E-list # 212

NY, Crowell, (1969). A collection edited by Aldan, who was nominated for the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Between High Tides. Inscribed by Aldan in the year of publication, with a quote from the 11th century poem "Black Marigolds" and "in memory of race horses, with love." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a pending chip at the spine base. [#027326] $95

(n.p.), Zen Archer Press, (1983). Copy No. 165 of 200 copies of this poetry chapbook, signed by the author. Near fine in wrappers. [#036024] $30

(NY), Equal Time Press, 1972. Edited and inscribed by Hugh Seidman and Frances Whyatt in 1975. With contributions by Russell Banks, Carol Berge, Louise Gluck, David Ignatow, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, Anne Waldman, and many others. Near fine in wrappers. [#001206] $30

NY, McGraw Hill, 1972. The wrappered reissue of one of the early, important collections of poetry by Vietnam vets, published by a small press that was started by vets. Later this title was picked up by a major New York publisher and reissued. An important volume, which introduced such writers as W.D. Ehrhart, Michael Casey and Gustav Hasford, among others. Inscribed by Michael Uhl. Very good in wrappers. [#010317] $30

London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Signed by both editors. Musty; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#035943] $50

(NY), Angle Lightning Press, (1978). A collection of poetry and photography by Montreal women. Edited and inscribed by Wendy Wachtel. Near fine in wrappers, with errata slip laid in. Uncommon. [#001213] $30

Louisville, Bellarmine, 1989. Inscribed by Appleman on the cover, to his neighbors Peter and Maria [Matthiessen]. Fine in wrappers. [#031793] $30

(NY), New Rivers Press, 1974. The scarce hardcover issue of his second book, a collection of poetry. The total edition was 600 copies, of which only 200 were issued in cloth; 400 were issued in wrappers. Well-known these days as a writer of fiction and of essays on fiction, Baxter didn't publish his first novel until 1987, seventeen years after his first book (Chameleon) and thirteen years after this title. Inscribed by the author in 1982. Fine in a slightly rubbed, else fine dust jacket. [#911007] $650
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(n.p.), (n.p.), (1982). A two-page, two-poem chapbook with one poem by each author. Association copy. Inscribed by both authors to the poet Ai in 1983 with a small waterstain affecting both pages and one signature. An ephemeral piece. Very good in sewn wrappers. [#701475] $30

(NY), MR Press, 1962. Poetry with a political edge by this activist poet, written during the volatile era of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Inscribed by Beecher to Will Inman, another poet known for his political and social activism: "For Will Inman/ a poet whose work I like./ John Beecher/ May 22, 1967." Owner name and phone on front flyleaf with inscription on half title; wear to cloth at corners; a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a couple small edge chips. A nice literary association copy. [#029630] $80

(Oxford), Privately Printed, 1929. The second volume of poetry by the Rev. George Bird. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, with an autograph note from the author to the recipient tipped to the front flyleaf. Laid in is a retained copy of a thank you note from the recipient to Bird, which elaborates on their friendship. Foxing to pages, thus only a very good copy. Hardbound, without dust jacket, presumably as issued. Six copies in OCLC. [#036003] $125

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (2007). The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the poet to the writer Robert Stone, on the dedication page, in the year of publication: "with gratitude for your loyal friendship & for your reliably great art -- with great esteem & affection." A nice association copy. Fine. [#028394] $80

(n.p.), Yale Review / Southwest Review, 1997. Two offprints, one each from the Yale Review and the Southwest Review, featuring Section III and Section IV, respectively, from his longer poem. Both offprints are inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife in 1997. Side-stapled wrappers; near fine. [#033700] $75

Oxford, MS, University Press of Mississippi, (1983). Inscribed by the author. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#705472] $30

