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EARTH APPLES: the Poetry of Edward Abbey
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of 71 poems, culled from his journals, originally written between 1952 and 1989. A lovely small book, illustrated with woodcuts by Michael McCurdy.112 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112653.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 5601More details Price: $18.50 -
MASKS AND IKONS.
Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
London: Enitharmon Press, 1973. First edition - A collection of poems issued in an edition of just 400 copies, of which 20 were specially bound. Illustrations on the cover page and the outer wrappers by Juliet Standing. Designed and printed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. 45 pp plus the colophon. ISBN: 0-901111-49X.
Condition: Near fine in light green wrappers with self flaps (name of poet Elizabeth Harrod on first page.)
Book ID: 68151More details Price: $20.00 -
DUEL SITE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970. SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, and the last in the series of limited edition poetry pamphlets published by this press. Issued in a limited edition of only 300 copies. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the title page to poet Barbara Guest, one of the dedicatees - "Having stumbled on the secret platform, the cartographer serenely gazed into the blue . . . with my love, Walter. The poem dedicated to Guest is titled 'Don't Speak to Me about Cartographers.'
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to the back cover).
Book ID: 60585More details Price: $275.00 -
SAINT FRIEND.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (slim trade paperback format. )
San Francisco: McSweeney's Publishing, (2014). First edition - A title in the McSweeney's Poetry Series and the author's second collection of poetry (his first received the Walt Whitman Award), This is "a freewheeling explosion of celebrations, elegies, narratives, psychologically raw persona pieces (one in the voice of Amelia Earhart), and a handful of punchy lyric poems with a desperate humor.. . Opening with a five-page anthem called 'Layover,' it begins:'They keep paging Kenneth Koch at the airport./Someone should let the announcer know/ he is dead, that there is no city he can go to,/ that no one is expecting him. Once, I applied/ to be a horse'." 59 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 77670More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CARDBOARD HOUSE
Edition: First printing.
St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The great Peruvian poet's first book and his only complete work of prose (although described as a novel, it is more a long prose-poem), written between 1924-27 and first published in Spanish in 1928 when Adan was only 20 years old. Translated and with an introduction by Katherine Silver. SIGNED on the title page by the translator, Kathleen Silver. (Silver commented that this was her favorite book among all that she translated) A title in the Palabra Sur Series. 103 pp. ISBN: 1-55597-1296.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75480More details Price: $37.50 -
FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 4, 1986.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1986. First edition - A journal of poetry and prose. Includes Dorianne Laux's poem "The Garden" and Kevin Killian's his story "T Rex." Also features "Meaningful Work: Seven Writers on Writing," "A Chicano Travelogue" by Juan Felipe Herrera, "This is Not Democracy: Essay on the New El Salvadoran Poetry" by Ruben Martinez. Fiction by Laura Beausoleil, Mark Greenside, Jill Kelly, Kevin Killian.; drama by Roberto Bedoya, poetry by Philip Levine, Cole Swenson, Charles Simic and much more. 110 pp. Cover by Mark Trousdale.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 81712More details Price: $18.00 -
FIVE FINGERS REVIEW: No. 5, 1987.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1987. SIGNED first edition - A journal of poetry and prose, SIGNED by TWO poets at their contributions - Dorianne Laux and Juan Felipe Herrerra. Other contributors include Clark Coolidge, Stan Rice, Jack Marshall, Cole Swenson, Carol Dorf, Sara Vogan and more. Notes on contributors. 138 pp plus ads. Cover by Chris Biddle.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76076More details Price: $35.00 -
POETRY, Volume 200 (CC) Number 3, June 2012.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2012. SIGNED first edition - Includes a selection of poems by W. S. di Piero as the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Portfolio and also new poems by Stuart Dybek, Kim Addonizio, and others plus a selection of poems from 100 years (all women), comments and reviews.SIGNED by Addonizio at her poem "Heraclitean." Notes on contributors. Cover art by Yuko Shimizu..
