New York: Atheneum, 1975. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed in year of publication: "For --, with all good wishes, Howard Moss, August, 1975" on the second FEP. At the time of publication, the author was ". . . the poetry editor of 'The... More about BURIED CITY
Old Lyme: Florence Griswold Museum, (2006). 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) Signed by author. Sub-titled "Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith", this volume is a collection of "Poems by Marilyn Nelson inspired by the slave narrative of Venture Smith and paired with American paintings from... More about THE FREEDOM BUSINESS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 1st edition, boards, w/printed dj. Inscribed in year of publication to fellow poet and close friend, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Helen & Ralph / Love, / John / March 4, '82" in black ink on the title page. "This new volume contains forty-four poems... More about THE KISS: A JAMBALAYA
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1960). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with printed dust jacket. Inscribed to Nims' good friend and fellow poet, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Ralph & Helen, / Thanking them for / Tante belle cose, & / wishing them the / same. Affectionately, /... More about KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENING: POEMS 1950-1960
Aurora, NY: Wells College Press, (1998). 1st edition, limited (1/200) original decorated stiff paperwraps (as issued). Printed at the Wells College Press to commemorate the author's visit in April, 1998. The text includes sixteen poems, and an introduction by Bruce Bennett. The present copy is signed twice by Norris, once... More about HOLY PLACES
San Antonio: Gemini Ink, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/108) numbered and signed, illustrated, broadside. This attractive broadside of Nye's poem was letterpress printed by Rose Harms with an image design by Beck Whitehead. The text and image are printed in black ink on light gray watermarked stock, untrimmed edges, numbered... More about FOLD. (Broadside
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside, with publisher's wrap. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout using Times and Folio types on Zerkall paper. The special publisher's wrap for this lettered edition is Neenah Columns... More about EVENING
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, broadside, with publisher's wrap. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout using Times and Folio types on Zerkall paper. The special publisher's wrap for this numbered edition is Gmund Kaschmir... More about EVENING
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2016). 1st edition, limited (1/62) signed and numbered, chapbook. This single poem by the 2014 Newdigate Prize winning author is presented as a long format (13 inches high x 6.5 inches wide) broadside. Set in Baskerville type and printed by Frank Turenhout for Tungsten Press on... More about A PAEAN FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, with publisher's acetate dust jacket (as issued). Laid in is a copy of # MAGAZINE (April 1980) with contributions by Owens, Robert Kelly, and others. Trace of sunning to bright yellow boards, small nick & tear to acetate, else fine. More about THE JOE 82 CREATION POEMS
New York: Norton, (1988). 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. Signed on title page: "From Indiana / to DC -- / all good ____ ! / Linda Pastan" in blue ink. A collection of forty-six poems, arranged in five sections. Fine condition. More about THE IMPERFECT PARADISE
London: Grey Walls Press, (1946). 1st edition, full dark gray cloth, with printed dust jacket. Specially inscribed and signed by Patchen in year of publication to his friend, the artist Arthur Sturcke, on the FEP. The inscription reads: "for Arthur / on his birthday: 1946 / with all the respectful... More about OUTLAW OF THE LOWEST PLANET
Binghamton, NY: Geryon Press/Bellevue Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/65) signed, broadside. Printed by Stuary McCarty II at the Geryon Press in black ink on bright red pebbled paper. The present offering has been professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 12 inches high x 8 inches... More about HOT SPELL. (Broadside
Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full blue cloth w/publisher's slipcase. Additionally laid in is a woodcut, signed and numbered by McCurdy. Both the additional woodcut and the book is numbered 62/100. The colophon page is signed by six of "those Penmaen associates... More about THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, (2005). 1st edition, original paperwraps. A signed copy of the author's first book, selected in manuscript form as the Winner of the Tupelo Press Judge's Prize in Poetry. Rear cover review by Campbell McGrath, who served as the judge. "EVERYONE COMING TOWARD YOU speaks with a.... More about EVERYONE COMING TOWARD YOU
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 about THE SNOWFLAKE STAR. (A.M.S., manuscript
New York: Ecco Press, (1977). 1st edition, full brown cloth, w/dj. This title was published as Volume 10 in The American Poetry Series by Ecco Press, and also the winner of the William Carlos Williams Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The present book is... More about OUT-OF-THE-BODY TRAVEL
Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1977. 1st edition, limited (1/640) original smythe-sewn illustrated paperwraps. An association copy, inscribed by Poulin in year of publication to fellow poet/critic Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "for Ralph Mills, / these tiny epiphanies, / with my best, / Al / May 26, 1977 / Brockport... More about CATAWBA: OMENS, PRAYERS & SONGS
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 about SEVENTY CANTOS
Syracuse, NY: DWC/Boxcar Press, 2007. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, broadside. Printed in silver ink on flat black stock, and signed by Pratt in silver ink. Appropriately decorated with an abstract illustration suggestive of broken glass. Overall size: 14 inches high x 11 inches wide. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition. More about SHARP GLASS. (Broadside
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1968). 1st edition, full red cloth, with decorated dust jacket. A collection of forty poems, following the author's first book, X-RAYS. Specially signed by the author in red ink on the title page. A fine copy with minimal wear to jacket. More about DRAGGING THE MAIN
Cambridge MA: ca. 1957. A small archive of six poems (typed carbon copies) several with corrections/annotations in poet's hand. Richards has additionally signed two of the typed pages. Also including ALS (autograph letter signed) from Dorothea Richards in blue ink, with a sixteen word post script in the poet's hand... More about ARCHIVE OF POEMS AND LETTER
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Roethke in his signature green fountain pen ink on the FEP. This first printing of the author's second book has become increasingly scarce in fine condition with an attractive dust jacket, and signed. In... More about THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by Roethke in his signature green fountain pen ink. The inscription is to William O'Connor, a distinguished literary critic and English professor who knew and admired Roethke. The inscription reads: "For the William... More about THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS
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