POETRY / American from Barbara Bilson Books

Los Angeles: Lannan Foundation, 1998. Fine condition. Two copies, one signed by Rich, of the event program for a reading and conversation held at the Lannan Foundation in Los Angeles, on February 3, 1998. See scan of the signed copy. The interior of the brochure/program contains Rich's poem, "The Art of Translation" from 1995.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover.

Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1972. Very good-- (only defect is some insect damage to the soft covers, interior near fine: obviously has been opened and read). 19 pages, nicely printed, large format (about 9 1/2 x 12).. 1st Edition. Soft Cover.

New York: Knopf, 1998. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (price sticker remnants on back cover, does not obscure jacket note on the author's previous book). Beautifully printed book, typically fine Knopf quality on heavy paper. 91 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1974. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket (rubbed, lightly edgeworn, price-clipped). Poems selected by Rich that show "the graph of a process still going on," ongoing and developing themes in her work. 256 pages including notes and index.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: The Eakins Press, 1971. This is copy 1974 of 2300 copies. Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, light edgewear, tape on inside used to secure a make-shift cover which is, thankfully, no longer present but the tape pieces remain and one thin where the tape was removed, not visible from outside; now covered with a Brodart archival… Read more about this item

New York: Norton, 1995. Very good+ (some light foxing on edges) in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbed). 77 pages from Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States for 1993-5. The second printing of the first edition.. Hard Cover.

Marina del Rey, California: Conflu:X Press, 2004. Inscribed by author on half-title page. 95 pages. Poems that are relevant and approachable. Pearl's focus is on our end-of-the-century fatigue and disillusionment, but with hope for responsibility and risk. Fine in soft cover. Cover painting from "Vietnam Memorial" by Brad Holland. . Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover.

Boston: Beacon, 1997. Fine in very good+ dust jacket (a few light smudges on the front panel--see scan). Signed by author on the half-title page with an inspirational inscription to the previous owner. The author's second book of poetry, winner of the 1999 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Poetry, and nominated by the publisher Beacon Press for the Pulitzer… Read more about this item

Tustin, California: Pacific Writers Press, 1999. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title. Fine in soft covers. 73 pages. Poems with a clear voice: "Lookin' for my dark side, sweetheart? / It's slumped in the office, / three flights up and don't trust the banisters . . . " from his poem titled "Film Noir." Cover and section headings from… Read more about this item

The Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1975. Very good+ (a bit of insect damage on the front cover--see scan, it's not bad at all; previous owner's name on front cover). 16 pages. In 1974, the Huntington Library acquired Wallace Stevens' personal copies of his books, his correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks and journals. It's a remarkable trove, and this exhibition catalog introduces… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Very good (edgewear along spine, light sunning or soil, rubbed). Soft cover, no dust jacket, as issued. A hard-bound copy with a different Rockwell Kent cover was also available on request to publisher. 247 pages including index of poets and first lines. Poems were all prize winners selected by various magazines. Poets include… Read more about this item

Pasadena, CA: Angels Gate Press, 1982. Number 9 of a limited edition of 500. Very good (lightly mottled covers, top right corner is wrinkled, Interior clean and bright). INSCRIBED by author to "my friend Bertha." He also inserted a letter to her describing his writing, concluding with "I have sold 200 books so far." The letter is included here. 14… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page and dated in year of publication. Fine in fine dust jacket. Brochure from 1994 poetry reading by author, laid in.. Inscribed and Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Kramer, 1952. Very good (slightly sunned cover edges--see scan). 48 pages, self-published. Inscribed and signed by the poet on the title page. Kramer was a poet, social critic, and professor known for his resistance during the McCarthy era. The title poem is the story of Vesey, the supposed leader of a slave revolt in South Caroline in 1822. The book… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. Near fine (one small smudge on front cover, see scan) soft cover book. As Stanley Kunitz writes in the foreward, Michael Casey's "appropriately inglorious assignment in Vietnam, given the nature of the war, was to serve in the Military Police as a highway patrolman . . . and as a gate guard at LZ… Read more about this item

Fulton, NY: New York State Branch of the Women's International League for Peace & Freesom, 1945. Very good (edgewear) soft cover book. 93 pages, poems of peace and freedom, including responses to injustices in the US such as child labor and the internment of Japanese Americans. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield. Robert Frost called her "saintly and a poet," "a saint… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1894. Very good (edgewear, heavy at bottom of spine, interior very clean except for foxed tissue over frontispiece and an apparently contemporary subscription blank to Women's Home Companion--50 cents a year--whch has caused some offsetting to pages 64 and 65 [we left it in for its historical interest]; owner's name, place (Oxford, Ohio), and date in ink… Read more about this item

London: John Lehmann, 1951. Very good (foxed top edges) in very good- dust jacket (edgeworn at spine, three closed tears, sunned especially on spine, now quite presentable in protective cover; see scan). 63 pages, nicely printed and bound. . 1st British edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. Very good (5 small spots on top page edges, sunned/soiled cover edges; insect damage on cover edges, mostly the bottom edge [no critters present now]) in very good dust jacket (lightly soiled, price-clipped, light ink price on inside flap, one tape repair on inside of rear panel, all quite presentable now in Brodart cover).… Read more about this item

New York: Windmill Books, 1970. Near fine (dusty edges; a few marks that look like very light fingerprints) in very good dust jacket (mild edgewear, rubbing, and soil, now in jacket protector). Edition not stated but no additional printings listed. Price IS present on the dust jacket, not price-clipped. Hilarious verses accompanied by Steig's drawings of elephants sporting themselves. For… Read more about this item