(Berkeley): (Tangram Press), January 8, 1995. Broadside. original broadside, signed by the poet under his printed name and date. Attractively printed in two color ink (red and black) on fine stock. Framed in black finished wood. Overall size: 7 inches high x 9 inches wide, approx. Not inspected out of..... More
Riverdale-on-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, (1996). 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Agoos on the title page. A fine copy in like jacket. More
Pittsford: State Street Press, 1981. 1st edition, limited (1/400) paperwraps, with illustrated dust jacket (as issued). Specially signed and inscribed by Allardt. Published as volume #6 in the State Street Press Chapbooks series. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine. More
New York: Four Way Books, 2010. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A specially signed copy of the author's second book. The text includes thirty-six poems. The title won the 2010 Grub Street National Book Prize for poetry. Fine, 'as new' condition. More
Rocky Mount, NC: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1994). 1st edition, original photo-illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Ammons on the title page. The inscription reads: "With admiration & deep affection / to Susan Moore / from / Archie Ammons / W-S / 9 April '95" in..... More
Boise: Floating Ink Books, 1995. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Ardinger on the title page. Decorated with a linocut by Linda Wolfe. " . . . a collection of poems about traveling, the loss and renewal of place, the renewal of love, the..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2020. 1st edition, limited, (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This nine poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Courier and Garamond types using four color ink, on Zerkall Butten and..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., 2020. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This nine poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Courier and Garamond types using four color ink, on Zerkall Butten..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2019). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed white dust jacket (as issued). This long (pp. 12) poem is beautifully presented in classic Tungsten Press style, designed by C. W. Swets and set in Cambria type in March 2019. Printed on..... More
New York: September 13, 1995. Original manuscript (ALS) of single poem, signed and dated by Ashbery, in original mailing envelope. Size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide, buff watermark letterhead stationery, black ink. Two folds for mailing, else clean and fine, with original mailing envelope. Unique. More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, hand-tied chapbook, with printed dust jacket. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in two color ink by Joos Wiersinga using Bembo types on Zerkall Butten paper. The dust jacket for this lettered edition is Johannot, and..... More
Tungsten Press, N. H., (2018). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, hand-tied chapbook, with printed dust jacket. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in two color ink by Joos Wiersinga using Bembo types on Zerkall Butten paper. The dust jacket for this numbered edition is Zerkall Restauro..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1961). 1st edition, full gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's first book, inscribed "Dear Mary and Jack Dant / Welcome aboard my book on its / shakedown cruise -- / Robert Bagg" in blue ink on the FEP. Three moderate stains to jacket, else minimal wear..... More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, (1980). Original wraps. 1st edition, limited (1/300) signed, original hand-tied paperwraps (as issued). A collection of thirteen prose poems. "Issued in a signed edition of three hundred copies, this chapbook was designed and printed by Sam Hamill and Tree Swenson. The type is Italian Old..... More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, (1997). 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) "Extending the reach of his groundbreaking BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (Copper Canyon Press, 1994), Marvin Bell's stunning new poems address and redefine--and ultimately embrace--aging, entropy, abundance, error, comedy, and horror in the active life" (from the rear..... More
Montclair, NJ: Number 13, 1987. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Michael Benedikt's personal copy, with his ownership name and address printed on the front cover verso. Includes the issue's lead poem "Of Poetry, My Friend" by Benedikt, as well as poems by Joseph Bruchac, Nicholas Christopher, Marge Piercy..... More
Ithaca: Clandestine Press, (1999). 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, original Florentine paperwraps. Printed in several color inks, and bound using a variety of Florentine papers selected by the author in Florence, Italy. A fine copy. Scarce. More
Edgewood, KY: Barth, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/100) original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by Bennett on the title page, and with an Epigrammatist postcard of the title poem laid in. A bright fine copy of this now scarce chapbook. More
Louisville: Scienter Press, (2006). 1st edition, limited (1/100) original printed paperwraps (as issued.) The present copy is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. A small collection of fifty-eight epigrams, published in chapbook format. The colophon notes: "This book was laid out on a laptop PC..... More
Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, (2003). 1st edition, original hand stitched illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Includes all of the poems from Bennett's out-of-print collection, TO BE A HERON (1989) and a twenty-eight page section of new poems. A new copy, offered at the..... More
Kanona: FootHills Pub, (2004). 1st edition, original hand-tied printed paperwraps (as issued.) These twenty-one poems, published in three sections in a chapbook format, celebrate the "grief and love" the author knew through his mother. "There is courage, steadfastness, and humor; there is even, at times, a kind of tragic joy"..... More
Georgetown KY: Finishing Line Press, (2010). 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps, with black ribbon binding. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. A wonderful collection of thirty-one poems in the classic Bennett style, short on words, long on image, with tight lyric structure. Offered in fine, 'as new'..... More
Bath, NY: FootHills Publishing, (1991). 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This chapbook is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in blue ink. The text of the chapbook consists of twenty-nine poems. Fine condition. More
Washington DC: Orchises Press, 2017. 1st edition, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Bruce Bennett" on the title page. A generous collection (pp. 214) of poems by the ever popular Bruce Bennett, Professor Emeritus at Wells College in Aurora, New York. A fine copy, offered 'as new' at..... More