Search Results: Poetry from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

(London): Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press, 1966. First edition. Residue and scarring from label removal on front free endpaper, endpapers slightly browned, else very good in a slightly edge-darkened dust jacket..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. First edition. 22.5 cm x 14.5 cm, ochre cloth, pp. viii, 68. Boardds slightly bowed, upper corners bumped, else very good in a very good, spine-darkened dust jacket with slight chipping at spine ends and a small chip at the upper left corner of the front panel. .

London: Faber & Faber, 1978. First trade edition. Oblong quarto, black cloth, pp. [63]; 28 illustrations by Leonard Baskin. "This Edition is so expanded and revised from the limited edition as to constitute in effect a new work". 5,700 copies printed. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small edge tears and some crimping to the lower edge of the front panel. Sagar & Tabar A46.b.I..

Wrexham. Hughes a'i Fab, (1924). First edition. Octavo, green cloth, pp. 116; frontispiece portrait (with facsimilie inscription) . Top edge trimmed, others uncut. Briefly inscribed by Crwys and dated 2 - IX - 24., on the front free endpaper. Most poems in Welsh, the final poem in English. William Williams, ('Crwys' 1875-1968), poet, preacher, archdruid. Well-known for his lyric poems such as Melin Trefin, Siôn a Siân, Y Border Bach, Dysgub y Dail, and Y Sipsi (the latter three contained within). One of the poets who succeeded in freeing himself from the fetters of the 'New Bard' (Dictionary of Welsh Biography). Some pages with dusty thumb marks, faint staining to top page edge, lower corner tips bumped, else a very good copy. No dust jacket..

(North Ryde: Collins/) Angus and Robertson, (1990). First edition. Card covers, pp. 64. Australian poet. Briefly inscribed on the title page by Lehmann in Toronto and dated 1993. Near fine..

London: John LaneThe Bodley Head, 1939. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition.. Soft cover. Very Good. Undesignated proof copy with plain, unprinted wrappers. Octavo, drab, unprinted brown wrappers, sewn text block, pp. xxii, 852. Some minor buckling to gutters of pages towards the centre of the enormous text block. Rear cover with a small chip at one corner; and light staining just slightly affecting the gutters of the final few leaves. Certainly good or better. Given its bulk and fragility, I expect the survival rate of this proof was very low. Note "AW contributed an introduction (pp. ix -xxii) in which he deals with: the legend of the Chin P'ing Mei, the Chin P'ing Mei and the censorship, and the milleu which produced the Chin P'ing Mei. He regards Hsu Wei as the strongest of the possible candidates for authorship of the book" Bibliography See Johns F26, for the trade issue; this proof is not noted.

London: Trigram, (1968). First edition, issue in card covers. Pp. 54. Inscribed by Hollo to a Canadian poet and dated 1969. Near fine..

New York: Random House, (1935). 8vo., brown cloth. Name on endpaper, spine dull, else very good..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1983). First edition. Octavo, red boards with small slug (206) impressed in corner of rear board, pp. (xvi), 335. Signed by Porter on the half title. Australian born poet, living and working in London at the time of publication. One coner just lightly bumped, else near fine in a very good dust jacket, with some darkening and wear at spine, top edge, and the upper front panel. "Poetry Society Recommendation" label affixed to front panel. .

New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition. 24 x 15.5 cm, burgundy cloth, pp. 272. Collects three previouly published texts in their entirety: The Hard Hours; Millions of Strange Shadows; and The Venetian Vespers. Fine in dust jacket..

London: Faber and Faber, (1946). First edition. Octavo, blue cloth, pp. 201. Previous owner's name and date on endpaper, covers faded, else very good. No dust jacket..

London: Faber & Faber, (1966). First edition. 22.2 x 14 cm, pumpkin-coloured cloth, pp. xviii, 575. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with a 1 cm edge tear, several tiny edge-chips, and a few small spots on rear panel,.

(New York): HarperFlamingo, (1999). Second impression. 24 cm x 16.5 cm, tan boards, pp. xi, 61, [1]. Fine in dust jacket..

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. "Eighth Edition". Octavo, half navy blue cloth binding, paper spine label, pp. xv, 126. Canadian poet Dorothy C. Herriman's copy, with her name, address, and dated the on endpaper. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket, lightly chipped at the spine ends, and with a couple of short tears..

(Washington, D.C): Beacham Publishing, (1986). First edition. 8vo., gray cloth, backed in purple, pp. 78, [3]. A long poem based on the life of Charlotte Corday. Publisher's announcement and bookmark laid in. Corners a little bumped, else near fine in dust jacket..

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2002). First American edition. Octavo, cream boards backed in black, pp. 250, [1]. Fine in dust jacket..

New York: Atheneum, 1972. Third printing. Card covers, pp. 47, [1]. Signed by Strand. Light crease to lower corner of front cover, spine lettering faded from violet to blue, else very good..

(London): Grey Walls Press, (1946). First English edition. 8vo., black cloth, pp.111. Translated by Ernst Sigler. Slight browning to endpapers, else fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket..

New York: Penguin Poets, 2001. Trade paperback format, pp. 284, [2]. Small crack in surface of spine of card covers, else a sound and very good copy. Lightly scuffed foil sticker on front cover announcing the book had made the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, it was the eventual International winner.. First Edition.

(New York): A New Directions Book, (1989). First trade edition. Octavo, red cloth, pp. 113. Signed by Levertov. Fine in near fine dust jacket which has some very minor creasing..