New York: Spiral Press, (1950). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as a holiday greeting for Christmas 1950, the present copy with the Eleanor and Al Edwards imprint. Beautifully decorated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. (Crane B22.) Fine condition. More about DOOM TO BLOOM
n.p., n.d. 1st edition, broadside. As described in the Kelleher bibliogrphy: "6 x 9 inches; black print on light blue paper. Note: This version includes two extra stanzas not found in the version that appears in KICKING THE LEAVES (Harper & Row, 1978), and OLD AND NEW POEMS (Ticknor and... More about O CHEESE. (Broadside
Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1982. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Cross-Cultural Review Chapbook 20, compiled by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Kahionhes. A collection of 25 poems by this native American Cherokee poet. Fine condition. More about ROUNDS
New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, (1973). 1st edition, limited (1/400) printed paperwraps. A collection of twenty-eight poems by this native American Indian author, who was an enrolled member of the Overhill Band of the Cherokee Nation. Handsomely designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed from Dante type on Magnani rag paper... More about COME
Santa Cruz: Story Line Press, (1987). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's verse play, which was born out of his earlier prose work titled STRING TOO SHORT TO BE SAVED. The jacket illustration is a color photo of the author's ancestral home, Eagle Pond Farm... More about THE BONE RING: A VERSE PLAY
Saginaw MI: March 23, 1946. Original handwritten three page letter by Roethke on his mother's printed letterhead. The letter is dated March 23, 1946, and addressed "Dear Hugh" in Roethke's signature green fountain pen ink. The text of the letter is personal and friendly, mentioning Roethke's favorite sport of tennis... More about ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED
Story Line Press, (1990). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This title won the Western States Book Award. Introduction by Dana Gioia, and jacket reviews by Carolyn Kizer and Frederick Morgan. "Compliments of the Author and Story Line Press" slip laid in. A fine copy, with light... More about NEW POEMS: 1980-88
New York: Penguin, (2007). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The text includes twenty-eight poems and a section of Notes. Publicity letter from the publisher laid in. Fine condition. More about CIRCADIAN
Chicago: Poetry Magazine, August 1956. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume 88, Number 5, this issue from August 1956 represents Ted Hughes' "first 'professional' publication" (from the contributor notes). The Hughes contribution is his poem "Bawdry Embraced" (pp. 295-297). Other poets in this issue include George... More about POETRY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. Specially signed and dated by Kinnell in year of publication. "MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS is abundant but not careless, surprisingly funny and full of laughter in the small poems, risky and moving in the family poems, and finally... More about MORTAL ACTS MORTAL WORDS
New York: Norton, (1998). 1st edition, blue boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed, inscribed copy: "Thomas Lynch / For Gerry -- / Every goodwill / TL" in black ink on the title page. The text includes 66 poems, and the illustration on the cover is a painting titled "Still... More about STILL LIFE IN MILFORD
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, March 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume I, Number 6, Ezra Pound contributes an essay "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste" and F.S. Flint contributes his essay "Imagisme." These two essays combined represent the Imagiste manifesto. "The March 1913 issue of Poetry... More about POETRY A MAGAZINE OF VERSE
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, November 1913. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Published as Volume III, Number 2, this early issue of POETRY Magazine features several original (unpublished) poems by Pound. There are also new poems by Louise Driscoll, Joseph Campbell, and others. A remarkably fine copy. More about POETRY A MAGAZINE OF VERSE
New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, (1969). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A nice copy of the author's third book. A collection of fifty poems by this native American Cherokee poet. Shelf rubs to white background of jacket, else a fine copy. More about LIKE A WALL
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, October and November, 1912. 1st edition, original printed and decorated paperwraps (as issued). The inaugural first two issues of the landmark modern poetry magazine, begun in 1912 by editor and publisher, Harriet Monroe in Chicago, Illinois. The first issue includes two poems "To Whistler, American" and "Middle... More about POETRY: A MAGAZINE OF VERSE, Vol 1, No 1 and 2
New York: Norton, (1999). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. "These are risky poems, infused with the cruelty of history, the presence of the body, the beauty of the natural world, with human love and longing" (from the jacket flap). A fine copy in like jacket. More about MIDNIGHT SALVAGE: POEMS 1995-1998
Arlington, VA: Settlement House, (2010). 1st edition, original printed glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Paul Zimmer" on the title page in black ink. A collection of fifty-six poems, divided into three sections. Also included is a two page Preface by the author. A fine, signed copy in 'as new' condition. More about THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ZIMMER
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1979). 1st edition, full light gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. A signed copy of the author's first book, inscribed: "For --, / Best Wishes, / Al Zolynas / 1/83" on the FEP in black ink. Issued as Volume 97 in the Wesleyan Poetry Program. "This first book... More about THE NEW PHYSICS
New York: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002. 1st edition, advance reading copy, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Rear cover reviews by Bin Ramke, David Shapiro, and others. Fine. More about DRAWING ON THE WALL
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1991). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed yellow paperwraps (as issued). Translated from the Polish by Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C. K. Williams. A rather uncommon proof. Only light, gentle wear to this fine copy. More about CANVAS
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (2000). 1st US edition, uncorrected proof, original printed green paperwraps (as issued). "A wry, meditative memoir of a poet's coming-of-age in communist Poland." Fine condition. More about ANOTHER BEAUTY
Madison: U of Wisconsin Press, (1988). 1st edition, full orange cloth, w/illustrated dj. Review copy with review slip laid in. The manuscript for this collection of poems won the 1988 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. ". . . Zeidner's twenty-two poems introduce a surprising range of characters . . . of... More about POCKET SUNDIAL
New York: Grossman, 1972. 1st edition, full cloth, with printed dust jacket. " 'A' - 24 concludes Louis Zukofsky's long poem 'A', reaffirming Hayden Carruth's belief that Zukofsky 'is a distinctly modern poet, vigorously contemporary, but vigorously traditional as well' " (from the jacket notes). Light wear to jacket includes... More about "A"-24
New York: Harper & Row, (1974). 1st edition, green boards, w/illustrated dj. The author's second book of poetry. A fine copy, in price clipped jacket with gentle wear primarily to the jacket edges. More about THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH
New York: Harper & Row, (1971). 1st ed, cloth w/dj. The author's first book of poems. A fine copy in like jacket. More about AGAINST EMPTINESS