New York: New Directions, 2003. Second printing. Paperback. 178pp. Octavo [22.5cm] Paperback. Pictorial Wraps. NEW. From the back cover: "In The Midnight's amply illustrated five sections, three of poetry and two of prose, we find--swirling around the poet's mother--ghosts, family photographs, whispers, interjections, bed hangings, unfinished lace, the fly-leaves of..... More
New York: New Directions, 1999. Second printing. Paperback. 144pp. Octavo [22.5cm] Paperback. Pictorial Wraps. NEW. From the back cover: "Pierce-Arrow, Susan Howe's newest book of poems, takes as its point of departure the figure of Charles S. Pierce, the allusive nineteenth-century philosopher-scientist and founder of prgmatism, a man always on..... More
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2014. Later printing. Paperback. 39pp. Duodecimo [18.3cm]. Printed wraps featuring an illustration on the cover. Orange and black lettering. A series of poems in the style of a triolet - a single stanza poem of eight lines with a rhyme scheme of ABaAaBAB; the first, fourth..... More
New York: Andrea Doria Books, 1979. Limited Edition. Paperback. Slim quarto [28 cm] Stapled black and white pictorial wraps, with a cover design by Rochelle Kraut. Very good condition. The wraps are a bit age-toned. Published at Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, New York City in an edition of..... More
Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1991. Paperback. 67pp. 19x23cm. Blue cover with photograph. More
Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1991. Paperback. 67pp. 19x23cm. Blue cover with photograph. SIGNED by author on title page. More
New York: Random House, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 156pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and the publisher's gilt stamped device on the front cover. Bottom fore-edge corners of the pages subtly dampstained; endpapers slightly darkened in areas. In the dust..... More
Práce, Praha: 1979. Josef Liesler. First edition thus. Hardcover. 174pp. Quarto [30 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt and blind stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The covers are a bit warped, and the edges of the spine and covers are lightly rubbed and bumped..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 129pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with plum-colored paper over boards and gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. Publisher's black top stain. Fore and bottom edges deckled. There is a subtle dampstain at the foot of the spine. In..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Fifth edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with grayish-purple paper over boards. The front endpaper is darkened (publisher's glue stain) along the hinge. In the dust jacket, with periodic small closed and open tears in the edges. The spine of..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 622pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Light brown cloth covered boards with a paper title label on the spine. Publisher's brown topstain. With a photographic representation of the author by Edward Weston at the front. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. In the..... More
New York: Random House, 1935. First trade edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Octavo [21cm]; Evergreen cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Deckle edges. Spine and extremities mildly sunned. Lacking dust jacket. A compilation which features the acclaimed title poem, the epic poem "At the Birth..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., Publishers, 1932. First trade edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with rose-colored paper over boards and a decorative gilt stamped vignette bordered by the title on the front board. Title stamped in slightly faded gilt on the backstrip. There are a few trivial..... More
Circa 1955. Broadside. Broadside printed in red and black. 8 1/2" wide x 11" tall. Very good, with age-toning, a light horizontal fold through the center, and a 3/4" closed tear in the center, partially obscuring the last letter in Robinson Jeffers' first name. The flyer states that The Cretan..... More
Chicago, IL: 1932. Original edition. Paperback. 119-178pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Orange and black printed wraps. Very good. The wraps are just a little discolored, and the edges of the wraps are creased, and have multiple short chips and closed tears. Features a review by Rolfe Humphries, titled "Two Books..... More
Chicago, IL: 1930. Original edition. Paperback. 237-296pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Green and black printed wraps. Fair. The text block is detached from the covers. Features a review of Robinson Jeffers by Yvor Winters. More
The Book Club of California, May 25, 1959. First edition. Folded single quarto sheet printed in black and red. In very good condition, with light creasing. A keepsake printed by letterpress of the works by Robinson Jeffers produced between 1904-1958. More
New York: Vintage, 2023. Paperback. 79pp. Octavo. [20cm] Illustrated wraps. "A Harlem Renaissance classic: seven inspirational poems inspired by the powerful rhetorical traditions of African-American sermons and spirituals. James Weldon Johnson, the co-author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and author of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, was a...... More
Wild Hawthorn Press, 1965. John Furnival. First edition. Spiral Bound. Thin octavo [24 cm] White spiral binding with white and black pictorial wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly creased. These are poems made from Satie's notes, in French, to the piano pieces Sports and Divertissments. Drawings by John Furnival..... More
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 26pp. Letterpress edition of 350 copies. Limberlost Press is a small publisher of fine poetry books Based in Boise, Idaho. They produce limited runs of unpublished work by local and nationally known poets. From the publisher: In this collection, Idaho’s former State..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2021. First edition. Paperback. 237pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Jordan’s poems are at once of their era and tragically current, with subject matter including racist police brutality, violence against women, and the opportunity for global solidarity amongst people who are marginalized or outside of..... More
Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. [23.5cm]; black cloth covered boards with stamped titling on the spine. Red dustjacket with a b&w photo on the front cover. Remainder mark to bottom edge of the text block. From the publisher: Jack Kerouac immortalized her in his novel..... More
Pocatello, ID: Limberlost Press, 2009. First Edition, 1/350. Paperback. [20pp.] Octavo [26 cm] Eggshell handmade string bound wrappers with Japanese tissue endsheets. Color illustration printed on cover. Letterpress edition. New. SIGNED by author on title page. A fine example of the impeccable craftsmanship of this small Idaho press. More
Lewiston, Idaho: Confluence Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. 118 pp. More