Tungsten Press, N. H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, illustrated stiff printed paperwraps, with envelope (as issued). This single poem is printed using Baskerville and Folio types on Johannot and Neenah Columns papers, in a total press run of 74 signed copies. The paper is folded... More about ROUTE 31
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2013. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, illustrated stiff printed paperwraps, with envelope (as issued). This single poem is printed using Baskerville and Folio types on Cartiera Magnani Pescia and Neenah Columns papers, in a total press run of 74 signed copies. The paper is... More about ROUTE 31
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st edition, blue cloth spine, w/dj. Signed by Matthews on the title page. A fine selection of the poet's work, pp. 200, including an Index of Titles and First Lines. Scarce signed. Bright and fine, in like jacket. More about SELECTED POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS: 1969-1991
Stockbridge MA: Oblek Editions/The Garlic Press, (1991). 1st edition, limited (1/300) original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Published as Utility Chapbook #3 by Oblek Editions, the present offering is signed by McGrath in year of publication. The inscription reads: "7 Sept 91 / Monterey / For Onyx-- / Love, Connell" on the half title page. More about WITH WORDS
Portland, ME: Romulus Editions, 1992. 1st edition, limited (1/500) trade, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by McNair on the title page. A lovely presentation of these beautiful poems and illustrations, printed on acid-free paper. Laid in is an invitation for an exhibit of the illustrations at June... More about 12 JOURNEYS IN MAINE
Davis CA: Ostrakon Press, (2015). 1st edition, original illustrated French paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by McPherson on the title page in black ink. The text includes thirty-one poems, a section of Notes, and a section of Acknowledgments. A handsome publication by this well established poet. Uncommon, in fine condition. More about OUTLINE SCRIBE: NEW AND RENEWED POEMS
New York: Knopf, 1975. 1st edition cloth with dust jacket. Inscribed & signed by Meredith on the second FEP. A bright copy in like jacket. More about HAZARD, THE PAINTER
Brooklyn: Jordan Davies, 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, original hand-tied printed paperwraps, w/printed dj (as issued.) This attractively designed chapbook publishes three of Merrill's poems, "Lenses", "Ideas", and "Think Tank" using Caslon type on Maidstone and Whitby papers. Light wear to upper edge of jacket, else fine. More about IDEAS, ETC
New York: Sea Cliff Press, (1986). 1st edition, limited (1/220) numbered and signed, full cloth with illustrated cover, without dust jacket (as issued.) The present copy is designated number "63" and signed by Merrill on the colophon page. Fine condition. More about THE IMAGE MAKER
Nadja, (1987). 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, hand tied paperwraps, with printed dust jacket. This prose piece of several pages "was set in Bembo types and printed on T. H. Saunders paper in an edition of 74 numbered copies during the autumn of 1987" (from the colophon). The... More about JAPAN: PROSE OF DEPARTURE
Seluzicki/Rara Avis Press, 1982. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, illustrated hand-tied stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This beautifully designed publication was printed by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press in Riverside, California. "The illustrations were taken from photographs of funeral masks" (from the colophon.) There was not a trade edition... More about MARBLED PAPER
New York: Atheneum, 1978. 1st edition, full maroon cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This title won the National Book Award for the author, which was his first volume published after winning the Pulitzer Prize for DIVINE COMEDIES. Both volumes went on to form major pieces of his highly acclaimed THE... More about MIRABELL: BOOKS OF NUMBER
New York: Athenuem, 1966. 1st edition, full navy blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. Signed "James Merrill / --greetings to Tom Wall" in blue ink on the title page. Thomas Wall's signature is on the FEP. This title won the National Book Award for poetry in 1967. Very light shelf... More about NIGHTS AND DAYS
New York: Atheneum, 1980. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Merrill on the title page in black ink. The text of this title was later collected in Merrill's THE CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More about SCRIPTS FOR THE PAGEANT
New York: Atheneum, 1987. 1st edition thus, cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. A fine signed copy of the "30th Anniversary" edition of Merrill's novel, this copy specially signed by Merrill on the title page. Bright and fine. More about THE SERAGLIO
New York: Knopf, 1957. 1st edition, red cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. An inscribed copy of poet James Merrill's first novel, signed by him in red ink on the title page. In the novel, "James Merrill tells the teeming story of an American businessman of great wealth and power, aging and... More about THE SERAGLIO
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, original hand tied decorated paperwraps (as issued.) Published as "No. 17 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series" (from the colophon page) the present copy is out-of-series (unnumbered) and signed by Merrill in black ink on the... More about YANNINA
Iowa City: The Cummington Press, 1961. 1st edition, full maroon cloth, w/dj. A signed copy of the author's first book. Awarded, in manuscript form, The Lamont Poetry Selection. Inscribed "for Chris Buckley / (and for his poems) / Bob" and also signed in full above his printed name in black... More about THE LOVEMAKER
Vermillion, SD: Spirit Mound Press, (1974). 1st edition, illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Milton on the title page. These native American influenced poems are illustrated by Lynn Milton. Very little wear. Fine. More about THE BLUE BELLY OF THE WORLD
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1981). 1st simultaneous paperwraps edition. Specially signed by the author on the title page in black ink. A collection of thirty-nine poems, arranged in four sections. The book appears unopened, and in fine condition. More about IN THE PRESENCE OF MOTHERS
Greensboro: March Street Press, (1996). 1st ed, original paperwraps (as issued.) A collection of sixteen poems. This copy specially signed by Minty on the title page, and offered in 'as new' condition. Fine. More about THE MAD PAINTER POEMS
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (2000). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, inscribed in year of publication to the author's editor/publisher at University of Pittsburgh Press, Paul Zimmer. The inscription reads: "for Paul--with admiration & with gratitude for selecting & publishing Lake Songs so many... More about WALKING WITH THE BEAR
New York: Viking Press, 1959. 1st edition, cloth, with printed dust jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed to Holly Stevens, the daughter of poet Wallace Stevens. The inscription reads: "Mine originally, Holly, since / it had an unintentional stripe / on the jacket that was there to / stay -- (now... More about O TO BE A DRAGON
New York: Viking Press, (1966). 1st edition, blue cloth spine, with illustrated dust jacket. A signed presentation copy, in year of publication, inscribed: "For Chris and Bob Mac Donald / from Bernard Waldman / (with Marianne Moore's very best wishes / from a chair in my living room / hoping... More about TELL ME, TELL ME
Brooklyn NY: December 28, 1948. original letter in Moore's hand to "Mr F B Adams, Jr, President / The Grolier Club" (from the mailing envelope). The letter is written from Moore's home at 260 Cumberland Street, and begins: "Dear Mr. Adams, / To be with you and Mrs. Adams, and... More about ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED (ALS