THE RAINBOW BOX
First edition of this groovy collection of four little books containing poetry and art meant to encapsulate the different seasons.
First edition of this groovy collection of four little books containing poetry and art meant to encapsulate the different seasons.
First edition of Sylvia Plath's iconic second book of poetry, published two years after her death — a dark and personal collection.
Uncorrected proof of Sylvia Plath's iconic second book of poetry, published two years after her death — a dark and personal collection.
Second printing of the UK edition of Sylvia Plath's iconic second book of poetry — issued by her US publisher Harper & Row in advance of the US edition, with Harper's "Uncorrected Proof" slip tipped to front free endpaper.
First US edition, review copy, of Sylvia Plath's second book of poetry, published three years after her death — a dark and personal collection.
First edition of Plath's first book-length work, and the only poetry collection published within her lifetime.
Rare original drawing by the eleven-year-old poet featuring a lute-playing cherub singing with a robin sitting on a perch.
Mimeographed reading list from Sylvia Plath's Fall 1952 sophomore English 221 class at Smith College, with her handwritten notes — including library call numbers for the titles on the list and comments on an upcoming blind date.
Original signed contract for Plath's appearance in SEVENTEEN for her short story "And Summer Will Not Come Again."
Original autograph manuscript of one of Plath's earliest poems, in a version preceding the 1946 revision published in her junior high school literary magazine and collected nowhere else.
First edition in book form of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," the single most famous American poem of the nineteenth century.
First edition of this collection of short stories, poems, and critical essays from the first five years of ACCENT magazine, with work by Richard Wright, Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens, Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, John Berryman, and many others.
Uncommon first edition of Young's translation of the Duino Elegies, with his introduction and commentary.
Inscribed first printing of the great Guatemalan intellectual's first book of poetry.
First printing of this limited deluxe edition poetic ode to a pair of pears, illustrated in lovingly executed mezzotints – with original copper plate included in the original box.
First printing of the collected papers from the 1995 John Keats Bicentennial Conference, inscribed by editor Ronald Sharp to poet Stanley Plumly (author of the later POSTHUMOUS KEATS), with Plumly's own annotations.
First printing of this comprehensive anthology of Sarton, published at the end of her long career.
First edition, review copy, of the confessional poet's uncommon second book of verse.
First edition, paperback issue with review slip (and simultaneous with the hardcover), of the confessional poet's uncommon second book of verse.
First edition of this uncommon selection of poems from Sexton's first two books, published only in the UK.
Review copy of this paperback original, a reprint anthology of selections by the Irish, South African, and American poets.
Scarce and magnificent deluxe edition of this beautifully illustrated edition of Shelley's poem in the original dust jacket.
Elaborately ornamented edition of Shelley's 1820 poem, lavishly illustrated by Charles Robinson and in the full maroon leather binding variant, the scarcest of the edition's bindings.
First printing of this collection of poetry from the 2017-2019 US Poet Laureate, an "inquisitive and wry" (front flap) consideration of racism, American history, motherhood, and other topics.
Handsome second edition of these sonnets on classical and Spanish themes, composed during and after the Swedish poet's diplomatic mission in Madrid, originally published in 1871.