New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Edited by Louis Untermeyer. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 12mo and folio. Quarter tan cloth with gilt-lettered green calf spine labels and marbled paper over boards, 2-compartment slipcase with paper spine label. xxiv, 394pp; 6pp, (ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations (Volume II only)..... More
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, [1988]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 193pp. Near fine. Tight and nice first softbound edition of these essays and poets and poetry by the noted poet/criticc/essayist (born 1940) -- with his huge signature in black fineline on half-title page, which he dates "5-1-91."..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1952]. 8vo. Blue and black cloth with silver lettering. viii, 407pp. Very good. Quite mild binding wear, else super tight and internally near fine; lacks dust jacket. Attractive early printing of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Front pastedown bears small elegant bookplate of New York City's elite..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [2012]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 65pp. Fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this slim verse collection by the prolific Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet (1936-2015) -- and signed by Williams large and sloppy in blue fineline on the title page. More
New York: Pantheon Books, [1992]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. xv, 390pp. Fine. Superbly tight and handsome second softbound printing of this verse collection from the prolific Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winner (born 1930) -- on the title page he signs boldly in black fineline, adding a...... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [2004]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 173pp, (1p ad). Fine. Tight and bright and tight first softbound edition, signed boldly by Tate in black ballpoint on title page. Tate (1943-2015) won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in his long and prolific..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, [1994]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xii, 87pp. Near fine. Lovely and tight first edition of this verse collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa-born poet (born 1939) and Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress (2004-06). Nicely signed in black fineline in hus..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, [2004]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xii, 87pp. Fine. Pristine later (4th) printing of this Pulitzer Prize winner by the Iowa-born poet (born 1939) and Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress (2004-06). Nicely inscribed and signed in black fineline on title..... More
Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2001. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. ix, 75pp. Fine. Truly pristine first edition (never issued clothbound) of these prose poems, handsomely inscribed and signed in black ballpoint on half-title page: "A SPRIG for / Iowa and / Bill! / Naomi Shihab Nye / 2003." Recipient..... More
Louisville: Sarabande Books, [2003]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 36pp. Fine. Super, bright and tight first edition of the second of the "Quarternote Chapbook Series," signed boldly by Tate in black ballpoint on title page. Tate (1943-2015) won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in his long..... More
Parkersburg, IA: Loess Hills Books, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 47pp. Fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. Handsome, tight first edition of this poet's second verse collection, nicely inscribed (not signed) by Ratzlaff in black ballpoint on title page: He crosses off..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 59pp. Fine/fine. Perfectly pristine first edition of this poet's first book, winner of the 1999 Walt Whitman Award and the 2000 National Book Critics Circle Award. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [2002]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 79pp, (2pp). Fine/fine. Wonderfully pristine first edition of this verse collection by the acclaimed National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, 20th Poet Laureate of the United States (born 1935)..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1987]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter blue cloth with silver spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 60pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this verse collection by the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning two-time U.S. Poet Laureate (1920-91). Best of all..... More
Chicago: The Swallow Press, [1969]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 63pp. Fine/very good. Jacket slightly rubbed; bit of usual darkening near gutter of preliminary leaves. Quite handsome first edition of the fourth book of verse by this Polish-American poet known for his Zen work..... More
New York: George Braziller, Inc., [1999]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy wrappers. 245pp, (7pp). Fine. Pristine, perfect later (third) softbound printing, inscribed and signed huge and bold in black fineline on half-title page: "For Bill: / Charles Simic." Simic (1938-2023) was the Pulitzer Prize-winning Serbian-American poet and recipient "Bill" is..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [1997]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 108pp. Very good. Mildest of wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice first softbound edition of this verse collection, boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline on title page: "For Bill -- /..... More
N.p. Wisconsin House LTd., [1970]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 88pp. Fine.very good. Faint jacket wear only. Handsome first edition of this verse gathering by the Wisconsin poet, playwright and author (1906-87), boldly signed by her in black ballpoint on title page, where she adds..... More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 96pp. Fine/fine. Perfect and tight second printing of this National Book Award winner, with circular gold foil "National Book Award Winner" reproduced at upper right of front panel. Her huge..... More