Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, (1992). First edition. His second collection of poems. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "For Tony, with--poems, or no poems--Love [underlined], from Jonathan" beneath which is a sketch of a chair drawn by Aaron beneath which he has written "Chair, EOS Hotel... Item #53749 More about CORRIDOR
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED by Neil Abercrombie on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51013 More about BLOOD OF PATRIOTS
New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. INSCRIBED on bookplate affixed opposite the half-title page to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "for Tony, In praise of his poems, and with all good wishes, Diane / 1991." Base of spine a little sunned, otherwise fine in fine dust... Item #53728 More about JAGUAR OF SWEET LAUGHTER: New & Selected Poems
New York: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper. Photograph of Albert laid in. Fine in a bright dust jacket. Item #29818 More about THE JANUARY CORPSE
New York: Macmillan Company, (1963). First edition. His travel writings, of a sort -- covering trips to England, Seville, Crete, Istanbul, Paris, et al. INSCRIBED to Richard Elman, "Best wishes/ To Dick Elman/ from/ Nelson Algren/ May 16 1963." Elman and Gene McGarr's interview, "A Converation with Nelson Algren," ran... Item #53974 More about WHO LOST AN AMERICAN?
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989). First edition. Two volumes: first printing of volume two, second printing of volume one. BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY AMBROSE. The first two volumes in Ambrose's Nixon trilogy. Illustrated with photos. Volume one: Slight lean at top of spine still very good to fine in... Item #47542 More about NIXON: Volumes One and Two; The Education of a Politician 1913-1962 | The Triumph of a Politician...
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1986). First edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. SIGNED and INSCRIBED "To Audrey, with many bluebonnets, Jean Andrews" on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #37668 More about THE TEXAS BLUEBONNET
New York: Somerset Publishing Co., 1936. First edition, INSCRIBED, "For Herbert B. Elliston from L. L. B. Angas." Lawrence Lee Bazley Angas was born into a family with a banking background. He was educated in both England and France and earned a Master of Arts degree at Oxford University before... Item #54595 More about INVESTMENT FOR APPRECIATION: Forecasting Movements in Security Prices / Technique of Trading in...
(La Quercia, Italy: John Van Sickle and Giulia Battaglia, 1971). First edition. Number 116 of 180 numbered copies. An additional 20 copies were printed on varying colored paper. THIS COPY INSCRIBED TO PRIZE-WINNING POET ANTHONY HECHT, "For Anthony Hecht, with great esteem, this volume that provoked my life-long study of... Item #54273 More about THE ARMINARM ECOLOGUES; With the Hexercises (for the Heclogues): Pieces
New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition. Review copy with slip, photograph and publisher's letter laid in. INSCRIBED and dated on front endpaper. Laid in is a TLS from Apple "...I also remember that years ago when you were at The New Republic you were, I think, the first person... Item #30775 More about ZIP: A Novel of the Left and the Right
New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First edition. INSCRIBED by prize-winning poet Ashbery to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife on title page, "for Tony and Helen with love, John Ashbery / May 23,1984." Spots of excess ink to fore-edges of last several leaves (appears to... Item #53732 More about A WAVE: Poems
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. INSCRIBED with a quote from the book: "I made my mouth move smileward" and SIGNED by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Item #47069 More about THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book: "The three of us were drive-dazed." Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #47116 More about THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING
London: Faber & Faber, (1937). First edition. A book of poetry. INSCRIBED, "For Alan --- from George Barker," and (illegibly) dated. Fine in slightly soiled yellow price-clipped dust jacket. Item #43104 More about CALAMITERROR
Athens: (No Publisher), 1951. First edition. With six poems translated from the Spanish of Antonio Machado. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper with a rather lengthy note to a friend: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. --- You know , honestly, in spite of 2 1/2 years of silence, I'm sure of... Item #51392 More about POEMS OF EXCHANGE
(Lake Oswego, OR: AMV Entertainment), 1992. First edition. "This volume is an attempt to bring together a reference source for the Beatles' available session work." Apparently issued in only 150 copies. This copy with "19/150" handwritten in the corner of the Introduction page, beside Todd's INSCRIPTION, "Dear - - Thanks... Item #50603 More about I'LL GET YOU: THE BEATLE MUSIC INDEX, 1958-1970
New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. Advance reading copy, INSCRIBED on half-title page with a quote, "Hello, Sunbeam! Ann Beattie." Publishers letter laid in, and duplicate page (p.228 at p.238) crossed out. Fine in glossy, white paperwraps printed in dark red and blue. Item #50917 More about FALLING IN PLACE
New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book: "that keeps things lively." Fine in dust jacket. Item #49929 More about WHAT WAS MINE: and Other Stories
New York: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1986. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Item #46819 More about WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME: and other stories
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Eda Lou Walton, "For Eda Lou, with my inexpressible gratitude for the best pieces in the book and the death of the Ice-Age. Affectionately, Ben." The printed dedication to the last... Item #45577 More about THE FIVE-FOLD MESH
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1921. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. "For Billie Allen / in memory of many / happy hours on the / shore of Lake Como / Robert C. Benchley / Dec 20... Item #40334 More about OF ALL THINGS
(New York: Athens Printing Company), no-date. First edition. SIGNED with inscription in Greek on front endpaper. Text in Greek and five poems translated to English. Near fine in glossy, stapled paper wraps with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Item #51668 More about LIGHTNING IN THE FLESH: Poems
New York: Random House, (1969). First edtition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in dust jacket with light soiling. Item #46796 More about THE DECLINE OF RADICALISM: Reflections on America Today
New York: The Viking Press, (1976). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the endpaper to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "for Tony and Helen in joy of their being... with great affection and admiration for each. Philip 12 IV 76." Booth has also noted... Item #53711 More about AVAILABLE LIGHT
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. INSCRIBED in the form of a poem to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "This lifetime/ of LIFELINES/ are for/ Tony,/ with thanks for/ the resurrected blurb,/ but most of all/ the mastery of/ his own lifelong/ works.../ Yrs, as ever,/ Philip/... Item #53751 More about LIFELINES: Selected Poems 1950-1999