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(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.

(Verona): Stamperia Ponte Pietra, (1980). First edition. Text in Italian, English & Latin. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Testa. Fine copy. 12mo, illustrated with 2 original prints by Fulvio Testa, quarter morocco & linen, slipcase. Fine copy.

(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

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

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

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

(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

(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

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1977. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Mathews & Katz (out of a total edition of 750 copies printed). Fine copy. KATZ, Alex.. Square 12mo, original wrappers by Alex Katz. Fine copy.

Dentdale, Cumbria: Jargon Society, 1975. First edition. Published as Jargon 80. Limited to 75 copies signed by the author & artist (the entire edition). An expensive production which received virtually no distribution in the U. S. when it was published. Very fine copy. Folio, 15 poems & 13 original lithographs loose in green cloth portfolio as issued. Very… Read more about this item

(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 1999. First separate edition of this essay which was originally published in The American Scholar in 1998 & selected for inclusion in The Anthology of Best American Essays for 1999. One of 85 specially bound copies signed by Burroughs & Gill, with an original frontispiece etching by Bryan Nash Gill, out of a total edition… Read more about this item

London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969. First edition. One of 60 numbered copies signed by Berrigan and Dine, out of a total edition of 327 copies printed. Fischer, p.31. A fine copy, with a few small, soft creases in the folder. DINE, Jim. Broadside, 15 x 11 1/2, with illustration by Jim Dine, in printed 18 1/2 x 12… Read more about this item

Chicago: Yellow Press, (1976). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed with a holograph poem by Berrigan. Fischer p. 50. Fine copy.. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Corinth Books, 1969. First edition. One of 50 copies signed by Berrigan and Brainard (out of a total edition of 1500 copies printed). Fischer p. 30. Very fine copy. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers by Joe Brainard. Very fine copy.

Chicago: Yellow Press, (1976). First edition. Fischer, p. 50. Inscribed by Berrigan: "For Lewis (Warsh), in memory of my feelings, Love, Ted, Dec. ‘76." Warsh and Anne Waldman were the publishers of Angel Hair Books; later Warsh with his wife Bernadette Mayer published United Artists Books. Fine copy. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.

(N. Y.): Swollen Magpie Press, (1979). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schuyler on the title-page: "For Tom (Carey) love, Jim, 7/7/80". Tom Carey was Schuyler's secretary and after Schuyler's death became one of his executors. Contributions by John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Kenward Elmslie, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Ron Padgett, Anne Waldman, Darragh Park, and Trevor Winkfield,… Read more about this item