JOHN CLEVELAND (1613-1658) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS POEMS.
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1967. 8vo. cloth. 54 pages. First edition. READ MORE about JOHN CLEVELAND (1613-1658) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS POEMS
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LAURENCE HOUSMAN 1865-1959, CLEMENCE HOUSMAN 1861-1955, ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN 1859-1936.
London: National Book League, 1975. 12mo. paper wrappers. 43 pages. 303 items listed with notes. READ MORE about LAURENCE HOUSMAN 1865-1959, CLEMENCE HOUSMAN 1861-1955, ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN 1859-1936
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 6537
RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION OF RICHARD ALDINGTON AND HILDA H.D. DOOLITTLE COMPRISING BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS AND MISCELLANEA.
Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Limited to 450 copies. READ MORE about RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION OF RICHARD...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 6836
AN EXHIBIT OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS OF WRITINGS BY JOHN MILTON.
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1969. 4to. paper wrappers. (24) pages. Preface by William Riley Parker. Near fine condition. READ MORE about AN EXHIBIT OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS OF WRITINGS BY JOHN MILTON
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 7171
GERARD DE NERVAL, A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1900 TO 1967.
Columbia: Univ. of Missouri Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth. (xii), 120 pages. Critical bibliography of this 20th century French poet. Ink ownership stamp on free endpaper. READ MORE about GERARD DE NERVAL, A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1900 TO 1967
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7249
THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN POETRY; AN EXHIBTIION.
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1965. 4to. paper wrappers. viii, 30, 6 pages. Covers soiled. Else a near fine copy Illustrated with b&w images. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN POETRY; AN EXHIBTIION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7358
THEODORE ROETHKE, A MANUSCRIPT CHECKLIST.
Kent State: Kent State University Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth. xx, 293 pages. Spine faded. Boards soiled. This book is a comprehensive checklist of the writings of Theodore Roethke. It includes a brief biography of the author and a detailed listing of all of his published works. Additionally, the book includes a brief annotation for each of Roethke's poems, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of works related to Roethke. READ MORE about THEODORE ROETHKE, A MANUSCRIPT CHECKLIST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7480
POINTS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VERSE, A BIBLIOGRAPHER'S AND COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK.
London: Constable & Co., 1934. 8vo. parchment backed marbled boards. x, 144 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Volume 7 of the 10 volume Bibliographia Series edited by Michael Sadleir. A few facsimile title pages. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about POINTS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VERSE, A BIBLIOGRAPHER'S AND COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 7832
A CHECK LIST OF MASTERS' THESES IN THE UNITED STATES ON WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers with text loosely inserted. ii, 29, (12) pages. READ MORE about A CHECK LIST OF MASTERS' THESES IN THE UNITED STATES ON WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 7904
THE INDIANA WORDSWORTH COLLECTION.
Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1970. 4to. paper wrappers. 125 items. Includes a 7 page introduction concerning the collection. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE INDIANA WORDSWORTH COLLECTION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7905
HAROLD MONRO AND THE POETRY BOOKSHOP.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 286 pages with 5 illustrations. First edition. Biographical sketch of this English bookseller. READ MORE about HAROLD MONRO AND THE POETRY BOOKSHOP
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8946
THE POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Revere, PA and Winchester, England: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 186 pages. With an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald. This publishing venture was founded by Harold Monro in 1912 in London and continued in business until 1935. Contains a bibliography of the books, rhyme sheets, broadsides, Christmas cards, periodicals etc issued by the press. Well illustrated. Spine of jacket slightly faded. READ MORE about THE POETRY BOOKSHOP, 1912-1935, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 14225
EARLY AMERICAN POETRY, A COMPILATION OF THE TITLES OF VOLUMES OF VERSE AND BROADSIDES BY WRITERS BORN OR RESIDING IN NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER.
2 volumes in one as issued.
New York: Peter Smith, 1930. 8vo. cloth. 239, (13) pages. 2 volumes in one as issued. Second edition, revised, limited to 500 numbered copies. Covers the period 1650 to 1820. Annotated descriptions. Rubbed at top of spine. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN POETRY, A COMPILATION OF THE TITLES OF VOLUMES OF VERSE AND BROADSIDES BY WRITERS...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 24150
LOTUS LILIES.
