Signed Books from Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)

Boston: The Author, 1997. 1st edition, original gray handmade stiff paper covers, stitched binding. Illustrated throughout with drawings by the author. The colophon page states: "This book was made by the author / June 1997". The book is inscribed by Knott on the title page: " -- To One of the Few Masters, / Frank Bidart, / from one… Read more about this item

Menomonee Falls: Wiseblood Books, 2024. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Gioia on the title page in blue ink. An expanded essay by Gioia, published as No. 13 in the Wiseblood Essays in Contemporary Culture series. A new copy. Fine condition.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. 1st edition, full cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Kooser on the title page in black ink. A collection of essays (pp. 153) with jacket reviews by Jim Harrison, Judith Kitchen, and Merrill Gilfillan. Fine condition.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2014. 1st edition, gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Kooser on title page. A collection of fifty-three poems, including the excellent title poem. Quite scarce in the first edition and signed. Fine condition.

Lincoln: Windflower Press, 1978. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). "First Printing" is so noted on title page. Specially inscribed "For Gerald" and signed (by "Hatcher") on the FEP in black ink. Additionally, laid in is a typed letter signed by Kooser to Gerald on Wind Flower Press letterhead which prints Ted Kooser as editor. The oversized (11… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. 1st edition, full navy blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Kooser on the title page in black ink. For the present title "Kooser has selected poems from two of his earlier works, SURE SIGNS and ONE WORLD AT A TIME" (Pittsburgh Press web site). Quite scarce in cloth, and especially… Read more about this item

Surrey, UK: Tony Baker, 1984. 1st edition, original illustrated wire stitched paperwraps (as issued). Published as number eight in the FIGlet booklets series, offshoots of FIGS magazine. Inscribed "to Ralph J. Mills / with best wishes, / John Levy / April 11, 1984 / Meligala" on the colophon page in blue ink. Laid in is a typed letter to… Read more about this item

Rochester: BOA Editions, 2001. 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued). A signed copy of the author's first book, with a highly praised Foreword by Donald Hall. Published as No. 23 in the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. A very strong collection of first poems, ". . . their beauty lies in their language" (Donald… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1986. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, decorated boards, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of poems, "a dramatized narrative of the devastation unleashed by the great blizzard of January 12, 1888" (from the prospectus, laid in). Signed by Kooser and Pohrt on the colophon page. There was a second issue of this title… Read more about this item

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2004. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, leather and cloth bound, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of fifty-nine poems arranged in four sections. This title won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2005. The present copy is designated letter "C" on the colophon page, and signed in full by Kooser on… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 1st English edition, original turquoise paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Clampitt on the title page in black ink. The author's first trade publication, first issued in the US by Knopf (1983). The English edition appeared in paperwraps only. Fine condition.

Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2023. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). "First Graywolf Printing, 2023" so noted on copyright page. Specially signed by Gioia on title page in black ink. The text includes twenty-three poems presented in five sections, including the final poem in seventeen separate sections. Section II publishes "The Ballad of Jesus Ortiz" (Gioia's great-grandfather). Offered in… Read more about this item

Hopewell: Ecco Press, 1996. 1st edition, cloth spine, with illustrated jacket (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Gluck on the title page in blue ink. A collection of forty-six poems, arranged in a book-length sequence. Gluck is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently the Nobel Prize in Literature (2020).… Read more about this item

Concord, NH: Ewert, 1996. 1st edition, limited (1/650) illustrated broadside. Illustrated with a relief engraving by Barry Moser, printed directly from the block by the artist. Printed on fine stock, 10.5 inches high x 7.5 inches wide when opened, in two color ink at Firefly Press. Published as a Christmas card for Donald Hall, and issued folded for mailing.… Read more about this item

Concord: Ewert, 1983. 1st edition, limited (1/136) numbered and signed, card stock, with printed envelope (as issued). Each epigram is printed on a separate card in two color ink, and signed by Hall on the numbered colophon card. The entire publication consists of twelve printed cards enclosed in one printed envelope. (Kelleher A22) Quite scarce. Fine condition.

Concord, NH: Ewert, 1984. 1st edition, thus, limited (1/500) illustrated greeting card (as issued). Printed in December 1984 for private distribution, this copy is specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. A different version of this poem was published as the final stanza in THE TWELVE SEASONS (Deerfield Press/Gallery Press, 1983.) The cover illustration of… Read more about this item

Concord NH: Ewert, 1990. 1st edition, limited (1/286) holiday card. Specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. Handsomely designed by William B. Ewert, and printed at Firefly Press in December, 1990, for private distribution. Overall size: 10.5 inches high x 7.75 inches wide (when opened). Fine condition.

New Hampshire: Eagle Pond Farm, 1993. 1st edition, privately printed broadside. Specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. Originally issued unsigned, this special broadside of two stanzas from Donald Hall's poem notes the following colophon: "Liam Rector & Tree Swenson announce to their families and friends their marriage, which took place at Eagle Pond Farm… Read more about this item

Concord NH: Ewert, 1986. 1st edition, limited (1/330) printed illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by Hall in black ink below his printed name. This short essay was issued as a holiday card in a total edition of 330 copies (Kelleher H-6). An uncommon Hall item, and offered here in fine condition.

Concord: Ewert, 1989. 1st edition, limited (1/436) paperwraps (as issued). This copy specially signed by Hall in black ink below the printed poem. Published as a holiday greeting for private distribution. Illustration and calligraphy by R.P. Hale. Fine.