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 4673    Abbott, Dorothy, ed. Mississippi Writers : Reflections of Childhood and Youth - Volume III, Poetry University Press of Mississippi 1988 0878052364 Soft Cover 1st Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good and unread with slight shelfwear at edges & cover. 423 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 9807    Aiken, Conrad, Ed. Twentieth Century American Poetry Modern Library 1966 Hardcover Reprint ML 127. Blue cloth, gilt titles/blindstamp to front, Kent endsheets. Toledano spine #12. All the classics & moderns, with an Index of First Lines. Book very good plus with little wear. DJ (11l) very good minus with moderate edgewear, a few small chips, one 1" tear. Price of $2.45 intact. 552 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 3286    Bain, Robert Whitman's & Dickinson's Contemporaries: An Anthology of Their Verse Southern Illinois Univ Pr. 1999 0809320312 Soft Cover Assumed First Printing Includes such poets as Thoreau, Lowell, Melville, Wharton, Stoddard, Trowbridge, Lazarus, Riley, Moody and Dunbar. Arranged chronologically with biographical data, major forms and themes, historical context. As new in pub's shrinkwrap. 555 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 8117    Barnstone, Willis, Ed. Modern European Poetry Bantam Books 1966 Mass Market Paperback 1st Edition Bantam UC5509, third Bantam printing. Cover by Muni. Poems by French, German, Greek, Russian, Italian and Spanish poets of the 20th century. An unread, fine copy with paper bright and binding tight. Owner name sticker to front inside cover. 605 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 1584    Bly, Robert Ed. Forty Poems Touching on Recent American History Beacon Press 1970 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Green cloth spine, mustard boards, black titles. An anthology of political poems, many in translation, by Pablo Neruda, Louis SImpson, William Stafford, Hart Crane, Walt Whitman, Robert Creeley, Donald Hall, Theodore Roethke, Federico Garcia-Lorca, Kenneth Rexroth and others. Book near fine. DJ sunned at spine and edges, light soil, surface tear to back panel. 105 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 1610    Boatwright, James, ed Shenandoah Washington & Lee University 1966 Soft Cover Winter 1966 . Interview w/Elizabeth Bishop, fiction by Joyce Carol Oates and Robert Henson. Cover sunned, small stains. Text block lightly aged. 110 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 3539    Brooks, Gwendolyn, Ed. A Broadside Treasury Broadside Press 1971 0910296537 Hardcover First Edition Anthology featuring most of the major Broadside Press poets. Red cloth binding, gilt titles to front & spine. No DJ (as issued?) Not ex-lib. Very good with some mild discoloration to cloth on back board. Text block near fine. 188 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 1995    Bruchac, Joseph, ed Songs From This Earth On Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry Greenfield Review Press 1983 0912678585 Soft Cover First Edition As-new copy still in shrinkwrap but sunned at spine. 294 pp. $30 Add to Cart

 4853    Burke, Clifford, Ed. Hollow Orange 5 (HO5) Hollow Orange 1968 Soft Cover 1st Edition Contains poetry by Bill Bathurst, Stephen Vincent, Don Gray, Woody Haut, Sue Diridoni, Peter Wild, Stanley Cooperman, Robert King, Clifford Burke. Near fine with slight soil to back of wrap. Unpaginated. $25 Add to Cart

 5289    Carroll, Paul, Ed. The Young American Poets Follett 1968 Hardcover First Edition Red cloth, gilt titles. Over-300 poems by 54 mid-century poets, including photos of the poets. Very good with some spot-stains at foreedge. DJ in Mylar rubbed, wrinkle-tear at top edge, other small edge tears. 508 pp. $90 Add to Cart

 8169    Carruth, Hayden, Ed. The Voice That is Great Within Us: American Poetry of the 20th Century Bantam Books 1971 Mass Market Paperback Third Printing An exhaustive anthology of the 20th century through publication date. Unread, near-fine copy with one small crease to corner of front cover, minor aging. 722 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 3842    Claire, William F., Ed. Voyages: A National Literary Magazine Voyages 1970 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol. III Nos. III & IV. Double Issue devoted to poet Reed Whittemore. Also: homage to David Galler, a conversation between William Stafford and Primus St. John, work by Jorge Luis Borges. Very good with edge spotting, rubbing to cover. Rare. 120 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 10463    Coetzee, J.M., Ed. Landscape With Rowers: Poetry from the Netherlands Princeton Univ Pr 2003 0691117365 Hardcover 1st Edition First printing. Grey cloth over textured peach boards, gilt titles. The Nobel Prize-winning writer has selected and translated poems by six writers: Gerrit Achterberg, Sybren Polet, Hugo Claus, Cees Nooteboom, Hans Faverery and Rutger Kopland. Unread, as new in like DJ. Scarce. 105 pp. $65 Add to Cart