Ithaca, Ithaca House, (1971). The second book, and first regularly published volume, by this writer of Abenaki descent, who has carved out a unique place in contemporary American Indian literature as a publisher, poet, novelist, anthologist, storyteller and chronicler of traditional stories. Warmly inscribed by the author to his grandmother: "For Grandma/ For her birthday./ July 4, 1972/ Love,/ Sonny." Joseph "Sonny" Bruchac was raised by his grandparents, and his grandmother influenced his early love of reading. Some staining to front cover and some rubbing and surface peeling there. Very good in wrappers. A nice association copy. [#016536] $375

(n.p.), (n.p.), (n.d.). Typescript of two versions of "Meatball," a possibly unpublished poem by Bukowski. Signed by Bukowski, with a drawing of a boxer on page 1, and "I prefer shorter version" and a few additional pencil notes (not by Bukowski) on page 3. Five pages total, corner stapled, with Bukowski's name and address in the upper left corner of the first page. Near fine. [#035287] $2,500

Manhasset Hills, NY, Paradiso Press, (1978). Association copy. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai in 1979. Very good in wrappers. [#701483] $30

Chicago, Big Table, (1971). The simultaneous wrappered edition of this book of poems written in celebration of the birth of his first child. Inscribed by the author to Australian poet and literary editor Thomas Shapcott. Near fine. [#023737] $30

(Marvin), Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1975. Vol. 21, No. 2 of the Blue Cloud Quarterly. A poem based on Hopi myth, believed to derive from the much earlier Anasazi culture. Inscribed by the author to Joe and Carol [Bruchac] in the year of publication, a nice association copy. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#025390] $80

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1968. Review copy of the hardcover issue of this volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Cloth splattered with tiny ink dots; hence very good in a very good dust jacket with publication information written on front panel. [#001344] $30

Porthenys, [Self-Published?], 1988. Copy #58 of 100. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen and with a typed letter signed laid in: "I found this one copy of this tiny book, and I thought to send it to you the night before our departure for the old world (well it's all old and new isn't it?). I hear that you had a similar experience to what these little poems speak out from..." Chaskey continues in the letter with more personal news. More than 100 words. Poet-farmer Chaskey was the longtime head of Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett, New York, in eastern Long Island, and is considered "the spiritual father of the community farming movement." His first full-length book, the influential This Common Ground, was published in 2005; this chapbook precedes that book by nearly two decades. Near fine in self-wrappers. [#032274] $150

Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1977. Author's third book. Inscribed by author on the half-title page and additionally signed on title page. Very good copy in wrappers. [#701049] $30

Austin, Write Bloody, (2014). Choi's first book, only issued in wrappers. This copy is inscribed by the author: "___! Thank you for holding these poems. Wow wow grateful/ Franny Choi." Fine. Uncommon signed. [#035883] $125

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1974. Catalog of an exhibition in the Ideas Gallery of Whitechapel of poems by this avant garde writer, known as a practitioner of concrete and sound poetry, and in most of the poems in this exhibition as a collaborator with visual artists. Signed by the poet. Chopin also founded the literary journal Cinquiame Saison, which morphed into the journal OU in 1964, and published a record of sound poetry with each issue. Six pages; fine. [#035638] $250

(Cleveland, OH), Cleveland State University Poetry Center, (1985). Association copy. Warmly inscribed by the author to the poet Ai in 1985. Very good in wrappers. [#701480] $30

(Princeton, NJ), Princeton University Press, (1985). Simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed and dated by the author in 1985. Very good in wrappers with light crease to cover. [#701477] $30

Ontario, CA, Silhouettes Press, (1936). Laid in is a sheaf of typescript poems by the author, with holograph annotations by her. Very good without dust jacket (as issued?) and inscribed by the author. [#010520] $30

Chicago, Poetry, 1953. Warmly and lengthily inscribed by Dahlberg at his contribution, "Ushant, A Long Lotus Sleep," an excerpt from a work-in-progress. Near fine in wrappers. [#017387] $95

NY, Atheneum, 1974. Inscribed by the author. A bindery error has caused the front free endpaper to adhere to the front pastedown at the foredge, otherwise fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#001370] $30

NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition in simultaneous wrappers. Association copy. Inscribed to the poet Ai. Very good in wrappers. [#701696] $30

(n.p.), Suffolk County Community College, 1985. Inscribed by De'Pazzi, who has two poems and a drawing in the collection and served on the editorial board. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#031870] $30

Providence, Burning Deck, (1974). One of 300 copies. Inscribed by the author in 1978. Fine in self-wraps. [#001381] $30

(n.p.), (n.p.), 1970. A collection of sonnets by Disch and Marilyn Hacker, and by Hacker and Charles Platt. "There are no sonnets by Charles and Tom because Marilyn can't drive." This copy is inscribed by Disch in 1988. Precedes Hacker's first regularly published book, Presentation Piece, which won the National Book Award and was the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets, by four years. Fine in stapled wrappers, with a cover illustration by Platt. Uncommon. [#035040] $450

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1961. Dugan's first book, a volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This copy is signed by Dugan on the title page. In addition, although Dugan dedicated all of his books to his wife Judith [Shahn], on this copy Dugan has amended the dedication page to read "[For Judy] and my mother and in memory of my father". As this was not an indication of a future textual change (the second printing continues to say only "For Judy,") it appears this was Dugan's mother's copy and reverted to him, as it was with Dugan's own archive after he died. Fine in a fair dust jacket, which is not only inexpertly taped back together after a full length split at the rear spine fold, but re-taped inside-out such that the author photo and rear jacket flap are now on the verso. A noteworthy copy of a highly praised first book. [#036445] $450

Berkeley, Sand Dollar, (1976). Inscribed by the author "with love". Near fine copy. [#002086] $30

Woodstock, Overlook Press, (1977). Review copy. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#001429] $30

Hopewell, Pied Oxen Printers, 2006. A long poem by Eshleman in memory of his longtime friend, the artist Bill Paden, who died in 2004. Of a total edition of 50 copies, this is one of 15 numbered copies reserved for the poet and for the printer, David Sellers. Signed by Eshleman and Sellers. With a Hanga woodcut frontispiece signed by Bill Paden and numbered as one of 100 copies but, according to the colophon, no more than 30 were completed before Paden's death. A fine copy, from the library of author Clayton Eshleman. Letter of provenance available. [#027889] $1,000

London, Fortune Press, (1967). A volume of poetry by this Gloucester, MA, poet who was a longtime friend and sometime rival of poet Charles Olson, who directed a critical part of The Maximus Poems at Ferrini. Ferrini's response was a 30-page love poem, which was published as In the Arriving and which Olson later said was Ferrini's best book. Despite a rivalry that has been characterized as "brotherly," they remained close friends throughout Olson's life. Inscribed by the author: "____/ the heart of the book/ Vincent." The recipient's name was deliberately abraded by the recipient. Fine in a near fine, modestly edgeworn dust jacket. [#016201] $250

Storrs, University of Connecticut, 1976. Inscribed by the author to the poet Edward Hyland "who's got the goods!" in 1978. Rubbing to the covers near the spine; else near fine in wrappers. A nice association copy between the Gloucester poet and Hyland, the poet from Manchester, who was one of the youngest writers to attend Breadloaf when he was 17 years old. [#033166] $75

NY, Atheneum, 1968. The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author. Fine. [#001455] $30

NY, Stein & Day, (1975). The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author. Fine. [#001470] $30

Columbus, (Pfeifer Printing Co.), (1976). Self-published poetry collection, one of 1000 copies, this copy inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael "with my compliments." Foxing to page edges; very good in wrappers. [#034549] $30

NY, Henry Holt, (1936). Later printing. Inscribed by the author to Sidney and Bill Watt "from their great friend Robert Frost" and dated in 1958. A nice inscription. Boards mildly mottled; near fine, lacking the dust jacket. [#025084] $350

