BAD ALCHEMY.
New York: Norton, (1995). 1st edition, full cloth, w/dj. A review copy w/review material and B/W glossy photo of the author laid-in. Bright in like jacket. Fine. More
New York: Norton, (1995). 1st edition, full cloth, w/dj. A review copy w/review material and B/W glossy photo of the author laid-in. Bright in like jacket. Fine. More
New York: Norton, (1995). 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued.) Fine. More
Brockport: State Street Press, 1992. 1st edition, original paperwraps, w/photo-illustrated dust jacket. Published as a State Street Press Chapbook, this collection of fourteen poems by Martinez in fine condition. More
Brockport: State Street Press, 1992. 1st edition, original paperwraps, w/photo-illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Martinez on the title page in black ink immediately below his printed name. Published as a State Street Press Chapbook, this collection of fourteen poems by Martinez is in fine condition. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2021. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed tan dust jacket (as issued). A handsome chapbook, set in Bembo type and printed on Zerkall Butten and Gmund papers. Signed and numbered by Massey in black ink on the colophon page. The..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. This title "is the last word from one of the most pensive and delicious of all our poets, the book William Matthews completed shortly before his death, just after his fifty-fifth birthday, in November 1997" (from the jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. 1st ed., blue cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. "BLUES IF YOU WANT displays the central obsessions of William Matthews as a poet: jazz, marriage, love, learning, language, and wine" (from the jacket.) A very crisp, bright copy in like jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st ed, blue cloth spine, w/dj. A fine selection of the poet's work, pp. 200, including an Index of Titles and First Lines. Bright and fine, in like jacket. More
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) The text includes several printed corrections (ruled out lines) to the original version. Uncommon in uncorrected proof state. Fine condition. More
Athens: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, (1981). 1st edition (so stated), full black cloth, w/printed dj. A review copy, with review slip laid in stating publication date "March 31, 1982". Edited and with an Introduction by David Ray. Published as "A New Letters Book" by Ohio University Press. Shelf rubs and..... More
Stonington: Oct 24, 1994. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed and dated by McClatchy below the poem, with original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, white watermark paper, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and fine, with original mailing envelope. Unique. More
New York: Knopf, 1990. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Strong jacket reviews from Anthony Hecht, Richard Wilbur and John Hollander. The author's third collection of poems. A very bright copy, in like jacket. Fine. More
New York: New Directions, (1976). 1st edition, full red cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket. A play by poet/author McClure. A very bright, tight, fine copy. Appears in 'as new' condition. More
San Francisco: Twowindows Press, (1970). 1st edition, original decorated paperwraps (as issued). Published in chapbook format, this collection of seven poems was limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is very bright and fine, appears in 'as new' condition. More
New York: Ecco Press, 1975. 1st edition, full green cloth, w/dj. The author's first book of poems, published as Volume 6 in The American Poetry Series by Ecco Press. Advance publicity material laid-in. A long jacket review by Richard Hugo. A fine copy, in jacket with minor edge wear/chip to..... More
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..... More
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (1983). 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. "This is poetry of the land and people of America . . ." (from the jacket notes). A small quarto volume (8.75 inches high x 8.25 inches wide, pp. 146) including sixty-three poems. Uncommon in..... More
Chicago: Swallow Press, (1972). 1st edition, full brown cloth, w/illustrated dj. "His lyric and rhapsodic strengths are unequalled. His use of rhetoric and of the sonorities of poetic speech have been compared to Hart Crane and Dylan Thomas" (from the jacket notes.) Sunning to spine of jacket, else very little..... More
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/100) signed, illustrated broadside. The present offering is from the Oyster Suite series of broadsides, printed by Paper Crane Press in Half Moon Bay, California, illustrated and published by Charles Seluzicki. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by McGriff in..... More
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
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
New York: Ecco Press, (1983). 1st edition, full black cloth, with dust jacket. The author's fourth collection of poems. Published as Volume 24 in The American Poetry Series by Ecco. A fine copy in like jacket. More
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
New York: Cameron Assoc, (1958). 1st edition, coarse tan cloth, w/dj. A fine copy of the first appearance, in price-clipped jacket with light sunning & very minor shelf wear. This title was reissued in 1972 by another publisher. "..it speaks the unspoken dialogue that lies across every double bed in..... More