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

Brockport: BOA Editions, 1979. 1st edition, limited (1/75) signed, white stiff paperwraps, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Eight poems published in chapbook format in the "BOA Phamphlets, Series A" series by the noted poetry publisher. A total press run of 500 copies, the present copy is one of only 75 signed by the poet. Bright, fine condition.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st edition, full rust cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of sixty-three poems. Fine condition.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1944. 1st edition, simultaneous paperwraps, with dust jacket. Published in James Laughlin's Poets of the Year series. Slightly sunned along spine, else fine.

New York: New Directions, 1984. 1st edition, full green cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket. A rather long collection (pp. 231) of poems, from this eminent poet who won the Bollingen Prize (1962), the Pulitzer Prize (1966), the National Book Award (1977) among many other prizes. A fine copy in like jacket.

Rochester: BOA Editions, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition.

Middletown: Wesleyan U Press, 1977. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. The English critic Alan Young's copy, with additional review slip from The Times Literary Supplement indicating "600 words by June 15" on the face of the slip. "In this new collection of prose poems, Russell Edson presents, beneath a sprightly surface, vignettes that are surprisingly pained, dark, animistic . . ." (from the jacket notes). A fine copy with only minimal wear to the complete (not price clipped) jacket.

New York: Angel Records, 1954. 1st edition and original issue, with four page booklet enclosed, and original illustrated box (as issued). According to the Eliot Bibliography (Gallup, E4i) this was "Not published." Identified as "Angel Record 30002" this was "Recorded by Angel Records with Robert Donat as speaker, and The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer, on one 33 1/3 r.p.m. ten-inch record" (Gallup, page 355). The original glassine appears unopened, leading us to believe the record was never played. In spite of the bibliography statement regarding the item was "not published," OCLC records four copies. Cover illustration on box is "after a lithograph by Edouard Manet" as noted on cover. Several years later, a later version with a different publication identification number is recorded on OCLC. The present offering of the original recording is considered rare/scarce. Minimal wear to attractive box primarily at corners, else fine. (Additional postage required.).

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1989. 1st edition, full black cloth, with photo-illustrated dust jacket (as issued). This popular publication is quite scarce in the cloth issue. The present offering is presented 'as new' in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1932. 1st edition, printed boards (as issued). Signed by the author on the FEP, stating "This copy is in better / condition than my copy!" One of the earlier editions from The Yale Series of Younger Poets. Engle is credited with founding the legendary Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. As the inscription alludes, a fine copy with only gentle wear and a chip to the tip of spine at crown.

Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1982. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, full linen cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of twelve poems. Fine condition, in complete (not price clipped, with $14.95 sticker price) jacket.

Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1977. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1st edition, full brown cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of twelve poems. This title was reissued/reprinted in 1979. The present copy is the true first edition, with lightly sunned price clipped jacket, small closed tear at foot of jacket spine, else in fine condition.

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. 1st edition, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Includes poems in five sections: from the author's first book JACKLIGHT, The Potchikoo Stories, The Butcher's Wife, The Seven Sleepers, and Original Fire. The author grew up in North Dakota, and is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Fine condition.

Station Hill Press, 1980. 1st ed, limited (1/43) numbered & signed. This copy, numbered & signed on the colophon page, is additionally signed by the author on the title page. A bright, fine copy.

Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1971. 1st ed, (1/1000) original illustrated stiff paperwraps. Appears unopened. Fine.

Station Hill Press, 1980. 1st ed, (1/1000) original illustrated stiff paperwraps. There was also a special limited (1/43) numbered & signed issue. This copy specially signed by the author on the title page. A bright, fine copy.

Swansea, UK: Galloping Dog Press, 1977. 1st ed, (1/700) original illustrated stiff paperwraps. This copy specially signed by the author on the title page. There were also twenty-six copies bound in boards. Very light rubs to an otherwise fine, unopened copy.

Trobar Books/City Lights Books, 1962. 1st edition, original illustrated paperwraps w/Japanese sewn binding. The author's first book. This copy with prior ownership signature of poet/critic X. J. Kennedy, with note in Kennedy's hand "July 63 review copy by B. Deck" on the half title page. Additionally with few notes by Kennedy. Very minor rubs, light sunning to rear cover, else fine.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/200) numbered and signed, red cloth spine and illustrated boards, w/publisher's acetate (as issued.) A collection of thirty-five poems in four sections. Fine condition.

New York: Norton, 1993. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps. The author's fourth book of poems. Few tiny spots to rear cover, else fine.

New York: Norton, 2000. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original glossy illustrated paperwraps (as issued). Publisher's material laid in. A collection of thirty-four poems. The present volume appears to be bound with pages in reverse order, making it truly an "uncorrected proof" copy. Fine condition.