Search Results: Poetry from Lux Libri

Saranac Lake, NY: Hungry Bear Publishing, (2013.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, a Saranac Lake poet and clocksmith. The 69 poems are accompanied by b&w photos of clocks and clock parts. 160 pp. Paperbound 8vo. Near Fine.

Edited from the Laud Ms. 622 in the Bodleian Library. London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trubner & Co., MDCCCLXXVIII (1878.) 1st edition. Original series, no. 69. A Fine, unopened copy in the original pale blue wraps. Minor signs of age, but crisp, clean and securely bound. 8vo. 122 pages with index of words and subjects. (Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327; Solomon, King of Israel; Saint Alexius; Adam Davy, fl. 1308?)

North Liberty, Iowa: Ice Cube Press, (2006.) 1st edition poetry. Signed and inscribed by the author, a retired elementary school teacher living in Iowa. 45 pp., + brief author bio. Paperbound 8vo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Near Fine.

NY: Local Gems Press, (2017.) 1st edition. Poetry by a new generation of writers working in the literary spirit of the Beat Generation. See images for contributors. 165, (11) pp. Paperbound 8vo. VG with light wear. Clean and securely bound.

Woodstock, Vermont: Elm Tree Press, (1925.) 1st edition. A poem celebrating the small town of Plymouth, Vermont, and the election of native son Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States (1923-29.) 14 pp. Staple-bound booklet. Gray paper wraps. 12mo. 7.25 by 5.25 inches. Illustrated by a map of Vermont and small vignettes in the text. VG. Modest wear, light browning of the covers, minor stain to rear cover. Sound and securely bound. A nice copy overall of a scarce item.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 1st edition. Signed limited edition of 100 copies. This is no. 30. Poems by the late feminist poet and prolific author of more than 130 books and chapbooks. 8vo hardcover. Green cloth spine and decorative paper boards designed by Barbara Martin. 239 pp. Near Fine in the original clear dust jacket.

Corvallis, Oregon: Calyx Inc. Vol. 4, No. 1, June, 1979. A scarce early issue of this long-running journal of art, poetry, essays, short stories, etc., by women. 63 pp. Paperbound, 8 x 7 inches. VG with some creasing and edge wear. Contributors to this number: Lisa Paueiello-Rowe; Jan Claussen; Eleanor Wilner; Mary Riley; Faye Moskowitz; Celeste Rehm.

Printed in Huntington, IN: Office of the Sunday Visitor, (1921.) 1st edition. Poetry on nature and spiritual themes by a Catholic Benedictine monk. Published in memory of the founder of St. Benedict's Abbey and monastic community at Mount Angel, Oregon. 60 pp. B&W illustration, from a photo of Crater Lake. Paperbound 12mo. 7.25 by 5.25 inches. Good condition with moderate wear and signs of age. Small stains to covers. Text age-toned but clean. A sound copy of a scarce Oregon-related item.

Louisville, Ky.: Sarabande Books, (2012.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Signed notecard also laid in. The author's second collection of poetry. Poems of nostalgia, the cycles of nature, isolation, solitude, and more. 72 pp. Paperbound, 9 x 6 inches. VG with slight edge wear. Sound, tight binding. Signed by Bohince on the title page and in an enclosed card from The Frost Place at Robert Frost's former farmhouse in Franconia, NH. Bohince was the Dartmouth Poet in Residence there in 2012. Frost Place bookmark and brochure also laid in.

Plattsburgh, NY: Wiki Publications, 1992. 1st edition. Poems by Thomas J. Braga, Portuguese-American poet and educator. Preface by Warren Dixon. Signed and inscribed by Braga on the half-title page. Also signed by George Desrochers, to whom the book is dedicated. 41 pp. Vignette illustrations in the text. Paperbound 8vo. Red ink date stamp (May 1992) on the half-title, but Fine otherwise. Clean and securely bound.

