Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st edition, full cloth, with photo illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed and inscribed: "For Herb, / With endless / respect / & best wishes, / David / New York, 1977" in blue ink on the FEP. The inscription is to Herb Leibowitz, editor..... More
New York: Ecco Press, (1980). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original yellow printed paperwraps (as issued). A collection of twenty-six poems, arranged in three sections. A collection of fifty-four poems. Gluck is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently the Nobel Prize in..... More
New York: Ecco Press, (1985). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed blue paperwraps (as issued). A collection of twenty-six poems, arranged in three sections. Gluck is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fine condition. More
Hopewell: Ecco Press, (1996). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of forty-six poems, arranged in a book-length sequence. Gluck is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2020. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This nine poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Courier and Garamond types using four color ink, on Zerkall Butten..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2020. 1st edition, limited, (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This nine poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Courier and Garamond types using four color ink, on Zerkall Butten and..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. 1st issue, original photo illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The prospectus for the title, issued as an eight page publication, with photo of Sexton on cover by Arthur Furst and a letter of introduction by Jonathan Galassi on the first page. A seldom encountered piece of Sexton..... More
Woodstock: Overlook Press, (1982). Hardcover. 1st edition, full linen cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of twelve poems. Fine condition, in complete (not price clipped, with $14.95 sticker price) jacket. More
Woodstock: The Overlook Press, (1977). Hardcover. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of twelve poems. This title was reissued/reprinted in 1979. The present copy is the true first edition, with lightly sunned price clipped jacket, small closed tear at foot of jacket spine, else in..... More
Dublin: The Dedalus Press, (1995). 1st edition, limited (1/250) copies, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued). Published as "Dedalus Editions 7" in May, 1995. A collection of eleven poems. Fine condition, appears 'as new'. More
Pawlet VT: The Banyan Press, (1977). 1st edition, limited (1/440) numbered, hand tied printed deckled paperwraps. "Metamorphosis Of 741, by James Merrill, is a section from a still untitled longer poem" (from the colophon). Beautifully printed by Claude Fredericks and David Beeken. A nearly square volume (10 inches high x...... More
(New York): Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (ca. 1977). Glossy black and white photo by Thomas Victor of poet James Wright sitting at his desk, for publicity upon the publication of TO A BLOSSOMING PEAR TREE. Size: 5 inches high x 7 inches wide. Fine condition. More
Edgewood KY: Robert L Barth, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/200) original illustrated stiff paperwraps. A chapbook of seventeen poems. Laid in is "an Epigrammatist postcard" printing Mezey's "Of the Power of Thought" which appears as the first poem in this chapbook collection. A fine copy in bright condition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/500) signed, full red cloth, AEG, with original publisher's glassine, and publisher's slipcase. The first printing of Sexton's monumental fifth book of poetry, published at the height of her career. Barbara Swan provided the illustrations. The relationship between Sexton and Swan at..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Hardcover. 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 relationship between Sexton and Swan at Radcliffe..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. Hardcover. 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..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1948). 1st edition, Uncorrected Proof, original gray green paperwraps (as issued). The present volume combines the complete text of Frost's A MASQUE OF REASON, A MASQUE OF MERCY, and STEEPLE BUSH representing the "First English Edition" of all three titles. There was no US equivalent. (Crane A34.)..... More
London: Faber and Faber, (1950). 1st English edition, full black cloth with gold lettering on spine, with printed dust jacket. (Gallup A61b.) A presentation copy, inscribed by T. S. Eliot upon publication, to Elisabeth Jungmann (Lady Beerbohm). Eliot was the editor of the present volume, as well as the publisher..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. The author's second volume of poetry, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. There were only 2000 copies published in the first printing (MacMahon A2). Printed by The Riverside Press in Cambridge, the present copy has The Grolier..... 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
New York: William Sloane, (1948). 1st edition, full cloth, with dust jacket. Specially signed by Berryman. An advance publication presentation copy to Berryman's girl friend (Beryl Eeman) and inscribed: "B. imperishably John, Princeton, 27 Apr 1948 won't you send me one word?" in fountain pen ink on the FEP. Additionally..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Johannot papers. A fine copy, offered..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Torinoko papers. A fine copy..... More
Grinnell: Green Linden Press, (2020). 1st edition, 1st printing, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). This "masterful crown of sonnets" is published in the Green Linden Chapbook Series, designed by Christopher Nelson, with cover photo art by Maria Zavate. Each of the fifteen sonnets has an individual strength to stand alone..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by both Kumin and Swan on the half title page in black ink. This was the Pulitzer Prize winning poetry title for 1973, the text includes forty-one poems by Kumin and seventeen pen-and-ink..... More