Search Results: Poetry from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

San Francisco: Kayak Book, 1968 [and] Menomonie, WI: Ox Head Press, 1969. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Two volumes of Hays's poetry as above, both limited editions and in Very Good+ condition or better. What distinguishes this collection are 4 original drawings by Leiber (only three were used) for Crisis with an accompanying apology by Ox Head Press publisher and editor, Don Olsen, apologizing for the near 25 years delay in returning them. Additional correspondence from Olsen to Leiber at the outset of the project (all on Ox Head Press letterhead); a typescript of Hays's "Crisis" addressed in manuscript to Olsen; additionally, a card designed and printed by Fredric Aldwyn Brewer at the Raintree Press on behalf of the Indiana University Libraries, with a warm handwritten message from Brewer thanking the recipient (presumably Leiber) for an engraving, is laid into Crisis. From the collection of Gerson Leiber, the artist, engraver, sculptor, and book collector. A remarkable group that offers a look… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [111] pp. Second printing of the first ordinary issue. As issued, in reddish tan cloth with dust jacket. A very bright copy in a similarly fresh jacket with just a bit of rubbing to the edges and spine and some toning; $2.00 price intact on the front flap; previous owner name on the front free endpaper, else clean. Originally issued by the publisher the previous year in a limited edition, signed by Cummings, this is an early printing of the first trade edition. Uncommon in such a nice dust jacket. Firmage notes that the jacket of the second and third printings so note on the front flap. Curious as this jacket makes no such declaration. Firmage A18.b.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 63, [1] pp. First paperback edition. warmly signed and inscribed on the title page by Wier. Pictorial wrappers are gently rubbed; previous owner names (same to whom the book is inscribed) on the verso of the front cover. A critically acclaimed and award winning poet, this is a reasonable copy of her second book.

Menomonie, WI: Ox Head Press, 1968. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 16mo. [16] pp. Limited edition, one of 350 copies. Signed and inscribed by Hall on the title page. As issued, sewn into the stiff, printed wrappers. Light soiling to the front wrapper, but otherwise an exceptional copy of this early chapbook by the Poet Laureate.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. viii, 88 pp. Eighth printing, signed by Oliver on the half title. As issued, in printed wrapper, this is a later printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning collection of poems signed by one of the most recognized American poets. Remarkably uncommon thus.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [12], 67 pp. First Paperback Edition; signed by McGrath on the title page. Small remainder mark on the top edge, else a bright, clean copy.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [12], 84 pp. First edition, first printing, signed by Forche on the title page. A sharp copy of The Angel of History by this acclaimed and award-winning poet.

New York: New Directions, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xiv, 208 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very bright copy with just a bit of light foxing to the textblock edges; dust jacket is a trifle toned at the extremities, otherwise crisp; price intact on the front flap. An uncommon edition of this collection of work by the Chilean poet and physicist.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. x, 113, [3] pp. First Edition. Full cloth. A clean copy in a very nice dust jacket with minimal shelfwear; price intact on the front flap. A nice copy of an early work by this acclaimed poet.

Chico, CA: Flume Press, 1984. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [6], 32, [2] pp. First edition. Signed and warmly inscribed by Barr to poet, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore. In original printed wrappers. Light rubbing to the covers, only. A clean copy of any uncommon book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo. viii, 106, [6] pp. First Edition, signed by Kinzie on the title page. As issued, in full cloth. A bright copy in crisp dust jacket. A typed note requesting Kinzies signature is laid in, to which Kinzie has handwritten a brief response, is laid in.

The Jargon Society, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Small quarto. [48] pp. First Edition, signed by Meyers on the title page. Full cloth binding with pictorial dust jacket and printed mylar cover. A very nice copy with light wear and both parts of the dust jacket are present and sharp.

Fayetteville, AR: A Mill Mountian Book | Lost Roads, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [8], 542 pp. First edition. In publisher's wrappers. Some light soiling to the bottom edge of the textblock; spine a bit sunned; contents are clean and binding is solid. A nice copy of an uncommon and desirable book. After Stanford's death, the poet and critic, Lorenzo Thomas in his article, "Finders, Losers: Frank Stanford's Song of the South" offered a keen assessment of Stanford's opus, "Frank Stanford wrote about a certain sensibility that is American and universal. In many ways, his life and works are shocking. Troubling and truthful, his longest book stands almost as a challenge to our current ideas of literature and reality. Because he chose to utilize a Surrealist tone and form, some of what he says is both alarming and instructive. When we have time enough to study deeply and discuss this huge and marvelous poem called The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You . . . we may focus on new… Read More

London: Saqi Books, 2002. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xxii, 473 pp. Trade paperback. Quite a nice copy but for a small fold to the bottom corner of the front cover, else fine.

Tamarack Editions, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 91, [3] pp. First edition. In publisher's stiff wrappers. Light toning to the spine and the very perimeter of the covers; contents clean. A very nice copy.

London: Jacob Tonson, 1698. Soft Cover. Good binding. Folio. [2], 10 pp. First edition. In 19th century flexible covers. Covers are generally worn and endpapers are toned; a fragment with an early catalogue description is affixed to the front free endpaper with offsetting to the pastedown; front cover with notable bend; the contents are generally toned and cockled with margins slightly darkened; last two leaves with holes affecting text--final leaf with loss of about 14 words and penultimate leaf only a few letters are touched by the loss; a small chip to the lower margin of each leaf. This copy with the bookplate of Spencer van Bokkelen Nichols on the front pastedown. A flawed but moderately uncommon first edition of on the most popular playwrights of the Restoration era. Congreve's tribute to poetical greatness as inspired by political accomplishment. Dedicated to Charles Montagu, first Earl of Halifax, a statesman and poet, this piece was written in honor of Montagu's appointment as First Lord of… Read More

Easthampton, MA: Adastra Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 64 pp. First Edition; signed by Lux on the title page. As issued, in stiff, printed wraps; bookseller stamp on the half title and a neatly penned letter "B" on the top corner inside the front cover else contents clean.

Oak Ridge, TN: Iris Press, 2004. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 96 pp. First edition, signed by Barnstone on the title page. A fresh copy with only light shelfwear.

New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1978. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Large octavo. 127 pp. First edition. In publisher's printed wrappers. Light soiling to the covers; some chipping to the tip of the top corner of some leaves; previous owner date on half title, otherwise clean. Uncommon.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. x, 118 pp. First edition, first printing, signed and inscribed by Rukeyser on the front free endpaper. As issued in publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A fairly nice copy, clean throughout; dust jacket is a bit worn with some rubbing to the back panel and light chipping along the top of the front panel; it nevertheless presents fairly well in mylar cover; previous owner name in ink on the front flap near the price.