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1979005577Daleville Indiana: The Barnwood Press Cooperative 1979. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. His first book SCARCE. "Of an initial printing of 2000 copies the first 100 have been numbered and signed by the author." This copy unnumbered. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. French Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Barnwood Press Cooperative Paperback books
1999005580Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center 1999. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "This is copy 47 of one hundred first editions especially numbered and signed for release on Sunday 25 April 1999 by Jared Carter". Near Fine slight curl to front wrapper. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Cleveland State University Poetry Center Paperback books
1986121614Concord: William B. Ewert 1986. Limited edition greeting cards none meant for sale. Each printed in december 1986 as a single sheet folded as issued and not bound. Carver's "Two Poems" limited to 130 copies 100 of which were unnumbered and unsigned. Contents are "Reaching" and "Soda Crackers." Hall's The Onset" limited to 330 copies. There were 26 lettered and 4 ad personam copies which were signed and specially bound. This copy is one of the unnumbered 300 issued unsigned but is signed by Hall in green ink. Heyen's "Lord" limited to 230 copies 200 of which were unnumbered and unsigned. Thus only "The Onset" is signed. Calligraphy for all titles by R. P. Hale. With publisher's printed compliments card. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Limited Edition. William B. Ewert Paperback books
1917002808Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. Very Good Plus top edge dusty and pictorial front endpage has a 1" rub at top corner. SCARCE Dustjacket Very Good Minus top edge rear panel 1/4" paper loss from chipping small and generally rubbed at the tips. chips top edge front panel. Poetry of the American West. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
191642916Napanoch NY 1916. Pale blue laid linen paper with watermark. Printed blue Yama Farms letterhead typed poem. Fold lines few pin holes to upper corner. VG. Broadside. Printing/type to recto only. 10-15/16" x 8-7-16" <br/><br/>Typed poem with "Copy" noted in manuscript beneath the letterhead though nevertheless presumed original to the occasion. The poem is addressed to William and Mrs. I. Schaffer from "Your Broncho Friend of the Camp and the Trail J.W. Crawford 'Capt. Jack.'" Crawford and the Schaffers apparently met and spent time together at Yama Farms. The poem consists of two octaves and begins "To a pair of Happy Lovers / Whom I met at Yama Farms / Who are dead in love with Lovers / Of Old Mother Nature's charms . . . " We presume that the author is "Poet Scout" John Wallace "Captain Jack" Crawford. Crawford was a soldier and ranger in the West during the Civil War a failed miner a showman in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show until 1877 when he accidentally shot himself in the groin and an eventual lecturer and cowboy poet at events around the country; he died in New York in 1917. Yama Farms was a popular Japanese-inspired resort in Ulster County New York from 1903 to 1938. It hosted among others Henry Ford Thomas Edison John Burroughs Harvey Firestone Rabindranath Tagore and many other industrialists financiers influential members of New York society literati etc. unknown books
200611968Phila.: Banshee Press 2006. First edition limited to 76 copies 25 of which were lettered and signed by Dacey. Copy "G." Printed at the Bull Thistle Press. Single sheet 10 x 11 inches folded in half as issued. Single poem that originally appeard in "One Trick Pony." First in the publisher's "For Crying Out Loud!" series. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Banshee Press Paperback books
1968005657Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1968. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket 1/8" tear top edge at spine bottom corner front flap neatly clipped. Wood engravings by Frank Utpatel - the wood engravings have been printed direct from the blocks. . 750 copies printed. Cheever 162. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Frank Utpatel. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1935005673Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1935. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on bottom of half-title page. One of 350 signed copies printed by Carroll Coleman. Near Fine top and bottom edges a bit rubbed in a Near Fine dust Jacket tiny tear at spine tips. Cheever 4. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1939005675Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1939. Fine in the original blue cloth gilt title. A rather SCARCE Prairie Press title. Cheever 31. 550 copies printed. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
199228994Francestown NH: Typographeum 1992. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Clothbound 8vo. 36 pp. A collection of poems by Bernlef as translated into English by Scott Rollins. One of only 100 copies printed in cloth covers with paper label at spine. Fine condition save for one stray ink mark on the title page. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Bernlef to fellow poet James Tate. Typographeum unknown books
1979006077Baltimore Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1979. 1979 2nd Printing of the Johns Hopkins paperback edition. Near Fine price rear cover neatly blacked out very light rubbing to edges of wrappers at spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. The bilingual edition woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. SCARCE. . Second Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Johns Hopkins University Press Paperback books
