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

New York: Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Levine on second FEP in black ink. A collection of nineteen poems, divided into four sections, including the long title poem as the entire fourth section. These poems are pure Levine. A bright, fine copy in complete (not price clipped) jacket.

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2000. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A presentation copy, inscribed in year of publication to the author's editor/publisher at University of Pittsburgh Press, Paul Zimmer. The inscription reads: "for Paul--with admiration & with gratitude for selecting & publishing Lake Songs so many years ago. Judith 9/15/2000" on the title page. Strong rear cover reviews by Jim Harrison, Dan Gerber, William Heyen, and Jane Hirshfield. Fine condition.

Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps. The winning title of the 1999 Morse Poetry Prize. Inscribed to fellow poet and critic, Paul Zimmer. The inscription reads: "7-10-2000 / Northampton / For Paul Zimmer-- / with admiration, / from a long-time fan, / J. H." and additionally signed in full under his printed name, in black ink on the title page.

London: Oxford University Press, 1944. 1st edition, original stiff tan paperwraps, printed in two color ink (as issued). Specially signed and inscribed in year of publication by H. D. to fellow poet Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948). The inscription includes lines from the text, and reads: "H. D. / to / Gordon Bottomley, / . . . the keepers of the secret . . . / that binds all humanity / to ancient wisdom, / to antiquity. / May 14 -- 1944" on the title page in blue fountain pen ink. The Bottomley bookplate is on the pastedown. Only minimal wear to this fine association copy.

Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1987. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) The present copy with an unrelated title page, GETTING IT TO THE BOTTOM LINE, inserted after the correct WAR STORIES half title page. An additional Nemerov poem, "The End of the Opera", tipped to the verso of the cover. Very gentle wear, else fine.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This native Mississippi author's first book. One page with turned corner, else fine condition, in price clipped jacket with only light shelf rubs.

Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, 2003. 1st edition, original hand stitched printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first book, comprising forty-six poems, specially signed by Huff on the title page. Advance review comments (". . . clear, precise poems overflow with the things of this world . . .") by Sam Hamill appear on the rear cover. Fine condition.

Santa Barbara, CA: Great Granny Press, 1976. 1st edition, broadside. Specially signed by Hawksworth in black ink. Issued as Great Granny's No 2, edited by M. Truman Cooper. The second issue in the Great Granny postcard broadside series. Printed in two color ink on textured light blue stock with lower deckled edge. Overall size: 5 inches high x 7 inches wide. Fine condition, and uncommon signed.

Santa Barbara, CA: Great Granny Press, 1976. 1st edition, broadside. Issued as Great Granny's No 2, edited by M. Truman Cooper. The second issue in the Great Granny postcard broadside series. Printed in two color ink on textured light blue stock with lower deckled edge. Overall size: 5 inches high x 7 inches wide. Only a touch of even sunning along right edge, else fine. Uncommon.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) The present volume shows slight variances when compared to the text of the trade edition, including arrangement of two poems and advance comments on wraps. Very minor shelf wear, else fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 1st edition, boards, w/illustrated dj. A presentation copy of the author's third collection of poems, inscribed to her fellow colleague and noted poet at the University of Michigan. The inscription reads: "For -- / whom it is my great good fortune / to call friend / with love -- / Linda" on the title page in black ink. Long jacket reviews by Jorie Graham, Edward Hirsch, J. D. McClatchy, and Grace Schulman. A fine association copy in bright condition.

New York: Norton, 2008. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps. The author's fifth collection of poetry. Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. 1st edition, full blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. "Characteristically compelling and articulate, Lisel Mueller's poems in WAVING FROM SHORE are largely about strategies for survival. Language, music, and memory are central elements" (from the jacket notes.) A bright, fine copy in 'as new' condition.

New York: Picador, 1998. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, printed white paperwraps (as issued.) Very little wear. Fine.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, chapbook, with hand tied stiff white wraps, printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue. This attractive chapbook of two poems is designed by C. W. Swets. Set in Bembo and Future types, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout and Hans Dessens on Zerkall Butten and Zerkall Restauro papers. A bright, fine copy, offered 'as new' at the publisher's price.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1986. 1st edition, full dark gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. "Now, in WE MUST MAKE A KINGDOM OF IT, he [Orr] emphasizes the transformation of a chaotic world into one of order and meaning" (from the jacket notes). The illustration used on the jacket cover is a photo of a painting by the author's wife, Trisha Orr. A collection of thirty-eight poems presented in three sections. Fine condition, in fine (price clipped) jacket. An uncommon title, and particularly scarce in cloth.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994. 1st edition, black cloth, without dust jacket (as issued). A collection of fifty-eight poems, arranged in seven sections. Also issued in paperwraps, this first edition is one of only a few copies bound in black cloth, and without dust jacket. Published as a title in the Pitt Poetry Series by Ed Ochester. A clean, bright fine copy.

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.

Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered and signed, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely collaboration between these two creative friends and colleagues, handsomely designed and printed in handset Perpetua types on fine papers. Numbered and signed in pencil by both the author and artist on the colophon, and additionally signed by Bennett in ink on the day of publication on the title page. Quite scarce and in fine condition.

New York: Viking Press, 1988. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, cloth spine, with decorated dust jacket. A collection of thirty-nine poems. Fine in fine jacket.