Winter Catalogue 2009
Many Happy Returns
New York: Corinth Books, 1969. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 47pp; original printed wrappers. One of 1500 copies. The cover design is from a collage by Joe Brainard. More
The Good European; and Other Poems
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth-backed boards. 8vo, 39pp; cloth-backed original decorative boards with prined spine label. One of270 numbered copies, out of the total edition of 310. More
License to Carry a Gun
Chicago: Big Table Publishing Company, (1970). First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 80pp; wrappers. The poet's first book, nicely inscribed on the title page to fellow poet Quincy Troupe, dated 1982. More
Lachrymae Mateo; 3 Poems for Christmas 1966
New York: Caterpillar, (1967). First edition. Wraps. 4to, unpag.; printed wrappers, stapled. One of 300 copies, this one inscribed by the poet at the time of publication. More
Figures of Speaking; with Collage by John Digby.
N.P. (Mt. Horeb): Perishable Press, 1977. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag.; original wrappers. One of 150 copies, the entire edition, this one inscribed by Heller on the first leaf to a fellow poet. More
Hymns to St. Geryon
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition. Wraps. Small 4to, 54pp; original wrappers. More
Florida Poems
New York: Ecco/Harper Collins, (2002). First edition. Boards. 8vo, 97pp; boards. Nice presentation copy, inscribed by McGrath on the half-title - incorporating the printed text - to his fellow poet and former teacher Quincy Troupe; additionally signed and dated on the title page. More
Patriotic Suite
(Dublin): The Dolmen Press, (1966). First edition. Small 8vo, printed wrappers. One of 1000 copies in the edition, this one being a presentation copy, inscribed by Montague on the half title page to the poet and editor Ralph Mills. This suite would eventually become a part of Montague's long poem..... More
The Big Something
Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Figures, (1990). First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 61pp; prined wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Padgett to a fellow poet: "For Harvey Shapiro, All best & profound homaggessss, Ron, 3/5/90 at someone else's book party!" More
Five Groups of Verse
New York: Charles Reznikoff, (1927). First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 67pp; green cloth. One of 375 copies, typeset and printed by Reznikoff himself. This copy inscribed on the first blank leaf to poet Harvey Shapiro in 1969. More
River River
Providence: Lost Roads, 1987. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 60pp; wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sze to poet Quincy Troupe. More