Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1983. Second printing. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto. 107 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Nice catalog on Porter with essays by Ashbery and Moffett. Stated second printing. A very good copy. More
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. One of 500 unnumbered copies. A fine copy in sewn illustrated wrappers. An attractive production. More
Calais: Z Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 160 pp. This is copy 100 of five hundred clothbound copies published with most copies being produced softbound. A handsome fine copy in unclipped and unfaded dustwrapper. Three early plays by the author od The Double Dream of Spring..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound format. 96 pp. The uncorrected proof copy in lime green bound wrappers printed in black. A fine example of this uncommon state. More
Lenox: Qua Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Number 99 of 100 special copies SIGNED by both Ashbery and Tom Burckhardt who provided the cover artwork. A fine copy in fine glossy illustrated dustwrapper. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 175 pp. A substantial collection of poems by the author of the Tennis Court Oath. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been affectionately INSCRIBED by Ashbery to a fellow poet and dated in 1996... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 175 pp. A substantial collection of shorter poems by the author of The Tennis Court Oath. A fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Ashbery and dated in 1996. More
Montevideo: Correo, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book with wide French flaps. Text in Spanish and English. Prologo, seleccion y traduccion de Roberto Echavarren. A fine copy of this uncommon book. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated of the poet's award winning volume of poetry. 95 pp. A fairly clean ex-library copy whose only significant flaw is that the front endpaper has been neatly removed. There is also a prior owner inscription on the half-title..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Large square 8vo. A collection of poems by the author of Some Trees and Rivers and Mountains. This copy nicely INSCRIBED to a friend and fellow poet and dated in year of publication. Thin line of sunning at top of book else..... More
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 391 pp. Stated first edition with complete number row on the copyright page. This book contans the first five books of poetry by Ashbery starting with Some Trees. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED..... More
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. First edition of the poet's award winning collection. Fine condition in cloth binding in near fine unclipped dustwrapper somewhat faded at spine color. A very nice copy overall of an important work. More
New Haven: Yale University, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 87 pp. First edition of the poet's first regularly published book. Part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Corner bump. Otherwise a clean very good copy in lightly chipped dustwrapper with the original $2.50 price present on the front flap..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 94 pp. First edition stated of the poet's fourth collection. A fine copy in very good dustwrapper with a closed tear near the top of the front panel and a chip on the bottom of the rear panel..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first trade paperbound edition. The poet's fourth collection. 94 pp. Some toning to spine color else a well-bound very good copy. More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first paperback printing of this early collection by Ashbery. 94 pp. First, the good news about this copy: it has been INSCRIBED by the author to fellow poet James Tate and his spouse and dated in 1976. The not-so-good news about..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1968. Third edition. Cloth. 8vo. Stated third printing of the author's fourth book. A collection of poems. Clothbound book has a bit of light staining near top of front panel. Otherwise a sharp clean copy in clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Ashbery and uncommon thus... More
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 160 pp. Trade paperbound first edition. There were also 500 hardcover copies. Small sticker afixed to the rear cover else a near fine example. Includes The Heroes, The Compromise and The Philosopher, all plays originally written by Ashbery in the 1950's..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy very nicely INSCRIBED by Ashbery to a fellow poet and dated in year of publication. Also, laid in to this copy is an Announcement Card from FSG and Tibor De Nagy Gallery..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this playful social satire by two of the New York School poets. 191 pp. A near fine copy in very good unclipped jacket with a faint stain to the front panel. More
Lebanon, IN: Pioneer Printing, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Scarce piece of New York historical ephemera. A very good copy in decorated blue wrappers. Includes a poem by John Lawrence Ashbery "Pultneyville in Winter". For the Ashbery completist. More
New York: General Theological Seminary, 1975. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. A poetry reading announcement flyer for readings by John Ashbery and Douglas Crase at the General Theological Seminary in New York on January 9, 1975. Illustrator unknown. A sinple flyer that looks..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition thus. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth spine over decorated boards. First edition thus of this poem by Ashbery with illustrations by Alex Katz. 57 pp. From an edition of 250 specially bound copies hand-numbered and SIGNED by both poet and artist. Some light..... More
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition. Paperback. First edition of the poet's first book of poems. #13 of 300 copies printed in delicate paper wrappers. A notoriously fragile production, this copy is only in fair condition. Interior pages are loose from the decorated covers which show much..... More
Spain: Locus Solus, 1961. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo paperbound format. The first four issues of this magazine devoted to the New York School poets including Frank O'Hara, Barbara Guest, Fairfield Porter, Edwin Denby and more. Issue II is a special issue of collaborations and includes such notables as William..... More
