More
Alexandria, VA: Railway Station Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and letterpress printed in two color ink by Stuart Bradley. The text of the poem is printed in black ink using 24 pt. Goudy Open type, with a yellow Humpty Dumpty illustration balanced between..... More