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Catalogue 40

1. Ammons, A.R. A COAST OF TREES. NY Norton, 1981. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in light brown wrappers with publication information written in in ink. An early state of this monumental and award-winning volume which includes among other masterpieces his great poem "Easter Morning" that begins: "I have a life that did not become,/that turned aside and stopped/astonished:". Spine area lightly creased in three places, but the spine is still straight, the pages tight. Near Fine in Wraps. [77] $50.00

2. Ammons, A.R. DIVERSIFICATIONS. NY: Norton, 1975. First edition. A lovely copy, with the front fap clipped at the bottom as usual, not affecting price, and only a tiny spot of glue affecting the binding. Signed by the poet on the half-title. Fine in near fne dust jacket. [3723] $50.00

3. Ammons, A.R. SELECTED LONGER POEMS. NY: Norton, 1980. First edition. Published simultaneously in hardcovers as well as paper. An extraordinary copy. Inscribed to Stuart Wright, Ammons' bibliographer, and signed "Archie Ammons". The jacket is as usual price-clipped at the bottom front fap. Very good in a very good dust jacket. [909] $175.00

4. Ammons, A.R. WORLDLY HOPES. NY: Norton, 1982. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in orange wrappers. This copy is heavily annotated (through the frst half and top portion of the cover) in pencil by a reviewer, e.g. "American chinoiserie - Japanese quality of Ammons' work; Imagism's late child; a romanticist of detail". Near fne. [1404] $35.00

5. Arnold, Bob. ROPE OF BELLS. Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1974. First Edition. Stapled Kraft paper. [20 pp.] Edition limited to 250 copies. Signed by the poet. Poet/publisher's frst book. Price inked out, else about fne. [13159] $35.00

6. Arnold, Bob. THREAD. Markesan WI: Pentagram, 1980. First edition. Original decorated wraps. Inscribed by the author to another small press publisher/poet. Lovely small press book art: set on handmade papers, stitched. 290 copies were issued, during December 1980, handset in Joanna & Italian Old Style on Frankfort. Bob Arnold is a Vermont poet and publisher (Longhouse Press); he is the literary executor of Cid Corman's estate. Fine. [13161]

$25.00

7. Ashbery, John. APRIL GALLEONS. NY: Viking, 1987. First edition. Fine in fa ine dust jacket. [196] $20.00

8. Ashbery, John. HOTEL LAUTREAMONT. NY: Knopf, 1992. First edition. "Ashbery seems to be to the second half of our century what Stevens and Yeats were to the frst" - Harold Bloom (quoted from the fap). Fine in a fne dust jacket. [194] $25.00

9. Ashbery, John. SUNRISE IN SUBURBIA. NY: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Sewn card covers in decorated wrappers, with paper label; oblong 12mo. Number 93 of 100 copies (of 126 total). Additionally inscribed on the title page "For C. W. With my very best wishes,/ John Ashbery/ February 12, 1997/ New York". Printed at the Ferguson Press, Cambridge. Spine a bit worn, else fne. [13136] $350.00

10. ANOTHER COPY. Letter B of 26 copies (of 126 total) signed by the author. Additionally inscribed on the title page. Fine. [13137] $600.00

11. Auden, W. H. POEMS 1928. Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK: Privately Printed, 1973. First Thus. Facsimile of Auden's frst book in green printed folder, created for the Ilkley Literary Festival. A special copy: inscribed: To Gabriel [Carritt)] a book Wystan would have liked him to have from Stephen [Spender] Jan 24 '74." Carritt, Spender, and Auden were Oxford classmates. According to Auden's biographer Humphrey Carpenter, Auden met Carritt in 1927. Carritt, the inspiration for some of his earliest love poetry didn't fully reciprocate Auden's passion, but their friendship persisted for 45 years. In 1930 they took a walking tour over Easter vacation visiting Hadrian's Wall. Approximately 100 copies were printed (this the issue in green folder) for sale at the festival, and reproduced with the poet's corrections from the Durham University copy. The frst edition prepared by Spender for friends in an edition of about 30 copies is nearly impossible to obtain. This extraordinary association copy a facsimile prepared for an event that featured one of Auden's last public readings is of a different order, but nonetheless quite special. The book is fne lacking the errata slip (facsimile) with foreword and lightly creased folder. [13111] $500.00

12. Bagg, Robert. THE WORST KISS. Chester, MA: Hollow Spring Press, 1985. First Edition. Sewn wrappers in printed orange jacket; 8vo. 28 pp. One of 250 (#7) numbered copies signed by the poet and publishers Alex Harvey and Ed Rayher, printed by Ed at Swamp Press of Amherst. Fine. [13179] $35.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.313. Banks, Russell. SNOW Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter. Hanover, NH: Granite Publications, 1974. First edition. Bank's second book a collection of poetry in stapled wrappers. Signed by the author. According to the author only about 300 copies printed. Spine worn, pages yellowing at edges, about very good. [4068] $95.00

14. Berge, Carol. THE VANCOUVER REPORT. NY: Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition. Mimeograph sheets printed on rectos only, stapled. Printed on pink paper by Ed Sanders at a "secret location in the lower east side". The poet's frst solely authored book a report from the Vancouver Poetry Seminar at The University of British Columbia in 1963. The three week seminar brought together the Creeley's (Robert was teaching at UCBC), Olson, Duncan, Ginsberg, Avison, Whalen and others. Berge's frst hand account from her notes is a summary of North American avant garde culture at the time, as well as the seminar itself. Some stains, creasing and wear, previous owner's name on cover, still about very good; lacking the back cover which serves as the colophon. [10650] $75.00

15. ANOTHER COPY. An easily very good and complete copy: Light wear at edges, one corner creased, else about fne and with little of the common fading of the pink wrappers. [10773] $150.00

16. Bertholf, Robert; Robert Bly et al. THE ASPHODEL BOOK SHOP: 25 Years. Kent, OH: Privately Printed, 1988. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. [24 pp.] Thirty copies printed on the 25th anniversary of the great Cleveland Bookshop owned by Jim Lowell. Booklet with contributions by poets Robert Creeley (an obviously original poem "Hymn to Jim"), Richard Blevins, Gael Turnbull, Paul Metcalf, and others friends. Near fne and obviously scarce. [13163]

$50.00

17. Berrigan, Ted. A FEELING FOR LEAVING. New York: Frontward Books, 1975. First edition. Stapled mimeographed sheets with hand-colored covers (as issued) by Rochelle Kraut. One of 403 total copies. This copy inscribed "For Bob __ in NYC/with affection,/ Ted Berrigan/ 16 May 79". Light wear and toning to the edges, easily very good. [10492] $300.00

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18. Bishop, Elizabeth. THE COMPLETE POEMS. NY: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1969. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust

jacket; 8vo. 216 pp The winner of The National Book Award; includes new poems and translations, as well as the work of more than three decades. 5500 copies printed. The blue cloth on this copy is lightly worn, the top stain faded; the easily very good dust jacket sunned at edges, else minor wear, a few closed tears, the spine crown thumbed. Attractive copy, becoming more diffcult to fnd in collectible condition. (MacMahon A9.) [13158] $200.00

19. Bly, Robert. THE MOON ON A FENCEPOST. Greensboro, NC: Unicorn, 1988. First Edition. Sewn illustrated wrappers; 8vo. [14 pp.] Number 243 of 300 copies (of 426 total). Eight poems with illus. by Gregory Bitz. Near fne. [13164] $15.00