N.P. Privately printed, n.d. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (xii), 176 pages. First edition. Well printed with decorations in green ink by Star Publishing Co. of Wilmington. Covers soiled. READ MORE about LOTUS LILIES
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 28771
HAPPINESS AND OTHER VERSES.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, n.d. (circa 1927). 8vo. cloth. 224 pages. B1-3024. Bissell was the originator of the Red Cross Christmas Seal in 1907. After the section of poetry, there is a history of the development of the Christmas Seals and illustrations of the earliest versions. Some spotting of front cover. READ MORE about HAPPINESS AND OTHER VERSES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 29380
THE MODERN AMERICAN MUSE, A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN VERSE 1900-1925.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1950). tall 8vo. boards. xii, 259 pages, First edition. 6906 entries. Presentation from the author on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE MODERN AMERICAN MUSE, A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN VERSE 1900-1925
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 37768
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EZRA POUND.
London: Rupert Hart-David, 1969. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 454 pages. Second impression, corrected. Includes sections on Books and Pamphlets by or translated by Pound, Books and Pamphlets edited or with contributions by Pound, contributions to Periodicals, Translations etc. One of the Soho Bibliographies series. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EZRA POUND
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 38281
LETTERS TO AN EDITOR, GEORGIAN POETRY, 1912-1922. AN EXHIBITION FROM THE BERG COLLECTION.
New York: The New York Public Library, 1967. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Reprinted from the Proceedings. Biographical sketches of 42 authors and editors including Edmund Gosse, Hugh Walpole and D.H. Lawrence. The letters in this exhibition were all written to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. READ MORE about LETTERS TO AN EDITOR, GEORGIAN POETRY, 1912-1922. AN EXHIBITION FROM THE BERG COLLECTION
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 40278
SOLDIER POETS OF THE GREAT WAR, AN EXHIBITION AT THE GROLIER CLUB.
New York: The Grolier Club, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (48) pages. Illustrated exhibition catalogue about World War I poets. Introduction by Kenneth Lohf, Terry Halladay and William Reese. A fine copy. READ MORE about SOLDIER POETS OF THE GREAT WAR, AN EXHIBITION AT THE GROLIER CLUB
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41249
GOBLETS.
Wilmington: 22 Press, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (i),39 pages. A periodical to be published quarterly of which this was the Spring Vintage issue. 34 separate poems with illustrations including the work of Russ McKinney and Nancy Sawin. READ MORE about GOBLETS
Price: $8.50 Order nr. 41384
POETS AND ANTHOLOGISTS.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1986. 8vo. paper wrappers. 28, (2) pages. A lecture given at the Library of Congress. Set by Pickering Press and Folio Typographers and printed by Cypher Press from a format planned by John Anderson. A fine copy. READ MORE about POETS AND ANTHOLOGISTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 49100
LEONARD L. MILBERG COLLECTION OF IRISH POETRY. COMPILED BY HOWARD WOOLMER.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 1998. 8vo. cloth. xi, 338 pages. First edition. A companion volume to THE LEONARD L. MILBERG COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY, this work contains the poetry in the Milberg Collection, which began with fewer than ten poets but has now grown to contain all the printed works of fifty poets from both the Irish Republic and the North. Most of the poets had their first books published after World War..... READ MORE about LEONARD L. MILBERG COLLECTION OF IRISH POETRY. COMPILED BY HOWARD WOOLMER
Price: $26.00 Order nr. 52805
IN 26 LETTERS, HET BOEK IN UW LEVEN, UW LEVEN IN HET BOEK.
(Amsterdam: Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des Boekhandels, 1960). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Published on the occaision of the 25th Book week in Amsterdam, 1960. Various Dutch book-related illustrations and passages of text from the 15th through 20th centuries. Examples range from 17th century poetry to selections from Anne Frank's diary. In Dutch. READ MORE about IN 26 LETTERS, HET BOEK IN UW LEVEN, UW LEVEN IN HET BOEK
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 63040
THE ANTHONY MEMORIAL, A CATALOGUE OF THE HARRIS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
Boston: Milford House, (1972). 8vo. cloth. xxii, 320 pages. Reprint of the 1886 first edition. This collection was formed by Caleb F. Harris. Thousands of books described. READ MORE about THE ANTHONY MEMORIAL, A CATALOGUE OF THE HARRIS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL...
