The Moment of Poetry
MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very good minus purple stains on end pg, sticker on inner front panel, light soiling of panels/spine, bumping of corners/ends. More
MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very good minus purple stains on end pg, sticker on inner front panel, light soiling of panels/spine, bumping of corners/ends. More
Cambridge: Advocate House, [1975]. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 73pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Illustrated reproducing black-and-white photographs of Auden. Few faint soil marks to covers, else a very good copy. Special issue, "W. H. Auden 1907-1973," devoted entirely to W. H. Auden. Prints "A Thanksgiving" by W. H. Auden, and a...... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, (1940). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in modestly age-toned very good or better dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets, preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. Inscribed by John Berryman to a philosophy professor at Columbia University: "To..... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, (1940). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Spine lettering dull, corners bumped, faint dampstain on one leaf, a well-read but sound good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets, preceding each of Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books..... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, (1940). Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with tanned endpapers, in a near very good dustwrapper with a browned spine, age-toning on the panels, and light edgewear. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets, preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years..... More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, (1940). Hardcover. First edition. Near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. The first book appearance of these five poets. More
Prairie City, Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by Alan Swallow. Tall octavo. 133, [20] pp. Light wear at the corners and spine ends, titling a bit dulled, near fine. Owner signature of Edward Hart, who is not a contributor..... More
New York: The Academy of American Poets, 1982. Softcover. Single issue. Stapled wrappers. Quarto. 8pp. Corners curled, near fine. Contributions by Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell, Manuel Bandeira, Mark Strand, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Vinicius de Moraes, Joaquim Cardozo, and "William Meredith on W.H. Auden" More
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Virginia Quarterly Review, University of Virginia, 1957. Softcover. Periodical. Printed wrappers. Short tears at yapped edges, very good. Includes "A Garland of Verse in honor of the Jamestown settlement 1607-1957," "The Gift Outright" by Robert Frost, and poems by John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Marianne Moore, Donald Hall..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Fine in fine dustwrappers (one jacket with a tiny, pretty nearly invisible stain) in fine cardboard slipcase. More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Fine in just about fine dustwrappers (tiny tear at bease of one spine) in cardboard slipcase with a sticker shadow on the spine, else fine. More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Fine in very slightly spine-faded else fine dustwrappers, in fine cardboard slipcase. More
[No place]: Palaemon Press, 1981. Softcover. First edition. Fine in unprinted wrappers and fine dustwrapper. Of a total edition of 175, this is one of 125 numbered copies for sale. More
[No place]: Palaemon Press, 1981. Softcover. First edition. Fine in unprinted wrappers and fine dustwrapper. Of a total edition of 175, this is one of 125 numbered copies for sale (the publisher, Stuart Wright has hand corrected this to 150 and 100 respectively). Warmly Inscribed by Wright to Brooks. Laid..... More
(New York): Pantheon Books, (1965). Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. Decorations by Maurice Sendak. Spine and board edges lightly tanned, near fine in a faintly soiled very good dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine and folds. Advance Copy with publisher's material laid in. More
NY/London: Macmillan, 1977. Softcover. Second edition. Very good in wrappers. Clean condition with corners somewhat rubbed. More
New York: Grossman, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Woodcuts and engravings by Albrecht Dürer. About fine in a very good dust jacket with short tears and toning. More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Woodcuts and engravings by Albrecht Dürer. About fine in a near fine dustwrapper with rubbing and light edgewear. Poetry. More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Woodcuts and engravings by Albrecht Dürer. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Poetry. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a moderately spine-faded, very good or better dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy, so stamped on the front fly. Arthur Mizener's copy with his small and attractive bookplate on the front pastedown. A critic and educator, Mizener wrote acclaimed biographies..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. Some dampstaining to the boards, thus only good, in very good dustwrapper with a small chip and some tanning to the spine. Author John Malcolm Brinnin's copy with his ownership signature. Jarrell's first book. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near very good dustwrapper with some rubbing, age-toning, and tiny nicks. Jarrell's first book. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1969. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 507pp. Fine in about very good dust jacket with some edgewear and a toned spine with water stains and a tear. More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Sunning at board edges, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with uneven sunning on the spine. More