Edgewood, KY: Robert L. Barth, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled yellow wrappers; small 8vo. [16 pp.] One of 125 copies. Inscribed to a poet associated with New Formalism, with accompanying signed note (Als) laid in. Davis is primarily known as a Persian translator. Barth a longtime publisher of poetry chapbooks.....
St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 257 pp. This copy inscribed to another poet associated with New Formalism. A now classic collection of essays and reviews published after his 1991 title essay in The Atlantic caused a storm of controversy. Probably the.....
St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 257 pp. A now classic collection of essays and reviews published after his 1991 title essay in The Atlantic caused a storm of controversy. Probably the most discussed essay on poetry in the 90's. Near fine.....
Cuauhtemoc, Mexico: Direccion General de Publicaciones, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Trade paperback; 8vo 125 pp. Translations of Gioia's poems by Jose Emilio Pacheco, Elsa Cross, Hernan Bravo Varela, Zulai Marcela Fuentes, jennifer Clement and Victor Manuel Mendiola; Spanish facing English. One of 12000 copies quite nicely printed. Gioia is of.....
Boise: Boise State Univ. 2000. First edition. Paperback. Stapled photographic wrappers; thin 8vo. 61 pp. No. 143 in the Western Writers Series. Long essay on the poet Dana Gioia. With a brief note on a post-it (as is his habit): "I've been monographed" and signed "D." Very light wear, still.....
Ashland: Story Line Press, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 176 pp. 4 p. introduction by Dana Gioia. Inscribed by the poet and signed in full to another poet and friend associated with New Formalism. Nice association. Very good copy, edge of the laminate beginning to peel.
Jackson, MS: Parrish House, 2002`. First Edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Navy cloth; latge 8vo. 301 pp. This copy with a card inscribed to another poet associated with New Formalism, signed "Dana", laid in; the card with Gioia's printed address on verso. Useful bibliography with essays on the.....
Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Trade paperback issue; 8vo. 289 pp. Signed by the poet on the title page, additionally inscribed by the poet to another poet associated with New Formalism. A fine association copy. A near fine copy.
Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Trade paperback issue; 8vo. 126 pp. Signed on the title page, additionally inscribed in 1998 to another poet and friend associated with New Formalism on the half-title page. A long narrative poem in three parts about a woman "obsessed" with Robinson.....
Florence, KY: Robert L. Barth, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers; 12mo. 15 pp. One of 75 numbered and signed copies (of 100 total) of this chapbook published prior to his first full collection. One poem and two epigrams in this chapbook seem to have been left out of that.....
Woodstock, NY: Overlook, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 2008 pp. Inscribed in 2002 to another poet and friend associated with New Formalism on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket (protected by a removable archival Jacket.).
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 68 pp. Inscribed by the poet and signed to another poet associated with New Formalism. Two of his books including this one have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. First printing, the simultaneously issued trade paperback; 8vo. 209 pp.; w/ index. Inscribed to another poet associated with New Formalism, signed and dated in 1999. With the National Book Award Finalist sticker. Very good copy, top edge bumped, bookseller theft.....
New York: Norton, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Original boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 250 pp. A long inscription by the poet to a small press publisher/printer; signed in full. Fine in a fine jacket.
New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 68 pp. Briefly inscribed to a noted printer/publisher of poetry. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1988. Fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket, with only minor rubbing.
Goleta, CA: Christopher Books and Pamphlets/Unicorn Press, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Pale blue stapled wrappers. 13 pp. Chapbook printed by Noel Young; a single poem. Two issues noted, the other in medium blue thick paper with a rough edge. Faint sunning and fading, still near fine.
Goleta, CA: Christopher Books and Pamphlets/Unicorn Press, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Medium blue stapled wrappers. 13 pp. Chapbook printed by Noel Young; a single poem. Two issues noted, this in medium blue thick paper with a rough edge, the other plain pale blue, cut edge. Faint sunning and fading, still.....
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. [20 pp.] Illus. One of the regular issue (500 total) of the poet's first book, a chapbook; the title poem the first in his first book with a major publisher which was in the Wesleyan series. The third book in the Santa.....
Athens: Swallow Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Light blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 49 pp. Warmly inscribed and signed "David"l on the title page to another poet associated with New Formalism. Fine copy (with three tiny ink marks marking lines) in a fine dust jacket (protected by a removable.....
