LOOSE WOMAN
1994
Signed first edition, first printing of this "candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection" (Penguin Random House) of poetry by Cisneros.
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MY WICKED WICKED WAYS
1987
Signed first edition, first printing of this collection of poems composed during the same period as THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, with the controversially suggestive photo of Cisneros on the front cover.
CAROLING DUSK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE BY NEGRO POETS
1927
First printing of this collection of Black poetry from the late nineteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance, compiled by one of the period's "most talented writers" (Finkelman, 526).
OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
(1939)
First edition of one of Eliot's most beloved works, a collection of nonsense rhymes that became the basis for the multiple Tony-award-winning Broadway musical CATS.
A TOUTE ÉPREUVE
1984
Luxurious re-issue of the original 1958 livre d'artiste — housed in the original shipping carton.
ESSEX POEMS, 1963-67
(1969)
Inscribed first edition of this collection from Movement poet Donald Davie, written while he was working as a professor at the University of Essex – with hauntingly stark illustrations by Michael Foreman.
Original Carbon Typescript for Part I of "Howl"
[1955/6]
Previously unknown original carbon typescript of the most important postwar American poem: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." Almost certainly the only surviving draft version of this iconic poem remaining in private hands, and the only one to ever be separately offered for sale.
THE WOMEN AND THE MEN
1975
Inscribed first edition of this collection by "one of America's foremost poets" (POETRY FOUNDATION).
THE SALT HERRING
1971
Signed limited first edition thus, an out of sequence copy not signed or numbered on the limitation page, but instead signed by Gorey on the title page.
THE LOLLIPOP TROLLOPS
(1992)
Handsome limited first edition of Theroux's poetry, signed by both Gorey and Theroux.
KALEIDOSCOPE
(1976)
First edition of this anthology of three centuries of Black American poets, edited by the first Black Poet Laureate of America.
STILL LIFE WITH A BRIDLE: Essays and Apocryphas
(1991)
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
THE SEVEN-LEAGUE CRUTCHES
(1951)
Stated first edition of this multifaceted poetry collection, with topics ranging from reflections on World War II to musings about fairy tales.
SONG FOR ANNINHO
1981
First edition, first printing of this epic poem, the love story of two Black people from Palmares, a settlement founded in colonial Brazil by formerly enslaved Africans, after their separation following the Portuguese destruction of the city.
TREES AND OTHER POEMS
(1914)
Early printing of this poetry collection by early-20th century US American writer Joyce Kilmer, uncommon in dust jacket.
ROBOTS ON THEIR BATTLEFIELDS
(1940)
Signed first edition of this eccentric series of poetic odes to the 1939 New York World's Fair "World of Tomorrow," including its iconic robot "Elektro."
HERODIAS
(1940)
Presentation copy of this rare limited first edition of Mallarmé's Hérodiade, rendered in English by Clark Mills and illustrated with an engraving by surrealist Kurt Seligmann.
Original Mourning Card from Mallarme's Funeral
[September, 1898]
Stark and haunting card of mourning from the September 10th, 1898 funeral of Stephane Mallarmé.
POEMAS DE LA IZQUIERDA EROTICA
(1973)
First printing of the great Guatemalan intellectual's first book of poetry, with her personal inscription.
A STUDY OF TWO PEARS; ETUDE DE DEUX POIRES
2003
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.
LAGUNA WOMAN
(1974)
Signed first printing with interesting provenance of this important Native American writer's first book, a collection of poetry.
ALONE WITH THEE
[circa 1900]
First edition of this charming shape gift book containing one of Stowe's popular hymns, illustrated beautiful chromolithographs.
THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER
[1857]
Lovely Victorian edition of Tennyson's classic love poem, in a deluxe leather binding.
LOVED HELEN
(1929)
Scarce first edition of T. H. White's first work, a collection of poems on topics both humble and legendary, including Norse mythology.
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