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
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..... 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, (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
Williamstown: Aug 3, 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed Lawrence Raab below the poem, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white paper, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and fine, with original mailing envelope. Unique. More
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
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/60) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed in three color ink, with the illusion of a bicycle wheel imposed on the background. Hilda Raz is a distinguished poet, and was the long-time editor of the poetry journal "Prairie Schooner." Size: 13" high X 15.5"..... More
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
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
Olean, NY: Uroboros Books/Allegany Mountain Press, (1981). Hardcover. 1st edition, limited, numbered and signed, black faux leather, with illustrated dust jacket. An early collection by Ruggieri, issued in a hardbound numbered edition. A collection of fifty-eight poems. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
New York: Parnassus, 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/125) numbered and signed, illustrated broadside. A scarce broadside appearance by the former poet laureate of the United States, illustrated with a drawing by the highly acclaimed artist, Robert Berlind, and signed by both. The broadside is designed by Ron Gordon at the..... More
New York: Knopf, 1983. 1st ed, full gray cloth w/dj. A presentation copy, inscribed: "for---with admiration and best wishes for 1984" and signed in full on the FEP. Jacket reviews by Dave Smith & Alfred Corn. Fine in like jacket. More
Porter's Lake, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press, 1983. 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. A specially signed copy of the author's first book of poetry. The text includes over forty poems by this British born author, who has lived most of his life in Nova Scotia. A respected poet, Sanger is also a...... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016. 1st edition, limited (1/33) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely printed by C W Swets in three color ink using Bembo type, May, 2016. The poem was originally published by The New Yorker on November 16, 2015. Size: 9 inches high x 6.25 inches wide. Fine..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1974. 1st edition, full red cloth, with dust jacket. Profusely inscribed to New York City playright Susan Leibowitz on the pastedown and FEP, and signed "Love / Hugh" in blue ink. Red remainder spray to bottom edge, else only minimal wear to this fine copy. Strong jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. Hardcover. 1st edition, black cloth spine and gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed and inscribed by Sexton to her friend, the artist Barbara Swan, on the half title page. The celebrated author's important first book, seldom found signed. Sexton and Swan were friends from..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Hardcover. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). A unique signed, inscribed, association copy of Sexton's Pulitzer Prize winning third collection of poems. The jacket illustration is by Barbara Swan, Sexton's friend and favored illustrator. The relationship between Sexton and Swan at Radcliffe..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/500) signed, full red cloth, AEG, with original publisher's glassine, and publisher's slipcase. The first printing of Sexton's monumental fifth book of poetry, published at the height of her career. Barbara Swan provided the illustrations. The relationship between Sexton and Swan at..... More
San Francisco: Kayak, (1969). Original wraps. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Simic on the title page in black ink. The author's second book. Designed and printed by George Hitchcock, using a variety of papers, and who also supplied the illustrations. Issued in an edition of..... More
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..... More
Erieville: May 3, 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of a single 2 page poem, signed and dated by Snodgrass at the conclusion of the poem on page 2, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, buff watermark paper, blue ink. Snodgrass won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize..... More
(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..... More
Kensington: Hit & Run Press, n.d. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed on custom-made abaca/cotton paper, illustrated with artwork by Davis Te Selle. Size: 13 inches high x 9.25 inches wide, approximate, deckle edges untrimmed. Fine. More
Kensington: Hit & Run Press, n.d. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed on Rives BFK white paper, illustrated with artwork by Davis Te Selle. Size: 13 inches high x 9 inches wide, approximate, two deckle edges untrimmed, two edges trimmed. Fine. More