20. Bronk, William. THE CHOICE OF WORDS. New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1995. First Edition. Sewn wrappers; thin 12mo. One of 50 on printed at the Kelly-Winterton Press. Fine. [13112]

$35.00

21. Broumas, Olga. BEGINNING WITH O. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. A lovely copy of her frst regularly published book. Fine in a fne dust jacket; this copy not price-clipped as it commonly is. [153] $75.00

22. Broumas, Olga. SOIE SAUVAGE. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1979. First Edition. One of 150 copies attractively printed on French mould-made Rives paper and signed by the poet. In quarter cloth with a paper label, without dust jacket as issued. Very near fne (issued without a dust jacket). [2438] $50.00

23. Buck, Bill; Wallace Look; Jane Stern. THREE DOORS. San Francisco: self-published, 1955. First Edition. Red wrappers, paper label; small 4to. Three sections of poems purporting to be from the Akash[t]ic Records. From a cursory look online this seems to be a book published by Buck and his wife and their friend Look. Akashic is a Theosophic term from the Sanskrit; Buck translated or had translated (he seems to have come from money - was briefy owner of Anchor Brewery) parts of the Bhagavad Gita. These are brief meditative poems attractively printed at the Greenwood Press, SF. Scarce San Francisco Renaissance/proto-Beat poetry. Very good lightly soiled, slightly musty. [13147] $25.00

24. Byrne, Edward; John Ashbery. ALONG THE DARK SHORE. Brockport: BOA Editions, 1977. First edition. One of 50 (of a total of 500 in different confgurations, including 350 in wraps, and 100 in a jacketed hardcover) in marbled

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.5boards, of the poet's frst book. A nice production, with an introduction by John Ashbery. Volume 3 in the New Poets of America Series. Bottom a bit shelfworn, otherwise quite fne (issued without a dust jacket). [29] $30.00

25. Coffn, Robert P. Tristram. NEW POETRY OF NEW ENGLAND: Frost and Robinson. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1938. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards; 8vo. 148 pp. Early critical book on two giants of poetry delivered as lectures at Johns Hopkins. Laid in is a book mark on "How to Open a New Book" which was fortunately not used with this book or any in the collection it accompanied. A fne copy, and seemingly quite scarce as such; presumably not issued with a printed dust jacket. [13127] $25.00

Coffn was a Pulitzer Prize-winner for Poetry, a prolifc writer and long-time professor at Bowdoin.

26. [Collins], Jess; David Bromige, Michael Palmer and Michael Davidson. PROMOTIONAL POSTER FOR POETS' THEATRE READING: San Francisco: San Francisco

Museum of Modern Art, 1976. Promotional Poster for SF MoMA's Poets' Theatre Reading Featuring David Bromige, Michael Palmer and Michael Davidson. February 26, [1976]. With artwork (paste-ups/collage) by Jess Collins. Measures approximately 16 x 17.5 inches. Printed on light card

stock. Light creasing and edgewear; no folds! [partial image shown] [13116] $60.00

27. [Collins], Jess; Robert Duncan. Framed Promotional Poster for Robert Duncan Readings at Le Conte School Auditorium. Berkeley: N.p., 1970. Framed Promotional Poster for Robert Duncan Readings at Le Conte School Auditorium (Berkeley). Dated March 6 and 13, 1970. Printed by East Wind Printers. Featuring paste-up/collage art by Jess Collins. Framed to an overall size of approximately 24.5 x 30.5 inches. Poster with small pin holes at corners, still very good.The framing seems to be professionally done and contemporary to the reading: mounted not matted. [13117] $250.00

28. Crowley, John (Charles Vess, illus.). AN EARTHLY MOTHER SITS AND SINGS. Minneapolis: DreamHaven Press, 2000. First edition. An attractive production of this short story illustrated by Charles Vess. Approximately 2000 copies were printed for their appearance at the 2000 World Fantasy Convention. This copy specially signed by both Crowley and Vess on the cover. Very fne in wrappers. [13153] $30.00

29. Desnos, Robert (Michael Bendikt, trans.). 22 POEMS. Santa Cruz: Kayak Press, 1971. First edition. Orange illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 39 pp. Translations from the French by Michael Benedikt, with six illustrations by Jacqueline Airame. 1200 printed. An easily very good copy with a strip along the top edge that is lightly sunned. [13046] $20.00

30. Doty, Mark. TURTLE SWAN. Boston: Godine, 1987. First Edition. Oatmeal cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. Published simultaneously in trade paper, this is the hardcover issue; his frst major collection, and frst under his own name (the three previous volumes were written with his then wife Ruth). This copy signed on the title page. The front cover has a one inch tear with a resulting crease, otherwise about fne. [2444] $200.00

31. Doty, Mark. DEEP LANE: Poems. NY: Norton, 2005. First Edition. First printing. Signed by the poet on the title page. Fine in a fne dust jacket. [13152] $45.00

32. Dylan, Bob. LYRICS 1962-1985. NY: Knopf, 1985. Second edition, frst printing of the expanded edition (the previous edition was published in 1973) of Dylan's lyrics, with his drawings. Illustrated paper over boards; no dust jacket as issued. Signed on the front endpaper. The publisher was always generous with signed books for its sales representatives, often getting authors to sign copies when they were visiting the NYC offces; maybe never more generous than with this book. (It is likely that ffty at most were signed for reps and staff on the occasion of this signing.) Delicate tips slightly bruised, but else as new. [13211]

$3,000.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.733. Eberhart, Richard. SHIFTS OF BEING. NY: Oxford University Press, 1968. First Edition. Blue-green paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gold; 8vo. A variant state: as the author writes in his inscription on the front free end paper "This is an ur-edition. It appeared without a Contents page and had to be recalled so now is a collector's item". Eberhart's bibliographer notes the tipped in contents page in two variants, but evidently did not see any copies before they were "recalled". This copy inscribed to another New England poet and signed "Dick". A letter (Als) covering a full page regarding the work of another poet (poem in fact) and beginning by thanking the poet for a party is laid in. Some of the letter I can not decipher including the name of the male poet discussed. Although a few of the "ur-editions" may have escaped, they are likely exceedingly uncommon, and not examined by the bibliographer. The book is unevenly sunned and lacking the (common) dust jacket else very good. The letter is folded else fne. Meckler A27a. [13151] $95.00

34. Eshleman, Clayton. FOETUS GRAFFITI. New Haven: Pharos, 1981. First edition. One of 200 (of 250) Signed and numbered copies printed in conjunction with a reading by the poet at Yale. Thin quarto, stapled wrappers with stiff gray paper covers. The title stamped. About fne. [3760] $20.00

35. Everson, William . THE RESIDUAL YEARS Poems. NY: New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards; 8vo. 148 pp. Poems written before the poet became Brother Antoninus, many from his Camp Waldport publications. Tips worn, else near fne in a complete and very good dust jacket, spine toned and worn at crown and tail. [13146] $35.00

36. Faulkner, William. A GREEN BOUGH. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. First Edition. A volume of verse published some 17 years before he was awarded the Nobel Prize, and thus rather uncommon. The green boards are worn at the edges, the spine browned, although the gilt lettering is reasonably bright. The dust jacket with the Lynd Ward engraving is laid in four complete pieces - faps and panels - representing about 75% of the original. Owner's name, and dated "10 May '33, New York" on the front end paper. Good in poor dust jacket. [2680] $125.00

37. Fisher, Stanley, ed. BEAT COAST EAST An Anthology of Rebellion. NY: Excelsior Press, 1960. First edition. Yellow wrappers; Fred McDarrah photo on front. Kerouac, Mailer, Leroi Jones, etc. Illustrations by Oldenburg and Elaine deKooning created for this edition. Classic early anthology. Tight clean copy, lightly toned spine else about fne. [10914] $35.00

