Poetry from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. xvii, [3], 396 p.; 22 cm. Orange-brown cloth with gilt spine title. Black endpapers. Dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Includes index of first lines. Book is in Very Good Condition: lower corners are rubbed; lower page edges slightly stained; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. First Trade Edition. 696 p.; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt spine title and author's initials on front cover. Dust jacket has a list of the author's published works on the back section. Includes indices of titles and first lines. "This volume contains all the poems that W.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Second printing, Feb. 2001. [6], 147, [5] pages; 23 cm. Maroon and red cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: red remainder dot on upper page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

New York: Modern Library, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. xvii, [3], 231, [5] p.; 17 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title and Bernhart torchbearer on front cover. Top page edges green. Endpapers have the Bernhart torchbearer illustration in yellow. Four-page publisher's catalog of The Modern Library follows text. Title page misspelling error: "Introducton." No date of publication. This… Read more about this item

London / New York: St. James Press and St. Martin's Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good +. [4], 140 p.; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued?). Part of the publishers' Poetry Reprint Series. A facsimile reprint of the 1923 edition by Knopf. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled;… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xii, 79 p.; 24 cm. Black and white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: lightly rubbed; clean and bright.

Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good +. [8], 49 p.; 21 cm. Grey cloth with black and yellow spine title. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is sunned along edges; lightly rubbed and cocked; pages are clean and tight.

New York: Cooper Union School of Architecture, 1979. Paperback. Near Fine -. 118 p.; 37, [1] p.; 30 cm. 2 volumes in plain grey paper wrappers with slipcase in same grey paper with white spine title. One of a limited edition of 1,500 copies. Contents: Eleven Poems by John Ashbery -- "Muffled Rumbling" [John Ruskin] by Jay Fellows… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1969. Hardcover. Good/good. xxiv, 387 p.: portraits; 23 cm. Purple cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Stated First Printing. Contains poems by Kenneth Rexroth, Theodore Roethke, Kenneth Patchen, William Stafford, Weldon Kees, John Berryman, Robert Owell, Denise Levertox, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Mersin, James Wright, Philip Levine, Sylvia… Read more about this item

Tarset, Eng: Bloodaxe Books, 2001. Paperback. Fine. Reprinted 2001. 368 p.; 22 cm. Paperback. "This is a vital anthology because the selection is so pared down. Edna Longley has omitted showy, noisy, ephemeral writers who drown out their contemporaries but leave later or wiser readers unimpressed.." -- back cover. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

Johnson, VT: Johnson State College, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. New Series, vol. 9, no. 2 Fall/Winter 1996-97 and vol. 10, no. 1 Spring/Summer 1997. 271, [17] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Contains essays and poetry. Contributors include Robert Pinky, Maxine Kumin, Robert Bly, Joy Harjo, Mary Oliver, and Molly Peacock. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; one name underlined… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Third Printing. 157, [3] p.: portrait of the author; 23 cm. Paperback. Gift inscription dated 2002 on first, blank, page. In Very Good Condition: spine is slightly sunned; corners lightly creased; clean and tight.

London; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine -. viii, 230 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with white spine title. Dust jacket. English poet Thom Gunn (1929-2004) came to the United States in 1954 and spent the rest of his life here. Most of the material in this volume reflects his engagement in American culture. Book… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good +. viii, [4], 249 p.: music; 24 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title and deocration. No dust jacket. The author examined "the nature and scope of the poet's interest in opera and . . . what the probable effect of that interest" on his poetry was. --… Read more about this item

New York: Picador, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. xv, [1], 751, [1] p.; 24 cm. Off-white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. This "breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology" commemorates the first 50 years of The Paris Review -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: one black dot on upper page edges; otherwise, clean and… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [8], 173, [1] p.; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title; author's initials blind-stamped on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. This is the third collection of the author's poetry to be published in the United States. Some of the poems have been translated… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/fine. [2], viii, 133, [1] p.; 24 cm. Maroon and light grey cover with gilt spine title and blind-stamped author's initials on front cover. Top page edges yellow. Dust jacket. A "masterly work by a major poet" -- dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. xx, [2], 474 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red and white cover with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes fiction, poetry, and autobiographical accounts relating to the celebration of Christmas. Arranged alphabetically, from Hans Christian Andersen to William Butler Yeats, with contributions by J. M. Barrie, Truman Capote, Willa Cather,… Read more about this item

New York: MacMillan Co, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good -. xvii, [5, 673 p., frontispiece portrait of the author; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title and author's facsimile signature on front cover. No dust jacket. In Very Good- Condition: slightly shaken; spine is slightly faded; corners lightly rubbed; cover lightly soiled; former owner's name on front free… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. [20] p. (pp. 79-97); 23 cm. Light grey wrapper printed in black; stapled. Wrapper title. Reprinted from ELH, A Journal of English Literary History, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1946. Annual address of the Tudor and Stuart Club, April 26, 1946, by William Haller (1885-1974). The author discusses John… Read more about this item