Poetry from William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts

New York : WW Norton & Co, 1978. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine second printing of first edition softcover SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Minor edgewear to bottom front cover. Spine is straight and tight, not creased but there is… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Good DJ in protective Brodart mylar cover. This is an anthology of poems selected in a contest in 1927 to celebrate Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic Ocean… Read more about this item

New York : The Viking Press, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth first edition with black lettering on spine and white lettering on cover. No DJ. The only major flaw with this volume is the darkening of the spine and loss of definition of lettering.… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania: Manna Press, 1985. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Westbury. Near Fine softcover second (revised) edition SIGNED by author on title page. Gift inscription by previous owner at bottom of title page. Binding is tight and straight. There is a production related crease in the paper near… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Xlibris, 2007. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine softcover SIGNED by author on half-title page. No DJ as issued. Likely first softcover edition, though not stated. No markings, tears, or creases. Not ex lib, not remaindered. 123 pages.

Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, 1942. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first (limited) edition SIGNED by author on front free end paper with blue lettering on spine and cover.No DJ. Soiling to spine and edge wear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine.… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Near Fine DJ in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by author Margaret Dickie with inscription on title page. The book is flawless. No markings (aside from author signature),… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Autographed typed poem, "The Mushroom Gatherers." 6 ¼ x 9 inches. Beige-orange paper. Excellent condition. Davie (1922-1995) was one of the British "Movement" poets in the mid-twentieth century.

New York and London: The Century Co., 1893. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good cloth volume of 6 months worth of the Century Magazine from May 1893 to October 1893 bound in gold cloth. Vol. XLVI New Series Vol. XXIV. Spine is straight and tight, with shelf wear and rubbing to bottom of… Read more about this item

1978. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original, signed letter, from poet James Wright, dated August 23, 1978. Excellent condition. James Wright (1927-1980) won the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1956 for his first collection of verses, The Green Wall. With The Branch Will Not Break (1963), he abandoned traditional meter for a more experimental poetry. Wright won… Read more about this item

Penmaen Press, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. McCurdy, Michael. As New cloth first (limited) edition with gilt lettering on spine and front cover SIGNED by both the author and illustrator on the rear limitation page. No DJ. This is #95 of 300 hardbound copies. No… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Privately printed, 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine cloth privately printed first edition SIGNED by author with black lettering on white leather spine. No DJ, as issued. Pencil marks at top of front free end paper. Two satin place keeper ribbons are neatly tucked between… Read more about this item

London: W. Bowyer, for Jacob Tonson at Shakespeare's Head in the Strand, and Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1717. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good hardcover first edition. No DJ (ha, ha). This is the quarto version (alphabetical letters appear at the bottom of… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Laszlo Kubinyi. Near Fine cloth with gilt lettering and designs on spine and cover and Very Good DJ in protective Brodart mylar cover. Gilt lettering is brilliant and clear. Spine is straight and tight. Light sun fading… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. Fine cloth first edition SIGNED by author Ted Kooser and SIGNED by illustrator Robert Hanna with Fine DJ. Author's signature has brief inscription. DJ has light smudging on front cover and 1/4 inch crease at top rear of spine, but otherwise flawless. No markings, creases,… Read more about this item

Venice, Italy: Author, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on red leather spine. No DJ. Red and beige flower designs on boards. SIGNED by author on flyleaf under title. Pencil marks at edges of dedication page dated 1/30/86. Otherwise flawless.… Read more about this item

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good first edition cloth with black lettering on spine and cover. No DJ. The spine is very toned but legible. Shelfwear and rubbing to spine and boards. Edges of boards rounded. Spine is straight… Read more about this item

Privately printed, 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine privately printed cloth edition with gilt lettering on cover. There is no publication information or date, etc. But it is undoubtedly a first and only edition. All indications point to 1910 as the likely date of publication. Contains thirteen sonnets… Read more about this item

Virginia: The Dietz Press Incorporated, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition SIGNED and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Beautiful gilt lettering and designs on spine and front cover. DJ in protective mylar cover has chipping and tears to top and bottom edges,… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Autographed typed poem, "The Jewish Problem." No date. Paper is lightly toned, slight fading to ink, but in excellent condition. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Shapiro (1913-2000) was an American poet whose work received the Pulitzer prize (1945) and the Bollingen Prize (1969) and garnered him a stint as Librarian of Congress. … Read more about this item