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n.p. [Berkeley, CA]:: Thorp Springs Press,, (1977). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in printed cream wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. An association copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to a fellow poet, and dated in 1978. Unpaginated.

La Fayette, New York:: Nine Mile Books,, (2022). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A book about mental breakdown and recovery - the title refers to a section of the California code which authorizes involuntary hospitalization for those considered a danger to themselves or others. In her introduction McPherson writes "One doctor thought the slide commenced with the death of my good father. How can one be sure? . . My homes physical possessions abandoned me - they had been a library of researchable answers. Prescriptions replaced each other: a decent doctor replaced by an indifferent one. At our first meeting I set eleven books on her desk as introduction. 'You wrote those,' she said contemptuously. It hurt from there on down. One afternoon, 'We have a bed,' the stranger on the phone said. I was in it, without choice, by evening. I had just lost a museum's worth of art, and decades of loved books.… Read More

New York:: Grove Press,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First US printing. A very personal, and appealing, selection of some of the best poems to ever be translated into English. The poets range from Sappho and Petronius, Li Po and Dante, Baudelaire and Verlaine, Nelly Sachs and Edith Sodergran to Cesar Vallejo, Garcia Lorca and Henri Michaux. The translators are similarly varied and include, to name just a few, Ben Jonson, Shelley, Elizabeth Bishop, Ezra Pound, Ferlinghetti and many more. An anthology which is a pleasure to dip into. Includes a chronological list of the poets, an index of the translators and of the poems by the first line.

Minneapolis:: Graywolf Press,, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of poems from throughout his career - including some new, previously unpublished poems - by this award-winning poet. In December 2015, he was named California's poet laureate, and during his time in that position,he visited all 58 counties in California. This book was awarded the Poet's Prize in 2018. SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a SIGNED bookmark celebrating his road tour as laureate and reprinting "California Hills in August" (one of the poems included in this book)

San Francisco:: Red Hill Press,, (1983). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Poetry by three poets living in Los Angeles - Robert Crosson, John Thomas and Paul Vangelisti - with an introduction by Giulia Niccolai and photographs by Jeffrey Scales. Includes a series of Vangelisti's visual poems composed of word strips across famous paintings. Invisible City 3. 96 pp.

Middletown, CT: University Press of New England / Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1990). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collects all of his poems from his first book, 'The Green Wall', to his final posthumously published collection, 'This Journey' as well as some of his translations and selected prose piecers. Includes an insightful introduction by Donald Hall, Wright's longtime friend and colleague. Index of titles and of first lines. xxxvii, 387 pp.

Santa Rosa, CA:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1992.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Her first collection of poems and short prose pieces, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. 234 pp.

Glenview, IL:: Scott, Foresman and Company,, (1968.). First edition -. Good only in illustrated black wrappers - rubbing and wear to the covers, contents clean.. First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. Includes biographical notes and an introduction to the work of Eberhart (who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his work) as well as selections of his poems (including a section of poems which had not previously been published in book form.) A title in The Modern Poets Series under the general editorship of William J. Martz. Index of first lines and titles. Review copy with publisher's slip tipped inside front cover. 86 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1962.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.(some toning to the pages. name of previous owner, poet Elizabeth Harrod.). 2nd printing. Fourth book of poetry by this National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize poet. Stated "first edition," but with "B.1.62" underneath. Notes. 64 pp.

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press,, 1972.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's name on title page, but otherwise clean and tight, appears unread).. First printing. His third collection of poems - Fred Chappell called it his "most brilliant" and described the poetry as "sensual, witty, friendly." 60 pp.

Harrisberg, NC:: Poets Alive! Press,, 1986.. First edition -. Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers.. First printing in wrappers. One of 2,000 copies. Collection of poetry; praise on rear cover from Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Fred Chappell, etc.

New York:: Scribner's,, 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. NF/VG (lightly soiled dj, pc.). First printing. Poet's first collection - William Carlos William said when he read the long title poem "something clicked for me" - other poems in this collection clicked for me long before I reached this poem.

Brooklyn, NY:: Out & Out Books,, 1975.. First edition -. Very near fine in stiff light pink wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. First book, a collection of poetry, by this influential lesbian and feminist. Clausen later went on to become one of the editors of Conditions, an important magazine devoted to writing by women, with an emphasis on writing by lesbians.76 pp.

New York:: Macmillan,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, gift inscription) . First US printing. The first publication of these letters between Yeats and Ruddock - 31 from Yeats and 36 from Ruddick - which form a moving record of an intimate relationship between the ageing poet, who was 69 when they met and his 27 year old beautiful protegee. These reveal Yeats' views on poetry, mysticism, and life. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ruddock and other photographs. Bibliography, index. 144 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (one very short edgetear, other light wear and toning to the dj) Uncommon in hardcover and in this condition. . First printing. Translated, with a substantial introduction and notes by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith. A bilingual edition with the original French and English translation on facing pages. Born in Martinique, Cesaire studied in Paris where he met Leopold Senghor, and "discovered Africa" and began his lifelong dedication to the idea of Negritude. This collection begins with his important first book, written in 1939 upon his return to the Caribbean -Cahier du Retour au Pays Natal -Notebook of a Return to the Native Land. xv, 408 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: North Atlantic Books,, (1984). First edition -. Near fine (rubbing to covers).. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of poems. Notes. 77 pp.

Richmond, CA:: North Atlantic Books,, 1981.. First edition -. Very near fine in red wrappers with white lettering. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. "An alternate opus, uncollected poems 1960-1980" - this brings together all of the poems by Kelly which appeared in journals and anthologies over two decades. Edited and with an introduction by Jed Rasula. vi, 230 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A 'translation' in one sense of these scenes from the Illiad, but completely modern in tone, style and language. Notes. 53 pp.

Toronto:: The Ryerson Press,, (1948). Hardcover first edition -. Very good plus in yellow cloth with dark brown titles to front and spine in a very good yellow dust jacket (some light toning to pages, spot on back cover of dj.) . First printing. Last collection by this Canadian poet who was the first female poet awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal, and who, in 1967, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to Canadian poetry." 56 pp.

New York:: Penguin,, 1986.. First edition -. Very good- (crease to corner of front cover.). First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.