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Poetry - Modern:

Gelfand, Jim. RIMBAUD'S SAIL
Roslyn Harbo 1979 1st Stone House Press. Limited to 100 copies -- this is copy 8A. Poetry. Octavo, 39pp., hardcover. Stamped surplus of Library of congress on end paper and on verso of title page o/w Fine. Later clear glassine jacket. (a14453)
$35.00 Carrigan, Andrew G. . THRESHOLD OF HEAVEN
Ann Arbor 1978 Crowfoot Poetry Series Volume1. Limited to 75 copies. Sm.4to., about 20pp., original wraps. VG plus,. (a17548)
$22.00 Noel, Marie . LE ROSAIRE DES JOIES
Paris 1950 -1st Stock. Copy #364. Signed ("M") presentation copy. 85pp., wraps. Poetry. VG. (a20132)
$75.00 van de Waarsenburg, Hans (Introduction) . FIVE CONTEMPORARY DUTCH POETS
Merrick 1979. Cross-Cutlural Review #2. octavo wraps., 48pp., illustrations by Ger Boosten, wraps. The Poets are J. Bernlef, Herman Hendrik ter Balkt, Hans van de Waasenburg, Frank Koenegracht and Sjoerd Kuyper. Translated into English by Peter Nijmeijer and Scott Rollins. Near Fine, no ownership marks. (a20515)
$25.00 Blasing, Randy . LIGHT YEARS POEMS
NY 1977 first edition Persea. Octavo, 56pp., wraps. VG. (a20888)
$25.00 Lowther, Pat . A STONE DIARY
Toronto 1977 Oxford. Poetry by poet who was murdered in 1975. 8vo., 96pp., wraps. Good, cover worn and soiled. (a20904)
$25.00 Everwine, Peter . COLLECTING THE ANIMALS POEMS
NY 1973 -1st Atheneum. 64pp. Fine in Fine DJ. (a21197)
$30.00Burrows, E.G.. ON THE ROAD TO BAILEY'S
Highland Park 1979. 8vo., 36pp., wraps. Fine. (a21516)
$20.00Young, Augustus. ROSEMARIES ADVENT I
London 1976 first edition. Advent Books. octavo., 20pp., wraps. **Limited to 300 copies. Near Fine. no owner marks. (a21521)
$50.00Lemesle, Jean-Pierre. WAX WOMEN
Paris NY 1984. Photography by Henry Jacobs. Translation by John Edward Cooper. Mise en page de Claude Chabrolle. Copy No. 395/1000. 4to., wraps. Signed by Poet Lemesle. Good, some cover wear and rubbing. (a21598)
$175.00Genega, Paul. SHAYS' REBELLION A THREE MILE HARBOR CHAPBOOK
NY 1995 Three Mile Harbor. Wraps. Poetry. VG. (a21670)
$22.00Novak, Michael Paul. THE LEAVENWORTH POEMS
Shawee Mission (Kansas) 1972 Black Mountain Press. 8vo., 20pp., wraps. VG, very light cover wear. no owner marks; text clean. (a21744)
$33.00Taylor, G. M.. AMONG THE RUNES LYRIC POEMS AND METRIC EXPERIMENTS
Eureka 1979 Trinidad Irregular Press. Limited to 200 copies printed. 8vo., about 20 pp., pictorial wraps. Near Fine. (a21756)
$29.00 Levendosky, Charles . PERIMETERS
Middletown CT 1970 1st Wesleyan. Thin 8vo. Fine in Fair DJ. (a21809)
$30.00Serrao, Achille. A CANNIATURA THE CREVICE
NY 1995 Peter Lang. Translated and edited by Luigi Bonaffini. 105pp. In Italian and in English. VG plus, slight rubbing of cover and short line of whiteout on front end paper. no owner marks. (a21851)
$39.00 Worner, Philip . WRACK
London 1971 Mitre. 12mo., 41pp. Poems. VG. (a22389)
$25.00 Stepanchev, Stephen . MINING THE DARKNESS
Los Angeles 1975 first edition. Black Sparrow Press. 8vo., 107pp., wraps. Poetry. VG no ownership marks. (a23018)
$20.00 James, Morgan . MORDALITIES
Gaylordsville 1974. 8vo., unpaginated (about 100pp.), illustrated by Mary Schmerge, wraps. VG plus, small blue pricetag on cover. no ownership marks. Erotic poetry. (a23286)
$29.00 (ben belitt) . THE POETRY OF BEN BELITT
Saratoga Springs 1990. Included in Salmagundi, No. 87, Summer 1990, at pp. 5-231, frontis sketch of Ben Belitt. An anthology of poems and readings. Part of entire issue. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a23463)
