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New York: Knopf, 1999. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original stiff acetate & paperwraps (as issued.). More
New York: Knopf, 1999. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original stiff acetate & paperwraps (as issued.). More
New York: Knopf, 1993. 1st edition, full maroon cloth, with printed dust jacket. "The long and very beautiful title sequence, "Tesserae," winds its way through the book, embracing a varied and fascinating collection of lyrics, narratives, puzzles, and translations" (from the jacket notes.) Very bright and fine condition. More
Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/50) illustrated, signed, broadside. Playfully designed with a juvenile illustration by Owen Lennon, and printed in five color ink. Overall size: 15 inches square. A fine copy in 'as new' condition. More
London: Anvil Press Poetry/Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1971). 1st ed, full blue boards, w/dj. The author's first book. Fine in like jacket. More
New York: Knopf, 1988. 1st ed, full black cloth, w/dj. The Lamont Poetry Selection (in manuscript form) for 1987, with the Lamont card laid-in. The author's second book. A bright, fine copy. More
London: Grey Walls Press, (1948). 1st edition, illustrated boards, w/illustrated dj. A long introduction by Clifford Dyment, who also made the selections for the contents, which include both the poet's humorous poetry and his serious work. Issued in the publisher's "Crown Classics" series. Fine condition. More
New York: New Directions, (1990). 1st edition, full black cloth, w/illustrated dj. "Paul Hoover's THE NOVEL is a booklength poem written in response to the author's experience of having his first novel, SAIGON, ILLINOIS (Vintage, 1988), published after a mere six months in the making" (from the jacket notes.) Jacket..... More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981. 1st edition, full tan cloth, w/illustrated dj. Winning title of the Juniper Prize, an annual poetry award sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Press. Slight upper edge wear to jacket, else fine. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2006). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published with a nine page Foreward by Louise Gluck. A volume in the Yale Younger Poets series. Fine condition. More
Privately printed: Christmas, 1948. 1st edition, original printed self wraps (as issued). Specially signed "With our love / Barbara & Bill" in black fountain pen ink on the front cover. Includes Howes' poem, "In the Cold Country" and Smith's poem, "Lachrymae Christi" opposite. Printed on a single sheet in two..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Poet and editor Peter Davison's card laid-in. Light bump to spine, else fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 1st edition, black cloth spine, w/dj. A fine copy in like jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) A fine copy, appears unopened. More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, (2003). 1st edition, original hand stitched printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first book, comprising forty-six poems, specially signed by Huff on the title page. Advance review comments (". . . clear, precise poems overflow with the things of this world . . .") by Sam..... More
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
Alton, England: Prospero Poets, 1995. 1st edition, limited numbered & signed, glossy paper accordion fold into illustrated boards, with illustrated & signed broadside. This delightful poem, appropriately and profusely illustrated by Christopher Battye, is presented here in both book format and as a broadside. Both the book and the broadside..... More
London: Faber, (1976). 1st edition, full turquoise boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed in year of publication to the Hungarian poet, Janos Csokits. Csokits, Hughes, and Sylvia Plath were close personal friends, and Csokits collaborated with Hughes on translations of poetry. The inscription reads: "To dear Janos / some half-olde..... More
New York: Norton, (1980). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy, with black and white glossy photo of Hugo laid in. A collection of thirty-three poems written from Hugo's experience living off the coast of Scotland on the Isle of Skye. The present offering is..... More
Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, (1978). 1st edition, limited (1/26) original printed hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, inscribed to Hugo's longtime friends and fellow poet David & Patt Wagoner. The inscription reads: "For Dave & Patt the roads are always open Love Dick" on the title page. The colophon..... More
Wesleyan, (1988). 1st edition cloth with dust jacket. Ignatow writes a foreward, and his compelling "Epilogue: As Long as Life Matters." This prose work (pp. 194) includes an index with references to many major poets. Fine in like dj. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971. 1st edition, full white cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book, with jacket reviews by Denise Levertov, William Saroyan, and others. The text includes forty-two poems arranged in seven sections. Minimal wear to jacket, else fine condition. More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1996. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued.) The poet William Heyen's copy, with his ownership signature on the FEP. Very little wear. More
New York: Persea Books, (1992). 1st US edition, maroon cloth, with dust jacket. Review copy with review slip and material laid-in. Appears new, fine. More
Chicago: Poetry, Vol XLVIII, No VI, September, 1936. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). This issue features a group of poems by Jacobsen titled "This Is the Hour", comprising "Winter Castle", "The Passionate Place", and "Non Sum Dignus". There are also poems by Marya Zaturenska, Leslie Cross, and others..... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1967). 1st edition, full brown cloth, w/illustrated dj. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, who has also crossed out one name on the dedication page using the same pen. The author earned his M. A. in 1958 from the University of..... More