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 64141
SMALANDER MAN, A WORK-IN-PROGRESS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE EMINENT CAROLUS LINNAEUS ET AL.
(Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center, 1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. With a listing of all the other booklets of poems issued by Hudson on the front inside cover. Hudson was Poet Laurate of Delaware for a number of years. READ MORE about SMALANDER MAN, A WORK-IN-PROGRESS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE EMINENT CAROLUS LINNAEUS ET AL
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 67036
OBEROD AND OTHER POEMS.
Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1919. 8vo. two-toned cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 66 pages. First edition. First appearances of all of these poems. Minor rubbing of jacket. READ MORE about OBEROD AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 68394
FRANK NORRIS: TWO POEMS AND "KIM" REVIEWED.
San Francisco: Harvey Taylor, 1930. large 12mo. quarter cloth with wove paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (42) pages. Printed by the Calmar Press in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publisher and artist (McElrath D3). Tipped in frontispiece portrait by Clarice Collins. With a bibliography of Frank Norriss' first editions. Includes two poems first printed in the Overland Monthly, 1892, and the University of California Occident, 1894, as well as an..... READ MORE about FRANK NORRIS: TWO POEMS AND "KIM" REVIEWED
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 70234
EZRA POUND, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, (1983). thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 548 pages. Completely revised and updated edition. READ MORE about EZRA POUND, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 70816
YOUNG BOY, LATE SUMMER: A WILMINGTON POEM IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF WILMINGTON'S PARK SYSTEM.
(Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center, 1983). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Hudson was the Poet Laurate of Delaware for a number of years. READ MORE about YOUNG BOY, LATE SUMMER: A WILMINGTON POEM IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF WILMINGTON'S PARK...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72925
THE SCENE SHIFTER.
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1939). 8vo. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages. First edition. A book of poetry by this Delaware author. Some foxing along gutters. Slight warping. READ MORE about THE SCENE SHIFTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 73017
THE EYE OF THE MIND, THE SCOT AND HIS BOOKS.
Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1983. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 104 pages. A general view of Scotland throughout the ages via an exhibition. Expanded detail on early printing, binding, and plate books. READ MORE about THE EYE OF THE MIND, THE SCOT AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77251
POET AND PRINTER IN COLONIAL AND FEDERAL AMERICA: SOME BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES.
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), pp. 265-361. Reprinted from the Proceedings. A fascinating look at the business of publishing in early America using examined copies as the basis of the study. Stoddard examined over 5000 copies of 1299 editions of books and pamphlets of verse issued in America before 1821. He then draws conclusions about bindings, subscription books, dedications, best sellers, etc. With lists of books and pamphlets for..... READ MORE about POET AND PRINTER IN COLONIAL AND FEDERAL AMERICA: SOME BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 79274
THE PILGRIMS OF PLYMOUTH.
A Poem Delivered Before the New-England Society In the City of New York at their Semi-Centennial Anniversary, December 22, 1855
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 30 pages. A Poem Delivered Before the New-England Society In the City of New York at their Semi-Centennial Anniversary, December 22, 1855. Poet and Unitarian minister John Pierpont (1785-1866,), grandfather of John Pierpont Morgan, was the author of this epic poem. Pierpont's anti-slavery sentiments are clear in the poem, especially in the final stanzas. Unfortunately, his prejudices regarding Native Americans are also revealed..... READ MORE about THE PILGRIMS OF PLYMOUTH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87007
DELAWARE POETS 1947.
Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1947). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58, (2) pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Front cover illustration by Harry Clark Boden. Printed at the Mercantile Press in Wilmington. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1947
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 89225
DER GARTEN HAUCHT: GEDICHTE VON RICHARD BILLINGER ZUM 10. TODESTAG.
(Bad Goisern: Neugebauer Press, 1975). narrow 4to. loose sheets in three-fold stiff-paper wrapper. 8 not paginated leaves separated by tissues. Nine poems by Austrian poet and writer Richard Billinger written in various styles of calligraphy (all in white on a black background except for the one on the wrapper), published to mark the 10th anniversary of Billinger's death. The exterior of this copy shows minor shelf wear and soiling; the interior shows no signs of..... READ MORE about DER GARTEN HAUCHT: GEDICHTE VON RICHARD BILLINGER ZUM 10. TODESTAG
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 91109
TWO RHAPSODIES.
