Poetry from Mare Booksellers

Milwaukee: The Brass Ring, Publisher, 1967. Wraps. Good. Ornately decorated blue wraps, originally sealed with a red wax seal (most of which is missing). 62 pp. A nicely put together little magazine from Milwaukee, featuring poetry from poets in the Wisconsin area, at least for this issue. GOOD condition. Front flap torn along most of the length of… Read more about this item

Chicago: Poetry Foundation, 2016. Wraps. Very Good. Illustrated wraps. With a few illustrations in the interior. Single issue of this long running, acclaimed little magazine devoted to poetry. This issue with work by Naomi Shahib Nye, Jamaal May and Brenda Hillman, among others. VERY GOOD condition. Very light soiling and edgewear to the covers.

New York: The Paris Review, 2006. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 169 pp. With a few black and white photos. Single issue of this magazine devoted to literature and poetry. This with a piece by Joan Didion on the art of nonfiction; poetry by John Ashbery, etc. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and edgewear. Diagonal crease present to the lower… Read more about this item

Odessa: Druks, Printer, 2004. Hard Cover. Good. Black paper covered boards. 92 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. Text in five languages, including Russian, French, German and English. A printing of verses which formed initial drafts of Alexander Pushkin's novel, Eugene Onegin, verses which reflected on Odessa, and which were printed in the Odessa Bulletin prior… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1966. Printed wraps. 16 pp. A facsimile of a 1931 issue of the Amherst Alumni College News that featured an essay by Robert Frost, "Education by Poetry." The facsimile contains the many revisions, notes and corrections made by Robert Frost. Issued as… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1880. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth with extensive gilt illustrations and ornamentation to the front cover and spine. Xxi, 431; ix, 383 pp. Illustrations throughout. A critical and biographical look at the life and work of William Blake, including printings of some of his poetry, along with reproductions of his drawings and art. Originally published… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Signed by the author, in black felt pen, on the title page. 139 pp. Collection of poetry by acclaimed poet Joy Harjo. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear to the jacket. Minor fading to… Read more about this item

New York: Spuyten Duyvil, 2021. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps. 73 pp. A collection of poems inspired by abstract painting, exploring ways the work translates to the page. Fogel is a New Hampshire based poet, serving as New Hampshire's poet laureate from 2014 to 2019. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light edgewear.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, Publisher, 2015. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Green paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 66 plus pages. A collection of poetry by Gary Snyder, an acclaimed American poet often associated with the Beat movement. These poems reflect his travels over the previous decade, among other subjects. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor rubbing, fading and… Read more about this item

Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2019. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Black paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 124 pp. A collection of poems inspired by Janna Jihad Ayyad, a girl from Palestine who at the age of seven, began capturing videos of anti-occupation protests in the West Bank area of Palestine. Nye uses… Read more about this item

Andover, MA: Smith and Couts, Printers, 1935. Cloth. Good. Believed first edition. Green cloth. No jacket. 177 pages. A collection of writings by Celia Thaxter, mostly poetry, with many pieces previously unpublished. GOOD condition+. Minor fading to the covers. Minor soiling and scuffing. Head of the spine pulled and frayed. Light spotting to the spine. Text clean and… Read more about this item

Raleigh, NC: Papyrus Club, Peace Junior College, Publisher, 1943. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 20 pp. A little magazine issued by members of the Papyrus Club at Peace Junior College, now known as William Peace University. This issue with essays and other work, reflecting on war and the lives of soldiers at war, presumably in response to World War… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Loring Short and Harmon, Publisher, 1902. Hard Cover. Good. Blue paper covered boards with cream cloth spine. Unpaginated, roughly 25 pp. Black and white illustrations by Charles Copeland throughout. A collection of two longish historical poems by James Phinney Baxter, perhaps reflecting on life in Portland, Maine, although the town goes unmentioned. Baxter was a mayor… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Contraband Press, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. Good. One of 500 copies. Collage illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A collection of poetry by this Maine poet, exploring a variety of themes. GOOD condition. Moderate toning, minor soiling and some bumping and scuffing along the edges.

London: Faber and Gwyer, Publisher, 1927. Wraps. Very Good. no date, 1927. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated yellow wraps. 4 pp. Frontis illustration, and cover, by E. McKnight Kaufer. A single poem by T.S. Eliot printed in this somewhat limited edition format. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning, soiling and wrinkling to the covers.

New York: World Poetry Books, 2023. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Stated first edition, first printing. Trade paperback. 249 pp., plus a few pages in the rear. The first selected volume of poetry to appear in English by the Polish-Ukrainian-Jewish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka, a poet of the interwar period. She became well known while living in Warsaw, and was… Read more about this item

Peterborough, NH: Bauhan Publishing, 2016. Wraps. Near Fine. 81 pp. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. A collection of poetry by this award winning poet and painter. This book won the 2015 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. NEAR FINE with a hint of wear.

Campbells Creek, Australia: New Humanity Books, 2018. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 329 pp. English language edition of the poetry, primarily ghazals, written by Jahan Malek Khatun, an Injuid princess and poet who was born in the 1300s and was a contemporary of Hafez. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor rubbing and edgewear.

New York: The Paris Review, 2006. Wraps. Very Good. Illustrated wraps. 194 pp. With a few black and white photos. Single issue of this magazine devoted to literature and poetry. This with an interview with and poetry by James Tate; publication of some of the Coney Island notebooks of Woody Guthrie, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and… Read more about this item

Maine: Greg Shattenberg, Printer, 2005. Wraps. Very Good. One of 500 copies printed (letterpress). Wraps, with spine along the top edge. Unpaginated. A poetry chapbook by Maine poet Lisa Moore. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light fading and edgewear.