Search Results: Poetry from The Wild Muse

Toronto: Island House Book, 1982. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Toronto: Island House Book, 1982, first printing. Dated inscription by author on title page. Light foxing to covers, small stain on front cover, else very good. . Signed by Author. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Boston: Eagle Graphics, 1974. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Boston: Eagle Graphics. 1974, first printing. Signed by author on title page. Slight curl to bottom corner, else, very good plus. . Signed by Author. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1969. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1969, first printing. 8vo., 79pp. Author's first book of poetry. Burgundy paper covered boards with gilt titles and blind emboss. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with mild sweating to the rear panel, short, closed tear at rear fold. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. First edition hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998, first printing. 8vo. paper covered boards. Minor bump crease to crown, else a fine, crisp copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo..

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1941. First edition. Hard cover. Published Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1941, first printing. 8vo., 75pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Very good plus, attractive. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Knopf, 1949. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Knopf, 1949, first printing. 8vo., 84pp., black cloth with silver titles. Previous owner's rubber stamp on rear flyleaf. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

Cincinnati: Circumferernce Press, 2012. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Cincinnati: Circumferernce Press, 2012, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. Fine. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Dublin, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: William L Bauhan, 1981. SIGNED first edition. Trade soft cover. Published Dublin, New Hampshire: William L Bauhan, 1981, first printing. Inscribed by author on half title. Laid in is 1). One page (31 lines) typewritten letter, signed on his letterhead, October 25, 1982 in which he outlines the success of his marriage and relationship of nearly 50 years. 2). Eight line handwritten note, signed, in which he adds an additional thought to the letter. 3). Two additional single page poems by the author, mimeographed. All very good.. Signed by Author. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2004, first printing. 8vo., xi+215pp. Fine, as new in as new dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. As New/As New. 8vo.

London: Menard Press, 1976. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Published London: Menard Press, 1976, first printing. 8vo. plain stapled wrappers in printed dust jacket. Inscription on cover verso. Very good in very good dust jacket with a short closed tear. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo..

Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2005. Signed first edition. trade softcover. Published Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2005. 8vo. wrappers. This collection of poems reads like one poem, a rich, complex set of wise meditations. With courage, vulnerability, and wit, Jan Bowman celebrates creation, probes the aching of age, and wonders at the "shining" of grief. She renders the ordinary and the extraordinary beauty and bounty of life - with all its griefs, graces, and glories - into words that touch the heart, and the spirit, and illuminate the longing of us all. She captures our very personal and the very universal life experiences. Inscribed by author on title page. Fine. . Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Macmillan, 1929. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Macmillan, 1929, second printing. 8vo., 103pp., Purple cloth with gilt design and titles. Minor fade spottin gto the cloth, else very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1996. Second Edition. Trade softcover. Published Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico Pr., 1996. 8vo. wrappers. Bump crease to one page, slight edge curl to covers, else near fine. . Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

NY: Harper, 1886. Hardcover. Published NY: Harper, 1886. 4to., 6 7/8" x 9 1/8." 180pp. plus 4pp. publishers ads, many illustrations. Illus. by W. A. Rogers, Thomas Nast, W. T. Smedley, R. S. Church, C. Graham, A. B. Frost. Embossed blue cloth with gilt stamping, black and gray decorations over beveled boards, brown end papers. Slight wear at the crown and heel, few soiling spots to rear cover, light finger soiling to margins of some pages, erasure rubbing on front e.p. A tight, solid copy. Very good minus. . Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to. Illus.

NY: New Directions, 1970. First edition thus. Trade soft cover. Published NY: New Directions, 1970, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, NDP 309. Very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. Sixth Collected Edition. Hard cover. Published Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. 8vo., ix+344pp. Maroon cloth with gilt tiles. Bookplate on pastedown. Very good, clean, attractive. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Macmillan, 1927. Second printing. The Modern Readers' Series. Half leather. Published NY: Macmillan, 1927. 12mo., 5 1/4" x 7 1/4", xxiii+457pp. Edited with an introduction by George R. Elliott. Half green leather over green linen cloth with gilt spine titles and designs, top edge gilting, pictorial endpapers. Chip at the crown, sun darkening to the spine, rub along outer hinges and heel, faint bleed darkening to pastedowns at contact areas of binder's underlay, previous owner bookplate on pastedown. Very good, tight, crisp. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1995. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1995, first printing. 8vo., 490pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Philadelphia: Lippincott. Hardcover. Published Philadelphia: Lippincott, no date (1880's). Brick red cloth with gilt cover design and lettering, elaborate gilt spine design. 286 pages plus plates. Text framed within red borders. Two small period newspaper clippings glued to front pastedown. Light wear at the heel and crown, but a very attractive, very good plus copy.. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Walker and Company / Dept. Of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1968. First edition thus, exact facsimile of the 1874 edition. Limited to 3,000 copies. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Walker and Company / Dept. Of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1968. Small 4to. 8" x 10", unpaginated, illustrated with full page plates by Winslow Homer. Green cloth with black titles and Victorian design, gilt stamped cover pictorial. Marker dot on top and bottom edge of page block, else near fine in very good minus dust jacket with old internal tape repairs, soiling/scuffing/foxing. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to.