Poetry Books
The Book of Rimbaud
New York: New Rivers Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Small squarish 8vo. One of 750 trade copies in printed stapled wrappers. 42 pp. Small prior owner name. A very good copy. More
Dump Truck (Signed Limited Edition)
Monterey: Polygon Press, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled wrappers. First edition of the poet's first book. A fine copy. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke. This is copy #25 of only 25 special copies hand-numbered and SIGNED by Abbott. More
Transmuting Gold
San Francisco: Dancing Rock Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled wrappers. A slender unpaginated poetry chapbook with illustrations by Steve and Alysia Abbott. Rear cover photograph by Bill Sigfried. A very good example. More
Black Valentine (Inscribed)
Tucson: Chax Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. A fine copy in sewn printed wrappers of this poetry chapbook. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the title page. A handsome production. More
UA Flight To Chicago (Inscribed to Fellow Poet)
Lincoln, NE: Best Cellar Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated poetry chapbook by Ackerson. A very good copy. Nicely INSCRIBED by Ackerson to fellow poet James Tate and dated in year of publication. More
Ballads
New York: Acadia Press, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this poetry volume. Near fine in special glossy decorated card wrappers. One of only 50 copies SIGNED by Adams and Jess. This issue restores the cover design and two drawings from the illustrator's original book plan. Scarce. Signed by..... More
Gone Sailing
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Tall, narrow bound wrappers. A volume of poems by Adam with drawings by Ann Mikolowski. Unpaginated. First trade edition. Very light cover wear, else a near fine example. More
The Queen of Crow Castle
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this slender poetry book with illustrations by Jess. Near fine condition. This copy lovingly INSCRIBED by Adam to her friend Ida Hodes. Signed by Author. More
Selected Poems & Ballads (Inscribed Association Copy)
New York: Helikon Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 57 pp. A handsome fine press limited edition. Marbleized boards over decorated cloth spine. This is letter P of 26 speical SIGNED copies printed for friends of the poet and publisher (there was also an edition of 100 copies held..... More
Sadness At The Private University (Lost Roads Number 3) Inscribed by Author
Fayetteville: Lost Roads, 1977. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. First printing stated. Cover artwork by Ginny Crouch Stanford. A volume of poems published as Lost Roads Number 3. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the author. A good copy overall with some fairly heavy foxing to the rear panel and general light..... More
Big Easy: An Anthology of New Orleans Poetry
New Orleans: Arts Council of New Orleans, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. 70 pp. An anthology featuring New Orleans' poets Henry Collins, Victoria Miller, Ben Weathers, Carrie Davis and more. Edited and with an introduction by Ralph Adamo. Typical light fade to cover edges else a very good..... More
Losing the Moon 4, 3, 2, 1 . .
No Place: Betsy Adams, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume of poems. 60 pp. Erratum slip laid in. Among the poet's very earliest published works. A near fine example in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. More
The Music Of The Curbs (Signed Lettered Edition)
New York: Adventures In Poetry, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Tall side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume of poems by Godfrey printed on rectos only. Cover artwork by Michael Goldberg. Some light staining to blank rear cover else a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. This is Copy G of 26 lettered..... More
The Sinister Pinafore (Inscribed)
Providence: Burning Deck, 1975. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Hand numbered 177 out of 300 copies printed and designed by Ardis Eichhorn. Nicely INSCRIBED to a fellow poet. A fine copy in stapled wrappers in about very good illustrated paper wrapping with sunning to edges. More
The Transcript
Providence: Burning Deck, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Early book of poems by Ahern published by Rosemarie and Keith Waldrop. Very good condition in stapled decorated wrappers. More
AE (Inscribed)
Santiago: Das Kapital, 2015. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound volume of poems in Spanish. 129 pp. A fine copy in stiff decorated wrappers with French flaps. Rear cover blurbs by Guillermo Daghero and Martin Bakero. INSCRIBED in Spanish by the Chilean poet. More
Cumulo Lucumo (Inscribed)
Bolivia: Editorial 3600, 2015. First edition. Paperback. Wide, square paperbound volume in matching paper dustwrapper. 87 pp. A very good plus copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the poet and dated in 2016. Text in Spanish. More
Step (Inscribed)
Sausalito: The Post-Apollo Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original volume of poems. A near fine copy. 66 pp. INSCRIBED by Albon to a fellow poet who provides one of the rear cover blurbs to this volume. More
Etudes: D & D (Inscribed)
Lambertville: Quarry Press, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Unpaginated poetry chapbook. Very good condition in sewn illustrated wrappers. Front cover is lightly rumpled. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the poet at Naropa in 2001 (year of publication). More
Pushing Water (Inscribed)
Victoria, TX: Cuneiform Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Tall, narrow bound wrappers. 213 pp. A long serial poem. Rear cover blurbs by Charles Bernstein, Beverly Dahlen and Tenney Nathanson. This copy has been INSCRIBED to a fellow poet and dated in year of publication. Near fine condition... More