38. Frost, Robert. A BOY'S WILL. London: David Nutt, 1913. First edition. First issue, Binding A: bronzed brown pebbled cloth; small 8vo. 50 pp. Likely fewer than 350 copies were bound from the original 1000 sheets of Frost's frst published book. A virtually pristine copy, minute wear to head and crown, top edges unopened (that is never read). In a custom collector's slipcase with calf spine, raised bands and bright gilt in near fne condition, with hinged folder to house the book. Crane A2. The frst US edition was not published until April 1915. Fine. [13097] $10,000.00

39. Frost, Robert. NORTH OF BOSTON. London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. First issue, Binding A. Green coarse linen, single blind border rule, spine and front gilt-stamped; top edge trimmed, other edges uncut. Of 1000 original sheets only about 350 were so bound by Nutt. The Holt US edition appeared the following year. There were six binding states in total. An extraordinary collection of poems opening with the short italicized "The Pasture" with the famous fnal line in both stanzas ending: "You come too"; "Mending Wall", "After Apple-picking" and "The Wood-pile" and the great long poems "Home Burial" and "The Death of the Hired Man". Light wear to corners, pages moderately toned; still a near fne copy, the gilt and cloth bright. A well-cared for copy of one of the monumental volumes of poetry of the 20th Century, and only the poet's second published book, in the scarce and preferred binding (issued without a dust jacket). [13143] $3,000.00

40. [FROST, ROBERT] Cox, Sidney. ROBERT FROST Original Ordinary Man. NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1929. First Edition. Two-toned paper covered boards in dust jacket; 8vo. Illus. by photo of the young Frost by Doris Ulmann. A beautiful copy, very clean and tight inside and out. With the scarce dust jacket which has a little edge wear, else fne. Limited edition, 601 of 1000, printed by the Spiral Press. This is the frst biography of Frost. Fine in near fne dust jacket. Hardcover. [13194] $50.00

for Frost also see item #25.

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.941. Ginsberg, Allen. WHITE SHROUD Poems. NY: Harper & Row, 1986. Limited edition: copy number 1 of 200 signed and numbered copies. Fine white cloth in red slipcase. Fine. [11056]

$250.00

42. Gioia, Dana. DAILY HOROSCOPE. Iowa: Windhover Press, 1982. First edition. Stiff gray wrappers; small 8vo. Acknowledgments slip laid in. Published four years before the Graywolf Press title with the same name. 225 copies handset and nicely printed. Early and scarce title. According to Gioia's 2002 article in OP Magazine only Two Poems from Bowery Press limited to 70 copies precedes this title. Fine. [13156] $150.00

43. Gizzi, Michael. GYPTIAN IN HORTULUS. Providence: Paradigm, 1991. First Edition. Stapled card covers in printed jacket; thin 8vo. One of 400 copies (30 signed and numbered), this copy inscribed "For Roz..." and signed "Michael". Spine sunned, else about fne. Uncommon signed. [13140] $35.00

44. Green, Samuel. WHAT THE FISHERMAN KNOWS. Seattle: Wessel & Lieberman, Booksellers, 2000. First Edition. Single folded sheet to form four printed pages in sewn blue wrappers; 16mo. Printed at Heavenly Monkey, in Vancouver, BC. A poem for Steve Sherman by Green. One of 75 total copies, not-for-sale. Inscribed by Green, who is best known as proprietor of Brooding Heron Press, to another poet friend and fellow small press publisher. Fine copy. [13178] $25.00

45. Gunn, Thom. MOLY. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First edition. The title poem is one of his most famous. A book of his more formal verse. A beautiful copy, boards very slightly warped; the dust jacket clipped else fne. [245] $20.00

46. Gunn, Thom. TOUCH. London: Faber & Faber, 1967. First edition. Publisher Charles Monteith's copy: when this book was published he was the Director of Faber as well as Director of The Poetry Book Society (for which this book was chosen). A nice association. Very light wear, with two short closed jacket tears; a hint of foxing, the top edge spotted. Nevertheless, overall a near fne copy. [2273] $75.00

47. Hall, Donald. JANE AT PIGALL'S. Highland Park, MI: The Red Hanrahan Press, 1973. First edition. Illustrated poetry broadside; approx. 8 x12 inches. Maroon paper printed in raw sienna and

black, with grapevine border. The poet's second broadside (after one sold as part of a portfolio). Specially signed by the poet. About Jane Kenyan and her favorite restaurant in Cincinnati. A fne copy. Originally free, but exceptionally scarce, rare signed; seven copies on WorldCat. Kelleher G-1. [10977] $250.00

48. Hall, Donald. KICKING THE LEAVES. NY: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. Uncorrected proof in green stapled wrappers; 8vo. 55 pp. Laid in a brief note (signed with his initials) from Hayden Carruth on his HARPER'S stationary conveying the "proofs I worked with when I wrote the review" to another VT poet David [Budbill]. Brief ink comments. The proof is faded at extremities, some creasing else about very good.Good +.[13124] $100.00

An important association copy. Like Hall, Carruth won many of the major poetry prizes; Carruth was, also, poetry editor of POETRY MAGAZINE as well as HARPER's and one of the best critics of his time. Both poets wrote about New England rural life, Hall based in New Hampshire, Carruth mostly in VT. Budbill was Carruth's neighbor and protege, known for his long collection of rural characters in JUDEVINE. KICKING THE LEAVES is arguably Hall's most popular collection, and one marking the beginning of his post-academic career settling at his grandparent's house in New Hampshire with his wife Jane Kenyon. One of Carruth's last published books was LETTERS TO JANE a collection of letters he wrote to Hall's wife when she was dying.

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.1149. Hall, Donald. MOUTH. East Lansing: Arts Workshop Press, May 1, 1973. First Edition. Broadside, approx. 14" x 8 1/2" tall. One of 350 copies (there was a signed and numbered - 30 total - issue printed on special paper) of the poet's second published broadside. This copy specially signed. Printed for distribution: Conference in Modern Literature - M.S.U. Attractively printed, an ephemeral piece now quite scarce (only four copies of all issues in institutions); this copy fne, rare signed. Kelleher G-2. [13197] $250.00

50. Hardy, Thomas. LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER. London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. A lovely copy of this collection with the notable "Apology" by the author. Some offsetting to the endpapers, and lightest of wear to the bottom edges, in a very near fne dust jacket with one short chip and light loss at the tips. Unopened. [1626] $250.00

51. Heaney, Seamus. Ballynahinch Lake December 31, 1999. N.p. : Ballynahinch Castle, 1999. First Separate Printing. Single sheet folded to make a decorated card of four pages; 8vo. Privately printed for Ballynahinch Castle, a hotel in Connemara, County Galway. Originally published in Milan in an edition of 70 copies to celebrate the poet's 60th birthday in April. This issue printed to be read on December 31, 1999, at the Castle at midnight. The popular poem was published in the 2001 volume ELECTRIC LIGHT. One of 500 numbered (in red) copies. Unaccountably scarce with three copies (all in the US) listed on WorldCat. Fine. [Brandes A74b.] [13207] $185.00

52. ANOTHER COPY. In matching envelope with castle and address printed in green as is the card. Bibliographers Brandes & Durkan make no mention of an envelope. All fne. [13208]

