BARN FEVER AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Atheneum, 1981. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 59+(1) pages. First edition, hardcover. Frontispiece by Thomas W. Nason. Fine. READ MORE about BARN FEVER AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112683
New York: Atheneum, 1981. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 59+(1) pages. First edition, hardcover. Frontispiece by Thomas W. Nason. Fine. READ MORE about BARN FEVER AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112683
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 59, (5) pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the title-page "For Kathleen and Willy / with the fond and long time affection of / Peter Davison / Washington / 9/28/89." Creased at the lower right edge of the front panel of the dust jacket, with an associated short closed tear. READ MORE about THE GREAT LEDGE, POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112686
Porto, Portugal: Juan Rodriguez, (1888). 12mo. leather, spine gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers, five raised bands on spine, top edge gilt. (x), 44, (2) pages. Text in Portuguese. Limited to 68 copies, this copy not numbered. Statements of permission to publish, dedication, note to the reader. In a signed Dupre binding. Poetic works connected with the celebration, in the city of Porto, of the birth, in 1629, of Prince Balthazar Carlos, son of King Philip III of..... READ MORE about RELACION DE LAS FIESTAS, CON QUE LA CIUDAD DEL PORTO FOLENIZO EL FELICE NACIMIENTO DEL PRINCEPE...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 133750
N.P. n.p., (1993). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (14) pages. Limited to 90 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Wood engraving on title by John DePol. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about THE HOURS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 124310
[Brunswick, ME]: Blackberry, (1975). 12mo. self paper wrappers, stapled. (16) pages. First edition. One of 200 copies (Blackberry 5). Very good in lightly wrinkled and soiled white printed wrappers. READ MORE about ALL WET
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112691
N.P. Coyote/Buzzard, 1981. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 53, (3) pages. First edition. English and German texts on facing pages. German translation by Stefan Hyner. Rear wrapper lightly rubbed. READ MORE about THIS IS JUST TO SAY: DAS GIBT ES NUR ZU SAGEN
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 112692
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1952). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 75 pages. First edition. Price-clipped, chipped dust jacket with faded backstrip and a closed tear. READ MORE about ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112693
Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1945). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1945
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 89606
Cape Town, South Africa: Human & Rousseau, 1959. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 78 pages. First edition. South African author. Inscribed calling card of Ruth Dowling Wehle pasted to the front free endpaper. Gouge at the top of the backstrip, light foxing on the boards and endpapers, lightly soiled, sunned, and chipped dust jacket. Ownership stamp of Philip K. Crowe, American Ambassador, Union of South Africa. READ MORE about THE LAST DIVISION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112694
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, (1978). oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (40) pages. First edition.One of 350 numbered copies. Designed and printed by Rosmarie Waldrop. Slight nick on the top edge. READ MORE about WHAT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112696
[Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1968). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 69, (3) pages. First edition. Author's first book. The second book in the Pitt Poetry Series. Lightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket. READ MORE about LEARNING THE WAY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112697
[Oakland, CA: Christopher's Books, (1980). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 76, (4) pages. First edition. Blurbs by Sandra McPherson, William Meredith. Wrappers lightly faded on the backstrip. READ MORE about LOST IN BLUE CANYON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112698
[Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, 1961. small 8vo. decorated paper covered boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. viii, 69+(1) pages. First edition. Blurb by Allen Tate. Foot of the backstrip lightly bumped, lightly rubbed and soiled dust jacket with two short closed tears. READ MORE about IN PRAISE OF ADAM, POEMS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 112699
Extrait des ACTES DE L'ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES, BELLES-LETTRES ET ARTS DE BORDEAUX, année 1875.