Baltimore, Contemporary Poetry, 1944. A collection of poems, one of 1000 copies. A nice association copy, inscribed by the author to a painter, the wife (for a time) of a poet. A fine copy in a worn dust jacket severed at the spine. A fragile wartime book. [#016232] $250

(Johannesburg), Ravan Press, (1973). Second issue, with passages by Mandlenkosi Langa censored on pages 54 and 60. Subtitled "Notes on African Writing," with one section on fiction and one on poetry. This copy is signed by the Nobel Prize-winning author. The poet was supposedly issued with a banning order in October, 1973 and the passages quoting him had to be deleted or the issues pulped: later reports say it was actually Langa's brother Benjamin who had been banned. Handling apparent to rear cover; about near fine in wrappers. A fairly uncommon book in either issue, and quite scarce signed. [#026742] $250

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1970. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in 1975. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#703000] $30

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1971. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in 1975. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#703002] $30

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, (1975). Inscribed by the author on half-title page in 1975. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#703003] $30

NY, Harper & Row, (1976). First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed by the author on half-title page in 1979. Very good in wrappers. [#703017] $30

Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon, 1986. Fourth book of poetry. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#001538] $30

NY, Viking, (1975). Uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author. Publication date written on front cover otherwise fine in wrappers. [#001543] $30

NY, Viking Press, (1975). Advance review copy w/ publisher's materials laid in. Inscribed by the author with an additional drawing. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#705162] $30

NY, Penguin Books, (1978). First Edition in simultaneous wrappers. Inscribed by the author. Very good. [#705163] $30

Princeton, Contemporary Poetry Press, (2013). First published in 1980, this is a new edition, with a foreword by Carlos Fuentes. This copy is inscribed by the author to the Chinese poet Bei Dao: "For the great poet Bei Dao -- on a wonderful meeting and in memory of [?], Mahmoud Darwish, Ramallah and freedom and justice." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a typescript copy of Hamod's poem "Sabra/Shatilla: In Sorrow," which does not appear in the collection. [#032647] $115

Boston, Plowshare Press, (1966). First Edition in wrappers only. Advance review copy w/ publisher's materials laid in. Inscribed by the author in 1971. Very good in self-wrappers. [#703170] $30

(Providence), (Brown University), (1975). A profile of the poet, signed by him. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#001549] $30

(Iowa City), (Scrivana), (2010). Poetry by Steven, with notes by his father, James. Inscribed by Jim Harris to Peter [Matthiessen]. Fine in wrappers. [#031926] $30

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1970. Inscribed by author. Very good in very good (damp-stained) dust jacket. [#705155] $30

Lewiston, Confluence Press, (1977). A poetry chapbook, published in an edition of 300 copies. Inscribed by the author in 1978 to James and Lois Welch. Slight sunning to edges; near fine in self-wrappers. [#025535] $30

Santa Fe, Sunstone, (1977). A collection of poems from various ceremonies and rituals, compiled by a scholar of Southwestern Indian art and culture. Stapled wrappers, a fine copy, signed by the compiler. [#003761] $30

Wesleyan University Press, 1968. Manuscript poem. Publication information (Honig's book Spring Journal, published by Wesleyan University Press) is written across the bottom. Signed by Honig. The word "Spring" is smudged by water; the poem and signature remain near fine. [#035885] $150

Manuscript poem entitled "Subjunctive Tense," but eventually published, with significant changes, as "If We Could Be Brought" (first line). Signed by Ignatow. Undated. Lower corner stain, not affecting text; very good. [#035886] $150

Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, (1961). First Edition in simultaneous wrappers. Signed by the author. Very good. [#705153] $30

London, Rapp & Whiting, (1968). First Edition in self-wrappers. Signed by the author. Very good in very good dust jacket. [#705148] $30

Binghamton, NY, SUNY Binghamton, 1974. Literary publication featuring an interview and nine poems by David Ignatow. Signed by David Ignatow on page 443. Very good in wrappers. [#704923] $30

