LITERATURE POETRY from Gregor Rare Books

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1976.. Second Printing of the First Edition. fineA Near Fine copy with a remainder mark on bottom edge in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. No names, inscriptions or marks to the text. "Loading Mercury..." demonstrates Brautigan's return to a more poetic spirit closr to that of his earlier endeavors after publishing several novels that… Read more about this item

St. Paul :: Graywolf Press,, 1992.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. This copy is signed by Gallagher. Moon Crossing Bridge is Tess Gallagher's sixth book, and her descent into the world of the dead, a remembrance of her deceased beloved (Ray Carver), whose presence and absence are recalled… Read more about this item

New York:: Delacorte Press,, 1972.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy two black lines on the first two preliminary pages in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Borges selected the more than 100 poems in this collection spanning his long writing career features translations by such luminaries as Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin and John Updike.… Read more about this item

London:: Harvill/Collins,, 1985.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. This edition is the only hardcover edition of this title. Raymond Carver's "Fires" is a quick introduction to the author who personifies literary minimalism. In this slim volume, the reader is treated to essays and poems, as well as… Read more about this item

New York:: Macmillan,, 1993.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with previous owner bookplate in a Fine, clipped dust jacket. In the decades since he recorded his first album, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure--and one of the most literate, daring, and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. Stranger Music presents a… Read more about this item

Toronto:: McClelland and Stewart,, 1993.. First Printing of the First Canadian Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with previous owner inscription in a Fine, clipped dust jacket. In the decades since he recorded his first album, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure--and one of the most literate, daring, and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. Stranger… Read more about this item

New York:: Pantheon,, 1993.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. In the decades since he recorded his first album, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure--and one of the most literate, daring, and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. Stranger Music presents a magnificent cross-section of Cohen's work--including the… Read more about this item

Walker, Alice. Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful: Poems. New York:: Harcourt Brace,, 1984.. First Printing of the First US Edition. ISBN: 0151421692. A Near Fine copy with owner name on flyleaf in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She… Read more about this item

New York:: Knopf,, 1996.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket.

New York:: Norton,, 1993.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. From their first publication, when Rich was twenty-one, in the prestigious Yale Younger Poets series, the successive volumes of her poetry have both charted the growth of her own mind and vision and mirrored our tempestuous, unsettled age.… Read more about this item

New York::: Norton,,, 1993... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. In this collection, Dunn blends his thoughts about poetry with musings about his own early experience. Five essays explore the mysteries of composition, the problems and latitudes the poet faces, and the ways in which poetry confers value. The rest are… Read more about this item

Brooklyn:: Hanging Loose Press,, 1993.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy without dust jacket as issued. This is one of only 500 Hardcover copies issued. Working from a carefully developed understanding of his place in an oppressed culture, he focuses on the need to tear down obstacles before nature tears them down.… Read more about this item

Seattle:: Alki Press,, 1997.. First Printing of the First Edition. New in wraps. First Paperback edition. There was a hardcover signed limited of 100 copies. Signed by the author. From waiting in plastic chairs, to putting a brother in a clothes dryer, blue Parisian rooms, to the sun shining on a Spanish onion field, from the reflection of dying Emperor… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh :: Slow Loris Press,, 1978.. First Printing of the First US Trade Edition. A Fine bright copy in cream colored paper wraps. This is one of 1000 copies issued. There was no hardcover edition of this title. Richard Hugo is noted for the tight, rhythmic control of his language and lines and for the sharp sense of place evoked… Read more about this item

New York::: Random House,,, 1937... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with four spots of darkening to rear panel and some wear to the head of the spine. The title narrative poem in this collection addresses the fierce conflicts of a tormented mind, in a tragedy of reversion… Read more about this item

New York::: New Directions,,, 1949... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a touch of age darkening to extremities. There were only 2000 copies of this hardcover edition issued. This is one of Patchen's earliest experiments with the prose poem and coincides with an… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh ::: University of Pittsburgh,,, 1982... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine, bright dust jacket. Richard Shelton is a fine expressive poet who adeptly squeezes the metaphysical and philosophical out of the most everyday events and the natural world. In this collection, he has chosen the finest of his published poems… Read more about this item

Stafford, William. Traveling Through the Dark: Poems. New York:: Harper & Row,, 1962.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner's name on the flyleaf in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Laid-in is a single sheet announcing Stafford's appearance in San Francisco for a series of readings (where this copy was purchased).… Read more about this item

New York::: Random House,,, 1954... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Uncommon Thus! The poems in this collection were written over a five year period from 1949-1954 and reflect the vigor and stature of his best work.

New York::: Atlantic Monthly,,, 1989... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. A New Path to the Waterfall was Carver's last book, and shows a writer telling the truth as best as he knows how in the time left to him. The sixty-odd poems in this collection are… Read more about this item