Poetry from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Santa Cruz: Boneset, 1983. First edition. First edition. Signed by Nathaniel Mackey on the title page, inscribed to poet Tom Orange. Staplebound wraps. Near Fine with sunning along spine, very slight bump to corners. The award-winning poet's rare second chapbook. Includes eight poems.

New York: Open City, 2003. Fifth Printing. Very Good. Fifth printing of the first softcover edition. Signed by David Berman and inscribed to a former owner on the dedication page. "Barbara, thank you hope you like Tanglewood Numbers." Very Good with light wear and light staining to covers, former owner name penned to textblock edge. A book of… Read more about this item

Buffalo, NY: SUNY/AB Department of English, 1967. First edition. First edition. Signed by Anselm Hollo on back wrap, inscribed to Black Mountain School poet Larry Eigner, "in admiration of his work," in year of publication. 4 pp. Single sheet folded in half. Very Good, lightly worn.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. First edition. First edition, first printing, cloth issue. viii, 88 pp. Bound in publisher's dark bluish green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in a bright unclipped dust jacket, slight rubbing along fore edge and trivial indentations to front panel from being used as a writing surface, else Fine. A rare hardcover copy… Read more about this item

New York: Faber & Faber, Inc, 2004. First edition. First edition. Signed by Billy Corgan on the title page in sharpie. [x], 83 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The first book of poetry by the Smashing Pumpkins' singer, uncommon signed.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1993. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page, inscribed to former owner. viii, [ii], 80 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Sixth printing of the first paperback edition. Near Fine, light sticker wear to rear wrap.The Pulitzer-winning poet's seventh book.

New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. First edition, first printing. One of 777 unnumbered copies, signed by Charles Bukowski in silver paint pen and dated 5-25-63. [vi], 99, [2] pp. Multi-colored letterpressed sheets bound into stiff white wrappers, in decorated cork lined wrap-around dust jacket. Fine. A truly excellent, crisp copy with hardly any wear. Gift card… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic- Little, Brown & Company, 1983. First edition, wrappered issue. First edition, wrappered issue. viii, 88 pp. Stiff wraps. Very light shelf wear, else Fine and unread. An excellent copy of the American poet's Pulitzer-winning collection, issued simultaneously with the hardcover.

New York: The Viking Press, 1927. First edition. First edition. 103 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, paper title label on spine. Very Good+, lightly worn and dust-soiled, small former owner's stamp to paste down. Lacking dust jacket. An uncommon work by the Irish-American anarcho-feminist poet.

New York: Mahlon Day, 1837. Second edition. Second edition. [2], 257-260, [3]-253 pp. (index, i.e. pages 257-260 bound following title page). Bound in publisher's diapered reddish purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. A completely unsophisticated copy in wonderful shape for an American imprint of its age. Tight binding. Stain to front board, sunning along bottom edge of front board… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Kenmore Press, 1977. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing of the two-time American Poet Laureate's first book of poems. Copy 205 of a limited 400 numbered copies, unsigned as issued. In publisher's grey printed stiff wraps with Japanese stab binding. Near Fine with light toning and light wear. A lovely copy. Printed and bound… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition. Copy number 165 of a limited 300, signed by Charles Bukowski. Bound in publisher's original paper covered boards over purple corduroy spine. Very Good+ with light foxing to edges and tanning to contents. In an original, lightly rubbed acetate dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop on the title page. Second printing. [xii], 50 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. About Very Good with sunning to spine, wraps slightly curled at edges, light diagonal reading crease to book starting at rear. An acclaimed final work by the American poet with many of her best-known poems… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine/Fine. A superlative copy of the first American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Fine, with slight production error to page 27/28 with a small crease to the bottom page corner there. In an unclipped, very bright and sharp dust jacket with… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2004. First edition. First edition. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. xvi, 101, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's publisher's cream-colored boards with crimson cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with slight curl along front panel, slight curl to top panel. The prolific, acclaimed American poet's 17 essays and… Read more about this item

Montreal: Published for McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with pages tanned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, soiling and edge wear with chipping at the corners and spine ends, and a… Read more about this item

London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802. First Complete Edition in English. Near Fine. First edition of the first full translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into English. Octavo. Three volumes bound in contemporary full calf with gilt stamping and raised bands to spine. Light rubbing to bindings, darkening to spines; shallow chip to head of… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American edition. First American edition. Signed by Arturo Barea on the front free endpaper, inscribed in Spanish and dated April 1952. xvi, 176 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. Lima's notes in pencil at front, else Near Fine, in About Very Good dust jacket with chipping along spine… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition. First edition, first printing. [xii], 50 pp. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine in a sharp, Fine dust jacket with the faintest suggestion of toning to spine panel. An excellent copy. An acclaimed final work by the American poet with many of her best-known… Read more about this item

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. First edition, signed limited issue. Copy number 75 of 491 signed by E. E. Cummings. Very Good with cloth a little soiled and worn at the tips, front and rear inner hinges slightly exposed. Pages lightly thumbed, stray pencil mark to recto of rear free endpaper… Read more about this item