1947002842New York: New Directions 1947. First Printing of his 1st book. Erratum slip laid in and Scarce thus. Near Fine boards lightly soiled in a Very Good dustjacket with small chips along top edge and at flap folds and 2 dime sized stains front panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. New Directions Hardcover books
198812167West Chester: Aralia Press 1988. First edition. A keepsake limited to 200 copies printed from Spectrum types by Michael Peich. 60 copies were numbered and signed and 140 unnumbered copies were on Letterpress Text. This copy one of the unnumbered issue but signed by Gioia. Single sheet folded in half as issued containing the title poem. Fine condition. Unusual as such. Signed by Author. First Edition. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. Aralia Press unknown books
199640731NY: Henry Holt & Co. 1996. First edition first prnt. Edited with an Introdiction by Giovanni. Poems by Bontemps Dunbar Hughes Reed Shange Walker Wright et al. Inscribed by Sonia Sanchez at her contribution. "to V. Odoms - Please continue to do your most important work! In love/struggle Sonia Sanchez 5/1/97." Also signed by Amiri Baraka at one of his contributions. "Unity Struggle Amiri Baraka." Remainder dot on the topedge; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Contributors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover books
1764256906Torino: Librario sotto i Prteci della Dogana 1764. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 152pp. Later binding: leather spine and marbled boards; no markings in text; text written in Italian; second edition; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. Librario sotto i Prteci della Dogana unknown books
199610970Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1996. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Glossy perfect-bound pictoral wraps. Publisher's announcement letter laid in. Signed by Hall on the title page. Additionally a blue Post-it note is laid-in with Halls' holograph note. "Yes I've been ill. Feeling good right now. Donald Hall."Publisher's letter folded in half; slightly mussed one edge. The book is unread and in Fine condition. Signed By Author with Note. First Edition. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof. Houghton Mifflin Paperback books
1986121624Concord: William B. Ewert 1986. First limited edition. 330 copies printed for private distrubution in December 1986. Of these there were 26 lettered and 4 ad personam copies specially bound and signed by Hall. Copy "D." Single sheet folded in sewn printed wraps. Calligraphy by R.P. Hale. Contains the title prose piece which appeared in "Winter" Univ Press of New England 1986. Fine condition. Uncommon. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. William B. Ewert Paperback books
19889003Concord: William B. Ewert 1988. Total edition of 436 copies. Greeting card. Sewn printed wraps. Illustration reproduced from an original woodcut by J.J. Lankes. Contents are the title poem. This is one of ten unnumbered ad personam copies in special wraps signed by Hall. Recipient's name printed on limitation page in publisher's hand as issued. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Fine/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition. William B. Ewert paperback books
1945005672Baltimore Maryland: Contemporary Poetry 1945. Distinguished Poets Series No.2 edited by Mary Owings Miller. Designed set and printed by Carroll Coleman at the Prairie Press Muscatine Iowa. Fine in a Near Fine dust wrapper 1/4" closed tear top edge at gutter. One of 500 copies printed. Cheever 68. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contemporary Poetry Hardcover books
1946258426New York: Wendell Malliet and Company 1946. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Binding sound; previous owner name address on front pastedown otherwise no markings in text; dust jacket shows minor loss to top of spine and chip to front cover; dust jacket shows soiling and is protected in a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Wendell Malliet and Company unknown books
1948005550New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1948. Near Fine scant toning rear end pages in a Very Good dust jacket a bit rubbed 1" closed tear top edge rear panel internal tape mends. His 3rd book of poetry. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt Brace & Co. Hardcover books
199844606Westport & London: Greenwood Press 1998. First edition. 230 pp w/indexes. Some light spotting along top edge else near fine in full green cloth with gold stamping to spine and cover. No dust jacket as issued. Anthologies works by individual authors and a cross reference guide matching jazz musician/composer to poet. Westport & London: Greenwood Press hardcover books
2001110247Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press 2001. First edition. Hardcover issue. 500 hardcover copies printed 100 of which were numbered and signed by the author. This is one of the unnumbered copies specially signed by Ha Jin on the title page. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. <br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Hanging Loose Press hardcover books
1981007396Newcastle on Tyne: Bloodaxe Books 1981. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page- " Best Wishes Ken Smith Notre Dame 27/APR/81". Near Fine top corner front wrapper creased small rub bottom edge rear wrapper. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong 8vo. Bloodaxe Books Paperback books
200511117NY: Hyperion 2005. First edition first prnt. Signed by Kennedy on the half-title page. Paintings by Jon J.Muth. Poems by Bishop Borges Dickinson Frost Heaney Milne Tolkien Yeats et al. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hyperion Hardcover books