New York, NY, USA: New Directions, c. 1967. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Miss (Denise) Levertov'ss third book of poetry, With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads, is now reissued as a paperbook...Sensitivity...delicacy without softness...a kind of imagination which eliminates all but the essence...a metric which conceals the strict discipline which gives it its grace- these are a few of the qualities that distinguish the work of Denise Levertov and..... More

London, England, UK: Poets' and Painters' Press, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. “1. We go sailing on the black road toward death, | Slipping over the ice! | The dark days end, clumps of darkness | hanging in the trees, | And we notice nothing! 2. The hours after supper, precious hours, hours full of sweetness, | When our bones | Give off fragrance… | 3. Faces appear and vanish. |..... More

Grants Pass, OR: Castle Peak Editions, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Signed and dated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. “The original plan for this collection of essays and creative work dates back about ten years, to plans for a Festschrift to mark the poet’s seventieth birthday. Wayne Holder was the initiating editor. In the usual way contributions were requested; precisely on what basis is not now known. Whereupon–by indirections, revolutionary times, and California’s..... More

New York, NY, USA: Paragon House Publishing, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. “Q: You have talked about this before, but would you begin this interview by describing the early influences on your work, or the influences on your early work? / A: Emily Dickinson. Poe’s BELLS— “Hear the sledges with the bells—Silver Bells!...” Milton’s long line breath in PARADISE LOST / Him the almighty power / Hurled headlong flaming from the..... More

Jefferston, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1983. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This first number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features a "Forum" section of essays under the topic-heading of "Sexual Poetics: Notes on Genre and Gender in Poetry by Women," with contributions by four distinguished American female poets including Denise Levertov & Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific poet who..... More

Burlingame, CA: The Chrysalis West Foundation, 1962. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski at her contribution. This second number of the literary journal edited by Gordon Lish (who would later become famous, & controversial, as Raymond Carver's editor) features a section of poems by Denise Levertov, Diane Wakoski & other acclaimed poets. At her contribution ("Incommunicado"), Wakoski has hand-written her signature with characteristic series of vertical doodles just below..... More

New York, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 1987. First Printing. Softcover. A 20th anniversary anthology/double number of the literary & art journal Hanging Loose, still in publication. As noted in the editors' introduction, "This collection is not a "best of Hanging Loose" anthology; all the work is new and appears in print for the first time." With contributions, mostly of poetry but also prose & art, by Harley Elliot (front &..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1957. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "That crazy bird/ always laughing-/ he sits on the wall they are building,/ the wall/ which will hide the horizon,/ and laughs like mad every time/ we open our mouths to say/ I love you I hate you etc." ("The Bird," first eight lines, pg. 24) A collection of poems by Denise Levertov (1923-1997), the award-winning, acclaimed British-American poet..... More

New York, NY: New Directions, 1974. First Printing. Softcover / Single Sheet. "For four decades, New Directions in Prose and Poetry has been at the very core of the ND list. Each volume, in essence a literary magazine in book form and international in character, has presented year after year the work of writers who have sought to extend the recognized frontiers of form and content. The twenty-ninth number in..... More

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the esteemed literary journal is subtitled as the "Final Regular Issue" & is edited by the eminent Michigan writers Dan Gerber & the late, larger-than-life Jim Harrison. Among the co-editors of this issue is Thomas McGuane, designated "Fiction Editor" & destined to become the acclaimed novelist, very early in his career. Also featuring an interview of McGuane conducted..... More