The Death of Jayson Porter
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed first printing of Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Adoff's young adult novel in verse. Remainder mark on bottom edge.
Poetry
The Trouble with Humpadori
The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, 2016. First Thus. Paperback. This is a scarce first paperback edition of the narrative, experimental poetry cycle inscribed by the poet.
Our Fear
Cultural Society, 2013. Paperback. This is a scarce book of poetry inscribed by the author on title page. Minor wear to corners.
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest; 308 Dream Songs
Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. This is a rare first printing of Berryman's National Book Award-winning continuation of his Dream Songs cycle. Like his previous work, 77 Dream Songs which won the Pulitzer Prize, His Toy is one of the definitive volumes of narrative...
The Unpositioned Parts
Monster House Press, 2017. Paperback. This is a scarce collection of short fiction inscribed by the author on title page. Appears unread.
Studi di critica boiardesca
Federico & Ardia, 1994. Paperback. In Italian. This is a critical study of Italian Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo. Stain on front cover and some edge wear.
The Brownings: Letters and Poetry
International Collectors Library. Hardcover. This is a limited edition reprint of the classic from International Collectors Library. Complete with insert and ribbon. ICL books were published in octavo format from the 1940s-1980s and bound in faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration, each volume based on a specific classic book.....
Farm Ballads and City Ballads (set of 2)
Harper and Brothers, 1882/1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Initials JMT written in ink inside both back covers. Both spines are cracked, but no pages are loose. Comes with a handwritten note found tucked into Farm Ballads: "Belonged to Andrew H. Shaw, my father. They were old when he bought them. Farm...
Selected Poems of Andree Chedid
Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. Cloth. No jacket as issued. In French and English. This is a scarce dual-language collection of Chedid's poetry. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Small scratch on back cover, but in very good condition overall.
Avenues of Song
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...
Poems and Verses
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...
Illustrated Home Book of Poetry and Song
R.S. Peale, 1883. Cloth. Front cover is loose at binding, which was repaired with scotch tape by previous owner. Would recommend removing the tape. Edges rubbed and torn all around, especially corners, but binding is sound. Mild soiling throughout. With 60 full-page steel and woodcut engravings. A very handsome family...
Gathering the Tribes
Yale University Press, 1976. Paperback. Association copy. Inscribed on title page: "For Felix Pollak, a brother poet- best wishes, Carolyn Forche, March, 1977" Forche is a legend in her own right, but Pollak was, in addition to being an accomplished poet, a publisher, translator, and anti-war activist of great renown. His...
Love's Aspects; The World's Greatest Love Poems
International Collectors Library. Hardcover. This is a limited edition reprint of the classic from International Collectors Library. Complete with insert and ribbon. ICL books were published in octavo format from the 1940s-1980s and bound in faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration, each volume based on a specific classic book.....
When Day Is Done
Reilly & Lee Co., 1921. Cloth. Second printing of the first edition, October 1921. Previous owner's inscription on back of half title. A small, handsome volume of Guest's poetry bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge.
New England History in Ballads
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.
Gott schütze Dich! (God bless you!); Eine Mitgabe fürs Leben aus den Schätzen christlicher Dichtkunst von A. Heintzeler, Dekan.
1898. Cloth. In German. This is a book of Christian poetry by various poets. A beautiful old book bound in red cloth with gilt and gray and black embossed decorations and lettering. Gilt edges, decorative endpapers, and a blue silk ribbon laid inside. Many lovely black and white illustrations throughout...
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-...
Book of Poetry
Hunan Publishing House, 1992. Hardcover. In Chinese and English. This is a collection of 5 books of ancient Chinese poetry in one volume. With commentary and side-by-side translations. A scarce, beautifully designed edition.
The Ink-Stone: A P.G. Wodehouse Haiku Book
Vantage Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. This is a stated first edition of Isaacson's curious collection juxtaposing Wodehouse excerpts with 20th century Japanese haiku poems. Corners are bumped, and dust jacket has a fair amount of sunning and chipping around edges.
Selected Poems
Progress Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. In Russian and English. This is a scarce collection of poems by Soviet Tatar poet Jalil who was executed by Nazis in 1944. With original silk ribbon attached. Corners are rather bumped.
Day
BlazeVOX; The Figures, 2003. First Edition. Paperback original. A literal work of avant garde art in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp, conceptual poet Kent Johnson's "book" deftly straddles the line between art and theft. In its simplest state, this is a copy of the 836-page poem Day by Kenny Goldsmith...
The Poems of John Keats
Limited Editions Club, 1966. Gentleman, David. First Thus. Boards. In original slipcase and a protective rice paper overwrap. Top and side edge of pages have a stain, evidently from splashed coffee or tea. Interior and exterior otherwise fine. Numbered 1261 and signed by the illustrator David Gentleman on colophon page. Books...
The Works of Rudyard Kipling; One Volume Edition
Walter J. Black Company, 1928. Full leather. Leather has disintegrated along front edge of spine, so front cover is attached only at top. Edges are chipped and worn all around. Interior is quite nice despite some light foxing. This is an affordable leather-bound collection of Kipling's poetry, short stories, and...
Spoken Text
Left Hand Books, 1993. Paperback. This is a collection of Knowles' performance art scripts and conceptual poetry. Small amount of bending and rubbing on corners. Some soiling on top edge of back cover.