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

New York: New Directions, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) A volume of forty-seven new poems, collected in four parts. Bright, fine 'as new' condition.

New York: Knopf, 2000. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, stiff printed paperwraps (as issued.) A fine copy, appears unopened.

Keene, NY: AuSable Press, 2005. 1st edition, uncorrected proof/advance reading copy, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) ". . . a book-length sequence of meditations on the complexities of memory" (from the rear cover notes.) Publisher's material laid in. Fine condition.

New York: Knopf, 1991. 1st edition, full burgundy cloth, w/illustrated dj. A review copy of the author's third book of poetry, with review slip tipped in. Fine condition.

New York: Knopf, 1991. 1st edition, full burgundy cloth, w/illustrated dj. The author's third book of poetry, a collection of 54 poems divided into six sections. Fine condition.

New York: Knopf, 1991. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) The author's third book of poetry, presented here in the uncommon uncorrected proof format. Fine condition.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. 1st edition, simultaneous illustrated paperwraps. A review copy with review slip laid in. A collection of forty-three poems, arranged into three sections. Fine 'as new' condition.

New York: Harper & Bros, 1943. 1st edition, full black cloth, with dust jacket. Published in an original edition of 2000 copies in 1943, this popular collection of Patchen's work was also reprinted in 1948. Many illustrations by the author. The jacket states (in part): "CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST is as varied as his moods and abilities." Very little wear to book. The complete (not price-clipped) jacket shows gentle wear and sunning. An important Patchen collection offered here in the original 1943 first issue.

New York: New Directions, 1949. 1st edition, full yellow cloth, with printed dust jacket. "A new book of verse by Kenneth Patchen is always an eagerly awaited event in the dry desert of modern American poetry . . . Patchen really communicates to the heart" (from the jacket notes). Published by James Laughlin at his New Directions publishing house, the text includes forty poems. Due to the pale yellow cloth and jacket, clean copies are seldom found. The present offering is uncommonly bright, clean and fine.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/62) numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed white dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Johannot papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Tungsten Press, N. H., 2019. 1st edition, limited (1/12) Roman numbered and signed, orginal hand tied paperwraps, with printed black dust jacket and glassine cover. This single poem chapbook is handsomely designed by C W Swets and set in Baskerville type on Zerkall Buetten and Torinoko papers. A fine copy, offered in 'as new' condition, at the published price.

Phila: American Poetry Review, 2001. 1st ed, uncorrected proof, illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued.) This volume is the "Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize" (from the cover.) Selected, and with a long Foreword by Adrienne Rich. Fine.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1977. 1st ed, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) A long Introduction by Denise Levertov. A fine copy, very lightly sunned along spine. Appears unopened.

Binghamton, NY: Geryon Press/Bellevue Press, 1975. 1st edition, limited (1/65) signed, broadside. Printed by Stuary McCarty II at the Geryon Press in black ink on bright red pebbled paper. The present offering has been professionally shrink wrapped on acid free foam core. Broadside size: 12 inches high x 8 inches wide. An attractive presentation in fine condition. Peacock broadsides are quite uncommon.

New York: Norton, 1995. 1st ed, white cloth spine, w/dj. "Fiercely intimate in its history and fiercely formal in its measures . . ." (from the dj.) The author's fourth collection of poetry. The book and jacket are in bright, fine condition.

Rutgers U Press, 1976. 1st ed, full cloth w/dj. Shelf wear to white background and along edges of jacket, else gentle wear.

Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1978. 1st edition, limited (1/100) numbered and signed, full blue cloth with publisher's blue cloth slipcase. Additionally laid in is a woodcut, signed and numbered by McCurdy. Both the additional woodcut and the book are numbered 62/100. The colophon page is signed by six of "those Penmaen associates present at the Press's celebration of its first ten years." Peich and McCurdy are among the six signatures. The text of the book traces the history of Penmaen Press, compiled by Michael Peich, and with an Afterword by Michael McCurdy. There are also several photographs of the press's work, and of friends of the press, including Allen Ginsberg, Richard Eberhart, and others. Very lightly sunned along spine, else fine.

New York: Random House, 1999. 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. A collection of 53 poems, including the long (pp. 8) title poem. Strong jacket review by Billy Collins. Fine condition.

New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, 1976. 1st edition, limited (1/250) original paperwraps (as issued). Designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed using Bembo type on Magnani rag paper by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. Fine condition.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. 1st edition, boards, with illustrated dust jacket. Published in the National Poetry Series, selected by Carolyn Kizer. The text includes three haiku, a section of sonnets, and other poems. Fine condition, in price clipped dust jacket.