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The Pleasures of Irish Nature Poetry 9th C.-18thC. (SIGNED COPY) by: Malachi McCormick
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The Pleasures of Irish Nature Poetry 9th C.-18thC. (SIGNED COPY)
by: Malachi McCormick

Softcover. NY, Stone Street Press, 1st , 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green paper wrappers with illustrated label on front. SIGNED BY MCCORMICK on (C) page Lino cut Illustrations, calligraphy & translation by McCormick. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 385877

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Now I Become Myself by: May Sarton
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Now I Become Myself
by: May Sarton

Softcover. Burlington VT, Rumble Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 28 pages, plain stiff white paper wraps, outer layer of light purple rice paper with title label pasted on front, pages tied with string at spine, hand printed by Bruce Conklin, #82/400 copies, poems of self-awareness published in celebration of Sarton's eightieth birthday, Clean copy.

Record # 385878

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Straight Astray (SIGNED COPY) by: Zanelli, Alessio
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Straight Astray (SIGNED COPY)
by: Zanelli, Alessio

Softcover. Leicester UK, Troubador Publishing Ltd, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, glossy wrappers, 104 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. Clean copy.

Record # 385907

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Nakedness, Death, and the Number Zero by: Brooks Haxton
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Nakedness, Death, and the Number Zero
by: Brooks Haxton

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 81 pages. A very clean, tight copy. The critically acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton embraces life, from our naked beginnings to the first signs of middle age and beyond, in this inviting collection of poems. The book opens with the dramatic birth of twins, and speaks in the intimate voice of a husband, father, and poet. Diverse products of the imagination pass through Haxton's generous mind--the mysterious number zero, Milton's "Lycidas," nuclear technology--even as he captures the humor and pathos of the everyday. In these brief, exquisite lyrics, meditations, and short stories in verse, he immerses his reader in the heat of teenage rivalry and friendship, the tender comedy of sex, and the amazements of the natural world.

Record # 386109

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Poem of Empedocles: A text and translation with an introduction - Revised Edition by: Inwood, Brad (Empedocles)
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The Poem of Empedocles: A text and translation with an introduction - Revised Edition
by: Inwood, Brad (Empedocles)

Softcover. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 334 pages. This revised edition of The Poem of Empedocles (1992) integrates substantial new material from a recently discovered papyrus and published by A. Martin and O. Primavesi. The papyrus contains evidence of over seventy lines or part lines of poetry, of which more than fifty are both new and usable. The integration of this material into the previously known fragments has significant impact on our understanding of Empedocles, one of the most influential philosophers and poets of antiquity. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 386131

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Selected Later Poems by: Williams, C.K.
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Selected Later Poems
by: Williams, C.K.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2015 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 249 pages. The last book of poems published during Williams lifetime. Williams won a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards for previous collections. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Record # 386474

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Sonnets to a Red Haired Lady By a Gentleman with a Blue Beard and Famous Love Affairs by: Don Marquis
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Sonnets to a Red Haired Lady By a Gentleman with a Blue Beard and Famous Love Affairs
by: Don Marquis

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1sr, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in faded blue boards with a black cloth spine, title label on front cover. 138 pages, humorous poetry with fabulous b/w illustrations by Stuart Hay. The author was a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, supposed authors of humorous verse. Despite cover fading, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387217

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Leaves of Grass by: Walt Whitman /Robinson, Boardman (Illustrator)
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Leaves of Grass
by: Walt Whitman /Robinson, Boardman (Illustrator)

Hardcover. NY, Modern Library, 1st thus, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, this is the first edition in the Illustrated Modern Library series, 410 pages with Index of First Lines & About the Artist in rear, blank endpapers. quarter green cloth over boards covered in pastel decorative green paper, with red title box to spine, edged & lettered in bright gilt. Housed in a green cardboard slipcase with a color illustration pasted to the front. Minor wear to corners of slipcase. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 387236

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Tahl (SIGNED AND CORRECTED BY HAND) by: Jeremy Ingalls

