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The Raven and Other Poems
by Poe, Edgar Allan
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- First edition
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- 1845
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$22,000.00
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First edition. First edition. [vi], 91, [1] pp. with half title present. Bound in late 19th century full dark green morocco with five raised bands to spine, elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, beautiful gilt turn-ins, blue marbled endpapers. Penciled note on prelim states "Bound Aug. 23/96." Very Good+, sunned and slightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gold of the Tigers: Later Poems
by Borges, Jorge Luis; Alastair Reid [Translator]
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- First American edition
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- 1977
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1977. First American edition. First American edition. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the title page. 95 pp. Bound in publisher's reddish orange boards with white cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A collection of later poems by the acclaimed Argentinian writer. As his vision failed him he… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
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In Praise of Darkness
by Borges, Jorge Luis; Norman Thomas di Giovanni [Translator]
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- First American edition
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- 1974
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,500.00
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1974. First American edition. First American edition. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the half title. 142 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly shelf worn. A collection of poems by the acclaimed Argentinian writer. Item Price
$2,500.00
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Songs from an Afro/Phone: New Poems
by Redmond, Eugene B.
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- Used
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- First edition
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- 1972
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$200.00
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East St. Louis, IL: Black River Writers, 1972. First edition. First edition. Signed by Eugene B. Redmond, inscribed to former owner and dated 1973. 63pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good, lightly worn with a slight bump to the top edge. An early collection by the St. Louis poet associated with the Black Arts Movement. Item Price
$200.00
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Leaves of Grass
by Whitman, Walt
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- First edition, second state
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- 1855
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$75,000.00
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Brooklyn, NY: [The Author], 1855. First edition, second state. First edition, second state of the copyright page, second state of p. iv with "cities and" correct, in Myerson's Binding B. [viii, reviews as noted in Myerson], 95pp. with author portrait at front on thin paper, mounted on thicker paper. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with elaborate blindstamping and… Read more about this item Item Price
$75,000.00
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Alla Breve Loving
by Wright, C.D.
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,500.00
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Seattle: Mill Mountain Press, 1976. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by C.D. Wright on the title page, inscribed to fellow poet/publisher Douglas Blazek. 30 pp. Bound in publisher's blue wraps lettered in black. Very Good+ with light fading to spine and top edges, light soiling to wraps. The late Rhode Island poet laureate's rare first book, her… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
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Children Coming Home
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$250.00
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Chicago: The David Company, 1991. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. [vi], 20, [3] pp. printed on rectos only. Bound in publisher's original stiff wraps. Near Fine with slight bumping to corner and light surface indents at rear cover. Gwendolyn Brooks' self-published collection of poems, voice-monologues of twenty imagined young characters from Chicago's South Side. … Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Abstract Expressionism
by Mitchell, Joan [Prints]; John Ashbery; Frank O'Hara; Michael Goldberg [Prints]; Kenneth Koch; Alfred Leslie [Prints]; James Schuyler; Grace Hartigan [Prints]
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$12,500.00
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New York: Tiber Press, 1960. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Complete in four folio volumes, each measuring 17½" x14¼". Each volume with three full-page color silkscreen prints and additional prints at title page and upper cover, original cloth-backed illustrated boards. First Edition. No. 77 of 200 copies. Each volume signed by the poet and artist on the limitation… Read more about this item Item Price
$12,500.00
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Ariel
by Plath, Sylvia
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$11,000.00
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London: Faber & Faber, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, first printing. From the library of Sylvia Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes with her ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor fading to spine and trivial edge wear. A fantastic copy with important provenance, signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
$11,000.00
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The Bridge
by Crane, Hart
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$5,800.00
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New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, preceded by the Paris edition published by Black Sun Press. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth ruled in blind, with titles in gilt on spine and upper board. Fine with trivial wear at extremites and bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. In a Near Fine unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,800.00
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American Primitive
by Oliver, Mary
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- 1983
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,200.00
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Boston: Atlantic- Little, Brown & Company, 1983. Signed by Mary Oliver on the half title. viii, 88 pp. Bound in publisher's stiff wraps. Second printing. Very Good+ with very slightcrease to front wrap, light wear. A signed copy of the American poet's Pulitzer-winning collection. Item Price
$1,200.00
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Howl
by Ginsberg, Allen; William Carlos Williams [Introduction]
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$30,000.00
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San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first issue with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear cover. Signed by Allen Ginsberg on the title page and inscribed "Allen Ginsberg - Dec. 15, 1975, G.B.M. - for Kirby Congdon - Ah." with doodles of… Read more about this item Item Price
$30,000.00
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Crossing the Water
by Plath, Sylvia
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,800.00
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London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, first printing. From the library of Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes with her ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver. Very Good+ with boards faintly splayed, mottling to cloth at spine at edges and offsetting to endsheets.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,800.00
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Shape Them Into Dreams
by Holloway, Ariel Williams
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,800.00
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New York: Exposition Press, 1955. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and trivial rubbing to tips, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and rear panel, light wear to the extremities. A lovely copy of this… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,800.00
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by Eliot, T. S.
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- First Edition
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- 1939
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$950.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First Edition. First edition, first printing of T. S. Eliot's charming collection of poems about feline psychology and sociology. Bound in publisher's original pale yellow cloth printed in red. Very Good with light soiling and irregular toning to cloth; top edge dust soiled. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown with heavy foxing to endsheets.… Read more about this item Item Price
$950.00
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Geography III
by Bishop, Elizabeth
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$4,500.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop and warmly inscribed, "For Isle and Kit - I always seem to be signing my books years later for you- anyway - lots of love ^ again! - Elizabeth." Kit Barker, the inscribee, was a British artist. Of… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,500.00
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Selected Poems
by Bishop, Elizabeth
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- First edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$3,500.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop on the title page, inscribed to British artist Kit Barker and his wife, Ilse. Their collection of correspondence with Bishop is held at Princeton. Kit Barker, the inscribee, was a British artist. Of Ilse Barker, The Guardian wrote in her obituary, "In the… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,500.00
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(Futurism) "Il Futurismo," Poesia, Rassegna Internationale, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, Aprile, Maggio, Giugno, Luglio 1909
by Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso [Editor]; Alberto Martini [Cover Art]; Paolo Buzzi; Enrico Cavacchioli; Guido Verona; Emilio Zanette; Federico De Maria; Gian Pietro Lucini
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- 1909
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,600.00
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Milan: Poligrafia Italiana, 1909. First edition. 92pp. Bound in publisher's oblong stapled wraps. Text in Italian, French, and English. Very Good+, toned with age, lightly edge worn with a few small tears along bottom edge of rear wrap. Nice shape overall. Rare. An entire quadruple-size issue of the periodical Poesia dedicated to the nascent modernist cross-disciplinary movement Futurism, edited… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,600.00
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The Octopus Frontier
by Brautigan, Richard
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- First edition
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- 1960
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$650.00
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San Francisco: Carp Press, 1960. First edition. First edition. Staplebound in wraps. Very Good+ with faint hints of foxing or staining to front wrap, tiny corner crease to back wrap. A rare early chapbook by the author of Trout Fishing in America. His poetry, though often out-of-print and known mainly to collectors, often distills his best qualities as a… Read more about this item Item Price
$650.00
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Cavalcanti Poems
by Pound, Ezra
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- First edition
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- 1966
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,500.00
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London: Faber & Faber, 1966. First edition. Signed limited edition, UK issue. Copy #125 of 200 signed by Ezra Pound on the rear colophon. 106, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's parchment-backed buff boards, spine lettered in gilt, author's initials stamped on front cover in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In original clear acetate jacket, slightly small for book.… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00