New York: The Banyan Press, 1947. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, one of 500 numbered copies. Light erasure on front endpaper, spine ends and corners a little bumped and rubbed, otherwise about near fine in remnants of original glassine. Item #16636 More

Brockport: BOA Editions, 1977. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine, black endpages. INSCRIBED on title page by Snodgrass to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "for Tony and Helen with delight and affection / De / W. D...... Item #53731 More

Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. Printed at the Janus Press. Number 218 of 300 copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, who translated the folk songs herein from the collections first made by Bartok and Kodaly (1906 and 1929, respectively). Illustrated with decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Stiff, unlettered, tan paperwraps, with..... Item #54275 More

Kent: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. First edition in the first-issue paperwraps lettered in red (vs. blue). Minor wear to tips otherwise fine. From the collection of cartoonist Claude Smith with his penciled ownership signature inside front cover. Item #35438 More

(Northwood, Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1962). First edition. Number 2 of ONLY 25 COPIES SIGNED BY STANHOPE. After her career as an actress was derailed by the outbreak of WWII, the indomitable Stanhope worked as a radio mechanic for the Women’s Royal Naval Service and then in various jobs before re-training..... Item #72053 More

London: Turret Books, (1972). First edition. Number 66 of 100 SIGNED copies (of 1,000 copies in total). Poem by Smith and illustrations by Steadman and signed by both. Minor creasing otherwise bright and fine in stiff paperwraps (oblong, 8 x 10"). This copy also INSCRIBED by Smith to an old..... Item #53291 More

(Torino): Giulio Einaudi Editori, (1954). First edition. Only 3000 copies printed. English and Italian texts on opposing pages. This poetry collection includes the first appearance of "The River of Rivers in Connecticut" and 17 pages of previously unpublished notes on his poetry. Stevens was a reluctant commentator on his own..... Item #48885 More

(Oakville, Ontario): Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, (1981). First Canadian edition and the first and only English-language edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Seymour Mayne. Introduction by Ruth R. Wisse. Frontis sketch of the author by Susan Katz. This copy INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR, "For Howard Schwartz, under the wings..... Item #54252 More

New York: Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Previously uncollected poems together with revised versions of those from POEMS, 1928-1930. 8vo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards; 112 pages. (Also noted in dark blue cloth-backed light blue paper boards; priority unknown.) This copy perhaps interesting for its full Latin translation of Tate's "Ode..... Item #72071 More

London and New York: Macmillian and Co., 1892. Two volumes. First UK edition and first U.S. edition. Cloth edges show minor wear on corners and spine ends, previous owner's bookplate in UK. Otherwise both are very good condition. Item #24089 More

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. First edition. An answer in verse to the mocking of the rich in the (then) recently published satirical poem, "Nothing to Wear," pointing out the generousity and charity of many in the upper classes. 16mo brown cloth boards elaborately blind stamped on covers and..... Item #38174 More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First edition. SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Unavoidable offset due to the binding glue on the pastedowns, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket with one small closed tear and spine darkened but still very good. Clippings and publisher ads in..... Item #45536 More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. First British edition of the author's first book, entitled "The Carpentered Hen" in the States. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46190 More