THE KINGFISHER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition of her first regularly published book. Uncorrected proof, fine in cream-colored printed wraps. Item #45234 More
POETRY
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS: Poems.
New York: William Morrow, (1991). First edition. THE ELUSIVE HARDCOVER ISSUE -- SIGNED on the title page by Collins and dated "Jan 1992." The book was issued simultaneously in softcover and even that issue is scarce. An early selection of poems from the eventual Poet Laureate, exhibiting his usual wry..... Item #53538 More
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER: His Poems, Correspondence and Translations.
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836. First edition. Includes a life of the author by the editor Robert Southey, Poet Laureate. 15 volumes. A nice set in the original cloth bindings which are decorated in blind. Each volume with engraved frontis and engraved title. Yellow endpapers are clean but some foxing..... Item #30271 More
OLLA. An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song.
London: The O.T.O., 1946. First edition. Selections from his poetry covering the years 1897-1946 published by the occult Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), of which Crowley was an influential member. In the rare Frieda Harris-designed dust jacket (Harris also illustrated his BOOK OF TOTH). One of only 500 copies. Quarto gilt-stamped..... Item #71679 More
A MISCELLANY.
New York: The Argophile Press, 1958. First edition. Collection of essays, one poem, and portions of a play with introduction and notes by Firmage and foreword by Cummings. Dark blue cloth stamped in silver on front and spine. Second state with p.41-2 integral [Firmage A26]. Fine in original glassine dust..... Item #54659 More
RELEVE INTO MAQUIS.
(No-place: Privately printed for W. L., 1979). First edition thus: a 1979 facsimile of the original which was first published May 1944 in an edition of 250 copies by Grasshopper Press. Cunard's poem about the French Resistance during World War II. This designated "second printing" was limited to 200 copies..... Item #34661 More
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LEE IN THE MOUNTAINS: And Other Poems; [Together with scarce inscribed offprint].
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First edition. Includes poems of the Civil War as well as a revised version of THE TALL MEN, his second volume of verse. 8vo gray cloth boards stamped in gilt and black; 137 pages. Bright and near fine in very good dust jacket with shallow..... Item #72070 More
MISSION GARDEN.
Los Angeles: Jay Roderic De Spain, 1931. First edition. Privately published. Illustrated with photograph of a rose-covered studio in the gardens. SIGNED by the poet beneath the foreword by J. Tarbotton Armstrong. Name stamp at base of title page and elaborate initials stamp on page 46. In plain limp leather/suede..... Item #47761 More
THE SHARK AT THE WINDOW -- (for my brother's marriage).
[Winston Salem]: Palaemon Press, [circa 1970s]. First edition. Palaemon Broadside Number Six. 12.5 x 14.5" broadside suitable for framing. Prints the first poem of Dickey's to appear in print (in 1951 in The Sewanee Review) with illustration in red by Robert Dance of a long-haired woman at a window by..... Item #54608 More
WELCOME HOME LOVEBIRDS.
London: Trigram Press, (1969). First edition. Very good or better with slight fading and rubbing along the edges and bottom corners bumped. In a near fine dust jacket with one small tear to the upper right corner and otherwise very minimal wear. Item #50908 More
MUSEUM: Poems.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983. First edition, scarce hard cover issue. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #52954 More
ON THE BUS WITH ROSA PARKS.
New York: W. W. Norton, (1999). First edition. SIGNED on the title page beneath her printed name. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54663 More
THOMAS AND BEULAH.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1986. First edition, simultaneous paperback issue; second state, with Pulitzer slug on cover. INSCRIBED by the poet on the half-title page, "For Jeff, In the spirit -- Rita Dove/ Philly, 10 Feb 90.". Fine in paperwraps. Item #47664 More
THOMAS AND BEULAH.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1986. First edition, simultaneous hardback issue of her Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection. In second state dust jacket with Pulitzer notice on front panel. Bright and near fine in like dust jacket with just two tiny tears to top edge rear panel. Scarce in hardback. Item #49450 More
ASH-WEDNESDAY.
