Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited, (1/62) numbered, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Johannot papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited, (1/12) Roman numbered, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Torinoko papers. A fine copy, offered in..... More
Grinnell: Green Linden Press, (2020). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). This "masterful crown of sonnets" is published in the Green Linden Chapbook Series, designed by Christopher Nelson, with cover photo art by Maria Zavate. Each of the fifteen sonnets has an individual strength to stand alone, yet together..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1972). 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by both Kumin and Swan on the half title page in black ink. This was the Pulitzer Prize winning poetry title for 1973, the text includes forty-one poems and seventeen pen-and-ink drawings by Barbara..... More
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1971. 1st edition, limited (1/375) numbered and signed, hand-tied stiff paperwraps (as issued). Beautifully printed by the Grace Hoper Press, with three-color ink on the title page. Size: 10.5 inches high x 7 inches wide. A lovely publication of an early Merwin collection in fine condition..... More
London: Agenda, (1990). 1st edition, original glossy stiff white paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by poet Michael Hamburger on the title page. The issue features poems by Hamburger, Glyn Maxwell, W.S. Milne, and many others. Also included are "Translations from Lorca" by David Gascoyne. A bright fine copy. More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, (1982). 1st edition, original printed hand tied stiff paperwraps (as issued). The text of this chapbook is a single poem. "October Frost is printed from hand set Bembo type on Gutenberg Laid paper & hand sewn in wrappers in late October 1982" (from the colophon)..... 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
Salt-Works Press, 1983. 1st edition, limited (1/500) broadside. Issued as a Christmas keepsake for Joanne and Joseph Dermont. Two color ink. Overall size: 8 inches high x 5 inches wide. This poem was later issued (1985) by Aralia Press in a different format. The present offering is the first separate..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, (1989). 1st edition, rust cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. "The painting of Balthus, enigmatic, poetic, and controversial, is both deeply traditional and radically modern . . . These notes are not an orderly argument by an art critic but a progression of responses, more..... More
Woodstock: The Overlook Press, (1977). 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of twelve poems. This title was reissued/reprinted in 1979. The present copy is the true first edition, with price clipped jacket, in fine condition. More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, December 1914. 1st edition, Vol V, No 3, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Six poems by D. H. Lawrence, and contributions by Alice Corbin, Seumas O'Sullivan, Philip Becker Goetz, Francis Howard Williams, Scharmel Iris, Antoinette De Coursey Patterson, John Rodker, and Tietjens' poem "Christmas at Saint Luke's..... More
Washington DC: People on the Streets, Inc, (1970). 1st edition, original photo-illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). "Some people who like people and think they ought to get together and communicate have just published a shiny and beautiful magazine packed with poetry and photos" (Phil Casey) begins an article and review..... More
New York, NY: Palmapodoca Press, (2002). 1st edition, limited (1/40) numbered and signed, original hand painted boards, without dust jacket (as issued). "Printed and hand painted by Rory Golden in NYC during the winter of 2002, this book is an homage to Japanese philosopher, Eihei Dogen" (from the colophon). This..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, February, 1967. 1st edition, Vol 109, No 5, original illustrated paperwraps, (as issued). The present issue includes seven poems by Creeley that later appeared in his popular volume, WORDS (Scribner, 1967). The issue also includes poems by Harrison, May Swenson, Stephen Sandy, Keith Wilson, and others..... More
New York: Random House, (1954). 1st edition, full cloth, with printed dust jacket. "In this volume there are fifteen new poems and a one-act play. The poems, notably the long narrative 'Hungerfield,' are charged with all the passion and violence that have distinguished his earlier works" (from the jacket notes)..... 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
Urbana: Accent, Spring, 1952. 1st edition, Volume XII, Number 2, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Preceding Merwin's first book publication, this seven section poem is among Merwin's earliest appearances. The present copy shows only minimal wear, primarily to front cover. Uncommon thus. More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, September 1964. 1st edition, Vol 104, No 6, original printed tan paperwraps (as issued). This issue publishes six new poems by Merwin, eight new poems by Bly, and additional poems by Philip Levine, A. R. Ammons, Jean Garrigue. Minimal wear to this clean, near fine copy..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1999). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, red printed paperwraps (as issued). "His poems, grounded in the contemporary South, are scorched by a human history of violence . . . He is able to draw out powerful emotions with the simplest of suggestions . . ."..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1995). 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The poetry in this volume "offers the power of idiomatic narrative at its naked best" (from the jacket notes). A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition. More
New York: Handsel Books / Other Press, (2003). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A collection of fifteen essays on poetry and art. Fine condition. More
New York: Ecco Press, (1989). 1st edition, black cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's fifth collection of poems, "Rooted in his early experiences as a child in rural Ohio and Virginia. . ." (from the jacket). A bright, fine copy. More
New York: Norton, (2007). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely copy of Plumly's collection (pp 96) of poems that was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry. Publisher's material laid-in. A bright, fine copy. More
