Poetry

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.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 6th pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 96 pages illustrated with spectacular watercolor-splashed pages by Meilo So. Here in one gloriously illustrated volume are 211 wonderful poems that represent the best this century has to offer. From sibling rivalry, school, monsters, food, and just plain silliness, to such ageless themes as the seasons, Who am I?, and the many moods of childhood, this is a collection that begs to be read aloud and shared with the whole family. The poems, from every decade of this century, showcase 137 famous poets.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 104 pages. SIGNED BY JACKSON on the title page. Clean.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 95 pages. Poems in 3 sections; I. Exiles (22 poems written between 1948 & 1958), with revisions & changes in titles. II. Tiger Lilies (25 Poems reprinted from A Roof of Tiger Lilies); III. The Alligator Bride: New Poems (24 Previously uncollected poems). Book review laid in. Red lettering in spine lightly faded. Clean copy

Softcover. Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 61 pages. SIGNED BY COLLINS on the title page. A collection which includes some of Collins' most anthologized poems, including "Introduction to Poetry," "Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House," and "Advice to Writers".

Hardcover. NY, Horizon Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 264 pages with index. Carnevali, an Italian poet, came to the USA, suffered poverty and illness, and returned to Italy. Some of his poems are included here. Clean copy.

Softcover. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 79 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth spine with yellow paper boards, black cloth tips on corners. Chipped paper label with title on spine. Covers have some toning and soiling but the volume is square with only light wear otherwise. Cullen's version of the famous English ballad, "The Brown Girl." Attractive production, with b&w illustrations by Cullen's brother.

Hardcover. NY, Exposition Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn jacket with fading to spine. B&w drawings by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Calla/Dover, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration, 352 pages. A magnificent treasury of popular folklore, this rare, hardcover compilation offers a bounty of delightful illustrations by Charles Robinson -- there are black-and-white illustrations on every page as well as 16 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Little Tom Tucker" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" to "Good King Arthur" and "Shave a Pig." A facsimile reproduction of the 1903 edition.

Hardcover. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 267 pages. In this original contribution to Elizabeth Bishop studies, Marilyn May Lombardi uses previously unpublished materials (letters, diaries, notebooks, and unfinished poems) to shed new light on the poet's published work. She explores the ways Bishop's lesbianism, alcoholism, allergic illnesses, and fear of mental instability affected her poetry--the ways she translated her bodily experiences into poetic form. Clean copy.

Softcover. Brunswick ME, Shanti Arts , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 121 pages. Poet J. R. Solonche adds The Book of a Small Fisherman to his impressive list of over thirty published poetry collections. His poems, says Chase Twichell, "are an extraordinary amalgam of wit, close observation, humor, and clear-seeing. Each one singles out and illuminates an ordinary moment-ordinary, that is, until the poet explodes into a miniature epiphany. Easy of access and frequently profound, J. R. Solonche's poems induce in me a state of delighted surprise."

Hardcover. Boston, Herbert B. Turner & Co., 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt, 4-3/8" x 6-5/8", 785 pages which includes Notes, Index of Authors, Index of First Lines. INSCRIBED BY BRAITHWAITE on front fly leaf. Covers worn, faded. Otherwise clean.

Softcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina , 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, cream paper covers with red and black titling, 137 pages. There is underlining and notations to text in red ink to about half the pages.

NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, first Printing with code letter "I-C" and "First Edition" printed on copyright page. Paper label on spine, three quarter black cloth with blue paper over boards.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 84 pages. A reissue of Updike's first collection of poems, with a new foreword by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 435 pages. By a judicious use of psychoanalytic concepts, Richard Onorato interprets the Wordsworth revealed in the poem The Prelude and relates the problems of poetic autobiography to those of personality. Spine of dj darkened. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1882, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with red, black, and gilt embossed spine title, cover title, and bright cover illustration and decoration. Boards have beveled edges. All edges gilt. 70 pages, tissue-guarded frontispiece, 30 full-page illustrations; artists include A.B. Frost. Howard Pyle. Fredericks, J. S. Davis and others. A ballad written in Paris in 1841 at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon and is a narrative of French military history. Slender piece of cloth chipped away on rear cover, otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 274 pages. Nine lectures. Contents: Introductory; What is Meant by Tradition; The Molpe; Drama; Metre; Poetic Diction; Unity and Organic Construction; The Heroic Age; Hamlet and Orestes; Poetry; Index. Clean copy. Top of cloth spine frayed. Remnants of dust jacket laid in.

Hardcover. NY, The Vanguard Press, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY SITWELL to literary historian and critic Roger Shattuck on the front fly leaf.

Hardcover. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd. Ed., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pale yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, printed on handmade paper, frontispiece illustration by Pavel Tchelitchew with tissue guard. SIGNED BY SITWELL on the copyright page. #241 of 320 copies. 278 pages, clean, bright copy, errata slip tipped in. No dj or slipcase.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st , 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on brown square on spine. 466 pages. Of this collected verse, Auden writes that the poems here fall into two categories: pieces he has "nothing against except their lack of importance; these must inevitably form the bulk of any collection since, were he to limit it to the [other] class alone, to those poems for which he is honestly grateful, his volume would be too depressingly slim". No dust jacket, clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, Ltd. Ed., 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Eight hardcover volumes. The complete set published in an edition of 1060 copies. This set bound in gray boards with green cloth spines. Black lettering to spines, title pages in red and black, untrimmed edges. Mild wear to boards, Vol. 6 with cracked hinges and some pencil marking, otherwise a clean set. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.