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
Poetry Books
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
Mules Balk
Annandale-on-Hudson: Matter, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Stapled poetry pamphlet. A 25 pp poetry chapbook by Alexander. Published under Robert Kelly's imprint, Matter. A clean very good copy in simple tan wrappers printed in black. More
Twelve Poems
London: Agenda Editions, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this early collection of poems. A fine copy in stapled card wrappers. Uncommon. More
The Business of Fancydancing
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of the Native American author's first book. Stories and Poems. A very good copy in decorated bound wrappers (there was also a tiny hardbound edition). Alexie was chosen as of the twenty best American writers by Granta Magazine. A decidely..... More
The Summer of Black Widows (Inscribed)
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Tall 8vo. 139 pp. A near fine paperbound copy . Price inked out on the rear cover. This copy briefly INSCRIBED by Alexie on the title page. More
Time's Now / Ya Es Tiempo (Inscribed)
Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume of poems in both Spanish and English. 86 pp. Cover art and center illustration by D. McNair. A handsome very good copy. INSCRIBED by Algarin on the title page and dated in 2004. Rear cover blurb by Rudolfo A...... More
The Half-Inch Himalayas (Signed)
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. First edition stated. 57 pp. The author's first book of poems. A spectacular fine copy in equally fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. More
A Nostalgist's Map of America (Signed)
New York: W. W. Norton, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 105 pp. The fifth collection by the Kashmir-born poet. A fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the first blank endpaper. More
The New American Poetry 1945 - 1960
New York: Grove Press, 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. 454 pp. First edition. Perhaps the most noteworthy and influential poetry anthology of the last seventy-five years. Donald Allen brought together the works of many little known poets of the time in one place, many of whom had only been published..... More
Star Child
South Dakota: Blue Cloud, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition in wrappers of the author's third book. More
Modern Scandinavian Poetry 1900 - 1975
New York: New Directions, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 399 pp. English translation of Scandinavian texts by Martin Allwood, W. H. Auden, Robert Lying and others. A handsome very good copy in clipped, but otherwise very good dustwrapper. More
Vort #2 (Inscribed by Editor)
No Place: Barry Alpert, 1972. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Tall stapled quarto. 44 pp. Printed on rectos only. Contains two long interviews with the poets by Barry Alpert. A clean very good copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED BY BARRY ALPERT on the first page... 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
Lost At Home (Signed by Both Poet and Artist and Inscribed by Althaus)
North Truro: Keith Althaus, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Slender illustrated stapled wrappers. A 10 pp poetry chapbook. This is copy 35 of only 40 printed and SIGNED by both Althaus and Susan Baker who did the cover art. Additionally, this copy has been INSCRIBED by Althaus to fellow poet James..... More
Bright November (Inscribed First Book)
London: Fortune Press, 1943. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in black cloth of the author's scarce first book, a volume of poems. Lacking the rare dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by Amis "To ____, Kingley Amis" Signed by Author. More
A Case Of Samples; Poems 1946 - 1956
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. First UK edition. 71 pp. A selection from the first 10 years of the author's verse. Light shelfwear. A sound very good or better copy in black cloth covers with slight dulling of spine lettering. The price-intact dustwrapper has some..... More
Diversifications; Poems
New York: W. W. Norton, 1975. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Stated first edition. 98 pp collection of shorter poems by the author of Expressions of Sea Level and numerous other collections. A fine clothbound book in clipped, but otherwise fine dustwrapper. This collection won both the 1973 National Book Award..... More
Garbage (Signed and Inscribed Copy)
New York: W. W. Norton, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. First printing of this poetry collection by Ammons that won the National Book Award, 121 pp. Faint blemish to the front panel, else a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper with $17.95 circular price sticker on the inside..... More
The Selected Poems - Expanded Edition
New York: W. W. Norton, 1986. First edition thus. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. A 119 pp poetry collection. A few light spots to page edges else a fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
The Snow Poems
New York: W. W. Norton, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Navy cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 292 pp. A dense collection of poems by the author of Uplands and Briefings. A handsome near fine copy in clipped, but otherwise near fine dustwrapper. More
Sumerian Vistas
New York: W. W. Norton, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. A 128 pp poetry collection. A few light spots to page edges else a fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
Prate City (with 1 Page Handwritten Note)
Los Angeles: Working Notes of February, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume of poems by Anderson. 69 pp. A near fine copy in bound illustrated wrappers. laid into this copy is a brief handwritten note from the poet. More
It As It (Signed by Buczak)
New York: Unmuzzled Ox, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Tall illustrated wrappers. A collaboration between Andre (Editor of Unmuzzled Ox) and Buczak. The colophon calls for 100 copies. This copy is labeled AP 10/10 and is SIGNED by Buczak. (However, signature is a photo-copy as the author passed away before the..... More