Boston: Beacon Press, 1993. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page, inscribed to former owner. viii, [ii], 80 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Sixth printing of the first paperback edition. Near Fine, light sticker wear to rear wrap.The Pulitzer-winning poet's seventh book. More
Studio City, CA: Three Penny Press, 1959. Two uncommon chapbooks from Three Penny Press, edited by Grover Haynes and hand-lettered by Rose Haynes. Both first editions. About Very Good with a fair amount of foxing to wraps and contents. Laid in is a tiny handmade invitation to something called Outhouse..... More
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. One of 777 unnumbered copies, signed by Charles Bukowski in silver paint pen and dated 5-25-63. [vi], 99, [2] pp. Multi-colored letterpressed sheets bound into stiff white wrappers, in decorated cork lined wrap-around dust jacket. Fine. A truly excellent, crisp copy..... More
Boston: Atlantic- Little, Brown & Company, 1983. First edition, wrappered issue. viii, 88 pp. Stiff wraps. Very light shelf wear, else Fine and unread. An excellent copy of the American poet's Pulitzer-winning collection, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1927. First edition. 103 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, paper title label on spine. Very Good+, lightly worn and dust-soiled, small former owner's stamp to paste down. Lacking dust jacket. An uncommon work by the Irish-American anarcho-feminist poet. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. Signed limited first edition preceding the first trade edition; copy 137 of 300 numbered copies signed by E. E. Cummings. Printed on rag paper, bound in publisher's blue cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt with top edges stained yellow, lacking the..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Early reprint. Bound in publisher's ivory cloth over green cloth backstrip tamped in gilt. Near Fine. Light soiling and light toning to cloth. Charcoal pencil marking to front free end paper. Pages toned. A bright and sharp example, in a much nicer state than most copies..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Early reprint with 1892 on title page (the first was 1891). Bound in publisher's grey cloth over bevel-edged boards stamped in gilt. Very Good with soiling, toning, and rubbing, glue repair evident at front and rear inner hinge; hinge after ffep exposed. Pages toned. More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1837. Second edition. [2], 257-260, [3]-253 pp. (index, i.e. pages 257-260 bound following title page). Bound in publisher's diapered reddish purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. A completely unsophisticated copy in wonderful shape for an American imprint of its age. Tight binding. Stain to front board..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 848 of a limited 1,500 signed by Robert Frost. Bound in publisher's brown linen cloth with gilt spine lettered blocked in black. Fine, in a Near Fine slipcase with light wear. A very nice copy, signed by..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition, first printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection. An association copy signed by John Ashbery and inscribed to Ted and Renee Weiss. The Weiss' were poets and editors of the Quarterly Review of Literature, which published William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First edition. Copy number 165 of a limited 300, signed by Charles Bukowski. Bound in publisher's original paper covered boards over purple corduroy spine. Very Good+ with light foxing to edges and tanning to contents. In an original, lightly rubbed acetate dust jacket. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. A superlative copy of the first American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Fine, with slight production error to page 27/28 with a small crease to the bottom page corner there. In an unclipped, very bright..... More
Los Angeles: Kenmore Press, 1977. First edition, first printing of the two-time American Poet Laureate's first book of poems. Copy 205 of a limited 400 numbered copies, unsigned as issued. In publisher's grey printed stiff wraps with Japanese stab binding. Near Fine with light toning and light wear. A lovely..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop on the title page. Second printing. [xii], 50 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. About Very Good with sunning to spine, wraps slightly curled at edges, light diagonal reading crease to book starting at rear. An acclaimed final work by..... More
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004. First edition. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. xvi, 101, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's publisher's cream-colored boards with crimson cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with slight curl along front panel, slight curl to top panel. The..... More