Tahl (SIGNED AND CORRECTED BY HAND)
by: Jeremy Ingalls

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine and front cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. Additionally with a note to the title page stating she has hand-corrected some 20 errors in the printed text, unique thus. An epic poem "on the lives of a young composer-aviator and his intimates and casual acquaintances the accumulated wisdom and lore of the world in which we live." Winner of the Yale Poetry Award. No dust jacket. Mildred Dodge Jeremy Ingalls was an American poet and scholar of Chinese literature. In 1943, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship to work on her major poem, The Thunder Saga of Tahi, this being the result. Spine gilt faded.

Record # 387653

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

The Woman from the Island: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Ingalls, Jeremy
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The Woman from the Island: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Ingalls, Jeremy

Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with closed tears to rear panel. 147 pages. INSCRIBED BY INGALLS on the front fly leaf. Owner's small stamp on same page.

Record # 387656

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Selected Poems of Ruben Dario: A Bilingual Anthology by: Dario, Ruben/ Acereda, Alberto & Derusha, Will (translators)
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Selected Poems of Ruben Dario: A Bilingual Anthology
by: Dario, Ruben/ Acereda, Alberto & Derusha, Will (translators)

Hardcover. Lewisburg/London, Bucknell University Press / Associated University Presses,, 3rd pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 268 pages. "Ruben Dario" is the pseudonym of Felix Ruben Garcia Sarmiento. He was born in Metapa, Nicaragua (today known as Ciudad Dario) in January 18, 1867. Dual Spanish/English text. Clean, bright copy. Dario is possibility the poet who has had the greatest and most lasting influence in twentieth century Spanish literature. He has been praised as the prince of Castilian letters.

Record # 397507

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Living Instead: Poems by: Bronk, William
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Living Instead: Poems
by: Bronk, William

Hardcover. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 97 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 397574

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

To Drink Boiled Snow by: Caroline Knox
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To Drink Boiled Snow
by: Caroline Knox

Hardcover. Seattle, Wave Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 49 pages. She is often obscure, but her allusions are as much a sign of camaraderie as of scholarly pretension, her poems a pert crystallization impossible in more narrative poetry," The New Yorker. Caroline Knox once again demonstrates that she is a master at lyrical billiards, sending all levels of diction in surprising and comedic directions. No subject matter is off-limits for her examination. Her vast range of experiment is exciting, and the ensuing poems are games, dreams, and riddles. This collection is art on the page for the eye and the ear. Clean copy.

Record # 397579

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The King of Childhood: A Sequence by: Goedicke, Patricia
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The King of Childhood: A Sequence
by: Goedicke, Patricia

Softcover. Lewiston ID, Confluence Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. This chapbook is clean and unmarked in very good condition. Unpaginated. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Record # 397585

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Listen, Love by: Patricia Goedicke
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Listen, Love
by: Patricia Goedicke

Softcover. Daleville IN, Barnwood Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 102 pages. Frontis of Goedicke and her husband, author Leonard Wallace Robinson. Clean copy.

Record # 397586

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Selected Poems by: Margaret Atwood
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Selected Poems
by: Margaret Atwood

Softcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 240 pages. Clean. bright copy.

Record # 397595

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Star Ledger (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Lynda Hull
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Star Ledger (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Lynda Hull

Softcover. Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 91 pages. INSCRIBED BY HULL on the title page. Previous owner's name on the front fly leaf. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397600

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Almost Invisible (SIGNED COPY) by: Mark Strand
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Almost Invisible (SIGNED COPY)
by: Mark Strand

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY STRAND on the title page. Clean, like new.

