Cleveland: Case Western, 1979. First Edition. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Poetry anthology with short poems Sheila Nickerson, Doyle Wesley Walls, Peter Wild, William Jay Smith, John Druska, Jared Carter, Leonard Nathan, Jim Handlin, Robley Wilson, Jr., Red Saner, Merry Speece, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Simmer, John Fandel, Dennis Trudell, Jean Balderson, Frank..... More

[Ibadan, Nigeria: Onibonoje Press, 1970]. First Edition. Epic poem based on the deeds of the Yoruba woman Moremi, who saved her village from foreign invaders. Published as a school reader, with a glossary of difficult words and textual questions at the end of the text. 12mo (18cm.); original pictorial staplebound..... More

New York: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy in yellow wrappers. Publisher materials laid in. Near Fine. More

Ferry Press, 1978. First Edition. One of 350 limited copies (26 of which were signed and contained holograph poem), softcover. Octavo (25cm); staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 33pp. Inscribed and signed by author on title page "Peter Ackroyd / To Howard, from his friend the doctor 9.ix.78". Light shelf-soil and foxing..... More

New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these..... More

New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these..... More

Toronto: Village Book Store Press, 1971. First Edition. Square 12mo. Unprinted gray card wrappers with pictorial dustjacket; unpaginated [80pp]. Fine in fine jacket. Collects the two long poems of the title. By the acclaimed Canadian poet and political activist. More

Toronto: NC Press, 1975. First Edition. Paper issue. Small octavo; pictorial card wrappers;122pp. Light rubbing to wrappers; text paper slightly tanned, else tight and unmarked, Near Fine. Governor-General's Award winner. More

New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. An unusual copy in that it has two jackets, one supplied. The jacket as published is on uncoated red textured paper and priced at $21. The supplied jacket is coated and is priced at $20, and stamped on back "PROOF". (These are generally..... More

Philadelphia: Hemlock Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 57pp. Signed by the author on half-title. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Slight darkening to endpapers at gutter, else Near Fine in a lightly worn, price-clipped jacket. Devotional poems, "of Christian faith and service, written in India and America by..... More

Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Red cloth; dustjacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Signed by Adonis on the title page. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one..... More

New York: Wendell Malliet and Company, 1945. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); original cloth in pale grey dust jacket printed in maroon; 41pp. A fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 at lower front panel); very lightly worn with a short closed tear to top edge of upper..... More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1967. First Edition. Broadside, with text printed in black inside a ruled border on white cardstock, measuring 16.75cm x 18cm (6 5/8" x 11"). A Fine copy. First separate printing of Baraka's much-anthologized elegy for Malcolm X, originally printed in the September, 1965 issue of Negro Digest..... More