Storrs, CT: The University of Connecticut Library, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. “There can be no question that the making of The Maximus Poems, or at least the final volume of the series, is one of the more unusual events in recent poetry. Although there have been a number of instances where an author’s work has been finished for him by a colleague or editor or other professional, there is no..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Zelot Press, 1986. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by George F. Butterick to Albert Glover; & with typed note signed from Butterick to Glover. “Spiralled a lion of thin smoke toward the ceiling. / a camel, a dolphin–agh, why dramatize the foulness. / She crouched there rat-ready in her shift. Why / “shift”? It’s what the eyes do, underneath– / and on the underneath, palely pink..... More

Willimantic, CT: Ziesing Brothers Publishing, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by George F. Butterick to Albert Glover. "Don't scream. I am | testing a poem on the back of your neck." ("oxymoron'" pg. 17). Offered today is the second collection of poems & prose-poems by George F. Butterick (1942-1988), the most-respected (if tragically short-lived) American poet & scholar who was indeed the foremost authority on..... More

Buffalo, NY: Magazine of Further Studies, 1969. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The oldest one and his sister and brother / were lost and he thought, telling a story / will keep fear away. So he began / the right path is further to your left / where the well is. and he looked / into the water and the water looked / back. now it is certain that water /..... More

Buffalo, NY: Magazine of Further Studies, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The Jafferson Aweplane / I want to be successful in other terms than lives. / Loveliness among these people is no occurence [sic] to me. / to be huddled up / in a ball in the corner of / your room. / In the Pasture / Beauty such as never was mine / Existed here for a day with..... 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

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. The twenty-third number of the now-classic "Literary Bi-annual of the Whole Art," edited & with contributions by the acclaimed, award-winning American poet, translator & scholar Clayton Eshleman; co-(managing) edited by his wife Caryl, & with a prestigious masthead that includes Charles Bernstein, Clark Coolidge & Jerome Rothenberg. There is a wonderful photograph of the entire group including..... More