N.p. S.i., 1975. First Edition. Pre-publication extract from Giovanni's 1975 volume The Women and the Men. Printed without imprint, but with a slug advertising the publication, which was issued by William H. Morrow. Broadside, with text printed in dark brown both sides of a single letter-size sheet of beige laid..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1968. First Edition. Issued as Broadside No.21 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. An early work by the Mississippi poet and former inmate, whose first book, Poems From Prison, would be published by Broadside Press..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1967. First Edition. Issued as Broadside No.18 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. The poem was first printed in 1962, in Negro Digest. Broadside, with text and illustration printed in ochre on thick white card..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1967. First Edition. Broadside featuring a poem by the Black Arts poet and publisher from his collection Think Black. Issued as Broadside No.16 by Dudley Randall's Broadside Press, which issued nearly 100 poems (roughly one per month) in its Broadside Series. Broadside, with text printed in black..... More
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. An attractive copy of the author's second book. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); original cloth-backed boards in black pictorial dust jacket; [2],viii,48,[1]pp. Previous owner's last name to front endpaper, hint of sunning to upper board edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1974. First Edition. The Newark, NJ author's first book-length collection of poems, some of which first appeared in the pages of Omega, The Emerson Review, Plowshares, and the Monmouth Review, et al. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black and..... More
New York: Rannick Playwrights Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition. Frazier's first (and only) book, a slim collection of Afrocentric poetry. OCLC locates two dozen copies in US institutions. First Printing. Slim octavo; illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32pp]. Trace of soil to extremities, else Near Fine. More
Elkins Park, PA: Uhuru Publications, 1970. First Edition. The Philadelphia activist and author's first book of poetry. Strongly influenced by the upsurge in black militancy during the early sixties, Jones speaks through his poetry about the experience of being a black man in America. None found in the trade (October..... More
[Macon, GA]: Macon Press Co., 1973. First Edition. Scarce, self-published volume of "experience poetry" by the native Atlanta author. Contents deal with issues of health ("Sickle Cell vs. High Blood"), the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("A Dream Turned Into a Nightmare?"), violence ("Why Kill Your Brother?"), and contraception..... More
New York: [Allen Van Newkirk], 1968. Striking single issue of Allen Van Newkirk's ephemeral free newspaper, distributed irregularly as "a cultural supplement of Liberation News Service." Van Newkirk was a seminal figure in the Detroit radical scene of the Sixties, where he was affiliated with such groups as the Detroit..... More
San Francisco: Black Dialogue, 1966. Early issue of this Black Arts publication, featuring contributions by LeRoi Jones, Marvin Jackmon, Ed Spriggs, Rudy Bee Graham, Dorothy Ahmad, and Peter Labrie, et al. DANKY 821. Quarto (27cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 44pp; illus. Wrappers lightly edgeworn and a bit dusty; Very Good+. More
New York: Vantage Press, [1976]. First Edition. Love poetry by California-based African American author and registered nurse. OCLC locates 5 copies only (NYU, Illinois, Southern Mississippi, Radford, and Farleigh Dickinson). Octavo (21cm.); original simulated cloth in pink pictorial dust jacket; [10],34pp. Jacket spine a bit faded, some light foxing to..... More
New York: Vantage Press, [1973]. First Edition. Poetry collection "about black people" by the Panamanian choreographer and dancer, formerly the manager of Thelonious Monk's saxophonist Charlie Rouse. OCLC notes 17 holdings. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; x,[11]-44pp. Light foxing to jacket spine, else Fine. More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. First Edition. Arkansas-born African American poet's first book, at the time a PhD candidate at the University of Detroit. Includes several Detroit-themed poems. BAILEY, p.26. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 27pp. Publication information rubber-stamped on verso of front wrapper, trivial wear to..... More
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1972. First Edition. First book by the Washington, D.C. author, a graduate of George Washington University, whose poems largely focus on the Black urban experience. First printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; 22pp. Trivial dustiness to wrappers, else Fine. More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1973. First Edition. The Philadelphia activist and author's second book of poetry, following his debut volume Guerilla Warfare in Philly. Jones, strongly influenced by the upsurge in black militancy during the early sixties, speaks through his poetry about the experience of being a black man in..... More
Chicago: Third World Press, 1974. First Edition. The Broadside Press founder's fifth collection of poetry, dealing primarily with themes of race, violence, and death. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Fine, unread copy. More
Blantyre, Malawi: Hetherwick Press Ltd., 1971. Third (1972) Printing. Anthology published by the Writers Group in the University of Malawi, collecting 39 poems by 19 contributors, including Josephine Kaphwiyo, Nellie C. Chirwa, Scopas Gorinwa, Innocent Banda, and John A. Mapanje, et al. Slim octavo (20.75cm); printed sheets, hand-sewn into yellow..... More
Yaoundé [Cameroon]: Editions Cle, 1969. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original white and green pictorial wrappers by Philippe Ouassa; 106pp. Fine. Cameroonian poetry, text entirely in French. More
![Above the Land [Inscribed]. Julie AGOOS, James MERRILL, poems, foreword](/pictures/medium/46874.jpg?v=1577146265)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. First Edition. The winning volume in the 1986 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); dark green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,71,[10]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed directly beneath: "For Phil..... More
![Among the Lost People [Inscribed]. Conrad AIKEN](/pictures/medium/21235.jpg?v=1529353302)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in decorative blue-grey price-clipped dust jacket, grey topstain; [10],292pp. Considerable tape reinforcement to jacket verso mostly unnoticeable to exterior, spine rather toned, else a Very Good, sound copy in the scarce dust jacket. Warmly inscribed and signed by..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Aiken's narrative poem about William Blackstone of Boston, Massachusetts. First Printing. Octavo; tan cloth, with titles stamped in blue on spine; dustjacket; 32, [4]pp. Some offsetting from flaps onto endpapers, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with hint of..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); original embossed boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket printed in blue; [6],130pp. Residue from previously removed label to upper jacket cover, spine a bit faded, a few shallow chips to extremities, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original limp drab boards, spine lettered in black; green-grey pictorial dust jacket; [10],90,[2]pp. Jacket spine entirely perished, flap folds tender, especially that of upper flap; About Very Good in exceedingly fragile, incomplete dust jacket. Forms part of the New Poetry Series..... More
![Thee: A Poem [Limited Edition, Signed]. Conrad AIKEN, Leonard BASKIN, poem, illustrations](/pictures/medium/39693.jpg?v=1532038801)
New York: George Braziller, 1967. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, this being copy no.24. Octavo (25.75cm); sage green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black; publisher's original illustrated paper-covered slipcase; [24]pp; illus. Additionally signed by Aiken on the half-title page. Fine in..... More
