Search Results: Rare Poetry from Rose's Books, IOBA

Boulder Creek, CA: Triton Press, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boulder Creek: Triton Press, 1978. No edition stated. 24 pp. Author's address written on title page (book belonged to noted poetry reviewer). Near fine..

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Nodin Press, 1977. Book. New. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Minneapolis: Nodin, 1977. 8vo. Trade paperback, 195 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Featuring Patricia Hampl, Etheridge Knight, Thomas McGrath, Stanley Kiesel, Carl Rakosi, John Calvin Rezmerski, Alvin Greenberg, Phebe Hason, Ruth Roston, Alvaro Cardona-Hine and others. New..

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Nodin Press, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Minneapolis: Nodin, 1977. 8vo. Trade paperback, 195 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Featuring Patricia Hampl, Etheridge Knight, Thomas McGrath, Stanley Kiesel, Carl Rakosi, John Calvin Rezmerski, Alvin Greenberg, Phebe Hason, Ruth Roston, Alvaro Cardona-Hine and others. Possibly inscribed by Margaret Hasse ("Margie"). Near fine..

Denver: Alan Swallow, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Denver: Swallow, 1966. No edition stated, presumed first. No. 34 in Swallow's New Poetry Series. Publisher's review copy, notice laid in. Two-tone silk/cloth boards. 64 pp. Notes on poems in the hand (no signature) of reviewer and poet Donald W. Baker, from a collection of books owned by Baker. Light spotting to boards, chip and edgewear to dustjacket. Very good in dustjacket..

New York: Random House, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Random House, 2003. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding. Poems. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Bloomington, IN: World Poetry Center, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed/Inscribed by Author. 8vo. Bloomington: World Poetry Center, 1986. Presumed first, appears self-published. 8vo. Trade paperback, 117 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED to Donald W. Baker, poet/mentor/editor/teacher. Near fine..

Detroit, MI: Lotus Pr, 1982. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed/Inscribed by Author. Reprint. 8vo. Detroit: Lotus, 1982. Second printing. 8vo. Trade paperback, 76 pp. Fine..

Library of America 32-volume set, NEW, hardcover bindings with new dust jackets, still in shrinkwrap. Over 7,000 pp. in all. This American Poets Project set contains the following books: James Agee: Selected Poems, edited by Andrew Hudgins; A. R. Ammons: Selected Poems, edited by David Lehman; John Berryman: Selected Poems, edited by Kevin Young; The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks, edited by Elizabeth Alexander; Stephen Crane: Complete Poems, edited by Christopher Benfey; Countee Cullen: Collected Poems, edited by Major Jackson; Kenneth Fearing: Selected Poems, edited by Robert Polito; Stephen Foster & Co.: Lyrics of America's First Great Popular Songs, edited by Ken Emerson; Ira Gershwin: Selected Lyrics, edited by Robert Kimball; Kenneth Koch: Selected Poems, edited by Ron Padgett; Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems, edited by John Hollander; Amy Lowell: Selected Poems, edited by Honor Moore; Samuel Menashe: New and Selected Poems, edited by Christopher Ricks; Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems,… Read More

Swampscott, MA: Anne Hathaway, 1911. Book. Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fine green cloth binding, gold title and decoration. 19 pp. Signed/inscribed by the author, "For A. Grace Davidson with sincere regard, Anne Hathaway, May 1913". Frontispiece monotone portrait of the author, decorative title with lime green and pink framing art nouveau design, that is repeated framing every page of poetry. Poems printed on one side of pages only. Faint waterstain, primarily to rear boards and rear endpapers, also visible on front endpapers and faintly on top of pages. Moire endpapers. Book designed for the author by Harry T. Hadley, Swampscott, MA. Library pocket on rear endpapers. Scarce. Good condition..

Boston: B. J. Brimmer, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Boston: Brimmer, 1925. First edition. 8vo. Quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, 383, 208 pp. Braithwaite was an African-American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. This book includes very useful scholarly information, such as a list of magazine abbreviations, an index of poets and poems published in American magazines from August 1924 through July 1925, a selected list of books about poets and poetry published during the same period, a list of magazines publishing poetry with their addresses, a list of poetry prizes and winners, an index to first lines. Chipping to one page that was cut badly (text not affected), a few random pencil ticks. Good..

New York: Walker and Company, 1996. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Walker, 1996. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 127 pp. Ex-university library, apparently never borrowed. Aside from usual library markings, in very good condition. Nice collection, organized by tribe and/or nationality, translated into English..

University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed/Inscribed by Author. First Edition in Paperback. 8vo. University: University of Alabama, 1985. First edition in paperback. 8vo. Trade paperback, 51 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title to Donald W. Baker, poet/mentor/editor/teacher. Fine..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. Book. New. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Farrar Straus @ Giroux, 1999. First edition and first printing. 8vo. Trade paperback. 96pp. In these poems, as fine as any Ashbery has written, the uninhibited fantasies of fairy tales are given sumptuous but always transparent verbal orchestrations. New..

Fort Wayne, Indiana: The Windless Orchard at the Fort Wayne Art School Press, 1971. Book. Fine. Stapled Wrappers. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stapled wrappers. 48 pp. Fine. Scarce..

Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.: John F. Blair Publisher, 1977. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winston-Salem, Blair, 1977. First edition. 8vo. Trade paperback, 51 pp. North Carolina poetry. Fine condition. Scarce..

Sagamore Beach, MA: Encircle Publications, 2001. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition thus. 8vo. Soft cover. 41 p. A collection of poetry. Inscribed to Professor Donald Baker by anthologized poet Eileen Wolf. Fine. Very scarce..

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo.. Sydney: Angust & Robertson, 1959. First edition. 12mo. Cloth binding, 96 pp. Poets from every Australian state are represented. Includes four longer works by R.D. FitzGerald, A.D. Hope, James McAuley and Ronald McCuaig. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, 1899. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 12mo.. New York: Fenno, 1899. Reprint. 12mo. Blue cloth 150 pp. plus advertising. Corners rubbed, spine faded, wear bottom of spine. A few foxing spots. Good..

Topeka, Kansas: Sycamore Valley, 1986. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Topeka: Sycamore Valley, 1987. First edition, stated. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title. 8vo. Cloth binding, 85 pp. Fine..

Paris: Librairie Nizet, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 12mo.. First edition. 12mo. Trade paperback, 254 pp. Uncut. Near fine..