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
New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A review copy of the author's third book, with review slip laid in. A collection of fifty poems by this native American Cherokee poet. A bright, fine copy. Uncommon thus. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. The celebrated poet's monument first book, published as the winning manuscript of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award. (MacMahon A1.) The present copy shows minimal rubbing to the crown and foot of cloth spine, and gentle overall shelf and... More
New Haven: Yale U Press, (1986). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A specially signed, inscribed copy of the author's first book, selected as the Yale Series of Younger Poets by James Merrill, who provided the Foreword. ". . . a book which strives for that particular... More
Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1980. 1st edition, illustrated paperwraps. Published as Chapbook 10, the text of twenty-eight poems is beautifully illustrated with eight full page drawings by Kahionhes. Signed and inscribed by Bruchac to fellow poet, Judith Minty, on the title page in blue ink. The inscription reads: "For Judith... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016, 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed in three color ink by C W Swets, set in Bembo and Folio type. Size: 6.25 inches high x 9 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price. More
The Stinehour Press, 1995. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with leather label to spine, with printed dust jacket. Designed by Jerry Kelly, and signed by the author on the colophon page. A collection of 118 poems, divided into five sections. A handsome publication, offered in fine 'as new' condition. More
Rochester: BOA Editions, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition. More
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, (2012). 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Goldbarth in black ink, with his illustration of a man and woman on either side of a house -- his "everyday people" -- on the title page. Also laid in is a copy of the... More
New York: Ecco Press, (1989). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely copy of the author's third volume of verse, preceded by FIELD GUIDE and PRAISE. Proof copies of this title are seldom seen. Fine condition. 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
Lewisburg, PA: The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University, 1994. 1st edition, limited (1/125) numbered and signed, cloth spine with paper over boards, without dust jacket (as issued). "To illustrate the book, Florence Putterman has created exciting, colorful images influenced by Native American imagery and reflecting the nature of... More
Chestertown MD: Literary House Press, 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/55) numbered and signed, broadside. Designed by Jehanne Dubrow and Lindsay Lusby incorporating appropriate illustrations for the text of the poem. Printed by hand using two color ink by Mike Kaylor on heavy textured stock. Approximate size: 9.5 inches high x.... 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
Santa Barbara, CA: Great Granny Press, 1976. 1st edition, broadside. Specially signed by Kooser in black ink immediately below his printed name. Issued as Great Granny's No 1, edited by M. Truman Cooper. The first issue in the Great Granny postcard broadside series. Printed in two color ink on textured... More
Sedro Woolley: Grey Spider Press, (1999). 1st edition, limited (1/50) press numbered and signed, blue cloth spine and decorated boards, without dust jacket (as issued). This handsome volume was printed letterpress on a Colt's Armory press using heavyweight Zerkall paper and Bodoni type. Additionally inscribed by Lee to fellow poet... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. Set in Baskerville and Folio and printed on Zerkall. Size: 12.5 inches high x 9.75 inches wide, with two edges deckle. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
Cambridge: Harvard Press, (1932). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The text of a Lewis poem originally published in the Yale Literary Magazine, March 1904. "Of this first edition of Sinclair Lewis' earliest known published writing one hundred copies privately printed by the Harvard... More
Boston: Barn Dream Press, (1971). 1st edition, limited (1/500) hand-tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued). This copy specially inscribed and signed by Matthews in year of publication on the title page. Published by Thomas Lux at his Barn Dream Press. Designed and printed by Joseph Wilmott, using a Jon Fischbach photo... More
San Antonio: Gemini Ink, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/108) numbered and signed, illustrated, broadside. This attractive broadside of Nye's poem was letterpress printed by Rose Harms with an image design by Beck Whitehead. The text and image are printed in black ink on light gray watermarked stock, untrimmed edges, numbered... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Assn, Vol 85, No 2, Nov, 1954. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). This issue includes five poems by O'Hara, and "On a Painting by Patient B" by Justice. Contributions from other poets include Richard Eberhart, Louis Zukofsky, Cid Corman and others. Minor edge chip to... 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
Durham, England: Taxvs Press, 1983. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps, with Frenchfold covers (as issued). Cover illustration by Paul Stangroom. Errata slip laid-in. Fine condition. More
