Modern Poetry from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Brockport: BOA Editions, 1991. First Edition. First printing of the Crosby translations. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 494pp. A few faint spots of foxing to upper edge of text block, else Fine, with embossed ownership stamp to title page of a previous owner. In the original dustwrapper, also Fine. Illustrations after woodcuts by David Crosby. A bilingual edition, with facing… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1961. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo; stiff pictorial wraps; 38pp text + photo illus. Faint creasing, moderate rubbing and soil to covers. By no means a standout copy, but still Very Good, free of markings or internal wear. Text, mainly by Kerouac (but the title poem co-written by Kerouac and Ginsberg) for… Read more about this item

Madison: Red Ozier Press, 1976. First, Limited Edition. One of 120 numbered copies, this being copy no.26. Slim octavo (22.5cm); text letterpress printed on Arches paper, sewn into lavender handmade paper wrappers with French flaps; [26]pp; illus. A Fine copy. Slim collection of five poems, with illustrations by Paul Dombrowski. This was the first book volume published by the… Read more about this item

[Winston-Salem]: Palaemon Press, 1979. First, limited edition. Regular issue; one of 475 signed copies (total edition 525 copies). Small Quarto. Gray cloth boards; printed paper title label on front cover; [26]pp. Fine.

New York: New Directions Books, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21cm); russet cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; dustjacket; [viii],280pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), with light wear to extremities and two small tears; Near Fine, with the spine notably unfaded. A collection of poetry… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Cloth-backed mauve boards; dustjacket; [viii],350pp. Tight, straight, clean copy with a touch of foxing to upper edge of text block; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $22.95 on front flap), spotted on verso with tiny bit of wear at crown; Near Fine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Trade Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publication date and price rubber stamped on front endpaper. Octavo (21.25cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [viii],286,[2]pp. Critic Malcolm Cowley's copy, with his ownership signature in black ink on front endpaper. Gentle sunning to upper board edges,… Read more about this item

[Buffalo]: Dept. of Further Studies, [1965]. First edition. Single quarto issue. Staple-bound corrugated paper wrappers with sculptural inclusion of a length of sisal baling twine penetrating front wrapper; unpaginated, printed rectos only. Mild toning to wrapper edges, else clean and complete, Very Good or better. Final issue of this short-lived and rather uncommon poetry journal issued from the… Read more about this item

New York: The Ecco Press, 1983. First Edition Thus. Octavo (20.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [viii],[2],3-53,[3]pp. Light surface wear to wrappers, else Near Fine. Reissue of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first collection of poems, originally published by the New American Library in 1968.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1990. First Paperback Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.75cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; [15],16-68,[4]pp. Previous owner's circular embossed stamp to lower right corner of front endpaper, some trivial surface wear to wrappers; Near Fine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's fifth collection of verse, winner of the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; [xii],[3],4-48,[4]pp. Trivial surface wear, else a clean, Near Fine copy. The Nobel Prize-winning author's third collection of poetry.

San Francisco: Andrew Hoyem, 1976. First Edition. One of 150 copies not for sale. Broadside, 12-1/16" x 8-7/8". Right and bottom edges untrimmed. Poem of five stanzas, printed in black and aqua on cream stock with four woodcut vignettes by Valenti Angelo. Faint and trivial wrinkling at lower right margin, else Fine. Sleeved with this copy (as added by… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Camel's Coming, 1972-75. First Edition. Three to five leaves stapled at one corner; 4to. The successor to a poetry magazine Morris published in the 60's; the second series focused on reviews, mostly small press. Clark Coolidge, Joseph Bruchac, A. D. Winans, among those given a fair amount of space. Very good copies, and quite uncommon. For 5… Read more about this item

Knotting: Sceptre Press, 1980. First edition. Chapbook. Award-winning author's first book, a single poem, published two years prior to her first novel. One of 125 numbered copies. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. Quite scarce.

N.p.: [Jack London Amateur Press Club], N.d.. 12mo. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 6 unnumbered leaves. Fine. Undated reissue (ca. 1940s) of the privately printed edition of 1932. An uncommon bit of London juvenilia, a poem of 17 stanzas written around 1899 and originally published in the San Francisco Call in 1899. The manuscript was rediscovered in 1932 and printed… Read more about this item

Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1933. First edition. First printing. Deluxe issue. One of 200 specially signed copies, of a total edition of 500. Octavo. Maroon cloth; dustjacket; 87pp. Tight, straight and clean, Very Good or better. In the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly soiled with small chips and stains; just VG. Inscribed by the author,… Read more about this item

Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1933. First edition. First printing. Deluxe issue. One of 200 specially signed copies, of a total edition of 500. Octavo. Maroon cloth; dustjacket; 87pp. Tight, straight and clean, Near Fine. In the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), quite clean with a brief closed tear to rear panel just a bit of dusting… Read more about this item

Belfast: The Honest Ulsterman, Sept./Oct. 1971. First Edition. Stapled wrappers; 8vo. 36 pp. Signed by Paul Muldoon at his contribution the poem "Faces," an early appearance. Very good.

New York: Knopf, 1993. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy in blue printed wrappers of the second novel by the poet/novelist. Very well reviewed on publication. Very faintly faded spine, else fine.

N.p.: Stuart Wright, (1984). First, Limited Edition. First printing. Deluxe issue, no.6 of 50 signed, numbered copies. Octavo; paper-covered boards; 153pp. Fine, apparently unread copy. No jacket, as issued. A retrospective collection, published in celebration of the poet's seventieth birthday.