THE SAND CASTLE AND OTHER POEMS
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the forgotten poet's of the First World War, Abbott (1889-1971) is perhaps best known for his scholarly work as an editor of the papers of James..... More
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NEW LEGENDS
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. The fourth collection of verse by Allen (1889-1949), the American author best known for his novel Anthony Adverse (1936). Presentation copy, inscribed by Allen to the..... More
ORNAMENT OF HONOUR
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1937. First edition. Altounyan (1890-1962 was a close friend of T.E. Lawrence, whom he met before the war when Lawrence was an..... More
DAUGHTER OF THE ARDENNES FOREST
Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag, 2007. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Bachofner to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
THE SYMBOLIC IMAGINATION: Coleridge and the Romantic Tradition
New York: Fordham University Press, 2001. Second Edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Previous owner's embossed stamp to the front flyleaf; else a crisp, very good copy. More
the MISCELLANEOUS MAN and inferno (two bay area literary magazines) PRESENT Jay Pell, Laura Kent, Charlene Palmer, David Palmer, Sheldon Klein, Leslie Woolf Hedley, William J. Margolis READING POETRY at the TOWN HALL THEATRE, 2797 Shattuck Ave. (at Stuart), sunday june 10 8:30 p.m. ADMISSION FREE
1956. Broadside (14” x 22”), printed in red and blue on white card stock. In addition to writing poetry, Margolis was the editor/publisher of the Miscellaneous Man, a Beat Generation magazine and lesser known defendant in..... More
GLABRES: Quatorze Sonnets et Une Élégie
[Lyon]: Editions du Rigole-Haut-de-Meuse, 1915. First Edition. Wraps. Limited to 200 copies. Octavo. Original string-bound printed paper wrappers. Previous owner's ink signature to the front endpaper. Some mild soiling and scattered light foxing; otherwise very..... More
NO ONE WALKS WATERS
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The fourth collection of verse by Father Berrigan (1921-2016), a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam..... More
THE TORNADO IN MY MOUTH: Poems of Protest
New York: Exposition Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Austin Black on the front flyleaf. "A devotee of Langston Hughes and LeRoi Jones, the author in this collection of poems confines himself..... 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
VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION
London: The Trianon Press, 1959. Hardcover. The edition consists of 446 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Each page is watermarked with Blake's mongram. This is..... More
THE BANKER POET: The Rise and Fall of Samuel Rogers, 1763-1855
Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Samuel Rogers was arguably the most widely read poet of the early 19th century and a prominent figure in the literary and cultural life of London, owning..... 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
WORDSWORTH AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT IDEA OF PLEASURE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Trade paperback. Octavo: 241 p. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
HISTORIE DE MARIE
Paris: Les Editions Pont de Jour, 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Limited to 2,600 copies, this is copy No. 407. A collection of poetry by the Hungarian-French photographer, sculptor, and writer, with an introduction by Henry..... More
WHO IS SHE THAT LOOKETH FORTH AS THE MORNING
Santa Barbara, California: Capricorn Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Title page blocks cut by Graham Mackintosh. First edition, #39 of 250 copies designed by Noel Young and signed by the poet. Printed on Curtis Rag..... More
THE POEMS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1850. Hardcover. An early and rather scarce American edition, published during the poet's lifetime, with an introduction by Henry T. Tuckerman. Octavo, two volumes with the publisher's ads at..... More
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY (PALATINE MS): The Amatory Epigrams, Completely Rendered into English for the First Time
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. "Of this edition, intended for private circulation only, 750 copies have been printed. This copy is Number 599." The epigrams here "are translated from the 'Anthologie Greque, Traduite..... More
CLOUD MEMOIR: Selected Longer Poems 1987-2017
Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buckley on the title page. Original white paper-covered boards, with silver and blind-stamped titles. Light bumping to the corners..... More
SPANISH NOTEBOOK
Pasadena, California: Shabda Press, 2017. First Edition. Trade paperback. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buckley on the title page. Additionally, a holographic note from Buckley is laid in. Tall octavo. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A fine..... More
IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS: New & Selected Poems 1955-1963
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First Edition. Wraps. Limited to 777 copies. This is one of the 40 copies in which Bukowski has written a spontaneous aphorism, each one unique, above his autograph: “I..... More
PLAY THE PIANO DRUNK LIKE A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT UNTIL THE FINGERS BEGIN TO BLEED A BIT
Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Number 82 of 100 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, signed by Bukowski, and accompanied by an original silk screen print by..... More
RELENTLESS AS THE TARANTULA
Detroit: Planet Detroit Chapbooks, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Signed by Charles Bukowski on the front panel. A rather uncommon publication, featuring eleven poems by the laureate of American lowlife. Octavo: [13] p. Original printed paper..... More
