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Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008. First edition. Signed by Author(s). Signed on the title page by the poet Dzvinia Orlowsky with full signature. First edition softcover in fine condition. More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008. First edition. Signed by Author(s). Signed on the title page by the poet Dzvinia Orlowsky with full signature. First edition softcover in fine condition. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1951. First edition. 8vo, 94 pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. An attractive copy, bottom tip lightly bumped, faintly and evenly toned paper, in a price-clipped, toned at extremities, but still bright dj, with only light wear along the bottom edge. Near fine in..... More
New York: Knopf, 1991. First edition. First printing. The hardcover issue of this collection by a MacArthur "genius" fellow. Designed by Harry Ford, with a Chip Kidd dust jacket; the book nicely bound and letterpress printed at Heritage Printers. Fine in Fine DJ (in removable protective archival cover). More
Stuttgart and London: Hansjörg Mayer, 1981. First Edition. Williams was a poet and an artist who embraced a variety of visual art forms, from printmaking and painting to conceptual and performance art. He was an important contributor to the concrete poetry movement and he was a member of Fluxus, the..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1993. First U.S. Edition. Burgundy cloth in diust jacket; 8vo. 791 pp. w/index. Photographs. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Jackson, MS: Parrish House, 2002`. First Edition. Navy cloth; latge 8vo. 301 pp. This copy with a card inscribed to another poet associated with New Formalism, signed "Dana", laid in; the card with Gioia's printed address on verso. Useful bibliography with essays on the poet as well as the substantial..... More
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1964. First edition. Wrappers; large 8vo. 367 pp. The proceedings of the first National Poetry Festival, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Poetry Magazine, held at the LoC on Oct. 22-24, 1962. Among the poets who read, and whose poems and often commentary, introductions (some..... More
Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch, Winter 1983. First Edition. Decorated wrappers; 8vo. 127 pp. Signed by Mary Karr at her contribution of three poems. Poems from Dubie, Hillman, Spires, Swander, Olds and others. Spine worn and rubbed, about very good. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 4to. 31 pp. Children's book heavily illustrated by Moser in lush watercolors. Signed by Richard Wilbur. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Austin, TX: Quagga, 1960. First Edition. Decorated, stapled wrappers; 8vo. 35 pp. Richard Wilbur has signed at his contribution a translation of the sonnet "Anteros" by Gerard de Nerval. Other contributors include Vassar Miller, John Tagliabue, Frederick Will, Kenneth Hokins and C. A. Trypanis. Staples rusty else easily very good..... More
St. Paul, MN: New Rivers Press, 1985. First edition. Wrapper edition (Of 2200 printed, 200 were in cloth) of this generous collection of Italian poetry facing the English translations. Poets from seven centuries with translations by Chaucer, Byron, Longfellow, Pound, Heaney and Gioia and many others. Briefly inscribed, signed and..... More
Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. First edition. String-tied illus. wrappers. One of 750 copies (800 total) printed by the Auerhahn Press. 27 pp. Foreword by John Wain. Review copy with publisher's stamp on front free end paper. "Postals" by Williams from his month-long trip in the UK. Lightly soiled, but..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First edition. 147 pp. Uncorrected proof copy in red printed wrappers. A somewhat different edition was published in the previous year in Canada. Two short white streaks pencil-like on the front cover otherwise fine. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1994. First edition. 277 pp. An uncorrected proof copy in plain tan printed wrappers. This copy submitted to a judge (the chair in fact), another poet, with a typed letter (tls from a publicist) listing it and two other books as FS&G's three submissions..... More
Chicago: November 1937. First Edition. Prize Award Number, reprinting a Bogan and an Auden poem. Roethke's "Reply to Censure". Oversized wrappers worn but intact, a few creased pages, still about very good. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2000. First edition. Uncorrected proof in peach wrappers with publisher printed material laid in. Memoirs in short takes. Fine. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1992. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in orange printed wrappers. Spine faded, light wear, still at least very good. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1987. First edition. An uncorrected proof in red printed wrapers of his NBCC winning collection. Pub date and price written in otherwise unmarked. With publisher information sheet laid in. Front corners lightly bumped; quite tight and clean. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1988. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in blue plain printed wraps. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1992. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in orange printed wrappers. A light crease to the front covers, otherwise quite fine. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1992. First edition. Black cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 100 pp. Signed (with his characteristic initials) on the ffep. This copy has a very slight bump to the head of the spine, affecting the jacket, still Fine. More
Boston: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1954. First edition. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 265 pp. A Review copy with the review slip laid in of his second novel, and fourth book. In addition this copy is signed on the title page by the author. Previous owner's name in ink on the..... More
New York: The Tucker Publishing Company, 1900. Only 7 titles from this series appear in institutional libraries worldwide. 50 Issues. 20cm x 14cm. Issues varying between 12pp and 20pp. Publisher's olive paper wraps, titled and decorated in dark red, in an art nouveau style frame and border by Edward Dewson..... More