‎Poetry‎

‎Fowler Charles‎

‎Prosography of a Phenomenal Reveler‎

‎Kenyon College Gambier OH: Pot-Hanger Press 1971. One of an unnumbered edition of 150 copies plus 26 copies lettered A-Z. SCARCE. Limited First Edition. Stitched Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Pot-Hanger Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005575

‎Carter Jared‎

‎Les Barricades Mysterieuses: Thirty-Two Villanelles‎

‎Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center 1999. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "This is copy 47 of one hundred first editions especially numbered and signed for release on Sunday 25 April 1999 by Jared Carter". Near Fine slight curl to front wrapper. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Cleveland State University Poetry Center Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005580 ISBN : 1880834405 9781880834404

‎Riley James Whitcomb‎

‎An Old Sweetheart of Mine‎

‎Indianapolis IN: Bowen - Merrill 1902. Near Fine cloth lightly rubbed at the tips sticker scar front end page. In original maroon decorative cloth gilt lettering wonderful Howard Chandler Christy illustrations. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Unpaginated pale red lettering at end pages. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Bowen - Merrill Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 005501

‎Frost Robert‎

‎Mountain Interval‎

‎New York: Henry Holt 1921. Second Edition copyright page states 1916 1921. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "Robert Frost Amherst & Ann Arbor". Although undated a mid-1920s signature. as Frost spent two years in Ann Arbor beginning in 1924 after receiving an appointment with the title Fellow in Letters at the University of Michigan. Lacking the scarce dust jacket the front panel of which is laid in the book is Very Good small hole to cloth near bottom of spine gilt at bottom of spine dulled minor rubs at corners of boards period Ann Arbor book store label rear paste down. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard of Frost from a plaster cast by Aroldo Du Chene. His third published collection of poetry which includes the poems "The Road Not Taken" "Christmas Trees" "In the Home Stretch" "Birches" "Snow" and "The Bonfire" among many others. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 005343

‎August Derleth Editor‎

‎Hawk & Whippoorwill; Poems of Man and Nature Vol. 3 Number 1 Spring 1962‎

‎London: Villiers Publications Ltd. 1962. SCARCE. Near Fine wrappers a bit foxed. Edited by August Derleth. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Villiers Publications Ltd. Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005356

‎Kopp Melisands; Pfingston Roger; Pflum Richard‎

‎Stoney Lonesome - 30 Poets‎

‎Bloomington IN: Nosferatu Press 1969. Near Fine faint foxing. The first issue of this SCARCE and influential poetry journal published only for a few years. Poets in this first issue include Philip Appleman Willis Barnstone Samuel Yellen Barriss Mills Felix Stefanile and David Wade. Also includes 4 concrete poems 2 by Mary Ellen Solt and 1 each by Nick Lindsay and Michael J. Phillips. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nosferatu Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005364

‎Marvin Malone Editor Charles Bukowski William Wantling Special Issue‎

‎The Wormwood Review: Number 15 Volume 4 Number 3‎

‎Storrs CT: The Wormwood Review Press 1964. SCARCE with special 8 page section printed on yellow paper featuring 7 poems by William Wantling and with a 2 page Gregory Corso print. Also features the poem "Practice" by Charles Bukowski and works by d.a. levy Carl Wyatt and Will Inman. Numbered 74 of 600 copies printed. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Wormwood Review Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005366

‎Mills Barriss‎

‎Occasions & Silences‎

‎Chesterfield England: Scrip Magazine 1964. Near Fine light toning to yellow wrappers. 18 pages. SCARCE an early collection of his works published individually in various poetry reviews and magazines. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Scrip Magazine Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005373

‎Poetry Broadsides Michael McClure / Brother Antoninus / Josephine Miles / Robert Duncan / Robert Creeley / David Meltzer / Den‎

‎Oyez #1 through #10 Complete Run of Auerhahn Press Broadsides Printed For Oyez‎

‎San Francisco: Auerhahn Press 1964. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good . Complete set of ten poetry broadsides published as Oyez #1 through #10 from the Auerhahn Press in 1964. The broadsides are all of slightly differeing measurements but roughly approx. 11 1/2 x 17" tall. Printed on thick deckle-edged paper. All of these are in better than very good condition with some light edgewear. Complete sets are not often found in the marketplace. Includes poems by McClure Duncan Olson Snyder and others. <br/><br/> Auerhahn Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 21818