Bordeaux: Vve. Paul Chaumas, 1876. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper, glassine dust jacket. (vii), 115+(1) pages. Extrait des ACTES DE L'ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES, BELLES-LETTRES ET ARTS DE BORDEAUX, année 1875. This extract contains essays concerning the three French poets. Portions of the text are in Greek and Latin. This copy includes a presentation from the author to Monsieur E.(?) Courbet on the front wrapper. The dust jacket is worn at the corners and edges. The wrapper..... READ MORE about LEÇONS NOUVELLES ET REMARQUES SUR LE TEXTE DE DIVERS AUTEURS: MATHURIN REGNIER - ANDRÉ CHÉNIER...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 91719
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1965). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. First edition, wrappered. Southern author. National Book Award winner. Browned on pages 48, 49 from clipping formerly laid in, back cover creased. READ MORE about BUCKDANCER'S CHOICE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 112705
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, publisher's label taped to the front wrapper. (x), 46, (2) pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Author's name misspelled "Diggs" on the handwritten portion of the publisher's label. Fine. READ MORE about LATE IN THE MILLENNIUM, POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112708
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1897. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xvi, 526, (2) pages. Preface, table of contents, endnotes. A collection of poetry. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine and edges of covers sunned. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about COLLECTED POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133317
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. xiv, 361+(1), 4 pages. Third series. Prefatory note, table of contents, general index. Advertisement of other works by the publisher follows text. Errata tipped in. A collection of poetry and prose. Covers lightl scuffed. READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIGNETTES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133314
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. 16mo. cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. x, 245, (3) pages. Table of contents. Announcement of work in preparation follows text. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about OLD-WORLD IDYLLS AND OTHER VERSES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133322
Old Georgetown: Ken Hammel and Lynn Moore, 1959. small 4to. paper wrappers, paper cover label, cord-tied. 10 leaves. Christmas poems. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas, with drawings by Lyle Justis. READ MORE about TWO POEMS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 51105
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, (1981). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 70, (2) pages. First edition, wrappered. Presentation by the author on the title-page "For Glenn Shea / Thanks for your enthusiasm- / With best regards, / Franz Douskey / 2-1-82". Author's first book of verse. Rubbed, lightly marked printed wrappers. READ MORE about ROWING ACROSS THE DARK, POEMS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 112715
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, (1981). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 70, (2) pages. First edition, wrappered. Author's first book of verse. Presentation by the author on the title-page "Dear Christina Potter / With kind thoughts / Franz / 12-21-81". Lightly rubbed printed wrappers with faded spine. READ MORE about ROWING ACROSS THE DARK, POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112716
London: Secker & Warburg, 1977. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 55 pages. First edition. lightly rubbed black dust jacket. READ MORE about A STRANGER HERE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112718
Auckland: Collins, 1965. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 204 pages. First edition. Lightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket with a few short closed tears. READ MORE about RECENT POETRY IN NEW ZEALAND. CHOSEN AND EDITED BY CHARLES DOYLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112720
[Auckland]: Charles Aldritt Ltd., 1968. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the inside front wrapper "Margaret & Roger, / I was waiting for this before sending the other. Best / Mike-- & Doran / Charles Doyle / v.68". The author later published as Mike Doyle. Doran was his wife at the time. The author was born in England, educated in New Zealand, and moved later to Canada. Fine..... READ MORE about EARTH MEDITATIONS: 2
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112719
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1957. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 86 pages. First edition. Southern author. Presentation by the author in pencil on the front free endpaper "For Jarrett Bumgardner / Jany 25th 1966 / Carleton Drewry". Cloth affected by damp at the right edge of the front cover, several spots on the back cover and the front pastedown, dust jacket not affected by the damp. READ MORE about CLOUD ABOVE CLOCKTIME
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112724
London, England: George Routledge and Co., 1854. 16mo. original leather, covers and spine gilt-stamped, all edges gilt. xx, 524 pages. Second edition. Table of contents, memoir of Dryden's life. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by John Franklin. Scuffing along edges of spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light foxing, mainly on frontispiece and tissue protector. READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 128662
New York: The Spiral Press, (1950). 8vo. two toned cloth, dust jacket. 56 pages. First edition. Jacket chipped with piece missing at head of spine and along top edge of back cover. READ MORE about SONNETS AND LYRICS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 121889
Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1907. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 113 pages. First edition. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about CURRENTE CALAMO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 68395
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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 52 pages. First edition. Blurb by Marianne Moore. Lightly chipped and rubbed dust jacket with faded backstrip. READ MORE about FOR SOME STRINGED INSTRUMENT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112729
London: Faber & Faber, 1972. 12mo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 72 pages. First edition. Author's second book. The author won the Whitbread Book Award for poetry for his 1985 book Elegies. Dust jacket with a few soil marks. READ MORE about THE HAPPIER LIFE
