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

Brockport: BOA Editions, 1996. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued). The poet William Heyen's copy, with his ownership signature on the FEP. Very little wear.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed in three color ink by C W Swets, set in Bembo and Folio type. Size: 9.75 inches high x 7.5 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price.

Bath, NY: FootHills Publishing, 1991. 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This chapbook is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in blue ink. The text of the chapbook consists of twenty-nine poems. Fine condition.

Grinnell: Green Linden Press, 2020. 1st edition, 1st printing, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). This "masterful crown of sonnets" is published in the Green Linden Chapbook Series, designed by Christopher Nelson, with cover photo art by Maria Zavate. Each of the fifteen sonnets has an individual strength to stand alone, yet together they build to a "formal accomplishment" that is a hallmark of Kearney's poetry. Strong rear cover reviews by Bruce Bennett, Molly Peacock, and Daniel Tobin. This chapbook sold out and went into a second printing within the first month of publication. The present copy offered is from the original first printing, and is specially signed by Kearney on the title page in brown ink. 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.

Evanston: Triquarterly Books, 2002. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed yellow paperwraps (as issued.) "Intensely autobiographical poems that explore the foreign and the familiar" (from the rear cover.) Fine.

New York: Sea Cliff Press, 1986. 1st edition, limited (1/220) numbered and signed, full cloth with illustrated cover, without dust jacket (as issued). A play in one act. The present copy is designated number "63" and signed by Merrill on the colophon page. Fine condition.

n.p., 1978. 1st edition, illustrated broadside. This long, narrow broadside is printed on brown paper with black ink for the text and red ink for the illustration, copyright date, and printer's logo. Size: 17 inches high x 5.5 inches wide. Issued one year prior to the broadside of the same title from Telephone Books (1979) that was printed on white paper. The present offering is in fine condition, folded once (believed as issued). We have handled six copies, all of which were folded. Now uncommon and scarce.

Tungsten Press, N.H., 2012. 1st edition, limited (1/26) lettered and signed, broadside. A handsome broadside, designed by C. W. Swets and printed by Frank Turenhout, set in Baskerville and printed on Zerkall paper. The entire edition, printed in four color ink with two edges deckled, consists of only twenty-six copies lettered and signed by the poet, of which only 19 copies are offered for sale. Size: 9.75 inches high x 11.75 inches wide. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Merrick NY: Cross-Cultural, 1982. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Chapbook 32, this collection of eight poems is presented in the author's native (Cheyenne) language, with the English translation facing. The present copy is from the original issue, the text was reissued in 1992. A fine copy.

Boston: Atlantic/Little Brown, 1979. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) An original letter from Peter Davison (Director of the Press) to poet X. J. Kennedy requesting an advance quote for the book laid in. A fine and unique copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1977. 1st edition, patterned boards, w/dj. A presentation copy, inscribed on the FEP with a line of verse: "For Lee 'Nothing here finished yet' Ann Stanford Port Townsend 1980." Gentle shelf rubs to price clipped jacket primarily along edges, else fine.

New York: Viking Press, 1977. 1st edition, patterned boards, w/dj. ". . . Ann Stanford's strongest and finest work to date . . . these poems are highly visual in their images and accessible in their language . . .and her use of delicate rhythms" (from the jacket flap.) A bright copy, in jacket with very little wear. Fine.

Tungsten Press, N.H., 2010. 1st edition, limited (1/74) signed, boards, with printed dust jacket. This collection of sixteen poems has been handsomely printed by Joos Mooi Press in Amsterdam and bound by Distelkamp Bookbinders. The complete edition is limited to seventy-four copies, the present copy is designated "H. C." [hors commerce], and signed by Gizzi. This fine copy is offered in 'as new' condition at the published price.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. 1st simultaneous paperwraps edition. Specially signed by the author on the title page in black ink. A collection of thirty-nine poems, arranged in four sections. The book appears unopened, and in fine condition.

New York: Viking, 1992. 1st edition, black cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. The author's fourth book of poems. Strong jacket reviews by Anthony Hecht and Richard Wilbur. This volume won the Poetry Society of America's Melville Cane Award. Bright fine condition in like jacket, and offered at the published price.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1989. 1st edition, full blue cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's second book, following Transparent Landscapes (Raccoon Books, 1984.) Strong jacket reviews by Albert Goldbarth, David St. John, and Howard Nemerov. "Alane Rollings's poems are monologues spoken by a woman who sometimes addresses a man, sometimes herself" (from the jacket notes.).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Mariner, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) The author's debut collection of poems, with a five page introduction by Robert Pinsky. This collection of poems won the Bakeless Prize in manuscript form. Uncommon in uncorrected proof state. Fine condition.

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

New York: Norton, 1990. 1st edition, full green cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's second book of poems. " . . . in graceful and expansive verse, Charlie Smith . . . explores the relationship between lovers, family members, friends, partners in marriage with a gentleness and complexity that brings to mind the life of everyman" (from the jacket notes.) Fine condition in like jacket.