(Wilmington: Delaware Poetry Center, 1985). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. First edition. Typography by The Composing Room, Inc. and production by Wilmington Blue Print Service, Inc. Poems. READ MORE about TWO RHAPSODIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 94130
A SALUTE TO DELAWARE POETRY, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, 2PM DECEMBER 10, 1978.
N.P. n.p., 1978. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Program for this event with a listing of all the poets. READ MORE about A SALUTE TO DELAWARE POETRY, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, 2PM DECEMBER 10, 1978
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 94132
DELAWARE POETS 1951-52.
Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware Writers, (1952). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 27 pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Tanned at the edges. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1951-52
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 94199
A CRITICAL APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRADUATE LIBRARY SCHOOL AUGUST 1-3, 1966.
(1967). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 147, (3) pages. The entire issue of the LIBRARY QUARTERLY, Volume 37, Number 1. A collection of interesting papers read at the conference. Acquisition note on front cover. READ MORE about A CRITICAL APPROACH TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GRADUATE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97114
THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE BOOK, CA. 1900.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2000. 6 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. 82 pages. This catalogue is drawn from the collection of the late Professor Marion W. Witt of Hunter College, a poetry student of William Butler Yeats. The collection was eventually given to Milton McC. Gatch, who was directed to find the collection a home or continue to enlarge the collection himself. Wanting to further build the collection, Gatch began widening its original scope to..... READ MORE about THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE BOOK, CA. 1900
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 106635
A SCHILLER SYMPOSIUM: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE BICENTENARY OF SCHLLER'S BIRTH.
Austin: The University of Texas, 1960. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 132, (4) pages. A collection of essays based on lectures presented at a symposium commerating the 200th anniversary of Schiller's birth. Editor was Professor of German at the University of Texas. Essayists include Harold Jantz, Helmut Rehder, Stephen Spender, Oskar Seidlin and Hermann J. Weigand. Foreword by W.P. Lehmann. Table of contents and introduction. Notes on contributors. Dust jacket lightly worn at edges. READ MORE about A SCHILLER SYMPOSIUM: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE BICENTENARY OF SCHLLER'S BIRTH
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109387
EXCEPT BY NATURE.
[St.Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1990. tall 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 72, (2) pages. First edition. Winner of the 1998 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about EXCEPT BY NATURE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112288
A VIEW OF WATER.
[Leeds: Northern House, 1965). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. First edition. American poet. Hand-set at the School of English, Leeds University. Lightly rubbed on the very thin spine, otherwise fine in printed wrappers. READ MORE about A VIEW OF WATER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112360
THE DOUBLE WITNESS: POEMS: 1970-1976.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1977). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 71, (3) pages. First edition. Blurb by Harold Bloom. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about THE DOUBLE WITNESS: POEMS: 1970-1976
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112378
AFFINITIES.
Manchester, England: Carcanet, 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 56 pages. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in lightly soiled pale green dust jacket with faded spine and a short closed tear. READ MORE about AFFINITIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112447
FROM DOWN TO THE VILLAGE. DRAWINGS BY LOIS EBY. INTRODUCTION BY JOHN HAINES.
New York: The Ark 15, 1981. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (3) pages. First edition. Grey printed wrappers unevenly faded, otherwise near fine. READ MORE about FROM DOWN TO THE VILLAGE. DRAWINGS BY LOIS EBY. INTRODUCTION BY JOHN HAINES
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112487
DESPERATE CHARACTERS, A NOVELLA IN VERSE & OTHER POEMS.
[New York]: Viking, 1998. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 99 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Jim Carroll, James Merrill, Anthony Hecht, Madison Smartt Bell, Howard Moss. Mark on the fore-edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about DESPERATE CHARACTERS, A NOVELLA IN VERSE & OTHER POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112540
ON TOUR WITH RITA, POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 92 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Author's first book. Fine in printed wrappers. READ MORE about ON TOUR WITH RITA, POEMS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 112542
MADONNA ANNO DOMINI, POEMS.
