SELECTED POEMS
NY: Atheneum, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, unclipped dw, plainly signed by Strand on title page. Covers faded a tad, dustjacket slightly worn at edges - all still quite presentable. More
New Arrivals
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Yale Poetry Review - Volume I, Number III
New Haven: Yale Poetry Review, 1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Contains Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Merrill earliest works while he was finishing his undergraduate degree at Amherst College, after returning from WWII military service. Includes three Merril lpoems "The Summer Park", "The Wintry Garden" and "Beginner's Greek" plus an..... More
NO JERUSALEM BUT THIS
London: October House, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Menashe on the half title: "For xxxxx May you go rfom strength to strength. April 14, 1973 Samuel Maenashe. Cambridge, a sunny afternoon" On the verso of the ffe: "Le Primavera ha venido. Nadie sabe como ha sido" and then below..... More
Lot of 6 Adastra Press titles - Mostly Nothing Happens, Niagara Falls, How To Burn, Millrat, Seagull Beach , Allegehny
Easthanptom: Adastra Press, 1994. 1st Editions, Limited. Soft cover. Six titles, 1994 - 1996, each in fine condition, Millrat slightly faded around edges. Each limited softcover edition, each apparently unused, unread. More
Frost, Robert
NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thirteenth printing (1961) after of the first edition (1949). Near fine book - apparently unread - in very good dustjacket with some creasing and moderate wear at edges and corners. Inscribed by Frost and dated by him Jan 2 1962 Amherst College..... More
THE FOUR SEASONS
NY: Targ Editions, 1984. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Narrow 4to. Cockerel covered boards with printed cover label. 150 copies in glassine. Signed by translator/ poet Snodgrass on limitation and warmly inscribed by publisher Bill Targ on ffe. Slight loss to glassine upper right corner rear panel, else fine. More
THE POETRY OF YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO 1955 to 1965
NY: October House, 1965. Hardcover. An apparently unread, unused copy. 54 poems bilingual: Russian and English. Fine internals, near fine dw. More
RIM-ROCK AND SAGE
San Francisco: The California Historical Society, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1300 copies, printed by Andrew Hoyem. in plain paper dustwrapper with title on spine. Dustjacket browned at spine, chipped at fott. Book as new. More
Dream Barker, Pilgrims, Ordinary Things, The Messenger, Home Deep Blue (5 titles)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A collection of the poet's first five books, all first editions, internals near fine in better than very good dustjackets (most near fine). No previous owner names or bookplates. Valentine's first book, Dream Barker, is neatly inscribed and dated April 1965..... More
SKIN OF GRACE
Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson with a charming illustration of a half moon in blue felt pen resting on a cloud in red, observed by a block stamp of the Chesthire Cat (from Alice in..... More
HOUSEHOLD TALES OF MOON AND WATER
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson with a charming illustration of a sleeping half moon on gentle waves in blue felt pen, stars above and inscription below in red. Near fine book in near fine dustjacket. More
SWIMMING LESSONS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
NY: Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with good wishes for good plays" with a block stamp of Alice (in Wonderland) in flight with the quotation " 'who invented water? ' " encircled in purple crayon and Willard's inscription encircled in orange..... More
19 MASKS FOR THE NAKED POET
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Shekerjian, regina (illustrtaed by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with thanks for all you taught me about playwriting when you read mine" warm wishes" with Willard's charming illustration of a delightful face of the sun in black ink..... More
CARPENTER OF THE SUN
NY: Liveright, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to fellow Vassar instructor theater director Clinton Atkinson "with warm wishes" with charming black penned illustration a delightful face of the sun outlined in red felt marker as balloon on a string held by arm outstretched all observed by a block-stamped Tin Woodsman..... More
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