Boston: Printed for the Woodberry Society by the Merrymount Press, 1912. 1st edition. One of 75 copies signed by Woodberry out of a total edition of 300. This is number 73. Three poems in memory of a visit in 1908 to Castrogiovanni, Sicily. The poems are Etna, Proserpine; by Lake Pergusa, and Demeter. (Previously published in magazines in 1909-1910.) Slender 8vo hardcover in cloth-backed boards with paper spine label. 9.75 x 7.75 inches. (8), 29 pp., with a brief preface. VG with modest wear. Unread, with unopened pages still joined at the top edge. (As shown by our images of the title and limitation pages.) George Edward Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American literary critic and poet whose work included scholarly biographies of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. He traveled to Castrogiovanni before it reverted to its ancient name of Enna in 1927 at the direction of Mussolini. It sits at an elevation of 3,000+ feet in the center of Sicily and is an important archaeological center. It figures in… Read More

Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2018.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page and also signed/inscribed on the half-title. Poems inspired by the real-life cases of missing and unidentified women. Winner of the 2016 Akron Poetry Prize. 85 pp. Paperbound 8vo. VG with light wear, one creased page and a few pages with a mark from a removed paper clip.

Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, (1992.) 1st edition. Signed on the title page. A poetry collection that "explores the ways we recover from illness, pain, and loss." 88 pp. Paperbound 8vo. VG with minor edge wear and some natural curl to the covers. Uncommon signed by Fincke, a Pennsylvania author and educator born in Pittsburgh in 1945.

South San Francisco: Man Root, (1982.) Limited 1st edition. No. 221 of 250 copies signed by both author and artist. Erotic and other poems by Clive Matson (b. 1941.) Art by Renee June. [21] pp., + colophon. String-bound paper wraps. Letterpress printing by Paul Mariah on Strathmore paper. Fine in clear archival jacket.

York, England: Terpsichore Press, (2021.) Signed 1st edition. Poems inspired by the Adirondack Mountains. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. 54 pp. Near Fine. An uncommon book published to benefit the small public library in Keene Valley, NY, in the High Peaks region. The author is a professor in Scotland who has been visiting the Adirondacks since the 1970s.

Washington, DC, & San Francisco: Dryad Press, (1981.) Poems of the Jewish experience. Signed and inscribed by the author on the verso of the half-title. 63, (1) pp. 8vo. Paper wraps with calligraphic cover. VG+ with light signs of age. Clean and unworn.

Portland, Oregon: Atelier26, (2014.) Signed 1st edition. Poetry and prose that trace the author's experiences as the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Signed in gold pen on the title page. With an inscription to Dana and Yvona [Fast], mother and daughter co-authors of the memoir, Good in the Midst of Evil: One Girl's Survival of the Holocaust. 109 pp. Artwork by Lola Fraknoi. Trade paperback. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. VG with slight wear, bump to some upper page corners. Clean and securely bound.

Leipzig: L. Staackmann, 1922. 27.-31 Auflage. Verse by Anton Wildgans (1881-1932), Austrian poet and playwright. 93, (2) pages. 12mo. Cloth-backed paper boards. Good condition. Some wear and rubbing; 1941 inscription to front free endpaper; old bookseller ticket (Hermann Roth / Breslau) to front pastedown. Sound binding. Text bright and unmarked.

Montreal: Sitting Duck Press, (2010.) 1st edition poetry. Signed by the author, a pastor, poet, and founder of the Lawn Chair Soiree literary series. 34 pp. Paperbound 8vo. Green wraps with cut-out title window. Printed on Krypton Parchment and bound by Kate Battle. Signed on the title page: "Blessings! Jan Jorgensen." Fine.

London: Fortune Press, [1952.] 1st edition. Signed by Ferrini vertically on the front free endpaper with a brief inscription. Poetry by the Italian-American author, artist, and former poet laureate of Gloucester, Mass. 12mo clothbound hardcover. 7.5 by 5 inches. 67 pp. VG/VG in dust jacket with artwork by Ferrini. Jacket is intact with some rubbing, a couple of small, closed tears. Endpapers browned, but text pages clean and unmarked. Sound, tight binding. A nice copy of an uncommon early title by Ferrini (1913-2007.)