(Napa: Tales for Travellers, 1985). First edition thus: Number 13 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased volumes..... Item #71817 More
New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Clothbound, first edition thus. The author's first book. It initially appeared as a 4-page supplement to the San Francisco Examiner, then as paperwraps edition. This is the second edition but the first clothbound edition. First issue with "fruitless" p.35:6 (versus "milkless"). Very good or..... Item #54436 More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1963. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dustwapper which has a few foxed spots. Item #43118 More
London: Michael Joseph, (1945). First edition. A long poem on the tragedy of war. Near fine in price-clipped, near fine dust jacket. Item #54163 More
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First edition, second impression omitting printer's name and adding "Printed in the U.S.A." as last line on copyright page. In dark gray paper boards with medium gray cloth spine stamped in black (vs the reddish-orange cloth with gold spine lettering of the first impression/printing). Includes..... Item #53636 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This poetry collection includes the first appearance of "The River of Rivers in Connecticut" and 17 pages of previously unpublished notes on his poetry.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
New York: Samuel French, (1948). Acting edition. Later printing without ads on last page and rear cover [Broomfield A33c]. According to Tim Hunt (Jeffers, Collected Poetry, vol. 5), the play's ending in this acting edition differs slightly from that of the original book published by Random House in 1946. 5..... Item #55835 More
New York: Random House, 1946. First edition, 2nd issue (word "least" present p.99). SIGNED on dedication page BY DAME JUDITH ANDERSON (Jeffers dedicated the book to her), who played the lead often. Black cloth-backed orange boards with giltl ettering. According to the Collected Letters Vol III, page 402, this edition..... Item #55836 More
Paris: Mesures, 1939. First edition. Off-white paperwraps printed in black. 382 pages. Includes Jeffers' "Cawdor" as well as selections from Langston Hughes, Henry Miller, Marianne Moore, John Dos Passos, Wallace Stevens, et al. Very good to near fine with touch of faint foxing, covers a little darkened, and lower spine..... Item #56018 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with one chip to top, back panel and closed tear to top of front flap; otherwise would be near fine with only slight wear, mostly concentrated along the head of the spine and the corners..... Item #50403 More
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
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
(Washington, D.C.): Harcourt, Brace for the United States Armed Forces Institute, (1944). First edition thus: War Department Educational Manuals issued from the 6th and 5th revised editions, respectively, of Untermeyer's massive work first begun in 1919. Includes critical commentary on and selections from the work of nearly 200 poets.Two volumes..... Item #71935 More
[Durham, NC]: Duke University, 1945. First edition. First appearance of poem later collected in STEEPLE BUSH (1947). Approximately 7 x 10" broadside poem illustrated with photograph of Frost in the Rare Book Room of the Duke University Library. Flattened creases where previously folded to quarters, archival tape repair on verso..... Item #49100 More
Norfolk: New Directions, (1941). First edition. In the New Directions "Poet of the Month" series. Greek poems paraphrased into English by Fitts. Fine in plain stiff paperwraps in dust jacket slightly faded on thin spine. There was also a small simultaneous edition in boards. Item #33749 More
London: Faber & Faber, (1954). First edition. Ariel Poem illustrated by Edward Bawden. Fine in yellow, printed paperwraps and publisher's salmon-colored, printed envelope. Item #49805 More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983. First edition, scarce hard cover issue. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #52954 More
(Dublin): Beaver Row Press, (1985). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Small sticker on title page. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #38974 More
[No-place]: Peniel Press, 1992. First edition. Number 38 of 100 copies SIGNED BY HILL. 14 x 7" light gray heavy card stock with titling in darker gray and rest printed in black. Fine. Item #56203 More
Yuri Kuper. [New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1991). First of this edition. One of 250 numbered copies Illustrated with six original etchings by Yuri Kuper SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, and this copy with each etching signed in pencil by Yuri Kuper -- though not issued as..... Item #50032 More
New York: Viking Press, (1968). First edition. A cross-section of his writing selected and with critical introduction by Page Stegner. Includes poetry, essays, stories, criticism,and excerpts from his books. Near fine with what appears to be a tiny remainder stamp on bottom page edge and blue top edge faded and..... Item #53973 More
Pamela Bianco. New York: Francesco Bianco, (1926). First edition. Number 174 of 500 numbered copies (of 550 total). Decorations by Pamela Bianco.Fine in brown paper boards with gilt lettering and decoration on front and spine. In original glassine with few chips and tears and a fine example of the original..... Item #53543 More
([San Francisco] / San Mateo: Book Club of California / Quercus Press, 1947). First edition. First separate appearance of the poem. [Broomfield A34]. One of a stated 750 copies. Pulblished as part of the Club's keepsake series No. 11, which was sent monthly to members for free. Small quarto (6.5..... Item #72123 More
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Chicago: The David Company, (1986). First edition. Scarce first printing INSCRIBED BY BROOKS to Puerto Rican editor and translator Roberto Marquez on title page, "For Roberto./ From/ Gwendolyn Brooks/ January 29,/ 1987" -- not long after the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's tenure as the first Black author to be appointed Poet..... Item #72054 More