London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition. Fine in good-only dust jacket with considerable wear, tape repair (inside and out), 3/4-inch chipped from top of spine affecting "T. S." and small holes in spine, one of which affects "AY" in title. Still, scarce in any dust jacket. Item #45729 More
THE RESIDUAL YEARS
New York: New Directions, 1948. First edition. One of 1,000 copies of this limited edition. Printed by Peter Beilsen in black, illustrated in two colors, umber and red. A very attractive book of this, the author's first major collection. Bound in brown or brick colored cloth with printed, patterned paper..... Item #55692 More
COMMISSIONED POEMS 1962: Poetry Festival.
San Francisco: The Poetry Center San Francisco State College, 1962. First edition. Two volumes. Poems commissioned for the Poetry Festival held June 21-24, 1962. Dedicated to the memory of Dag Hammarskjold and "The Cause of World Peace." 8.5 x 11"; 16 pp; stapled into white covers printed in orange and..... Item #55683 More
PERSPECTIVES ON WILLIAM EVERSON: A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Reflections in Honor of the Poet in His Eighty-first Year.
Grants Pass, Oregon: Castle Peak Editions, 1992. First edition, the simultaneous paperwraps issue of which there were only 200 copies. (An additional 100 copies were issued in hardcover.) Quarto glossy white, illustrated, perfect-bound paperwraps printed in blue. 441 pages, including index. Essays, poems and reminiscences by friends, scholars, and fellow..... Item #55770 More
THE COLLECTED POEMS; The Residual Years | The Veritable Years | The Integral Years [Three volumes].
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1997-2000. First edition thus of each of the three volumes, with material not in earlier editions. Two of the volumes are one of 100 numbered deluxe copies and one is the hardback trade issue, of which there were only 300 copies. (There were also..... Item #55687 More
THE ROSE OF SOLITUDE.
New York: Doubleday, 1967. First edition. Winner of the Commonwealth Club of California's Silver Medal for the best book of poetry in 1967. INSCRIBED BY ANTONINUS to Ray and Chris Howe and with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to Ray Howe laid in. Eighteen lines on single sheet of Dominican Priory stationery..... Item #55686 More
BIRTH OF A POET.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Deluxe issue. Number 36 of 50 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON beneath the colophon at rear and with SIGNED HOLOGRAPH POEM tipped in following the title page. (There were also 250 signed, numbered copies in slightly different binding without the holograph poem..... Item #55698 More
EARTH POETRY: SELECTED ESSAYS & INTERVIEWS OF WILLIAM EVERSON. 1950 / 1977.
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1980. First edition, in dust jacket. Light brown cloth with gold lettering. One of 500 copies. SIGNED. Item #55695 More
EASTWARD THE ARMIES: Selected Poems 1935-1942 that Present the Poet's Pacifist Position through the Second World War.
(Torrance, CA): Labyrinth Editions, 1980. First edition. A stunningly beautiful production. Selected for inclusion in surveys of fine contemporary press work by the Library of Congress as well as the Grolier Club. Number 94 of 250 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON & KILLION who provides the five superb dark blue linoleum..... Item #55584 More
AMERICAN BARD WALT WHITMAN: The Original Preface to LEAVES OF GRASS Arranged in Verse, with Woodcuts by William Everson.
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition, trade issue. SIGNED BY EVERSON. Preceded by the 1981 limited edition published by Everson and his Lime Kiln Press. Fine in fine dust jacket with faint sticker shadow on front flap. Item #55685 More
COUGAR [Poetry Broadside].
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. First separate edition, first edition thus. One of 125 SIGNED numbered copies of this illustrated single-sheet poetry broadside designed and printed by Henry Morris for the Lord John Press. Approximately 20 x 14". Suitable for framing. Fine. Item #55439 More