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Ginsberg, Allen

Howl, for Carl Solomon. Mimeographed for the Six Gallery Reading.

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Two sheets from an exceptionally rare privately produced mimeographed printing of Howl, preceding the first edition. One of 25 copies printed on rectos only in purple ink typed by the poet Robert Creeley and printed by Marthe Rexroth at S.F State, where she was a secretary, for the famous Six Gallery reading (also known as SixContinue reading "Howl, for Carl Solomon. Mimeographed for the Six Gallery Reading."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-40140

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Poe, Edgar Allan

Eureka: A Prose Poem.

New York : George P. Putnam, 1848.

First edition, first issue of Poe’s classic work. Duodecimo, original publishers blind stamped black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. First issue, without the review for Eureka on page 2 of the 16 page catalogue at the end of the book, but reads simply: “Poe. — Eureka, A Prose Poem: Or the Physical andContinue reading "Eureka: A Prose Poem."

$17,500.00

Item Number: RRB-37022

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Un, Ko

Little Pilgrim: A Novel.

Berkeley, CA : Parallax Press, 2005.

First edition of this story of Sudhana’s passage to enlightenment. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Ko Un in English and in Korean. In fine condition. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize and Young-Moo Kim.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-62021

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Gibran, Kahlil

Sand and Foam: A Book of Aphorisms.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.

Signed limited edition of the author’s classic work. Number 75 of 95 copies, signed by Kahlil Gibran. Illustrated with seven drawings by the author. In near fine condition, two small names to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom made slipcase. A very sharp example.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-34068

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Tagore, Rabindranath

Creative Unity.

London : MacMillan & Company , 1925.

First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932.” In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare.

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-22096

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Collins, Billy

The Apple That Astonished Paris.

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1988.

First edition of this early collection of poems by award-winning poet. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billy Collins on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-12017

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Zagajewski, Adam

Without End: New and Selected Poems.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen, “To Peter Matthiessen- most amicably- Adam Zagajewski Houseton, February 2005.” Also, laid into this book is a note to Matthiessen stating that “Adam was pleased to inscribed this copy…”Continue reading "Without End: New and Selected Poems."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-4688

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Montclair, J. W. (Weidemeyer, J. W.)

Real and Ideal.

Philadelphia : Frederick Leypoldt, 1865.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “With the compliments of the author”. In very good condition.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-60

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Pinsky, Robert

The Want Bone.

New York : Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to writer Robert Richardson, “Very good wishes and admiration to Bob Richardson Robert Pinsky.” With writer Annie Dillard’s bookplate. The recipient is the husband of Annie Dillard. In near fine condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-4422

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Angelou, Maya [Bill Clinton]

On the Pulse of Morning: The Inaugural Poem.

New York : Random House, 1993.

First edition of the poem that Maya Angelou read at the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton on January 20, 1993. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “____ ____ Joy Maya Angelou.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-3972

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Coffin, Robert P. Tristam

Poems for a Son with Wings.

New York : Macmillan Company, 1945.

First edition. Inscribed by the author, “For Frangeon Jones Fellow poet and friend Robert P. Tristam Coffin”. Coffin has also added a drawing a seaside home with a pine tree. Octavo. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-1989

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Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said]; Translated by Samuel Hazo

The Blood of Adonis.

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.

First edition of the poet’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-1544

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Blencowe (Mrs.) edited by

The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems.

: London, John Murray, 1829.

First edition. Octavo, original boards with leather spine. In good condition. An anthology of original work by Praed, Montgomery, Rogers, Hodgson, Moore, and Wordsworth. Also contains a Lord Byron unpublished poem.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-1610

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Pinsky, Robert

The Situation of Poetry.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1976.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to another poet “Lisa Colt with best wishes, Robert Pinsky November 1977.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-980

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Writings of Longfellow.

Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1886.

Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set number 144. It also includes the three volume Final Memorials of Longfellow by Ticknor and Company published in 1887. All volumes areContinue reading "The Writings of Longfellow."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3612

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Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Brooklyn, New York : Fowler and Wells, 1856.

Rare second edition, one of 1000 copies of the most important volume in American poetry, with an additional twenty poems not found in the first edition as well as a new section of correspondence and reviews entitled “Leaves-droppings” that begins with the famous letter from Emerson containing the salutation “I greet you at the beginningContinue reading "Leaves of Grass."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-50052

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Heaney, Seamus

Door Into The Dark.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1969.

First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151

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Wilson, Edward O. & Robert Haas

The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.

First edition of this “wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-3300

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Heaney, Seamus

Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

London : Faber & Faber, 2009.

First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-4179

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Collins, Billy

Questions About Angels: Poems.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First edition of Collins’ fourth collection of published poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Laurence and Mary Rockefeller with best wishes Billy Collins 1996.” The recipients, Laurence Rockefeller were prominent an American philanthropist, financier, and major conservationist and member of the Rockefeller Family. Mary, too,Continue reading "Questions About Angels: Poems."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-3889

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Hall, Donald

Seasons At Eagle Pond.

New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1987.

First edition of Hall’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Betsy seasonally! with pleasure Donald Hall 18 September 1987.” Fine in a near fine slipcase. Illustrations by Thomas W. Nason.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-587

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