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 68 pages. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Blurbs by Jorie Graham, Michael Palmer, John Ashbery, Jane Miller. Winner of the 1996 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. READ MORE about MADONNA ANNO DOMINI, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112571
TRAFFIC, WITH GHOSTS. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM STAFFORD.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvii, 93 pages. First edition, uncorrected page proof. The author's name is misspelled "Roseanne" on the front wrapper and the title-page. The "e" in both places has been lined through in ink, presumably by the publisher. Title written in ink on the bottom edge. Fine in lightly soiled printed wrappers. READ MORE about TRAFFIC, WITH GHOSTS. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM STAFFORD
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112576
KON IN SPRINGTIME, POEMS.
London: Oxford University Press, 1968. 8vo. decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. vii, 46 pages. First edition. Signed by the author o n the title-page. Ink inscription (not by the author) on the front free endpaper, lightly bumped at the foot of the spine, lightly soiled and chipped dust jacket. READ MORE about KON IN SPRINGTIME, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112600
PRESENT.
Washington: Counterpoint, (1997). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 100, (2) pages. First edition, uncorrected bound galleys. Fine. READ MORE about PRESENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112619
THE WEST DOOR, POEMS.
[New York]: Viking, 1988. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, (ii), 73 pages. First edition, unrevised and unpublished proofs. Publisher's date of publication and price in ink on the front wrapper. Southern author. Fine. READ MORE about THE WEST DOOR, POEMS
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 112621
POEMS FOR QUENA AND TABLA.
(Oxford, England): Carcanet Press, (1970). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. First edition. One of 600 copies. Fine. READ MORE about POEMS FOR QUENA AND TABLA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112647
LANDSCAPE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY, POEMS.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1991). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 94 pages. First edition. Blurbs by C. K. Williams, Gerald Stern. Fine. READ MORE about LANDSCAPE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY, POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112735
CHARTRES & PROSE POEMS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRI LE SECQ.
New York: The Eakins Press, (1970). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 59, (3) pages. First edition. Fine. READ MORE about CHARTRES & PROSE POEMS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRI LE SECQ
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 112828
QUEEN OF DARKNESS.
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 70 pages. First edition. Author's first commercially published book. Lightly rubbed black dust jacket. READ MORE about QUEEN OF DARKNESS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112850
SPEECH, FOR INSTANCE, POEMS.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1969. small 8vo. decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 70 pages. First edition. Blurbs by William Alfred, Robert Lowell. Author's first book. Minor chipping along edge. READ MORE about SPEECH, FOR INSTANCE, POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112876
CERTAIN POEMS.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vii, 42 pages. First edition. Author's first collection of verse. Rear corners bumped, dust jacket with a few small chips and a short closed tear. READ MORE about CERTAIN POEMS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 112953
SAYING HELLO AT THE STATION.
London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. 12mo. decorated stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition, advance proof copy. Author's first book. Fine. READ MORE about SAYING HELLO AT THE STATION
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 113004
DAYLIGHT SAVING, POEMS.
New York: Atheneum, 1978. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 51+(1) pages. First edition. Fine. READ MORE about DAYLIGHT SAVING, POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113007
POSTSCRIPTS, POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 48, (4) pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Canadian-born author living in the United States. Fine. READ MORE about POSTSCRIPTS, POEMS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 113014
THE HOLLINS POETS.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1967. 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 97+(1) pages. First edition. The poets are John Alexander Allen, R. H. W. Dillard, Jean Farley, Julia Randall, and William Jay Smith. Corners very lightly bumped. READ MORE about THE HOLLINS POETS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113040
THE DAMAGES, POEMS.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 79+(1) pages. First edition, hardcover. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. READ MORE about THE DAMAGES, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113055
GREEN ARMOR ON GREEN GROUND, POEMS IN THE TWENTY-FOUR OFFICIAL WELSH METERS.