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 112733
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
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1960. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 288 pages. First edition (Thomas and Brigham 34). Preface, table of contents, index of first lines. Dust jacket chipped at edges. READ MORE about COLLECTED POEMS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 128840
London: Abelard-Schuman, (1962). small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 31+(1) pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper "To Maurice English, with cordial regards, Charles Edward Eaton / Woodbury, Conn. / January 14, 1964". Southern author. Text lightly foxed, jacket rubbed and soiled with closed tears. READ MORE about COUNTERMOVES
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112739
New York: Cornwall Books, (1991). 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 98 pages. First edition. Southern author. Fine. READ MORE about A GUEST ON MILD EVENINGS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112740
South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., (1977). small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 71 pages. First edition. Southern author. Price-clipped dust jacket. READ MORE about THE MAN IN THE GREEN CHAIR
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112741
Hanover: Dartmouth Publications, 1969. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 65, (3) pages. First edition. One of 200 copies. Toning along edges of cover. READ MORE about SIXTY DARTMOUTH POEMS. SELECTED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY RICHARD EBERHART
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112744
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 88 pages. First edition (Wright/ Richard Eberhart, A27a). Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper "Dick Cross / from his friend / Dick Eberhart / [word indecipherable] / Hanover, N.H. / May 21 [?], 1968." The day of the date of the inscription is not certain. The date of the book's publication is May 9, 1968. Top edge dusty..... READ MORE about SHIFTS OF BEING, POEMS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112743
Stuttgart: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1965. small 8vo. marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 47+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1500 copies. The history of Voltaire's poem "Pucelle." READ MORE about VOLTAIRES PUCELLE DIE GESCHICHTE EINES GEDICHTES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49383
(West Chester, PA: English Club of West Chester University, 2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35+(1) pages. The Fall 2000 issue of West Chester University's student arts magazine. Foreword, table of contents, list of contributors. Black and white illustrations. Cover illustration by Jimmer Breen. READ MORE about ECLECTIC 3
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129454
Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1946). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Front cover illustration by Harry Clark Boden. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1946
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 89223
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
New York, NY: (Richard W. Ellis), 1935. 8vo. cloth, paper label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 81, (3) pages. Limited to 420 numbered copies, printed by Richard W. Ellis. A collection of poetry. Covers slightly soiled. READ MORE about ALL MY ARGUMENT: A BOOK OF POEMS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 133540
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 136 pages. First American edition. Front endpaper darkened from a clipping formerly laid in, front hinge cracked, rubbed and chipped dust jacket with faded spine. READ MORE about COLLECTED LYRICAL POEMS. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WALTER DE LA MARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112749
New York, NY: A.L. Burt Company, 1900. small 8vo. Maroon cloth. 244 pages. Front hinge broken. Top of front board worn away. READ MORE about THE EARLY POEMS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135563
[Park Forest, IL]: The Prairie School Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 69 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Reuel Denney, Peter Viereck. Author's first book of verse. Bump on the lower edge of the rear cover, price-clipped black dust jacket. READ MORE about MIDNIGHT IN THE CENTURY, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112752
[Park Forest, IL]: The Prairie School Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 69 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Reuel Denney, Peter Viereck. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Author's first book of verse. Rubbed, price-clipped black dust jacket with a short closed tear. READ MORE about MIDNIGHT IN THE CENTURY, POEMS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112753
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1978. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 60 pages. First edition. Dust jacket lightly chipped and faded at top of the spine. READ MORE about YOUNG MEN'S GOLD
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112755
[Willimantic, CT]: Curbstone Press, 2002. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 95, (5) pages. First edition. Vietnam War poetry. Blurbs by Eliot Weinberger, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Andrei Codrescu, Martin Espada. Fine. READ MORE about THE NEW WORLD, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112759
New York: Atheneum, 1973. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 63+(1) pages. First edition. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1972. Jacket spine toned. READ MORE about COLLECTING THE ANIMALS, POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112765
New York: Atheneum, 1973. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 63+(1) pages. First edition. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1972 with related notices loosely inserted. Dust jacket with a closed tear on the back panel and toning to spine. READ MORE about COLLECTING THE ANIMALS, POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112766
London: Trigram Press, 1971. square 8vo. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. 62, (2) pages. First edition. One of 100 copies, specially bound, numbered, and signed. Fine. READ MORE about THE GAVIN EWART SHOW, POEMS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 112767
London: Macmillan, 1966. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 41+(1) pages. First edition. Author's second book. Rubbed black dust jacket. READ MORE about CAGES, POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112769
