New York: Kitchen Table/Women of Color Press, (1984). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Introduction by Audre Lorde, and rear cover reviews by Toi Derricotte, and others. Reprinted in 1987 with completely different covers, the present offering is the true first printing. Photo of author on rear cover... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. 1st ed, cloth spine w/dj. The author's second book, which won the 1978 Lamont Poetry Selection in manuscript form. Light, gentle shelf rubs to cream background of jacket, else a fine copy. Increasingly uncommon in fine condition. More
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
Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1982. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Cross-Cultural Review Chapbook 20, compiled by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Kahionhes. A collection of 25 poems by this native American Cherokee poet. Fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand-tied chapbook, with printed dust jacket. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in two color ink by Joos Wiersinga using Bembo types on Zerkall Butten paper. The dust jacket for this numbered edition is Zerkall Restauro... More
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
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
London: Anvil Press Poetry/Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1972). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. "This ambitious poem by a young English poet explores modern man's difficult and painful search for a 'centre'." The cover illustration is a detail from an engraving of Avebury by William Stukeley. Designed and printed... More
Salisbury: Three Ravens Press, 1990. 1st edition, limited (1/1000) numbered and signed, original sewn perfect bound printed paperwraps (as issued). A handsome volume of twenty-five poems, printed in Joseph Blumenthal's Emerson type at the Press of A. Colish. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Prospectus laid in, and with the original envelope... More
New York: Liveright, (1973). 1st edition, original red paperwraps (as issued). The author's first book. "These arresting and memorable poems are filled with love and history" (from the rear cover). A hint of sunning to spine, else fine. Appears unopened. More
New York: Ecco Press/HarperCollins, (2000). 1st edition, full black boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Graham on the title page in black ink. "With SWARM, her first new collection since THE ERRANCY, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jorie Graham has given us a book-length sequence of poems stunning in its sober... 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
Boston: Beacon Press, (1995). 1st edition/2nd printing, illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by Hall on the title page in black ink. A rich collection of prose pieces, including Hall's often quoted "The Unsayable Said." A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition. More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, bound in silk boards. Compiled by Jack Kelleher, who also wrote the introduction. This excellent reference includes a foreword by Richard Wilbur, and elucidating commentary by Hall. Signed by Hall, Kelleher, and specially signed by the book's designer/printer Carol Blinn on... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1951). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A National Book Award finalist in poetry for 1952, this superb copy is signed in full by Jarrell on the FEP where he has additionally written out the entire text of his poem "The Death of... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2017. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed black dust jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Lana, with silkscreen two color ink on the dust jacket and title page. The author's... 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
(n.p.): Tangram, 1992. 1st edition, limited (1/150) hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by author to fellow poet (Judith Minty) in year of publication. The inscription reads: "Summer 92 / to Judith / pieces of that other, / shakier shore / Jerry" in black ink on the FEP... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, illustrated stiff printed paperwraps, with envelope (as issued). This single poem is printed using Baskerville and Folio types on Johannot and Neenah Columns papers, in a total press run of 74 signed copies. The paper is folded... More
Nadja, (1987). 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, hand tied paperwraps, with printed dust jacket. This prose piece of several pages "was set in Bembo types and printed on T. H. Saunders paper in an edition of 74 numbered copies during the autumn of 1987" (from the colophon). The... 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
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's own copy, with annotations in his hand, beautifully inscribed to fellow poet and colleague, Celeste Wright, at U.C. Davis where both were professors for many years. Snyder's annotations include his signature "Gary Snyder... More
New York: Random House, (1981). 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered & signed, navy blue cloth with acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase. A very bright, fine copy, appears 'as new' condition. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1971). 1st ed, cloth w/dj. The author's first book of poems. A fine copy in like jacket. More