Forged Correspondences
Binghamton, NY: New Myths Press, 1995. Uncorrected Proof. 97 pp. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Author's first book of poetry. More
New Arrivals
Eve Names the Animals
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1985. First Edition. 69 pp. VG+ (toning to spine). The Boston author's first book of poetry, winner of the 1984 Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize. More
Child in the House
Sag Harbor, NY: Canio's Editions, 1994. First Edition. 88 pp. Introduction by David Ignatow. VG+ illustrated softcover (toning, bump and soiling to lower spine edge). A collection of poems from Butscher, also known for his biographies of Sylvia Plath and Conrad Aiken. More
The Fault; Number 13
Union City, CA: The Fault Press, 1980. VG+ stapled illustrated wraps (toning, edgewear). Stories, poetry, art, photography, and more from Erica van Horn, Blythe Ayne, W.S. Doxey, Robert Joe Stout, Linda Lemon, and more. More
In Every Seam
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover, 89 pp. Third collection by this African-American poet. More
The Arctic Herd
University, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1984. First Edition. VG+ softcover (toning to spine). Annie Dillard praise on rear cover for this Alaska poet. Author's second collection of poetry. More
Typed poem "Bat Cave" with Annotation in author's hand
Circa mid-1990s. A two-page stapled poem entitled "Bat Cave" by Eleanor Wilner, who has written below her name in top corner "and here's my response to our most recent war." The poem appeared in Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 1997). Folded in thirds. About Fine..... More
Monkey Shadows
Manchester: Carcanet, 1991. First Edition. 123 pp. Near Fine. A Poetry Book Society Recommendation sticker on front cover. The second collection of poetry from this Indian writer. More
Deep Within the Ravine
New York: Penguin, 1984. First Edition. 65 pp. Illustrated softcover. The Lamont Poetry Selection of the American Academy of Poets in 1984 (judged by Charles Simic, Louise Gluck, and David Wagoner. VG+ (shelfwear). More
Salmagundi; No. 80, Fall 1988
265 pp. Feature on Seamus Heaney, with an interview, an essay, and articles on the poetry by Helen Vendler, Jay Parini, and others. Also included is an interview with Czeslaw Milosz and contributions from Mark Edmundson, David Citino, David Bromwich, and Susan Kress. More
With the Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo
Bedford, NH: Igneus Press, 1993. First Edition. Drawings by Miriam Beerman. 66 pp., with an additional 15 page photographic essay on "The Faces of the Mothers." Maxine Kumin and May Sarton blurbs. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. More
Leaving Eden
Fox River Grove, IL: White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 1995. First Edition of the author's first collection of poetry. 24 pp. Cover art by Steven Obendorf. Near Fine in illustrated stapled wraps. Uncommon. More
Travelling Music
Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 1998. First American Printing. 88 pp. Near Fine illustrated softcover. Rear cover blurbs from Maxine Kumin and Marilyn Hacker. More
Here
[n.p.]: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994. First Edition of this African American's fourth book of poetry. Near Fine in Near FIne unclipped dustjacket. Robert Creeley, Clarence Major, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. blurbs. A long, single poem in three settings--the urban South, rural Ohio, and upstate New York at the border..... More
Practices of the Wind; A Magazine/Anthology of Poetry
Kalamazoo, MI: [n.p.], 1980. Edited by Nicolaus Waskowsky and David M. Marovich. Cover art by Bruce Doughty. INSCRIBED on title page by one of the editors to Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic, who contributes a poem: "To Charles Simic--Thank you for the fine contribution--I hope this is interesting enough to..... More
Meditations on the Insatiable Soul
New York: Harper Perennial, 1994. First Edtion. 83 pp. Near Fine softcover in illustrated wraps by the prolific poet and National Book Award winner. More
Wonders
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. First Edition. 79 pp. Near Fine a VG+ dustjacket (touch of rubbing). Winner of the Walt Whitman Award for 1978 (judged by Louis Simpson). Dustjacket praise from May Sarton, Maxine Kumin, and May Swenson. "With the Compliments of The Academy of American Poets" card..... More
April in December
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1988. Self published collection of 125 traditional sonnets in the classical form used by Edmund Spenser. Laid in is a SIGNED sheet by the North Carolina author asking the recipient to read the book and provide feedback. VG+ yellow stapled wraps (sunning and light wear). Uncommon. More
The Achievement of Richard Eberhart; A Comprehensive Selection of his Poems with a Critical Introduction
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. 86 pp. VG+ (rubbing and scuffing). Pen and ink drawing on rear cover by Richard Koppe. More
Odysseus Elytis, Selected Poems
New York: The Viking Press/Penguin, 1981. Near Fine softcover. 114 pp. Chosen and introduced by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. "With the Compliments of The Viking Press" slip laid in. More
The Time Traveler
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket. Laid in is the business card for Dutton's Senior Editor William Abrahams; at the top "with many thanks" is written in pen. More
Thank a Bored Angel
New York: New Directions, 1983. Near Fine in pictorial wraps. "With the compliments of The Publisher" slip laid in. Selected poems from the Pittsburgh native and National Book Award finalist. More