Record # 397601

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Wampanoag Traveler: Being in Letters the Life and Times of Loranzo Newcomb American and Natural Historian by: Brendan Galvin
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Wampanoag Traveler: Being in Letters the Life and Times of Loranzo Newcomb American and Natural Historian
by: Brendan Galvin

Softcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 43 pages. A book-length poem, Wampanoag Traveler, is told from the point of view of one Loranzo Newcomb, a fictional eighteenth - century natural historian, gardener, lone wanderer, fabulist, and failed lover. The poem is arranged in fourteen sections that deal variously with such subjects as gardening, the mystical delirium that follows a poisonous snakebite, failed love, hummingbirds and skunks, and the young Newcomb's apprenticeship to a "birdmaster" who bears a close resemblance to Audubon. Clean, like new.

Record # 397602

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Winter Oysters by: Galvin, Brendan
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Winter Oysters
by: Galvin, Brendan

Softcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 75 pages. Galvin's 4th book, his photo on back cover. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397603

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Air's Accomplices: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Brendan Galvin
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The Air's Accomplices: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Brendan Galvin

Softcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 81 pages. INSCRIBED BY GALVIN on the title page. The Air's Accomplices vividly evokes poet Brendan Galvin's love for the rugged landscapes of Cape Cod and Ireland and their elusive inhabitants. Weaving themes of death, migration, and aging into an exploration of the natural world, Galvin's work reflects a deep engagement with the places he and his family have called home, as well as with the triumphs and tragedies of human life. Faint corner crease to cover. Clean copy.

Record # 397604

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Ley Lines II by: Mark Young
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Ley Lines II
by: Mark Young

Softcover. Sandy Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages. Clean, like new.

Record # 397605

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Fruits and Vegetables by: Erica Jong
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Fruits and Vegetables
by: Erica Jong

Softcover. NY, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 86 pages. Author's first book. Blurbs by Mark Strand, Robert Pack, John Logan, Michael Benedikt. Stated First Edition, the hardcover was published simultaneously. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397620

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Bad Boats by: Laura Jensen
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Bad Boats
by: Laura Jensen

Hardcover. NY, Ecco Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. (American Poetry Series; Volume 13). The author's first published collection of poetry. small closed tear to dust jacket, clean copy.

Record # 397621

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

M: One Thousand Autobiographical Sonnets (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Merrill Moore
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M: One Thousand Autobiographical Sonnets (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Merrill Moore

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. Frontispiece illustration by Rockwell Kent. 1000 pages plus commentary in rear by John Crowe Ransom, William Carlos Williams and others. Previous owner's name on title page, gutter loose at title page. Rear hinge cracked. Clean copy.

Record # 397622

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Songbirds of the Nine Rivers (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Zaccardi, Joseph
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Songbirds of the Nine Rivers (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Zaccardi, Joseph

Softcover. San Francisco, Sixteen Rivers Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 101 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Clean copy.

Record # 397624

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Funny Ways of Staying Alive (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Barnstone, Willis
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Funny Ways of Staying Alive (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Barnstone, Willis

Hardcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 121 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the half-title page. Clean copy.

Record # 397628

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Sky by: Benedikt, Michael
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Sky
by: Benedikt, Michael

Softcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 90 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397631

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Night Cries by: Benedikt, Michael
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Night Cries
by: Benedikt, Michael

Softcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 87 pages. Name on front fly leaf, clean copy.

Record # 397632

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Best Poems of 1972 Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards 1973 by: N/A
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Best Poems of 1972 Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards 1973
by: N/A

Softcover. Palo Alto CA, Pacific Books, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 134 pages. Contains 78 poems of 71 poets. The 25th annual volume published in the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards series. Clean copy.

Record # 397633

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Last Words by: Antler
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Last Words
by: Antler

Softcover. NY, Available Press/Ballantine, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 191 pages. Last Words is the first major collection of poems by a Milwaukee poet born soon after World War II who reached maturity during the late 1960s. It contains his highly acclaimed epic "Factory,"described by Allen Ginsberg as "a definitely powerful epic by one of Whitman's 'poets and orators to come.'" Antler was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He "worked his way through college" in various factories. As John Muir left the University of Wisconsin at Madison for "the University of the Wilderness" in 1863, Antler left the Milwaukee campus for the same destination in 1973. Besides factories, he has explored wildernesses in Upper Peninsula Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Colorado, and California. Clean copy.