 6669    Connaroe, Joel, Ed. Six American Poets Random House Inc 1991 0679406891 Hardcover Book Club Edition Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost and Langston Hughes. Black cloth, brown boards, gilt titles & decoration. Stated first edition but no price on DJ. Unread, as new. 281 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 5730    Cornish, Sam and Jean Cornish, Eds Mimeo: Poetry Magazine Beanbag Press 1968 Soft Cover First Printing With a two-color cover drawing by Jon Klimo dated Jan 14/66. Contributors include Gary Corseri, Hans Juergensen, Emmett Jarrett, Ron Schreiber, Ruth Whitman, Ottone Riccio, others. Very good with aging and one stain to wrap. Rare. Cornish was appointed Poet Laureate of the City of Boston in 2008. Unpaginated. $35 Add to Cart

 8992    Cornish, Sam and Lucian W. Dixon, Eds. Chicory: Young Voices from the Black Ghetto Association Press 1969 Soft Cover First Edition A collection of poems by young people in Baltimore. Very good with rubbing to cover. Scarce. 96 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 3285    Cornish, Sam and Ruth Whitman, eds A Small Teaching Anthology Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1967 Soft Cover First Edition Signed by Author(s) A collection of poems typewritten and printed for the Massachusetts Poetry Writing Workshops in the Schools Program. Inscribed by Sam Cornish. Spots to wrap, text block fine. Cornish was appointed Poet Laureate of the City of Boston in 2008. 54 pp.. $75 Add to Cart

 3281    Cornish, Sam et al, eds Mimeo: Magazine of Poetry Beanbag Press 1967 Soft Cover 1st Edition Date approximate. No volume number or edition statement but announcement of National Endowment grant on back cover. Poems by Cornish, Norman Hoegberg, Fred Wolven, Ron Schreiber, Jon Klimo, Peter Wild, Emmett Jarrett, others. Cover rubbed, minor soil. Scarce. Cornish was appointed Poet Laureate of the City of Boston in 2008. Unpaginated. $35 Add to Cart

 9889    Cornish, Sam, Ed. Mimeo Vol 2 No 3 Beanbag Press 1967 Soft Cover First Edition No publication date. Cover: photo of unnamed housing project, Baltimore. In this issue: poetry by Elden Schneider, Harvey Tucker, Phil Weidman, Irene Dvorak, Richard Morris, William Whitman, Fred Wolven, Peter Wild, others. Issue staplebound at foreedge with folded sheets. Very good with soil to cover, editor's penwritten notes on back cover. Cornish was named Boston Poet Laureate in 2008. This issue quite rare. Unpaginated. $50 Add to Cart

 2762    Cullen, Countee, ed. Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Black Poets Carol Pub Group 1993 0806513497 Soft Cover First Thus Facsimile of the 1927 edition. Poems by Cullen, Bontemps, Hughes, Dunbar, DuBois, Johnson, Nelson, Toomer, McKay, others. Unread, near new with sunning to spine. 237 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 6900    Dickey, R.P. Ed. The Poetry Bag, Vol. 1 No. 5 The Poetry Bag 1967 Soft Cover First Edition Volume I, No 5. Fall 1967. Contains work by Thomas McvAfee., X.J. Kennedy, David Galler, Harold Witt, Stanley Cooperman, Sam Cornish, Gus Santyana, George Chambers, Emilie Glen, Eleanor Struthers, Lloyd Goldman, Carolyn Vigneri, Norman Hoegberg, others. Very good with suning to wrap, minor soil, slight bump at foreedge. 47 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 7326    Dickey, R.P., Editor The Poetry Bag: A Quarterly of Poems The Poetry Bag 1967 Soft Cover First Edition Contains work by Thomas McAfee, X.J. Kennedy, David Galler, Harold Witt, Stanley Cooperman< Sam Cornish, Gus Santyana, George Chamgers, Emilie Glen, Eleanor Struthers, Lloyd Goldman, Norman Hoegberg, Terry Stokes, others. Very good with stains to cover & edge, sunning. 48 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 11424    Gaess, Roger, Ed. Leaving the Bough: 50 American Poets of the 1980s Intl Pub 1981 0717805875 Soft Cover 1st Edition This anthology includes a great many 'alternative' poets, including Douglas Blazek, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lyn Lifshin, Quincy Troupe and Alberto Rios as well as more mainstream voices such as Olga Broumas, Alice Walker, Ai, Tess Gallagher and Marilyn Hacker. Very good plus with mild coverwear. Poet bios at back. 168 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 2829    Giovanni, Nikki, ed Grand Fathers: Reminiscences, Poems, Recipes, and Photos of the Keepers of Our Tradition Henry Holt 1999 0805054847 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Black spine, purple boards, gilt titles. Stories, poems, photos, recipes and memories by Pearl Cleage, Nikky Finney, Sterling Plumpp, Haki R. Madhubuti, Liz Rosenberg, Jonathan Patton, Chester Higgins, Jr., Mari Evans, Opal Moore, Kwame Alexander and many others. As new in like DJ. 242 pp. $30 Add to Cart

