Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1988). 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. An association copy, inscribed in year of publication by Hirshfield, to fellow poet Judith Minty. The inscription reads: "For Judith, / With many thanks for / sharing this peaceful harbor / Jane Hirshfield / Trinidad / March 25, 1988" in... More
New York: Atheneum, 1974. 1st edition, original glossy printed paperwraps (as issued). A signed association copy, inscribed to fellow poet Judith Minty on the title page. The inscription reads: "To Judy / with thanks / Phil Levine" in black ink. Both Levine and Minty were born in Detroit, and both... More
New York: Norton, 2006. 1st edition, brown cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to fellow poet, Judith Minty, on the title page. The inscription reads: "For Judy, / with affection! / Linda" and additionally signed in full "Linda Pastan" under her printed name, in black ink. The text... More
New York: Penguin, (2007). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The text includes twenty-eight poems and a section of Notes. Publicity letter from the publisher laid in. Fine condition. More
Chicago: Poetry Magazine, August 1956. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 88, Number 5, this issue from August 1956 represents Ted Hughes' "first 'professional' publication" (from the contributor notes). The Hughes contribution is his poem "Bawdry Embraced" (pp. 295-297). Other poets in this issue include George... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and dated by Kinnell in year of publication. "MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS is abundant but not careless, surprisingly funny and full of laughter in the small poems, risky and moving in the family poems, and finally... More
London: Rapp & Carroll, (1968). 1st edition, full purple cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Kinnell on the title page. A collection of seventeen poems, this title was not issued in the U.S. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
New York: Knopf, 1975. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Meredith on the second FEP. "These sixteen new poems have as their focus the life and character of a fictitious painter named Hazard" (from the jacket). A fine copy in like dust jacket. More
New York: Knopf, 1980. 1st edition, full green cloth, with printed dust jacket. An association copy, with the poet William Heyen's signature on the front pastedown. A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid in. Additionally, with a black & white publicity photo of the author laid in. More
New York: Knopf, 1958. 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A collection of forty-three poems, published with a section of Notes. The first edition was limited to 1000 copies, as noted on the dust jacket flap. Fine condition, in like jacket. More
New York: Dutton, 1963. 1st edition, full brown cloth, without dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Yevtushenko on the half title page. The text includes black & white photographs of the author. Minimal sunning to cloth, else fine. More
New York: Norton, (1998). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed, inscribed copy: "Thomas Lynch / For Gerry -- / Every goodwill / TL" in black ink on the title page. The text includes 66 poems, and the illustration on the cover is a painting titled "Still... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 1st edition, black cloth spine and black boards, with printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed to fellow poet Richard Tillinghast in year of publication on the title page. The inscription reads "For Richard, / Cheers! / Best, / Tom / July 1997" in black ink... More
New York: Jargon / Corinth Books, 1960. 1st edition, printed trade paperwraps (as issued). The first "complete" issue of Olson's THE MAXIMUS POEMS. The colophon notes: "Of this first complete edition of THE MAXIMUS POEMS there are, in addition to the regular trade printing, one hundred and one specially bound... More
Ann Arbor: Jewel Heart, February 4, 1994. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The original program from the performance where Ginsberg read "Howl" in its entirety at Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan. Also included are two flyers from Jewel Heart. Light gentle wear, else clean, near fine. More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, March 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume I, Number 6, Ezra Pound contributes an essay "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste" and F.S. Flint contributes his essay "Imagisme." These two essays combined represent the Imagiste manifesto. "The March 1913 issue of Poetry... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, August 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume II, Number 5, this early issue of POETRY Magazine features the very first appearance of Joyce Kilmer's iconic poem "Trees." The poem has been republished in hundreds of formats, and taught to nearly every child... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, October 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume III, Number 1, this early issue from October 1913 features the long poem "The Two Kings" by Yeats. A bright, tight copy of this early issue. 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: Poetry Magazine, January 1957. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 89, Number 4, this issue from January 1957 represents Sylvia Plath's first appearance in POETRY Magazine. Her contribution includes six new (unpublished) poems. A small ink stain to front cover, else very minimal wear. More
New Directions, 1957. 1st edition, single sheet folded as a Christmas card (as issued). A broadsheet folded to create four pages, published in an edition of 2500 copies, and issued as a Christmas greeting "for the friends of William Carlos Williams and New Directions" (from the colophon). The author's poem... More
New York: New Directions, (1997). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Sub-titled "Selected Poems on Nature," this volume includes sixty poems, plus a "Foreword" by the author. A fine copy in like dust jacket. More
Elizabeth Press, (1979). 1st edition, limited, red patterned boards, with slipcase. Beautifully designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed in Verona, Italy by Stamperia Valdonega. A collection of twenty-three poems. A bright, fine copy that appears unopened. An uncommon title by this Native American/Cherokee poet. 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 1st edition, thus, cloth spine with illustrated boards, with illustrated slipcase (as issued). Oversized: 10.5 inches high x 8.75 inches wide, approx. Minimal wear to rear of slipcase. Book is in fine condition. More