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 52 pages. First edition. Author's first book. Blurbs by Richard Howard, Julia Randall, Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Lightly chipped dust jacket with short closed tears. READ MORE about FIGURE AND FIELD
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112772
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1989). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 65+(1) pages. First edition. Blurbs by Stanley Plumly, William Matthews. Fine. READ MORE about HONEST WATER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112773
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1982). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 64 pages. First edition. Lightly edge-rubbed dust jacket. READ MORE about THREE OR FOUR HILLS AND A CLOUD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112774
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 59 pages. First edition. Author's first book. Blurbs by Allen Tate, R. W. B. Lewis. Small spots at top of jacket. READ MORE about PREAMBLES AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112777
London: Hutchinson, 1973. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 59 pages. First edition. Jjacket lightly rubbed at the head and foot of the spine and with a short closed tear. READ MORE about THE CELEBRANTS AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112779
[University Center]: Green River Press, 1977. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 86 pages. First edition, proof copy of the first American edition. Blurb by Ted Hughes. In the form of an uncorrected proof copy, but not so designated. Wrappers with lightly faded spine. READ MORE about SOME UNEASE AND ANGELS, SELECTED POEMS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 112781
[New York]: Viking Penguin Books, 1986. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 79 pages. Unrevised and unpublished proofs with publishing information stamped on front cover. Fine. READ MORE about ALL OF US HERE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112782
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. viii, 72 pages. First edition. Review copy with review slip, photograph, and press news laid in. Fine. READ MORE about LEAPING CLEAR AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112785
New York: Viking, 1976. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 72 pages. First edition, unrevised proofs. Lower corner of the front wrapper and of the text block creased. READ MORE about LEAPING CLEAR AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112783
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. viii, 72 pages. First edition. Signed on the title-page. Presentation by the author on the half-title "15 Jan. 79 / For [names of recipients], affectionatel y, / Irving". Jacket lightly rubbed and marked, price-clipped. READ MORE about LEAPING CLEAR AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112784
New York: Viking Press, 1979. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 210 pages. First edition. Copyright deposit copy. One of two copies submitted by the published for copyright purposes. This copy not selected for the Library's collections. Copyright Office and Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamps. Fine. READ MORE about NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112787
Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 121 pages. First American edition. Blurbs by John Crowe Ransom, Lionel Trilling. Author's first book. Free endpapers partially darkened, lower corners bumped, otherwise fine in lightly darkened dust jacket with short closed tears. READ MORE about WORKS AND DAYS AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112788
2 volumes.
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1900. 12mo. original cloth, top edges gilt. xxi,254; xii,290 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. (BAL 5784) Reproduces pieces from Field's column in the Chicago Daily Newswith many on books and collecting. Covers rubbed. Ink ownership inscription at top of free endpaper in each volume. Some foxing of preliminary pages. READ MORE about SHARPS AND FLATS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 34242
New York: The Dial Press, 1983. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xvi), 78 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Fine. READ MORE about RESUMING GREEN: SELECTED POEMS, 1965-1982
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 112803
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Ix), 65 pages. First edition, wrappered. Author's first book. Blurbs by Alan Dugan, Stanley Kunitz. Review copy with review slip laid in. Fine. READ MORE about RECKLESS WEDDING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112805
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bu, 1945. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59, (3) pages. Text in Dutch, one poem in English. Spijkerschrift, translated "Cuneiform," is a collection of poetry written during the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940-45, and published after the liberation of the Netherlands. Foppema (1901-93) was a teacher, journalist and poet. Tanning on wrappers and pages. READ MORE about SPIJKERSCHRIFT MEI 1940-MEI 1945
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 108278
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1974). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 63 pages. First edition, hardcover. Black author's first regularly published book. Blurbs by Michael S. Harper, Sam Allen. Author included in Afro-American poets since 1955. Dust jacket faintly rubbing along the edges. READ MORE about BLUE MONDAY
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 112806
Boston: Beacon Press, (1993). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvii, 86 pages. First edition, wrappered. Blurbs by June Jordan, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa. African-American author's first book. Lightly rubbed black printed wrappers. READ MORE about WE ARE THE YOUNG MAGICIANS. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHERRIE MORAGA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112808
Glasgow, Scotland: Andrew Foulis, 1784. folio. half leather, pebbled cloth over boards, all edges marbled. xxxiv, 256; (ii), 326, (4) pages. Gaskell 672. Two volumes bound in one. Biography of the author, ode on the death of the author by a Mr. Collins, dedication to the Viscountess of Stormont, Endnotes at the conclusion of each volume. List of subscribers at the conclusion of the third volume. Bound by J. Edmond. Bottom outside front joint cracked..... READ MORE about THE POETICAL WORKS
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 133800
In Books, Winter 1975, no.