 4386    Glauber, Robert H., Et al, Eds. The Beloit Poetry Journal Beloit Poetry Journal 1968 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol. 18 No. 4, Summer 1968. Theme: "Discoveries 1968." Kevin Crossley-Holland, Edmund Helminski, Ellen Kirvin, Barry Cole, Jane Galin, others. Very good with some small stains, aging to cover. 76 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 4924    Gordan, Lyndall, Ed. The Little Magazine Vol 5 Nos 3-4 The Little Magazine 1971 Soft Cover 1st Edition Fall-Winter, 1971.Special Double Women's Issue, containing mostly poetry by Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Lifshin, Marge Piercy, Joyce Carol Oates, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, others. Interview with Denise Levertov. Very good with some minor damp-warping of paper, a couple of spots to cover. 80 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 2186    Halpern, Daniel, ed. Antaeus 17 Antaeus 1975 Soft Cover 1st Edition Spring 1975. Poetry Issue: Charles Olson, Kingsley Amis, Linda Arking, John Ashberg, Donald Finkel, Kathleen Fraser, Louise Gluck, Samuel Hazo, Larry Rubin, Derek Walcott 139 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 7374    Hanna, Charles Shahoud, Ed. Damascus Road 2 Damascus Road 1965 Soft Cover 1st Edition Card stock covers glued to staplebound text block. Contains work by Paul Goodman, Max Jacob, LeRoi Jones, Jerome Rothenberg, Walter Lowenfels, Joel Oppenheimer, Denise Levertov, Julio Cartazar, AR Ammons, many others. Cover with minor shelfwear and soiling has come nearly unglued from text block; else very good. 64 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 4940    Harper, Michael, Ed. Beloit Poetry Journal: An Afro-American Chapbook Beloit Poetry Journal 1979 Soft Cover 1st Edition Winter 1978/79. Contains poems by Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sahchez, Ntozake Shange, Al Young, Melvin Dixon, Dolores Kendrick, Raymond R. Patterson, others. Fading at spine, a couple of spots to wrap. Interior near fine. Rare. 48 pp. $65 Add to Cart

 5715    Haviaras, Stratis, Ed. Arion's Dolphin: A Quarterly of Poetry Arion's Dolphin 1974 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol III #s 3-4. Summer-Autumn 1974. Special issue: The Prose Poem. Contributions by Paul Hannigan, William Corbett, Thomas Lux, Ray Amorosi, Peter Klappert, others. Very good with some aging and soil to wrap. 60 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 1625    Hays, H.R., Ed. 12 Spanish American Poets Beacon Press 1972 0807063967 Hardcover Second Edition First printing thus. Half green cloth, half mustard boards, maroon titles and pub's blindstamped logo to front. Poems by Borges, Guillen, Neruda, Vallejo & others. Mild spotting to edges; else very good. DJ sunned at spine, a few soil spots, edgewear. 336 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 4470    Hine, Daryl, Ed. Poetry Magazine Modern Poetry Assn 1971 Soft Cover Nov-71 Contributors include W.H. Auden, Wendell Berry, Andrei Codrescu, Philip Levine, others. Some spots to edges, else near fine, unread, gift sucbscription card still bound in .ca 40 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 6070    Hine, Daryl, Ed. Poetry Magazine Poetry 1972 Soft Cover 09/72. Theme: Poetry Against the War. Includes work by Richard Hugo, David Ignatow, William Stafford, Philip Levine, James Schuyler, Thomas Disch, Maxine Kumin, Denise Levertov, others. Fine in black wraps. ca 42 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 8304    Hirsch, Edward, Ed. Poet's Choice Harcourt, Inc. 2006 015101356X Hardcover First Edition First printing. Short commentary-essays with poems. Includes historical and modern poets. Unread, as new in like DJ. 432 pp. $30 Add to Cart

