SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE OF PAUL CELAN
(2001)
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.
Post-WWII
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LOOSE WOMAN
1994
Signed first edition, first printing of this "candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection" (Penguin Random House) of poetry by Cisneros.
MY WICKED WICKED WAYS
1987
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.
LE PETIT LA FONTAINE
1835 (1987)
First printing of this facsimile of an 1835 book of French fable poetry, a charming little book.
PLAY EBONY PLAY IVORY
(1974)
First printing of this powerful collection of poetry, posthumously published after Dumas was murdered by a police officer in 1968.
A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
(1959)
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.
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.
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.
AMERICAN POETRY: The Twentieth Century
(2000)
Handsome first printings of the two-volume set Library of America comprehensive chronological survey of poetry in the US.
KALEIDOSCOPE
(1976)
First edition of this anthology of three centuries of Black American poets, edited by the first Black Poet Laureate of America.
OPEN GROUND: Selected Poems 1966-1996
(1998)
First US edition of these selections from Heaney's twelve previous volumes of poetry, together with his 1995 Nobel lecture, "Crediting Poetry."
POEMS 1965-1975
(1980)
Signed first printing of this collection of poetry from the most productive part of Heaney's career – in unusually sharp condition.
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.
SHARING EVE'S APPLE
[1989]
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.
ONLY TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAME
(1972)
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.
THE RAINBOW BOX
(1970)
First edition of this groovy collection of four little books containing poetry and art meant to encapsulate the different seasons.
WADE IN THE WATER
(2018)
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.
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