$26.00 Vas Dias, Robert . MAKING FACES
London 1975. Limited to 500 copies. Sq.8vo., 30pp., wraps. VG plus, no faults just slight wear. no ownership marks. (a23878)
$42.00Humphrey, James. BUD
NY 1996 Poets Alive Press. Special Edition, limited to 500 copies. Small square8vo., 65pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a24294)
$25.00 Cardozo, Nancy . HELMET OF THE WIND
NY 1975. 8vo., 86pp. Advance review slip laid in. VG in near VG DJ, some soiling. (a24491)
$30.00 Byrum, John and Crag Hill (editors) . CORE A SYMPOSIUM ON CONTEMPORARY VISUAL POETRY
1993 Generatorscore Press. 4to., 156pp., wraps. Artwork included in text. Near Fine. (a24948)
$45.00 Nash, John P. and others . POEMS AND WORSE
Manitowoc 1975 2nd. Limited to 1000 copies. 4to., 148pp., color drawings by James E. Spindler, cloth. Near Fine. (a25828)
$95.00Snapper, Johan and Thomas Shannon (editors). DUTCH POETRY IN MODERN TIMES - THE BERKELEY CONFERENCE ON DUTCH LITERATURE 1995
1997 University Press of America. Berkeley Conference on Dutch Literature 1995 #11. Hardcover octavo. 230pp. Near Fine, no DJ. no owner marks. (a26176)
$35.00 Galt, Tom . ANY DAY NOW
Wellfleet 1970 1st Privately Printed. 18pp., wraps. Signed presentation copy from author. VG. (a26241)
$40.00 Giraudier, Antonio . SHEAVES
Charleston Illinois 1975 Prairie Poet Books. Cuban exile poet. Hardcover octavo., 263pp., 10 illustrations. Fine in VG plus DJ, a few small tear at edges without loss, faint fading of dj spine. (a26662)
$38.00 (poetry) . SHANKPAINTER 16
Provincetown 1978. A magazine of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. 4to., 106pp., stapled wraps. VG, front wrap browned. (a27657)
$30.00 Torre, Vincent . SEASONS
NY 1973 Inkwell Press. Copy No. 45/100. Hardcover. 4to., 50pp., illustrations, cloth. Near Fine, minor soiling on cover. (a27897)
$55.00 Digby, John . SAILING AWAY FROM THE NIGHT
London 1978. Digby's second book of poems. 8vo., 56pp., illustrations, wraps. VG plus. (a28119)
$22.00Lutes, Linda. 7 POETS 7 POEMS SEVEN POETS SEVEN POEMS (signed by Lutes)
Providence 1974 Burning Deck Press. Sm.folio, 10 x 15". 16 leaves, illustrated. Each poet is portrayed and his poem printed on one double sheet folded in half in middle. Limited to 75 copies. **Signed by Lutes. Fine in VG Folder (folder is lightly foxed and has fraying on some edges.) (a28915)
$66.00 Conley, John . VOCAL PAINTING BOOK II
Jericho 1970. Limited to 500 copies. Poetry. 8vo., 99pp. VG, no DJ. (a28986)
$40.00 (poetry, canada) . SIXTEEN CANADIAN POETS
Victoria 1971. Short story in The Malahat, an International Quarterly of Life and Letters, edited by Robin Skelton, Number Twenty October 1971, at pp. 98-123. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo.,wraps. Good, some wear. (a29735b)
$30.00 Stock, Robert . SELECTED POEMS 1947-1980
Chappaqua 1994 1st edition. Hardcover. Crane and Hopper. 8vo., 351pp. Fine in near Fine DJ. ISBN 096097702 (a29796)
$29.00 Gat, Janos . RIDING MY CAMEL UPRIGHT THROUGH THE NEEDLE'S EYE
Tel Aviv 1991. 8vo., 48pp. Poetry. VG in chipped DJ. (a30120)
$40.00 Springarn, Lawrence (editor) . POETS WEST CONTEMPORARY POEMS FROM THE ELEVEN WESTERN STATES
Van Nuys 1975. Review copy, slip clipped in. Sm.8vo., 162pp., wraps. VG, light soiling. (a31090)
$30.00(poetry). TRIO: NEW POETS FROM EDINBURGH RODERICK WATSON VALERIE SIMMONS PAULS MILLS