$250.00

53. Heaney, Seamus. The Child That's Due from 'Bann Valley Eclogue'. Dublin: [Bank of Ireland Group Treasury], [1999]. First Separate Printing. Broadside , 8 1/4 by 11 6/8. Signed by SH. Cream stock, printed in grey and black. The Treasury made a donation to the "Save the Bog Campaign" for use of the poem which the author read on Radio Telefs Eireann on the Millennium's eve. Fine, signed, and quite attractive. Three located on WorldCat. [13210] $450.00

54. Heaney, Seamus. A Drink of Water. Dublin: Gallery Press, 2008. First Thus. Broadside with a drawing by Martin Gale; approx. 8 1/4 x 11 5/8. Signed by Seamus Heaney. Not to be confused with a similarly titled broadside printed in California a decade earlier that is much more common. Not located on WorldCat. Corners bumped, but still near fne. [13209] $400.00

55. Heaney, Seamus et al. IN MEMORIAM DARCY O'BRIEN 1939 - 1998. N.P.: The Recorder, 1998. First Edition. Stapled printed wrappers; 8vo. 31 pp. A Supplement to THE RECORDER: The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society; Vol. 11, No.2. Contributions from Conor Cruise O'Brien, Stanley Crouch, Thomas Flanagan and others and a poem of 28 lines here frst published by Seamus Heaney: "Non-U". Designed by Jerry Kelly and printed at The Stinehour Press. Cover with impression creasing, but still very good. Brandes B177. [13202] $150.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.1356. Heaney, Seamus; Jim Hunter (ed.) Ted Hughes et al. MODERN POETS FOUR. London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First Edition. Glazed paper-covered boards; 12mo. 141 pp. The fourth primer edited by Hunter for school use. This volume with a brief introduction of each poet by Hunter and poems by Philip Larkin, Louis Simpson, Charles Tomlinson, Tony Connor, Ted Hughes and Heaney. Includes the frst publication of Heaney's "May Day". A fne copy, also issued in paper, and quite scarce, most would presumably have gone to libraries. Brandes B5. Fine (issued without a dust jacket). [13125] $250.00

57. Hecht, Anthony. FLIGHT AMONG THE TOMBS. New York: Knopf, 1996. First edition. A nice production with 23 wood engravings by Leonard Baskin reproduced from a Gehenna Press edition which was limited to 60 copies. This was only the poet's sixth regularly published new collection in a distinguished (winner of Pulitzer, Bollingen and Ruth Lilly Prizes among others) career. Includes elegies to both James Merrill and Joseph Brodsky. Fine in fne dust jacket. [667]

$15.00

58. Heyen, William. THE CHESTNUT RAIN. NY: Available Press/Ballantine Books, 1986. First edition. No. 50 of 50 copies specially bound by the poet and signed by him on what amounts to a hand-written colophon page. Originally published in four separate limited editions by a small press (Ewert), some of the poems were revised. Available Press was a short-lived imprint at Ballantine, a division of Random House, which published literary works in small runs theoretically when printer time was most available (hence the name) and at its cheapest. One of his most important works, one could say in homage to fellow NYer Walt Whitman, and certainly with echoes of that great poet. Fine (issued without a dust jacket). [1961] $50.00

59. Hine, Daryl. IN AND OUT. NY: Knopf, 1989. First edition. A long somewhat autobiographical narrative poem in four books (one set in a Benedictine monastery in Vermont). Designed by his long time editor Harry Ford. An immaculate copy with an internal review slip laid in. Fine in fne dust jacket. [658] $20.00

60. Hine, Daryl. POSTSCRIPTS. NY: Knopf, 1991. First edition. The hardcover issue of this collection by a MacArthur "genius" fellow. Designed by Harry Ford, with a Chip Kidd dust jacket; the book nicely bound and letterpress printed at Heritage Printers. Fine in fne dust jacket. [660] $20.00

61. Hoagland, Tony. HISTORY OF DESIRE. Tucson: Moon Pony Press, 1990. First Edition. Tall illustrated wrappers; 27 pp. A chapbook including the title poem from the poet's frst regularly published book Sweet Ruin, not published until 1992. Inscribed and signed by Hoagland in 1997 to another (minor) poet. Laid in a brief typed note (torn from a sheet of paper) from the poet and a photocopied poem (not signed), "Heather and the Hair Color of Hope" not published until 2001 in AGNI 53. Corners bumped, light small stain, some creasing and uneven fading thus a bit better than good, text block fne. A very scarce book; four copies listed on WorldCat. [13200]

$550.00

62. Holmes, John Clellon. DIRE COASTS. Boise: Limberlost Press, 1988. First Edition. Sewn printed wrappers; tall 8vo. One of 500 copies letterpress printed. Lightly creased and worn yapped edges, but still close to fne. [13166] $15.00

Holmes wrote two essential novels of the Beat era GO and THE HORN, and was close to Kerouac among others. He was the frst to use the term "Beat" in print.

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.1563. Hugo, Richard. ROAD ENDS AT TAHOLA. Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, 1978. First edition. 28 pp. First publication in book form for a number of the poems. One of 900 of 1000 total copies issued in stapled wrappers. Staples show a bit of rust, otherwise fne. [4550] $30.00

64. Hugo, Richard. WHAT THOU LOVEST WELL, REMAINS AMERICAN. NY: Norton, 1975. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in 8 1/2 X 11 format, spiral bound in stiff wraps. 4" piece of white tape/label with the title typed torn (so the pages could be opened) but mostly preserved. Other than one lonely staple it remains very near fne, and needless to say scarce in this format. [22] $150.00

65. Knopf, Alfred A. THE BORZOI 1920: Being Sort of a record of Five Years' Publishing. NY: Knopf, 1920. First edition. With original contributions by Willa Cather "On Writing Fiction", H. L. Mencken on Cather, Arthur Waley, Van Vechten et. al.; poetry by Eliot, Aiken (the frst book appearance of "How He Died"), Pound and Bridges; a who's who of authors with a number of illustrations and photos; and a complete bibliography of the imprint. Edges a bit worn and faded, with neat bookplate on front paste down and a Brentano's sticker on back paste down. At least very good. [161] $45.00

66. Knopf, Alfred A. and Blanche. PORTRAIT OF A PUBLISHER. NY: The Typophiles, 1965. First edition. Typophile Chapbooks (No. 42 and 43) printed "for Typophile subscribers, the contributors and friends of Alfred A. Knopf". Two well-designed cloth-backed volumes in dust wrappers designed by Warren Chappell. A very fne set in a fne yellow slipcase. [3322] $75.00

67. Koch, Kenneth. ON THE GREAT ATLANTIC RAILWAY: Selected Poems 1950-1988. NY: Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Nearly half the poems did not appear in his previous selection. Most are in the order of composition according to the forward. Fine in fne dust jacket. [723] $15.00

68. Koller, James (ed.); Gary Snyder et al. COYOTE'S JOURNAL #4. Eugene, OR: Coyote, 1965. First Edition. Stapled illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 52 pp. Edited by Koller, Edward van Aelstyn and William Wroth. Featuring work of Robert Kelly, Donald Munson, Jed Irwin (cover) E. Anderson, Susan Wilkins, David Meltzer, Bill Deemer, Tom Clark and Gary Snyder (a 4 page poem "To The Chinese Comrades" addressed to Chairman Mao Tse-tung). Extremities heavily toned, else very good (text block bright and fne). [13150] $35.00

69. Levertov, Denise. LIFE IN THE FOREST. NY: New Directions, 1978. First edition. 135 pp. Simultaneously issued wrappers edition. Presentation copy, inscribed: "love to Jane [Cooper]/from Denise/1978. Fine. [1920] $50.00

