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Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, 1979. 27, (3) pages. The book was designed by Michael McCurdy, with an original wood engraved frontisiece by Fritz Eichenberg and an introduction by Richard Wilbur, former U. S, Poet Laureate and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. One of an unspecified limited edition made available to members of… Read more about this item

Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, 1979. 27, (3) pages. The book was designed by Michael McCurdy, with an original wood engraved frontisiece by Fritz Eichenberg and an introduction by Richard Wilbur, former U. S, Poet Laureate and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. One of an unspecified limited edition made available to members of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. (12), 66, (2) pages. Illustrated by Brad Holland. First edition of Orr's second book of poetry. SIGNED by Orr on the title page and inscribed by him to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad. The title poem reflects the poet's trauma resulting from his having accidentally shot and killed his brother when he was twelve… Read more about this item

Madrid, Spain: Sucs. S. Ocaña, 1945. Unpaginated. Poetry by the author. From her obituary in the Hartford Courant: "Dennis was the author of five biographies and a book of poems. Four books dealt with the lives of 16th century figures, namely Joan the Mad, St. Francis Borgia, Don Juan of Austria, and King Philip III. The fifth was… Read more about this item

London: Henry Washbourne, 1845. Complete in 3 volumes: xxiv, 342, (1)pages; (iv), 392 pages; (iv), 408 pages. Bound in 3/4 leather, with gilt decorated spines, with dull red leather title/author patches. A selection of poetry by British poets from the reign of King Henry II through the reign of Charles II. All 3 volumes are in attractive, very good Condition:… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. 237 pages. First printing of the first edition of this groundbreaking novel in verse for young people. The winner of the Newbery Medal and a Coretta Scott King Award Honor book. Except for a tiny remainder dot on the top edge of the textblock, the book is in as-new condition. … Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1997. 85 pages. 8vo. First printing of this collection of poetry by the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States. Black Zodiac was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1998. Boldly SIGNED by Wright and inscribed by him to Virginia's Poet… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1995. 96 pages. First printing of this collection of poetry by the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States. In 1996 Chickamauga was awarded the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, which is awarded annually by the Academy of American Poets for the best volume of poetry written by a living U.S. citizen… Read more about this item

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1959. 56 pages. First printing of Wright's relatively scarce second book. The title poem is a sonnet that makes clear this comment by poet and critic Ben Friedlander: "One does not turn to James Wright for laughter." The poem begins: "When I went out to kill myself, I caught a pack… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley and Jacob Tonson, 1691. 336, 66, 57 pages. Folio (12 1/2" by 7 7/8"). Fifth edition, and the second illustrated edition of PARADISE LOST. The title pages for both PARADISE REGAIN'D and SAMSON AGONISTES indicate that those 2 titles were printed in 1688 by Randal Taylor. Sympathetically rebound in full brown leather. … Read more about this item

London: Various Publishers, 1786. 4to (10 3/8" by 8 3/8"). Three bookplates on front endpapers tell an ownership story: Henry St. John Dixon (1773-1846) arrived in Abingdon, Virginia in 1798 with his friend and fellow student, Henry Clay. Clay decided to move on to Kentucky; Dixon remained in Abingdon. Robert W. Hughes (1821-1901) was a newspaper… Read more about this item

London: A. Millar, 1762. 80 pages. Octavo. Full leather. First edition. Collection of 11 poems by Scottish poet and dramatist David Mallet (circa 1705-1765). The poem "Edwin and Emma" is accompanied by an engraved plate after the drawing by Paul Sandby. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight, with… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. viii, (2), 102 pages.  First printing.  Signed and inscribed: "To Mae Mayhew with sincere regards.  Robert Penn Warren.  January 1945."  Ms Mayhew was a student in English 120 (Poetry), an extension course taught by Warren at the University of Minnesota.  Her grade report (she got an A!) is taped to the front pastedown… Read more about this item

New York City: Unpublished, 1949. Four-line poem handwritten in pencil by famed poet William Carlos Williams on a 10 1/4" by 7 7/8" sheet of lined paper with 2 holes punched in the right margin.  Daphne Spence Williams was the first wife of WCW's son William Eric.  WCW's apparent close connection to Daphne is evidenced by his Later inscription… Read more about this item

New York: The Black Sun Press, 1943. 44 pages. One of 500 copies printed on standard paper, from an edition limited to 610 copies. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Ernst's surrealist collages, accompanied by Eluard's appropriately surrealist poems. This edition includes 3 new drawings on pink paper that were not included in the previous French language… Read more about this item

Williamsburg, Virginia: The College of William and Mary, 1993. ix pages. A long poem in which the poet contemplates the significance of of the process of naming places (Lake Matoaka) and people (Indian princess named Matoaka at birth, called Pocahontas by John Smith, renamed Rebecca when baptised). Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet commissioned by the College of William… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. x, 127 pages. AUTOGRAPHED copy of this December 1964 reprint of poetry by U. S. Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, winner of the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement and the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. Boldly SIGNED, without inscription, by Brooks on the hal-title page. The book is… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1957. 26, (6) pages. First printing of Fogg Museum Picture Book Number Eight, limited to 2000 copies printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Illustrated with Ben Shahn's fanciful drawings of birds and beasts, which were made while Shahn was a professor at the museum in 1956-1957. The chap book is… Read more about this item

Boston: David R. Godine, 1975. 44 pages. Poems by United States Poet Laureate Donald Hall, winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Robert Frost medal. SIGNED by Hall on the title page and inscribed by him to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad: "for Joe with pleasure and good luck after fifteen years or so.… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Virginia: Anna Cunningham Cole, 1907. 67 pages. Poems about Pocahontas the Native American princess of colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Frontispiece is a color portrait of Pocahontas, as imagined by the artist M. Louise Smith The book is clean and tight, with lightly toned pages foxing primarily in margins of first and last few pages; some small spots… Read more about this item