London: National Book League, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37 pages. In Books, Winter 1975, no. The entire issue is devoted to articles on the French novel, French poetry, publishing in France and more. READ MORE about IN FRANCE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34844
New York: Privately printed, 1965. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A keepsake celebrating the dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College. Includes a facsimile of the poem "Departmental" in the poet's hand. READ MORE about ROBERT FROST SPEAKS DEPARTMENTALLY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48475
Chicago: Swallow Press Ohio University Press, (1981). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 67 pages. First edition. Book of poems. Fine. READ MORE about CLOUDS AND RED EARTH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112814
[New York]: New Rivers Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 127 pages. First edition. Of 700 copies, one of 200 bound in cloth. Scottish poet. Dust jacket chipped along the top edge and with several closed tears. READ MORE about TREE-LINES. WITH DRAWINGS BY HARLEY ELLIOTT
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112815
Philadelphia, PA: Willis P. Hazard, 1860. 8vo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands on spine, red and green leather spine labels, all edges gilt. 158 pages, illustrations. New edition, revised and enlarged. Table of contents. Includes works of Schiller, Goethe, Heine, Uhland, among others. Fifteen black and white illustrations follow text. Reviewed in The Christian Examiner LXVIII (January-May 1860), 311. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about GEMS OF GERMAN VERSE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 128636
New York: Paris Review Editions / British American Publishing, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 66 pages. First edition, unrevised and unpublished proofs. Table of contents. Damp stained on the corner, slight soiling, and a small tear on the spine. READ MORE about MORNING RUN
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 114590
Chicago: The Swallow Press, (1974). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 64 pages. First edition. Cloth bumped at the head of the spine, lightly rubbed and chipped dust jacket with a scuff on the front panel. READ MORE about CLEARWATER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112816
New York: Collier-Macmillan, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 90 pages. First edition. Dust jacket with short closed tears. READ MORE about LEOPARDS IN THE TEMPLE, POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112817
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 43 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the title-page. Fine. READ MORE about WAMPANOAG TRAVELER, BEING, IN LETTERS, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORANZO NEWCOMB, AMERICAN AND...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112818
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, (1983). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 75+(1) pages. First edition, wrappered. Presentation by the author on the title-page "For Beverly / with best wishes, / Brendan Galvin." Fine. READ MORE about WINTER OYSTERS, POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112819
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 83 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Winner of the Open Competition, the National Poetry Series, selected by Marvin Bell. Fine. READ MORE about GOD'S MISTRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112820
[Oxford]: Carcanet Press, (1970). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 27 pages. First edition. One of 600 copies. Author's first book. Fine. READ MORE about CAUGHT ON BLUE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 112824
[Cheadle]: Carcanet New Press, (1974). small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 48 pages. First edition. Fine. READ MORE about WEST OF ELM
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 112825
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
New York: Random House, (1998). small 8vo. two-toned paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 61, (5) pages. First edition. Author's first volume of poems [this information from Edward Hirsch's blurb]. Blurbs by Susan Kinsolving, John Updike, Katha Pollitt, Edward Hirsch, Eavan Boland. Fine. READ MORE about A WORKING GIRL CAN'T WIN AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112830
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1977). square small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 67 pages. First edition. Author's first book. Dust jacket with a single short closed tear. READ MORE about TAKING ON THE LOCAL COLOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112832
Ann Arbor: Kylix Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 88 pages. First edition. Copyright deposit copy. One of two copies submitted by the publisher for copyright purposes. This copy not selected for the Library's collections. Copyright Office and Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamps. Dust jacket with several closed tears. READ MORE about A GIFT OF NERVE, POEMS 1966-1977
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112833
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1966). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. First American edition. Blurbs by Herbert Read, Lawrence Durrell, G. S. Fraser, Dannie Abse. Jacket lightly rubbed and chipped with closed tears. READ MORE about SELECTED POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112835
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1998). 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 107 pages. First edition. Blurbs by Eavan Boland, Stanley Plumly, Linda Pastan, Susan Ludvigson, Michael Waters. Fine. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF EVENING, POEMS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 112839
[Washington: Some of Us Press, (1973). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. First edition. Cover-title. Text bumped on the bottom edge and lower corner, small stain at the foot of page 16. READ MORE about LUNES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112842
[Washington: Some of Us Press, (1973). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. Cover-title. Fine. READ MORE about LUNES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112841
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, (iii), 52 pages. First edition. Fine. READ MORE about MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, THE DAYBOOKS OF TINA MODOTTI
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112843
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, (iii), 52 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the half-title "To [names of recipients] / in gratitude, / Margaret Gibson / June 10, 1986". Fine. READ MORE about MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE, THE DAYBOOKS OF TINA MODOTTI
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112844
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1970. small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. viii, 56 pages. First edition. Author's first book. Fine. READ MORE about THE GUILTY BYSTANDER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 112846
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
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 70 pages. First edition. Printed acknowledgments slip laid in. Author's first commercially published book. Fine. READ MORE about QUEEN OF DARKNESS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112851
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1988). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 113+(1) pages. First edition. Blurbs by Maxine Kumin, Karl Shapiro, Alicia Ostriker, Leonard Michaels, Carol Muske, Fine. READ MORE about BLOOD PRESSURE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 112853