London: Faber and Faber, 1959. Cloth. The 1959 1st thus, the 1st printing of the revised edition. A very sharp copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light wear along the spine crown and the top-edges. Octavo, translated from its original..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. Cloth. A gorgeous copy (the nicest this bookseller has seen) of the 1969 stated 1st printing of the uncommon hardback edition of this seminal collection of "poetic exploration". Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($8.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN SPENDER on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1955 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping to the spine crown and panel top-edges and mild darkening along the spine..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. 1st. Decorative Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN VINCENT BENET on the front free endpaper. A sharp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG in its dark cloth. Octavo, 80 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box. Signed by Author..... More
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1969. Pictorial wrappers. #19 OF ONLY 20 COPIES SIGNED BY STEVAN WADE at the limitation. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1969 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its salmon-pink wrappers. Square 12mo, published by the formidable Tibor de..... More
Santa Monica, CA: Earth Books & Gallery, 1965. Pictorial wrappers. The 1965 maiden issue of this impressive poetry journal, published out of Santa Monica by Earth Books & Gallery. Contributors to this first issue included Charles Bukowski, d.a. levy, Doug Blazek, Steve Richmond et al. Crisp and VG+ in its..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Cloth. A virtually pristine copy of the 1971 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 64 pgs. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the 1971 Uncorrected Proof of Sylvia Plath's "Crossing the Water". Clean and Near Fine in its light-green wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing at the preliminaries. Octavo, 64 pgs. More
Surrey, England: The Sceptre Press, 1971. Original wraps. A crisp, Fine copy in its stapled wrappers. #118 of 150 numbered copies issued. Originally written in the early 1950s while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith. More
London: Turret Books, 1968. Stanislaw Gliwa. Pictorial cloth. The 1968 1st edition. #37 of 180 numbered copies (of which 150 are for sale), published by Turret Books of London. Clean and Near Fine in its off-white cloth, with pictorial gilt (of the "Three Women") adorning the front cover. And in..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1971. Cloth. A crisp, very presentable copy. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with 2 very small areas of spotting at the rear panel. More
Surrey, England: The Sceptre Press, 1970. Original wraps. A lovely copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its stapled wrappers. And in a crisp, Fine example of the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacket. #45 of 100 copies issued on Glastonbury laid paper. More
Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times Publishing Co., 1906. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR T.A. DALY on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1906 1st edition. VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and decoration to front panel and spine. Light foxing to prelims, otherwise..... More
San Francisco: 1969. Original wraps. The March 1969 printing of "AMPERS&ND", an impressive poetry journal with contributions from Charles Bukowski, Doug Blazek, T.L. Kryss, D.r. Wagner, etc. Tight and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with even offsetting along the spine (where a plastic binder had once been). Internally immaculate..... More
New York and London: The Fountain Press and Faber & Faber, 1930. Cloth. The 1930 signed/limited and stated 1st edition. #87 OF 600 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT at the limitation. FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY INCLUDES THE PUBLISHER'S SCARCE GLASSINE DUSTJACKET, WITH ITS UNPRINTED PAPER FLAPS. A solid, VG+ copy..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1949. Decorative Boards. Uncommon early Faber hardback, in this case the 1949 stated 11th impression. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the front panel and one small closed tear along the rear panel's top-edge. Slender and spare (a..... More
New York: Little Light Books, 1981. Original wraps. One of Ted Berrigan's scarcest limitations. #12 OF ONLY 26 COPIES ISSUED. EACH NUMBERED COPY IS SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN AND EACH "CONTAINS AN ADDITIONAL POEM HANDWRITTEN BY THE POET" on the verso of the limitation page. IN THIS CASE, THE POEM..... More
Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1976. Cloth. SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN on the front free endpaper. A crisp, near-pristine copy to boot of the 1976 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, rear photograph of Ted Berrigan by Gerard Malanga. THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES 2 CANCELLED..... More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Windflower Press, 1978. Original wraps. The 1978 stated 1st printing of this unusual Ted Kooser tale --told through captioned, engraved illustrations-- of his character "Hatcher". Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with inconspicuous staining along the bottom-edge. Otherwise clean as could be. Quarto, written by the former..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Cloth. The 1941 stated 1st edition of Theodore Roethke's first published book. #211 of 1,000 copies isssued. Tight and VG+ (decorative former owner bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, which is clean and bright. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. Boards. The 1951 stated 1st edition of Roethke's 3rd published book of poetry. Solid and VG+ (neat former owner name and very light offsetting at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing --and one..... More
The University of Chicago Press, 1967. Cloth. SIGNED BY THOM GUNN on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st American edtion of the poet's third published book. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends..... More
San German, Puerto Rico: Editorial La Nueva Salamanca, 1957. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original cream wrapers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel..... More
Hugh Maxwell, Philadelphia, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition, 1804. In its original brown calf with modest flaking along upper edges of the front panel, minor fraying to outer hinges and a bit of rubbing to the spine and a small amount of scufffing to the back panel. 12mo, 301..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Cloth. A clean, tight copy of the 1977 1st American edition, translated from its Japanese by the formidable Burton Watson. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with 1 tiny nick along the spine. Octavo, prepared by "the Columbia College Program of..... More