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 55378More details Price: $18.50 -
POETRY, Volume 186 (CLXXXVI) Number 5, September 2005.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2005. SIGNED first edition - Includes poetry by C. K Williams, Meghan O'Rourke, Marilyn Nelson, Kim Addonizio,and others, comments by Phyllis Rose, Daniel Hoffman and more, reviews. SIGNED by Kim Addonizio at her poem "Verities." Notes on contributors. Cover art by Marcel Dzama.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 47884More details Price: $18.50 -
TAMARIND AND MANGO WOMAN.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1992. SIGNED first edition - Collection of poetry by this Afro-Caribbean writer, born in Jamaica. INSCRIBED by Adisa on title page - For --- "May the words transport you to my land" - and dated in1993. 118 pp. ISBN: 0--20813712.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 74903More details Price: $25.00 -
TURTLE DANCE: Poems of Hawaii.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Naalehu, Hawaii: Oceanic Publishing, 1984. First edition - "Limited Special First Edition honoring Hawaiian statehood." One of two thousand copies. A poetic celebration of Hawaii, illustrated with block prints by D. E. Addlesberger (who studied print making with Jean Charlot.) 64 pp plus a final print, colophon, etc. ISBN: 0-916467-007.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (a bit of crinkling to the lower edge of the text block)
Book ID: 47673More details Price: $15.00 -
THE RENEWAL OF THE VISION: Voices of Latin American Women Poets 1940-1980.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Spectacular Diseases, 1987. First edition - An anthology of 40 years of poetry by Latin American women poets, edited and with an introduction by Agosin and Franzen in which they comment that the position of these women poets is still very precarious and that this anthology aims to be eclectic by including writers of various regions and styles. Among the poets included are Julia Alvarez, Rosario Castellanos, Ana Castillo, Rosario Ferre, Cecilia Vicuna and many others. Brief notes on contributors. One of 700 copies available for purchase (out of a total edition of 790 copies). 109 pp plus colophon,. ISBN: 0-946904073.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a few brackets in the introduction only, previous owner's name)
Book ID: 90304More details Price: $21.50 -
LUNA-VERSE: Love Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Toronto: Aya Press, 1984. First edition - By the poet laureate of Ottawa. Aya Press Poetry series number 6. ISBN: 0-920544-38x.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 22928More details Price: $12.00 -
SIN
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third collection of poems. ISBN: 0-395-379075.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 20171More details Price: $35.00 -
GREED
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Ai has been called "the hardest-hitting poet of her generation." Dramatic monologues from voices as diverse as J. Edgar Hoover, Jack Ruby, a battered woman, a priest accused of sexual abuse and more. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-393-035611.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13303More details Price: $25.00 -
SUBLUNARY: Poems.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
San Francisco: Pennywhistle Press, 1989. First edition - The first collection of poetry by this Mexican-born writer. Introduction by Charles G. Bell. A title in the first Pennywhistle Chapbook series. Most poems are in English, some are presented in both Spanish and English.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated white wrappers.
Book ID: 11626More details Price: $15.00 -
A WAYFARER'S GUIDE.
Edition: Chapbook.
By the author, n.d. First edition - A slim collection of poems. Unpaginated (36 pp)
Condition: Very good in sewn cream wrappers.
Book ID: 68971More details Price: $10.00 -
SOUNDS BEFORE SLEEP
Edition: First printing.
London: Chatto & Windus (Hogarth Press), 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - Scottish poet's first collection - a title in the Phoenix Living Poets series.
Condition: Near fine in a dustjacket which is missing approx 1 inch along the upper edge of the front cover.
Book ID: 10264More details Price: $18.00 -
ANNA AKHMATOVA: Poet and Prophet.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The definitive biography of this Russian writer, one of the most tragic and greatest poets of the 20th century and a writer who revolutionized modern poetry . The author spent 10 years writing this, has devoted much of her scholarly life to the study of Akhmatova, edited the Complete Poems and had access to hundreds of otherwise restricted documents. Presents a vivid picture of life among Soviet writers during the Revolution, and under Stalin and finally under Krushchev. Photographs. Very entensive notes and bibliography. Index xv, 619 pp. ISBN: 0-312112416.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 37830More details Price: $30.00 -
ANGELS RIDE BIKES AND OTHER FALL POEMS / LOS ANGELES ANDAN BICICLETAS.
Edition: Later printing.
