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
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1961). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's second collection of poems, offered here in the scarce cloth binding, with the second issue dust jacket. "It would not be accurate to call Mr Ansen a 'beat' poet, although he has something of..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, August 1966. 1st edition, Vol 108, No 5, original red printed paperwraps (as issued). The first appearance of Carroll Arnett in POETRY Magazine with three poems. Other contributors include Josephine Miles, Josephine Jacobsen, and others. The present copy is bright and fine, appears in 'as new'..... More
New York: Knopf, 2002. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Publisher's material laid in. "A highly orignal poetry debut . . . Exquisitely paced, full of delicate banter, Visits from the Seventh is a passionate and philosophically profound collection of poems" (from the publisher's comments). The author's..... More
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
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1989. 1st edition, full black cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket (as issued). This popular publication is quite scarce in the cloth issue. The present offering is presented 'as new' in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine. 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
New York: Viking Press, (1986). 1st edition, cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. This title was later re-issued as a limited edition (1/145) by The Press of Appletree Alley as part of the Bucknell University Series in Contemporary Poetry. The present volume includes a "with compliments" card from the publisher..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1976). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A pristine copy of the author's celebrated first book. Selected as Volume 71 in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. A five page Foreword by Stanley Kunitz, who comments: "Her imagination, animated by a generous..... More
Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University / Aural Press, n.d. (circa 1964). 1st edition, LP (long playing phonograph record, 33 1/3 rpm) in original illustrated sleeve. Twenty-three poems, read by the author. The record appears as new, in nearly as new cover sleeve. Photograph of the author superimposed on the cover. An..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1945. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by poet John Berryman on the FEP. The inscription by Berryman is to "Mary Jane" (Christenson Heming). The inscription reads "Congratulations! / & love / John" and is dated "7 Apr 1947"..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H, (2015). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand tied stiff white paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). A most handsome chapbook of six poems, set in Bembo and Folio fonts on Zerkall Butten, with fine Lana blue dust jacket. Printed by Hans Dessens and..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1979. 1st edition, Autumn 1979, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). This issue features a revised version of Justice's title poem of his first book, as well as poems by Garrett Hongo, Dennis Schmitz, Greg Pape, and others. Minimal shelf rubs to covers, and mild sunning..... More
Seluzicki/Rara Avis Press, 1982. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, illustrated hand-tied stiff paperwraps (as issued). This beautifully designed publication was printed by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press in Riverside, California. "The illustrations were taken from photographs of funeral masks" (from the colophon). There was not a trade edition..... More
New York: Knopf, 1992. Paperback original. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, stiff printed paperwraps (as issued). A large (pp 339) selection of Merrill's poetry, offered in the uncommon uncorrected proof format. Very light shelf rubs, else fine. More
New York: Harper & Bros, (1943). 1st edition, full black cloth, with dust jacket. Published in an original edition of 2000 copies in 1943, this popular collection of Patchen's work was also reprinted in 1948. Many illustrations by the author. The jacket states (in part): "CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST is..... 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
Olean, NY: Uroboros Books/Allegany Mountain Press, (1981). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited, numbered and signed, black faux leather, with illustrated dust jacket. An early collection by Ruggieri, issued in a hardbound numbered edition. A collection of fifty-eight poems. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, (2004). 1st edition, green boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Selected (in manuscript form) as the 2003 James Laughlin Award Recipient, by judges Mary Jo Bang, Thom Gunn, and Campbell McGrath. "First Graywolf Printing, 2004" so noted on copyright page. Copies of the award announcement laid-in. A...... More
Port Townsend: Kah Tai Alliance/Copper Canyon, (1979). Second printing, gold illustrated stiff paperwraps. Illustrated with woodblock prints by poet/artist Michael Corr. Designed and originally printed at Copper Canyon Press by Sam Hamill. "This second printing is photo-offset from the letterpress proofs" (from the colophon). A fine copy. More
Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/300) broadside. Illustrated with art by Jason Pickleman, and designed by JNL Graphic Design. Printed letterpress in gray ink, with multicolor illustration, on fine heavy stock. Size: 13 inches high x 10 inches wide. There are no copies listed on OCLC. Fine condition..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1997). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. The Pulitzer Prize winning title for 1998, and the National Book Critic's Circle Award finalist. A bright copy of the true first edition, in like jacket. More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1975). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The Library of Congress copy, representing the very earliest form of the book. Appropriately noted as "Library of Congress Duplicate" on the FEP, and officially deaccessioned. The author's third trade publication. "The sources of Charles Wright's..... More