Poetry
The Book of the Dead Man
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 80 pp. Inscribed by Bell on half-title to fellow poet Rick Holinger. Pen notes by Holinger inside front cover and infrequent underlining throughout. This is a signed first edition poetry collection by late Iowa poet laureate Bell. More
Alpha.....Omega
Dallas: Royal Publishing Company, 1957. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 7.75"x5.5". Gold padded wraps with green lettering. 52 pp. Wraps lightly scuffed. Inscription inside front endpaper. This is an inscribed book of existential poetry, the only book published by this poet. More
Hello, Stranger; Beach poems
Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. A few of Hollinger's notes on front free endpaper, as well as a few..... More
In a Fugitive Season; A sequence of poems
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1980. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. More
The Other; Beach poems
Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. A few of Hollinger's unobtrusive text markings throughout. This is a signed first edition poetry book by former..... More
The Power of the Visible
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and North..... More
Some Versions of Silence
New York: Norton, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Signed on title page. This copy belonged to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. More
Starting Out for the Difficult World
New York: Harper and Row, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review..... More
Summer
Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and..... More
What I Think I Know
Chicago: Another Chicago Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by former Iowa poet laureate and..... More
Yes, Everything
Chicago: Another Chicago Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Association copy. Signed on title page and inscribed on half-title to Illinois poet Rick Hollinger, a friend of Dana's. A few of Hollinger's notes on front free endpaper, as well as a few..... More
Alliance, Illinois
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. 3" closed tear to front jacket cover. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. Also signed by Hollinger inside front cover. This..... More
Carnival
Granite Falls, MN: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. More
Cornfields
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. Also signed by Hollinger inside front cover. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet..... More
Electric Avenue
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. More
Home State
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. More
How High the Moon
Granite Falls, MN: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. More
I Want to Talk About You
Ellison Bay, WI: Cross+Roads Press, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Staple-bound wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. A very uncommon chapbook. More
Live at the Silver Dollar
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. Also signed by Hollinger inside front cover. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet..... More
Midlanders
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter. More
Sunflower County
Granite Falls, MN: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1994. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. Hollinger's signature and some of his notes inside front cover. This is a signed advance reading copy..... More
West of Chicago
Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. Also signed by Hollinger inside front cover. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet..... More
But What; Selected Poems
Oberlin College Press, 1988. First Thus. Paperback. Pen marks on title page and light underlining in introduction. Poems themselves are clean. Front cover is bent. Former owner wrote his name and date in top right of title page. Inscribed by both Herzberg and Kaufman, quite a rarity: "To Peter, Best-..... More
Finding My Voice; My journey to the West Wing and the path forward
New York: Viking Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 305 pp. Signed by author on bookplate. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a signed autobiography by Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama. More