New York: New Directions, (1984). 1st edition, full green cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket. A rather long collection (pp. 231) of poems, from this eminent poet who won the Bollingen Prize (1962), the Pulitzer Prize (1966), the National Book Award (1977) among many other prizes. A fine copy in like jacket. More about THE LONG REACH: NEW & UNCOLLECTED POEMS 1948-1984
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1940. 1st edition thus, full green burlap binding, with printed paper label to spine. A large volume (pp. 316), selected and with an introduction by Christopher Morley, illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Sunning to cloth, and burlap worn... More about LEAVES OF GRASS
New York: Harper and Row, (1971). 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed by Kumin on the title page. A novel by this prolific poet and author. Unusual stitching to cloth along spine, and prior owner's name to the pastedown, else minimal wear. More about THE ABDUCTION
New York: Norton, (1996). 1st edition, red cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's eleventh collection of new poems. Jacket illustration from a painting by Wolf Kahn. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More about CONNECTING THE DOTS
New York: Norton, (1992). 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. A presentation copy, inscribed to fellow poet Paul Zimmer on the title page. The inscription reads: "for Paul with affection & admiration / Maxine Kumin / 1 May 93" in black ink. A nice association copy in fine condition. More about LOOKING FOR LUCK
New York: Norton, (2002). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. An advance copy, with publisher's material laid in. The author's thirteenth book of poems. Fine condition. More about THE LONG MARRIAGE
New York: Viking Press, (1978). 1st edition, black cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy with review slip laid-in. Strong jacket review by May Swenson on rear panel. Kumin's work has continued to draw praise and awards. A fine copy in like jacket. More about THE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
New York: Viking, (1985). 1st edition, black cloth spine and boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy, with presentation inscription by the author: "for Doris, who / joins me in a / steep climb / with love & admiration-- / Maxine Kumin / 2 May 86" on the half-title... More about THE LONG APPROACH
Massachusetts and Holland: Tungsten Press, circa 2014-2015. A complete and comprehensive archive surrounding the publications of two poetry chapbooks from the Tungsten Press of The Netherlands: THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (2014) and THE TOY THRONE (2015), the latter of which represents the author's last and final publication during his lifetime... More about ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DRAFTS, LETTERS, AND PROOF COPIES OF THE RAISING OF LAZARUS and THE TOY THRONE
Austin: Cold Mountain Press, (1978). 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. Inscribed and signed by Bruchac with his special illustration at his signature, in green ink, on the FEP. Illustrated with drawings by Kahonhes. A collection of forty-nine poems by this popular native American Indian author. Only very gentle edge wear... More about ENTERING ONONDAGA
New York: Harper & Row, (1972). 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Kumin on the title page immediately above her printed name. The Pulitzer Prize winning poetry title for 1973, the text includes forty-one poems and seventeen pen-and-ink drawings by Barbara Swan. Swan, Kumin, and... More about UP COUNTRY
Rocky Mount, NC: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1994). 1st edition, original photo-illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Ammons on the title page. The inscription reads: "With admiration & deep affection / to Susan Moore / from / Archie Ammons / W-S / 9 April '95" in... More about THE NORTH CAROLINA POEMS
n.p. Stuart Wright, Publisher, (1983). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with out dust jacket (as issued). A lovely early volume of Smith's poems, beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece by Barry Moser. Mild sunning to cloth, else fine. More about GRAY SOLDIERS
Urbana, Chicago: U of Illinois Press, (1979). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated by Barry Moser, this copy is specially signed by both Smith and Moser on the title page. This collection of poems was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. An important volume... More about GOSHAWK, ANTELOPE
New York: Random House, (1968). 1st edition, full navy blue cloth, w/decorated dj. An inscribed association copy to Rukeyser's close friend and fellow poet, Jane Cooper. The inscription reads: "for Jane with love / and delight and expectancy of / The Weather of Six Mornings -- / Muriel / 1968"... More about THE SPEED OF DARKNESS
London: John Lehmann, (1949). 1st U.K. edition, full orange cloth, with dust jacket. A presentation copy of the author's second book, inscribed to poet Ruth Pitter: "For Ruth Pitter, / with admiration-- / Theodore Roethke" in purple fountain pen ink on the half-title page. The poet Carolyn Kizer wrote, in... More about THE LOST SON
New York: Viking Press, (1966). 1st edition, blue cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed presentation copy, in year of publication, inscribed: "For Chris and Bob Mac Donald / from Bernard Waldman / (with Marianne Moore's very best wishes / from a chair in my living room / hoping... More about TELL ME, TELL ME
New York: Viking Press, 1959. 1st edition, cloth, with printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed to Holly Stevens, the daughter of poet Wallace Stevens. The inscription reads: "Mine originally, Holly, since / it had an unintentional stripe / on the jacket that was there to / stay -- (now... More about O TO BE A DRAGON
n.p., January 8, 1995. original broadside, signed by the poet under his printed name and date. Attractively printed in two color ink (red and black) on fine stock. Framed in black finished wood. Overall size: 7 inches high x 9 inches wide, approx. Not inspected out of frame, but appears... More about ALBA. (Broadside
Cambridge MA: ca. 1957. A small archive of six poems (typed carbon copies) several with corrections/annotations in poet's hand. Richards has additionally signed two of the typed pages. Also including ALS (autograph letter signed) from Dorothea Richards in blue ink, with a sixteen word post script in the poet's hand... More about ARCHIVE OF POEMS AND LETTER
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by Roethke in his signature green fountain pen ink. The inscription is to William O'Connor, a distinguished literary critic and English professor who knew and admired Roethke. The inscription reads: "For the William... More about THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS
London: Paul Breman, 1962. 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered, original white paperwraps, with printed dust jacket. A review copy, with signed review slip from the publisher. The note on the review slip reads: "I hope this can change / your mind about the / colour of american poets .... More about A BALLAD OF REMEMBRANCE
New York: Henry Holt, (1936). 1st edition, limited (1/803) numbered and signed, full coarse tan linen cloth and brown morocco leather label to spine, with publisher's original slipcase. (Crane A21.) Frost won the Pulitzer Prize with this title in 1937. As stated in the Crane bibliography: "The limited edition actually... More about A FURTHER RANGE
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, original hand tied paperwraps, with publisher's slipcase (as issued). A chapbook of four poems, handsomely designed and printed by Amber McMillan using Centaur letterpress on Zerkall Book paper. A lovely presentation of Goldbarth's poems and fine press book... More about THE BOOK
Brockport: State Street Press, 1991. 1st edition, original paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). This chapbook of twenty-three prose style poems has been edited by Judith Kitchen, and published by her State Street Press. From the Author's Note: "I think of these pieces as being simple paragraphs rather than... More about MINT