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The Finger (Association Copy - Inscribed to Artist R. B. Kitaj)
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. One of only 50 numbered copies (this is number 4) which were hand bound in boards with an original collage by Bobbie Creeley and SIGNED by both artist and poet. Additionally, this was artist R. B. Kitaj's copy and..... More
Have A Heart (Inscribed)
Boise: Limberlost Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrappers. A fine copy of this slender poetry chapbook from the great Black Mountain School poet. Typeset by hand and letterpressed on a Chandler & Price platen by Rick Ardinger in an edition of 200 trade copies and 26 lettered copies. A...... More
Hello (Inscribed Association Copy)
New York: New Directions, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 85 pp. Book is subtitled "A Journal, February 29 - May 3, 1976". A fine copy in teal cloth covers. The price-intact dustwrapper is a bit toned at the top of the front panel, else in near fine..... More
In Company: Robert Creeley's Collaborations
New York and North Carolina: Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University and Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 108 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Co-edited by Amy Cappellazzo and Elizabeth Licata. Light soiling to rear cover else a very good..... More
Listen (Signed)
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in fine acetate wrapper. Monoprints by Bobbie Creeley. This is #16 of 250 specially bound copies and SIGNED by Robert Creeley. More
On Earth; Last Poems and An Essay
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 89 pp. Note from Penelope Creely at rear of volume. A posthumous collection of the last writings of this great Black Mountain School poet. Minor wear. A near fine copy in dustwrapper... More
On Earth; Poesie 2003 - 2005
Italy: Emilio Mazzoli Editore, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Small stiff wrappers. A volume of poems by Creeley in both Italian and in English with English translations by Maria Teresa Carbone and Annalisa Goldoni. Postfazione di Annalisa Goldoni. 51 pp. A fine copy in stiff illustrated wrappers with wide French flaps..... More
Place To Be (Signed Poetry Broadside)
No Place: Paradise Press, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single wide sheet of glossy paper measuring 17" wide x 10 7/8" tall. Contains a single poem by Creeley. Not dated but from 2004. Published in an edition of 300 copies for A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words in honor..... More
Poetry Reading Announcement Poster (Signed)
Charleston: University of Charleston, 1995. First edition. Loose Sheets. Tall single sheet of paper measuring 17" tall x 11" wide. A poster announcing a poetry reading by Robert Creeley at the University of Charleston on Novemebr 3, 1995. A fine example printed on glossy paper with a black and white..... More
A Quick Graph: Collected Notes & Essays (Inscribed)
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first trade paperbound edition. 365 pp. Edited by Donald Allen. Covers rubbed. A very good copy overall. INSCRIBED by Creeley on the title page and dated in 1990. Published as Writing 22 by the Four Seasons Foundation... More
Selected Poems (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Tall bound yellow wrappers printed in black. 162 pp. This is the uncommon uncorrected proof copy. Some hand-soiling to covers. Internally clean and well-bound. Very good overall condition. More
A Sense Of Measure
London: Calder and Boyars, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. Small trade paperbound volume. 119 pp. Creeley discusses the art of writing and the object of poetry. Published as Signature 16 in the the publisher's series of books on literary thought and criticism. A very good copy with price sticker afixed to the..... More
Tales Out of School; Selected Interviews
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. First edition. Paperback. First printing. A 192 pp compendium of interviews with the Black Mountain poet. Very good condition in trade paperbound format. More
To Think ... (Tribute Broadside)
New York: The Poetry Project, 2005. First edition. Loose Sheets. Small single sheet of translucent paper housed in a translucent envelope, Measures approx. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2" tall. Contains a single poem by Creeley. Published in tribute to the poet by The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church on..... More
Two Trade Paperbound Books (Later and Memory Gardens), Both Signed
New York: New Directions, 1979. Reprint. Paperback. Sold here together are two trade paperbound books of poems by Robert Creeley. They include Later, third printing from 1979 and Memory Gardens, second printing from 1986. Both are published by New Directions. Both are in handsome very good to near fine condition..... More
The Whip
Worcester, Highlands and Toronto: Migrant Press, Jonathan Williams and Contact Press, 1957. First edition. Paperback. 12mo. Illustrated bound wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook with cover painting by Rene Laubies. Light toning to edges. A better than typical copy of this small and fragile production. More
Windows (with Typed Signed Publisher Note)
New York: New Directions, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 152 pp. A poetry collection. Gorgeous fine copy in equally fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper. With a short typed note from the publisher laid in. Signed "Jim" More
Words; Poems
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo. 143 pp. A lovely fine hardbound book in price-intact dustwrapper. More
Handwritten Postcard Signed from Creeley to Poet Alice Notley dated January 19, 1985
Ithica: Privately Printed, 1985. No Edition. Loose Sheets. Single postcard measuring 5 1/2 x 3 1/2" tall. Hand-addressed from Creeley's Ithica, NY address. A note dated January 19, 1985 written to fellow poet Alice Notley in New York. Discusses general health and family matters as well as life in Ithica..... More
Typewritten Postcard from Creeley to Mike Newell from 1985
Itica: Privately Printed, 1985. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single 5 1/2 x 3 1/2" tall postcard. With a typewritten note from Robert Creeley (Signed off as "Bob") to poet Mike Newell. Very good condition. More
The Class of '47
New York: University of Buffalo Art Galleries, 2007. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint edition in gloss stapled wrappers. Great New York School collaboration. Small smudge to front cover else near fine. Originally published in a limited edition in 1973. More
Contexts of Poetry
Buffalo: Audit, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in stapled card wrappers. Published as Audit Volume V Number 1. Creeley and Ginsberg talk poetics at the Vancouver Conference from 1963. Very good condition. More
A Day Book (Prospectus for the Graphis Fine Press Edition)
Berlin: Graphis, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Prospectus for the limited fine press edition of Creeley's A Day Book with color plates by R. B. Kitai. Folio. (12 x 16"). Single sheet of fine paper, folded once to form a four page booklet. One full page of text by Creeley. One..... More