Lisbon, Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1977. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered, original hand tied paperwraps, with publisher's printed envelope (as issued). Hand numbered "74" on the colophon page, which states "Approximately 200 copies of this pamphlet were printed by hand from Palatino types on Frankfurt Creme paper. The author's painted... More
n.p., n.d, (circa 1946). original manuscript in the author's hand, signed "by Sylvia" below the title, on white ruled paper (10.5 inches high x 8 inches wide.) This poem, from Plath's juvenilia canon, is recorded by title only in the "Uncollected Juvenilia" list of THE COLLECTED POEMS - SYLVIA PLATH... More
Montpelier VT: The Vermont Historical Society, 1963. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 14, Number 7, March 1963. The text includes four articles about Frost. A single fold for mailing, and browning rubs to rear cover, else near fine. An unusual piece of Frost ephemera. More
Concord NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Vol XXII, No 2, Summer 1967. The text of this issue is Thompson's article on Frost (pp. 3-26) including several black and white photos of Frost. The text also includes two other New Hampshire... More
Syracuse NY: Syracuse University, 1970. 1st edition, limited (1/250) in original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Illustrated with drawings by Vaughn Bode. The text includes a letter by Lesley Frost, the poet's daughter. A nice bit of Frost ephemera seldom seen in the marketplace. A bright, fine copy. More
New York: Robert M McBride & Co, 1923. 1st edition, cloth spine and boards, with printed dust jacket. Housed in a custom archival box. The author's first book, with a complete (not price clipped) jacket. The text includes twenty-seven poems. Minimal wear and sunning to this otherwise fine copy, in... More
New York: Spiral Press, (1939). 1st edition, original dark blue hand-tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as a Holiday Greeting with a poem by Frost, and illustrated with decorations by Fritz Eichenberg. (Crane B7.) The present copy has the Blumenthal imprint (1/150) and is in fine condition. Joseph Blumenthal was... More
New York: Norton, (n.d., 2016). 1st edition, uncorrected proof copy, printed paperwraps (as issued). This early proof copy lacks the Foreword by Pablo Conrad, and also lacks the Introduction by Claudia Rankine. The text of the present issue (pp. 1171) includes the Contents section, and the poems. A heavy volume... More
New York: Norton, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy, with review slip laid in. The author's fifth book of poetry. Very minimal wear to jacket edges, else fine. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, (1955). 1st edition (H-E on title page), blue boards, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Rich on the title page in dark blue fountain pen ink. Additionally with the prior owner's indentification on the front pastedown, the noted bibliographer Jack W. C. Hagstrom. The... More
New York: Norton, (1981). 1st edition, full green cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Rich on the title page in black ink. A collection of thirty poems. A fine copy, and somewhat uncommon signed. More
London: Faber and Faber, (1940-1942). 1st editions, original printed paperwraps (as issued), in custom archival clamshell box with leather spine. A beautiful complete set of the first printings of these four pamphlets which together comprise Eliot's masterpiece The Four Quartets. Three are first state staple bound, and Little Gidding is... More
Tungsten Press, N.H., December 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/100) broadside postcard. Designed by C. W. Swets and printed letter press by LetterpressAmsterdam for Tungsten Press, using Garamond and Folio type in three color ink on fine textured Zerkall stock. One of several poems issued by Tungsten Press in their "poecard... More
Missoula MT: University of Montana, Spring/Summer 1983. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Edited by Bob Ross and Carole DeMarinis. An excellent collection of poems, photographs, and essays, including the first appearance of Hugo's "Stone Poems" and Hugo's unpubished diary. A must for any Hugo collection. Minimal shelf rubs... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered 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 lettered edition is Johannot, and... More
New York: New Directions, (1958). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Williams in his post stroke hand on the FEP. The fifth and final volume of the epic sequence by Williams, named for the town in New Jersey where he lived and... More
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, May, 1917. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). This early appearance of Joyce, with five short poems: "Simples - Tutto e Sciolto - Flood - A Flower Given to My Daughter - Nightpiece" prior to their first book appearance in Pomes Penyeach (Shakespeare and Company... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, June, 1918. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The first appearance of Millay's "Figs from Thistles" sequence, which includes her famous "First Fig" poem, with the opening line "My candle burns at both ends." The poem later appeared in A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES (New York... More
New Yord: Atheneum, 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/750), full cloth, with dust jacket The author's third collection of poems, the entire edition of which was limited to 750 copies (so stated on the jacket flap). Prior owner's name neatly printed on FEP, else a bright fine copy in like jacket. More
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, (1989). 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. The author's first solo book, inscribed to fellow poet and signed in full on the title page. Slight vertical crease to front cover, else fine. 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
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. 1st US edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Heaney on the title page in black ink. A remarkably fine copy of the author's second book, a collection of thirty-four poems, in jacket with only minimal wear. 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
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2017. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, 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 Hahnemuhle Bugra, with silkscreen two color ink on the dust jacket and title page. The... More