[New York]: Charles Scribner, 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, (ii), 72 pages. First edition. $2.75 price stamped on the price-clipped dust jacket front flap. Upper corners bumped, lightly rubbed, lightly chipped dust jacket. READ MORE about GREEN ARMOR ON GREEN GROUND, POEMS IN THE TWENTY-FOUR OFFICIAL WELSH METERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113074
THE IDIOT PRINCESS OF THE LAST DYNASTY, POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 175 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Fine. READ MORE about THE IDIOT PRINCESS OF THE LAST DYNASTY, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113154
ANY BODY'S SONG.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1980. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 119 pages. First edition. Part of the National Poetry Series. Dust jacket with a short closed tear on the back panel and spine faded. READ MORE about ANY BODY'S SONG
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 113193
EROS AT THE WORLD KITE PAGEANT, POEMS 1979-1982.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., (1983). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 122 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Fine. READ MORE about EROS AT THE WORLD KITE PAGEANT, POEMS 1979-1982
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113239
MASKS OF THE DREAMER, POEMS.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1979). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 74 pages. First edition, hardcover. Author's first book. Minor rubbing along edges. READ MORE about MASKS OF THE DREAMER, POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113277
OUT BEYOND THE BAY.
Ithaca, NY: Ithaca House, (1975). 12mo. tan stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 70 pages. First edition. African-American author's first book. Fine in tan printed wrappers (also seen in gray wrappers). READ MORE about OUT BEYOND THE BAY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 113338
KEEPING TIME.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 79 pages. First edition. Author's first collection. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about KEEPING TIME
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113405
PARALLAX.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1986). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 52, (2) pages. First edition. English author who emigrated to the United States in 1964. Author's first book. Blurb by Marvin Bell. Jacket spine faded. READ MORE about PARALLAX
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113466
NEW POETS 1959: IAIN CRICHTON SMITH, KAREN GERSHON, CHRISTOPHER LEVENSON. EDITED BY EDWIN MUIR.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1959). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 156 pages. First edition. Precedes the first book of the three poets. Covers faded at the bottom edge of the front cover, otherwise fine in dust jacket with a few small chips along the top edge. READ MORE about NEW POETS 1959: IAIN CRICHTON SMITH, KAREN GERSHON, CHRISTOPHER LEVENSON. EDITED BY EDWIN MUIR
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 113496
THE FEAST.
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1967). small 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 70 pages. First edition. Author's second collection. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about THE FEAST
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113511
SUMMONED, POEMS.
Columbia & London: A Breakthrough Book, University of Missouri Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth, paper cover label, dust jacket. 63 pages. First edition. The book was the winner of the 1976 Devins Award for Poetry. Dust jacket has lightly faded spine. READ MORE about SUMMONED, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113533
HOUSES.
[Buffalo: White Pine Press, 1981]. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x) pages. First edition. Pine cone 6. Fine. READ MORE about HOUSES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113545
SPILL OUT, POEMS AND BALLADS.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1967. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 55 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in printed wrappers. READ MORE about SPILL OUT, POEMS AND BALLADS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113667
RYOANJI, POEMS.
New York: Harcourt Brace and World, (1964). small 8vo. cloth-backed paper covered boards, dust jacket. vi, 58 pages. First edition. Author's first commercially published book. The author was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Dust jacket with light wear at the head and foot of the spine. READ MORE about RYOANJI, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113705
WISE POISON, POEMS.
Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, (1996). 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (xii), 69, (3) pages. First Graywolf printing. Blurbs by Thomas Lux, Lynn Emanuel. Winner of the 1996 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. Fine. READ MORE about WISE POISON, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 113722
THE LAMPLIT ANSWER.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (viii), 83, (3) pages. First edition. Author's second book. Fine. READ MORE about THE LAMPLIT ANSWER
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 113785
THE LAMPLIT ANSWER.
London: Hutchinson, (1986). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 83, (3) pages. First English edition. Blurb by Nadine Gordimer. Fine. READ MORE about THE LAMPLIT ANSWER
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 113786
DEEP WITHIN THE RAVINE, POEMS.
[New York]: Viking, 1984. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, 65, (3) pages. First edition. Compliments card laid in. Blurbs by Louis Simpson, Yehuda Amichai, David Ignatow. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1984. Fine. READ MORE about DEEP WITHIN THE RAVINE, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 113789
ALL YOU WHO SLEEP TONIGHT, POEMS.
