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[New York?]: Chapbooks.com, 2001. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. 107 pages. A collection of poems limited to 20 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine trade paperback. This is copy 13 of 20 copies, inscribed to Beef [Torrey] and signed Roger. Torrey is Jim Harrison's bibliographer.

San Antonio: Wings Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 50 signed and numbered hardcover copies (there was also a paperback issue). A collection of prose and poetry imagining the details of the life of the poet's Jewish grandmother who fled Europe for Chile in 1939. Agosín writes in Spanish; an English translation by Brigid A. Milligan and Laura Rocha Nakazawa is provided on the facing pages. Agosín, a native of Baltimore, was raised in Chile and now teaches at Wellesley College. 188 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy in a fine unprinted acetate jacket. Numbered and signed by Agosín on the colophon.

Albuquerque: Pajarito Publications, 1979. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. 53 pages plus ads. Literary criticism focused on de Hoyos's poetry. Text in Spanish. First edition (first printing). Fine in wrappers.

Fort Collins, CO: Leaping Mountain Press, 1986. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 21 pages. The author's second (?) book of poetry. Gonzalez has edited many anthologies of Latino literature. Near fine in wrappers (pamphlet). Inscribed by the author in 1986.

Houston, TX: Wings Press, 1992. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. [24] pages. Poetry chapbook. New Texas Poetry Sampler series, no. 5. One of 500 copies, all signed and numbered by the author. First edition (first printing). Very good or better in sewn wrappers. Signed by the author on the colophon.

San Francisco: Zephyrus Image / Hermes Free Press, 1972. First Edition. Ephemera. Near Fine. 9 by 14 inches. 8 pages of weirdness. Printed in reverse order, right to left and back to front. According to Dorn's bibliographer, "Ed Dorn and Jeremy H. Prynne contributed approximately seventy-five percent of the content." Other contributors, credited only in a list of authors, are Tom Raworth, Michael McClure, and Luis Garcia, among others. "While it looks like a newspaper ... Bean News is full of in-jokes that are hard to decipher"-- Alastair Johnston, Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography, p. 177. Scarce. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy printed on bible paper (there is also an issue on newsprint).

Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 2002. 11 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-3/4 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A poem, designed by Vicente Enríquez Landín, with a particularly effective portrait of the composer pasted onto the front cover. OCLC: BNCJM CRU CSL CUI CUZ DEIAI DLC DRB EEM FHM FQG FUG GZN IND IQU IUL NDD NYP UBY UMK WAU YUS ZCU. Fine.

Houston, TX: Wings Press, 1992. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. [24] pages. Poetry chapbook. New Texas Poetry Sampler series, no. 6. One of 500 copies, all signed and numbered by the author. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers. Signed on the colophon.

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A [16] poetry anthology. One of 226 numbered hardcover copies. 5-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing, numbered issue). A fine copy in printed paper-covered boards.

(N.-pl.): Margaret Clitheroe Press, 1997. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near fine. A hand-embellished collection of poetry, printed on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper, with large handwritten letters, one per page, spelling out Context Waves Particles. With other handwritten notations. The edition size is not notices, but was is likely small. Collom taught off and on at the Naropa Institute. [2] ii. 23 leaves (but irregularly numbered, so 30 leaves plus the front cover). First edition (sheet saddle-stapled).

New York: John Day Company, 1934. Hardcover. Very good. Bright Ambush won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1935, when Wurdemann was only 24 years old, making her the youngest recipient of the award. [xvi], 76, [4] pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the publisher's green cloth; lacking the uncommon dust jacket. This copy belonged to the Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Several poems have blue pencil checks in the margin, sometimes next to the title; other times next to a specific line, like "But a brook that runs over and nibbles its shadow" (p. 63).

[Aromas, CA]: Cayucos Books, 1971. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A reissue of Jeffers' second collection, with a long introduction by William Everson (who also wrote as Brother Antoninus). This is one of 50 copies signed by Everson out of an edition of 500 printed by Graham Mackintosh. . xxvi, 163 pages. Second edition. A fine copy in a clear acetate wrapper with a couple of cracks. This is copy 30, signed by Everson on the colophon.

San Francisco: Camels Coming, 1972. Pamphlet. Near fine. Prints two letters from Bukowski to the editor; the bulk of the issue is devoted to a review essay by Charles Potts. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. 5 pages. Old folds, for mailing, else near fine.

Mexico, DF: Editorial Latitudes, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 31 pages. Poems, with a long introduction by the author. Coleccio el pozo y el pendulo, no. V. The series was edited by the Mexican American poet Ernesto Trejo. Published in an edition of 1000 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

1980. An original black-and-white gelatin silver print photograph of Audre Lorde speaking, pictured in three-quarters profile. Lorde (1934-1992) is an influential and popular writer, a self-described, "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." The image is inscribed on the back (verso) and signed "Audrey Lorde." Printed on 8 by 10 inch Kodak paper, with the image slightly smaller. The photographer is not identified. The photograph is fine; the signature is a bit faint and hard to read. It says "For ___-and his ___ Audrey Lorde.

Matanzas, Cuba: Centro de Promoción Literaria José Jacinto Milanés and Ediciones Vigía, 2013. A single sheet, 3-1/2 by 15 inches, folded and inserted into a paper container decorated with a collage with a house design and a twine loop for hanging. 5 by 10 inches. Edition size not noted, but probably 200 copies. A poem dedicated to Matanzas by a Cuban writer, issued to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death. Designed by Adrián Milián. OCLC: BLSTP CRU FQG FXG HLS IQU IYU NOC NUI NYP PAU TJC UCW. Near fine.

Austin: Alturas Press, 2011. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. [8] pages. 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches. One of 100 copies. Poetry. Ratliff was born in McAllen, Texas, one of ten children in a migrant family. She was raised in California and returned to Texas as an adult, where she founded the Austin Hispanic Writers group. Not recorded on OCLC. First edition (first printing). Fine in stapled wrappers (pamphlet). Signed by the author.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Updike's first book, poems most of which originally appeared in the New Yorker magazine. xii, 82 pages. First edition (stated, with code B-H). Very minor wear at the base of the spine in a very near fine, first issue dust jacket, with "two small children" on the rear flap.

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. [12] pages. An essay about the titular poet. 4 by 5-1/2 inches. Given out free to the friends of the press in February 2001. First edition (first printing, trade issue). Fine in printed stapled wrappers (pamphlet).

New York: Holiday House, 1999. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A reissue of this collection of poems, slightly revised by Updike and with new illustrations by Hyman. This edition was a Newbery Honor book for 2000. First edition with these illustrations (no statement of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is signed by both Updike and Hyman, and is scarce thus. Hyman's signature is dated 1999.