70. Levine, Philip. NEW SEASON. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1975. First edition. A copy wonderfully dated Dec. 25, inscribed to the poet Ai, using the diminutive of her birth name Florence Anthony: "Dear Florrie. Wonderful to hear you sounding so good. And glad you got the bread from the Copper Barons. Hope you write some wonderful new poems. And have a good year. Franny & I all fne. Love, Phil”. In addition to the inscription, this is copy has been signed on the title page, one of 225 copies letterpress printed and in sewn wrappers. Some wear to the edges, and some creasing at the spine, still at least in Very Good condition. [2287] $200.00

71. Levis, Larry. THE DOLLMAKER'S GHOST. NY: Dutton, 1981. First edition. The late poet's third book, winner of The National Poetry Series competition. Selected by Stanley Kunitz. Inscribed on the half-title, additionally signed on the title page. Issued simultaneously in paper, the hardcover is uncommon, quite scarce signed. A fne copy in a spine-faded, but otherwise fne dust jacket. [3429] $250.00

72. Levis, Larry. WINTER STARS. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. First edition. A review copy of the scarce hardcover issue, with the review slip laid in. This copy bears the circular stamped impression of poet Lewis Turco. Light bumping to the bottom edge, but a lovely dust jacket, and overall a wonderful fne copy. [2419] $200.00

73. Levis, Larry. WRECKING CREW. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. First edition. A beautiful copy of the frst book by the award-winning poet (among others, his second book won the Lamont Poetry Prize) who died in 1996 at the age of 49. This is the scarce hardcover issue, uncommon in any format. Levis was championed by fellow Californian Philip Levine who edited his posthumously published fnal book Elegy. A very fne copy, the orange cloth bright; in a very near fne dust jacket with a few short scratches/squiggles on the front panel (likely the usual enemy - someone writing on a piece of paper using the book as a desk), but in Brodart cover not noticeable. With none of the usual rubbing or spine wear common to these thin covers. [3428] $350.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.1774. MacLeish, Archibald. ACTFIVE: And Other Poems. NY: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Cloth-backed striped boards; 8vo. 63 pp. Signed by the poet as well as the jacket designer Meyer Wagman. One tip worn through, else light wear in a complete (not price-clipped) lightly worn dust jacket with small loss at foot of the spine. [13144] $35.00

MacLeish served fve years as Librarian to Congress and won three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his play JB and two for poetry.

75. MacLeish, Archibald. SONGS FOR EVE. Boston: Houghton Miffin, 1958. First Edition. Marbled boards, red dec. border; 8vo. 54 pp. Inscribed by the poet: "Dear Harry, It's Here!, With affection [and signed] Archie". Easily very good copy, lacking dust jacket. [13145] $20.00

76. Malanga, Gerard. 22. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Second printing. Stapled chapbook; thin 8vo. Sparrow 22, a monthly publication of the press. Signed by the poet. Fine [13190] $15.00

77. Malanga, Gerard. DEVOTION. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Stapled chapbook; thin 8vo. Sparrow 48, a monthly publication of the press. Signed by the poet. Fine. [13189] $15.00

78. McPherson, Sandra. FLORALIA. Portland, OR: Trace Editions, 1985. First edition. 1/150 copies hand-colored and bound in illustrated linen cloth at the Janus Press in VT. An out-of-series copy, not numbered. Green printed paper spine label; signed by the author, and the Illustrator Claire Van Vliet, on the colophon. Very Fine. [2709] $75.00

79. Merrill, James. THE (DIBLOS) NOTEBOOK. NY: Atheneum, 1975. Third American edition. First Trade Paper edition (after a mass market edition). Signed by the poet on the title page. The poet's second novel is structured as a fctional work-in-progress, set primarily on the Greek island of Diblos. Fine in illustrated wraps. Hagstrom A17c. [11608] $25.00

80. Merrill, James. THE (DIBLOS) NOTEBOOK. NY: Atheneum, 1965. First edition. The poet's second novel is structured as a fctional work-in-progress, set primarily on the Greek island of Diblos. The jacket spine ends show a few small nicks, lightly and evenly toned. Near fne in near fne dust jacket. [2644] $35.00

81. Moore, Marianne. "Marriage" [In MANIKIN, Number Three]. NY: Monroe Wheeler, 1923. First Edition. Thin stapled paper wrappers; small 8o. Second issue with altered address in colophon (the bibliographer notes only one copy without cancelled address). Glenway Westcott's two-leaf review of Moore's POEMS laid in as issued. The poet's second book, the frst published in the US; according to the bibliographer Wheeler estimated that approximately 200 copies were produced, mostly for presentation.

Wrappers browned at spine edge, a few small chips, partially split, still about very good, interior clean. Abbott A2. [13120] $450.00

82. Moore, Marianne. OBSERVATIONS. NY: The Dial Press, 1924. First edition. 120 pp. Black paper over boards, with black calico cloth covering the spine and corners, paper label on spine. Ms. Moore's frst book in hardcover, and frst full selection published in the US; "a reprint of POEMS, published in London in 1921 by The Egoist Press", "With additions". The additions, with some thirty more poems than the twenty-four in her frst book (her Complete Poems contained only 120 mostly heavily revised selections) includes extensive notes and an index. This copy is frayed at the tips, with some loss at the crown and foot, a short cut on the front gutter; the paper label has browned with about a quarter lost (the tipped in label as called for has been used or lost). Endpapers browned, but the text is bright and tight. Name of previous owner in ink on front end paper. Without the scarce dust jacket (possibly as issued - a second edition published the following year did have a jacket - the bibliographer notes a jacket for the reprint, but not the frst edition. Married jackets are quite possible.) A good copy. Abbott A3.1. Housed in a custom folding box with a leather spine and marbled paper. [13119] $450.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.19James Longenbach in a review of the recently published new edition of Miss Moore's OBSERVATIONS quotes John Ashbery: “I am tempted simply to call her our greatest modern poet”, and then mentions that Richard Wilbur (another pillar upon which contemporary poetry rests) reveres Ms. Moore. Longenbach ends his review in praise of this volume with "OBSERVATIONS is one of the great verbal works of art of the 20th century, in part because of its infectious devotion to everything small, and like The Waste Land or Ulysses, it speaks for itself".

83. Muldoon. HAY. London: Faber & Faber, 1998. First Edition. Green paper-covered boards in dust jacket; small 8vo. 140 pp. Top tips very lightly bumped, else fne tight unread copy. [13122] $35.00

84. Muldoon, Paul. THE WISHBONE. Dublin: The Gallery Press, 1984. First Edition. Plain white card covers in blue printed wrappers; small 8vo. 21 pp. Chapbook of new poems; one of 750 copies printed. Includes "Meeting the British" the title poem of his ffth collection published three years later. Scarcer than limitation would suggest. Fine. [13212] $45.00

85. Nabokov, Vladimir. THE GIFT. NY: Putnam, 1963. First edition. The frst edition in English of his Russian masterpiece, the last book he wrote in his native language. According to the author the frst chapter was translated by his son Dimitri, the other four by Michael Scammel, and all "carefully revised" by Nabokov. This is an attractive near fne copy, in a very bright white jacket, with only light wear at the crown, marred only by the fading of most of the yellow decoration and the pink "Nabokov" from the spine. Hardcover. [13142] $75.00

86. Nikolic, Djordje; Charles Simic, trans. KEY TO DREAMS ACCORDING TO DJORDJE. Chicago: Elpenore Books, 1978. First Edition. An uncommon collection of these poems translated from the Serbian by Simic, and signed by him. The blue cloth is fne; the dust jacket is spine and edge-faded and only very good. [3396] $45.00

87. Oates, Joyce Carol. LOVE AND ITS DERANGEMENTS. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1970. First Edition. One of the author's scarcest titles, a collection of poetry. A remarkable copy still in shrinkwrap: the top of the front dust jacket overlaps the red cloth edge and is creased, otherwise as new. [2721] $50.00

88. Paley, Grace. LEANING FORWARD Poems by Grace Paley. Penobscot, ME: Granite Press, 1985. First edition. 90 pp. 8vo.; paper-covered boards painted in blue, green, yellow and brown; printed spine-label. Signed, limited edition; number 5 of 125 copies printed (entire edition). Signed and numbered by Paley on the colophon. Afterward by Jane Cooper. One small paper tear on the front cover, else fne. No dust jacket, as issued (removable mylar jacket supplied). [2027] $150.00

A lovely book, letterpress printed; moreover this is Jane Cooper's copy (not otherwise indicated, but from her library and with a very low number).