[New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990]. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, (ii), 64, (4) pages. First edition, uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Fine. READ MORE about ALL YOU WHO SLEEP TONIGHT, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 113809
CURIOUS QUESTIONS.
[Oxford]: Carcanet Press, 1970. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 18 pages. American author's first book, limited to 600 copies. Fine. READ MORE about CURIOUS QUESTIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113828
THE MINUTE HAND.
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1987. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 60 pages. First edition. Blurbs by W. S. Merwin, David St. John, Stuart Dybek. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1986. Fine in dust jacket with a short closed tear on the rear panel. READ MORE about THE MINUTE HAND
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 113835
ELEVEN POEMS.
[Leeds: Northern House, 1964]. 12mo. self paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 13 pages. First edition. Author included in Contemporary poets, 6th edition (first book in that source). Hand-set at the School of English, University of Leeds. Fine. READ MORE about ELEVEN POEMS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 113885
WONDERS.
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. 8vo. cloth backed boards, dust jacket. (xii), 79 pages. First edition. Blurbs by May Sarton, Maxine Kumin, May Swenson. Walt Whitman Award winner. Author's first book of verse. Fine. READ MORE about WONDERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 113895
BOARDWALK.
[Cleveland: Bits Press, (1980). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. First edition. One of 1250 copies. Author's first book. Corners lightly bumped. READ MORE about BOARDWALK
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 113916
AN AFTERNOON OF POCKET BILLIARDS, POEMS.
Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 78, (2) pages. First edition. Southern author. Blurbs by May Sarton, Howard Nemerov, Malcolm Cowley. Lightly rubbed black dust jacket with a few nicks and a short closed tear at the foot of the back panel. READ MORE about AN AFTERNOON OF POCKET BILLIARDS, POEMS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 113986
NO MERCY.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xvi, (ii), 58, (4) pages. First edition. Blurb by James Tate. Fine. READ MORE about NO MERCY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 114025
EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS.
London: The Bodley Hear, 1967. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. viii, 113 pages. First English edition. Texas author's second verse collection. Top edge lightly foxed. READ MORE about EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 114040
VOICES OF THE RAINBOW, CONTEMPORARY POETRY BY AMERICAN INDIANS.
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xx, (ii), 232 pages. First edition. Includes Leslie Silko, Gerald Vizenor, Janet Campbell Hale, Carroll Arnett, Ray A. Young Bear and many others. Jacket price clipped. READ MORE about VOICES OF THE RAINBOW, CONTEMPORARY POETRY BY AMERICAN INDIANS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114042
THE SOLITARIES, POEMS 1964-5.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (xii), 45 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Pages toned. READ MORE about THE SOLITARIES, POEMS 1964-5
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 114066
THOSE OTHER GROWTHS.
[Leeds: Northern House, (1964). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 12, (2) pages. First edition. Author's first book. Northern House Pamphlet Poets series. Hand-set at the School of English. Fine. READ MORE about THOSE OTHER GROWTHS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 114068
THE LEASEHOLDER.
[Oxford]: Carcanet Press, 1971. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages. First edition. One of 600 copies. Poetry. Author's first book, preceded only by translations. Fine. READ MORE about THE LEASEHOLDER
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 114097
DIC PENDERYN AND OTHER POEMS.
[Llandysul]: Gwasg Gomer, 1970. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 63 pages. First edition. Welsh author. Blurb by Alexander Cordell. Lightly soiled white dust jacket. READ MORE about DIC PENDERYN AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114126
THE UNLOVELY CHILD, POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 43, (3) pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Fading along spine. READ MORE about THE UNLOVELY CHILD, POEMS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 114129
THE MUSE OF DISTANCE, POEMS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 52 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Publisher's information stapled to the inside front wrapper. Publisher's labels taped to the front wrapper. Publishing information filled in in ink by the publisher. Fine. READ MORE about THE MUSE OF DISTANCE, POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 114132
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GRAVES REGISTRY [POEMS].
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, (1992). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, (iii), 216, (4) pages. First edition, advance uncorrected proof. Fine. READ MORE about GRAVES REGISTRY [POEMS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 114137
ADAM AT EVENING.
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. Not paginated. First edition. Lightly soiled pale yellow dust jacket with a short closed tear. READ MORE about ADAM AT EVENING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114154