Around A Corner: an epidermis (1-28)
Elmwood: Potes & Poets Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Thick trade paperbound book. 244 pp. A stream-of-consciousness work with elements of Language poetry. A near fine example. More
New Arrivals
Immanence 6
Boise: Green-Name-Books, 1999. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 61 pp. The sixth installment in Ganick's series of poetry chapbooks. A fine example in stapled decorated wrappers. More
Mountains and Rivers Without End (Inscribed)
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 165 pp. Stated first printing. A poetry collection. Quarter red cloth over boards. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Considered by many to be Snyder's magnum opus. More
What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American (Inscribed to a Fellow Poet)
New York: W. W. Norton, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. Simultaneous first paperbound edition. 71 pp. A handsome very good or better copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Hugo to fellow poet Sister Madeleine DeFrees (who is a dedicatee to a poem on page 44 of this..... More
The Practice of the Wild
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 190 pp. A collection of essays by the author of Rip Rap. A fine clothbound copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Very nice copy. More
The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You
Barrington: Lost Roads, 2000. Second edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound octavo. 383 pp. Reprint edition of Stanford's magnum opus. Published by C. D. Wright and the Estate of Frank Stanford. Preface by C. D. Wright. A near fine copy in thick bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Scratch to rear cover else almost new..... More
Mad Dogs of Trieste - New and Selected Poems (Signed, Printer's Copy with Original Artwork)
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. This copy labeled "Printer's Copy", is SIGNED by Vega and includes a separate tipped in page also signed and with original artwork.. A fine copy in lightly rubbed acetate wrapper. More
The Residual Years
New York: New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. Burgundy cloth spine over patterned boards. 148 pp. One of one thousand copies printed. A handsome very good or better copy. Some edgewear to lower boards else a very clean handsome copy in price-intact dustwrapper. The author's first major..... More
The Pleasures of Peace and Other Poems
New York: Grove Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 111 pp. A collection of poems by this New York School teacher and writer. A clean very good copy in dustwrapper. Inked price on front flap of the dustwrapper. Jacket design by Alex Katz. Nice copy... More
Cool, Calm & Collected - Poems 1960 - 2000
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 509 pp. A fine copy that looks unread. First printing stated on the copyright page with the numbers 35798642 perfectly centered above the words "First Printing" More
False Youth - Four Seasons (Signed Limited)
Dallas: Pressworks Publishing, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound book with cloth spine. In a clear acetate wrapper. 33 pp. A poetry chapbook. One of 200 specially bound copies SIGNED by the author. This copy is unnumbered. A fine example. More
Imagoes (Signed)
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 169 pp. This is copy 55 of 200 hardcover copies numbered and SIGNED by the author. A handsome fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. Becoming uncommon. More
Once In A Sycamore: A Garland For John Berryman
Derry, PA: Rook Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound format. 84 pp. A book of tribute poems to John Berryman. Very good condition in tapebound wrappers. Covers are lightly worn and tanned. More
The Revolutionary Poet in the United States; The Poetry of Thomas McGrath
Columbia: University of Missouri, 1988. First edition. Full Leather. 8vo. Decorated leatherbound book. No dustwrapper with this copy although given the special nature of this binding there may not have been one.199 pp. A detailed study of the poetry of Thomas McGrath. Very good condition with some rubbing to covers..... More
Altars (Inscribed to artist R B Kitaj)
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 120 pp. First edition. One of 200 specially bound copies and SIGNED by the poet. In addition, Eshleman has INSCRIBED this copy to artist Ron Kitaj and has dated his inscription in 1971, the..... More
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden Poems Volume II 1940 - 1973
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 1,105 pp. Edited by Edward Mendelson. The second volume of poems in this handsome series of books on the complete writings of Auden. Fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book... More
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden Poems Volume I 1927 - 1939
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 808 pp. Edited by Edward Mendelson. The first volume of poems in this handsome series of books on the complete writings of Auden. Fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book... More
Trash Tankas For Corndog (Signed by Both)
Florence, MA: Glass Eye Books, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition in stapled photographic card wrappers. One of only 100 copies and SIGNED by Coley and Moore. Uncommon title. Issued on the occasion for the release of "spiels of a minuteman" a book of mike watt's lyrics and tour..... More
Ring of Bone Collected Poems 1950-1971
Bolinas: Grey Fox Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition of the author's collected poems. Remarkably scarce in hardcover format. A beautiful copy in fine unfaded and unclipped dustwrapper. More
Melencolia (Inscribed)
Great Barrington: The Figures, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. Slender chapbook in stapled illustrated wraps. Albrecht Durer engraving reproduced on the cover. Nicely INSCRIBED by the poet on the front endpaper. A near fine copy. More
The Human Bond (Some New Bond Sonnets) (Signed, Lettered Edition)
New Orleans: Fell Swoop, 2011. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Printed on rectos only. A fine, as-new copy in side-stapled wrappers with color photograph of Sean Connery to front cover. Letter Y of only 26 SIGNED copies. Poetry by the prolific Coolidge. More
Last Licks
New York: Telephone Book Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A good copy in tall decorated side-stapled wrappers. Some edge paper loss to front cover. Appears to lack a blank rear cover. Cover artwork by Brendan Atkinson. Scarce New York School poetry offering. Printed on rectos only... More
The Kitchen Sink; New and Selected Poems 1972 - 2007
Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 345 pp. First printing. A very good clean copy in very good dustwrapper. More