San Francisco: Children's Book Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover - Bilingual English/Spanish look at autumn in Los Angeles"In the poet's imagination, mariachis play like angels, angels ride bikes, and the earth dances the cha-cha. The images and the poems bring to life the people and places from Alarcn's childhood." Colorful illustrations / illustrationes by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-89239160X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76832More details Price: $15.00 -
EXCEPT BY NATURE.
Edition: First printing.
St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of poems and prose-poems, winner of the James Laughlin Award (judges were Lynn Emanuel,Yusef Kominyakaa and David St John) Slightly oversized. 70 pp. ISBN: 1-555972993.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 58410More details Price: $24.50 -
A WREATH FOR SAN GEMIGNANO.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - A translation by Richard Aldingtonof the famous monthly cycle of sonnets by the 13th century Italian poet, Folgore as a homage to the Tuscan town of San Gemignano , which was destroyed in World War II. Introduction by Aldington, and duo-tone illustrations by Netta Aldington. A lovely production, printed at the Spiral Press.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (some toning and wear to the dj.)
Book ID: 22511More details Price: $20.00 -
THRESHOLDS / UMBRALES.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Willimantic: Curbstone Press , (1996). First edition - A bilingual edition of this collection of poetry by this award-winning Nicaraguan writer -"a lyric meditation in nine parts, reflecting on her life and her art" - with the original Spanish on the verson, the English translated by Darwin (Bud) Flakol (her late husband to whom she dedicated this book. Published as a paperback original. 69 pp.
Condition: Near fine in printed pale blue wrappers (spot on front cover).
Book ID: 85437More details Price: $15.00 -
WOMAN OF THE RIVER / LA MUJER DEL RIO.
Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1988). First edition - A bilingual edition of this collection of poetry by "one of the major voices in Latin American poetry confronts the political realities of contemporary Central America. Many of the poems are political, direct, and condemnatory of the United States presence in Latin America, and they are rich, human documents rooted in Alegrias knowledge of and love for her subjects." Translated by D. J. Flakol. A title in the Pitt Poetry series. Notes. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-822954095.
Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.
Book ID: 84504More details Price: $20.00 -
LOOKING FOR DIVINE TRANSPORTATION.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Washington, D.C.: The Bunny & Crocodile Press, (1999). First edition - An unusual collection of poetry - includes a section "Salon" on Gertrude Stein and Toklas, and another of poems related to the Casbah. Winner of the Towson University Prize for Literature, Cover praise from Linda Pastan and others. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-938572245.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79727More details Price: $20.00 -
THE WAY TO XANADU.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book by this Florida born author, a unique blend of travel writing and literary scholarship. Although Samuel Taylor Coleridge's images in his poem 'Kubla Khan" were composed in an opium reverie, he was inspired by travel books of the time - Alexander traveled to three continents - from the steppes of Central Asia to North Florida with its mighty fountains, Kashmir's holy cave of ice and to 'Mount Abora' in Ethiopia - to discover first hand 'the miracle of rare device', the sources of Coleridge's inspiration. Bibliography. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-679419004.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 36821More details Price: $16.50 -
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: Memoir.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2015). First edition - A beautifully written and very moving account of the sudden death of her husband by this noted African American poet - and also a picture of a rich and loving marriage. Ficre Ghebreyesus, born in Eritrea and a refuge from the war there, was known both as a gifted artist and a creative chef, when he died at just 50. 209 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (corner slightly bumped)
Book ID: 63252More details Price: $21.50 -
VANILLA CUSTARD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, printed in a limited edition of 1000 copies.
Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems, short prose pieces and photographs (most shot in Mexico). Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page "To my dear friend --- Oh if only we could get the taste of vanilla custard in our mouths again" etc. and dated in the year of publication. 89 pp. ISBN: 0-912449-233.
Condition: Very good+ in glossy purple illustrated wrappers (2 x's on bottom edge, some sunning to the spine)
Book ID: 54308More details Price: $20.00 -
WAR DANCES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories and poems, both humorous and passionate, by this National Book Award winning author. This book won the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 209 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119193.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 63160More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SUMMER OF BLACK WIDOWS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. SIGNED first edition - The fourth collection of poetry by this award-winning author, an enrolled Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian. SIGNED on the title page. 139 pp. ISBN: 1-882413-342.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 51937More details Price: $30.00