Urbana: U of Illinois, Autumn, 1960. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) This issue includes Ammon's poem "Canto 13," as well as contributions by Anthony Ostroff, David Ray, Robert Pack, and others. A fine copy. More
New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A nice copy of the author's third book. A collection of fifty poems by this native American Cherokee poet. Shelf rubs to white background of jacket, else a fine copy. 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
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1976). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A presentation copy to fellow poet, inscribed: "With all best wishes for William Jay Smith -- / Elizabeth Bishop" in black ink on the title page. Bishop (born 1911) and Smith (born 1918) were contemporaries... More
Garden City: Dial Press/Doubleday, 1985. 1st edition, burgundy cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. "In this deeply affecting book of love poems, Robert Bly explores its meaning" (from the jacket notes). A fine copy, in complete (not price clipped) jacket. More
New York: Norton, (2013). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy illustrated paperwraps. A selection of the author's poems from "1950 to the present" comprising 316 pages. "Selected from more than ten volumes of poetry from 1950 through 2005 . . ." (from the rear cover notes). A nice volume in fine condition. More
Tuscaloosa: Perkolator Press, n.d, (circa 2006). 1st edition, limited (1/35) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. Handsomely designed and printed letterpress in five color ink on fine textured paper, with right and bottom edges untrimmed. Size: 8.5 inches high x 11 inches wide. Numbered and signed in pencil by both the... More
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
Middletown: Wesleyan U Press, (1977). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. The English critic Alan Young's copy, with additional review slip from The Times Literary Supplement indicating "600 words by June 15" on the face of the slip... 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 York: The Spiral Press, (1954). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Frost's Christmas 1954 greeting, with a poem by Frost and wood engravings by Thomas W Nason. The present copy bears the personal imprint of Howard Cady, an editor and executive at Henry Holt and Company... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (2007). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Inscribed to Gerber's close friend and fellow poet, Judith Minty. The inscription reads: "To Judith Minty, / my dear friend of over 35 / years now whose counsel / I value deeply. / With great admiration... More
Athens, GA: U of Georgia, Vol LXIII, No 4, Winter 2009. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The special "Albert Goldbarth" issue, specially signed "Albert Goldbarth / Joy in Poetry!" in red ink on the contents page. A terrific issue of Goldbarthiana. Fine. More
Minnesota: Red Dragonfly Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/225) numbered and signed, original hand tied printed paperwraps (as issued.) The present offering is one of ten special issue copies where Goldbarth has tipped in a bright pink "U.S. Postal Service Signature Confirmation" label. A handsome chapbook "printed using the nearly... More
Brockport: SUNY, (1974). 1st edition, broadside. Issued as a program for The Writers Forum at SUNY Brockport, April 18, 1974. Heavy goldenrod stock, folded once to create four pages 10 inches high x 7.5 inches wide, and printed in black ink. Includes Hoffman's poem, "The Poem," and an attractive photograph... More
New York: Norton, (1991). 1st edition, gray cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. "In this eloquent, definitive first biography of Charles Olson, poet Tom Clark, making extensive use of previously unseen private journals and letters as well as revealing testimony from close family and friends, has gone beneath the legend... More
New York: Knopf, 1998. 1st edition, maroon cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of over fifty poems, arranged in four sections. Fine condition. More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, November 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume III, Number 2, this early issue of POETRY Magazine features several original (unpublished) poems by Pound. There are also new poems by Louise Driscoll, Joseph Campbell, and others. A remarkably fine copy. More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, October and November, 1912. 1st edition, original printed and decorated paperwraps (as issued). The inaugural first two issues of the landmark modern poetry magazine, begun in 1912 by editor and publisher, Harriet Monroe in Chicago, Illinois. The first issue includes two poems "To Whistler, American" and "Middle... 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
Iowa City: Windhover Press, (1995). 1st edition, limited (1/350) original sewn heavy paperwraps (as issued). A collection of sixteen pencil drawings of Vassar by Wallace Stevens, with an introduction by D. H. Woodward. A very handsome publication, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price. More
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1900). 1st edition, thus, decorated green cloth with gilt lettering, TEG, without dust jacket. "Including a Fac-simile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves" (from the title page). The text (pp. 526) includes an alphabetical index of titles. Prior owner's tasteful bookplate... More
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1993. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of thirty-nine poems, arranged in four sections. Jacket reviews by David Wagoner, Peter Stitt, and Robert Wallace. A beautiful copy, bright and fine. More