ZUKOFSKY'S "A": An Introduction
(1983)
First edition of this critical study and compositional history of Zukofsky's monumental poem.
Modern & Contemporary Verse
YEHUDA AMICHAI: A Life in Poetry, 1948-1994
1994
Translated from the Hebrew by Benjamin and Barbara Harshaw.
A COAST OF TREES: Poems
(1981)
Clean proof copy of this slim collection from the reowned, award-winning poet.
OTHER TRADITIONS
2000
First edition of Ashbery's collected Charles Eliot Norton lectures, delivered at Harvard in 1989-89, on poets John Clare, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Raymond Roussel, John Wheelwright, Laura Riding, and David Schubert.
ANIMULA VAGULA
1926
First edition, inscribed by the author.
ULUG BEG: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles
1923
Orignal poem in praise of Carmel, CA penned to front endpaper: "Wise men say, and I know well, / There is only one Carmel.
BULLINGER BOUND: And other poems
1938
Association copy inscribed to Owen Wister, author the Western classic THE VIRGINIAN.
HIS TOY, HIS DREAM, HIS REST: 308 Dream Songs
(1968)
The book that concludes THE DREAM SONGS, HIS TOY, HIS DREAM, HIS REST won Berryman both the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize.
LOVE & FAME
1970
The final book published within Berryman's lifetime, it is difficult to find signed in its trade edition. Scarce thus.
GOLDEN STATE
(1973)
Ford was an almost unique figure in the American poetry community.
POEM
1973
Signed limited edition of this Bishop poem, originally published in the NEW YORKER.
THE GOOD EUROPEAN
1947
Number 57 of 270 numbered copies of Blakmur's third collection of poems. 39pp.
BEGINNING WITH O
1977
Signed first printing of Olga Broumas's first collection of poetry, a celebration of lesbian eroticism that blazed a trail for future poets – in the scarce hardcover issue.
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF STERLING A. BROWN
(1980)
From the National Poetry Series. An attractive volume from the noted writer and professor of African American studies.
THE WIFE OF WINTER
(1970)
Association copy of Browne's first collection of verse, inscribed to the poet Terence Winch.
THE POETRY BEAT: Reviewing the Eighties
(1990)
First edition. Collects poetry reviews by Clark spanning the 1980s. Authors reviewed include Ginsberg, Ashbery, Duncan, Plath, Rilke, Frost, Neruda, Notley, and many others.
SPACE
1970
First edition. One of four New York School poetry collections issued by the publisher in 1970. Cover by Jasper Johns.
THREE RIVERS TEN YEARS: An Anthology of Poems from Three Rivers Poetry Journal
1983
First edition. Introduction by Gerald Stern. Contributors include Ted Kooser, William Stafford, Galway Kinnell, David Ignatow, Terry Stokes, Charles Wright, Paul Zimmer, and many others.
A DAY BOOK
(1972)
First edition. Verse collection from the noted poet, with cover design by Robert Indiana.
MY ALEXANDRIA
(1993)
First edition of this now-classic collection of verse, a 1993 National Book Award finalist and selected for the 1992 National Poetry Series by Philip Levine.
SOUVENIR OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
(1976)
Limited first edition collection of poems by the great Brazilian poet, inscribed by translator Mark Strand to poet Stanley Plumly.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
(1977)
Poetry collection by Dubie, with an introduction by Richard Howard.
Selected and New Poems
1983
The collection that established Dubie's (wider) reputation.
POEMS 2
1963
The Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning poet's appropriately titled second verse collection. 62pp.
POEMS SEVEN: New and Complete Poetry
(2001)
Dugan's final book, more than thirty new poems published at the end of the poet's forty year career. Winner of the National Book Award for poetry.