89. Perlman, John. POWERS. Mamaroneck, NY: Kachina Press, 1982. First Edition. Stapled covers; 8vo. Inscribed by the poet to another poet/small fne press publisher. Sunned at extremities; about very good and clean and with little wear. [13193]

$20.00

90. Perlman, John. A WAKE OF. Philadelphia: Tamarisk, 1982. First Edition. Stapled covers in photographic wrappers; 8vo. Published as Tamarisk, vol. 5, no. 2, Winter, 1983. Inscribed by the poet to another poet/small fne press publisher. Fine. [13192] $20.00

91. Pound, Ezra (ed.) THE EXILE No.1. Dijon: Maurice Darantiere, 1927. First Edition. Original printed wraps; 12mo. 92 pp. The frst of four issues of this important little magazine; issue number one published in Europe the others in the US, therefore this issue seemingly the least common. Contains "Part of Canto XX"; and a short poem by Hemingway. (This copy without the correction of the title in Pound's hand.) Also, Guy Hickok and Richard Aldington contribute short pieces: prose and poetry, respectively. Gallup C689. Lightly sunned and creased, else a tight and near fne copy. [13131]

$850.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.2192. Pound, Ezra (ed.) THE EXILE No.3. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1928. First Edition. Original printed wraps; 12mo. The third of four issues of this important little magazine. Contains Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium" and "Bood and Moon"; part of Canto XXIII; long poem by LZ, and John Rodker, R. C. Dunning, Morly Callaghan and others contribute short pieces of prose and poetry. Spine a bit slanted else about fne. Gallup C705-709. [13132] $300.00

93. Pound, Ezra and Alberto Luchini. CONFUCIO STUDIO INTEGRALE. Rapallo: Scuola Tipografca Orfanotrofo Emiliani, 1942. First Edition. Cream stapled wrappers; 8vo. Variant issue printed on watermarked paper and not priced. (Most copies printed on cheap paper, with buff wrappers.) Italian translations of Chinese; pages numbered back to front. First publication of the text, published several years later in English. Gallup B46. Small chip, minor waterstain along bottom edge, else close to fne. Scarce, especially this "deluxe" issue. [13134] $350.00

94. Ransom, John Crowe. CHILLS AND FEVER. NY: Knopf, 1924. First Edition. Later binding: red cloth-backed blue boards with paper label; 8vo. This volume with many of the poet's fnest poems. Inscribed "For Paul and Dorris/ With affection and all good wishes, May 3, 1949" and signed in full by the poet. A good copy, tips worn and one signature loose. In later dust jacket about very good, likely from the 1940's. [13141] $150.00

95. Rukeyser, Muriel. THE TRACES OF THOMAS HARIOT "He burst from history into legend..." NY: Random House, 1971. First edition. 366 pp. orange cloth backed in black, in a white dust jacket printed in black, red, orange and yellow. Presentation copy, inscribed: " for Jane [Cooper] after a very long time/with love/ Muriel/February 1971". Offsetting on the rear endpages from the laid in full page New York Times piece on Hariot (mentioning Rukeyser's book). Hariot was a friend of Sir Walter Ralegh and Christopher Marlowe and seems to have been one of the greatest fgures of his or anytime, but due to having published only one book mostly lost to history. Aside from the offsetting a fne copy of a bulky book in a near fne dust jacket, with very light soling and one worn tip. [2031] $100.00

A wonderful copy in every way: a book seldom found in collectible condition let alone signed, and an excellent association copy between to very fne poets, close friends until Rukeyser's death in 1980.

96. Seidel, Frederick. FINAL SOLUTIONS. NY: Random House, 1963. First Edition. Tan cloth, spine titling in red and black; thin 8vo. 50 pp. Poet's frst book which was one of the most controversial frst books of poetry of the last century (for more on the affair google poet Ernest Hilbert's essay on Seidel) leading to the resignations of Robert Lowell, Louise Bogan and Stanley Kunitz from the committee that selected the book for the prize sponsored by the 92nd St. Y that would have led to publication by Atheneum. Seidel declined to make changes to the manuscript and Random House rather quietly published a year later. Trace foxing to foreedge, bookseller ticket (Grolier, Cambridge) on front free end paper else about fne in an easily very good dust jacket with minor wear at extremities and short closed tears and wrinkling at back panel. Published simultaneously in paper, the hardcover is scarce in collectible condition. [13139] $200.00

97. Sexton, Tom. "King Island" N.p.: Privately Printed, 1994. First Edition. Sewn printed wrppers; thin 8vo. Inscribed and signed by the poet. Tom Sexton was the Poet Laureate of Alaska from 1995 to 2000. Number 4 of 50 copies. Salmon Run Poetry Series I. "Printed during January, 1994 on Strathmore Charcoal Gray, Fox River Ivory and Kozo Rice paper using Palatino and Castellar Engraved typefaces." Thread pulled, else fne. [13180] $25.00

98. Simic, Charles. SCHOOL FOR DARK THOUGHTS. Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. One of 235 signed copies (this is IV) printed by hand at the Banyan Press in Vt. on Weimar papers and sewn into Roma covers, paper label on the front cover. With publication announcement laid in. Light fading to the edges, otherwise Fine. [1550] $45.00

99. Simic, Charles. WHITE. Berkeley: New Rivers Press, 1972. First edition. The paper issue (1000 copies of 1300 total), specially signed on the title page, of the poet's fourth regularly published book. The white covers unevenly age-toned otherwise about fne. [3399] $65.00

for Simic also see # 86

100. Smith, Charlie. INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE DARKNESS. NY: Norton, 1990. First edition. Review copy inscribed by the poet "To Sammy" and dated on the title page; in addition the publicity photo laid in is also inscribed. A Norton "Book News" publicity sheet is laid in. Very near fne in like dust jacket. [1501] $35.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.23101. Smith, Charlie. RED ROADS. NY: Dutton, 1987. First edition. The frst collection of poetry from this poet who is possibly better known for his novels. This was selected for The National Poetry Series by Stanley Kunitz. A wonderful copy of the hardcover issue. Fine in fne dust jacket. [1951] $200.00

102. Smith, Dave. BLUE SPRUCE. Syracuse: Tamarack, 1981. First Edition. One of 336 copies issued (36 in hardcovers), this is one of 250 numbered copies in sewn blue wrappers. Illustrations by Barry Moser; specially signed by Barry Moser. Designed and printed by Allen Hoey. The wrappers are very lightly faded, still about fne. [3850] $35.00

