Brooklyn, NY: Anthology Editions, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. “Julio wanted the best—first editions on china paper inscribed by the author—but he also wanted everything, one copy of every edition of every book that had ever been published on the subject, and he wanted the sort of things other experts wouldn’t consider touching.” (17) A strong case could be made that Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. (1958-2009) was the most interesting..... More

Cullowhee, NC: Fern Hill Books/ New Native Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by publisher Thomas Rain Crowe. "Elegy Epitaphs of Appleton derives its inspiration from the weathered pioneer cemetery headstones which plotted the checkerboard hamlets surrounding Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1950. Written in the free verse style of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology," the writer utilized actual recorded historical and apocryphal tales, which gushed forth as artesian freshets from..... More

Stuttgart, Germany: Ithaka Verlag, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed to Charles Plymell by Klaus F. Schneider. A volume of poetry by Klaus F. Schneider, published in Germany & with all text in German. A beautifully minimalist production, softcover original in wrappers with flaps attached at spine. On the shorter title page/ front endpaper, Schneider has hand-written: "For (Herr?) Charles/ of Sprochroly(?)/ the translation/ bellow(sic) by euisil(?)/ 'pleased to..... More

New York, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "I love to watch you wash money/ in Ron Padgett's bathtub & he doesn't love it/ & calls the police & you're trying to explain/ & nobody gets it no I don't even get it" (Gregor Podlogar, "The Dark Side of New York: Schuyler," first stanza) A gathering of five poets from Slovenia, all translated into English by..... More

Huron, OH: Harmony Books, 2003. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed (twice) by Larry Smith to Thomas Rain Crowe. "When I return to the college halls/ where I taught for thirty years,/ I meet the faces hurrying along/ their heads full or filling-/ a stream I swam for decades." ("Retiring (After T'ao Ch'ien (365-427),' first stanza, pg. 3) A collection of poems by Larry Smith, the acclaimed &..... More

Eugene, OR: Mountains & Rivers Press, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Scott T. Starbuck to Thomas Rain Crowe. "Two brothers want the same girl./ She likes both for different reasons./ The setting is remote, woodsy, far north./ Add water." ("Instant Novel," pg. 12) A collection of poems by Scott T. Starbuck, an environmental activist & among the foremost current practitioners of "ecopoetry" in the vein of Gary..... More

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. “With mordant wit and considerable insight, the author portrays her two Lotharios’ mad schemes for conquest, and those of their crazy companions…all of whom are dedicated to the proposition that, in a world gone mad, only the sane and the conformists are in real trouble” (back flap). Author of Thunder La Boom (1974), Anne Steinhardt became a scholar on the..... More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Robert Stone (August 21, 1937-January 10, 2015) was a writer whose accolades alone are both noteworthy and on a level that most writers only dream of. But to just speak of his critical acclaim doesn't quite do the work justice, that being said, here's some just to name a few: A Houghton Mifflin fellowship and William Faulkner Foundation Award for his..... More

London, England: Granta Publications, 1997. First UK Edition. Hardcover. “Dinner with Persephone is one of the most compelling books about a country ever written by a foreigner. It is also an extraordinary work of literature, defying categorization—though it can be read with great enjoyment simply as a lovingly well-written evocation of the land that endures the consequences of being ‘the birthplace of European civilization’” (front flap). This travelogue by Patricia..... More

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, 1983. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. A vintage early number of the highly acclaimed "Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art," chiefly edited & with contributions by Clayton Eshleman, the esteemed & prolific poet, translator & scholar who has long resided near us in Michigan, our friend & mentor. With four poems from Eshleman's collection entitled Fracture, which was published during the same..... More

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski. This vintage double number of the esteemed literary journal edited & with contributions by Dan Gerber & Jim Harrison features two poems ("Race Point" & "Altars") by Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed & prolific poet, translator & scholar who has long resided near us in Michigan, our friend & mentor. On the title page of..... More

Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1976. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “all the radios are playing / tonight / as i cross america / the sky streaked platinum / rivers swollen this spring” (“3-13-69,” pg. 2). Per Verdant Press’ handy capsule biography, “Kent Taylor [b. 1940] started writing poetry his freshman year at Ohio Wesleyan University. After quitting medical school at Ohio State University, he returned to Cleveland, and became a charter..... More

Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Press, 1990. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Deno Trakas to Thomas Rain Crowe. "It's not the same, being married./ The silence of lovers is teeming/ with possibility, questions suspended/ like hooks above water, afraid to drop/ where something quick may strike." ("Transition," first stanza) An early collection of poems by Deno Trakas, an acclaimed & gifted poet, novelist, memoirist & academician of Greek-American..... More