Charles Agvent

A RUN OF JACKS

HUGO, Richard · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

Minneapolis. University of Minnesota. First Edition. Poet's important first book. This copy with the signature of poet Joan Swift on the front free endpaper. . Very minor rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards. Close to Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper and uncommon as such

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

LANDOR, Walter Savage · 1936

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

[Verona]. Limited Editions Club. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante...

THE RESCUED YEAR

STAFFORD, William · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. Presumed second issue with $4.95 price, no list of previous publications at front, no printing information at rear, and trimmed fore-edge. Stafford's third trade publication and first book after his National Book Award winning TRAVELING T...

BLUE SPRUCE

SMITH, Dave · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

(Syracuse). Tamarack. First Edition. Of an edition of 300 numbered copies in wrappers, this is one of only 50 SIGNED by the author. Another 36 copies were bound in cloth. Illustrated with 2 plates by Barry Moser.. Barry Moser. Fine

THE ASSASSINS

PROKOSCH, Frederic · 1936

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

London. Chatto & Windus. First Edition. The author's first regularly published volume of poetry. . Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with minor wear at the head of the spine

THE MAN AMONG THE SEALS

JOHNSON, Denis · 0

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

Iowa City. Stone Wall Press. First Edition. Johnson's first book, a collection of poems published when he was only 19. One of only 260 copies, issued without dustwrapper. Johnson is better known for his fiction, including the National Book Award-winning novel, TREE OF SMOKE.. ...

Little Children's Prayer

KINNELL, Galway · 1978

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Huntington, New York. A Poem A Month Club. First Edition. 11-1/2" x 17". Approximately 500 copies were printed and SIGNED by the poet. The largest Kinnell signature we have seen.. Fine

SUMMER

GIOIA, Dana · 1983

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Aralia Press. First Edition. Includes two poems. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the author.. Fine

THE MOWER

HEYEN, William · 1970

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

First Edition. Printed wraps. A poem, with six drafts reproduced, from his first book published the same year. A fine copy, though folded, of the dustwrapper for that book, DEPTH OF FIELD, is inserted.. Fine in Brockport Writers Forum envelope

ANNIE JOHN

KINCAID, Jamaica · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Publisher's orange and gray cloth. West Indies author's second book and first novel.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

SOME NATURAL THINGS

LAUGHLIN, James · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. New Directions. First Edition. Poet's first book, printed at the Prairie Press, after a 32-page pamphlet also published by New Directions.. Fine copy in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a tiny chip at the spine head

THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MICHAEL ARLEN

SITWELL, Osbert · 0

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

London. Heinemann. First Edition. One of 520 numbered copies SIGNED by Sitwell.. Minor wear to spine tips. Near Fine

SELECTED POEMS

SITWELL, Edith · 1936

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

London. Duckworth. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine

LOVERS OF LOUISIANA (TO-DAY)

CABLE, George W · 1918

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

New York. Scribner. First Edition. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. BAL 2385. INSCRIBED to "My dear Mrs. Baker: /Here let you and Louise and Lucy/and me and these lovers, all, join/hands. Ever--/Yours truly" & SIGNED by the author in Northampton in 1919. A desirable copy of C...

HEART'S NEEDLE

SNODGRASS, W. D · 1959

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Knopf. First Edition. Author's first book and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Only 1500 copies were printed. . Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a slightly sunned spine. Sharp copy and uncommon in this condition

THE SARGEANTVILLE NOTEBOOK

STRAND, Mark · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Providence. Burning Deck. First Edition. Printed wraps. Copy #349 of only 400 numbered copies, one of Strand's scarcest publications. . Contents Fine. Covers soiled including a few drink rings. Hence Good

WHOLLY COMMUNION

GINSBERG, Allen et. al · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Grove Press. First Edition. Pictorial wraps, not issued in hardcover. Illustrated with photographs. Based on a film made of an International Poetry Reading at the Royal Albert Hall in 1965. Contributors include Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti...

OTHER SKIES

CIARDI, John · 1947

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Boston. Little, Brown. First Edition. The poet's uncommon second book.. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with minor wear to the slightly darkened spine

AARDVARK (FOR THE MEMORY OF EMMA PEEL)

ONDAATJE, Michael · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Toronto. Ganglia. First Edition. Single 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" sheet of blue paper folded once. The author's second publication, a one-line poem.. Fine

IN A FATHER'S PLACE

TILGHMAN, Christopher · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. His first book, a fine collection of stories. Blurbs by Andre Dubus and Richard Ford.. Foxing to top bulked edge of text, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper