New York: Rinehart & Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 96 pp. Octavo. Black cloth; ends lightly rubbed. Light rubbing and soiling to dustjacket with two 1/2 inch closed tears to the rear panel; else very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 128pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark red cloth with a silver stamped title on the spine. Fine / Near fine. May Swenson, a Utah native, has been the recipient of a Rockefeller Grant, and received the Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 128pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark red cloth with a silver stamped title on the spine. Dust jacket slightly age toned at edges. From publisher: Whether Swenson is recounting the fatal Challenger liftoff, or advising undergraduates, her attention is fixed on America's..... More
Original signed self-portrait drawn and signed in red ink on a blank sheet of paper measuring 8.5" x 11". The page is also filled top to bottom, left to right, with uninked typewriter text, giving the physical impression of words and letters into the page (not printed/inked onto the page)..... More
Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1960. Paperback. SIGNED. 325-388pp. Thin octavo [20 cm] Blue and white printed wraps. Very good. The wraps are ever so slightly rubbed and soiled. There are small stains in the top edges of the pages at the end of the text, and on the recto of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth over boards, stamped in brown and gilt. The boards show evidence of dampness. In a dust jacket, with mild toning, and a short, chipped tear to the bottom edge. A volume containing 'Poems and Translations'..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth over boards, stamped in brown and gilt. The boards are slightly warped, the cloth at the head of the spine is a little bit frayed, and there is a small chip to the head of..... More
Boston: Mariner Books, 2003. 2nd Edition. Paperback. 146pp. Octavo [23cm] Illustrated wraps. "Collected here are the complete love poems of May Swenson -- poems full of kindness, of sensuousness, of gentle affection, of love satisfied. As Maxine Kumin writes in her foreword to this collection, "the majority of Swenson's love..... More
New York: Orchard Books, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 226pp. Octavo [24cm]. 1/4 navy cloth over red boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Light bumping to foot of boards. Mild soiling to textblock edges. Dust jacket is a bit rubbed and toned. With contributions from over 100 notable names..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the translator on the title page. Publisher's presentation slip laid in. 84 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; full blue cloth with title gilt title stamped on backstrip, graphic stamped in black to front board which matches the printed illustration..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Octavo [21.9cm]. Black cloth spine and boards with gilt lettering and red ornament. Front board slightly bowed. Very light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Front free and paste-down endpapers slightly toned. Dust Jacket rubbed along the..... More