 1622    Hitchcock, George, ed. Kayak 31 Kayak Press 1973 Soft Cover 1st Edition First printing. Writers include Donald Hall, James Tate, Anne Sexton, Michael McClure and others. Aging to cover, slight bump to top edge, else near fine. 72 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 1551    Howard, Mel, ed. Countdown 3: A Subterranean Magazine New American Library/NAL 1970 Mass Market Paperback First Edition A collection of articles, interviews and art from countdownmag, a counterculture magazine from the 60s. Includes the famous drawing by R. Crumb, 'Mr. Goodbar sez...' Cover rubbed, paper aged, else unread, near fine. Uncommon. 192 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 7592    Ives, Rich, Ed. Evidence of Fire: An Anthology of Twentieth Century German Poetry Owl Creek Pr 1989 0937669326 Hardcover First Edition Signed by Author(s) Beige cloth, gilt titles. Inscribed by Franz Wright, one of the translators, and signed by Hans Magnus Enzenberger, one of the primary contributors. Other contributors include: Peter Handke, Hermann Hesse, George Trakl, Bettine Behn, Gunter Eich, Yvan Goll, Gunter Grass, Gertrud Kolmar, Rainer Maria Rilke, many others. Book unread, fine. DJ has some surface abrasions and scratches to back panel, one small tear bottom of front panel. 239 pp. $125 Add to Cart

 3288    Katz-Levine, Judy, ed. Noctiluca 4: An International Magazine of Poetry Noctiluca 1995 Soft Cover 1st Edition Special section of Latin American poets, including Juan Cameron, Xavier Villaurrata, Elias Nardino, Alan West. Also: poems by Peter Payack, Bill Costley, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Yorifumi Yaguchi, others. Near fine with slight bump to top corner. 80 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 2925    King, Woodie, ed. Black Spirits: A Festival of New Black Poets in America Random House 1972 0394476204 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth, gilt titles. Includes many well-known BAM poets, including Baraka, Bullins, Crouch, Evans (Mari), Giovanni, Henderson, Lee (Don L.), Major, Neal, Reed, Rodgers, Sanchez, Toure, Troupe, others. Book very good with edge spotting, small stain to top edge. DJ also very good with rubbing. 252 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 10127    Kizer, Carolyn, Ed. 100 Great Poems by Women: A Golden Ecco Anthology Ecco Press 1995 0880014229 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Purple cloth spine over mustard boards, gilt titles, Ecco press logo blindstamp to front board. Very classical mainstream selection including Dickinson, Sexton, Mary Herbert, Anne Killigrew, Anne Bradstreet, May Swenson, Marinanne Moore, Maxine Kumin, Muriel Spark, Louise Gluck, Thylias Moss and many, many others. Book near fine; DJ has vertical crease to front flap. 184 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 7714    Lewisohn, James, Ed. Out of the Depths... A Book of Prison Poems Maine State Prison 1977 Soft Cover First Edition Nicely-designed pamphlet with poetry by Lewisohn and other inmates. Very good plus with severe sunning to cover at spine. Broadsite with excerpt of another poem by Lewisohn laid in. $20 Add to Cart

 3276    Lifshin, Lyn, ed. Tangled Vines: A Collection of Mother & Daughter Poems Beacon Press 1978 0807063673 Soft Cover 1st Edition Fourth printing. Poems by Anne Sexton, Shirley Kaufman, Diane Wakoski, Erica Jong, Marge Piercy, Sandra Hochman, Arienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Maxine Kumin, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, Anne Waldman and many others. Unread, as-new copy with an abrasion to front cover at top corner, small dent to back cover. 95 pp. $10 Add to Cart