Boston, Little, Brown, (1978). First Edition in simultaneous wrappers.Signed by the author. Very good. [#704922] $30

Amherst, U. of Massachusetts Press, 1970. The softcover issue of this collection of poems, inscribed by the author to another poet in 1976. Fine in wrappers. [#011904] $45

NY, Harper & Row, (1971). Poetry. Inscribed by the author: "To Burt, From one lover of books to another, Allan." Dated May 20, 1977. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#035723] $35

Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, (1986). First Edition in simultaneous wrappers. Signed by the author on title page. Very good in wrappers. [#703837] $30

Berkeley, Kept Press, 1976. Poetry chapbook, inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael. Kauffman has also included a photocopy of a letter he received from Jean Rhys, thanking him for his poems. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#034556] $45

Middleton, Wesleyan University Press, (1980). The author's first book, poetry in the Wesleyan series, this being the hardcover issue. Warmly inscribed by the author to his then-wife, the poet Ai (although the address used is "darling"). Fine in a very good dust jacket. [#012867] $60

(St. Paul), New Rivers Press, (1987). Second printing of this poetry collection, inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael "whose work has inspired and delighted me." Spine faded; covers splaying; very good in wrappers. [#034558] $35

Potomac, MD, Scripta Humanistica, (1988). Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai in year of publication. Very good without dust jacket as issued. [#704097] $30

London, Polytantric Press, 1975. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife: "I'm gonna read at Bradlys March 14th/ Maybe you guys'll come see me. I miss you." Light corner creasing and lamination peeling; near fine in wrappers. [#033800] $60

London, Jonathan Cape, (1978). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, "who (or whom) I love." A hint of cover creasing; near fine in wrappers. [#033801] $60

(London), Sun Tavern Fields, (1992). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, with "much love." Fine in wrappers. [#033797] $50

(London), Golden Handshake, (1997). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife "Miss you!" Near fine in wrappers. The cover has a label offering a CD inside; no CD included. [#033796] $50

(London), Golden Handshake, (2004). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife: "If you don't write to say how swell you think this book is I won't blame you. Just had a visit from Joey Brooks. Spoke of you & the great old days in Gethly." Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Landesman to the Stones, talking about a grandchild, and her eyesight, and the included poem "A Luddite Lament." The letter is near fine; the book is fine in wrappers. [#033799] $85

Boston, Little Brown, (1977). The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author in 1979. Fine. James Wright, Richard Eberhart blurbs. [#001649] $30

NY, Exposition Press, (1969). A volume of vanity press poetry by Kelly, distinguished by a front cover blurb by Harper Lee, from a period of time when it was not uncommon for vanity publishers to simply warehouse their print runs for a predetermined length of time and then destroy them, with the majority of copies receiving distribution coming out of the author's allotment. For most vanity press works -- regardless of how many were originally printed -- the number of copies that ever made it into the marketplace probably averages in the low dozens. That fact, combined with the fact that Harper Lee has published so little other than To Kill a Mockingbird, makes this a rare occurrence in print by the author of one of the best-loved American novels of all time. This copy is inscribed by Kelly to Phoebe Lee "with fond best wishes." Kelly was a native of Excel, Alabama, less than 10 miles from Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Small spot to front cover; near fine in a mildly rubbed dust jacket with a tear at the upper spine fold. [#027232] $250

Highlands, Jonathan Williams, 1958. The "Author's Edition" of this early collection of poetry, her fourth book, printed as Jargon 19. One of 50 copies, of a total edition of 500. While the remains of this edition were later, in 1964, signed by Levertov on the front flap of the dust jacket and sold as a signed limited edition, this copy is without jacket, probably as issued in 1958, and is instead inscribed by Levertov: "Love to Don from Denise" on the first blank -- an actual "author's copy," as the colophon states. Fine in plain white wrappers. A Levertov, and Jargon, rarity. [#023539] $300

