SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE OF PAUL CELAN
First edition thus, a wide-ranging bilingual edition of Celan's collected and uncollected works, composed between 1940 and 1976, sensitively translated from the German by John Felstiner.
First edition thus, a wide-ranging bilingual edition of Celan's collected and uncollected works, composed between 1940 and 1976, sensitively translated from the German by John Felstiner.
Signed first edition, first printing of this "candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection" (Penguin Random House) of poetry by Cisneros.
Inscribed first edition 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.
First printing of this facsimile of an 1835 book of French fable poetry, a charming little book.
First printing of Dove's first book-length publication — a fresh, beautiful copy.
First printing of this powerful collection of poetry, posthumously published after Dumas was murdered by a police officer in 1968.
First UK edition of this collection of lyrical, evocative, and often humorous poetry, by the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers – in remarkably sharp condition.
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.
Inscribed first printing of this collection of poems and "not quite poems," an intimate look through the eyes of the Black Arts Movement icon.
First edition, review copy with publisher's promotional broadside laid in, of the Nobel-winning author's third book of poetry, a "confrontation with the fragility and risk involved in allowing oneself to love what is passing" (Morris, 6).
First edition, advance uncorrected proof copy, of the Nobel-winning author's third book of poetry, a "confrontation with the fragility and risk involved in allowing oneself to love what is passing" (Morris, 6).
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of the Pulizter- and Nobel-winning poet's first book, published when she was only 25 and already capturing Glück's characteristic mix of symbolic allusion, disciplined expression of anger, and breathtakingly lyrical composition.
Fine press limited first edition of this early work in the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning poet's oeuvre.
First edition of the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning authors fourth book of poetry, the title poem addressing "the power of grief to motivate heroic action" (Morris, 50) — not through victory in battle, but through Achilles's love of Patroclus.
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.
First Gorey edition of the first poem from Lear's BOOK OF NONSENSE, the first of two Gorey books using Lear's nonsense verse.
Handsome first printings of the two-volume set Library of America comprehensive chronological survey of poetry in the US.
First US edition of these selections from Heaney's twelve previous volumes of poetry, together with his 1995 Nobel lecture, "Crediting Poetry."
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
Stated first edition of this multifaceted poetry collection, with topics ranging from reflections on World War II to musings about fairy tales.
First printing of this triangular accordion book of an amorous poem by John Keats, this copy previously owned by the founder of the Miniature Book Society.
First US edition of this collection of poetry and reflections on the nature and philosophy of relationships by English polymath G. Spencer Brown — remarkably scarce.
First edition of this groovy collection of four little books containing poetry and art meant to encapsulate the different seasons.
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.
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.