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Mission, BC, CN: Barbarian Press, 1997. First Edition. no binding. Prospectus only, single sheet folded to make 4 pages, announcing publication of RUFINUS: the Complete Poems in English by Robert Skelton. Printed in two colors; wood engravings by Wesley Bates, the prospectus with one "The Bather". Order form laid in.....
Paris: Edward Titus, March 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Pp. 369-554, ads. Contributions from Valery, Rimbaud, Aldington, Julian Green, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, and others. Worn and heavily foxed. Fair.
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, no dust jacket as issued. 265 pp. Light shelfwear, else fine.
Cleveland: Case Western, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Poetry anthology with short poems Sheila Nickerson, Doyle Wesley Walls, Peter Wild, William Jay Smith, John Druska, Jared Carter, Leonard Nathan, Jim Handlin, Robley Wilson, Jr., Red Saner, Merry Speece, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Simmer, John Fandel, Dennis Trudell, Jean Balderson.....
New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy in blue and white glossy wrappers. Prose on wide-rangeing subjects, but as always with this poet never veering far from science or literature.
New York: Random House, 1991. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof in glossy blue, pink and black wrappers. Fine in Wraps.
New York: Morrow, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 64 pp. First printing of the poet's second collection. Very light foxing at top edges, slightly rubbed complete (not price-clipped) dust jacket Excellent copy of a scarce book issued simultaneously in paper.
Ithaca: Stone-Marrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers. Precedes her first regularly published book by three years. Published by poet James Bertolino in an edition of 500; all three poets were Cornell graduates. Inscribed to Burt (Britton), with two spelling corrections to one poem. Quite scarce signed. Burt Britton.....
New York: Knopf, 1992. First U.S. Edition. Paperback. In illustrated wraps, in matching publisher's cardstock slipcase. 8vo; 400 pp. Originally published in Great Britain, this is the first American edition, as stated. Signed on free endpaper. Slipcase rubbed; corners worn. Paperback appears unread. Fine in very good slipcase.
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. An unusual copy in that it has two jackets, one supplied. The jacket as published is on uncoated red textured paper and priced at $21. The supplied jacket is coated and is priced at $20, and stamped on back "PROOF". (These are.....
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The second collection for this octogenarian poet in a bright yellow jacket. A beautiful copy. Fine in like dj. Now protected by a Brodart Jacket.
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Advanced uncorrected proof copy in blue and white printed wraps. In shrink-wrap with publisher mailing label on front of the shrink-wrap. The second collection for this octogenarian poet. Fine in Wraps.
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. no binding. Printed in red on Dieu Donne cream-colored paper by Soho Letterpress in New York. A poem from the author's first collection Ants On The Melon. This is number 715 of 1000.
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. no binding. Printed in red on Dieu Donne cream-colored paper by Soho Letterpress in New York. A poem from the author's first collection Ants On The Melon. This is number 446 of 1000.
Norman: Oklahoma, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8mo. Fine in green cloth and very good dust jacket, with moderate wear and toning to crown and tail of spine. 463 pp.
Norman: Oklahoma, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8mo. Fine in green cloth and very good or better dust jacket, with moderate wear to extremities, and one short closed tear. 426 pp.
Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in complete (not-price-clipped) dust jacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one Arabic writer.....
Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Signed by Adonis on the title page. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize.....
Riverdale, NY: Sheep Meadow Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Blue Cloth in dust jacket. Signed on the title page by the Poet Julie Agoos. The poet's second collection. Hardcover, first edition in fine/fine condition. Now protected by a Brodart Jacket. Scarce title signed. Signed by Author(s).
Santa Fe: Sherman Asher Publishing, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Advance galley in clear plastic spiral bound covers. 112 pp. Bilingual poems translated from the Spanish by Celeste Kostopolus- Cooperman. Publishing material laid in.
Athens: Ohio Review Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine with pink paper-wrapped boards; 8vo. .61 pp. A signed copy of the poet's first book with event card (with author photo) and bookstore business card (Lemuria) from the author's home town in Jackson, MI laid in. Hardcover issue near.....
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2012. First edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Cloth-backed boards; 8vo. 77pp. The poet's first major collection after a chapbook and a broadside. Born in 1988 and raised in Bangladesh he studied at Stanford. A volume in the McSweeney's Poetry Series. Cover art by Saelee Oh.....
New York: Norton, 1999. First edition. Paperback. 252 pp. Uncorrected proof copy in light green wrappers of the National Book Award winner for 1999. From her five previous books - Cruelty, Killing Floor, Sin, Fate and Greed, along with 17 new poems. Fine.
Little Rock: Crazy Horse Assoc./University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Winter 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; large 8vo. 133 pp. A substantial selection of poems by Tony Hoagland pp. 19-35 among the highlights of this volume. Proce sticker on the front cover, else fine.
Little Rock: Crazy Horse Assoc./University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Winter 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; large 8vo. 133 pp. A substantial selection of poems by Tony Hoagland pp. 19-35 among the highlights of this volume. Price sticker on the front cover, else fine.
