Durham, NH: Oyster River Press, 2000. Paperback. 14 pp., 16mo. Stapled paperback. English text. 14 very short poems by the 1999-2000 poet laureate of Portsmouth, NH. Light wrinkling & shelfwear to covers; faint dampstain to bottom covers spine edges. Light dampstaining throughout textblock interior center bottom edges, otherwise pgs clean.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo, 114 pp. Lower edges rubbed with one small tear in cloth, minor soiling to textblock edges, previous owner's name on ffep. DJ has small tears and creases along edges, crease down spine, vertical crease across rear panel, horizontal crease.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. First edition. Boards. 8vo. 88 pp. Faint soil and light edgewear to jacket. Some fading to boards at edges, moderate shelfwear to covers. Former owner's small ink signature ffep.
New York: Baker & Scribner, 1849. Quarter Cloth/ Marbled Boards. Thin 12mo. 194 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light soiling to covers and spine, light foxing throughout, bookplate to fpd. Blind stamped cover with gilt decoration to spine. "Conformity" bound together with "The Convent Bell.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. First edition. Cloth. 8vo pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Light rubbing along dj edges. First edition. Includes review slip.
Lewiston,NY: Mellen Poetry Press, 1991. Paperback. 8vo. 69 pp. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Book is in excellent condition. Foreword by Alfred Kazin. Signed by the author, also included is a signed letter from the author. Signed.
Boston: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., 1912. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 40 pp. Small bump bottom of back cover, fingerprints on ffep. Contains nine poems.
New Millford, CT: Toby Press, 2003. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 99 pp. Light rubbing to dj. Includes both the original dutch and the newer English translation of each poem. Original publicity sheet included.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. 64 pp., 8vo. Paperback. First edition. Signed by author on title pg. Some light creases to covers. Binding tight. Light foxing to textblock edges. Sm pen price to ffep, otherwise interior very clean. Signed by author.
University Park, PA: SCN Editions and Studies, 1973. Stapled Wraps. 8vo. 86 pp. Wraps sunned at edges. Edited with an introduction and notes by Ted-Larry Pebworth and Claude J. Summers.
Paisley, UK: Alexander Gardner, 1905. Cloth. 236 pp., 12mo. Cloth hardcover. W/ biographical intro, notes, glossary, etc. by Robert Ford. Light soiling & wear to boards & spine; light cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Gilt textblock top edge. Remnants of ex library sticker to fpd. Foxing to pds.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Cloth. 8vo. 149 pp. Spine ends and corners are rubbed and bumped. Former owners name to ffep dated 1900. First edition. Illustrated throughout.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1973. Hardcover. 31 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. No. 2 in the First Godine Poetry Chapbook Series. Some flexing, scuffing & shelfwear to boards; bound upside down. Creasing to joints. Some sunning, shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Slight foxing, soiling & dampstaining to.....
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1980. Paperback. Unpaginated 8vo. Wraps in dj. Signed by author. Slight edgewear. Very light soiling to dj edges. This booklet was designed & printed by Jennifer Montgomery. Cover by Keith Waldrop. There are 350 numbered copies & 26 signed, lettered A-Z. This is copy no. 59.....
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1942. Hardcover. 101 pp., 4to. Hardcover in wax dj & box. Lavishly illustrated w/ b&w line drawings by Willy Pogany. Light cocking to spine; binding tight. Some faint foxing & edge-dampstains to pds; light paste action to fpd. Textblock clean & crisp. Some edgewear to dj. Mild.....
London: Macmillan, 1907. Leather. 289 pp. 8vo. Full leather. Bound by Riviere & Son, with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to inside edges of boards. A.e.g. Slightly bowed. Rubbing to joints and lightly to edges. Slight scuffing to boards, small scratch to front cover. Light soiling to top edge.....
Media, PA: 1968. Paperback. 8vo. 107 pp. Some soiling to covers, crease to spine. Signed to colophon. 1 of 1,000. Collection of poetry. Signed.
Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1953. Boards. 8vo. 114 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light foxing along bottom edge of front cover, former owners name to ffep. Book is in otherwise great condition. "But ne'er the less he made his w3ay through the crowds imploring.....
Philadelphia: Owlsick Press, 1984. Hard Cover. 8vo. 139pp., illustrated front cover, spine is sunned to white, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, light foxing to text block, soil mark to inside of front cover. "Let others lie about the universe,/ make visible worlds. I am the keeper/ of particles.....
Andes, NY: Woolmer/Brotherson Ltd., 1979. Hard Cover. 8vo, 63 pp. Gentle bump to rear lower corner, minor soiling to upper textblock edge. DJ rubbed, slightly yellowed/foxed, and lightly worn at edges. Inscribed to previous owner by author on ffep.
London: John Calder, 1978. Hardcover. 147 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. 77-78 winner of the International Publishers' Prize. A collection of poems. Boards fine. Binding tight. Faint foxing to textblock edges. Mostly English text w/ some German. Some very light pencil marginalia scattered to otherwise clean & crisp textblock. Slight.....
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1967. Paperback. 31 pp. 8vo. String-bound booklet. Limited edition, 1 of 350 copies. Minor edgewear. Light damp staining to upper edge of rear cover and last few pp, light wrinkling to upper edge of most pages.
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1947. First edition. Cloth. 39 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dustjacket. First edition. Shelfwear to dj, soiling to rear panel, sunning to spine, front joint and upper front edge, bumping to spine ends and corners with chipping and small tears. Edgewear to book.
Portland, ME: The Mosher Press, 1932. Paper Bound Hard Cover. 29 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies printed. Light sunning to spine. Decorative paper title labels on front cover and spine. Slight sunning discoloration, edgewear, & soiling to boards & spine; 1.3" piece of spine cover top edge missing.....
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. 128pp. Light shelf wear to spine ends; light foxing to endpapers; light foxing to first few pages; finger smudges to p. 8; some check marks in pencil to text pages. Rubbing to dj; shelf wear & light chipping to dj edges; sunning to.....
