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
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, illustrated broadside. The present offering is from the Oyster Suite series of broadsides, printed by Paper Crane Press in Half Moon Bay, California, illustrated and published by Charles Seluzicki. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by Dickman in..... 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
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
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1989). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of prose poems. Strong jacket reviews by John Ashbery, James McMichael, and W. S. Merwin. A bright, fine copy in like dust jacket. More
Calais VT: Z Press, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/200) original hand tied paperwraps (as issued). A handsome chapbook designed by C. W. Swets, with an original linocut print by Jasper Johns. This illustration represents the first linocut print by Jasper Johns. Printed by The Grenfell Press using Bembo type, on..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, white boards, with printed dust jacket and publisher's acetate (as issued). A most handsome design by Tungsten Press, printed by Joos Wiersinga and bound by Wim Kamsteeg. The type is set using Garamond and Future fonts, on Zerkall..... More
Wakefield: Asphodel Press / Moyer Bell, (1998). 1st edition, full rust cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. "The poems in this fifth collection by Hilda Morley are poems of transformation. They map the poet's turning toward a healing from grief and brokenness" (from the jacket notes). Foreword by Robert Creeley. Strong..... More
Mt Kisco: Moyer Bell Limited, (1988). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A large (pp. 211) collection of poems by this poet, associated with the Black Mountain movement. Strong jacket reviews by Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, James Laughlin, and Stanley Kunitz. Uncommon in the blue cloth binding..... More
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1971. 1st edition, limited (1/750) original decorated paperwraps. The author's second collection of poetry. A nicely printed collection of poems. Overall some wear, primarily to cover, else very good to near fine condition. More