Record # 397636

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Darwin's Ark: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Appleman, Philip
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Darwin's Ark: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Appleman, Philip

Hardcover. Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a edgeworn dust jacket with light fading. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. Poems that deal with Darwin's voyages, evolution, ecology, natural selection, and animals. Illustrations by Rudy Pozzatti. No markings.

Record # 397637

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Nada Poems by: Cope, David (Ed.)

Nada Poems
by: Cope, David (Ed.)

Softcover. Grandville MI, Nada Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. Contributors include William Burroughs, Jr., Antler, Anne Waldeman. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397638

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Poetics Journal 6 (Number 6, 1986) - Marginality:Public and Private Language by: Watten, Barrett, and Lyn Hejinian (eds.), Bob Perelman, Bruce Andrews, Jackson Mac Low
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Poetics Journal 6 (Number 6, 1986) - Marginality:Public and Private Language
by: Watten, Barrett, and Lyn Hejinian (eds.), Bob Perelman, Bruce Andrews, Jackson Mac Low

Softcover. Berkeley CA, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. Middle issue of this great book-format review edited by Barrett Watten and Lyn Hejinian. Clean, unmarked copy. Contributors include Jackson Mac Low, Lydia Davis, Bruce Andrews, Fanny Howe, Johanna Drucker, Bob Perelman, Jed Rasula, Rae Armantrout, Michael Davidson, Kit Robinson, Peter Seaton, Beverly Dahlen, Stephen Ratcliffe, Norman Fischer, George Lakoff, Paul Hoover, Larry Price, Claire Phillips, Andrew Ross, Michael Amnasan, and Watten.

Record # 397640

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Instructions for Undressing the Human Race by: Alegria, Fernando
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Instructions for Undressing the Human Race
by: Alegria, Fernando

Softcover. Santa Cruz CA, Kayak Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, original illustrated yellow wrappers. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. by Matta. In Spanish (the poet was born in Chile) with English versions on facing pages by Matthew Zion and Lennart Bruce. Printed on blue and pink paper and profusely illustrated. One of 800 copies.

Record # 397641

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

The Hurricane Lamp by: Anderson, Jack
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The Hurricane Lamp
by: Anderson, Jack

Softcover. Trumansburg,NY, self-published, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wraps, unpaginated. First printing of this early collection of verse by Anderson, also known as a dance critic. Saddle stapled pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild toning to wraps' edges. Small name on title page.

Record # 397642

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Passion Maps (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Adrianne Kalfopoulou
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Passion Maps (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Adrianne Kalfopoulou

Softcover. Los Angeles, Red Hen Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Record # 397645

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Sea and Sussex (SIGNED COPY) by: Rudyard Kipling/Donald Maxwell
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Sea and Sussex (SIGNED COPY) by: Rudyard Kipling/Donald MaxwellSea and Sussex (SIGNED COPY) by: Rudyard Kipling/Donald Maxwell

Sea and Sussex (SIGNED COPY)
by: Rudyard Kipling/Donald Maxwell

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages. Hardcover. "This is one of five hundred large paper copies printed in 1926". SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING. Full color tipped-in illustrations by Donald Maxwell. Moderate foxing to endpapers, light foxing to some pages and a few illustrations. Dust jacket with foxing, some light chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover.

Record # 397653

Price: $400.00
Price: $400.00 

Mole Notes by: Michael Benedikt
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Mole Notes
by: Michael Benedikt

Softcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 132 pages, b&w illustrations. First edition, issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition. Clean copy.

Record # 397672

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

From a Soft Angle: Poems About Women (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Berge, Carol
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From a Soft Angle: Poems About Women (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Berge, Carol

Hardcover. Indianapolis/New York, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, rubbed dust jacket, 190 pages. INSCRIBED BY BERGE on the front fly leaf to Roger (Mitchell), fellow poet and teacher. Clean copy.

