Modern Poetry from The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA

First edition of the poet's third collection of poems and first to be issued by a commercial publisher. Issued in both hardcover and wrappers simultaneously, this is the scarce hardbound edition. Estimates put the print run for the hardbound edition at a couple of hundred, with few likely distributed to the public. Signed by the poet on the title page and very… Read more about this item

Signed, dated and inscribed by Miller to her "dear friend and collaborator", composer Jerome Kern. Slight tanning to gutters of end papers, otherwise a fine, fresh and unread copy in a very good or better dust wrapper, tanning to the spine and with a few closed edge tears. Jerome Kern was one of the most important American theatre composers of the early… Read more about this item

Signed by Moore on the front free endpaper, and dated Sept. 17, 1959 [the date of publication] on the copyright page. Also, Moore has crossed off "Literary" and capitalized "E" for essays for her Predilections title listed on the rear jacket flap. Scant wear to the corner tips, else a fine copy in very good dust wrapper with a few snags,… Read more about this item

Great full page inscription from Ginsberg "For Sally, pix of the orient", signed, dated and with a small flower drawing. Stamped in red with the author's oriental seal. Sally is Sally Grossman, American model and wife of Bob Dylan's one-time manager Albert Grossman. Sally is best known as the young woman languorously stretched out on the cover of Dylan's 1965… Read more about this item

Limited edition 229/310. Though not called for, this copy inscribed by Hass and signed by Trethewey. Fine in sewn wrappers. An attractive publication.

Introduction by Tess Gallagher (Carver's widow) and nicely inscribed by her: "For...., the last book Ray & I made together, except the book of our lives, which I continue to write in for us both, Best wishes, Tess". Also signed, dated and located by Gallagher. A little wear to wraps. Near fine.

From the library of Beat poet Diane di Prima, with her signature on front free end paper. Di Prima and Ginsberg met during the mid-1960s. They went on to become two of the most famous poets of the Beat Generation. Di Prima and Ginsberg were both Buddhists, making this work -- written by Ginsberg during his travels through South East… Read more about this item

New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1972. First edition. Number 14 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series. Limited edition 126 copies, 100 numbered and 26 lettered (not for sale). This is #79 and is signed by the poet. In addition to his signature, Ginsberg has added "CFG" (a reference to the musical chords of the blues song from which these… Read more about this item

Harper and Row: New York, 1986. First Edition. Signed, dated and located by Ginsberg on the title page. On the opposite page, Ginsberg has also drawn a flower, measuring approximately 4" X 6", adding his characteristic "AH". One tiny tear on the page where Ginsberg pressed too hard while drawing, otherwise fine in like dust wrapper.

Broadside published by Okeanos Press and distributed at a reading at Black Oak Books by authors Louise Gluck (recipient of 2020 Nobel Prize for literature), Thom Gunn and Robert Hass. One of an unknown number of copies printed, this has been additionally signed by the three authors and is scarce thus. Black Oak Books was a premier location for touring authors… Read more about this item

First trade edition. Limited edition, 900 copies. Oblong, text oriented with spine at top. Self published following rejections ("no thanks" letters) from over a dozen major publishing houses of the day. A tanned copy -- pages exhibit a little tanning, front and rear pastedowns and free endpapers unevenly tanned, spine and lower third of covers tanned. Dust wrapper, which is lightly… Read more about this item

First Edition. The poet's second book. No comparable US edition. Issued simultaneously in wrappers and casebound, this is the scarce hardcover issue. Inscribed and signed by the author. A very good copy, front free end paper a little unevenly toned at the inner margin, wear to spine tips and side of spine, a small stain to bottom of text block (not… Read more about this item

Milan: John Scheiwiller, 1932. First Edition. An enormously important poetry anthology, one of only 250 copies, this is #44. Anthology features many of the key Modernist writers of the period, including James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, W.B. Yeats, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, and many others, including Pound himself. Pound has also contributed an introduction and occasional commentary. 142 pages,… Read more about this item

The Macmillan Co., New York, 1957. Second Printing, issued same year as the First. Author's first book, inscribed and nicely signed by him. Spine a little slanted, staining to gutters otherwise a fine copy in very good dust wrapper, not price clipped, slight chipping at spine edges, toning to spine and flap folds. A nicer copy than usual.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1985. Limited edition 500 numbered copies printed for the tenth anniversary of Curbstone Press, established to print works that promote human rights, social justice and intercultural understanding. Though not called for in the colophon, this copy signed and dated by Jordan. We have seen only one other copy of this book, also signed and dated, and Jordan… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Advance proof copy in lavender wraps, signed and inscribed by the poet in his indiscipherable hand. Overall near fine condition. Evidence of label removal to front wrap, some light wear. Signed copies of this title are uncommon.

Buffalo, NY: Slow Loris Press, 1976. First separate edition, reprinted from Rappaport 9: Volume 3, Number 3 (Spring 1976). A conversation with William Stafford, Edited by William Heyen. One of only twenty-five numbered copies signed by both poets (this is number 5). 44 pages. A fine copy in wrappers and scarce thus.

Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco, Ca. 1965. Second Printing. Signed by Snyder with a small Kokopelli drawing. Near fine in mustard colored wraps.

NY: Bouwerie Editions (1970). [6 pp]. Single poem with a tipped-on color photograph by William Katz. Limited to 402 copies, 100 of which are numbered and signed by author, 26 poet's proofs (A-Z) & 26 printer's proofs (A-Z) not for sale, and 250 numbered and not signed. This copy appears to be one of the 26 reserved for the author,… Read more about this item

Hiding in Plain Sight: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography. Broadside published by Okeanos Press and distributed at a reading at Black Oak Books by authors Louise Gluck (recipient of 2020 Nobel Prize for literature), Thom Gunn and Robert Hass. One of an unknown number of copies printed, this has been additionally signed by the three authors and is scarce thus.… Read more about this item