Poetry
Poetry predates the written word, making it one of the oldest forms of art. The earliest poems were likely composed to help their creators remember information. Poetry as a genre became more and more structured over time, though in the last century poetry has become more loose and playful. Authors who are best known for other genres often try their hand at poetry, and these works make delightful additions to single-author collections. But the genre of poetry is itself a marvelous collecting interest.
Trifles in Verse: A Collection of Fugitive Poems
Cincinnati, OH: Robinson and Jones, 1845. Original cloth. First Edition. A first edition in Very Good- condition with cocked spine, bumped corners, rubbed covers, front hinge starting, soiled pages, bookplate..... (Book #50092) More
Light in Darkness: Autobiography of Mary A. Niemeyer
Baltimore, MD: James Young, 1873. Original cloth. First Edition. A smart first edition in Very Good condition with cocked spine, soiled boards, sunned spine, light scattered foxing, cracked spine. Illustrated..... (Book #50081) More
Charleston Boy - 1st Edition/1st Printing
[s. I. ]: Privately Printed, 1932. Wraps. First Edition; First Printing. A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition cover beginning to split at bottom. Signed and inscribed by..... (Book #45780) More
The Palms: Poems - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Latham, NY: Paris Review Editions, 1993. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A beautiful first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Charlie Smith directly on the..... (Book #45117) More
Natural World: A Bestiary - Limited Edition
Illustrated by Diana Guest. Barrytown, New York: Open Book, 1982. Cloth. Limited Edition. A most attractive Limited edition in Fine condition. Limited to 350 copies, of which only 100 were..... (Book #34370) More
Debits and Credits - 1st Edition
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with light foxing to edges in better than Very Good dust-wrapper with..... (Book #34313) More
Abaft the Funnel - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first Issue in Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed extremities. Binding in deep blue, vertical rib..... (Book #34309) More
Old War - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in about dust-jacket. SIGNED and dated 9/7/08 by author Alan Shapiro. In Old War..... (Book #33915) More
A Dish of Apples - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first Trade edition/first printing in about Fine condition, showing minimal rubbing..... (Book #33796) More
Glare - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 1/4 Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light rubbing to front..... (Book #32969) More
If It Be Not I: Collected Poems 1959-1982 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A very nice first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Beautifully bound in light blue cloth with..... (Book #31618) More
Independence
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. A charming first English edition in Fine condition, grayish blue card wrappers. Ruled and lettered in dark blue. 20,000..... (Book #29877) More
Independence
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A first English edition, gilded title on original red cloth in just about near Fine condition, showing little rubbing..... (Book #29876) More
Independence
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Second Edition. A most handsome Second American edition in just about Fine condition with only limited signs of edgewear. Issued..... (Book #29731) More
New And Selected Poems 1923-1985 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. Full-Leather. First Edition; First Printing. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. Unread Fine condition, SIGNED by poet Robert Penn Warren..... (Book #29693) More
The Night Before Christmas
Illustrated by Kathy Wilburn. China: Inchworm Press, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. A nice first Inchworm edition/second printing in Near Fine condition showing slight separation of pages at spine..... (Book #29671) More
St. Andrews, Two Poems - 1st Edition
Illustrated by Malcolm Patterson. London: A & C Black Ltd, 1926. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good+ first edition in close to Near Fine condition, little ghosting to..... (Book #29588) More
Crisis; Pages From A Diary
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. An attractive Farrar, Straus & Giroux edition in its first printing, Fine condition with only minute traces of..... (Book #29544) More
The Literature Of Politics - 1st Edition/1st Printing
London: Conservative Political Centre, 1955. Stapled wraps. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing. Gallup A67a. Unread, Very Fine condition in protective envelope. Printed by Oliver Burridge and Co.... (Book #29325) More
20 Poems - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Madison, MN: Seventies Press, 1970. Hardcover. 1st US Edition; First Printing. A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in lightly sunned dust-jacket, little chipping to spine, easily Very Good+. The..... (Book #29165) More
17 Dikter - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1954. Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. An about Fine first edition/first printing in unread condition, minor rubbing and sunning along original wraps with price of 4:75..... (Book #29163) More
Birthday Letters - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. In Birthday Letters, Ted Hughes tells the story of..... (Book #29134) More
Hazard, the Painter - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A sepecial first edition/first printing , limited to 100 copies, this one unnumbered/un-signed, in seemingly unread, Near Fine condition..... (Book #22030) More