Tucson: Moon Pony Press, 1990. First edition. [iv], 27 pp. Tall gray wrappers with cover design by Heather Green, lettered in crimson. Very Good with numbers 36-15-77 written in pen on back cover, bump to top edge, spine a little sunned, head a little worn. More about History of Desire
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition. Signed by Ginsberg on title page, dated 8/23/94. xi, [ii], 89 pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with boards slightly bowed, a little foxing and wear to edges, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly toned. More about White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. xiii, 111 pp. Original quarter cloth, gilt title label. Very Good+, title label well-rubbed and oxidized as is typical, tiny tear to head cloth, offsetting to front free endpaper. In Good unclipped dust jacket with a 1.25" chip at foot, smaller one... More about The Black Christ & Other Poems
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper, "To Betty -- With greatest gratitude and the friendliest good wishes. -- [signed] Gwendolyn Brooks December 23, 1949 (-Merry Christmas!)." x, 60 pp. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with some offsetting... More about Annie Allen
Mount Vernon: The Golden Eagle Press, 1935. First trade edition, one of 900 unnumbered copies. Oblong, bound in publisher's beige cloth with titles stamped in red, all page edges black. Very Good with toning and soiling to cloth; toning to pages. The book's title is directed at the list of... More about No Thanks
London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First British edition of Heaney's translation, first printing. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with spine lettering stamped in gilt. Near Fine with scuff to front cover., faint edge wear. In a Near Fine dust jacket with publisher's price intact, and light shelf wear. The Old... More about Beowulf
New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First American edition. (Correct first in English too according to the colophon.) xxxvi, 278, [1] pp. Original half cloth. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with subtly sunned spine panel. The Portuguese author's posthumously-published masterwork. More about The Book of Disquiet
New York: The Viking Press, 1927. First edition. [x], 56 pp. Original metallic paper covered boards with black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with rubbed edges, very slight wave to text, a few reading smudges, in Good+ edge-worn dust jacket, dust-soiled, chipped at head and tail, spine panel... More about God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
New York: Boke Press, 1965. First edition. 4to. Stapled wraps. The second of two installments in this series featuring poems by New York School of Poets, including the liked of Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and Ron Padgett, illustrated by Joe Brainard. Very Good. Toning... More about C Comics No. 2
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning, foxing and wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy. More about Self Portrait
New York: Boke Press, 1968. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Very Good+ with uneven toning to rear cover, light wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy featuring text by Ted Berrigan and drawings by Joe Brainard. More about Living with Chris
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning and light wear, rusting to staples. More about The Banana Book
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1975. Issued in an edition of 190 copies. Bound in publisher's mauve Japanese silk stamped in silver, in silver slipcase with title label on spine. Fine, in a Near Fine slipcase with mild shelf wear. A beautifully designed book, and the third title published by... More about Venus and Adonis
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1915. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with title label on spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, with front free endpaper excised. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, offsetting from binder's glue to adjacent pages. Bumping to spine ends, several rippled to... More about 1914 and Other Poems
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. One of 777 unnumbered copies, signed by Charles Bukowski in silver pen and dated 6-2-63. Multi-colored letterpressed sheets bound into stiff white wrappers, in decorated cork lined wrap-around dust jacket. Slight rubbing at folds, slight softening at spine ends and light... More about It Catches My Heart in Its Hands
London & Stratford-on-Avon: A.H. Bullen, 1914. Signed by Yeats on title page with his name crossed out. [viii], 237, [1] pp. Original green cloth and gray paper covered boards, spine lettered in black. Very Good, lacking jacket. Corners bumped, back cover stained, endpapers offset, a few pages roughly opened or... More about Ideas of Good and Evil
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First trade edition. 141 pp. Purple cloth gilt and metallic purple lettering. Very Good with previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper, hinge at front overopened, in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. A nice copy. The Doors singer's only book published during his... More about The Lords and The New Creatures
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. First British edition. xix, 103 pp. Original cream paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket with dust-soiled edges, scratch in back panel. Uncommon. The first of the Russian poet's books to be translated into English. More about Marina Tsvetayeva: Selected Poems
[np]: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. First edition, very early issue with cover printed in brown (rather than black) ink with no blue overprinting, text printed sideways, publisher specified on verso of rear endpaper but partial with no address (first issue apparently has no publisher listed there). [10] pp. printed... More about The Love Book
Mastic, NY: Street Press, 1975. First edition. (Copy #183 of 300 total.) Unpaginated. Wraps. Near Fine with a few small stains to wraps. Poems and short prose pieces from the uncompromising poet of the streets. More about Street of Lost Fools
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou, 1978. First edition, first printing. A fantastic association copy, signed by Jim Carrol, inscribed to poets Ted Berrigan and his wife Alice Notley on the half-title page, "To Ted + Alice, 'I'll be right there'... All my love, Jim 10/7/78." Berrigan was a central figure in the... More about The Basketball Diaries (Association Copy
Somerville, MA: Abyss Publications, 1972. First edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated wraps. Signed by Porter on copyright page, dated March '85. Near Fine with a little rubbing to wraps, light shelf wear. Rare. An American artist's book The Museum of Modern Art described thusly in an exhibition of the author's works... More about The Waste Maker: 1926-1961
San Lorenzo: Shameless Hussy Press, 1975. First edition. Warmly inscribed by Shange to former owner on title page, dated 1988. Unpaginated. Original stapled red wraps with first state misspelling of author's name, original price of .95 on front cover. A Near Fine copy with slightly toned wraps, former owner's name... More about For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
New York: Angel Hair Books, 1970. First edition. Unfolded 8.5 x 11 stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine, with some light wear and two small abrasions to the front cover. The author's scarce second book of poetry, one of just 300 printed. More about 4 Ups and 1 Down