103. Snyder, Gary. AXE HANDLES. Berkeley: North Point, 1983. First edition. Advanced page proof copy in green printed wrappers of this important collection. Continuing the themes from his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Turtle Island (published a decade ealier) with this collection of poems about family, also, informed by his understanding of ecology and Buddhism. Axe Handles won a Before Columbus Foundation Award. The spine is very slightly faded and marked with title, pub date in black ink; one tiny spot and barely creased corner, otherwise a fne copy of an uncommon proof. [788] $50.00

104. Snyder, Gary. "Front Lines" Santa Cruz: Book Shop Santa Cruz, 1978. First Separate Printing. Illustrated broadside; 20 x 26 inches. Woodcut by Tom Killion. Inscribed and signed by Snyder. Issued to support protection of the Pogonip "greenbelt". The poem originally published in Snyder's TURTLE ISLAND (Pulitzer Winner). Lovely broadside and rare signed. [13169] $300.00

105. Snyder, Gary. "Manzanita" Kent, OH: Kent State University Library, 1971. First Edition. Single sheet folded and printed on four sides; folded to 22 x 26 inches. One of 1000 issued gratis as "a Keepsake of the Dedication of the Kent State University Library 9/10 April 1971". This copy is specially signed and is the frst issue of the poem. McNeil A31a. Creased and thus about very good. Scarce signed. [13168] $95.00

106. Snyder, Gary. "Smokey the Bear Sutra" N.p.: self-published, circa 1969. First Thus. Broadside, yellow paper printed in

black; 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches. Early issue measurements slightly larger than McNeil designated frst issue. Distributed free and reprinted often. This copy signed by Snyder as "Smokey the Bear", since he reportedly declines to sign this broadside which "may be reproduced forever free". Snyder composed the poem for a February 1969 Sierra Club Wilderness Conference, where it was distributed. It has become one of his most popular works: Smokey as a bodhisattva. Top edge creased with short closed tears, bottom edge less so. Near very good. Rare signed. [13170]

$250.00

107. Snyder, Gary, W. S. Merwin, Diane Wakoski, Langston Hughes, John Haines, Louis Zukofsky, et al. Unicorn Postcard Series I, II, and III. Santa Barbara CA: Unicorn Press,, n. d. First edition. Full three sets of postcards as issued in 1971-72, eight in each series, still wrapped in paper wrappers with round label seals that have not been broken. Printed letterpress with colorful decorations. What better selection of the poets of this period: Snyder, Merwin, Wakoski, L. Hughes, Haines, Zukofsky, Di Prima, Rexroth, Bly, Tate, Paz and others? Near Fine, light aging. [13154] $125.00

Snyder see also #68

108. Strand, Mark. Keeping Things Whole. Hartford, CT: Hartford Public Library, 2001. First Thus. Illustrated poetry broadside; 8 1/2 x 11 in. Published for the Hartford Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens. One of the poet's most anthologized poems, this broadside edition is scarce; none appear on WorldCat. Fine. [13114]

$35.00

109. Strand, Mark; Jorie Graham. THE LIVES OF THE POEMS Twelve Drawings on Canvas. East Hampton: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2005. First Edition. Gray printed wrappers with French faps; oblong, small 4to.; housed in a black cloth slipcase. 25 pp. One of 50 (of 500 total) copies of the signed edition. Introduction by Jorie Graham (7 pp.). Signed by both Mark Strand and Jorie Graham. 12 full-page illustrations of the drawings. Lovely production by Jerry Kelly. Fine. [13130] $150.00

Strand trained as an artist as an undergrad at Yale, studying with Joseph Albers.

110. Swander, Mary. NEEDLEPOINT. Missoula: SmokeRoot Press, 1977. First Edition. Sewn wrappers; 8vo. 27 pp. The poet's frst collection, Number 2 in the CutBank Chapbook Series of the English Dept. of the University of Montana. Light soiling and wear, but easily very good. Uncommon book by the Iowa Poet Laureate.[13177]

$35.00

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111. Thomas, Dylan. TWENTY-FIVE POEMS. London: Dent, 1939. Third Printing. Original gray boards, spine printed in blue with blue topstain in dust jacket; square 8vo. 47 pp. Originally published in 1936, this prinitng is nearly identical to the frst printing which was published in a uniform series. Fine copy in a very near fne dust jacket with small loss at head and crown and one tip. Tiny Gotham Book Mart sticker on rear endpaper. Rolph B3, third issue. [13201] $200.00

112. Vega, Janine Pommy. HERE AT THE DOOR. Brooklyn: Zonepress, 1978. First Edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. Inscribed and signed "Love Janine". Spine a bit toned, else about fne. [13173]

$20.00

113. Wakoski, Diane. COINS & COFFINS. NY: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. First edition. Small 12mo. Black and white card covers. 35 pp. Near fne frst printing of the poet's frst book. Light wear and rubbing to the wraps, else fne. Scarce. [10163] $50.00

114. Walcott, Derek. BIM VOLUME THREE, NUMBER TWELVE. St. Michaels, Barbados: The Young Men's Progressive Club, 1950. First Edition. Blue printed stapled wrappers; small 8vo. Pp. 273-360. Two poems by the precocious Derek Walcott "The Testament of Poverty" and "Letter to Margaret". An advertisement for his play HENRI CHRISTOPHE. These poems published when the future Nobel Prize winner was 20, and three years prior to his move to Trinidad where he began to make his reputation. BIM was a long-running literary journal edited by Frank Collymore; Walcott appeared in two previous issues of the magazine (according to the index in the present issue). These earliest poems including the ones in this issue have not yet been collected. Walcott continued to publish in BIM for over a decade. About very good. Scarce. Terrifc ads, illustrations. [13110] $275.00

115. Walcott, Derek. THE GULF. NY: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. First edition. A Review Copy with slip laid in of this early collection of poems by the Nobel Laureate. Signed and dated on the title page. Fine in like jacket; it is hard to imagine a better copy. [3544]

$200.00

116. Walcott, Derek. [Typescript]. N. p.: unpublished, circa 1969. First Edition. 2 page, legal-sized carbon typescript with "Two Elegies: For Che and For Christopher Okigbo." On the frst leaf is a long note from Andrew Salkey [attributed, not signed], the Jamaican poet and BBC commentator: "These are the original versions of the poems before they were changed by the poet for inclusion in his third book, The Gulf and Other Poems Jonathan Cape, 1969, when they were presented considerably textually altered and under the titles "Che" and "Negatives." Comparison to the printed version shows considerable reworking of the poems. "Che" in the printed version begins "In this dark-grained news-photograph, whose glare/ is rigidly composed as Caravaggio's,/ the corpse glows candle-white on its cold altar--" . This typescript reads: "In this dark-grained baroque news-photograph,/ as cunningly composed as Caravaggio,/ the corpse, burnt-out, shines candle-white/ on its cold altar,". "Negatives" begins "A newsclip; the invasion of Biafra:/ black corpses wrapped in sunlight/ sprawled on the white glare.../. "For Christopher Okigbo" begins "A newsreel: the invasion of Biafra:/ black bodies, sliced by sunlight/ on the white road that enters ------/. Folded for mailing, else fne. [13118] $750.00

Andrew Salkey was a Jamaican writer educated in Great Britain, and a central fgure in the popularizing of Caribbean writers including Naipaul, Lamming and Walcott as a presenter of the BBC program Caribbean Voices. Later in life he taught at Hampshire College in Massachusetts.