 3164    Lloyd, Robert and D.S. Hoffman, eds Durak: The International Magazine of Poetry Durak Press 1978 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol. 1 No. 1. Featuring George Hitchcock poems, interview. Also Russell Edson, Ruth Feldman, Kathleen Spivack, Charles Simic, Vasko Popa, James Tate, Franz Wright, Brian Swann, others. Fine. 64 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 1582    Lowenfels, Walter, Ed. Where is Vietnam? American Poets Respond Anchor/Doubleday 1967 Soft Cover 1st Edition First printing. Anchor A572. Eighty-seven poets represented, including: Dickey, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Kunitz, Levertov, Lowell, Creeley, Blackburn, Oppenheimer, Hitchcock, Reed. Minor aging to cover, some edge spots, else very good plus. 160 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 9396    Lucie-Smith, Edward, Ed. British Poetry Since 1945 Penguin Books 1970 Soft Cover First Edition First pb edition. Contains dozens of poets, organized by generation/schools of thought. Very good copy with owner sticker to inside cover, aging to paper. Looks unread. 412 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 3736    Madgett, Naomi Long, Ed. A Milestone Sampler: Fifteenth Anniversary Anthology Lotus Press 1988 091641874X Soft Cover First Edition Poems by Pinkie Gordon Lane, May Miller, Agnes Nasmith Johnston, Dolores Kendrick, Jill Witherspoon, Samuel Allen, Haki R. Madhubuti, others. Very good with a small stain to front cover at bottom edge. Rare. 129 pp. $50 Add to Cart

 10175    Malone, Marvin, Ed. Wormwood Review #13 The Wormwood Review Press 1964 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol 4 No 1. Stapled wraps, typewritten and illustrated with B&W clip art. Edition of 600 copies, of which this one is marked 'Exchange.' In this isue: Poems by John Haines, William Heyen, Oliver Haddo, S.A. Osterlund, among others. The first appearance of 'The Hours' by Charles Bukowski. Very good with a few spots to wraps. Fairly scarce. 32 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 9324    Marius, Richard, Ed. The Columbia Book of Civil War Poetry Columbia Univ Pr 1999 0231100027 Hardcover First Edition Signed by Author(s) Brown cloth spine, tan boards, gilt titles. First printing. Inscribed by editor to another poet with date on ffep. Poems arranged by historical period. Nineteenth century B&W photos separate poems/sections. Book near fine with binding slightly warped at back board. DJ also near fine with slight rubbing. 534 pp. $90 Add to Cart

 234    Mazur, Gail, Ed The Blacksmith Anthology The Blacksmith Press 1976 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Rosellen Brown, Alan Dugan, James Tate, Donald Hall, Gail Mazur, Robert Pinsky et al. Cover by Michael Mazur, photographs by Elsa Dorfman. Corner bumped, else near fine. 72 pp., undated $75 Add to Cart

 233    Mazur, Gail, Ed. Blacksmith Anthology of Readings, 1973-1974 Blacksmith Press 1975 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Quarto. Frank Bidart, Peter Davison, Kinereth Gensler, David Ignatow, Marge Piercy, Kathleen Spivack, John Wieners & many others. Cover by Michael Mazur, photos by Elsa Dorfman. Some minor rubbing & shelfware to outside cover, bumped at bottom. Text block very good. 66 pp. $60 Add to Cart

 6647    Miller, James E. Jr. And Bernice SLoate, Eds. The Dimensions of Poetry: A Critical Anthology Dodd, Mead 1965 Hardcover First Edition Second printing. Green cloth, black/white titles. Contains anthologized poetry and essays on poetics, form, etc. In unbelievably near-new condition with just very slight shelfwear to DJ. 742 pp. $50 Add to Cart

 3298    Mooney, Stephen, ed. Tennessee Poetry Journal Tennessee Poetry Journal 1969 Soft Cover 1st Edition Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter, 1969. Robert Bly issue, containing some poems by Bly, interview with Bly, National Book Award acceptance speech, critiques on his poems. Some sunning and spots to cover, interior near fine. 60 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 248    Moser, Norman, ed. Illuminations 3 Illuminations Press 1967 Soft Cover First Edition Summer 1967. First printing. Folio, bound in loose signatures. Contains poetry & prose by Pablo Neruda (tr Bly), Doug Blazek, Ruth Kraus, Gene Fowler, James Houston, Thomas Parkinson, many others. With loose press sheets from Illuminations 2 laid in, including the Shaman Songs of Norman Moser (illustrated) and some unsigned illustrations in color. Short tear to back of wrap at top, wrapper edges rubbed. Text block near fine. 60 pp. $50 Add to Cart

