Ashland OR: Rogue River Gorge, 1972. 1st edition, broadsides, in illustrated portfolio (as issued). The complete set of 22 broadsheets (20 broadsides and 2 prints) by various poets, including Carlos Reyes, Al Young, and others. Gary Snyder's contribution is the first printing of his epic poem "The Real Work" (McNeil..... More
San Francisco: James Linden, 1986. 1st edition, limited (1/150) broadside, signed by illustrator, printed paperwraps. "This first printing of Gary Snyder's 'Tree Song' has been designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. The types are Centaur and Arrighi. The paper is Arches Cover" (from the colophon). This copy is one..... More
New Directions, (1949). 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps, with printed dust jacket. Light, gentle sunning and wear to jacket, including a chip to the upper edge. The book is fine. More
New York: Henry Holt, 1949. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A clean copy of this title, including all of the poems from A BOYS WILL through A MASQUE OF MERCY (pp. 642). Unmarked, other than four pages with turned corners. The dust jacket has a few..... More
(1986). Handsomely bound in paperwraps, with glassine and illustrated slipcase. Specially signed by both Makoto and Fitzsimmons, inscribed to publisher Herb Leibowitz on the FEP. Text in Japanese and English. Very little wear, fine condition. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. 1st edition, full red cloth, with printed dust jacket. The text includes twenty-three poems in three sections, and a Foreward by the author. The rear cover of the dust jacket features a photo of the author by Paul Bishop. A particularly fine copy in like jacket..... More
Chicago: Poetry, September 1959. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 94, Number 6, this issue features the four poem sequence that includes the ever popular "We Real Cool" poem by Brooks. The issue also includes three poems by Sylvia Plath; four poems by Barbara Howes; a...... More
Unicorn Press, (1971). 1st edition, limited (1/60) press numbered and signed, original hand tied printed paperwraps (as issued). A chapbook of a single poem in five sections. Published in a total edition of 180 copies, the present offering is 1 of 60 copies signed by Haines on the colophon page..... More
Richmond MA: Mad River Press, (1990). 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered, signed, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A chapbook of poems, handsomely printed and bound by Barry Sternlieb using Garamond types. Illustrated by Jo Going. Signed by Haines on the colophon page. Fine condition. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1997). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Edited by Robert Faggen who contributes an eight page introduction, the text includes many letters by and to Merton and Milosz. A bright, fine, tight copy (appears as new). More
Seattle: The Seal Press, (1982). 1st edition, limited (1/300) hand tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A chapbook of nine poems, plus an introduction by Denise Levertov. Also issued in an edition of 50 copies casebound. Fine condition. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1966). 1st edition, illustrated boards, with dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Stafford. The author's third trade publication (fourth title), offered here in the first issue jacket showing $3.95, the proper half title page (with three previous titles listed on verso), and untrimmed fore edge..... More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1980. 1st edition limited, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Stafford on the title page. Only 550 copies published in cloth, in a total press run of 1200. The inscription reads: "For the Greer archives / -- Bill Stafford / April, '82"..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1983). 1st edition thus, original illustrated paperwraps. First published in 1969, the present offering is the first issue of the "Second Edition" by Wesleyan. Signed by the author on the title page in black ink. Bright, fine condition. More
Middletown: Wesleyan Universtiy Press, (1984). 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. Signed by Tillinghast on the title page in black ink. At the time of publication, Tillinghast was associate professor of English at the University of Michigan. Fine condition. More
Worcester: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2012. 1st edition, broadside. Printed in red ink on fine paper by Milk Row Press, "for the occasion of a reading by Albert Goldbarth on March 22, 2012" (from the colophon). Size: 9 inches high x 5.5 inches wide, approximate. Specially signed "Albert" by the poet..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, December 1930. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume XXXVII, Number III, the December 1930 issue of POETRY MAGAZINE features the first appearance of May Sarton in this magazine, as "Words on the Wind" (a collection of four poems). In the contributors notes, "Miss..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, April 1932. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume XL, Number I, the April 1932 issue of POETRY MAGAZINE features the original appearance of Zukofsky's "A" (Second Movement); a poem "Encounter in April" by May Sarton; and others. Chipping to oversized cover edges, else..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, June 1932. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume XL, Number III, the June 1932 issue of POETRY MAGAZINE features three new poems by Marianne Moore. Chipping to oversized cover edges, else near fine. More
New York: New Directions, (2013). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Eventually published as THE COLLECTED POEMS OF DENISE LEVERTOV, this advance readers' copy / uncorrected proof issue is (pp 1032) "a complete, clear, and unobstructed view of Denise Levertov" (from the rear cover comments). An excellent..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, (1971). 1st edition, salmon boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Published in the Phoenix Living Poets series. A collection of poems, influenced by the poet's experiences living in Israel and the USA. A fine copy with minimal wear to the jacket. More
New York: Atheneum, 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/750), full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy with review slip laid in. The author's fifth book of poetry. Fine condition. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). 1st trade edition, full white cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed for Herb Leibowitz on the title page. The inscription reads: "For Herbert and Susan, / in gratitude for / the lovely hospitality-- / with affection always / Carolyn Forche /..... More
Boise: Limberlost Press, 2021. 1st edition, limited (1/350), original hand tied illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued). Cover illustration by Meggan Laxalt Mackey. A collection of twenty-one poems, printed letterpress using Century Schoolbook type on Mohawk Superfine paper, and sewn between Thai Chiri endsheets and Canson wrappers. A rather scarce poetry..... More
Grinnell: Green Linden Press, (2025). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A chapbook of sixteen masterful sonnets -- presented as a heroic crown -- each of which individually stands firmly on its own ground. Kearney's first published heroic crown, THE ICE STORM, was also published by Green Linden Press..... More