117. `Weil, James L. "After All"; "Aleksis"; "There Was"; "To Her Hand"; "UnEasy"; "Uses" New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press, 1969-1977. First Edition. Chapbooks; 36mo (near miniature) with various paper wrappers, fve with paper labels. Some printed in Kyoto (one designed by Cid Corman, most in that style), two by Stamperia Valdonega. All inscribed to another poet/small fne press publisher. All near fne or better. Six titles, seven items (two copies of "Un Easy", one a "corrected" printing according to the inscription). [13187] $100.00

118. Weil, James L. THE BARN MOTHER LOVED TO PAINT: Poems 2001 - 2002. Suffern, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2003. First Edition. Brick Fabriano wraps; 8vo. One of 96 (26 were lettered); this copy inscribed to another small press

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.27publisher/poet at the colophon quoting two lines from William Bronk. Prospectus and Weil's inscribed business card laid in. Fine. [13183] $45.00

119. Weil, James L. GREGORY'S LAST STAND AND OTHER LASTS: Poems 1999-2000. Jamaica, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2001. First Edition. Gray mould-made wraps; 8vo. 17 pp. One of 150 (of 176 total); this copy inscribed to another small press publisher/poet on the front end paper. Designed by Jerry Kelly; printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Prospectus laid in. Fine. [13195] $35.00

120. Weil, James L. HOUSES ROSES. West Lafayette, IN: Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Gray wraps; 8vo. 25pp. Printed by the Stamperia Valdonega, designed by Mardersteig. This copy inscribed to another small press publisher/poet. 290 total copies; woodcut by Jacques Hnizdovsk.y Fine. [13186] $35.00

121. Weil, James L. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST PAINTING HER SON Selected Earlier Poems. West Lafayette, IN: Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Handsewn in gray Fabriano wrappers; 8vo. 26 pp. This copy inscribed to another small press publisher/poet. 326 total copies. Fine, though corners just a bit soft. [13185] $35.00

122. Weil, James L. SOMETHING GIVEN Very Selected Poems 1964 - 1991. Jamaica, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 1992. First Edition. Gray-green Fabriano wraps; 8vo. 46 pp. One of 150 (of 176 total); this copy inscribed to another small press publisher/poet at the colophon. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Prospectus laid in. Fine. [13149] $45.00

123. Weil, James L. THE SONG ALONG. Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1984. First Edition. Sewn printed wrappers; thin 8v. One of 50 total "keepsake" copies printed by Carol J. Blinn on Umbria sewn into Roma wraps to mark the 10th year if friendship of poet and printer. Inscribed by the poet Weil to another printer/poet. Gorgeous if simple work from the press. Needless to say uncommon, scarce signed. Fine. [13196] $45.00

124. Weil, James L. USES: and Other Selected Poems. West Lafayette, IN: Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Gray wraps; 8vo. 49 pp. Printed by the Stamperia Valdonega, designed by Mardersteig. This copy inscribed to another small press

publisher/poet. Limitation not stated; etching by Eugene G. Canade. Fine. [Not to be confused with much smaller edition in size and content, published previously.] [13184] $35.00

125. Weil, James L. WASHDAY, and Others. Jamaica, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, 1999. First Edition. Blue-green mould-made wraps; 8vo. 24 pp. One of 150 (of 176 total); this copy inscribed to another small press publisher/poet on the front end paper. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Prospectus laid in. Fine. [13148] $35.00

126. Wieners, John. ACE OF PENTACLES. NY: James F. Carr & Robert A. Wilson, 1964. First edition. 8 vo. Black boards, gold spine lettering. Number 8 of 75 copies of the poet's second book. Signed by the poet as called for with a manuscript page ("A Glimpse") tipped in and additionally signed Wieners. Fine copy in original glassine, now torn and worn. Lepper p. 423. [10466]

$250.00

127. Wieners, John. POETRY AND THE SOCIAL. Candia, NH: John LeBow, 1997. First Separate Edition. Broadside poem measuring 10 x 17 inches. Printed in three colors by Innerer Klang Press on Rives. One of 100 numbered and signed copies. Fine. [13129]

$50.00

128. Wilbur, Richard. "The Ride" Cottondale, AL: Ex-Ophidia, 1982. First Edition. Broadside printed by Richard Gabriel Rummonds for the Grolier Club. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Wilbur and briefy inscribed to a well-known printer. In original shipping box (shipping label of collector/bibliographer Jack Hagstrom) and archival folder. The broadside is fne. [13167]

$200.00

129. Williams, William Carlos; (Ben Belitt). THE BROKEN SPAN (Review Copy). Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First edition. Gray paper boards printed in black and fuschia, with a similarly printed dust jacket. One of 300 of a total of 2000. This small volume "contains ffteen poems" for the poem Patterson (sic): volume one of Paterson was published in 1946. Wallace A22. This is a review copy (stamped as usual by ND as such with the date on the ffep). In addition it is poet Ben Belitt's copy. Belitt taught at Bennington College for half a century, and is probably best know as a translator and editor of Pablo Neruda. Boards worn, tips bumped, in a lightly sunned jacket with two chips missing (one on the back panel 1 1/2"X3/4"). Still quite a nice copy, uncommon in boards, quite scarce as a review copy. [417] $200.00

AlexanderRareBooks.com (802) 476-0838 p.29130. Wright, C(arolyn). D. TERRORISM. Fayetteville, AK: Lost Roads, 1979. First edition. Lost Roads, Number 13.The third volume by this poet. This copy signed on the title page. Issued in trade paper, tips lightly bumped, still quite tight and clean. Quite scarce, especially signed. [3390] $200.00

131. Wright, James. THE GREEN WALL. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. First edition. Review copy with reviewer's slip laid in. Prior owner's name in blue pencil. At the end of Auden's introduction quoting lines from Wright someone has written (in pencil) the fnal quatrain in reverse, and commented interestingly: "note the hovering image of the turn-ed worm". A lovely copy of one of the most important frst books of poetry of the second half of the 20th C. As a review copy - scarce. Near fne in near fne dust jacket. [1237]

$600.00

132. Wright, Jay. THE HOMECOMING SINGER. NY: Corinth Books, 1971. First Edition. One of 500 printed in hardcover (2000 was the total printing) of the poet's second book and frst in cloth. Inscribed by the poet in 1996. Uncommon in cloth, quite scarce signed. The thin orange dust jacket is rubbed, with two short closed tears, otherwise the book is quite fne. [2375] $125.00

133. Wright, Jay. TRANSFIGURATIONS: Collected Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. First edition. The collected poems of this MacArthur Fellow, winner of a 2000 Lannan Award, as well as Yale's Bollingen Prize. Signed in 2003. Very near fne in like dust jacket. [2376] $75.00

134. Zukofsly, Louis. A-12. Ashland, MA [Kyoto, Japan]: Origin Press, 1959. First Edition. Red cloth. 8vo. 256 pp. Poet Denise Levertov's copy with her label/small bookplate (and Somerville, MA adress) and signed by her as Denise Levertov Goodman. Pencil markings and notations throughout. Extensive errata sheet with two additions in ink as usual laid in. One of 200 copies printed in Kyoto. Lacking scarce plain glassine jacket, signs of paperclip on errata sheet and ffep, spine gilt a bit dull, text with signs of aging as usual, but overall a very good copy. [13213] $350.00

A wonderful association as Levertov was one of the Beat-era poets often credited with helping to revive interest in the Objectivists in particular Zukofsky, who in the era of T. S. Eliot dominated poetics of the 30's & 40's, had little acknowledgment from the critical establishment.

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