Poetry from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Providence, RI: Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, 1845. First edition. First edition. [5]-148 pp. Bound in publisher's cream-colored ribbed cloth, original yellow endpapers. A Good copy with staining to cloth, cloth chipped at head and tail, bumped corners, foxing to cloth and edges, hinges starting, top edge of front free endpaper torn off, contemporary bookseller's label to paste down. Rare in… Read more about this item

Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1895. The Stedman/Woodberry Edition. The Stedman/Woodberry edition, #72 of 250 sets in the large paper edition. Complete in ten volumes. Bound in publisher's full vellum with beautiful, elaborate gilt stamping with an Arts and Crafts-style floral design. Illustrations printed on thin India paper. Does not contain extra portfolios; that is standard for the large paper… Read more about this item

Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. One of 500 copies. Stapled wraps with silkscreened cover, silkscreen illustrations inside. Very Good, wraps lightly soiled, staples rusted, bumped corners, offsetting from silkscreens. A 1967 rallying of Cleveland local, mimeo, and a few well-known poets to the cause of Asphodel Bookshop owner Jim Lowell who was charged with obscenity… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. First paperback edition. First paperback edition, first printing. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. [xvi], 75, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Fine.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first state; number 415 of 1,000 numbered copies; with stamped number 5mm tall, the "a" in the word "water" missing on page 22 and "mountain" spelled correctly on page 41. Bound in publisher's original black cloth over flexible boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first issue with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear cover. Signed by Allen Ginsberg and inscribed to a former owner on the title page; additionally signed by this book's publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the copyright page,… Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards. Very Good with covers soiled and toned, lightly worn at extremities. Tanning to pages. Scarce in presentable condition.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in coral cloth stamped in gilt. Offsetting to endsheets and pages tanned, else Fine in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Vanessa Bell, with toning, light soiling, foxing and wear with a worm hole at the bottom of the front panel. One… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Third Printing. Good. Third printing. Signed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper and inscribed to previous owner. Bound in publisher's original purple cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with fading to cloth at spine and edges, oxidation to gilt lettering on spine. Pages tanned, hinge at half-title page is slightly… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1942. First thus. First edition of this translation. 160 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with blindstamped front, spine lettered in gilt, black topstain. Near Fine with light soiling to cloth, poet William Matchett's copy with his name written on half title, in Very Good dust jacket, spine sunned, worn along top… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Huebsch, Inc, 1921. First edition. First edition, first issue with yellow topstain. xii, 269 pp. Bound in publisher's dark navy cloth with orange lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with wear at head and tips, slightly darkened spine panel, some rubbing and light soiling. The Ohio author's second short story collection, following the critically acclaimed… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. First editions. First edition. Three volumes: the first, second and third series; first printings of each. Bound in publisher's cloth bindings with gilt and silver stamping. First issue, Myerson's Binding B of the first series; Binding B of the second series (priority undetermined); Binding A of third series (priority undetermined). Very Good+ overall. Dulled spines.… Read more about this item

Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by H.D. and inscribed on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's wraps printed in black. Near Fine with soiling and light edge wear to wraps, light foxing to textblock edge.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. xi, 91, (4)pp. Original blue ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped ($1.25 near foot) dust jacket with light chipping and several short closed tears at the edges, rubbing to the rear panel. The winner of the first Pulitzer… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1945. First edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. vi, 57, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with brown stamping lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, tips worn, spine panel a little toned, tiny closed tear to back… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first issue with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear cover. Publisher's black wraps printed in blue with white wraparound printed in black. Very Good with toning, soiling and wear; erased pencil mark to front cover and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1941. First edition. First edition. Signed by W.H. Auden on title page with his printed name crossed out. Auden's hand corrections in ink on pages 17, 23, 24, 28, 67, 69, 84, 91, 114, 115, 120, 133, 157, and 180. 189 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with a few… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition. First British edition of Heaney's translation, first printing. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. xxx, 106 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with spine lettering stamped in gilt. Fine and unread in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The Old English epic poem, translated and brought into modern times by the Irish… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: Renegade Press, 1964. First edition. First edition. One of a stated 105 copies. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Near Fine, leaves that stick out of top slightly creased, a little toned with age. Rare. Concrete poetry of bad words with prints by the author, a legendary rebel poet from Cleveland.

New York: New Directions, 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American trade edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original paper covered boards lettered in crimson, image if Dylan Thomas tipped in at title page. Near Fine with slight wear to tips, former owner name and date to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket… Read more about this item