‎Shapiro Karl‎

‎Trial of a Poet‎

‎New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1947. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page. Near Fine endpages faint browning in a Very Good dust jacket small edge chips and 2 chips mid-spine light rubbing. SIGNED copies of the First Trade Edition are SCARCE compared to the availability of the Signed Limited Edition. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reynal & Hitchcock Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 005128

‎Lowell Robert‎

‎The Mills of the Kavanaughs‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1951. First Edition 1951. Near Fine tiny bit of rub to cloth at bottom edge in a Very Good Plus dustjacket 1/2" triangular chip top edge rear panel front flap price-clipped. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Harcourt Brace & Co. Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 005001

‎Cocteau Jean‎

‎Morceaux Choisis Poemes‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1932. Very Good Plus most pages are uncut slight age toning to page edges slight wear to wrappers at lower spine end. . Eighth Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gallimard Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 004875

‎Rexroth Kenneth‎

‎The Spark in the Tinder of Knowing‎

‎Cambridge MA: Pym-Randall Press 1968. "This edition consists of 200 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Each copyhas been signed by the author. Design by Raquel Halty. August 1968 Copy Z." . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pym-Randall Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 004802

‎Engle Paul‎

‎American Child A Sonnet Sequence‎

‎New York: Random House 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Alice Edwards with Monmouth greetings. Paul Engle Oct. 1946." Additionally laid in is a Typed Postcard Signed dated Mar.25 1947 addressed to C.A. Owen who was a professor of English at the Monmouth College in Illinois that reads -" Iowa City March 23 1947 Dear Mr. Owen At Grinnell April 242526 there will be a writer's conference. I don't know all the speakers but I am talking the evening of April 24 John Crowe Ransom twice April 25 and Allen Tate twice April 26. Prof. Paul S. Wood at Grinnell College is the man to write to for exact information. My visit to Monmouth was a pleasant interlude of a rainy autumn week. I should like to come back again. I had the feeling you were doing a good job with that group of young students there. Keep it up. Sincerely Paul Engle." Book is Fine in a Very Good Minus dustjacket 1/2" chips at head of spine and bottom corner front panel vertical tear at spine fold separating the jacket into two parts virtually undetectable inside Brodart sleeve. A nice ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Random House Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004744

‎Lindsay Vachel‎

‎The Golden Whales of California and Other Rhymes in the American Language‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1920. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To Miss Grace and Miss Georgia Alexander- with every good wish- Nicholas Vachel Lindsay- Recital- November-1920. Contract ! ". Next 2 endpages with extensive handwritten provenance of this copy by former owner. Lacking the dustjacket Very Good in the variant gray cloth stamped in yellow and red spine faded and not legible top edge lightly soiled 2" tear top edge inscription page. The provenance indicates some relationship between the Alexander sisters and Lindsay. An interesting Presentation/Association copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Presentation Copy. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004748

‎Tayler The Rev. BW. Rogers B. W.‎

‎Alexandra and Other Poems; A Collection of Verses .Presentation Copy‎

‎Schenectady NY: The Author 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"The Hon. Will H. Hays Postmaster General with the compliments of the author. see page 304 BW Rogers Tayler". Page 304 contains the poem "Roosevelt's Last Message" which begins "Hays: see him! He must go to Washington." Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Reverend Tayler wrote this book during his tenure as Rector of St. George's Episcopal Church Schenectady from 1905-1924. Near Fine the slightest of cloth wear at the spine tips. A quite lovely Presentation Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second & Enlarged Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Presentation Copy. The Author Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004605

‎Carver Raymond‎

‎Afghanistan‎

‎Concord NH: William B. Ewert 1988. This poem previously appeared in "Where Water Comes Together with Other Water" published by Random House in 1985. One of 50 copies privately printed at the Firefly Press for William B. Ewert Publisher. Designed by John Kristensen. Created to honor Raymond Carver on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on May 18 1988. SIGNED by Carver. Near Fine small faint sticker shadow above title. . SIGNED. Limited Signed First Edition. Near Fine. 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Broadside. William B. Ewert unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 004569

