New Arrivals
Nights of Naomi
Somerville, MA: The Barn Dream Press, 1971. First edition, cloth issue. Letter "L" of 26 lettered copies signed by Bill Knott each with a unique inscription. This copy inscribed "On behalf of the fabulous city of MISCOKIE [sic], OKLAHOMA[,] I offer you the Key to the city of Bill Knott..... More
The Road of Dreams
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1924. First and only edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth-affect boards over green spine cloth with paper title label. Very Good with uneven fading to covers, toning and small chip to title label. Pages toned and with sporadic foxing, front endsheets browned from binder's..... More
Donkey Gospel
Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1998. First edition, cloth issue. Signed by Tony Hoagland on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner with their name whited out, dated Sept. 27, 1998. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, slightly sunned spine panel, light shelf wear. The late American poet's second..... More
Mad Queen: Tirades
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Copy #30 of 100 copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen. [xii], 73, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps in glassine, housed in gold foil chemise with ribbon ties. Fine in excellent glassine with hardly any wear, in a Very Good+ chemise, rubbed..... More
The Bridge
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition, preceded by the Paris edition published by Black Sun Press. Signed by Hart Crane on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth ruled in blind, with titles in gilt on spine and upper board. Near Fine with sunning..... More
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Cien Sonetos de Amor [One Hundred Love Sonnets]
Santiago, Chile: Prensas de la Editorial Universitaria, 1959. Folio. First edition with text in the original Spanish language. Copy number 198 of a limited 270 signed by Pablo Neruda in his characteristic green ink. In publisher's original wraps printed in black red, with lithograph signed by the illustrator laid in..... More
Watts Poets and Writers: A Book of New Poetry and Essays
[Los Angeles]: Quincy Troupe, 1968. First edition. Signed by Quincy Troupe, poet and biographer of Miles Davis; inscribed to photographer and filmmaker Sedat Pakay, "Keep on pushin!" with Troupe's address and phone number written below. His collected poetry from the past 50 years was released in 2022 by Seven Stories..... More
Lyrics of Life, Love and Laughter
Toldedo, OH: Pioneer Publishing, 1945. First edition. Signed by the author and inscribed to his good friend in the year of publication on the portrait frontis. Very Good with toning, soiling and light wear to wraps. The second of two books written by this African American author. Bound in publisher's..... More
Leaves of Laurel
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1925. First edition. Signed by Elizabeth David Richards on the front free endpaper with inscription. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over patterned blue spine cloth with paper title label to spine and upper board. Near Fine with light rubbing to corners and spine..... More
Four for Trane
Los Angeles: Golemics, 1978. First edition. Signed by Nathaniel Mackey on the blank page following the title page, inscribed to former owner. [16] pp. Tall stapled wraps. Very Good with light stain to front wrap, sunning to wraps. Nice shape overall. The National Book Award-winning poet and novelist's first..... More
Broadway and Other Poems
[Montclair, NJ?]: [No Publisher], [1932]. First edition. 60 pp. Bound in publisher's green stiff wraps lettered in copper. Good+, front wrap chewed along edges, a few small nibbles to prelims as well, front wrap a little stained. Very scarce, with only two holdings located in OCLC. A self-published, highly political..... More
Black Pow-Wow: Jazz Poems
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. First edition, softcover issue. Signed by Ted Joans on the half title with his drawing of a rhino, in Seattle dated 1997. [xii], 130 pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Very Good with a little curling to wraps, light wear. More
Rhymes from the Cumberland
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1919. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with fading to spine, light wear at tips and toning to pages. A noted African American female poet, Effie Waller Smith was born in Kentucy and this was the..... More
My Souvenirs: Poems and Stories
New York: George W. Hodges, 1951. First edition. Signed by George W. Hodges on the title page. Bound in publisher's original cloth-backed boards. Very Good with toning and scuffing to covers. A scarce book of poetry and prose by an African American author. More
Masonic and Other Poems
Rochester, N.Y: [Published by the Author], 1908. First edition of the African American author's first book, a book of poetry dedicated to institutions of which he was a member, in particular the Fremasons. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth lettered in white. Very Good with wear at corners and spine..... More
Selected Gems of Poetry, Comedy and Drama
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1931. First edition, first printing. Signed Mercedes Gilbert and inscribed to a theater critic, referencing her current role in the first Broadway play with an all-Black cast, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Green Pastures. Bound in publisher's original rose cloth patterned in blind with titled stamped in..... More
Play Ebony Play Ivory
New York: Random House, 1974. First edition, wrappered issue. xxiii, [i], 135 pp. Publisher's wraps. Near Fine, lightly rubbed along edges, shelf worn. The best-known collection of poetry by the late African American poet and short story writer, posthumously published. He was killed in 1968 on a subway platform..... More
Rebellion in Rhyme
Prairie City, IL: The Decker Press, 1948. First edition. 105 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue. Near Fine, a little musty, in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly soiled and shelf worn. Scarce in the trade. The son of a sharecropper, Clarke arrived in Harlem at the tail..... More
Annie Allen
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949. First edition, first printing. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks on the verso of the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated March 8, 1976. x, 60 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little mottling..... More