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Square octavo. 52, (2)pp. Contains the first appearance of "Locked Out," which had only previously seen print in The Bouquet, a magazine compiled by Frost's children in 1914. This poem was not included in the first edition of Mountain Interval but was added to its contents for the 1930 Collected... more

Price: $1,250.00

Tall octavo. First edition. One of 91 copies signed by the author, whose name is misspelled "Aldus" on title page. An erratum slip containing the letter "O" is tipped in to remedy this. Huxley's sonnet is accompanied by a line drawing by Macrum. Very fine in cloth-backed tea paper boards... more

Price: $600.00

First edition. Cather's first book, a self-published collection of verse, and the only verse Cather published during her career. She reportedly bought remaining copies of this edition in 1908 and destroyed them. It was re-issued by Knopf as a limited edition in 1923 but with considerable revisions and deletions. This... more

Price: $2,250.00

Octavo. First edition. First appearance of this poem, which was awarded the Poetry Society of South Carolina's Southern Prize for 1923. This publication also prints the poems which received honorable mention: "A Fragment" by William Alexander Percy, and "Avalon" by Donald Davidson. This copy is signed by Ransom on front... more

Price: $950.00

Single sheet folded twice to form an eight-page booklet. First separate edition. Bread Loaf Folder No. 3. This is the second printing of this small pamphlet, distinguishable by its being printed on pale green laid paper. This is a fine copy of a scarce piece of Frost ephemera. Not in... more

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12mo. (iv), 76 pp. First edition. One of 50 copies printed in green ink on Japan vellum. Crane's second book, his first collection of poetry, and the first to be published under his name, is the subject of some bibliographical debate. Stallman cites broken type and an April 1896 advertisement... more

Price: $4,000.00

Octavo. Advance copy of first edition, issued as unbound sheets, with publication date indicated by rubber stamp on title page. Doolitle's tribute to Shakespeare contains a lengthy lyric poem titled "Good Friend", followed by an essay on Elizabethan lyrics. Fine in dustwrapper that is lightly worn at extremities. ... more

Price: $300.00

First edition. First issue of dust wrapper, which carries the statement in the biographical blurb that Updike had "two small children." Updike's first book, a collection of lean and sly poems, among which one, titled "Ex-Basketball Player," almost seems a rough character sketch for Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. Very faint spotting... more

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Octavo. xiv, 104pp. First edition. One of 250 copies. This dark drama of a besieged daughter's retribution against her tyrannical father was the only one of Shelley's works to reach an authorized second edition in his lifetime. This copy has been bound in full brown morocco by the Club Bindery,... more

Price: $5,500.00

First edition, first issue of Joyce's first book. The first printing consisted of 509 copies; however, fewer than fifty copies of the first binding appear to have been issued and perhaps fewer than fifteen copies are extant. Chamber Music, Joyce's first book, was published only through the considerable efforts of... more

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First edition. First issue with dated advertisement at rear. Sandburg's first regularly published book, preceded by two privately-printed pamphlets. Spine gilt a trifle dull, else about fine in dust wrapper which shows some chipping at spine ends, and a horizontal crease at upper front panel. ... more

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Broadside measuring 13 by 17 inches. Printed on gray paper and illustrated with a print by Karyl Klopp, which is printed in green. Of an edition of 250 copies, this is one of 100 signed by the poet and the artist. Very fine. ... more

Price: $40.00

Octavo. First American edition. One of 1,000 copies comprised of sheets from the first edition with a new title page. This is Heaney's first commercially produced verse collection, preceded by Eleven Poems, a pamphlet published by Queen's University in Belfast. The future Nobel Laureate's richly cadenced lyricism is firmly established... more

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First edition. Binding A. One of 300 copies used as a keepsake for the 25th anniversary dinner at the Hampshire Bookshop, with a printed insert tipped in reproducing a letter from Frost to the proprietor.This pamphlet was originally printed for the National Education Association's annual superintendence convention in St. Louis.... more

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First edition. Second printing. This copy is inscribed by Frost below the poem "Storm Fear," which opens this selection. Contains a poem for each month of the year, selected by the poet from previously published work. They include two of Frost's best-loved poems, "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping By... more

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First edition. The first book appearance of "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night." A fine copy in blue boards with a fine dust wrapper. Light offsetting to front pastedown, marginally affecting the dust wrapper flap. ... more

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6 ff. Program for the memorial service held for Frost at the Johnson Chapel at Amherst College, which featured a reading of Frost's poetry by Mark Van Doren. Very fine in printed wrappers with the Amherst College seal embossed on front cover. ... more

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First edition of Frost's last published collection. One of 1,500 copies signed by Frost. Printed by the Spiral Press. Very fine in lightly scuffed publisher's slipcase. ... more

Price: $525.00