And The Stars Were Shining
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Ashbery's sixteenth collection. A near fine example in white boards in very good dustwrapper. 100 pp. Nice copy overall. More
Poetry Books
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
Girls on the Run (Inscribed)
New York: Farrar, Straus, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 54 pp. A long single poem by Ashbery. A fine hardbound copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the poet and dated in 2000. More
Selected Poems
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Second issue. A pleasing near fine copy in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. 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
Sunrise In Suburbia
New York: Phoenix Bookshop, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition in decorated string tied wrappers. Letter K of 26 SIGNED copies. A New York School of poetry rarity. Signed by Author. 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
Us Dead Talk Love
Long Island City: MOMA PS1, 2013. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Stapled illustrated wrappers. A book published to coincide with a 2013 exhibition at MOMA PS1. An unpaginated volume of experimental writings. Fine condition. More
Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written (Signed)
No Place: Salamander Press, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Tall, narrow sewn wrappers. A limited edition of 200 copies of this uncommon poetry book. Faint toning to edges else a fine copy. This is number 143. SIGNED by Atwood. 31 pp. A handsome production. More
The Journals of Susanna Moodie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto in cardboard slipcase. First edition thus with memoir and drawings by Charles Pachter. Foreword by David Staines. The original text was written in 1980. Quarter navy cloth spine over illustrated boards. Book comes with a decorated hard paper slipcase. Book is... More
The Orators; An English Study (Galley Sheets)
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Third edition. Loose Sheets. 8vo. Loose galley sheets for the third edition of Auden's first major work. Very good condition. 102 pp. More
The Auerhahn Press Catalog 1962
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. 12mo. A very good copy in decorated stapled wrappers. Includes information on recently published poetry books including Destroyed Works by Philip Lamantia, Gold / Fish Signatures by Paul reps and more. More
Ground Work Selected Poems and Essays 1970-1979
London: Faber, 1990. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. A fine first UK edition (not issued in the US) of this collection of poems and essays. Fine price intact dustwrapper. More
Wall Writing
Berkeley: The Figures, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound volume. 61 pp. One of 500 copies comprising the first trade edition. An early collection of poems by Auster. Cover art by David Reed. The first few pages show a bit of rust remnants from an old paperclip that had formerly... More
Fragments From Cold (Inscribed)
Brewster: Parenthese, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. A poetry chapbook from early in Auster's writing career. Poems by Auster intersperced with sublime drawings by Norman Bluhm who also designed the wraparound covers. A near fine example. This copy has been enigmatically INSCRIBED by Auster "For David - Preparations for... More
Fits and Starts Selected Poems
Berkeley: Living Hand, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this poetry collection translated by Auster. A fine copy. Published as Living Hand 2. More
Malta The New Poetry
Malta: Klabb Kotba Maltin, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this collection of Maltese poetry. A very good trade paperback book. This copy INSCRIBED by Daniel Massa in 1972. More
Points / Counterpoints
Santa Fe: Fact-Simile, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. Special limited edition reprint of Baker's 1970/73 volume of poems. This is copy 4 of only 100 hand-numbered copies printed here in simple tape-bound wrappers with paper label afixed to the front cover. A fine example. More
The Mutant Daughter
New York: Buffalo Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Early book of poems by Ball. A very good copy in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Manual. No limitation stated. More
Kenward Elmslie A Bibliographical Profile (Signed by William C. Bamberger)
Flint: Bamberger Books, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 151 pp. A useful bibliography of the works of poet Kenward Elmslie. Near fine copy in bound wrappers. This copy SIGNED by the compiler. More
Rain Poems
New York: A Theo Publication, 1967. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Scarce book of poems by Banker. Tiny date stamp to front endpaper. Covers lightly soiled with age. Cover art by the poet. Very good overall in side-stapled wrappers. More