Search Results: Authors starting with B from Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books (ABAA)

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1961. 1st edition, full gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's first book, inscribed "Dear Mary and Jack Dant / Welcome aboard my book on its / shakedown cruise -- / Robert Bagg" in blue ink on the FEP. Three moderate stains to jacket, else minimal wear.

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed stiff paperwraps (as issued.) Publicity material, including full-color reproduction of jacket, laid-in. Fine.

Athens GA: U of Georgia Press, 1989. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A handsomely designed book by Betty McDaniel, and edited by Bin Ramke as part of The Contemporary Poetry Series at the University of Georgia Press. The tasteful jacket illustration is by Tim Blalock. Bright, fine, 'as new' condition.

New York: Harcourt Brace World, 1967. 1st edition, full blue cloth, w/dj. The author's first book. "Mr Barnes's poems are pervaded by strong feeling, great vitality, and humor" (from the jacket notes.) Light, minimal wear to jacket, else fine.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 2012. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). The winning title of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. "LSU Press Paperback Original First Printing" so noted on copyright page. Rear cover reviews by Fanny Howe and Naomi Shihab Nye. A fine copy in 'as new' condition.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, 1997. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) "Extending the reach of his groundbreaking BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (Copper Canyon Press, 1994), Marvin Bell's stunning new poems address and redefine--and ultimately embrace--aging, entropy, abundance, error, comedy, and horror in the active life" (from the rear cover.) Cover reviews by William Matthews and Sandra McPherson. Offered here is a presentation copy to fellow poet/critic/friend, Paul Zimmer, both of whom were colleagues at the University of Iowa. Minimal wear, else a fine association copy. Uncommon signed.

New York: Atheneum, 1969. 1st edition, original glossy paperwraps (as issued.) The author's first trade book, selected as The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1969. Wear to lower edges of covers, else fine.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2000. 1st edition, full black cloth, w/illustrated dj. "NIGHTWORKS is a refreshing retrospective on the distinguished poet's work. It provides a selection of poems from his previous books -- along with two dozen new poems -- and makes available poems from volumes long out of print . . ." (from the jacket notes.) A large (pp. 279) volume, including an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines. "First Printing" stated on copyright page. Fine condition.

Montclair, NJ: Number 13, 1987. 1st edition, original printed paperwraps (as issued). Michael Benedikt's personal copy, with his ownership name and address printed on the front cover verso. Includes the issue's lead poem "Of Poetry, My Friend" by Benedikt, as well as poems by Joseph Bruchac, Nicholas Christopher, Marge Piercy, and many others. A bright, tight copy. Fine condition.

Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishings, 2009. 1st edition, original hand tied illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A sequence of twenty-eight sonnets, illustrated with Edvard Munch's painting "Ashes" on the cover. A fine collection, specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. Offered in 'as new' condition.

Bath, NY: FootHills Publishing, 1991. 1st edition, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This chapbook is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in blue ink. The text of the chapbook consists of twenty-nine poems. Fine condition.

Ithaca: Clandestine Press, 2009. 1st edition, limited (1/500) original illustrated yellow paperwraps (as issued.) A sequence of thirty-eight short poems. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition.

Kanona: FootHills Pub, 2004. 1st edition, original hand-tied printed paperwraps (as issued.) These twenty-one poems, published in three sections in a chapbook format, celebrate the "grief and love" the author knew through his mother. "There is courage, steadfastness, and humor; there is even, at times, a kind of tragic joy" (from the rear cover.) Specially signed by Bennett on the title page, in 'as new' fine condition.

Washington: Orchises, 2009. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). A collection of short poems and couplets by this master of light verse. Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Offered in fine, 'as new' condition.

Kanona, NY: FootHills Publishing, 2003. 1st edition, original hand stitched illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by Bennett on the title page. Includes all of the poems from Bennett's out-of-print collection, TO BE A HERON (1989) and a twenty-eight page section of new poems. A new copy, offered at the published price. Fine.

Ithaca: Clandestine Press, 1999. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, original Florentine paperwraps. Printed in several color inks, and bound using a variety of Florentine papers selected by the author in Florence, Italy. A fine copy. Scarce.

Louisville: Scienter Press, 2006. 1st edition, limited (1/100) original printed paperwraps (as issued.) The present copy is specially signed by Bennett on the title page in black ink. A small collection of fifty-eight epigrams, published in chapbook format. The colophon notes: "This book was laid out on a laptop PC, using Garamond font. 100 copies of this book were published." A fine copy in 'as new' condition, specially signed.

Washington DC: Orchises Press, 2017. 1st edition, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Bruce Bennett" on the title page. A generous collection (pp. 214) of poems by the ever popular Bruce Bennett, Professor Emeritus at Wells College in Aurora, New York. A fine copy, offered 'as new' at the published price.

Georgetown KY: Finishing Line Press, 2014. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps. The present copy specially signed by Bennett on the title page. A collection of twenty-seven poems, published in two sections. A fine collection, worth twice the price. Offered here 'as new' at the published price.

Aurora: Wells College Press, 2001. 1st edition, limited (1/150) numbered and signed, original printed paperwraps (as issued). A lovely collaboration between these two creative friends and colleagues, handsomely designed and printed in handset Perpetua types on fine papers. Numbered and signed in pencil by both the author and artist on the colophon, and additionally signed by Bennett in ink on the day of publication on the title page. Quite scarce and in fine condition.