from Lux Libri

NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Edition de Luxe in a fine leather binding. Limited edition of 225 numbered copies. This is no. 113. With five hand-colored plates, including a frontispiece signed in pencil by the artist, Gordon Ross. Rural Sports (first published in 1713) and the other two works in this volume are brief odes in verse to country pastimes… Read more

NY: Twayne Publishers, (1949.) 1st edition. Signed on the front endpaper by Laing, a Welsh-American poet associated with the Dartmouth group. There is also a signed, laid-in note from her mother, Eve Bennett. On a folded sheet that includes a photocopy of a Christmas card design drawn by a young Dilys in 1925. This book was given to the recipient… Read more

NY: Macmillan, 1918. 1st edition. Signed by Masefield. Limited to 750 copies, out of a total edition of 950. This is no. 137. A narrative poem about Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793-1877), the "Tyrant of Buenos Aires" and dictator of Argentina. 12mo decorative hardcover. 65 pp. VG in Good dust jacket with clear archival cover.

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… Read more

Santa Rosa (CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1988. 1st paperbound edition. Issued simultaneously in hardcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski on the title page, along with a small sketch. A large collection of poems that won the William Carlos Williams Prize from the Poetry Society of America in 1989. 343 pages. 8vo trade paper binding with color cover and emerald green endpapers.… Read more

(Athens, Greece): Vakxikon.gr, 2015. 1st edition. A nicely produced collection of poems by a Greek-American. Signed/inscribed by him as "Anthony" on the front free endpaper. Parallel text in English and Greek. Paperbound 8vo. Stiff wraps with inner flaps. 91 pp. + index. 16 pp. of b&w photos. Laid-in promotional bookmark. Fine.

[NYC]: Bridge and Tunnel Press, n.d. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed in 2009 by the author, a Greek-American writer and teacher from Queens, NY. Poems includes odes to Kariotakis and Bukowski. 80 pp., b&w photos. 8vo, stiff pictorial wraps. VG+ with minor signs of age. Scarce.

Plattsburgh, NY: Wiki Publications, 1992. 1st edition. Poems by Thomas J. Braga, Portugeuse-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… Read more

Johnson, Vermont: Gihon Books, 2004. 1st edition. A collection of poetry. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription describes the poems as "about family love & mortality & time." 71, (1) pp. Paperbound 8vo with inner flaps. Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1996. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Donald Hall "for new life." Autobiographical poetry by Hall (1928-2018), acclaimed former Poet Laureate of the United States. 134 pp. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. Small marks to bottom page edge, light spotting to top edge, but VG/VG otherwise. Some rubbing to the unclipped DJ but no tears or… Read more

Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Ayotte Printers, 1971. A book of poetry and short prose by students of Lincoln Senior High School. Various themes of the era, including love, war, hippies, the future, etc. Includes names of student contributors, faculty advisors. Paperbound, 7.5 inches square. (44) pp., illustrations. VG with light wear, some external spotting and browning. Clean internally. Sound binding. Scarce… Read more

Self-published in 1989. Place not stated. 1st edition. A brief poetry collection. Signed by the author on a preliminary page: "J.M. Segriff / ... A Backstairs / Poet." 24pp. Staple-bound paper wraps. A Fine copy. Clean and unworn.

Providence, Rhode Island, (1981.) 1st edition. Early poetry collection by Braga, Portuguese-American poet and educator. Signed and inscribed by him on the front blank. 64 pp., illustrations. Paperbound 8vo. Near Fine.

[Frankfurt, Kentucky] : Gnomon Press, (2011.) 1st edition. Limited to 250 copies. A collaborative poetry collection. Signed on the title page by co-author Chard deNiord, Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2015-2019. Hand-printed by Julia Ferrari in Dante type on Frankfurt Cream paper. Illustrations by Brian D. Cohen. 94 pp. 8vo hardcover bound in dark blue silk with gilt lettering. Not… Read more

Vancouver, B.C.: Colophon Books, 1982 Vancouver, B.C.: Colophon Books, (1982.) Limited 1st edition. No. 52 of 325 copies. A brief poetry collection. Signed by the author, who also hand-colored the title page vignette. Printed at the Pie Tree Press as Colophon Chap Book Two. (22) pp. + colophon. String-bound paper wraps with Fabriano Roma covers. A lovely production in Fine… Read more

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.

NY: Rinehart & Company, (1958.) 1st edition, 1st printing. A study of Robert Frost "as man and as poet." Signed and inscribed by the author, a longtime friend of Frost, head of the American literature department at Middlebury College in Vermont, and director of its Bread Loaf School of English. xii, 241 pp., key and index. Green clothbound hardcover in… Read more

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.

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… Read more

Self-published in 2008. Printed in Lewiston, Maine. 1st edition of [1,500 copies.] A collaboration by two sisters. Poems by Jasmine Lamb and several paintings in color by Rosy Lamb, an expatriate artist who lives and works in Paris. Signed and inscribed by Jasmine Lamb in 2013. Unpaginated. (40 pp.) Paperbound with stiff glossy covers. 8.25 x 8.25 inches. Near… Read more