 3279    Nims, John Frederick, ed. Poetry, Vol.CXXXIII Modern Poetry Assn. 1979 Soft Cover 1st Edition February 1979. Contains Sandra McPherson, James Wright, Dannie Abse, Lawrence Raab, Donald Hall, others. Very good with cover aging, minor soil. 60 pp. $12 Add to Cart

 3332    Nims, John Frederick, ed. Poetry, Vol. CXXXV Modern Poetry Assn 1979 Soft Cover 1st Edition November 1979. Special issue in honor of Allen Tate. Reproduced pages of manuscript, poems, commentary, commemorative poems by Robert Penn Warren, William Stafford and others. Very good with aging, minor cover soil. 48 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 10429    Pack, Robert and Jay Parini, Ed. Contemporary Poetry of New England Middlebury College Pr 2002 0874519667 Soft Cover 1st Edition First pb printing. Includes poets such as: John Canaday, Rosellen Brown, T. Alan Broguhton, Mark Doty, Peter Davison, Galway Kinnell, Erica Jongt, Jay Parini,Jane Shore, John Tagliabue and others. Near fine copy with some corner curling at foreedge. 215 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 5368    Peters and Hitchcock, Eds. Pioneers of Modern Poetry Kayak 1967 Soft Cover First Printing Work by Harry Anderson, John Cassell, Major Yoakum, Agnes Woodward, E.F. Phillips, Oliver David, Alfred M.A. Beale and others. Illustrated in B&W and color. Some small stains, aging to cover, else very good. 68 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 9699    Pinsky, Robert, Ed. Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud W.W. Norton, Inc. 2009 0393066088 Hardcover First Edition Signed by Author(s) First printing. Maroon spine/red boards, gilt titles. Signed by editor Robert Pinsky on title page. Includes CD bound in (attached at rear endpaper). Poems span 16th century -- present, organized by poetic form. A fine copy in like DJ. 508 pp. $125 Add to Cart

 5468    Plimpton, George, et al, Eds. The Paris Review 73 The Paris Review 1973 Soft Cover 1st Edition Interviews with James M. Cain, Anthony Powell. Fiction by Helen Chasin, Dallas Wiebe, others. Poetry by Thomas Disch, Lou Horvath, Richard Grossman, many others. Unread copy with a stain, some aging & minor dents to cover. Interior fine. 178 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 4006    Randall, Dudley, Ed. Black Poetry Broadside Press 1969 091029609X Soft Cover First Edition Third printing. Includes poems by Samuel Allen, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks Countee Cullen, Margaret Danner, Ebon, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Hayden, Leroi Jones, Etheridge Knight, Don L. Lee, Claude McKay, Clarence Major, Jean Toomer, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes, others. Near fine with some rubbing and edgwear to wrap. 48 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 4010    Randall, Dudley, Ed. The Black Poets Bantam Books 1988 0553275631 Mass Market Paperback 1st Edition Fourteenth printing. From spirituals through the 1960s. Good tight copy with a few ink tick-marks, mostly to index. Some aging to paper and a 1/2" tear to front of cover at foreedge. 349 pp. $10 Add to Cart

 10529    Rax, Hilda, Ed. The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Writing Bison Books 1998 0803289715 Soft Cover 1st Edition First printing. Poetry, fiction and essays. Some of the writers include: Cynthia Macdonald< Marilyn Hacker, Alicia Ostriker, Daniel Stern, David Ignatow, Harvey Shapiro, Mark Halperin, Ira Sadoff, Ruth Stone, Michael Blumenthal, Marvin Bell, roger Weingarten and others. A near fine copy. 293 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 1588    Ray, David and Judy Ray Fathers: A Collection of Poems St. Martin's/Bloomsbury 1997 0312155271 Hardcover 1st Edition First printing. Black spine and boards, gilt titles. One hundred eighteen American poets, including: Robert Bly, Olga Broumas, Gwendolyn Brooks, Charles Simic, William Stafford, Paul Zimmer, Etheridge Knight, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, David Ray, William Pitt, John Ciardi. Near new in like DJ in Mylar. 254 pp, $15 Add to Cart

