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.
Poetry
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POEM
1973
Signed limited edition of this Bishop poem, originally published in the NEW YORKER.
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.
A WORLD RICH IN ANNIVERSARIES
(1979)
Lovely association copy of the first edition thus of this uncommon parallel text edition of the French author's prose poems, inscribed by co-translator William Matthews to contemporary poet Stanley Plumly.
THE GREAT FIRES
1994
First edition signed by Gilbert of his third collection of poetry, "imbued with austere clarity" (Knapp).
MONOLITHOS
1982
Signed first edition, a review copy, of this collection of poetry that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
VIEWS OF JEOPARDY
1962
First edition of Gilbert's debut, the uncommon hardcover issue.
THE FATE OF AMERICAN POETRY
(1991)
Handsome first printing of this investigation of US poetry's imminent doom, an association copy inscribed by the author to poet Stanley Plumly (to whom Holden devotes several pages), and with Plumly's own critical annotations ("nonsense") throughout.
Letter From J.D. McClatchy to Adrienne Rich Regarding the Funeral of James Merrill
1995
A touching TLS sent to Pulitzer-winning feminist poet Adrienne Rich, describing the memorial services for James Merrill, which Rich could not attend.
FALLING AWAKE
(2016)
Lovely first US edition of this poetry collection, the follow-up to Oswald's acclaimed and prize-winning MEMORIAL.
EXILE AND RETURN: Selected Poems 1967-1974
(1985)
First edition in English of these poems by the great 20th century Greek poet, written during Ritsos's own years of imprisonment, exile, and seclusion under the Papadopoulos dictatorship.
TARUMBA: The Selected Poems of Jaime Sabines
1979
First edition thus of this parallel text translation of Sabines's poems, warmly inscribed by translator Philip Levine to contemporary American poet Stanley Plumly.
8 POEMS
(1981)
Early limited edition chapbook from the Pulitzer-winning poet, inscribed (and annotated) to friend and fellow poet Stuart Dischell.
ENTRY IN AN UNKNOWN HAND
1989
Uncommon hardcover issue of the first edition of this verse collection from the Pulitzer-winning poet, inscribed to friend and fellow poet Stuart Dischell — with an additional holograph poem laid in.
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