Urbana: Accent, Spring, 1952. 1st edition, Volume XII, Number 2, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Preceding Merwin's first book publication, this seven section poem is among Merwin's earliest appearances. The present copy shows only minimal wear, primarily to front cover. Uncommon thus. More

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1999). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, red printed paperwraps (as issued). "His poems, grounded in the contemporary South, are scorched by a human history of violence . . . He is able to draw out powerful emotions with the simplest of suggestions . . ."..... More

New York: Ecco Press, (1989). Hardcover. 1st edition, black cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's fifth collection of poems, "Rooted in his early experiences as a child in rural Ohio and Virginia. . ." (from the jacket). A bright, fine copy. More

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, (2004). 1st edition, green boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Selected (in manuscript form) as the 2003 James Laughlin Award Recipient, by judges Mary Jo Bang, Thom Gunn, and Campbell McGrath. "First Graywolf Printing, 2004" so noted on copyright page. Copies of the award announcement laid-in. A...... More

Calais VT: Z Press, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/200) original hand tied paperwraps (as issued). A handsome chapbook designed by C. W. Swets, with an original linocut print by Jasper Johns. This illustration represents the first linocut print by Jasper Johns. Printed by The Grenfell Press using Bembo type, on..... More

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1971. 1st edition, limited (1/750) original decorated paperwraps. The author's second collection of poetry. A nicely printed collection of poems. Overall some wear, primarily to cover, else very good to near fine condition. More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1969). 1st edition, full decorated boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of poems, observations, and aphorisms. The text includes an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines. A fine copy in like jacket. More

Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1995. Hardcover. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with dust jacket. The poet's second book, the manuscript of which won the Lamont Poetry Prize for 1994, selected by Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney and David St. John. A fine copy in 'as new' condition, with the Lamont card..... More

Fremont: Sumac Press, (1973). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of the author's "somapoetics" in sections, including a glossary and the author's "somalogue" as introduction to the volume. The text also includes a preface by the poet Robert Kelly..... More

Fremont: Sumac Press, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A collection of forty-eight poems: 16 by Rosochacki, 13 by Kohl, and 19 by Carrigan. All three poets have signed the colophon page. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine..... More

Fremont: Sumac Press, (1972). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of forty-four poems, arranged in two sections. Jacket illustration by Gustave Dore, text illustrations by Lucy Evans. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets..... More

West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 1st edition, (1/200), full cloth, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of poems from this Helsinki, Finland poet, edited and translated from the Finnish by Anselm Hollo. A handsome book, designed and printed by Allan Kornblum on Mohawk Superfine acid-free paper. The present..... More

London: Andre Deutsch, (1971). 1st edition, black boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of forty-three poems, arranged in four sections. Jacket review by John Montague, Kathleen Raine, and others. Minimal wear, else fine. More