POETRY from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

(N. Y.): Adventures in Poetry, (1972). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Schuyler & Fairfield Porter, out of a total edition of 300 copies. A fine copy. 4to, mimeographed sheets in original stiff paper covers with cover & illustrations by Fairfield Porter, stapled. A fine copy.

N. Y.: Henry Holt, 1923. First edition, first issue. Crane A6. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet: "For Raymond from his friend in all and through all R.F." The recipient was the young poet Raymond Holden, a close neighbor in Franconia, New Hampshire with whom Frost had a complicated friendship and to whom he initially sold part of his… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1927. First edition. One of 115 specially bound copies signed and numbered by Graves. Higginson & Williams A24. Fine copy in a slightly soiled jacket, lacking the slipcase.. 8vo, original quarter vellum & white boards, t.e.g., dust jacket. Fine copy in a slightly soiled jacket, lacking the slipcase.

(Plainfield, VT: Goddard Journal Publications, 1969). First edition of Dubie's rare first book, a small pamphlet published during the poet's senior year at Goddard College. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Ted Enslin on the front free endpaper: "To Ted Enslin / Best Wishes / Norman Dubie. In our experience, one of the rarest first books of modern… Read more about this item

N. Y.: The Grenfell Press, 1998. First edition. Limited to 100 copies signed by Ashbery and Winkfield (the entire edition). An early prose poem, dating from 1954, only recently discovered by the poet David Lehman. Reviewing Novel in On Paper, Jed Perl calls this dashingly elegant book "a double-headed imaginative caprice ... a carefully calculated flippancy, which is a… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. New edition, revised, hardbound issue. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bunting to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the title-page: "for Jonathan - remembering much wit, some poetry, and endless kindness / Basil Bunting / 1978. Covers a bit splayed, few foxmarks on edges of the textblock, otherwise a very good copy. … Read more about this item

Newcastle upon Tyne: The Morden Tower Book Room, (1965). First separate edition, limited issue. One of 100 numbered copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bunting to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the front free-endpaper: "for Jonathan Williams / Basil Bunting. Wrappers very slightly dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy. Thin 8vo, frontispiece portrait, original photographic wrappers, string-tied,… Read more about this item

(London): Fulcrum Press, (1966). First edition, wrappers issue, of Bunting's masterpiece. One of 374 copies out of a total edition of 500. Presentation copy, inscribed, "for Jonathan Williams", and signed by Bunting on a preliminary leaf. Wrappers sunned toward edges, otherwise a very good copy. A leaflet about the Brigflatts Meeting House is laid in. Folio, original decorated… Read more about this item

Carlisle: Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery, (1982). First edition of this splendid anthology of art and poetry by forty-one contemporary artists. Contributor's copy, one of 50 numbered copies signed by each of the contributors, including: Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Melvyn Bragg, Fay Godwin, Andy Goldsworthy, Jon Silkin, Roy Fisher, Paul Joyce, Raymond Moore, Norman Nicholson, William… Read more about this item

London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition, limited issue. One of 150 numbered copies printed on fawn glastonbury antique laid paper, specially bound, and signed by Duncan. Laid in is an original New Year's Card, "Happy Turn of the Year and a joyous leap to 72! for Jonathan from Jess and Robert", to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams.… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. New edition, revised, hardbound issue. Signed and dated "1978" by Bunting on the title-page. Few foxmarks on edges of the textblock and on the rear free-endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original cloth boards, dust jacket. Few foxmarks on edges of the textblock and on the rear free-endpaper, otherwise a very good… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, (1970). First edition of these concrete poems. Limited to 150 copies. In a few of the numbered and signed copies of this book, Johnson refers to it as a "disavowed edition. Spine slightly sunned, top-edge of text block lightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy of a beautiful book. Scarce. 12mo, original patterned boards. Spine… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: The Pym-Randall Press, (1967). First edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Bunting. This copy inscribed by Bunting to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the colophon page "for Jonathan. Wrappers faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.. Thin 8vo, original printed wrappers, string-tied, as issued. Wrappers faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy. … Read more about this item

London: Fulcrum Press, (1965). First edition. One of 774 copies from an entire edition of 1000 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bunting to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the front free-endpaper: "for Jonathan Williams / Basil Bunting. Foxmarks on edges, otherwise a fine copy. Prospectus laid in. 4to, original flexible printed boards. Foxmarks on edges,… Read more about this item

(No place): Turkey Press, 1985. First edition, photo-offset for the author from the original letterpress edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Laughlin, "for Jonathan [Williams]/ from J", on the half-title page. Fine copy. Laughlin's poem-card "Patent Pending", (issued as loose-leaf 3 printed by the Gaberbocchus Press, nd), is laid in. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Fine copy. Laughlin's poem-card "Patent… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. New edition, revised, hardbound issue. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bunting to poet and translator Tom Meyer on the title-page: "for Tom Meyer - who has fed me so well so often / Basil Bunting / 1978. Covers a bit splayed, few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original cloth… Read more about this item

(No place): Wild Hawthorn Press, 1965. First edition of these "poems made from Satie's notes, in French, to the piano pieces" of the book's title. Foxmarks on covers, otherwise a fine copy.. 8vo, drawings by John Furnival, original spiral-bound illustrated wrappers. Foxmarks on covers, otherwise a fine copy.

(MA): Wells College Press & Cummington Press, 1948. First edition. One of 60 Roman-numeraled copies on hand-made paper signed by Williams, out of a total edition of 310 copies (the regular copies were printed on an all-rag paper & not signed). Wallace A26. Fine copy in slipcase. Although the regular issue of The Clouds is fairly common, the signed… Read more about this item

1970. Titled, dated March 12, 1970 and signed in image by Dorfman. Fine. Original black & white photograph, 7" x 7", mounted on stiff board. Fine.

(New York: Printed by The Rydal Press for Arrow Editions, 1935). First edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Firmage A15. A very fine copy in the uncommon dust jacket in which there are a couple of short closed tears. Rare in this condition. SHAHN, Ben. 8vo, frontispiece by Ben Shahn, original cloth, dust jacket. A very fine copy… Read more about this item