New York: Henry Holt, (1936). 1st edition, full red linen cloth, with dust jacket. The true first trade edition of Frost's Pulitzer Prize winning title, following the limited edition, with "First Printing" so noted on copyright page. (Crane A21.1) A presentation copy, inscribed "Robert Frost / to / J. Richard...
New York: Knopf, (1989). 1st edition, broadside. Designed by Lorraine Louie, the text of the poem is printed in black ink, with orange, purple, and gray designs on heavy buff paper. A photo of the author by Jerry Bauer. The poem is from the poet's collection UNFINISHED PAINTING (Knopf, 1989)...
London: Press of Eric & Joan Stevens, 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered, hand tied plain paperwraps, with printed dust jacket. The present copy is hand numbered "16" on the colophon page, which further notes "This edition, the first in book form, is limited to 150 numbered copies. It is...
(Portland, Maine): The Southworth Press, 1932. 1st edition, thus, the only edition being a reprint from THE NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY, Volume V, Number 2, 1932, original green paperwraps (as issued). A brief introduction by the editors, Margaret Higginson Barney and Frederic Ives Carpenter. Very minimal wear to this fine copy. Uncommon.
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...
Montpelier VT: The Vermont Historical Society, 1963. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 14, Number 7, March 1963. The text includes four articles about Frost. A single fold for mailing, and browning rubs to rear cover, else near fine. An unusual piece of Frost ephemera.
Concord NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Vol XXII, No 2, Summer 1967. The text of this issue is Thompson's article on Frost (pp. 3-26) including several black and white photos of Frost. The text also includes two other New Hampshire...
New York: Spiral Press, (1939). 1st edition, original dark blue hand-tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as a Holiday Greeting with a poem by Frost, and illustrated with decorations by Fritz Eichenberg. (Crane B7.) The present copy has the Blumenthal imprint (1/150) and is in fine condition. Joseph Blumenthal was...
New York: Norton, (n.d., 2016). 1st edition, uncorrected proof copy, printed paperwraps (as issued). This early proof copy lacks the Foreword by Pablo Conrad, and also lacks the Introduction by Claudia Rankine. The text of the present issue (pp. 1171) includes the Contents section, and the poems. A heavy volume...
New York: Norton, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy, with review slip laid in. The author's fifth book of poetry. Very minimal wear to jacket edges, else fine.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
(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...
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...
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.
