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
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
New York: Self Published, 1978. About VG+ stapled illustrated wraps (by Eddie M. Granderson). 4 photographs by Billie Brown and drawings by Nash and Ditte Nielsen. 55 pp. Soiling and offsetting/sunning to covers with a small indentation near upper staple. INSCRIBED by the editor on the half-title page: “To the..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First Edition of Niatum’s second book, Volume 2 in the Harper & Row Native American publishing program. Fine in VG+ unclipped dustjacket (chipping at spine and modest shelfwear). INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Richard Eberhart on the title page: “for..... More
Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 1991. First Edition. 148 pp. Near Fine illustrated softcover. INSCRIBED on title page to now deceased fellow poet Tom Lux: "for Tom Lux in friendship and gratitude to a fellow poet for his support. Duane Niatum, Moon of Deep Snow, 1992." A nice association. More
Berkeley: Thorp Springs Press, 1975. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Eberhart and his wife: “Dick and Betty on the happy occasion of your visit to Alaska with love and fond wishes from all the Nickersons.” VG+ in pictorial wraps (scuffing and rubbing). Inserted is a one-page publisher’s promotional broadside..... More
Printed for E. Read Goodridge and Verno Sutcliffe at Silvermine Ct. December, 1929. 250 copies printed by Paul Johnston. Off green wraps, 4 pp. A limited edition of this 16-line poem by the prolific author and biographer and friend of Ezra Pound and e.e. cummings. Near Fine. Uncommon. Although not..... More
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974. VG+ or better illustrated wraps, side-stapled. (70 pp). Published at The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s In-The-Bowery, New York City. 26 copies were lettered and SIGNED by North and artist Jane Freilicher, this being copy F. A nice limited edition from the Adventures in Poetry..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975. 86 [2] pp. Near Fine (a touch of foxing to top page edges) in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a 1” closed tear on the rear panel. Illustrated by A.G. Smith, Jr. 52 poems in this early trade publication by Oates. More
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
Los Angeles: Southland Press, 1984. Near Fine, 29 [3] pp. stapled wraps with a touch of sunning. SIGNED by Porter and INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner Maxine Kumin: “Signed copy for Maxine Kumin (See p. 21) (Looking forward to hearing you at the O. Henry Patrons’ Dinner in Greensboro!) If..... 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
[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
Lyme Center, NH: The Giligia Press, 1872. First Edition. 144 pp. Photographs by G. Reed. VG+ softcover (rubbing, edgewear). With the beginning of Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic's ownership signature on ffep ("Char"). Simic often wrote himself of food and drink and lived in NH where this Press was located..... More
Long Beach, CA: RVargas, 1977. This first issue is #209 of 300 copies. [20] pp. VG+ in faded yellow stapled wrappers, with modest toning. Early appearance of Alberto Rios (finalist for National Book Award in 2002); other poets include Bukowski friend Gerald Locklin, Kirk Robertson (founder and editor of Scree..... More
Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sciences, 1974. First Edition. Book design by Elyn Parkin; pen and ink drawings by Rae Sampson. The five poets are Louis Dudek, Ralph Gustafson, Irving Layton, Al Purdy, and David Solway. SIGNED by Irving Layton on half-title page. Layton was twice-nominated for the Nobel..... More
Washington, D.C. The Armagh Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. 48 pp, illustrated, with a handwritten correction to a poem (p. 44) in the author’s own hand. Small softcover, VG+, with what looks to be an imprint of a paper clip that runs over the lower edge of the book..... More
New York: Knopf, 1992. First Paperback Edition. 83 pp. Review Copy, with slip laid in. Near Fine pictorial wraps. More
Peterborough, NH: Richard R. Smith Publishers, 1967. First Edition. 59 [5] pp. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with some light toning and edgewear. SIGNED by Sarton on second free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs of New Hampshire life by Eleanor Blair, Richard Frede, and Eric Sanford. More
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
New York: Random House, 1976. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket. A beautiful collection from this Pulitzer Prize winner. 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
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
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989. First Edition. 95 pp. Includes 33 paintings by DeLoss McGraw, many in color. Near Fine in dark crimson cloth in a Near Fine pictorial dustjacket with modest discoloration and shelfwear. SIGNED by Snodgrass on title page; additionally, this copy is INSCRIBED on verso of..... More
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