Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1941. 1st. Original Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1941 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends and along the panel top-edges. Octavo, 63 pgs. More about From the Sublime
Blackburn, UK: Screeches Publications, 1966-67. Original wraps. The final 3 issues of this creative mid to late '60s UK poetry magazine, edited by Dave Cunliffe and Tina Morris. Issues #11 ("Special Trial Issue"), #12 ("The Total Revolution: A Manifesto, Statement of Intent & Beyond") and #13 (with cover illustration by... More about Poetmeat #11, #12 and #13 (3 Issues
Blackburn, Lanchester, England: SCREECHES publications, 1964. The Spring 1964 issue (#5) of POETMEAT, the important British-based poetry journal edited by Dave Cunliffe and Tina Morris, and calling "for peace before our time & social & literary revolt now". Solid and VG in its stapled, Arthur Moyse-illustrated wrappers, with notable chipping... More about POETMEAT #5
London: Villiers Publications, 1964. 1st. Cloth. 1964 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Octavo, 50 pgs. Former owner bookplate inconspicuously affixed to dj's rear... More about The Tintinnabulations of Boos and Applause
London: Trigram Press, 1969. Cloth. A very sharp copy of this 1969 limited/edition. #99 OF 100 COPIES BOUND IN BUCKRAM AND NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY DAVID MELTZER. Additionally, this copy includes a striking drawing in Meltzer's hand ("For Gerard" {Malanga?}) on the front free endpaper --done in 1973 in Bolinas--... More about YESOD (With an Original Drawing
Berkeley, CA: 1969. 1969 letter from poet Denise Levertov Goodman, written on Department of English letterhead at Berkeley, to Miriam Reik of the "Committee for Biafran Artists and Writers". Typed letter, signed by Levertov. 8 1/2" x 11'. Clean and bright and VG+. More about 1 PG TLS
New York: The Floating Bear, 1964. Original wraps. Issue #29, published out of New York in 1964 and edited by Diane Di Prima, of this important poetry magazine/newsletter. Well-preserved and VG+ in its stapled, George Herms-designed wrappers, with light soiling to the front panel and an even crease dividing the... More about The Floating Bear: A Monthly Newsletter (Issue #29
New York: Grove Press, 1973. 1st. Cloth. 1973 stated 1st printing, in the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping to the spine ends and very, very light soiling to the panels. Slight age-toning to the pages as well and light... More about The Poetics of the New American Poetry
Brooklyn, New York: Long Haul Press, 1983. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, clean copy of the 1983 1st edition of Dorothy Allison's 1st book. Tight and VG+ in its original wrappers. Octavo, 58 pgs. Original publisher's prospectus laid-in as well. More about The Women Who Hate Me
Demarest, New Jersey: Analecta Press, 1968. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DOUG BLAZEK TO SAM SEIFFER, CO-EDITOR, ALONG WITH D.A. LEVY, OF THE SHORT-LIVED LATE 60S POETRY JOURNAL CALLED "CONGRESS". Solid and VG+ in its lime-green wrappers, with light offsetting along the edges. Cover art and 3 interior cartoons by... More about All Gods Must Learn to Kill
Flint, Michigan: Fenian Head Centre Press, 1965. The 1965 maiden issue of this wonderful Flint, Michigan-based poetry review, created and edited by Dougas Casement. This 1st issue attracted some major talent and includes contributuons by William Burroughs, Leroi Jones, Phillip Whalen, Piero Heliczer, Diane DiPrima, Gerard Malanga, Ray Bremser, Anselm... More about Spero (Issue #1
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1939. Cloth. A tight, solid copy of the 1939 1st edition, 1st issue. Clean and VG+ (with very light sunning along the panel edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light wear --and one closed tear-- along the spine edges and mild darkening and... More about The Map of Love: Verse and Prose
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1927 1st trade edition. VG- in its duotone cloth, with light wear at the spine ends, light fading along the spine and a bit of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 145 pgs. More about Him
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1965. 1st. Cloth. 1965 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY E.Y. HARBURG (as "Yippes") TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary critic and biographer. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with foxing to the fore-edges, the flaps and a good part of the rear panel. Still though... More about Rhymes for the Irreverent
