Poetry from Backstory Books & Yarn, CBA

A very good copy of this hardcover book, lacking the dust jacket. The rear lower corner is slightly bumped and there is some slight shelf wear. No marks or significant signs of wear. Liu, James J.Y. The Poetry of Li Shang-yin: ninth-century Baroque Chinese poet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969, first edition, 284 pp., references, bibliography, glossary-index. The majority of this… Read more about this item

Carroll, Jim. Void of course: poems: 1994-1997. New York: Penguin Books, first edition, 1998, 113 pp. Fine paperback copy. Flat signed.

Finney, Nikky. Head off and split. Evanston: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2011, 97 pp. Later printing. Very good paperback copy, flat signed by the author on the title page. There is a gold sticker on the cover in honor of this book being a National Book Award Winner, and a copy of Ms. Finney's acceptance speech for the award follows the… Read more about this item

Moore, Todd & Gina Bergamino. American cannibal. East Meadow, NY: Mulberry Press, 1992, 20 pp. Inscribed by Todd Moore to previous owner with the message "Death, love and outlaw poetry." Very good chap book in stapled paper wraps, the cover illustrated with eyes below the title.

Story, W. W. Graffiti D'Italia. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1868. First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good hardcover bound in brown cloth with Story's monogram in gilt on cover, with black and gilt lines and gilt title and author on spine. There is wear and some fraying at the corners and edges. The inside hinges… Read more about this item

Baranczak, Stanislaw. Under my own roof. Forest Grove: Mr. Cogito Press, 1980. stapled pamphlet in somewhat rubbed wraps, [16 pp], unpaginated. Very good. Translated from the Polish by Frank Kujawinski; original Polish poems are also included. Cover illustration by Thomas Cassidy.