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

New York: Atheneum, 1983. 1st U. S. edition, limited (1/750) full green cloth, w/illustrated dj. "Oby is a parish near the sea in Norfolk, where George MaBeth has bought the old rectory and two and half acres of land" (from the jacket notes.) A fine copy in like jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1985. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued). The author's fourth volume of poems. The tentative publication date of "Sept. 19, 1985" is noted on the cover. Minimal wear, else fine condition.

New York: Norton, 2000. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps. Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. 1st edition, marbled boards, with decorated dust jacket. "SONGS FOR EVE contains a long lyric sequence comprising some of the sweetest and most subtle lyrics in the language. Deceptively simple, they read like a cross between songs from Elizabethan plays and some of the mystical old folk songs" (from the jacket). A handsome volume, designed and printed at The Riverside Press in Cambridge, with an equally attractive dust jacket. Very slight wear, fine condition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. 1st ed, cloth spine w/illustrated boards. Rubs & shelfwear to boards, primarily at corners.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st edition, full tan cloth, w/dj. "These six plays by Archibald MacLeish are a poet's chronicle of his generation--the generation of the First World War, which was also the generation of the Great Depression, the Fascist revolt against humanity, the Fascist war that followed, the American triumph in that war, and the McCarthyite perversion of the triumph" (from the jacket.) A fine copy in like jacket.

Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, 1979. 1st edition, limited (1/300) signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes one long poem by this Irish poet, and one illustration. A bright, fine copy in like jacket.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U Press, 2008. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps w/plastic comb. A collection of sixty-five poems, divided in two sections, presented on separate galley proof pages and bound by a plastic comb. Fine condition.

Riverdale-On-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, 2000. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, original illustrated glossy paperwraps (as issued.) Publicity material laid-in. "In this braiding of autobiography and history, the distinguished French poet Claire Malroux depicts in marvellous and terrible concreteness the era of Nazism in France." (Adrienne Rich, from the rear cover.) Additional review comments by C.K. Williams. The original text is opposite the translation. Bright, fine condition.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2015. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered and signed, chapbook, with hand tied stiff white wraps, printed dust jacket, and publisher's tissue. This attractive chapbook of two poems is designed by C. W. Swets. Set in Bembo and Future types, and printed in three color ink by Frank Turenhout and Hans Dessens on Zerkall Butten and Zerkall Restauro papers. A bright, fine copy, offered 'as new' at the publisher's price.

Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press, 1996. 1st edition, limited (1/50) numbered and signed, full blue cloth, with out dust jacket (as issued). Prospectus laid in. A full page Foreword by Jack Driscoll introduces this collection of thirty-nine poems, published in two sections. A bright, fine copy in 'as new' condition.

Edgewood, KY: R. L. Barth, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/25) original printed paperwraps (as issued). Signed by Martin on the colophon page, along with an entire poem hand written by the poet. A chapbook of sixteen poems. The entire press run was limited to 200 copies. The present copy is in "as new" condition. Fine.

Edgewood, KY: R. L. Barth, 1995. 1st edition, limited (1/200) original printed paperwraps (as issued). A chapbook of sixteen poems, with a poem postcard laid in. The present copy is in "as new" condition. Fine.

Brockport: State Street Press, 1992. 1st edition, original paperwraps, w/photo-illustrated dust jacket. Published as a State Street Press Chapbook, this collection of fourteen poems by Martinez in fine condition.

Brockport: State Street Press, 1992. 1st edition, original paperwraps, w/photo-illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Martinez on the title page in black ink immediately below his printed name. Published as a State Street Press Chapbook, this collection of fourteen poems by Martinez is in fine condition.

New York: Norton, 1995. 1st edition, full cloth, w/dj. A review copy w/review material and B/W glossy photo of the author laid-in. Bright in like jacket. Fine.

New York: Norton, 1995. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original paperwraps (as issued.) Fine.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2021. 1st edition, limited (1/74) numbered, signed, original hand tied paperwraps, and printed tan dust jacket (as issued). A handsome chapbook, set in Bembo type and printed on Zerkall Butten and Gmund papers. Signed and numbered by Massey in black ink on the colophon page. The text is a long poem, presented in nine Roman numbered sections, each section appearing on a separate page. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition at the published price.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st edition, blue cloth spine, w/dj. Signed by Matthews on the title page. A fine selection of the poet's work, pp. 200, including an Index of Titles and First Lines. Scarce signed. Bright and fine, in like jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st ed, blue cloth spine, w/dj. A fine selection of the poet's work, pp. 200, including an Index of Titles and First Lines. Bright and fine, in like jacket.