 5958    Redmond, Eugene B., Ed. Sides of the River: A Mini-Anthology of Black Writings Eugene B. Redmond 1969 Soft Cover First Edition Signed by Editor An anthology of fiction and poetry produced by writers in the Rap-Write Now Creative Workshop at S. Ill. U. Nicely done on coated paper, self-cover. Inscribed by Redmond on front cover (with his address handwritten on back cover). Very good with minor aging to cover. Rare. 32 pp. $75 Add to Cart

 11374    Rothenberg, Jerome, Ed. Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, American, Asia & Oceania Doubleday & Co 1968 Hardcover 1st Edition Stated first edition. Red cloth binding, gilt titles. Classic anthology of ancient and primitive poetic forms with a lengthy interpretive section of commentaries. Book very good with stains at top edge. DJ very good minus with vivible visible stains to reverse, rubbing and soil, two short tears. :Price of $6.95 intact. 520 pp. $65 Add to Cart

 10064    Schiff, Hilda, Ed. Holocaust Poetry St Martins Pr 1996 0312143575 Soft Cover Reprint Seventh pb printing. Contains poems by W.H. Auden, Karen Gershon, Anne Sexton, Primo Levi, Czeslaw Milosz, Sylvia Plath, Stephen Spender, Elie Wiesel, Yevegeny Yevtushenko and others. Near fine copy with slight aging to paper. 234 pp. $15 Add to Cart

 6762    Schreiber, Ron et al, Eds Hanging Loose (No 9) Hanging Loose 1970 Soft Cover Winter 1970. Loose sheets in envelope. Cover drawing by Harley Elliott. Contributors include Helen Adams, Jack Anderson, George Bowering, Steve Carter, John Gill, Larry Mollin, Jay Wright, Jennifer Phillips, others. Contents fine; envelope partially split at folds. Rare. 60 pp. $40 Add to Cart

 285    Shapiro, Karl, Ed. Poetry Magazine, April 1951 Poetry 1951 Soft Cover Contains work by Randall Jarrell, Anne Ridler, James Blish, Carol Hogben, Louis Kent, Ruth Herschberger, Monroe K. Spears, Jean Farley, Richard Eberhart, Edward Dahlberg. Large grease spot to cover, sunning and soil, corners bumped. Text block very good. 62 p. $25 Add to Cart

 1919    Simic, Charles, Ed. The Horse Has Six Legs: An Anthology of Serbian Poetry Graywolf Press 1992 1555971652 Soft Cover 1st Edition Second printing. Contains work by 18 Serbian poets, as well as oral poetry and women's songs. Poets include Vasco Popa, Ljubomir Simovic, Rasa Livada, Milorad Pavic, Rade Drainac, Aleksandar Ristovic. Faint stain to top edge; else near new. 222 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 9996    Smith, Harry, Ed. The Smith Poets (The Smith/12) Harry Smith/Horizon Press 1971 Soft Cover First Edition Signed by Author(s) Stated first edition. Contains eight poets: Sam Conrish, Gene Fowler, Jonathan Morse, Irene Schram, Theodore Sloane, Karen Swenson and Charles Wyatt. Signed at beginning of his section by Sam Cornish, currently Boston Poet Laureate. Near fine copy with minor spotting to top edge. Now rare. 262 pp. $100 Add to Cart

 10466    Solotaroff, Theodore, Ed. New American Review #7 New American Library 1969 Mass Market Paperback 1st Edition Signet Y3953, first printing, 1969, with $1.25 cover price. This issue include writing by Kate Millett (Sexual Politics), Rosalyn Drexler, Michael Herr, Larry Woiwode, William H. Gass, William Crawford Woods, Robert Chatain, Banjamin DeMott, M.F. Beal, Henry Roth and Frederick Busch, with poems by Louise Gluck, John Hollander, Richard Howard, Philip Levine, Mona Van Duyn, Diane Wakoski and others. An unread, very good plus/near fine copy with some production-related inkmarking to back cover. 223 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 8149    Strand, Mark, Ed. The Contemporary American Poets New American Library 1971 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Mentor printing, MW1093. Poets too numerous to list but include most major names up to time of publication. A fine copy with some aging to paper at edges and owner name sticker inside cover. 406 pp. $20 Add to Cart

