Grace Notes
New York: W.W. Norton, (1991). Later printing. Glossy, pictorial wrappers. Fine. A poetry collection. More
New Arrivals
Visions of the Fathers of Lascaux followed by The Staked Woman
Los Angeles: Panjandrum Press, 1983. First edition. Glossy wrappers. About fine with distributor's sticker on rear wrapper. Poetry. More
The Apple That Astonished Paris
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, (2001). Later printing. Fine in glossy, pictorial wrappers. Poetry. More
Old and New Poems
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. Third printing. Trade paperback. Spine and edges sunned, near fine. More
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
New York: W.W. Norton, (2001). Bilingual edition, later printing. Trade paperback. Fine. More
Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Later printing, wrappered issue. Spine sunned, barcode stickers on rear wrapper, about near fine in decorated wrappers. Poetry. More
H.D.: Selected Poems
(New York): A New Directions Book, (1988). Later printing. Trade paperback. Edited by Louis L. Martz. Fine. More
A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, (1998). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
The Waste Land and Other Writings
New York: The Modern Library, (2001). Second printing. Introduction by Mary Karr. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
Life & Death
(New York): New Directions, (1998). First edition, hardcover issue. Top corners lightly bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Poetry. More
On a Chinese Screen
New York: George H. Doran, (1922). First edition, preceding the English by about a month. Original orange paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped title, yellow cloth spine with black lettering. Owner's name penned on front fly, gutter broken between pages 176-177, extremities worn and chipped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper... More
A Taste for Death
London: Faber and Faber, (1986). First edition. Pages lightly age-toned, about fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with publisher's price sticker on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. Being the seventh novel in the popular Commander Adam Dalgliesh series and it was nominated for a.... More
Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems
(New York): Harper Flamingo, (1999). First edition. 270pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
Loving a Woman in Two Worlds
New York: Dial Press, 1985. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with minimal short, closed tears on edges. Poetry. More
Beliefs and Blasphemies: A Collection of Poems
New York: Random House, (1998). First edition. 109pp. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with slight fading on the spine. More
Ants on the Melon: A Collection of Poems
New York: Random House, (1996). Later printing. 158pp. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with slight fading on the spine. More
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1982). Later printing of the Gorey illustrated version, hardcover issue. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with spine lightly sunned, short tear on spine tail. These verses became the basis for the hit musical Cats. More
Horoscopes for the Dead
New York: Random House, (2011). First edition. 106pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Poetry. More
Mary Poppins from A to Z
New York: Harcourt Brace and World, (1956). First edition, preceding the English edition. Illustrated by Mary Shepard. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with some moderate rubbing and chips along the edges of the spine. More
Lyrics of Life and Love
Boston: Herbert B. Turner, 1904. First edition. Cloth and papercovered boards. Corners very slightly bumped else very near fine, a fragile volume, likely issued without dustwrapper. A much nicer than usual copy of this first book by the poet, anthologist, and historian, a collection of verse, issued by a little-known publisher. More
The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals: The Quadrupeds of North America
New York: Bonanza, (1967). Reprint. 307pp. Illustrated with 150 full color prints by John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon. Small tear on bottom corner of rear cover, else near fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dustwrapper. Edited with new text by Victor H. Cahalane. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. More
(Promotional brochure): The World-Famous Williams' Colored Singers
Chicago: Williams Lyceum Bureau (Press of Rosenow Co.), [Circa 1925]. Revised edition. Quarto. [24]pp. Photographic stapled wrappers with portraits of eight singers. Light vertical crease, slight soiling on wrappers, a very good or better copy. Pamphlet devoted to the music, mostly traditional "Negro Melodies," and three pages of biography for... More
Manhattan Manners
New York: [The Author], 1935. First edition. Small quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated. Spiral bound printed card wrappers. Text in facsimile of the hand of the author. Toning and modest wear on the wrappers, near very good. Inscribed by the author: "Doris from Wally. W.B. Putnam." More
Programme of the Carroll County Sunday School (Colored), Will Convene Monday ... December 28th, 1908, at MacKenzie, Tennessee
[MacKenzie, Tennessee?]: The Union, 1908. 12mo. One leaf folded to make four pages. Printed self-wrappers. Embossed stamp of the Easter Lilly Court, O.O.C. (Order of Clanthe), of Trezevant, Tennessee, an African-American women's organization, cheap paper a bit toned, pencil note on rear page, very good. The Program lists papers to... More
Lobagola: An African Savage's Own Story
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Stated First and Second Printings Before Publication, thus essentially a second printing. A couple of smudges on the boards, very good or better in a good plus dustwrapper with moderate chips and tears. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To The Rev. Father... More