New York: Scribner's, 1971. Hardcover first edition - An attractive book, illustrated with wood engravings by Stefan Martin.

Charlotte, NC: Southern Review, (1967). Hardcover first edition - Hardcover journal of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. This includes several articles on Southern author and journalist W. J. Cash, an interview with Gary Snyder as well as a poem by him, poetry by George Garrett, Rebecca Brown and many others, short stories by Kelly Cherry, Max Steele, Leonard Gardner and more. Illustrated with photographs and drawing. Biographical notes. Large format, 134 pp.

Xlibris, (2009). SIGNED - A collection of poetry and prose poems - as the author explains "I'm fascinated with words. . . Words have their own lives independent from their function as describers of 'real' worlds. They hold time and place but also can help us imagine new worlds. They preserve our experience against the dismantling force of death." SIGNED on the title page. 418 pp. ISBN: 978-1436385770.

Berkeley, CA: Kelsey Street Press, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The first major collection of poems by this author also known for her gardening books. Cover praise from Kathleen Fraser who comments that her poems "reward us with a luminous reworking of horizontality through the taproot of city landscape." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Square format. 68 pp plus a final illustration. ISBN: 978-0932716767.

London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of poetry. Title page illustration by Heinke Jenkins. Unpaginated [48 pp.]. ISBN: 0-206616678.

Winter Park, FL: Chase Avenue Press, 1983. SIGNED first edition - His first poetry chapbook, printed in an edition of 500 copies. This copy is INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1983.

Georgetown, CA: Dragon's Teeth Press, 1984. SIGNED first edition - Copyright page indicates limited first edition, but no limitation is given. Illustrated by John Aracco. This copy is INSCRIBED by the poet and dated in 1984. ISBN: 0-934218-29-3.

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. A study of Whitman's apparently contradictory attitudes towards African American and an argument that his developing attitudes were central to his writing of 'Leaves of Grass.' Bibliography, index. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-271-016426.

New York: Paddington Press Ltd, (1976). Hardcover first edition - A work originally published in 1942 by the Limited Editions Club, illustrated with photographs by Edward Weston. Introduction by Mark van Doren and with a new introduction by Richard Ehrlich. xxix, 264 pp plus an alphabetical index of titles. ISBN: 0-84670109X.

New York: American Book Company, (1934). Hardcover first edition - Includes an introduction by Stovall, a selected bibliography and chronological table. Frontispiece portrait. A title in the American Writers Series, edited by Harry Hayden. lxiii, 425 pp.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poet's first book, published shortly after his service in the Army during World War II. Illustrated with drawings by Irwin Touster. Whittemore was the United States Poet Laureate twice and, as a student at Yale, he was a co-founding editor of the small and influential literary magazine Furioso. 80 pp plus final drawing.

San Francisco: San Francisco State University. 2000. First edition - Includes poetry, fiction and drama by Fanny Howe, Alice Jones, Harry Mathews, Elizabeth Robinson, Cole Swenson, Jennifer Kollmer, and more. Interview with John O'Keefe. Notes on contributors. 158 pps. plus ads

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1962.) dj. Hardcover - Fourth book of poetry by this National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize poet. Stated "first edition," but with "B.1.62" underneath. Notes. 64 pp.

Raleigh, NC: The Paper Plant, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. The centerpiece of this collection is the nine-part autobiographical poem, Vade Mecum ( "go with me.") Includes an introduction by Jeff Kellerman. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Published in an edition of 1000 copies; the cover - which includes a silver version of the drawing on the title page - was printed on a Vandercook letterpress by Horse and Buggy Press. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-929170520.

Raleigh, NC: The Paper Plant, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page by the author. The centerpiece of this collection is the nine-part autobiographical poem, Vade Mecum ( "go with me.") Includes an introduction by Jeff Kellerman. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Published in an edition of 1000 copies; the cover - which includes a silver version of the drawing on the title page - was printed on a Vandercook letterpress by Horse and Buggy Press. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-929170520.

Watsonville, California: Blackwells Press, 1982. SIGNED first edition - Second collection of poetry by this Santa Cruz area writer, INSCRIBED by the author on the first page "For... your good hospitality" and dated June 1984. 42 pp. Cover illustration by Martha Hemrick.

n.p. Chinese Poetry Society. n.d. (2003). SIGNED first edition - Bi-lingual edition with the poems in English and in Chinese translation, arranged chronologically over this poet's long career from 1965 through 2003. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Brief biographical note - born in New Orleans, she has lived most of her life in California, and that is reflected in several of the poems here. 119 pp.

n.p. Chinese Poetry Society. n.d. (2003). First edition - Bi-lingual edition with the poems in English and in Chinese translation, arranged chronologically over this poet's long career from 1965 through 2003. Brief biographical note - born in New Orleans, she has lived most of her life in California, and that is reflected in several of the poems here. 119 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A deceptively simple collection of poems (as the word "household" in the title would indicate), by an author who is also an essayist, novelist, and Newbery award winning children's author. INSCRIBED on the half title page "For -- with best wishes" with a drawing of the moon in the water. 76 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1421846.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A deceptively simple collection of poems (as the word "household" in the title would indicate), by an author who is also an essayist, novelist, and Newbery award winning children's author. 76 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1421846.

Ann Arbor, MI: Generation, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems. Introduction by Willford Squires. A title in the Generation New Poets series.

Ann Arbor, MI: Generation, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems. Introduction by Willford Squires. A title in the Generation New Poets series.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems about angels from both the Hebrew and Christian traditions, beautifully illustrated with paintings in subdued colors but marvelous details by S. Saelig Gallagher. Slightly oversized format. 55 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1001952.

[San Francisco]: Isthmus Press, 1973. First edition - A slim chapbook containing eight short poems and and the seven part sequence, "Anti-Love." Designed for Willems by Eileen Callahan at Spring Creek. Unpaginated.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first regularly published book - Anne Sexton called it 'strong stuff...Williams is a demon.' SIGNED on the title page. 62 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012) dj. Hardcover - A collection of poems, sometimes funny, sometimes moving, by this award-winning writer. 62 pp. ISBN: 978-0374293321.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes poems chosen from 3 decades of Williams' work - ending with 14 new poems. SIGNED on the title page. Index of titles and of first lines. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-374-258813.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003.). A collection of poetry by this winner of both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, ranging from short lyrical poems to the fourth section which begins with 'War,' 'Fear' and goes on to 'Chaos' and more. 72 pp. ISBN: 0-374-529507.

np By the author, 1971. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A prose-poem describing how he met the woman he loves, and how this love has transformed his life, illustrated with black and white silhouette-type drawings. SIGNED on the front endpaper 'H. C. 'Charley' Williams.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition -