New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1989. Cloth. A nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY WILL BARNET TO FELLOW ARTIST (AND ART STUDENTS LEAGUE INSTRUCTOR) BARBARA ADRIAN. ALSO SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER GEORGE BRAZILLER AND CHRISTOPHER BENFEY, WHO WROTE THE INTRODUCTION. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1989 1st... More about The World in a Frame
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1997. Cloth. SIGNED BY ERICA JONG on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1997 25th Anniversary edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 87 pgs. Signed by Author. More about Fruits & Vegetables
Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria, 1970. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1970 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light wear along the spine edges. Pocketbook-sized, 127 pgs. Part of the "Coleccion Letras de America" series. More about Homenaje a los Indios Americanos
Sacramento, CA: Jo Anderson Press, 1912. 1st. Original Wraps. 1912 1st edition of this handsome collection of Alaska-themed poetry. VG in its pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels. 12mo, 59 pgs. More about Up in Alaska
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. Cloth. The 1967 stated second edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering along the spines) in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets, with just a touch of creasing at the spine ends and one tiny chip to the front panel's... More about A History of Secular Latin Poetry (2 Vols
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1945. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1945 1st edition, IN ITS ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in its wrappers (pages mildly browning, otherwise very clean). And in a bright, VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket. 16 mo (pocketbook), 139 pgs. More about Libro De Poemas
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1944. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1944 1st edition, IN ITS ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and VG+ (with mild darkening to the pages) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo (pocketbook), 127 pgs. More about Poema Del Cante Jondo: Llanto Por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1940. 1st. Cloth. The 1940 1st American edition --and true 1st edition of this Garcia Lorca masterpiece. Dual text, with the original Spanish on each verso and the translated English (by Rolfe Humpries) on each facing recto. Tight and VG- in its original orange... More about The Poet in New York and Other Poems
Just Buffalo Press, 1979. Original wraps. Very uncommon 1979 Fielding Dawson offering, limited to 250 copies and SIGNED BY THE POET at the limitation. A pristine single sheet folded in half, with drawing of musician Red Garland and text by Fielding Dawson. Also includes a Fine example of the publisher's envelope. More about Capital C Is an Error
1973: The Coach House Press, Toronto. Original wraps. Uncommon 1973 Fielding Dawson criticism. Published by the Coach House Press of Toronto in undoubtedly very small numbers. Clean and Fine in its stapled, printed beige wrappers. 64mo, setting his sites on Martin Duberman and B.H. Friedman, 2 of the brightest lights... More about on Duberman's Black Mountain & B.H. Friedman's Biography of Jackson Pollock
Livorno, Italy: Dai Torchi Di Glauco Masi, 1820. 1/4 leather. Lovely 1820 edition of one of the first great modern collections of love poetry, written by the Renaissance poet viewed as the "first true reviver of learning in Medieval Europe" (Encyclopedia Britannica). The story of Petrarch's love for Laura is... More about Le Rime Del Petrarca (2 Books in 1
New York: Tibor De Nagy Editions, 1965. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1965 1st edition, limited to 500 copies (20 of which are signed by the poet). Bright and VG+ to Near Fine in its striped wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling at the... More about Love Poems (Tentative Title
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1897. 1st. Cloth. 1897 1st edition. VG in its dark-purple cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Octavo, 246 pgs. More about The Poems of Bacchylides: From a Papyrus in the British Museum
Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1931. Leo Lelee. Original wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR GABRIEL BOISSY at the limitation. #194 of 225 copies issued (within this limitation, this is among "100 examplaires dits d'hommage ou d'amite, numerotes de 126 a 225"). A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot: clean and Near Fine in... More about Message sur la Poesie Immortelle: Prononce a Skyros pour L'Inauguration du Monument Dedie a...
Stanford University Press, 1989. 1st. Cloth. The 1989 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light soiling to the panels) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 338 pgs. More about Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan
New York: Lorenz Guide/Ted Berrigan, 1966. Joe Brainard. Original wraps. A crisp example of this fragile, highly-influential poetry journal, this issue specifically edited by Ron Padgett, the front cover illustrated by Joe Brainard. Bright and VG to VG+ in its stapled wrappers, with a bit of very minor soiling to... More about C: a journal of poetry (Vol. 2 No. 13/ Whole #13, May 1966
The Woodberry Society, 1912. 1st. Cloth. 1912 1st edition, limited to 300 copies. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. VG in its duotone cloth, with light spotting at the rear pastedown. Octavo, 29 pgs. Signed by Author. More about A Day at Castrogiovanni
Woodberry Society, 1912. 1st. Cloth. The 1912 1st edition, limited to 300 copies. SIGNED Y THE AUTHOR on the title page. Solid and VG in its duotone cloth. Octavo, 32 pgs. Former owner name ("Estelle Delano" of the Roosevelt family) at the front free endpaer. Signed by Author. More about The Kingdom of All-Souls and Two Other Poems for Christmas
San Francisco: Kayak Books, Inc., 1967-68. Original wraps. A run of 5 consecutive early issues of Kayak, an impressive late 1960s poetry journal published out of San Francisco. Issues #10-#14, each crisp and tight and Near Fine to Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Octavos, wonderful engraved illustrations and very... More about Kayak #10-#14 (5 Issues
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1885. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 18851st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and lightly-faded lettering along the spine. Octavo, 216 pgs. plus publisher's ads. More about The Growth of the Homeric Poems: A Discussion of Their Origin and Authorship
Mystery Island Publications, 2004. 1st. Original Wraps. SIGNED BY GERALD NICOSIA on the title page. A pristine copy to boot o the 2004 stated 1st printing. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 24 pgs. Signed by Author. More about Embrace of the Lepers
Sutton Hoo Press, 1991. Nadya Brown. Original wraps. A handsome copy of the 1991 1st edition. Only 250 copies issued. Clean and Fine in its sewn signatures. And in a crisp, Near Fine example of the printed dustjacket, with vey light creasing along the top-edge. Octavo, lovely preliminary illustration by Nadya Brown. More about Bread Without Sugar
Binghampton, NY: The Bellevue Press, 1979. Original wraps. A handsome copy of this 1979 signed/limited. ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY GERARD MALANGA at the finish of the poem "Equal Time". ADDITIONALLY, THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY GERARD MALANGA TO NOVELIST DENNIS COOPER at the colophon. The book consists of... More about Equal Time
Milan: All'Insegna Del Pesce D'Oro, 1975. 1st. Original Wraps. Impressive pocket-sized study of the key Italian poets in the Dada and Futurists movements. Clean and Near Fine in its original wrappers. And in a solid, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the spine crown. 64mo, 215 pgs. plus index, well-illustrated thruout. More about Poeti Futuristi Dadaisti e Modernisti in Italia
The Chrysalis West Foundation, 1962. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY GORDON LISH on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the Fall 1962 maiden issue of "Genesis West". Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 94 pgs. More about Genesis West #1: A Garden to Grow the World Again (A Celebration of Jack Gilbert
