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Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1988. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. "EARTHSHINE is a book about a wife's illness and death from cancer and the aftermath of grief. It is, necessarily, painful" (from the jacket notes). A fine copy, in fine price clipped jacket.
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EARTHSHINE
by Young, David
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ECHOES INSIDE THE LABYRINTH
by McGrath, Thomas
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New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1983. 1st edition, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. "This is poetry of the land and people of America . . ." (from the jacket notes). A small quarto volume (8.75 inches high x 8.25 inches wide, pp. 146) including sixty-three poems. Uncommon in cloth. Minimal wear, fine condition.
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EDEN
by Schmitz, Dennis
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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.
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EFFLUENCES FROM THE SACRED CAVES. (Prose.)
by Carruth, Hayden
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Ann Arbor: U of Michigan Press, 1983. 1st edition, simultaneous printed paperwraps. Subtitled MORE SELECTED ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, this volume of prose work includes a special seven page "Introduction" by Carruth. Light rubs and minimal soiling to paperwrap covers, else appears unopened and fine.
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EGGS IN THE LAKE
by Gioseffi, Daniela. (John Logan.)
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Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979. 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. Published as Volume 5 in the New Poets of America Series by BOA, with a Foreword by John Logan who has inscribed the book "for Jerry, my friend, / these poems of a friend / John / feb/7/79" on the half title page. Logan's five page Foreward is additionally corrected in two places and again signed by Logan at the conclusion. Fine condition.
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THE EGO IS ALWAYS AT THE WHEEL
by Schwartz, Delmore. (Robert Phillips, ed.)
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New York: New Directions, 1986. 1st ed, full blue cloth, w/dj. ". . . a collection of nineteen essays, presents the poet as a humorist of no mean accomplishment" (from the jacket.) Fine.
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ELEGY FOR WILT THE STILT. (Broadside.)
by Heyen, William
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Huntington Station, NY: Duke's Broadside Series, 2003. 1st edition, signed, broadside. Published as Duke's Broadside Series #8, and printed on orange stock in black ink. Overall size: 11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide. Signed by Heyen below his printed name, and with a correction to the text in Heyen's hand. Fine condition.
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ELEGY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
by Smith, Arthur
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Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. 1st edition, simultaneous glossy paperwraps. The author's first book, which won the 1984 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (in manuscript), and the 1985 Norma Farber First Book Award of the Poetry Society of America. Advance reviews on the rear cover from Carolyn Forche and Stanley Plumly. Fine condition.
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THE ELIZABETH SEQUENCE
by Kistler, William
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Amagansett, NY: Amagansett Press, 1989. 1st edition, full white cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's first major collection, which won the Oklahoma Book Award. Fifteen poems are included in the first section ("Elizabeth") of the book. "This sequence of poems, put together over twenty years, develops a portrait of love both discovered and lost, requited and unrequited, erotic and spiritual . . . The second section ("In Passion's Memory") contains memories and lights cast back on the relationship by the two people and their various personnae" (from the jacket notes.).
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EMILY DICKINSON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by Kennedy, X.J.
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Boston: Godine, 1973. 1st ed, patterned boards, w/out dj (as issued.) Published as Number 1 in the First Godine Poetry Chapbook Series. Designed by Carol Shloss, and with a wood engraving on the title page by Michael McCurdy. Spine very slightly sunned, else fine.
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EMILY'S BREAD
by Gilbert, Sandra M.
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New York: Norton, 1984. 1st edition, full white cloth, with dust jacket. Jacket reviews by Carolyn Kizer, Frank Bidart, Robert Pinsky, and Richard Eberhart. Very light wear to jacket, else quite fine.
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THE EMPTY BED
by Hadas, Rachel
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Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1995. 1st edition, full red cloth, with gilt printing to spine and front cover, without dust jacket (as issued). The uncommon hardcover issue of this collection by Hadas, published during the late 1990s when Wesleyan/University Press of New England was issuing very few cloth copies and thus without jackets. A lovely copy, fine condition.
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THE EMPTY ROOM
by Thompson, Sue Ellen
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Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/50) signed, illustrated broadside. A beautifully designed broadside, with expert illustration sensitive to the poem's text. Professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 20 inches high x 15 inches wide. A fine copy in 'as new' condition.
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ENCOUNTER
by Lowell, Robert, W. H. Auden, (and others.)
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London: Vol XXI, No 5, Nov, 1963. 1st edition, original paperwraps (as issued). An important magazine of the literary arts, edited by Stephen Spender & Melvin J. Lasky. Includes three poems by Lowell, as well as contributions by Isabella Gardner, W. H. Auden (on Louis MacNeice), and others. Among the many advertisements included, a listing by J. M. Dent announces the publication of Mary Oliver's first book, NO VOYAGE. A small number on the upper left corner, otherwise a nice sound copy. We also have other issues of this magazine in stock, please inquire.
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THE END OF BEAUTY
by Graham, Jorie
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New York: Ecco Press, 1987. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed salmon paperwraps (as issued). The uncommon uncorrected proof issue of the author's third volume of poetry. Several corrections/revisions were made after this issue, especially to pages 81-85, prior to the publication of the first trade edition. A seldom seen proof by this celebrated poet. Fine condition.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
by Kinsley, Robert
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Washington DC: Orchises, 1989. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. Specially signed by author on title page in blue ink. The author's first book. A collection of forty poems. Fine condition.
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ERIKA: POEMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
by Heyen, William. (Karl Shapiro.)
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New York: Vanguard Press, 1984. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially inscribed to fellow poet Karl Shapiro on the second FEP. The inscription reads: "For Sophie & Karl Shapiro / with thanks -- and so / glad to see you / again -- and with / so much admiration -- / Bill Heyen / Oct. 20, 1986" in black ink. Shapiro's deeply felt admiration for the poems in ERICA is reflected by his widely published critical review, in part: "As 20th-century poetry that is nakedly quintessential, William Heyen's Erika poems are unmatched. For it is a staggering paradox that the poetry of the Holocaust is best written by non-Jews. Written by Jews the poems of the Holocaust add to the literature of lamentation, the basic literature of the Old Testament. No matter how hauntingly great such works may be they cannot escape self-identification and the voice of the dirge. But to treat the Holocaust in a larger context, to throw light on the poetry of the…
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THE ETERNAL
by Paterson, Don
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Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Johannot papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.
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THE ETERNAL
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Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Torinoko papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.
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EVENING
by Ondaatje, Michael
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Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside, with publisher's wrap. Handsomely designed by C. W. Swets, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout using Times and Folio types on Zerkall paper. The special publisher's wrap for this lettered edition is Neenah Columns. The poet has signed and lettered the broadside in pencil at the colophon. A bright, fine copy, offered 'as new' at the publisher's price.
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