London: Faber & Faber, (1964). First Edition. 8vo, 52pp; blue cloth. Inscribed self-deprecatingly and ironically quoting the publisher's dust jacket blurb: "For Chester Page, far from sure as I am that "it will give pleasure" glad that it seems worth keeping, Marianne Moore, December 22, 1965." Ever meticulous, Moore has..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1951). First Edition. 8vo, 180pp; orange cloth. Inscribed by Moore on the front flyleaf: "Collected but not corrected, signed for Chester Page, who will please correct it. Marianne Moore, August 25, 1959." Published in an edition of 3500 copies -- another 1500 were printed to be..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1951). First edition, second British issue. 8vo, 180pp; orange cloth. This issue was made from the remaining sheets from the aborted U.S. issue that were returned to Faber. The spine still bears the Macmillan name, but the title page was excised and replaced with a cancel..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company/The Viking Press, (1967). First Edition. 8vo, 305pp; two-toned blue cloth. With tipped-in errata slip. This copy has been inscribed on the front free endpaper on the date of publication: "For Chester, remarkable yes, but so kind taking immense trouble and calling it easy, from Marianne..... More
New York: The Viking Press, (1964). Revised Edition. 8vo, 338pp; gray cloth. The re-issue was part of the publisher's Compass Books series. This copy signed and dated by Moore, March 24, 1967. This appears to be a variant binding, as Abbott calls for only a paperbound issue. While it appears..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1957). First English edition. 8vo, [42]pp; blue cloth. One of 1000 copies in this edition, inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Lik [sic] a bulwark and Sentir avec ardeur, I'm signing them Marianne Moore & Marianne Moore, I mean March 24, 1967." Abbott A14.b. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. 8vo, 32pp; decorative striped boards. A presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf in the week prior to publication: "For Chester Page from Marianne Moore (It might be a better book if I knew Bach and the late Beethoven as well as..... More
(Colorado Springs): The Press at Colorado College, (1988). First Edition. Small 4to, unpag. leporello in leather-backed boards with printed label. One of 100 numbered copies, the entire edition. Includes a foreword by the editor, who was also Ralph Block's literary executor. The book reprints Moore's 1926 letters to Block soliciting..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. 8vo, 301pp; orange cloth. Inscribed on the front flyleaf to her devoted friend and collector and his longtime partner: "For Chester Page, Swan Erickson, and "Alberta"! With love, Marianne Moore." In addition, Moore has made a small correction on one page. Abbott..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, 37pp; two-tone blue cloth. Presentation copy inscribed in the month before publication: "For Chester-- Chester Page - and may he have his wish, and I hope with all my heart! Marianne M. August 25, 1959." She also made a correction in..... More
(Cambridge, Mass.): Lowell House Press, 1963. First Edition. Small 4to, unpag.,; blue wrappers with printed label. Printed as a "Lowell House separatum" in an edition of 175 numbered copies signed by the poet. A presentation copy inscribed at the colophon at the time of signing the edition to her friend..... More
London: The Egoist Press, 1921. First Edition. 8vo, 23 (1)pp in decorative wrappers with printed label, saddle-stitched. Moore's first book, published without her authorization -- and much to her chagrin -- comprising twenty-seven poems. Printed at the Pelican Press. Abbott A1. A delicate book susceptible to severe wear, this is..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. First Edition. 8vo, 171pp; blue cloth. First state, with no errata slip. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper: "Marianne Moore, Partly corrected, January 16, 1958." Moore has made one correction to the text, crossing out the printed name of critic Hugh Kenner and..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1956). First English edition. 8vo, 171pp; blue cloth. One of just over 1000 copies in the edition, which reprints the exact text of the U.S. edition, adding a tipped-in errata slip. This copy has been inscribed on the front flyleaf: "For Chester Page with emendations who..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963. First Edition. Small 4to, 46pp; cloth-backed pictorial boards. A presentation copy, inscribed by Moore, but not signed, on the front endpaper to her friend and devoted collector: "Chester Page will kindly consider it presented and further corrections made, November 14 1963." The further corrections..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1955). First (separate) Edition. 8vo, 83pp; blue cloth. One of 2000 copies in the edition, this one inscribed: "For Chester Page, a correction p. 15, Please don't be repelled, I am delighted when someone has excelled, Marianne Moore, August 22, 1967." The cryptic remark in Moore's..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1969). First Edition. Small 8vo, 94pp; printed wrappers. There was no clothbound issue of this publication, and no American equivalent. This copy has been signed by Moore on the inside front wrapper. Abbott A33. More
New York: The Viking Press, (1966). First Edition. 8vo, 57pp; cloth-backed boards. Presentation copy, inscribed in a shaky hand: "To Chester for what he is and for all he does! Marianne (Moore, Nov. 13 are 4 others) 1966." Abbott A30.1. More
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1967. First Edition. Oblong 8vo, [12] unpag. in printed wrappers, saddle-stitched. Copy K of 26 lettered copies signed by Moore (there were another 100 numbered copies). Moore has inscribed this copy "For Chester Page December 23, 1967, Marianne Moore" and made a holograph correction..... More
(Cambridge, Massachusetts): Adams & Lowell House Printers, 1965. First Separate Edition. Broadside, 12 x 16-1/8 in. Copy number 8 of 135, the entire edition, printed on deckle-edged thick paper by Laurence Scott, who also provided the lithographic illustration. Signed by Scott. Abbott A24. More
Washington DC: Voice of America, n.d. 8vo, 311pp; printed wrappers. The Voice of America Forum Lectures, including Marianne Moore's "Answers to Some Questions Posed by Howard Nemerov," which Moore has signed and dated (July 19, 1968) in ink. Not in Abbott. More
(New York): The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1962. First Edition. 8vo, 16pp pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. Checklist of the exhibition printed by the Spiral Press, with a smaller printed gatefold list of original works of art offered for sale by the academy to benefit the Childe Hassam..... More
Chicago: March 1954. Small 8vo, 372 (16)pp; printed wrappers. Contains "More Fables from La Fontaine" (The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs, The Dog Who Dropped Substance for Shadow, The Woods and the Woodman) as the lead contribution, which Moore has signed and dated (August 27, 1959) at the end..... More
New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1953. 8vo, 57pp; printed wrappers. Includes "Presentation to Mrs. Simon Guggenheim of the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts" by Marianne Moore, who has signed her name in ink at the end of the contribution on p. 19. Printed by the..... More
T. Weiss, (1948). 8vo, [103] pag. (121)-223; printed yap-edged wrappers. Special "Marianne Moore Issue" containing three poems by Moore and contribution by William Carlos Williams, Elizabeth Bishop, John Crowe Ransom, Wallace Stevens, Louise Bogan and others. This copy has been signed by Moore on the first page, at the bottom..... More