Charles Agvent

THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER

STYRON, William · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. . Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with light wear at the spine head

THE KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI

BURTON, Sir Richard (translator) · 1937

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New Haven. Limited Editions Club. Duodecimo (4" x 6") bound in full lavender morocco leather with gilt lettering on the spine and elaborate embossing on both covers. Printed on double folded Japanese Kozo paper with four color floral borders and illuminations by hand with pure...

FOUR QUARTETS

ELIOT, T. S · 0

$2,500.00 (€2,268.19 | £1,892.30 | ¥399,091)

New York. Harcourt Brace and Company. First Edition. One of only 788 copies of the first impression with the words "first American edition" on the copyright page. The scarce true first edition of a seminal collection as most of the printing run was destroyed due to poor qualit...

THE INK TRUCK

KENNEDY, William · 1969

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

New York. The Dial Press. First Edition. Novelist's first book.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a tiny chip at the rear and a short tear to the rear flap

THE INK TRUCK

KENNEDY, William · 1969

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

New York. The Dial Press, Inc.. First Edition. First book by the author of IRONWEED.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor rubbing and a faint paperclip impression to the front panel

BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME

KENNEDY, William · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Author's third book and the second book in the Albany Cycle.. Foxing to top bulked edge of the text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a few rubbed spots

BLUE

LEVINE, Philip · 1989

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

West Chester. Aralia Press. First Edition. Printed wraps. One of only 175 copies printed on dampened Frankfurt paper. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED by Levine on the half-title page.. Fine

5 DETROITS

LEVINE, Philip · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

n.p.. Unicorn Press. First Edition. Copy #32 of only 50 numbered copies bound in cloth and SIGNED by the poet on the colophon page. Contains the first publication in a book of "They Feed They Lion.". Fine

5 DETROITS

LEVINE, Philip · 0

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

n.p.. Unicorn Press. First Edition. One of 450 copies bound in black sail-cloth. Contains the first publication in a book of "They Feed They Lion." This copy SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.. Fine

A WEDDING IN HELL

SIMIC, Charles · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Harcourt Brace. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.. Slight bump to upper corner; slight foxing to front cover. About Fine

THE CONTINUOUS LIFE

STRAND, Mark · 1990

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Review copy with slip laid in. SIGNED by the author on the title page.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET

BERRYMAN, John · 0

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

New York. Farrar Straus Cudahy. First Edition. Pictorial boards and dustwrapper designed by Ben Shahn with his illustrations in the text. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Miss Charlotte Thomson/with every good wish of/-- John Berryman" in Providence, May, 1963.. Fine in a Near Fine du...

THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM

SILKIN, Jon · 1954

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

London. Chatto & Windus. First Edition. Poet's first book.. Small adhesive remnant from clipping on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustwrapper

THE CLASSICS AND THE MAN OF LETTERS

ELIOT, T. S · 1942

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

London. Oxford University. First Edition. Printed light blue wraps, 27 pages. Gallup A40: 5017 copies. A later copy with the "t" on the title page weakly registered but still noticeably visible.. Spine lightly sunned, otherwise Fine

THE SCULPTURED GARLAND

LANDOR, Walter Savage · 1948

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

London. Dropmore Press. First Edition. Quarto, bound in half morocco leather. Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by Ian Macnab. Copy #189 of 300 numbered copies of this lovely book. . Ian Macnab. Some soiling and dampspotting to covers. Internally Fine. The darkened dustwrapp...

THE DECONSTRUCTED MAN

LAUGHLIN, James · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Iowa. Windhover Press. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") in blue printed wraps. One of 240 copies. SIGNED by Laughlin on the half-title page.. Fine

NO HEAVEN

ST. JOHN, David · 1985

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in printed blue wraps. . Fine with review slip laid in

THE SHORE

ST. JOHN, David · 1980

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in orange wraps. Uncommon format for poet's second book.. Fine with review slip laid in

THE TRANSPARENT MAN

HECHT, Anthony · 1990

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in light blue printed wraps. . Review slip taped to front cover. Fine

THE WRECK OF THE THRESHER

MEREDITH, William · 1964

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. INSCRIBED "with great pleasure/(and at Ellen Reynold's request)/to Alice Walker" in 1964 & SIGNED by Meredith. More than likely this is the New Hampshire poet Alice Walker and not the author of THE COLOR PURPLE.. Fine in a Fine dustwra...