 1589    Vendler, Helen, Ed. Harvard Book of Contemporary American Poetry Harvard Univ Press 1995 0674373405 Hardcover 1st Edition Eighth printing. Minor shelfwear to DJ; else near new. 440 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 1979    Wagnon, Drew and Gino Clays, eds Wild Dog No.15 Wild Dog 1965 Soft Cover First Edition No. 15, Vol.2. Loose sheets stapled together at binding edge. Printed on light green paper with cover designed by Helene Dorn. Contributors include Stan Brakhage, Tom Clark, George Bowering, Ron Loewinsohn, Ed Dorn, Ed Bullins, Clarence Major & others. Fading to edges, stain to edge, light crease to front cover at binding edge. 34 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 3927    Waldman, Anne, ed. The Beat Book: Poems and Fiction of the Beat Generation Shambhala Pubns 1996 1570620008 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Black cloth spine, black boards, gilt titles. Contributors in clude Amiri Baraka, Gary Snyder, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Joanne Kyger, Philip Whalen, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Lew Welch, Michael McClure, William Burroughs and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Book unread, near new. DJ has slight rubbing. 376 pp. $30 Add to Cart

 5595    Walton, Anthony, Ed. Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 Little Brown & Co 1994 0316347124 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gerald Barrax, Al Young, Haki Madhubuti, Amiri Baraka, Thylius Moss, Cornelius Eady, Audre Lorde, Etheridge Knight and others. Near fine in like DJ. 327 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 3205    Weinberger, Eliot American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators & Outsiders - An Anthology Marsilio Publishers 1993 0941419916 Hardcover First Edition Ivory cloth spine over teal boards, gilt titles. A poetry anthology focussing on the Beats and their successors, including Williams, Pound, H.D., Hughes, Zukofsky, Rexroth, Oppen, Olson, Cage, Rukeyser, Duncan, Spicer, Blackburn, Creeley, Ginsberg, O'Hara, Ashbery, Snyder, Rothenberg, Baraka, Eshleman, Kelly, Coolidge and others. Unread, near-new copy with unidentified discoloration to cloth at spine and small stain to top edge at spine. DJ also near-new. 433 pp. $35 Add to Cart

 1555    Whisnant, Charleen, Ed. Red Clay Reader II Southern Review 1965 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Illustrated boards, no DJ as issued. Contents include fiction by George Garrett, Diane Oliver, Tom Weathers, Jr., Fred Chappell, Romulus Linney; poetry by A.R Ammons, Dabney Stuart, Clarence Major and Jack Kerouac. Portfolio of drawings by Maud F. Gatewood. Very good with minor soil to illustrated boards, bumps at corners, bottom edge. 93 pp. $25 Add to Cart

 6804    Whisnant, Charleen, Ed. Red Clay Reader 7 Red Clay Books 1970 Hardcover First Edition Illustrated boards, no DJ as issued. Fiction by Alice Walker, Joanna Russ, Margaret Gibson, others. Poetry by Allen Ginsberg, Bell a Akhmadulina, Denise Levertov, Boris Pasternak, May Sarton, Fanny Howe, Joyce Carol Oates & many more.Portfolio of the sculpture of Kate Millett. Very good with minor soil to cover, aging to paper, tiny bump at top edge. 120 pp. $50 Add to Cart

 9744    Wilentz, Ted and Tom Weatherly, Eds Natural Process: An Anthology of New Black Poetry Hill & Wang 1970 0809000997 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Poems by Conyus, Sam Cornish, Nikki Giovanni, Michael Harper, David Henderson Audre Lorde, I.V. Mack, Clarence Major, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Sonia Sanchez, Askia Toure, Tom Weatherly, Jay Wright, Al Young. A little-used copy with light crease to cover at front hinge and minor shelfwear. 181 pp. $45 Add to Cart

 6643    Windyam Lewis, D.B. and Charles Lee, Eds. The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse Capricorn 1962 Mass Market Paperback Second Edition Second Capricorn printing. Unread, near fine with slight cover wear. 264 pp. $10 Add to Cart

 1567    Wolf, Manfred, Ed. The Shape of Houses: Women's Voices from Holland and Flanders Twowindows Press 1974 Soft Cover First Edition First printing. Poems by Judith Herzberg, Hanny Michaelis, Ellen Warmond, Patricia Lasoen, Fritzi Ten Harmsen van der Beek. Edition of 500 copies. Near fine. Rare. Unpaginated. $65 Add to Cart