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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
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As Umbrellas Follow Rain (Signed Limited Edition)
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
Can You Hear, Bird (Inscribed)
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
Can You Hear, Bird (Inscribed)
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
Flow Chart (Inscribed)
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
Rivers and Mountains
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
Some Trees
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the New York School poet's first regularly published book and winner of the 1956 Yale Series of Younger Poet's award. A fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED to artist R. B. Kitaj (and with Kitaj's..... More
The Tennis Court Oath
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
The Tennis Court Oath (Inscribed to Fellow Poet and Spouse)
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
The Tennis Court Oath (Signed)
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
Wakefulness (Inscribed)
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
A Nest of Ninnies
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 very good copy in very good unclipped jacket with a closed tear to front panel and some light rubbing to rear panel... More
Pultyneyville New York Post Office Sesquicentennial 1807 -1957
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
Poetry Reading Announcement Flyer
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
Art and Literature An International Review # 1 -12 (Complete Run)
Lausanne: S. E. L. A., 1964. First edition. Paperback. Complete set of twelve issues of this important literary magazine edited by John Ashbery and others. Several of the first six issues in original cello wrappers. Condition is uniformly bright and clean. A very good plus to near fine set. Contributions..... More
Turandot and Other Poems (Inscribed by Ashbery)
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
Locus Solus I, II, and III/IV (Four Issues in Three Volumes)
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
As Umbrellas Follow Rain
Lenox: Qua Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 48 pp. A fine copy in glossy illustrated dustwrapper. One of one thousand copies from the first trade edition. More
C Comics #1 and #2 (All Published)
New York: Lorenz Gude and Boke Press, 1964 and 1965. First edition. Paperback. Complete in two volumes we offer C Comics #1 and 2 together as a set. Classic New York School collaborations with Joe Brainard artist and a host of first and second generation New York School poets adding..... More
Brainard - Freeman Notebooks (Inscribed by Herm Freeman with Original Drawing)
New York: Gegenschein, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound 4to. Unpaginated. With introductions by John Ashbery and Phil Demeyes. Published as Gegenschein Quarterly 1112. Illustrated with drawings from the notebooks of the two artists. A handsome near fine copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Herm Freeman who has added a...... More
White Rabbit; The Anatomy of John Ashbery
No Place: White Rabbit, 2018. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated and printed on rectos only. Mimeographed and photocopied sheets. A book of tributes to the late great poet John Ashbery. Multi-color papers. Contriburions by John Godfrey, Tom Savage, David Lehman, Ron Kolm, Bertha rogers and many others. No..... More
Poetry Reading Flyer November 20, 1989 (Signed by Ashbery and Schuyler)
New York: The Poetry Center, 1989. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of paper approx. 8 x 10 1/2" tall framed under glass. An announcement of a poetry reading event at The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y in NYC on November 20, 1989 featuring John Ashbery and James..... More
Tibor de Nagy Gallery: The First Fifty Years 1950 - 2000
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto with French flaps. 95 pp. With a foreword by John Ashbery. Catalog illustrated in color. A celebration of the first fifty years of this important NYC gallery which promoted the works of a large stable of artists..... More
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