NY 1971. first edition. New Rivers Press. Limited to 750 copies (250 hardcover, 500 wraps). 8vo., 93pp., illus., wraps. Good, light soiling, wear. (a31791)
$29.00 Kosmann, Claude . WHERE THE WORLD ENDS POEMES
Paris 1978. Poetry. In French and English. 12mo., 47pp., wraps. Owner inscribed on the half title. VG. (a31835)
$30.00 Winner, Robert . GREEN IN THE BODY
Pittsburgh 1979 Slow Loris Press. Poetry. 8vo., 55pp. VG in chipped DJ. (a33130)
$40.00 Alley, Gloria I. . THIS VERY MADNESS
Francestown 1977 1st Golden Quill. Sm.8vo., 95pp. Signed by the author. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a33144)
$45.00 Villanueva, Tino . PRIMERA CAUSA FIRST CAUSE
Merrick 1999. Cross Cultural Review Chapbook 14. Poetry. In Spanish and English. Translated by Lisa Horowitz. 8vo., 31pp.VG. (a33301)
$25.00 Wilson, Edwin . COSMOS SEVEN SELECTED POEMS 1967-1997
Australia 1997 1st Woodbine. 8vo., 176pp., pencil drawings by Elizabeth McAlpine. VG in Good DJ. (a33464)
$30.00 Friedlander, Marcus S. . PARTED CURTAINS POEMS
1971 1st Private. 8vo., 59pp. Signed presentation copy from author. Fine. (a33589)
$39.00Somerville, Jane. MAKING THE LIGHT COME THE POETRY OF GERALD STERN
Detroit 1990 Wayne State. Hardcover. Octavo, 138pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, lightly rubbed. (a33986)
$23.00Florit, Eugenio. VERSOS PEQUENOS (1938-1975) (*inscribed and signed by Florit)
Miami 1979. In Spanish. Cuban poet. 8vo., 83pp., dibujo de la portada por Omar Torres, stiff wraps. Inscribed and signed by 'Eugenio' on the half title. VG+. (a37103)
$70.00 Festa, Diana . ARCHES OF THE WEST (signed)
Lewiston n.d. (c.1997). ISBN 0-7734-2845-3. Poetry. Octavo, 55p., wraps. ** Inscribed and signed by Festa on the front blank. VG plus. (a37692)
$45.00 Mark, Wendy . APPLESEEDS 1970
n.p. 1970. Square Sm.8vo., 16pp., illustrations and poems by Wendy Mark, wraps. VG, light soiling on cover. (a41171)
$35.00 Cocteau, Jean . THE BLOOD OF A POET A FILM BY JEAN COCTEAU
NY 1949 1st. A Hugo Edition of the Bodley Pres. Translated from the French by Lily Pons. Oblong 8vo., 53pp., photo illus., black cloth with blue lettering. Good, spine ends and corners worn. In new glassine DJ. (a42866)
$43.00Nooriala, Partow. MY EARTH, ALTERED POEMS IN PERSIAN
San Jose n.d. (1993) Zamaneh. In Persian. Sm.8vo. wraps. VG. (a44485)
$35.00 Carranza , Maria Mercedes (editor) . CASA SILVA REVISTA NO. 16
Bogota 2003. Modern poetry journal. In Spanish. 4to., 186pp., photo illustrations, wraps.Near Fine. (a49651)
$35.00Robson, William J. (editor). LYN LIFSHIN. LEAVING FINALLY AN AUTO-INTERVIEW POETRY. BIG BOULEVARD VOL. 2 NO. 3
Long Beach 1974. Single issue of this magazine. 4to., 31pp., wraps. near VG, light wear, light stain on rear wrap. (a50692)
$37.00 Eshleman, Clayton . PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BACON
Sheffield 1975 Rivelin Press. Poem. 4to., 11 leaves (rectos only), stapled wraps. Inscribed and signed by Eshleman. VG. (a51027)
$50.00 somos . SOMOS WE ARE FIVE CONTEMPORARY CUBAN POETS
NY 1970-lst Times Change Press. 47p. Poets: Nicolas Guillen, Belkis Cuza Male, Guillermo Rodriquez, Nancy Morejon, Victor Casaus. Stiff wraps. 12mo. VG-Fine. (a5591)
$25.00 Barzilai, Pnina . THE OTHER SELF
Mexico 1984 Author. Poetry. 4to., 62pp., original printed hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Barzilai. Fine, no DJ. (a55996)
$35.00Pagoulatou, Regina. PYRRHICHIOS
