New York: New Directions, (1989.). A collection of poems rooted in the American Southwest by this award-winning writer. Glossary. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-11029.

New York: New Directions, (1989.). First edition - A collection of poems rooted in the American Southwest by this award-winning writer. Glossary. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-11029.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2015). First edition - A title in the Pitt Poetry series, issued as a trade paperback original. The second collection by this award-winning poet: one "haunted by the cruelties of war." Notes, 60 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Etherdome, 2000.0. First edition - The author's first collection of poetry, a slim chapbook, illustrated with drawings by Spencer Selby. Unpaginated (44 pp)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Features the single long title poem - a narrative poem about the life of Arthur Rimbaud - by this writer who would win the Pulitzer prize in poetry in 1940. Also includes a translation of Arthur Rimbaud's "Le Bateau Ivre" (The Drunken Ship). INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper "with the author's affectionate wishes" but not signed. 71 pp.

Chicago: Red Triangle Books, 1994. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems, mostly in English, but some in Spanish, by this Argentian-born writer. SIGNED on the title page by Sandra Cisneros who wrote the introduction - in the form of a poem titled "A Woman Like You." 84 pp. ISBN: 0-964182505.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - His third collection of poetry, including several translations and many poems set in New Mexico, as well as others reflecting his experiences during the Vietnam war. SIGNED on the title page. A title in the National Poetry Series, selected by W. S. Merwin. 71 pp. ISBN: 1556590377.

Dallas: Story Book Press, 1951. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED with "best wishes to you always."

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth collection of poems by this award-winning writer, poems which use uses "a distinctive mix of humor and directness to sound the deepest sort of anguish." 90 pp. ISBN: 978-1555975395.

London: Martin Secker, (1920). Hardcover first edition - Poems related to World War I and a section of poems written prior to the war. Appears to be inscribed on the front endpaper and dated in 1921 (partially peeled). Errata slip tipped-in. 57 pp.

New York: Crown, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second collection of poetry by this New Hampshire writer.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981. First edition - A title in the National Poetry Series, selected by Ishmael Reed. ISBN: 0-385-175302.

Louisville, Kentucky: Sarabande Books, (2002). First edition - Philippine-born author's first collection of poems, winner of the 2001 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, selected by Stanley Plumly. 79 pp. ISBN: 1889330736.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth book by this highly praised African American poet, one which collects 104 poems, including 18 new poems. A title in the Southern Messenger Poets series. xiii, 101 pp. ISBN: 0-807123137.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1989). Hardcover first edition - Includes essays on William Everson, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth, Michael McClure, Nathaniel Tarn, Thom Gunn and more. Notes, bibliography. xv, 217 pp. ISBN: 0-826311628.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (2020). First edition - A collection of poems by the co-editor of the groundbreaking anthology of women's poetry, 'No More Masks.' In this book, "joy meets regret, devotion meets dependence, and most importantly, the poet so in love with life and living begins to look for the point where the price of aging overwhelms the rewards of staying alive." 62 pp. ISBN: 978-1556595752.

Lausanne: Editions Castella, (1967). First edition - Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires numerotes sur Canson et Ingres et imprimee sur les presses de l'Imprimerie Chabloz a Renens. Ouvrage illustre de 12 photographies d'Henriette Grindat. (#650 out of 900 copies of the regular edition). A relatively early work of this Belgian poet, active in the Resistance during World War II, a lawyer and psychoanalyst, who moved to Paris in 1946 where he was friends with Camus and Gide, among others. Swiss photographer Henriette Grindat (1923 - 1986) was known for her complex surrealistic images which were often achieved by means of collage, photograms, or solarisation - many of which, like the ones in this book, depicted the effects of light and water. Unpaginated (36 pp including the colophon), Large format.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems, winner of 1987 Walt Whitman Award. Dust jacket praise by William Matthews, J. D. McClatchy and Mona Van Duyn, who was the 1987 judge. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry Series. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-819521442.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems, winner of 1987 Walt Whitman Award, with the announcement card for award laid in. Dust jacket praise by William Matthews, J. D. McClatchy and Mona Van Duyn, who was the 1987 judge. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry Series. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-819521442.

New York: Melomime Publications Inc., 1922. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of these poems, #364 out of 999 numbered and signed by his widow, Dorothy Usner Baxter, who has also INSCRIBED this copy. Frontispiece portrait of Baxter. 64 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third collection of poetry by this scholar and literary critic. The various sections of this book range include "home feeling," "mythology" "meeting stranger's eyes" and "bring your own liquor." 97 pp.

Eugene, OR: Resource Publications / Wipf and Stock (2015). SIGNED first edition - In these poems, Beal "goes in search of America. She sings the Cherokee Creation story, imagining dialogue between Sky-Woman and First Man. . . she gives voice to women from American history such as the mother Pocahontas, the midwife Martha Ballard, and the preacher Sojourner Truth. She enters into conversation with American writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. She later turns from human voices to Nature's creatures, watching the Stellar's Jay, Mourning Dove, and Great White Egret in flight. She explores the landscapes of California, Colorado, and New Mexico, the city of Vallejo, and the high Sierras." SIGNED on the title page. 88 pp. ISBN: 978-1498221825.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of visual story poems that explore the landscape of the West. SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 2006. Winner of the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and finalist for the Women Writing the West award. xxv, 165 pp. ISBN: 0-826334229.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977. Hardcover first edition - Author's fifth volume of poetry - lyric poems both meditative and sensuous.A title in the Princeton Series of Contempory Poets. 71 pp. ISBN: 0-69106346X.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2011). First edition - "In this debut collection, Eyes, Stones, Elana Bell brings her heritage as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors to consider the difficult question of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The poems invoke characters inexorably linked to the land of Israel and Palestine. There is Zosha, a sharp-witted survivor whose burning hope for a Jewish homeland helps her endure the atrocities of the Holocaust. And there is Amal, a Palestinian whose family has worked their land for over one hundred years--through Turkish, British, Jordanian, and now Israeli rule." Recipient of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. Notes, 62 pp. ISBN: 9780807144640.

Boston: Emerson College, 1999. First edition - Contains poetry by Aliki Barnstone, Laurie Greer, William Heyen, Maxine Kumin, D. Nurske, Charles Harper Webb, and many others. Stories by George Garrett, Cynthia Kadohata, Carolyn Cooke and more. Introductions by Bell and Spires. Notes on contributors. Index to Volume XXV. 238 pp plus ads. Cover art by Kate Borowski. ISBN: 0-933277-27x.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poetry, SIGNED on the title page. 83 pp. ISBN: 1556590326.

Chicago: Poetry Magazine, 1964. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Marvin Bell at his poem "The Condition." Also included are poems by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Carolyn Kizer, Barbara Guest, X. J. Kennedy, William Dickey and others.