THE WHOLE TRUTH
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2003. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Cummins to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Fine. More
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WHAT TO TIP THE BOATMAN?
Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York: The Sheep Meadow Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Mathis to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the half-title. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of... More
STRANGE PIETA: Poems
Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Fraser to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. The top corners are very lightly bumped, with just the slightest bit... More
TWO TREES: Poems
New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Voigt to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just a hint of..... More
THE BLIZZARD VOICES
Minneapolis: The Bieler Press, 1986. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original pritned white paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PAUL BLACKBURN: Edited, with an introduction, by Edith Jarolim
New York: Persea Books, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. The definitive collection of the poet's work. A native of New York, Blackburn (1926-71) was a leading member of the Black Mountain (or Projectivist) movement. Octavo. Original... More
A THOUSAND JOURNEYS: The Biography of Lama Anagarika Govinda
Longmead, Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books Limited, 1990. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Thin smudge to the fore-edge; else a crisp, very good copy. More
WHERE THE WORLD IS MADE
Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. The co-winner of the Katherine Bakeless Nason Poetry Prize. Inscribed by Tobin to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo... More
DOUBLE LIFE: Poems
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Tobin to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original red paper-covered boards, with gilt titles. A near fine copy... More
WINTER MORNING WALKS: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000. First Edition. Trade paperback. This copy is inscribed by Kooser on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Near fine. More
LANDSCAPE WITH SILOS
Huntsville, Texas: Texas Review Press, 2006. First Edition. Trade paperback. Winner of the 2005 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. Inscribed by Bogen to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers... More
THE POETRY OF LIFE and the Life of Poetry
Ashland, Oregon: Story Line Press, 2000. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Mason to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the half-title. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
THE STORY OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE: Told by Its Commander, Captain Georges Thenault
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. A record of the exploits and sacrifices of the American volunteer pilots who served under Thenault's command during the First World War. Formed in 1916, the... More
ACROSS THE HIGH FRONTIER: The Story of a Test Pilot - Major Charles E. Yeager, USAF
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Laudatory biography of the United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. Includes a foreword by J.H. Doolittle and sixteen textual... More
YORUBA POETRY
Ibadan, Nigeria: General Publications Section, Ministry of Education, 1959. First Edition. Wraps. A special publication of the influential Nigerian journal Black Orpheus, containing traditional Yoruba poems collected and translated by Bakare Gbadamosi (b.1930) and Ulli... More
ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing of the British edition, which precedes the American by four days. Widely regarded as an unconscious parody of his earlier work, this novel was based... More
SALVATION BLUES: One Hundred Poems, 1985-2005
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Traces the career of this popular narrative poet through one hundred poems, including twenty-four new pieces. Winner of the 2007 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from... More
TURNING OVER THE EARTH
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2000. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Black to poet B.H. Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
SHOAH TRAIN: Poems
Silver Spring, Maryland: Etruscan Press, 2003. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Heyen to poet B.H. Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
THE BALLAD OF JESUS ORTIZ
Ojai, California: Providence Press, 2018. First Edition. Wraps. A poem describing the life and death of the former California Poet Laureate's great-grandfather. Designed, printed, and bound in an edition of 450 copies by Norman Clayton... More
THE LITANY
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Aralia Press, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. This is Number Three in the Aralia Press Solo Voices series. Limited to 100 copies printed from Romanee type on Johannot paper. Signed by the poet... More
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Aralia Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the Italian by former California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia and illustrated with drawings by Fulvio Testa. Limited to 240... More
ELVGREN: His Life & Art
Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 1950. A colorful celebration of the life and work of Gil Elvgren (1914-80), The Norman Rockwell of Cheesecake. From the personal library of... More