(n.p.), Housetree Press, (n.d.). First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai. Very good. [#705861] $30

Cambridge, MA, Alice James Books, (1992). First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai. Very good. [#705905] $30

(Baltimore/San Antonio), [Sybil Press], [2016]. A limited edition broadside of an illustration from Lucyshyn's collection Geoffrey Tungsten's Grievesome River. Copy No. 9 of 15 numbered copies. This copy is signed by Lucyshyn and also inscribed "For Dara [Wier]!" Additionally signed by the bookmaker/printer Jillian G. Gomez. 11" x 15", silkscreen on paper. Fine. No copies in OCLC. [#035322] $150

Long Beach, Applezaba, 1983. Inscribed by the author. Moderate cover foxing, otherwise near fine in wrappers. [#036039] $30

San Francisco, Journeys Into Language, 1987. An advance copy in the form of loose, photocopied typeset sheets. Signed by the author in 1987, with the added notation "6/6," presumably indicating this as one of only 6 such copies. Fine. [#036038] $65

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, (1990). Volume 8 in the Mellen Poetry Series. Inscribed by Lurie "to a dear lost friend recovered..." Corner crease to rear cover; near fine in oblong wrappers. [#036040] $100

Baltimore, Penguin Books, (1967). Reissue of a volume first published in 1964 and featuring MacBeth, Jack Clemo and Edward Lucie-Smith. Inscribed by the author. Page edges spotted, else near fine in wrappers. [#001678] $30

NY, Atheneum, 1978. Poetry, with illustrations by Robin Lawrie. Inscribed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#001676] $30

NY, AMS Press, 1971. The Summer/Fall issue, with a poem by Clarence Major. This copy is inscribed by Major: "For my friend Burt/ Clarence Major -- the forgetful one (yet the thoughtful one)." Also inscribed by Lee Hatfield. Very good in wrappers. [#036041] $50

(Sydney), (Thinking Fisherman Publications), (1993). The first separate publication of this poem by the Australian writer, originally included in his first book in 1970. Issued here as Number 1 in the Paperback Poets series: one of a limited edition of only 100 copies. Illustrated by and signed by noted Australian artist Noel McKenna. Creasing to pages; near fine in wrappers, in a fine dustwrapper. [#022988] $375

Woodstock, Overlook Press, (1999). Poetry by the playwright and filmmaker. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024759] $95

NY, Bantam, (1986). The first attempt, it would seem, at making Vietnam war poetry into a mass market item -- the announced first printing for this title being 35,000 copies. Boards slightly bowed; covers slightly mottled; very good in near fine dust jacket creased on the front flap. Inscribed by the author. [#010364] $30

Honolulu, HI, Petronium Press, 1985. First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai. Very good in stapled wrappers. [#706299] $30

Boston, Godine, (1978). Inscribed by the author. Boards torn at heel of spine, thus only a good copy, without dust jacket, as issued. [#001691] $30

Boston, David R. Godine, (1986). First Edition in simultaneous wrappers. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai. Very good. [#706382] $30

(NY), Barlenmir House, (1974). Inscribed in the same hand from "Angela/ Peter/ Brian/ Patrick/ Danni(?)" and also from "'Angela'" and "Anon." Laid in is an autograph note from Peter: "Here's the book 'we 4' did." Fine without dust jacket, apparently as issued. [#001693] $30

(Thomaston), (Northwoods), (1984). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 1994: "Here's why I gave up on poems and cast my lot with fiction." Fine in wrappers. [#032102] $40

NY, Henry Holt & Co., (1987). First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed by the author to the poet Ai. Very good. [#706494] $30

Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, (1976). The second collection by this African-American poet and the first book in the Sagittarius Poetry Series, which was designed to publish "outstanding but commercially 'awkward' volumes" of poetry. Warmly inscribed by the author to another poet and his wife in 1977. Fine in a spine- and edge-sunned, near fine dust jacket. Preface by John Gardner. [#020408] $30