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

West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 1st edition, (1/200), full cloth, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of poems from this Helsinki, Finland poet, edited and translated from the Finnish by Anselm Hollo. A handsome book, designed and printed by Allan Kornblum on Mohawk Superfine acid-free paper. The present copy is 1 of only 200 copies to be bound in cloth. Fine condition.

New York: Viking, 1990. 1st edition, cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. "The poems of Peter Sacks embrace a world so rich with a physical sense of place, with history, myth, religion, and with a resilient hope, that it almost seems whole" (from the jacket notes.) Jacket reviews by Harold Bloom, J. M. Coetzee, and Anthony Hecht. A bright, fine copy in like jacket.

Boston: Godine, 1982. 1st ed, boards w/dj. Published as A Godine Poetry Chapbook/Fourth Series. A fine copy, in fine price-clipped jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1989. 1st edition, broadside. Designed by Lorraine Louie, the text of the poem is printed in black ink, with orange, purple, and gray designs on heavy buff paper. A photo of the author by Jerry Bauer. The poem is from the poet's collection UNFINISHED PAINTING (Knopf, 1989). Size: 20 inches high x 16 inches wide. Uncommon and scarce.

New York: Knopf, 1983. 1st ed, full gray cloth w/dj. A presentation copy, inscribed: "for---with admiration and best wishes for 1984" and signed in full on the FEP. Jacket reviews by Dave Smith & Alfred Corn. Fine in like jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1988. 1st ed, full red cloth w/dj. A bright, fine copy in like jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1988. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, green paperwraps (as issued.) Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 1st ed, full white cloth w/dj. The author's first book. Wear to jacket includes tiny nick along top edge of rear panel, book fine.

Porter's Lake, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press, 1983. 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. A specially signed copy of the author's first book of poetry. The text includes over forty poems by this British born author, who has lived most of his life in Nova Scotia. A respected poet, Sanger is also a distinguished editor and critic, and a noted scholar on the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop. The present offering is in fine, 'as new' condition.

New York: Norton, 1999. 1st edition, cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. A review copy with publisher's material laid in. Bright and fine condition.

New York: Norton, 1993. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's material laid in. The author's third book, "Santos explores the tumult of that inner life as he masterfully uncovers the world and underworld of those ever-shifting relations between a man and a woman" (from the jacket notes).

New York: Norton, 1999. 1st edition, cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. This title was a finalist for the National Book Award, after which Santos won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Award. Strong jacket reviews by Anthony Hecht, J.D. McClatchy, Grace Schulman, and Eamon Grennan. Appears 'as new' in bright and fine condition.

New York: Knopf, 1999. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) A fine copy, appears "as new" and unopened.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. The manuscript for this volume won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for 1988. The author's first book, and a selection in the Pitt Poetry Series. Jacket reviews by Garrett Hongo and Brigit Pegeen Kelly. A bright, fine copy, appears in 'as new' condition.

Chicago: U of Illinois Press, 1989. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Inscribed and signed by Schmitz on the half title page, in year of publication, to a fellow poet. Fine condition.

New York: Ecco Press, 1980. 1st ed, cloth spine, w/dj. Published as Vol. 19 in The American Poetry Series by Ecco Press. This series included Robert Hass' PRAISE, James Tate's RIVEN DOGGERIES, John Ashbery's SOME TREES and RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, Louise Gluck's THE HOUSE ON MARSHLAND, and many others. A fine copy of an important volume, seldom seen in this bright condition.

New York: Ecco Press, 1975. 1st ed, full black cloth w/dj. Published as Volume Seven in The American Poetry Series by Ecco. A fine copy in like jacket, with publicity material laid-in.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2016. 1st edition, limited (1/33) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely printed by C W Swets in three color ink using Bembo type, May, 2016. The poem was originally published by The New Yorker on November 16, 2015. Size: 9 inches high x 6.25 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy paperwraps (as issued). The title page states (sic) 2001 as the year of publication, though it was actually published on February 16, 2002. A selection of poems from four previously published titles, plus a section of ten new poems. The magazine Library Journal selected this title as one of the best poetry books published in 2002. Publicity material laid in. Fine condition.

Middletown: Wesleyan U Press, 1981. 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps. Published as Volume 103 in The Wesleyan Poetry Program. Rear cover comments and reviews by Robert Pinsky, James Merrill, and Frank Bidart. Light shelf rubs to an otherwise fine copy, appears unopened.