Search Results: Titles starting with H from Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. The winning title of the 2005 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets, selected by Mary Oliver. The author's first book. A fine copy in 'as new' condition.

Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1998. 1st edition, full red cloth, with gilt printing to spine, 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. Small stain/discoloration to rear cover, else fine.

New York: Picador, 1999. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original yellow printed paperwraps (as issued). "Profoundly moving and meticulously crafted, HAPPY FAMILY brilliantly traces the scope of a woman's life from childhood to her own parenthood" (from the rear cover notes). The author's fourth collection of poems. Minimal wear, fine condition.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2014. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely printed in four color ink by Thomas Gravemaker, set in Garamond and Folio types on Zerkall Butten paper. Size: 9.5 inches high x 11.25 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price.

Lincoln: Windflower Press, 1978. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). "First Printing" is so noted on title page. Specially inscribed "For Gerald" and signed (by "Hatcher") on the FEP in black ink. Additionally, laid in is a typed letter signed by Kooser to Gerald on Wind Flower Press letterhead which prints Ted Kooser as editor. The oversized (11 inches high x 8.5 inches wide) illustrated publication is in fine condition. One of Kooser's most varied (and humorous) publications.

New York: Knopf, 1975. 1st edition cloth with dust jacket. Inscribed & signed by Meredith on the second FEP. A bright copy in like jacket.

Aurora: Wells College Press, 2008. 1st edition, limited (1/60) signed, illustrated, broadside. Printed in three color ink, with the illusion of a bicycle wheel imposed on the background. Hilda Raz is a distinguished poet, and was the long-time editor of the poetry journal "Prairie Schooner." Size: 13" high X 15.5" wide, apx. Fine condition.

Washington DC: Orchises Press/Press of the Nightowl, 1991. 1st edition, limited (1/250) numbered and signed, leather spine and cloth covered boards, w/out dj (as issued). A single long poem in five sections, written with Williams's characteristic long lines. Attractively printed by Dwight Agner, who has also signed the colophon page. Fine condition.

London: Faber & Faber, 1973. 1st UK edition, full light gray linen cloth with gold embossed lettering to spine, with illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by Lowell to his close friend and fellow author, J. F. Powers. The inscription reads "For my friend / For almost as long as / this long stretch of time / from / Cal / May 1973" in blue ink on the half title page. Additionally, "with the author's compliments" slip from Faber laid in. James Farl Powers (1917 - 1999) was a novelist and short-story writer, who won the National Book Award in 1963 for his first novel. Powers and Lowell met in 1947 at Yaddo, the artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York. Powers and Lowell remained friends throughout their lifetime, exchanging letters often. They shared a strong interest in Catholicism. Provenance: from the Powers' estate, and signed in pencil by his daughter, Katherine Powers, who edited a collection of Powers' letters. Fine condition.

Spokane: Lynx House Press (Washington State University Press), 2024. 1st edition, limited (1/4) numbered and signed, original illustrated paperwraps. Issued as the special "Jett Whitehead Edition" of only four copies, each copy has a special historical stamp, along with the limitation in Goldbarth's hand, and signed by the poet in black ink. Goldbarth has also included a recipe for 1300-year-old cookies in each copy. The text includes eighty-five poems, presented in eight sections. The poems include "Model-T: A Spin Around the Countryside", "Ufology", and so many other pure Goldbarth keepsakes. A fine copy in 'as new' condition.

Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press, 1996. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with out dust jacket (as issued). Prospectus laid in. A full page Foreword by Jack Driscoll introduces this collection of thirty-nine poems, published in two sections. A bright, fine copy in 'as new' condition.

Georgetown KY: Finishing Line Press, 2010. 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps, with black ribbon binding. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. A wonderful collection of thirty-one poems in the classic Bennett style, short on words, long on image, with tight lyric structure. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition.

Port Townsend: Dragon Gate, 1983. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. HOME was picked by Raymond Carver as a Pushcart Writer's Choice selection in 1984. "These are evocative and beautifully rendered poems," Carver said in his Pushcart citation. "Time and again I found myself stopping to draw breath, moved and sometimes startled at the aching rightness of the image, the felicity of the line. Simmerman is clearly among the best poets of his generation." Additional strong jacket review blurbs by Marvin Bell and William Matthews. The author's first book. Very minimal wear to jacket, else a fine copy.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps. Specially inscribed in year of publication by Soto: "to -- / in faith ! / Gary Soto / 1991" on the title page. "Soto turns reflectively to scenes from his Catholic boyhood. In poems touched with the poignancy of questioned belief and lost childhood, Soto evokes a vivid and detailed depiction of the yourth of a poet" (from the rear cover.) Very little wear, fine.

Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1997. 1st edition, limited (1/150) signed, striped and stenciled paper over boards. Illustrated with four hand colored vignettes by Carol J Blinn representing the four seasons. A collection of ninety haiku poems by this celebrated Irish author, who has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the T S Eliot Prize for poetry. Signed by both the author and illustrator on the colophon page. A beautifully printed publication, offered here in bright, fine condition.

Binghamton, NY: Geryon Press/Bellevue Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/65) signed, broadside. Printed by Stuary McCarty II at the Geryon Press in black ink on bright red pebbled paper. The present offering has been professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 12 inches high x 8 inches wide. An attractive presentation in fine condition. Peacock broadsides are quite uncommon.

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.

New York: Ecco Press, 1989. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely copy of the author's third volume of verse, preceded by FIELD GUIDE and PRAISE. Proof copies of this title are seldom seen. Fine condition.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. 1st edition, black boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of forty-three poems, arranged in four sections. Jacket review by John Montague, Kathleen Raine, and others. Minimal wear, else fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st edition, full cloth, with photo illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed and inscribed: "For Herb, / With endless / respect / & best wishes, / David / New York, 1977" in blue ink on the FEP. The inscription is to Herb Leibowitz, editor and publisher of PARNASSUS. A collection of twenty-four poems, arranged in four sections, and with a page of Notes. This volume was published in the New Poetry Series by Houghton Mifflin. A nice association copy. The book and complete (not price clipped) jacket are in fine condition.