NY 1979 Pella. Poetry in Greece and English. Translated by Apostolos Athanassakis. 8vo., 111pp., drawings by George Fokas, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a58068)
$22.00 Bergeron, Leandre . LE SON ET LE SENS DANS QUELQUES POEMES DE CHARMES DE PAUL VALERY
Aix-en-Provence 1963 Oditions Ophrys. In French. Octavo., 175pp., heavily textured blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Bound in the rear of the book is a paperback book of Bergeron's Enregistrements Kymographiques which consists of 17 very long foldout illustrations of what look to be charts (dated 1963). Two library stamps. Good. Very scarce. (a60576)
$85.00Bly, Robert. FOUR NEW POEMS - in one complete issue of LATITUDES, summer 1967
Houston, Texas 1967. first edition. Latitudes Press. First appearance of these poems by Bly, in Latitudes, Summer 1967. Vol 1 No. 2. 4to., original wraps with photo illustration by John Scarborough of man sitting cross legged in chair. Several additional articles and poems by other artists in this issue. VG plus. Scarce. Issue also contains poems by Louis Ginsberg and Tracy Thompson; interview with JohnbHoward Griffin II, story vy Lionel Garcia and more. (a62536)
$95.00 de Musset, Alfred . SES PLUS BEAUX VERS
Paris n.d. (c. 1939-date of owner's inscription) Nilsson. Seven richly-colored woodblock illustrations on tissue paper by Robert Polack bound in. Good, cover quite worn, one plate with one inch tear (no lose of text) in lower corner. (a6637)
$95.00 Brik, Osip Maksimovic; Roman Jakobson . TWO ESSAYS ON POETIC LANGUAGE (IN RUSSIAN)
Ann Arbor 1964 Michigan. Slavic Materials No. 5. Brik, 1888-1945, was member of Russian avantgarde. Postscript by Roman Jakobson. Text almost entirely in Russian. 4to., 81pp., original wraps. Good. Scarce. (a70216)
$175.00 Cummings, E. E. . TEN NEW POEMS
1950. Published in Nine, a Magazine of Poetry and Criticism. This entire issue is dedicated to contemporary poetry with works also by Allen Tate, Buddhadeva Bose, Marianne Moore, C. S. Lewis, and numerous others. Octavo, original green printed wraps. VG, light fading of cover and slight browning of text. (a74321)
$35.00 Lehrer, Warren . I MEAN YOU KNOW
NY 1983 1st Earsay. ISBN 0-89822-035-1; 0-89822-036-X. Modern Poetry. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. 4to., 150pp., cloth. Near Fine In VG DJ. (a79138)
$49.00 Hull, William . VISIONS OF HANDY HOPPER BOOK ONE (signed)
Calcutta 1970 1st Writers Workshop. Poetry. Hardcover. Octavo, 83pp., fancy fabric red cloth covered boards. *Presentation copy signed by Hill. Near Fine, six small cellophane tape marks on end papers. (a8131)
$38.00 Hull, William . VISIONS OF HANDY HOPPER THE SECOND BOOK
Calcutta 1970 first edition. Writers Workshop. Poetry. Limited to 10 copies. Hardcover. Small octavo, 85pp., fancy red cloth covered boards.**Presentation copy signed by Hill. Fine. (a8132)
$44.00 Teillier, Jorge . IN ORDER TO TALK WITH THE DEAD SELECTED POEMS
Trans and intro by Carolyne Wright. Austin, Tx 1993 first edition. Univ of Texas. Hardcover octavo. 129p. Near Fine (slight mark on end paper where price tag was) in Fair DJ (dj worn,chipped). Chilean poet. (a8166)
$24.00 Morris, C.B. . A GENERATION OF SPANISH POETS 1920-1936
Cambridge 1971. 8vo., 302pp., index. VG in VG DJ. (a8286)
$30.00 Sappho . ODE A LA BIEN-AIMEE ET AUTRE POEMES
Paris 1926 Leon Pichon. Paraphrases Francaises de Rene Puaux. Avec les vignettes gravee sur bois par Carlegle. Copy No. 206 of 390. In French. 8vo., wraps in tissue DJ. VG plus in Good Box. (a9974)
$40.00