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
London: Agenda, (1990). 1st edition, original glossy stiff white paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by poet Michael Hamburger on the title page. The issue features poems by Hamburger, Glyn Maxwell, W.S. Milne, and many others. Also included are "Translations from Lorca" by David Gascoyne. A bright fine copy. More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, (1982). 1st edition, original printed hand tied stiff paperwraps (as issued). The text of this chapbook is a single poem. "October Frost is printed from hand set Bembo type on Gutenberg Laid paper & hand sewn in wrappers in late October 1982" (from the colophon)..... More
Port Townsend: Kah Tai Alliance/Copper Canyon, (1979). Second printing, gold illustrated stiff paperwraps. Illustrated with woodblock prints by poet/artist Michael Corr. Designed and originally printed at Copper Canyon Press by Sam Hamill. "This second printing is photo-offset from the letterpress proofs" (from the colophon). A fine copy. More
Washington DC: People on the Streets, Inc, (1970). Glossy pictorial cover. 1st edition, original photo-illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). Designed and overall created by James True, with the assistance of Peter Noterman and others. The text includes poetry by seventeen poets. "Some people who like people and think they ought..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, February, 1967. 1st edition, Vol 109, No 5, original illustrated paperwraps, (as issued). The present issue includes seven poems by Creeley that later appeared in his popular volume, WORDS (Scribner, 1967). The issue also includes poems by Harrison, May Swenson, Stephen Sandy, Keith Wilson, and others..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, August 1966. 1st edition, Vol 108, No 5, original red printed paperwraps (as issued). The first appearance of Carroll Arnett in POETRY Magazine with three poems. Other contributors include Josephine Miles, Josephine Jacobsen, and others. The present copy is bright and fine, appears in 'as new'..... More
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
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, September 1964. 1st edition, Vol 104, No 6, original printed tan paperwraps (as issued). This issue publishes six new poems by Merwin, eight new poems by Bly, and additional poems by Philip Levine, A. R. Ammons, Jean Garrigue. Minimal wear to this clean, near fine copy..... 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
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1995). 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The poetry in this volume "offers the power of idiomatic narrative at its naked best" (from the jacket notes). A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition. 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
New York: Norton, (2007). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely copy of Plumly's collection (pp 96) of poems that was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry. Publisher's material laid-in. 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
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1989). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of prose poems. Strong jacket reviews by John Ashbery, James McMichael, and W. S. Merwin. A bright, fine copy in like dust jacket. 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
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, white boards, with printed dust jacket and publisher's acetate (as issued). A most handsome design by Tungsten Press, printed by Joos Wiersinga and bound by Wim Kamsteeg. The type is set using Garamond and Future fonts, on Zerkall..... 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
Berkeley: Oyez, (1966). 1st edition, limited (1/500) original printed paperwraps. The author's first book of poetry. Publisher's material laid in. Prior owner's name inked to verso of front cover, else only minimal wear to this fine copy. More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1968). 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty poems, including an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines. Pages toned from aging, else a fine copy in like (price clipped) jacket. More