‎Lowell James Russell‎

‎The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell with Illustrations‎

‎Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin 1892. Association Copy inscribed on front endpage -"Presented to Willie H. Hays on his graduation May 29th 1896 by his friends Dr. and Mrs. Mathis Carlisle Indiana". Will Willie H. Hays was born in 1879 making this a high school graduation gift. Hays went on to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. A unique bit of Hollywood history from the estate of "the most feared man in Hollywood" ! Book is Very Good Plus with tiny rubs at tips of cloth. Decorative red cloth all edges gilt. . Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004558

‎Riley James Whitcomb‎

‎Poems Here at Home - Birthday Dinner Edition - ASSOCIATION COPY‎

‎Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1915. "Indiana is proud of its "National Poet." The first official public celebration occurred in 1915 when Governor Samuel Moffett Ralston decreed October 7th as Riley Day. The state celebration swept across the country as the National Commissioner of Education issued instructions for a nationwide observance in all public schools. A birthday dinner in honor of the Poet was held in Indianapolis and attended by four hundred people. Many admirers were turned away and telegrams from countless well-wishers were cabled including one from President Woodrow Wilson. To mark the event a special birthday edition of Riley's Poems Here at Home was published and distributed to attendees."Lilly Library This copy one of those printed for the 400 dinner attendees. It is dated October Seventh Nineteen Hundred Fifteen on the title page and states Birthday Dinner Edition front cover. Top edge gilt Near Fine white cloth at spine lightly soiled. ASSOCIATION COPY from the library of Will H. Hays most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Although no written indication in the book of Hays ownership the book was purchased from his estate and laid in is a printed 1 page foldedspeech Hays gave at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Sept. 22 1915 published and presented by The McKinley Club and a single page folded review of Hays from the New York Evening Post. This Birthday Dinner Edition is RARE in the marketplace and made even more so by this great Hoosier Association. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Kemble E.W. Association Copy. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004496

‎Derricotte Toi‎

‎Captivity‎

‎Pittsburgh PA: Univ of Pittsburgh Press 1989. First Paperback Edition SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"for Jordan toi derricotte 3/30/90 UK" . . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Univ of Pittsburgh Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 004321 ISBN : 0822954222 9780822954224

‎Hine Daryl‎

‎In & Out A Confessional Poem‎

‎Chicago: Privately Printed 1975. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage "For Henry 'infelices culpae' Easter 1978 Daryl". Privately printed in an edition of only 200 copies of which only 125 were for sale. A tight Near Fine copy in wrappers cream colored wrappers lightly foxed. "Unsuccessful guilt"- quite an interesting inscription ! . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Privately Printed Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 004290

‎Davenport Russell W.‎

‎My Country; A Poem of America‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster 1944. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage " For Will Hays with best regards Russell W. Davenport December 12/ 44". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S and was his Postmaster General for one year. He is most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Russell Davenport became managing editor of Fortune magazine in 1937. At age forty-one he turned to politics and became a personal and political advisor to Wendell Willkie the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election. A great Republican Party Association Copy. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at the tips in a Near Fine dustjacket narrow 1/2" chip top edge rear spine fold. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 004249

‎Mitchell Roger‎

‎Homage to Beatrix Potter‎

‎Bloomington IN: Raintree Press 1978. Number 53 of 75 copies printed. Near Fine light foxing in a Near Fine dustjacket light foxing. 14 pages. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Pictorial French Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wood Engraving By Thomas Bewick. Chap Book. Raintree Press Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 004003

‎Farrell James T.‎

‎When Time Was Born‎

‎New York: The Smith/Horizon Press 1966. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - " To Bernard Perry Cordially Jim Farrell March 9 1971 NY NY". Bernard Perry was the founding Director of Indiana University Press which he led from 1950-1976 and in 1951 he published Farrell's book "Poet of the People; an Evaluation of James Whitcomb Riley" . A nice Association Copy. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light rubbing and a pin-hole along rear spine fold. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy. The Smith/Horizon Press Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 003879

‎Updike John‎

‎July Broadside Poem‎

‎New York: Knopf 1993. The broadside poem "July" issued to accompany Updike's "Collected Poems" and thus a very limited promotional item and quite SCARCE in the marketplace. SIGNED by John Updike. Very Fine and archivally matted and framed under glass in black metal frame wired and ready-to-hang. Because of glass and large size this item will require additional shipping. SIGNED. First Edition. One Sheet Illustrated. As New. 10" x 22 5/8". Broadside Poem. Knopf Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 003748