Record # 397673

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Some Verses by: Hay, Helen
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Some Verses
by: Hay, Helen

Hardcover. Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in the publisher's original paper covered boards. Title paste-down on front and back covers. Beautiful illustration in green on title page. This collection of 50 sonnets and poems was written by American poet, writer and philanthropist Helen Hay. The collection includes poems such as 'The Days', 'Throne and Altar' and 'In the Mist'. Helen Julia Hay Whitney (March 11, 1875 - September 24, 1944) was an American poet, writer, racehorse owner/breeder, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a member by marriage of the Whitney family of New York. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 397678

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

China Poems (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Barnstone, Willis
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China Poems (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Barnstone, Willis

Hardcover. Columbia MO, University of Missouri Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange paper covered boards with purple cloth spine and gold spine title, 64 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the half title page. Also card-size poem ("Billy Budd") laid in with envelope, signed by Barnstone. Clean , bright copy.

Record # 397682

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

That Beauty Still by: Bronk, William
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That Beauty Still
by: Bronk, William

Softcover. Providence RI, Burning Deck, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 pages, oblong stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies on Strathmore Pastell paper. Original silkscreen cover by Linda Lutes. This is an advance copy with publisher's note laid in, unnumbered. Tanning to spine edge, clean copy.

Record # 397683

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Nine Worthies by: Knox, Caroline
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Nine Worthies
by: Knox, Caroline

Softcover. Seattle, Wave Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 45 pages. Limited to 400 copies. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397684

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Regions with No Proper Names by: Allen, Dick
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Regions with No Proper Names
by: Allen, Dick

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 81 pages. Clean copy. Poet's second collection; he was a professor at The University of Bridgeport.

Record # 397685

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Tuning by: Antin, David
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Tuning
by: Antin, David

Softcover. NY, New Directions, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 296 pages. A collection of Antin's staggering, tightly controlled yet freewheeling improvisatory performance-poem talks. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397687

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Talking at the Boundaries by: Antin, David
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Talking at the Boundaries
by: Antin, David

Softcover. NY, New Directions, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 276 pages. A collection of eight talk poems that were previously only performed spontaneously, by American poet and performance artist, David Antin. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397688

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Stickball on 88th Street (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Barnstone, Willis
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Stickball on 88th Street (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Barnstone, Willis

Softcover. Boulder CO, Colorado Quarterly, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 83 pages. A Bonus Issue of Colorado Quarterly August 1978. INSCRIBED BY BARNSTONE on the title page. Illustrated by Karmen Effenberger. Clean copy.

Record # 397690

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Benedikt: A Profile by: Benedikt, Michael
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Benedikt: A Profile
by: Benedikt, Michael

Softcover. Tucson AZ, Grilled Flowers Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, includes critical essays by Louis Gallo and Alan Ziegler, an interview by Naomi Shihab, and a preface and portfolio of 18 new poems by Benedikt. 75 pages. INSCRIBED BY BENEDIKT on title page. Also signed on copyright page in red. Clean copy.

Record # 397691

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Let There Be Light: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Appleman, Philip
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Let There Be Light: Poems (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Appleman, Philip

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY APPLEMAN on the half-title page. Clean copy.

Record # 397692

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 


  

Used & Rare Poetry Books

Browse a rotating selection of used, rare and out-of-print poetry, spanning modern American verse, anthologies and scholarly studies. Coverage moves between twentieth-century voices, experimental work and regional collections, with the occasional bilingual or Spanish-language title. You will find collected and uncollected editions, small-press printings and author-signed copies gathered from private collections.

Recent listings include David Bottoms' In a U-Haul North of Damascus, Yvor Winters' Primitivism and Decadence: A Study of American Experimental Poetry, Richard Eberhart's The Long Reach: New & Uncollected Poems, and Ernesto Cardenal's Oracion por Marilyn Monroe. Regional volumes such as Poets and Poetry of Vermont and Theodore Weiss's collected poems round out the shelf.

Because much of the stock is single copies, condition and availability vary, as with any used and rare material, and signed or first editions come and go. Browse the collection and order online.