Aurora: Wells College Press, 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/60) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed in three color ink, with the illusion of a bicycle wheel imposed on the background. Hilda Raz is a distinguished poet, and was the long-time editor of the poetry journal "Prairie Schooner." Size: 13" high X 15.5"..... More
New York: Knopf, 1942. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Hughes on the FEP in black fountain pen ink. "A book of light verse. Afro-Americana in the blues mood. Poems syncopated and variegated in the colors of Harlem, Beale Street, West Dallas, and..... More
New York: Knopf, 1949. 1st edition, black cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Hughes on the FEP in black fountain pen ink. "ONE-WAY TICKET is tellingly and beautifully illustrated by the distinguished young American Negro painter, Jacob Lawrence" (from the jacket notes). A wonderful collection..... More
New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, (1971). 1st edition, limited (1/400) printed paperwraps. Beautifully printed from Dante type on Magnani paper by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. The poet's fourth book, a collection of forty poems by this native American Cherokee author. Only gentle shelf wear, overall fine condition. More
New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, (1973). 1st edition, limited (1/400), boards, with publisher's slipcase. Of the total edition (400) only approximately half were bound in boards, as offered here. Arnett was a native American Cherokee poet. A fine copy with only minimal sunning to spine. Fine. More
Easthampton MA: Warwick Press, 1996. 1st edition, limited (1/75) signed, cloth spine and boards, without dust jacket (as issued). This small, fine press edition of Hall's prose poem, published in twenty-two sections with illustrations. The colophon page notes: "Seventy-five copies of RIC'S PROGRESS were designed, printed by letterpress & handbound..... More
Concord: Ewert, 1983. 1st edition, limited (1/136) numbered and signed, card stock, with printed envelope (as issued). Each epigram is printed on a separate card in two color ink, and signed by Hall on the numbered colophon card. The entire publication consists of twelve printed cards enclosed in one printed..... More
Concord, NH: Ewert, 1999. 1st edition, limited (1/450) with original envelope (as issued). Published in December 1999 for private distribution as Hall's holiday card. A folded broadside for mailing (as intended). Overall size: 10.5 inches high x 7.75 inches when opened, bottom deckle edge. Specially signed "Don" by Hall in..... More
Concord NH: Ewert, 1985. 1st edition, limited (1/336) holiday card, with envelope (as issued). Handsomely designed by R. P. Hale, who also hand-colored the illustration and calligraphy. Published by William B. Ewert in December, 1985, for private distribution. Closed size: 4.5 inches high x 6 inches wide. Specially signed by..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1946). 1st edition, black cloth, with printed dust jacket. The author's first regularly published book, and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Prior owner's name on FEP, and wear to jacket include rubs and short tears. A respectable copy none the less, uncommon in any condition..... More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, (1980). 1st edition, limited (1/75) numbered and signed by both author and artist, illustrated broadside. The poet Gail Mazur's fine poem, appropriately illustrated by her husband's original lithograph printed by JoAnn Alber on Alber's embossed heavy stock. The broadside measures 12.5 inches high x 15.75 inches..... More
Norman, OK: Point Riders Press, (1976). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy of the author's second book, inscribed on the dedication page. Owner's name (as inscribed) on inside cover, and small annotations to text, else only gentle wear. Cover illustration by native American artist Robbie McMurtry..... More
Santa Cruz: Kayak, (1974). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, specially inscribed and signed by Carruth in 2001 on the title page in black ink. Designed by George Hitchcock and printed by Dennis Koran at the Panjandrum Press. A collection of several poems (pp. 40) decorated..... More
New Hampshire: Eagle Pond Farm, 1993. 1st edition, privately printed broadside. Specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. Originally issued unsigned, this special broadside of two stanzas from Donald Hall's poem notes the following colophon: "Liam Rector & Tree Swenson announce to their families and friends..... More
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, illustrated broadside. The present offering is from the Oyster Suite series of broadsides, printed by Paper Crane Press in Half Moon Bay, California, illustrated and published by Charles Seluzicki. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by McGriff in..... More
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, illustrated broadside. The present offering is from the Oyster Suite series of broadsides, printed by Paper Crane Press in Half Moon Bay, California, illustrated and published by Charles Seluzicki. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by Adamshick in..... More
Paris and New York: The Paris Review, Winter Spring 1964. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The "Anniversary Number" featuring "Poets of The Sixties." First appearances of poems from twenty-one poets, all of whom were initially introduced to readers of THE PARIS REVIEW by Donald Hall during his time..... More
Paris and New York: The Paris Review, Summer Fall 1962. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A terrific issue, including poetry contributions from Pound, Stafford, Christopher Logue, and others. Interviews with Ezra Pound (by Donald Hall), and Henry Miller (by George Wickes). Prose fiction from Jorge Luis Borges. A...... More
New York: Ecco Press / HarperCollins, (2004). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of over 100 poems, bound in the uncommon "uncorrected proof" format. Fine condition. Scarce, thus. More
Amherst: Verse Press, (2002). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This volume is Tate's "first collection of stories . . . short-shorts or sudden fiction" (from the jacket notes). A bright, fine copy. More
New York: Ecco Press / HarperCollins, (2001). 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 175) collection of well over 100 poems by the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, James Tate. The title poem itself is worth the price of the book. A...... More
Hunter College: Nov 8, 1962. Six original black and white glossy photographs (10 inches high X 8 inches wide) of Robert Frost, as he "received at Hunter College on November 8, 1962 the Edward MacDowell Medal for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Poetry'. These photographs were taken that evening by Michael..... More
New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, (1975). 1st edition, limited (1/250) simultaneous paperwraps. A review copy, with review slip laid in. Beautifully designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed from Times type on Magnani rag paper by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. Light sunning to blue wraps, else fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. This title "is the last word from one of the most pensive and delicious of all our poets, the book William Matthews completed shortly before his death, just after his fifty-fifth birthday, in November 1997" (from the jacket..... More
