San Francisco: self-published, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled illustrated card wraps; square 8vo. [14pp.] Produced by the artist "to coincide with an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum..." [San Francisco]. Signed by the artist, additionally signed by James Tate who provides a brief surrealistic prose piece as a foreword. A......
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 186 pp. Inscribed copy, signed "Love, Charles", to a long-time colleague and fellow poet/editor. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 238 pp. w/ index. As new; Fine in a fine dust jacket.
New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1992. First edition. Paperback. String-tied wrappers; 16 mo. [5 pp.] Sonnets on "The Grasshopper and the Cricket" one each by Hunt and Keats, written within the 15 min. time challenge; commentary by Clarke and Woodehouse. Issued as one of 50 "keepsake copies" printed by Martino.....
New York: Crown, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Black boards in dust jacket; small 8vo. 135 pp. Inscribed "For Tom", with a long quote in Italian. Signed in full by Coen. From the other half of the writer, producer, director, film making team the Coen Brothers, a volume of humorous poems.....
The University, Hull: The Critical Quarterly, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Blue illustrated wrappers. Pages 290-384. Vol. 2, no. 4. With contributions from Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, and others. Wrappers show some wear; creases and small amount of writing on the cover. Bottom corner is bent; rubbed corners. Slight toning to.....
Park Ridge, NJ: Blue Smoke, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Side-stapled illustrated wrappers; 4to. Cover illus. by Susan Clarke. Scarce first of at least four issues. Handwritten (Als) letter in red ink from DeNoyelles to "Dear Alternatives" regarding their magazine and promoting his own, convaying this issue. Signed by Eileen Myles.....
[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies in dark yellow-green cloth, signed at colophon by Duncan and Mary Fabilli (artist), with two poems in Duncan's hand (not in the regular issue of 250). Poet's first book. Additionally inscribed on title page to Allan Covici, Berkeley librarian.....
Orono, ME: The National Poetry Foundation, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards in dust jacket with image of a Franz Kline painting. 8vo; 332 pp. w/ appendices. Some marks and crease on jacket; minor softening to spine ends. Jacket is in protective mylar cover. Clean and unmarked interior.....
Amherst, MA: Alumni Council of Amherst College, Fall 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled, blind stamped card covers (20 pp.), black & white photographs, Presidential Seal; 4to. Special Issue. Includes President Kennedy's convocation address, and remarks at the library ground breaking; Archibald MacLeish's address, "Frost and Stone," and Amherst President Plimpton's.....
West Chester, PA: [Aralia Press], 2009. First edition. no binding. Poetry broadside; approx. 7 12 1/2 inches. A Villanelle originally published in the NYer. One of 140 copies "from Romanee types on the occasion of 'Exploring Form & Narrative' at West Chester University of PA". Though not on the colophon.....
San Francisco: Kayak Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. 74 pp. Poems by Donald Justice, Philip Levine (four poems including "They Feed They Lion"), John Haines, Mark Strand, Eric Barker, Nancy Willard, Charles Simic, David Waggoner, W. S. Merwin, Tagliabue, Shelton and others. Near fine, one of the better.....
Newark, DE: Raven Press, 2005. First Thus. Paperback. Sewn printed wrappers; 8vo. [24 pp.] One of 80 total copies, the regular issue, number 7 of 50; specially signed by the poet. Originally published in 1960, this is the first fine press edition, and the first book from the letterpress facility.....
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Navy cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 30 pp. Posthumously published children's book by Jarrell with his longtime collaborator Sendak's illustrations. Near fine in an easily very good dust jacket, spine lightly sunned, price inked out (in archival removable.....
Berkeley: Poetry Flash, March 1988. First Edition. no binding. Newsprint. 20 pp. Issue featuring the recently deceased Robert Duncan with a photo of the poet and remembrances by Michael McClure, Robert Creeley, Steve Abbott, and Michael Davidson among others, with selections from RD's work. Folded (as presumably issued) else seemingly.....
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Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1996. Barry Moser. First Separate Edition. no binding. Single illustrated sheet folded to make a holiday card (a broadside). Circa 10.5”x7.5” . One of 650 copies designed by John Kristensen and printed at Firefly Press for private distribution. Original relief engraving by Barry Moser. Published.....
New York: Putnam, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 76 pp. Signed by the author. A program for the 92nd Street Y reading series of Feb. 2007, laid in. The program includes three reproduced corrected manuscripts from the participating poets: Kirchwey, Grace Schulman and David Yezzi.....
Ithaca: Cornell, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated glossy wrappers; 8vo. Pp. 134-254. Inscribed by guest editor Reginald Shepard to his Bennington College teacher Alvin Feinman. Shepard selects work from emerging poets, among them Katherine (Katy) Lederer and Julie Carr. The pink spine faded, else fine, thus only very good. Shepard.....
La Crosse, WI: Sutton Hoo Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Full blue cloth, decorated endpapers; 12mo. [29 leaves.] Illustrated with calligraphic ornaments by Cheryl Jacobsen. Letter "G" of 52 lettered copies on Nideggan & Johannot, from a total edition of 200 copies (plus artists' proofs) signed.....
Santa Cruz: Greenhouse Review Press, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Trade paper issue (there were 35 in cloth, signed); 8vo. 109 pp. Contains a nice three page introduction by Levine on this volume, beginning with a trip to NYC to hear Dylan Thomas read. Fine.
New York: Paris Review, ALL 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. Signed by Sam Lipsyte at his contribution "The Worm in Philly", pp. 101 - 113. Fine copy.
Santa Barbara: UNICORN, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Four leaves folded and sewn into bright medium green printed wrappers. Of one of 400 copies printed at the Unicorn Book Shop on the occasion of the poet's reading on May 26, 1967, this is one of only 5 in Lepper's preffered state.....
N.p. Urras Somhairle/ The Sorley MacLean Trust, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled green wrappers; small 8vo. [8 pp.] This is number 27 of 50 copies signed and numbered by Seamus Heaney; the total edition was 200. Original Gaelic with Heaney's translation facing. Creased, still very good. Rare. Brandes & Durkan.....
Philadelphia: The Centaur Book Shop, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., cloth-backed boards with gold foil spine and cover labels. No. 79 of 85 "large paper" copies signed by both H. L. Mencken and Frey. Forward by Mencken. Bottom edge and tips worn, front label well-rubbed but bright, spine label.....
New York: Phaedra, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Advanced Review copy in limp covers with the hardcover jacket (first issue with price intact, address (Trident) on the rear flap) of the first edition in English. Phaedra was a small publisher happy to take works that VN's regular publisher at the time.....
