How many miles to Babylon?
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk: Daedalus Press, nd. First edition. Poetry postcard that measures 4" x 6." A fine copy. Item #169218 More
Price: $6.00
Poetry
Philemon's Verses.
Montrose, PA: The Evergreen Press, 1909. First edition. Softcover. 57 pages. A collection of poems that were "Never Before Imprinted." A very good plus copy in wrappers with some of the pages unopened and with very minor edge wear. Scarce with only 4 copies listed in OCLC. Item #130670 More
Price: $50.00
The Prayer of the Tree.
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk: Daedalus Press, nd. First edition. Poetry postcard that measures 4" x 6." A fine copy. Item #169217 More
Price: $6.00
Tribute to Ralph Hodgson.
Minerva, OH: The Boerner Printing Co, 1971. First edition. Small softcover. Published on the occasion of Hodgson's 100th birthday. Among the contributors are T.S. Eliot, John Masefield, John Berryman, James Wright and many others. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Item #127221 More
Price: $15.00
What She Needs Is a Good Fuck.
np: np, 1968. First edition. Softcover. An interesting collection of poems from an unknown author. A very good plus copy in stapled wrappers with an original watercolor painting on the front cover and the number 586 handwritten there as well. Scarce with only 5 copies listed in OCLC. Item #128663 More
Price: $75.00
Second Sight.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 79 pages. A review copy with laid in slip. Part of the National Poetry Series and with an introduction by Anthony Hecht. A clean and tight very near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #194999 More
Price: $20.00
The Closet (Signed First Edition).
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Abbott's first book published by his own press. Printed on mimeographed sheets. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus. Item #134196 More
Price: $60.00
Dump Truck (Signed First Edition).
Monterey, CA: Polygon, 1967. First edition. Oblong softcover. Edition of 500 copies. Abbott's first book, a collection of poetry. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbot on the title page and uncommon as such. Item #127265 More
Price: $60.00
Erase Words (Signed First Edition).
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1974. First edition. Softcover. A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some rust near the staples an dsome other slight wear. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus. Item #134193 More
Price: $20.00
Good News Bad News.
Monte Rio, CA: Doris Green Editions, 1984. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems printed in an edition of 250. A close to near fine copy in side stapled wrappers. Item #137555 More
Price: $20.00
Hero Pills: Stories 1968-69 (Signed First Edition).
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Abbott's first collection of stories. Printed on mimeographed sheets. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some foxing/tanning to the edges. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus. Item #134194 More
Price: $45.00
Moving Postures (Signed Limited Edition).
Bellingham, WA: Snazzy Wah Press, 1970. First edition. Softcover. 21 mimeographed sheets printed on one side only. Copy L of only 22 from a total edition of 100. This copy with a "special sheet of diagrams" glued to the last page. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Scarce. Item #134195 More
Price: $60.00
Red Lettuce.
Fremont, CA: The Fault, 1974. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems by Abbott with drawings by Opal L. Nations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Item #127340 More
Price: $15.00
Red Lettuce (Signed Association Copy).
Fremont, CA: The Fault, 1974. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems by Abbott with drawings by Opal L. Nations. A very good copy in stapled wrappers that are somewhat soiled and with some light creasing to the top corner of the pages. Signed and inscribed and with a drawing: "This Copy is for John Veglia 3/27/74 Keith Abbott." Veglia edited a number of Abbott's books. A nice association copy of an uncommon book to find signed. Item #130246 More
Price: $35.00
Twelve Shot: A Photopoem (Signed First Edition).
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1975. First edition. Softcover. One of 474 numbered copies, this copy out of series though. Includes several black and white images. A close to near fine copy in stapled die-cut wrappers with some minor fading to the edges of the rear panel. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Item #134192 More
Price: $25.00
Treys / Our Fashion Plate (Signed Limited Edition).
Oakland, CA: The Loose End / The Other End, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Copy 2 of only 25 signed and with a drawing by Abbott. Bound dos-a-dos and printed on mimeographed sheets. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Additionally signed a second time by Abbott on the title page. Scarce. Item #134197 More
Price: $100.00
Personae and Other Selected Poems.
London: Skoob Books Publishing, 1995. First edition. Softcover. 174 pages. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket. Item #130229 More
Price: $8.50
Selected Poems.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The first book of poems by this Welsh poet to be published in the United States. A close to near fine copy with some light foxing in a close to near fine dust jacket with a small edge tear to the top of the front panel and some slight foxing. Item #154958 More
Price: $15.00
A Small Desperation.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1968. First edition. Softcover. 59 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this collection of poems. An about very good copy in wrappers with some sunning to the spine and the edges of the front panel and some foxing as well. Still, a solid reading copy. Item #154939 More
Price: $10.00
Poetry Supplement Christmas 1975.
London: Poetry Book Society, 1975. First edition. Softcover. Includes poems by Fleur Adcock, Ruth Bidgood, Thomas Blackburn, Edwin Brock, Alan Brownjohn, Michael Burn, John Cassidy, Gillian Clarke, Stewart Conn, Iain Chrichton Smith, Ian Crockatt, D.J. Enright, Stuart Evans, James Hamilton-Paterson, John Heath-Stubbs, Ted Hughes, Mairi MacInnes, Alasdair Maclean, John Miller, Robert Minhinnick, Leslie Norris, John Ormond, Anthony Thwaite, Charles Tomlinson, Ted Walker, Andrew Waterman, and David Wright. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #174892 More
Price: $15.00
Surviving Desire (Signed First Edition).
San Luis Obispo, CA: Garden Street Press, 1994. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original collection of poems. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Acker to poet Marie Ponsot on the title page. A nice association copy. Item #170907 More
Price: $15.00
Lady Faustus.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 94 pages. Ackerman's third collection of poems. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket. Item #188959 More
Price: $15.00
Lady Faustus (Signed First Edition).
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 94 pages. Ackerman's third collection of poems. A very good plus copy with some light foxing to the page edges in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ackerman on the half title page to poet Linda Pastan. A nice association copy. Item #154934 More
Price: $35.00
The Planets: A Comic Pastoral.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. Ackerman's first book. A clean and tight very near fine copy i paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. A lovely copy of this debut to an important literary career. Item #190545 More
Price: $550.00
The Diversions of Purley and Other Poems.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. First UK edition and first printing. Hardcover. A collection of poems from this acclaimed British writer. A fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. Item #173869 More
Price: $35.00