1. Barnard, Mary.

Time and the White Tigress. Illustrated by Anita Bigelow.

Portland, Or, Breitenbush Publications, 1986. 23 cm. 79 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to Erik Haugaard, Danish-born American writer, best known for children’s books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.

2. Booth, Philip.

Available Light.

First Edition. New York, The Viking Press, 1976. 15 x 22 cm. 83 pages. Original Hardcover in blue cloth with original dustjacket. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with Booth’s dedication to Jane Cooper on the free front endpaper. With the author’s corrections on pages 24 and 65. Minimal signs of wear on the dustjacket only.

3. Cader, Teresa.

The Paper Wasp.

Illinois, Triquartely Books / Northwestern University Press, 1999. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 81 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

4. [Cooper, Jane] Olson, Charles / Frost, Robert / Lewis, Janet / Waldrop, Keith / Eshleman, Clayton / Levine, Philip / Wakoski, Diane / Snyder, Gary / Simic, Charles / Rich, Adrienne / Olds, Sharon / Bly, Robert and many others.

Collection of 200 books / pamphlets of american poetry, some from the collection of Jane Cooper, often inscribed and signed to her; some from the collection of Clayton Eshleman, some from the library of Carolee Schneemann and many of these books in the collection with some nice associations. Several publications with no inscriptions or signatures but those being mainly first editions. The collection includes several landmark publications of american 20th century poetry and also several publications of still unknown, undiscovered and upcoming american poets.

New York / Boston / Ann Arbor and many others, 1953-1997. Octavo. More than 5000 pages. A mixture of original Hardcovers with the dustjackets and several softcover publication. Many of the publications in protective collector’s Mylar. Most of the publications in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear / Many of the publications signed or inscribed, either to Jane Cooper or other american poets or collectors.

5. Dickey, James.

The Starry Place Between the Antlers. Why I Live in South Carolina.

First Edition. Michigan, Bruccoli Clark, 1981. 17,5 x 25 cm. 16 pages with two beautiful photographic portraits of Dickey on page 5 and 13. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the edition page. Number 102 of only 500 printed editions. Minimal signs of edging on the wrapper only.

6. Eshleman, Clayton.

Anticline.

Boston, Black Widow Press, 2010. 22.8cm x 15.3cm. 181 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Small paper-damage. Halftitle signed by the author.

7. Fletcher, John Gould.

Goblins and Pagodas.

Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. XXIV, 98 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Good condition with signs of external wear and fraying. Pages slightly discoloured throughout and more notably on endpapers and pastedowns. Water staining evident throughout also. Inscription in black ink pen on endpaper dated 1918. [The New Poetry Series (No.10 of 12)]

8. Frost, Robert.

The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer. With a Foreword and Postscript by Louis Untermeyer.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 388 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Design and typography by Ernst Reichl. Besides some very minor staining to the edge in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription of previous owner to front-free endpaper.

9. George, Emery Edward / [Peter Viereck].

The Boy and the Monarch – Sonnets and Variations. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Ann Arbor, Michingan, Ardis, 1987. 16 cm 23,5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Traces of discoloration on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author to the american poet Peter Viereck.

10. Greger, Debora / [Jane Cooper].

Movable Islands.

New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1980. 22.3cm x 14.8cm. xii, 63 (3) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Halftitle inscribed by the author to Jane Cooper: “to Jane, on her island (Manhattan) – fondly, Debora”.

11. Hoffenstein, Samuel.

Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing.

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1928. 8°. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. First edition. A classic collection of humorous verse, including a section of parodies. Dark offsetting to half of each free endpaper, top edge stain a bit faded, else overall very good+ in dust jacket with occasional shallow chipping to extremities. Inscribed (fully signed) by Hoffenstein to Abraham Heller on the front free endpaper.

12. Jones, Le Roi [Imamu Amiri Baraka].

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note.

First Edition. New York, Totem Press, 1961. 20cm x 13.5cm. 47 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover.

13. Kenner, Hugh.

The Mechanic Muse.

New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Near new. Some ephemera inside cover including a leaf from publisher noting this book as an advance copy (dated November 27, 1986).

14. Kherdian, David.

On the Death of my Father and other poems. Introduction by William Saroyan.

Fresno, Calif, Giligia Press, 1970. 23 cm. 43 pages. Some black and white illustrations. Original illustrated softcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. There is a stain on first 2 inside pages. Inscribed by the author to Erik Haugaard and his family. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.

15. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

16. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

17. [Olson, Charles] Clark, Tom.

Charles Olson – The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

New York, London W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XI, 403 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design Jay J. Smith. Cover photography of Charles Olson Goliard Press. Leading edge deckled. Very good, actually in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Alogon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Berkeley, Tuumba Press, 1980. 14,5 x 22,5 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 30 pages. Original Softcover in original wrappers. Stapled. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. Number 235 of 450 printed copies. Slight discolorations only.

19. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Blake’s Newton. [Association Copy] – Illustrations by Bobbie Creeley.

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 15,3 x 23,2 cm 61 pages. Original Softcover in original wrappers in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. One of 750 printed copies. Minor discolorations to the wrappers only.

20. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

First Figure. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. 15 x 23 cm. 79 pages. Original Softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper. Near fine with only minimal fading of the spine. With extensive manuscript annotations by Clayton Eshleman in the poem “Sign”.

21. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Plan of the City of O. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Boston, Barn Dream Press, 1971. 14,5 x 13 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 30 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman as well as his full signature on the front free endpaper. One of 500 printed copies. Minor discolorations to the wrapper only.

22. Palmer, Michael / [Clayton Eshleman].

Without Music. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine and paper-covered boards. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Beautiful association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton Eshleman on the front free endpaper. With Palmer’s full signature on the edition page. Number 146 of 200 printed copies.

23. Pinsky, Robert.

Jersey Rain.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Octavo. 52 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

24. [Pound, Ezra] Carpenter, Humphrey.

A Serious Character – The Life of Ezra Pound.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. XII, 1005 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two minor items of ephemera from ‘The Times Literary Supplement’ 1989 [Review of the book by William H.Gass in TLS in January 1989 and Responses to the review, also printed in TLS, in February 1989].

25. Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.

26. Roditi, Edouard.

New Hieroglyphic Tales. Prose Poems by Edouard Roditi. With four drawings by Modesto Roldan.

First Edition. San Fransisco, Kayak, 1968. 16,5 x 22,5 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover in original paper wrappers. Very good+ condition. With a signed dedication by the author on the coloured front free end paper. Minor staining on the cover and slight fading near the spine.

27. [Schneemann, Carolee] Fraser, Kathleen.

Something (even human voices) in the foreground, a lake. [Association Copy] –

Berkeley, Kelsey St. Press, 1984. 22.9cm x 17.8cm. (10) 34 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Cover stained. Otherwise very good. From the library of Carolee Schneemann, with her ownership – stamp to the endpaper (New Paltz – New York) / Inscribed by the author to Carolee Schneemann: “for Carolee – twenty years later – wonder/full to have survived all this and to live, still, in the imagining moment – love – Kathleen – San Francisco – 11.15.84”.

28. Waldrop, Keith.

A Windmill Near Calvary.

First Edition. Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1968. 14,5 x 22 cm. 56 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title. Price clipped. Minor discolorations.

29. [Whitman, Walt] Kaplan, Justin.

Walt Whitman – A Life.

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. 432 pages. Several black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.