New Arrivals
Jean Valentine Abridged; Writing a Word Changing It
San Francisco: Albion Books, 2011. First edition. Paperback. 16mo. Slender chapbook published in an edition of only 100 copies in honor of jean Valentine's reading at Poets House, March 31, 2011. Typeset & printed by Brian Teare at the San Francisco Center for the Book. This is copy number 24... More
History is Made at Night (Signed)
No Place: Peter Gizzi, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Stiff printed sewn wrappers. A scarce poetry chapbook by Gizzi adorned with a frontispiece by the late artist Robert Seydel. Unpaginated. Fine condition. This copy labeled "E" and is SIGNED by Gizzi. Quite scarce with no holdings shown in O.C.L.C. More
Cruncher In Paris (Inscribed)
Baltimore: Kingdom Kum Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated. A story by the Codrescu familia with illustrations by Alice. A near fine copy. Quite uncommon. INSCRIBED by Alice Codrescu and signed by both Alice and Andrei. Only three copies in WorldCat. More
The End of the Line
Los Angeles: Little Caesar Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound book of poems by Clark. 52 pp. Top right corner bump which affects all of the pages of text slightly. Very good overall. More
The Economies
London: Coracle Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Stiff bound wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook. One of two hundred numbered copies. Some soiling to front cover, else a very good example of this Coracle Press book. More
Rival Heavens (Inscribed)
Provincetown: Provincetown Poets, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound book. A 64 pp poetry collection. Published as Provincetown Poets Number 1. A very good copy. This copy has been both SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. More
The Inside Passage (Inscribed with One Page A.L.S.)
Missoula: Owl Creek Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated sewn wrappers. Poetry chapbook by Morgan. Unpaginated. A near fine copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Morgan in year of publication to fellow poet James Tate. In addition, Morgan has laid in a one page typed letter to Tate dated Feb. 20, 1985. More
Bewitched - Four Poems (Pirated In A Way) From The Works Of James tate
Iowa City: The Windhover Press, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrapppers. Fine press poetry chapbook containing four poems by Tate. One of 175 hand-numbered copies. Some wrinkle-damage to front cover (see photo) else a handsome very good copy. More
Resurrection Ball (Signed)
Tuscaloosa: Book Arts Institute, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Fine press poetry pamphlet with wood engraving by John DePol. Printed on Yale handmade paper. One of only sixty copies. Delicate sewn wrappers. SIGNED by the poet. A near fine example. More
Disappearing Work, A Recounting
Berkeley: The Figures, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Bound wrappers. 111 pp plus photo of author at rear of volume. A very good copy in bound decorated wrappers. More
Poems of Love and Death (Review Copy)
New York: Atheneum, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 57 pp. A near fine copy of this poetry collectiobn. Review Copy with publisher's review slip laid in. More
Recollections of Gran Apacheria
San Francisco: Turtle Island Books, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. A very good copy in illustrated boards with some offsetting to the edges of the front cover. Issued without dustwrapper. A book of poems. More
The Newly Fallen (Kenneth Irby's Copy)
New York: Totem Press, 1961. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. A 31 pp chapbook by Dorn. One of his earliest titles. Cover drawing by Fielding Dawson. This copy in very good condition with some general wear. This copy bears the ownership signature of fellow poet Kenneth Irby who has dated this... More
Charles Olson: The Special View Of History
Berkeley: Oyez, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. 61 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Ann Charters. Extended essay on history by the great Black Mountain poet. A very good example. From the library of friend and fellow poet Kenneth Irby who has fashioned his own personal signed... More
Charles Olson In Connecticut
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. 156 pp plus some pages of blac and white photographs of Olson at the rear of the volume. Stated first printing. A book about the final months of Olson's life. Handsome very good copy in red cloth binding in a very... More
The Dream of the Unified Field
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Nice copy of this, her collected poems from 1974 to 1994. Includes selections from Hybrids of Plants and Ghosts, Erosion and other works. Near fine in near fine unclipped jacket. Her Pulitzer Prize winning collection. More
Marquee; A Score
New York: Asylum's Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated and printed on rectos only. One of 200 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED by DiPalma. Afterword by Steve McCaffery. A volume of visual or typewriter poems. Very good copy in stiff printed card wrappers. More
No Real Light (Signed)
Seattle / New York: Wave Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo in dustwrapper. A 76 pp poetry collection. This is one of only 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies with colophon sheet adhered to the last rear endpaper. A fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Rise Up (Signed)
Seattle / New York: Wave Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo in dustwrapper. A 65 pp poetry collection. This is one of only 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies with colophon sheet adhered to the last rear endpaper. A fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Pedestrians (Signed)
Seattle / New York: Wave Books, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo in dustwrapper. A 143 pp poetry collection. This is one of only 100 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies with colophon sheet adhered to the last rear endpaper. A fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sleeping On Doors (Signed Limited Edition)
Lisbon, Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Simple ecru cloth covers with printed paper label at spine. 25 pp. One of only 200 copies hand printed by Bonnie P. O'Connell from Palatino types on Nideggen, a German mould made paper. This is copy 118 and is SIGNED by... More
Eggs (Uncorrected Proofs)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. This is the rare Uncorrected Proofs edition of Howe's scarce second volume of poems. 71 pp. Simple yellow bound wrappers with publisher publication sheet glued onto the front cover. One hand correction in ink. Very good overall condition. Scarce format. More
Where's My Mommy?
Milwaukee: Morgan Press, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Small bound printed wrappers. #33 of 200 copies printed. A near fine example. Compliments of the author card laid in. More
The Light Station On Tillamook Rock (Signed Limited Edition)
Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University / The Press of Appletree Alley, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. Special fine press limited edition of 150 copies published by The Press of Appletree Alley in 1989 (one year before the trade edition of this title). SIGNED by De Frees as well as Rosalyn... More