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

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, broadside. Handsomely designed and printed in three color ink by C W Swets, set in Bembo and Folio type. Size: 9.75 inches high x 7.5 inches wide. Fine, 'as new' at the published price.

Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1994. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original plain yellow printed paperwraps. Review slip from publisher laid in. The author's first book, this title won the National Poetry Series 1993 Open Competition in manuscript form. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, at the time of publication the author was living and practicing medicine in San Francisco. Uncommon in the uncorrected proof format. Fine condition.

Fremont: Sumac Press, 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket. A collection of forty-eight poems: 16 by Rosochacki, 13 by Kohl, and 19 by Carrigan. All three poets have signed the colophon page. The Sumac Press also published the literary magazine, Sumac, co-founded by poets Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. The present copy is in fine, nearly 'as new' condition.

Ann Arbor: U of Michigan Press, 1983. 1st edition, simultaneous printed paperwraps. Subtitled MORE SELECTED ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, this volume of prose work includes a special seven page "Introduction" by Carruth. Light rubs and minimal soiling to paperwrap covers, else appears unopened and fine.

Santa Cruz: Kayak, 1974. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Designed by George Hitchcock and printed by Dennis Koran at the Panjandrum Press. A collection of several poems (pp. 40) decorated with illustrations by Hitchcock. Age toning along edges, and two stains to rear cover. Internally fine, appears unopened.

Indianapolis: Writers' Center Press, (19910. 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Specially signed by the author on the half title page. Twelve poems published in chapbook format, including two cover photos by Chris Minnick. Fine condition.

New York: Macmillan, 1981. 1st edition, full brown cloth, w/printed dj. Winning title (in manuscript) of The 1980 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets. Announcement card from The Academy laid in. Jacket reviews by Galway Kinnell and Olga Cabral. A bright copy in like (not price clipped) jacket.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This native Mississippi author's first book. One page with turned corner, else fine condition, in price clipped jacket with only light shelf rubs.

New York: Picador, 1998. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, printed white paperwraps (as issued.) Very little wear. Fine.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 1989. 1st edition, full tan cloth, with decorated dust jacket. Tiny spot to jacket at spine, else a lovely copy. Bright and fine.

London: Portents, 1973. 1st edition, side stapled illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Published as Portents 23. Specially inscribed: "Jerry -- / These are very public poems, but / it was a very public day -- so / fine to see people reading a poem / for once -- / Regards, / Sam Charters / Feb 20, 1973 / London" in black ink. A nicely produced mimeo publication. Minimal wear, fine condition.

New York: Penguin, 1989. 1st paperwraps edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) "With the compliments of THE AUTHOR" slip laid in. This first paperwraps edition followed the cloth edition (Viking Penguin, 1988) by one year. Brief cover reviews by Howard Moss, James Merrill, Madison Smartt Bell, and Jim Carroll. Very little wear, fine.

New York: Viking, 1992. 1st edition, black cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. The author's fourth book of poems. Strong jacket reviews by Anthony Hecht and Richard Wilbur. This volume won the Poetry Society of America's Melville Cane Award. Bright fine condition in like jacket, and offered at the published price.

New York: Penguin Poets, 1995. 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. A review copy with review slip and publisher's material laid in. A fine copy.

New York: Penguin Poets, 1995. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original blue printed paperwraps. Only a hint of sunning along spine, else fine.

New York: Knopf, 1983. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's first regular trade edition of poems, in the very uncommon uncorrected proof state. Slight fold to botton right corner, else very little wear. Scarce.

London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 1st English edition, original turquoise paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed by Clampitt on the title page in black ink. The author's first trade publication, first issued in the US by Knopf (1983). The English edition appeared in paperwraps only. Fine condition.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of prose poems. Strong jacket reviews by John Ashbery, James McMichael, and W. S. Merwin. A bright, fine copy in like dust jacket.

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1981. 1st edition, full gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's first book, with strong jacket reviews by Thomas Lux, Stephen Dunn, and Steve Orlen. Uncommon in cloth, the present offering is in bright, fine condition.

Fairfax, CA: Red Hill Press, 1970. 1st ed, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Printed at The Bindweed Press, San Francisco, in chapbook format. Introduction by Donald Davie. Inscribed by the author and signed in 1973 on the title page.