MANHATTAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Harper & Row, (1982). 1st ed, original paperwraps. Inscribed & signed by the author, in year of publication, on the title page. Only gentle wear, else fine. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1982). 1st ed, original paperwraps. Inscribed & signed by the author, in year of publication, on the title page. Only gentle wear, else fine. More
New York: Norton, (1968). 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A specially signed copy of the celebrated author's second trade book, following his monumental debut collection PLAIN SONG. "Most of the poems in LOCATIONS concern themselves with the natural world" (from the jacket comments). The present copy..... More
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1977). 1st edition, limited (1/250) signed, full brown cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes two poems by this Irish poet, and two illustrations. Prior owners bookplate on pastedown, minimal edge wear along top of..... More
Frankfort: Frankfort Arts Foundation, (1985). 1st edition, limited (1/310) numbered, original printed stiff sewn paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Hass, the former US poet laureate, on the title page. The first section of this handsome book publishes eight poems by Hass. The second section presents poems by Eric Trethewey..... More
Boston: Northeastern University Press, (1999). 1st edition, original printed paperwraps. The winning title of the 1999 Morse Poetry Prize. Inscribed to fellow poet and critic, Paul Zimmer. The inscription reads: "7-10-2000 / Northampton / For Paul Zimmer-- / with admiration, / from a long-time fan, / J. H." and additionally..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Great Granny Press, 1976. 1st edition, broadside. Specially signed by Hawksworth in black ink. Issued as Great Granny's No 2, edited by M. Truman Cooper. The second issue in the Great Granny postcard broadside series. Printed in two color ink on textured light blue stock with lower..... More
Chicago: Vol, 132, No 2, May, 1978. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). An all-star issue including poems by A.R. Ammons, Bruce Bennett, John Ciardi, Norman Dubie, William Stafford, May Swenson, and many others. The present copy has been specially signed by Bennett and Heyen at their contributions. A...... More
Schenectady, NY: PC Visions, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/20) numbered and signed, broadside. Overall size: 17 inches high x 11 inches wide. Designed and printed in multicolor using a computer generated image and printer. Signed and numbered ("#17/20") by Heyen. Fine condition. More
Huntington Station, NY: Duke's Broadside Series, 2003. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Published as Duke's Broadside Series #8, and printed on orange stock in black ink. Overall size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by Heyen below his printed name, and with a correction to the text in Heyen's..... More
Rochester NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2003. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Published as The New Visions Programs Park Avenue Broadside Series No 2. The abstract illustration of Bellows' bovine is attractively accomplished using seven colors in addition to the black ink for the text. A color image of this broadside is..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, (1974). 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Selected as one of the "Notable Books" of 1974 by the American Library Association, the present offering is one of only fifty copies numbered and signed by Heyen on the colophon..... More
Rook Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, broadside. Published with an illustration, as "Ordinary Broadside 1" in black ink on fine paper. Professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 14 inches high x 7 inches wide. (Note: not to be confused with the ordinary..... More
n.p. n.p., 1976. 1st edition, limited (1/300) numbered, signed, broadside. "This poem is here printed for the first time in a broadside edition of three hundred copies, of which this is number 299." Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Black ink on white stock. Fine condition. More
Medford, NY: Backstreet Editions, 1999. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Two poems printed on a single broadside, using black ink on yellow stock. Overall size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Fine. More
Pittsburgh & Derry, PA: Sisyphus Editions, (1976). 1st edition, limited (1/400) numbered, printed paperwraps. From a total press run of 503, the present copy is inscribed by Heyen to a friend and fellow author: "For --, this / silly sequence, but / in friendship, which / is no machine --..... More
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery/U of Rochester, 2000. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, illustrated broadside. Produced by William Ewert with design and two color printing at Firefly Press. "This broadside was specially issued by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester to commemorate the DeLoss McGraw/William Heyen exhibition..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, (1984). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to fellow poet Karl Shapiro on the second FEP. The inscription reads: "For Sophie & Karl Shapiro / with thanks -- and so / glad to see you /..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. 1st edition, full green cloth, w/printed dj. Specially signed by the author in black ink on the title page. The author's second book of poetry, following his debut appearance as the Yale Younger Poet in 1954, selected by W. H. Auden. A fine copy..... More
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (1999). 1st edition thus, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A reissue on the fiftieth anniversary of this volume's original appearance, the present offering with a new preface and specially signed by Hoffman in black ink on the title page. A scholarly work of highly..... 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
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
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
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