Search Results: Authors starting with L from Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)

New York: W W Norton & Company, 2019. 1st US edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The title poem was originally published in The New Yorker Magazine, November 10, 2014. Scarce in this uncorrected proof format. Fine.

Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, 1976. 1st edition, gray boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Published as An International Poetry Forum Selection title, the present association copy is inscribed by both the author and the translator to "Sam" Hazo, founder and director of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh. Lapointe's inscription is in French, Jones' in English, both on the title page. An excellent association copy from this French-Canadian poet, his debut book in the U. S. A fine copy in like jacket.

Madison: Penstemon Press (for Charles Seluzicki), 1980. 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered and signed with initials, hand-tied textured paperwraps, with matching stiff envelope (as issued). Illustrated and printed by Kathleen Gray Schallock at Penstemon Press. The present copy is designated as copy number "8" and signed with initials by the author and the illustrator. Bright, fine condition (appears as new).

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2017. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, printed black dust jacket (as issued). This handsome hand tied chapbook is set in Bembo type on Zerkall Butten and Lana, with silkscreen two color ink on the dust jacket and title page. The author's signature and limitation number are written directly on the colophon page in pencil. Size: 9.5 inches high x 7 inches wide, approx. Offered in fine 'as new' condition, at the published price.

New York: New Directions, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated yellow paperwraps (as issued.) Laughlin's monumental memoir in verse, with a four page Preface by Guy Davenport, and a twelve page Introduction by Peter Glassgold. Fine condition.

New York: New Directions, 1948. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The annual anthology of new writing, conceived, edited, and published by James Laughlin. An early appearance of Richard Wilbur with six poems, as well as contributions by Paul Bowles, Rene Char, Alex Comfort, Robert Duncan, Richard Eberhart, Howard Nemerov, F. T. Prince, George Seferis, William Jay Smith, Ruth Stephan, Peter Viereck, Vernon Watkins, Tennessee Williams, and several others. (Pp. 512.) Moderate wear and tear to jacket notwithstanding, a nice copy in very good condition.

New York: Penguin Poets, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Published as "A Penguin Poets Original" and noted on the rear cover as "an urgent new collection from one of America's most inventive and admired poets." Fine condition.

Penguin Poets, 2001. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued). An early "Advance Uncorrected Proofs" copy of this large (pp. 253) collection of Lauterbach's poetry. "A Penguin Poets Original." This title "brings together selections of each of her first five collections, as well as an exhilarating group of new poems" (from the rear cover notes). Fine, 'as new' condition.

New York: Viking, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps. Essays by Lauterbach, who has previously published six collections of poetry. Fine condition.

New York: Penguin Poets, 2009. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) "Ann Lauterbach's ninth work of poetry, OR TO BEGIN AGAIN, takes its name from a sixteen-poem elegy that resists its own end . . . (from the rear cover notes.) Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition.

New York: W W Norton & Company, 2018. 1st edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A collection of twenty new poems, in addition to a broad selection of poems from her five earlier books. This uncorrected proof copy is copyright 2018, the trade issue was released in January 2019. Only minimal wear to this new, appears unopened copy. Fine.

Boston: Atlantic/Little, Brown, 1964. 1st ed, tan boards, w/dj. The author's first book. "Her themes are those of the young, particularly in their concern with love and with the sense of being a stranger in one's own body. Her rhythms are strong and complex" (from the jacket.) A fine copy in like jacket.

Chicago: Vol XIII, No V, February, 1919. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps. The present issue includes six new poems by Lawrence; and a section of Poems from the Chinese: "Chinese Written Wall Pictures" translated by Amy Lowell and Florence Ayscough. An amazingly bright, fine copy.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1968. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty poems, including an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines. Pages toned from aging, else a fine copy in like (price clipped) jacket.

Boston: Shambhala, 2006. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The author's sixth collection of poems. Fine condition.

New York: Scribner Poetry, 2002. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) A continuation of daily poems, begun with his volume THE DAILY MIRROR. Publisher's material laid in. Fine.

Princeton NJ: Princeton U Press, 1990. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A presentation copy to fellow poet, inscribed: "For Richard Tillinghast / on a memorable occasion / with all good wishes / David Lehman / 1/26/03" in blue ink on the half title page. Published in the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets series, the cloth issue is now quite uncommon. The present copy is bright and fine, in like jacket. A desirable association copy.

New York: Scribner Poetry, 2000. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Includes an introduction by the author, which begins: "In January 1996 I started writing a poem a day as an experiment." An excellent collection of poems. Fine condition.

New York: Knopf, 1986. 1st edition, full red cloth, w/decorated dj. A signed copy of the author's second trade publication of poetry. "Brad Leithauser writes of the delights of nature, the astonishments and beauties of Japan, and the essence of all that endures" (from the jacket comments.) An engraved "compliments of the author" card laid in. Light sunning to upper edges of cloth and spine of jacket, else fine.

New York: Knopf, 1998. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued.) Fine.