Advice to a Prophet and Other Poems
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a light creased tear. A nicer than usual copy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a light creased tear. A nicer than usual copy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Faint spotting on the top page edge else near fine in a very good dust jacket with an internal stain, creasing, and spotting. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A nicer than usual copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Fine. Advance Review Copy with publisher's letter laid in. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Tiny spot of delamination on cover, else fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine metallic dust jacket. More
[New York]: (Sea Cliff Press, 1992). Unbound. First edition. One leaf folded in half. Fine. A single poem, printed as a keepsake printed for a "Wilbur evening at the Grolier Club." More
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, (1947). Hardcover. First edition. A soiled, good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to New York bookseller Robert Wilson in 1961. The author's first book, one of 750 copies. More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). Hardcover. First edition. Nominal, barely visible small stain on the front board, else fine in very near fine dust jacket with a little rubbing at the spine ends. Signed by the author on the front fly. Wilbur's first book, one of 750 copies. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1947) / [but really 1950 or after, listing his second book]. Hardcover. Second edition. Tiny soil mark in the margin of a couple pages, lightly toned spine, very good in a very good or better dust jacket with light toning and edgewear. Wilbur's first..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1993. Hardcover. Illustrated by Alexander Calder. Fine in very good dustwrapper creasing on the front flap and light wrinkling on the front panel. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please..... More
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Aralia Press, (1997). Hardcover. First edition. Thin octavo. Quarter paper and blue silk-covered boards with printed paper spine label. Fine. One of 180 copies. Although not called for, signed by the author. A collection of 11 poems. More
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Aralia Press, (1997). Hardcover. First edition. Thin octavo. Quarter paper and blue silk-covered boards with printed paper spine label. Fine. One of 180 copies. A collection of 11 poems. More
Charleston, West Virginia: Parchment Gallery Graphics, University of Charleston, [circa 1999?]. Hardcover. Broadside. Illustrated by the author. Measuring 8½" x 11", laid in to a folded protective folio and publisher's unused mailing envelope. One of 99 numbered copies Signed by Wilbur. A humorous, previously unpublished poem explaining the difference between..... More
[New York]: The Grolier Club, 1982. Unbound. Broadside. Measuring 7" x 14.25". Light wear at the corners, near fine. Printed as a keepsake for members and guest of The Grolier Club on November 10, 1982. More
[New York]: [Privately Printed] "as a keepsake for members & guests of The Grolier Club" November 10, 1982. Unbound. First edition. Broadside. 7" x 14". About fine. More
[Derry, Pennsylvania: Rook Society], 1975. Unbound. Broadside. Illustrated with a block-printed decorative title by William Lint. Measuring 11" x 17". Trifle creased and two corners bumped in the margin, near fine. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Wilbur and Lint (of 300 total; the other 200 were not illustrated)..... More
[Derry, Pennsylvania: Rook Society], 1975. Unbound. Broadside. Illustrated with a block-printed decorative title by William Lint. Measuring 11" x 17". A fine copy. Number 29 of 100 numbered copies Signed by Wilbur and Lint (of 300 total; the other 200 were not illustrated). Rook Broadsides 4. More
[Derry, Pennsylvania: Rook Society], 1975. Unbound. Broadside, trade issue. Measuring approximately 11" x 14". A fine copy. Although not called, for, Signed by Wilbur beneath his printed name. One of 200 numbered copies of the trade edition (of 300 total; the first 100 copies were illustrated by William Lint and..... More
[Derry, Pennsylvania: Rook Society], 1975. Unbound. Broadside, trade issue. Measuring approximately 11" x 14". A fine copy. Number 122 of 200 numbered copies of the trade edition (of 300 total; the first 100 copies were illustrated by William Lint and signed by both the author and illustrator). Rook Broadsides 4..... More
[Derry, Pennsylvania: Rook Society], 1975. Unbound. Broadside. Illustrated with a block-printed decorative title by William Lint. Measuring 11" x 17". Tips of two corners a bit creased, and a faint, partial horizontal crease close to the bottom margin, very near fine, with a publisher's advertisement. Number 75 of 100 numbered..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Moderately soiled wrappers thus near fine. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine. Richard Wilbur served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has also received the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the Bollingen Translation Prize. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). Hardcover. First edition. Pages faintly yellowed in the margins, boards slightly bowed, very good in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing, faint tanning and mild edgewear. Richard Wilbur served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has also received the..... More