London: Lee Harwood (NIGHT SCENE publications), 1965. Original wraps. A very impressive copy of the August 1965 maiden issue of the poetry journal Tzarad. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Published out of London by Lee Harwood and limited to only 200 copies. Quarto, features work by... More about Tzarad #1
San Francisco: MANIC PRESS, 1968. Original wraps. The Spring 1968 2nd issue of this wild San Francisco-based poetry magazine, with its collaged cover by Suzy Cross. Solid and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light offsetting along the rear panel's spine edge. Quarto, contributors include... More about THE WILLIE #2 (Los Angeles
San Francisco: Manic Press, 1967. Original wraps. The Summer 1967 maiden issue of "The Willie", promoting "ACID IN THE MAGGOT EYE", featuring "ACOUSTIC EARTH HALLUCINATIONS" and incorportating "GLAND JUICE & MARIGILD PLASM". Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, Brown Miller-designed wrappers. Quarto, featuring Charles Bukowski, d.a. levy, Harold Norse... More about The Willie -- Summer 1967 (Issue #1
London: Duckworth, 1928. Cloth. The 1928 signed/limited. #5 of 275 copies (250 copies for sale) signed by Edith Sitwell at the limitation. A solid copy to boot. Tight and VG in its deep-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Pronounced offsetting at the front and rear... More about Five Poems
London: Oxford University Press. Cloth. A handsome example of Oxford's 3 volume collection of "The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser". Vol. I ("Minor Poems") is a 1966 re-issue and Vols. II and III ("Faerie Queene") are 1961 re-issues. All 3 volumes are in solid, very nice condition. Tight and Near... More about The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser (Complete in 3 Dustjacketed Vols
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Cloth. A sharp copy of this early, 1922 re-issue of Edna St. Vincent Millay's first published book. Clean, tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ("$2.00"), VG dustjacket, with light creasing along the top-edges and very light chipping to the spine ends. Octavo, 73 pgs. More about Renascence and Other Poems
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Press, 1899. 1/4 leather. A handsome, custom-made binding to this copy of the 1899 Roycroft Press editon of The Rubaiyat. #587 OF 920 COPIES SIGNED AT THE LIMITATION BY ELBERT HUBBARD, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER AND PUBLISHER. This copy hand-bound in a 1/4 light-brown leather over... More about The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: With the Address of John Hay at the Omar Khayyam Club, London
New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1967. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY EDWARD MEYERSON on the first blank endpaper. ALSO INCLUDES A LAID-IN 1 PG HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM EDWARD MEYERSON. A solid copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of scuffing at the rear... More about The Seed Is Man: A Collection of Poetry and an Essay on Ezra Pound (With a Handwritten Letter
Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1977. Cloth. First Thus. Handsome 2 volume boxed set of two of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most iconic poetry collections. Clean and Near Fine octavos, with bright gilt-lettering along the spines. Also includes a Fine example of the decorative cardboard slipcase. Additionally, "Casa Guidi Windows" IS WARMLY... More about Casa Guidi Windows AND Sonnets from the Portuguese (2 Vols
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Cloth. The 1928 signed/limited. #58 OF ONLY 100 COPIES PRINTED ON HANDMADE PAPER AND SIGNED BY ELIZABETH HOLLISTER FROST. Clean and VG+ in its linen-backed gray boards. Octavo, 96 pgs. The signed/limited edition not only contains 5 photogravure illustrations but also "a signed proof... More about The Lost Lyrist
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1957. 1st. Cloth. Lovely 1957 sampling of Emily Dickinson's "riddle" poems, pubished by Leonard and Esther Baskin's Gehanna Press of Northampton, MA. #20 of only 200 copies issued, EACH SIGNED BY LEONARD AND ESTHER BASKIN at the colophon. Wear along the front panel's outer hinge... More about Riddle Poems
