Washington DC: self-published, 1899. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Several illustrated and photographic plates throughout. 72 pp. plus 3 pp. "To the Delaware Indians" poem bound in. Scuffing to edges and sunning to spine. Ex-library, with stickers on spine and cover, stickers..... More
Boston: Privately printed by Nathan Haskell Dole, 1903. Boards. 8vo. Publisher's boards. French hand-pressed paper. Deckle edge. Frontispiece and art nouveau illustrated borders on each page. 214 pp. Hinges overopened and beginning to split. Paper covering spine is torn on one side. General edge wear. Contemporary signature inside front cover..... More
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. 101 pp. Lacks dust jacket. Inscribed on title page. This is a signed poetry collection by late British poet Ash. More
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
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Green decorative boards over black quarter cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 165 pp. No jacket. Edges and corners of boards scuffed. Light pencil underlining on several pages. This is a critical study of French poet Charles Baudelaire. More
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
Chicago: Big Table, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. 78 pp. including 5-ft. foldout poem bound in. No dust jacket. Ex-library with sticker and torn-out card pocket inside front cover and several "Discarded" stamps in front matter. This is a stated first printing of beat poet Carroll's..... More
This is a lot of 9 first edition poetry books by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. All are association copies inscribed to Dana's friend, Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Some have dog-eared..... More
Brick Row Book Shop Inc., 1926. First Edition. Boards. This is a small, elegantly bound volume from the mostly forgotten New York poet Duryee. In addition to being a poet, Duryee was also a civic leader and frequent contributor to the New Yorker. Corners and edges are worn, and pages..... More
Bruce Publishing Company, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. This is a very scarce first edition of Eden's final collection of poetry. Eden was an English poet whose verses often involved Catholic themes. In fact, this copy was former property of the Notre Dame convent in Milwaukee. It bears a few small..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Etchings throughout. 121 pp. Mild shelf wear to jacket. This is a stated first printing of Dr. Eiseley's collection of poetry about the natural world. More
Kobe, Japan: privately printed, 1956. First Edition. Large 8vo. Cream boards with title pastedown on spine and gilt device on front board. Hand-made paper. 41 pp. Signed below frontispiece portrait and numbered on colophon. Minor shelf wear with a few dark scuffs on front board. Small dent to spine. This..... More
This is a lot of 12 first edition poetry chapbooks and books by beloved Midwestern poet Etter, including uncommon first editions of Alliance, Illinois and I Want to Talk About You. All are association copies inscribed to Etter's friend, fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1893. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. 260 pp. Cock to spine. Minor shelf wear. Foxing to endpapers. 1895 owner's inscription on front free endpaper. This is an early printing of Field's collection of poetry for children. More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1888. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt decorations on spine and cover. All edges gilt. Many illustrations throughout. 403 pp. Minor scuffing to covers. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. This is a very attractive antique volume collecting illustrated short..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, [1901]. Hardcover. 12mo. Red flexible morocco with gilt lettering and decoration on cover. Top edge gilt. 70 pp. Minor shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is a leather-bound antique collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray, including Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. More
New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1883. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Quarter cloth with illustrated pastedown. Gilt stamped front cover. Illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear to covers. An excellent copy. This is a very attractive illustrated printing of Gray's elegy with a floral pastedown on front cover. More
New York: Monthly Review, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. In Spanish and English. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 223 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, withdrawal stamps on top and bottom block edges and endpapers, and remnants of card pocket on front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a...... More
Little, Brown & Co., 1904. Cloth. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and lovely green and white decoration. Some minor scuffing at top and bottom of spine, but an otherwise very well cared-for book. Owner's name and date 1910 on flyleaf. Illustrations and frontispiece by Hale's children..... More
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
Venice: Appresso Gio Battista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli, 1573. 2nd edition. Hardcover. In Italian and Latin. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 6. Elaborate printer's device depicting a cat between cherubs on title page. Collated and complete. [vi], 389 ff. Binder's copy. Front board loose, 1 inch chip from spine base, boards..... More
West Chester, PA: Riverstone, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Thread-bound wraps. 25 pp. 9 copies in OCLC. This is an uncommon poetry collection by Kentucky poet Hurlow, published in a limited run by Riverstone. More
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
New York: Voice / Hyperion, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 332 pp. Very minor shelf wear. Inscribed by Kennedy on title page. This is a first edition poetry anthology signed by the editor -- author and diplomat Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy. More
