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
Brockport NY: State Street Press, 1987. 1st edition, original paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. A collection of twenty-five poems, including "A Strain of Haiku." Only minimal wear to this fine copy. More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1942. 1st edition, original paperwraps, in publisher's string tie and printed slipcase. A complete set of twelve chapbooks, all in fine 'as new' condition, with original slipcase. This unopened set of twelve chapbooks, still tied in publisher's string, as originally issued. The chapbooks include poems by... More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1941. 1st edition, original paperwraps, in publisher's printed slipcase. A complete set of twelve chapbooks, all in fine condition, with original slipcase. The poets include William Carlos Williams, John Donne, Harry Brown, Howard Baker, Theodore Spencer, John Wheelwright, Josephine Miles, Delmore Schwartz, Dudley Fitts, F T.... 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
N. P. North River Press, May 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, broadside. A broadside publication of one of Hall's last published poems, and believed to be his final broadside. Size: 12 inches high X 10.5 inches wide. Fine condition. 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
New York: Knopf, 1941. 1st edition, limited (1/1000) numbered, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. Roethke's first solo book publication, specially signed by Roethke in his characteristic green fountain pen ink on the title page. The present copy is hand numbered "206" on the colophon page. The book is fine... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). A unique signed, inscribed, association copy of Sexton's Pulitzer Prize winning third collection of poems. The jacket illustration is by Barbara Swan, Sexton's friend and favored illustrator. The present copy is inscribed to the book's jacket... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. 1st edition, black cloth spine and gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by Sexton to her friend, the artist Barbara Swan, on the half title page. The celebrated author's important first book, seldom found signed. Sexton and Swan were friends from the... More
Davis CA: Ostrakon Press, (2015). 1st edition, original illustrated French paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by McPherson on the title page in black ink. The text includes thirty-one poems, a section of Notes, and a section of Acknowledgments. A handsome publication by this well established poet. Uncommon, in fine condition. More
(Concord, NH): William B Ewert, 1984. 1st edition, limited (1/25) numbered and signed, broadside. "This sonnet previously appeared in Targ Editions No. 20. Released for private distribution by William B Ewert, the Publisher. Limited to 400 copies, of which 40 are on special paper" (take from the colophon). The present... More
Concord NH: William B Ewert, 1989. 1st edition, limited (1/36) numbered and signed, broadside. A handsomely designed broadside, the entire text in calligraphy by R. P. Hale. The present offering is one of only thirty-six copies printed on special paper and signed by the author and calligrapher. There were an... More
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2009. 1st edition, limited (1/140) broadside. Specially signed by Hall in black ink under his printed name. Handsomely designed and printed in two color ink using Romanee types. Size: 12.5 inches high x 7 inches wide. An uncommon Hall broadside, and especially scarce signed. Fine condition. More
Friends of the University of New Hampshire Library, 1983. 1st edition thus, limited (1/100) broadside. Printed in burnt sienna ink on tan pebbled paper, the entire text calligraphy by Douglas Strickler. Also with an illustration of a man walking beside an oxen pulling a cart. Overall size: 10 inches high... More