Urbana: The Soybean Press, 2008. First Edition. 36 pp. Fine in green stapled wraps. Published to accompany an exhibition held in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, October 6-31, 2008, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Essays to accompany the exhibition curated by Christopher D. Cook, Chatham Ewing, and..... More
Sausalito, CA: The Post-Apollo Press, 1982. First Edition. [36 pp.]. VG+ stapled glossy wraps (sticker residue on rear cover, soiling). Lebanese-born experimental and surrealist poet and artist Adnan's first book of poetry in English, written in April 1979 in New York following the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Adnan's partner..... More
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1995. First Edition. Near Fine illustrated glossy wraps. 77 pp. Praise from Hayden Carruth, Richard Eberhart, Richard WIlbur, and Karl Shapiro. More
Port Townsend, WA: Dragon Gate, 1981. First Printing. VG+ illustrated softcover (paper clip ghost to front cover and first page, toning and light rubbing). Cover painting by Carl Morris. 66 pp. Praise from William Meredith. The second book of poetry from this poet of the Pacific Northwest. More
New York: George Braziller, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine in VG+ unclipped dustjacket (partial sticker on rear, one small edge tear). Pulitzer Prize winner Simic's ninth book of poetry, from the Braziller Series of Poetry. More
New York: Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 37 pp. VG+ softcover (sticker ghost, toning). Cover design and inner graphics by Katherine Ekau Amoy Hall. 37 pp. Poems by Filipino political prisoner Aguilar. Audre Lorde, who provides the Introduction, writes, "As a woman of Color..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1989. First Edition. 73 pp. Vover design by Lisa Diercks. Introduction by Carolyn Forche. VG+ illustrated softcover (toning to spine). Winner of the 1988 Barnard New Women Poets Prize. Praise from Maxine Kumin and George Starbuck. More
Revere, PA: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd., 1983. First Printing. VG+ rust colored sewn wrappers with title label pastedown (sunning, edgewear). One of 300 copies (150 for sale) SIGNED by Pound at colophon. Hand-set and printed letterpress by R.T. Risk at Francestown, NH. Laid in is a "Compliments of J. Howard Woolmer" (publisher)..... More
WIllimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1994. First Edition. 63 pp. Near Fine in illustrated wraps (a touch of rubbing). Introduction by Carolyn Forché. Praise from Oliver Stone ("Bowen captures the spirituality of Vietnam"), Tim O'Brien, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Maxine Hong Kingston. Bowen served in Vietnam from 1968-1969. More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995. First Edition. 56 pp. Near Fine illustrated softcover. Robert Pinsky and David St. John praise. Winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Contest. Estes book Tryst was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize. More
Berkeley: Listening Chamber, 1994. First Edition. 114 pp. Near Fine illustrated wraps. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "for A.L. finally a different (?) book. Norma Cole." One of a total of 600 copies (12 were signed editions by the author and artist Jess, although this copy of..... More
New York: Knopf, 1992. First Paperback Edition. 83 pp. Review Copy, with slip laid in. Near Fine pictorial wraps. More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1992. First Edition. 82 pp. VG+ or better illustrated softcover (small bump and loss at lower edge of cover). Praise from Maxine Kumin, Mary Oliver, Linda Pastan, and Howard Nemerov. Part of the University of Central Florida Contemporary Poetry Series. More
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1994. First Edition. 97 pp. VG+ or better illustrated softcover (a touch of soiling, rear corner crease). A poetry collection by this Asian-American author, with praise from Gwendolyn Brooks and Adrienne Rich. More
Glendo, WY: High Plains Press, 1995. First Edition. Near Fine Softcover and jacket. 72 pp. May Sarton and Teresa Jordan praise. More
Takoma Park, MD: Dryad Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 85 pp. Near Fine. A collection of poems and winner of the Camden Poetry Award. Praise from Howard Nemerov and Lucille Clifton. More
Towson, MD: Chestnut Hills Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine pictorial softcover. Edwin Honig blurb. Fein was author of Kafka's Ear. More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994. First Edition. 110 pp. Near Fine hardcover (no dustjacket as issued). His first full-length collection of poems. He is the father of Rebecca Skloot, author of the award-winning The immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which spent more than a year on The New York..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine in a VG+ dustjacket (toning to edges of flaps, small stain on front near title). 42 pp. The author's first book of poetry. More
New York: Gotham Books, 2011. First Printing. SIGNED by Hijuelos on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine Dustjacket. His first work of nonfiction. Hijuelos, who died in 2013, won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. First Edition. SIGNED on the title page by two contributors: Bobbie Ann Mason and Ellease Southerland. VG+ in an about VG unclipped dustjacket (toning to flaps, light staining to lower edge, light wrinkling and rubbing). Other contributors include Padgett Powell, Barry Hannah..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition. SIGNED by Conroy on the title page. VG or better (slight spine lean, top edge starting, three wrinkled pages) in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (wrinkling and tear to top edge of spine). From the author of The Boo and The Great Santini, this..... More
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009. First Edition. SIGNED by Conroy on second front endpaper. Fine/Fine, with Autoraphed Copy sticker on dustjacket. A novel from the author of The Prince of Tides and Beach Music. More
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED by Conroy on the title page. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket. A superb copy of Conroy's account of his 1966-1967 basketball season at The Citadel. More
