Chicago: 1995. First edition - Contributions from Paul Mariani, Charles Wright, Philip Booth, William Dickey, Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon and others. Pp 125-170 plus memoriams for Stephen Spender and May Sarton and advertisements.

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1985). Contains 136 poems, translated from the Japanese by Wright and arranged in a thematic sequence. These represent just a small selection from the Manyoshu - compiled in the 8th century, it contains 4,516 poems, one of the world's great collections of poetry) Includes an introduction by the translator. Illustrated throughout with classic Japanese paintings and drawings. Notes on the poems and poets. 94 pp. ISBN: 0-879512407.

Middletown, CT University Press of New England / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects all of his poems from his first book, 'The Green Wall', to his final posthumously published collection, 'This Journey' as well as some of his translations and selected prose piecers. Includes an insightful introduction by Donald Hall, Wright's longtime friend and colleague. Index of titles and of first lines. xxxvii, 387 pp. ISBN: 0-374127492.

Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first collection of poetry, a series of love poems for the end of the millenium. 57 pp. ISBN: 1558492003.

Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1981. SIGNED first edition - Presentation copy INSCRIBED to another poet 'with admiration and respect', and dated in 12/8/1981. One of 950 copies in wrappers (total edition of 1,000). Brief typed, signed letter laid in.

New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of these letters between Yeats and Ruddock - 31 from Yeats and 36 from Ruddick - which form a moving record of an intimate relationship between the ageing poet, who was 69 when they met and his 27 year old beautiful protegee. These reveal Yeats' views on poetry, mysticism, and life. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ruddock and other photographs. Bibliography, index. 144 pp.

Dublin: The Dolmen Press, (1966). First edition - First separate publication of this essay on rereading these poems, published as part of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers; Liam Miller, general editor. Includes an appendix with the order of these "Last Poems." pp 259-288.

New York & London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd. (1993). A collection of poems originally published in 1979. translated from the Russian by Arthur Boyars and Simon Franklin. Introduction by Yevushenko. xiv, 193 pp. ISBN: 0-714526177.

San Francisco: Birthstone, 1978. First edition - An issue which became known as "the women's issue" produced simultaneously with the Naropa issue (#4) Includes contributions from Phyllis Kostenbaum, Leslie Simon, Nellie Wong, and more, with graphics and photographs by Bill Germino, Carolyn Fisher, Sandra Meyer and others. Cover photos by Marion Gray. A free underground publication and quite scarce today. 29 pp.

New York: Corinth Books, (1973.). SIGNED - An early printing of this African American writer's first book, a collection of poetry, first published in 1969. SIGNED on the title page. Cover art by Ronald Dahl. 63 pp.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks / Media Fusion, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - "Like Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes, who first popularized the blues as a poetic form, California Poet Laureate Al Young has written about the blues, played the blues and drawn inspiration from the blues." 120 poems in the book plus this includes an audio CD with "More than 60 minutes of gripping, dynamic blues poetry (often with a live band), plus Langston Hughes' soulful reading of 'The Weary Blues'."SIGNED on the title page. Square format. 254 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Loveletter Editions. (2006.). SIGNED first edition - Young has been the California Poet Laureate, the recipient of NEA, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, as well as the PEN/Library of Congress Award for Short Fiction and the PEN/USA Award for Non-Fiction. Yusef Komunyakaa says this collection "invites readers to travel the depth and breadth of his bountiful imagination. There is a deep singing inside of Al Young's poetry, with a hint of Ocean Springs beneath a distilled signifying in the hands of a master code switcher. This seasoned voice knows the music and folklore, the history and lingo..." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2007. Cover art and illustrations by Vivian Torrance. 134 pp. ISBN: 1427601143.

British Columbia, Canada: By the author, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The third book of poetry by this Canadian author, journalist and magazine publisher. Many of the poems refect the area where he lives, on Arbutus Bay in British Columbia. SIGNED on the first page with the words "compliments of." 84 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - A cycle of poems attuned to the Midwestern seasons, and to love and loss - that of his father and of his wife to cancer. Notes. 68 pp. ISBN: 0-307-263223.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.

Prospect, CT: The Catalyst Press, (1978). SIGNED first edition - A slim collection of poems, dedicated to her brother who was killed in action during World War II. INSCRIBED by the author inside the front cover to another poet with the comment "a fine poet" and dated in the year of publication. 32 pp.

By the author, n.d. (ca 1970). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this writer now living in Southern California, illustrated by the author. SIGNED on the second page with the words "who loves life, beauty and art." Unpaginated.

New York: The Viking Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Zahares's wonderful illustration enhance this collection of poems about animals who might "bite back" - a collection which includes such verses as "Sparrow Hawk" by Russell Hoban and "Viper" by Eve Merriam, and poems by John Gardner, Hillaire Belloc, Maxine Kumin, Dick King-Smith, Karla Kuskin, and Ogden Nash and more. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-670-035130.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Books, (1985). First edition - Zamora is a Nicaraugan poet, painter and psychologist who was in the front lines of the Sandinista Liberation friont and served as Vice Minister of Culture after the 1979 Revolution. The 110 poems in this book were written between 1968 and 1993. A bi-lingual edition with the original Spanish and English translations by Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall. 193 pp. ISBN: 1-880684098.

New York: Panic Button Press, (1994). First edition - A collection of poems by this writer who was also the editor of the "Underground Crawlspace Review." Described on the back cover as "not for the squeamish. . . a book of exasperations, psychedelic incantations, hallucinations. . . " Illustrated by Scott Cunningham and others. Cover by Rich/Poor. 93 pp. ISBN: 1-886496005.

Cedarville, CA: Carmel Publishing Co / OreanaBooks, (2004). Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this cowboy poet which range "from the rodeo arenas of Paul Zarzyski's youth, to nourishing translations of the natural world, oftentimes with unexpected tenderness and vulnerability. . . [from] the wide-open spaces of Montana to the resilient territory of the heart." 136 pp. Wraparound dust jacket by Theodore Waddell. ISBN: 1-886312230.

Kansas City: Lowell Press, (1989). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this cowboy poet and photographs by Barbara Van Cleve which range from the rodeo arenas to the wide-open spaces of Montana. INSCRIBED by Paul Zarzyski on the half title page and dated in 1991. Introduction by Jay Dusard. xiv, 62 pp. Square format. ISBN: 0-932845355.

Goshen CT: Chicory Blue Press, (1992). First edition - Zeidenstein's first chapbook of her own poetry, and the first title in the Crimson Edge Chapbook series. Zeidenstein founded Chicory Blue Press to create a place where women past sixty can find their voices and be published. Includes 15 poems and an afterword. 35 pp. ISBN: 0-961911131.

New York: Norton, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems are arranged chronologically in three sections: 55 Poems (1923-1935), Anew (1935-1944), and Barely and Widely (1956-1958). Index of titles and first lines. Praise fromKenneth Rexroth and William Carlos Willians, and a long blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket by Gilbert Sorrentino, one in which he emphasizes the importance of Zukofsky to modern American poetry. 157 pp. .