Poesia

Riding the Big Earth. Poems 1980-86

Richey, Joseph; Ginsberg, Allen (introduction) · 1986 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Orono. ME, The National Poetry Foundation, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Black wraps. Signed by the author, with a large line drawing, presumably by him, across the half title and inside front cover. 63 pp. As Ginsberg notes in the introduction, these are collection of poems tha...

My Self in Another Skin

Hunt, Nan · 1981 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Woodland Hill, CA, Drenan Press, 1981. Wraps. Signed and inscribed by the author. 70 pp. A collection of poetry by this self-described civil rights advocate and feminist. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and a hint of foxing to the covers. Light soiling and edgewear. Good .

Alive All Day

Jackson, Richard · 1992 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Cleveland, Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1992. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition. Glossy wraps. Inscribed and signed by the author. 91 pages. The third collection of poems by Jackson, recipient of the Agee Prize, Puschart Prize and others. NEA...

A Paper Raincoat

Dorman, Sonya · 1976 · Mare Booksellers

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

Orono, ME, Puckerbrush Press, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Signed by the author. 49 pp. A collection of poems reflecting on New England scenes through the lens of Chinese and Japanese sensibilities. Dorman was an American poet, while also being recognized for...

Isabel Rathbone Standing in a Street in Soho and Other Poems

Grilikhes, Alexandra · 1972 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, Folder Edition, 1972. Wraps. Stated first edition. One of 600 trade paperback copies, also issued in a clothbound form (200 copies). Wraps. Signed and inscribed by the author. 55 pp. With a few photos taken by the author. An early collection of poetry by Grilikhes. G...

The Iowa State Liquor Store. A Magazine of Literature and the Arts. Vol. 2 No. 1. Winter 1970

Creeley, Robert; Fischer, Norman; Kittredge, William; Knoepfle, John et al. · 1970 · Mare Booksellers

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Iowa City, Union Board, Publisher, 1970. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 75 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of the literary or little magazine published by University of Iowa students. This issue includes 'Soup' by Robert Creeley, work by Norman Fi...

Late Empire

Wojahn, David · 1984 · Mare Booksellers

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Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1984. Trade Paperback. Presumed first paperback edition, also issued in cloth. Signed, with a short inscription, by the author. 77 pp. A collection of poems reflecting on modern culture and events and their legacy in memory. NEAR...

The Judgment of the Condor

Korn, Richard · 0 · Mare Booksellers

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Kensington, CA, Oyez Press. Cloth. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. With a short, handwritten letter laid in, from the author, on his letterhead, to Georgiana (Peacher), a fellow author/poet. A collection of poetry by Richard Korn. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Moderate scuf...

54 Years

Stansell, Alec · 1992 · Mare Booksellers

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No Place, Muse Press, 1992. First Edition. Wraps. One of 54 printed, according to the colophon. Brown printed wraps. Small, square format. 12 pp. including blank endpapers. A single page poem reflecting on a discarded Blaise Cendrars book, presented in a small press format. GO...

The Wind Blows Through the Doors of My Heart

Digges, Deborah · 2010 · Mare Booksellers

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New York, Alfred A Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Gray paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 53 pp. A posthumous collection of poems from Digges, reflecting on a variety of personal subjects. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light edgewear. Previous owner's bo...

The Ivory Hours. Poems

Bond, Bruce · 1989 · Mare Booksellers

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Meadville, PA, Heatherstone Press, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. #157 of 300 copies of the limited first edition. Wraps. 26 pp. A small press poetry publication featuring the poems of Bruce Bond, a poet, professor and classical/jazz guitarist. He received the 1984 and 1986 Acade...

Rooms Overhead

Sholl, Betsy · 1986 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. Inscribed by the author. 71 pp. A collection of poetry by Betsy Sholl, a former poet laureate of Maine, recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and one of the founders of the press whi...

Sea Agon

Grilikhes, Alexandra · 1976 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

Riverside, RI, The Woodbine Press, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, #142 of 300 paperbound copies (also issued in 20 hardbound copies). Perhaps SIGNED and inscribed by the author, informally as Sandy instead of Alexandra, although this cannot be stated with 100 perce...

Vesper Sparrows

Digges, Deborah · 1986 · Mare Booksellers

$108.00 (€97.99 | £81.75 | ¥17,246)

New York, Atheneum, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. SIGNED by the author, with a dedication on the title page, to another poet. 51 pp. The first book of poems by Deborah Digges, winner of the Delmore Schwartz Award. Digges was...

Longfellow Square

Rosen, Ken · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

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Portland, ME, The Ascensius Press, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. Stated first edition, one of 500 copies. With illustrations by Richard Wilson. SIGNED, with a lengthy inscription, by the author to a fellow poet. 52 pp. The fourth collection of poetry by Rosen, accompanied by ill...

A Ballet of Oscillations

Holt, Rochelle · 1972 · Mare Booksellers

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Sioux City, Ragnarok Press, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, #73 of 100 copies, signed by the author. Handset and printed. Blue and black illustrated wraps. Number 5 in the Valkyrie Series. A short collection of poems, loosely revolving around the themes of movement ...

Mystery Train

Wojahn, David · 1990 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition. Trade paperback. 85 pp. SIGNED, with an inscription, by the author to another poet/author. 85 pp. A collection of poems, with a large section centered around rock music and the...

In the Event

Corman, Cid · 1979 · Mare Booksellers

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Bangor, ME, Theodore Press, 1979. Wraps. White, thin card stock covers, with a printed blue dust wrapper, with the text block laid in. 20 pp. Composition and presswork done by hand, as stated on the rear jacket flap. A chapbook publishing of this single poem by Cid Corman, an ...

Veterans Day, 1985

Barr, John · 1989 · Mare Booksellers

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No Place, Ives Street Press, 1989. Wraps. Small oblong booklet. Black wraps cut at an angle to expose gray paper beneath, reminiscent of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. 4 pages. A one page poem reflecting on the author's experience at the Vietnam Memorial, accompanied ...

The Future of Memory

Perelman, Bob · 1998 · Mare Booksellers

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New York, Roof Books, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition. Trade paperback. 115 pp. A collection of poems reflecting on a variety of subjects, drawing on modern culture and society to explore the nature of memory and of poetry in the face of technology and soci...