Code of Flag Behavior
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. Tall 8vo. 67 pp. 750 copies. Black wrappers, printed spine label, very good condition. (43447). More
Poetry-American
Talking at the Boundaries
New York: New Directions, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 267, [10] pp. Cloth in dustwrapper, unclipped, very good copy. (80351). More
Crooked Lines of God; Poems 1949-1994
Detroit, MI: University of Detroit Press, 1960. Second edition. Oblong 8vo. 88 pp. Cloth binding in dustwrapper, unclipped, ex-library, else very good copy. (43756). More
Angel World; And Other Poems
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850. First edition. 16mo. [4], 114 pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, corners bumped, else good copy. (94884g). More
Americas' Poets Theatre
USA: XL, 1980. First edition. 16mo. [8] pp. Signed by Banks on back cover. Pictorial wraps, good condition. (41872). More
Book of Repulsive Women; And Other Poems
UK: Carcanet Press / Fyfield Books, 2003. First edition. 8vo. 83 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (78784). Edited with an introduction by Rebecca Loncraine. More
Book of Jade; A New Critical Edition
New York: Hippocampus Press, 2015. First edition thus. 8vo. 328 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (92856). Compiled by David E. Schultz and Michael J. Abolafia. More
One & Two. One, Two, Three, Four, Five; With Notes on Tom Beckett's The Mandala Book by Earel Neikirk
Ravenna, OH: ex/tension press, 1979. First edition. 16mo. [20] pp. Softcover, printed wraps, good condition. (90849). More
Dream Songs
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. First edition. 12mo. [xx], 427 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good copy. (95077g). More
Light Around the Body; Poems
London: Rapp & Whiting, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 57 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good copy. (95202g). Poetry USA Series. More
Teeth- Mother • Naked At Last
Madison, MN: Sixties Press, 1970. First edition. 12mo. 12 pp. Softcover, printed wraps, very good copy. (93958g). More
Teeth-Mother • Naked At Last
Madison, MN: Sixties Press, 1970. First edition. 12mo. 12 pp. Signed. Softcover, printed wraps, very good copy. (93953g). More
San Francisco Weather Report; Gee, Youre so Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain . . .
Goleta, CA: Unicorn Books, 1969. Second printing. Single sheet; 33 cm., very good condition. (77596). More
Ecstasies; Poems 1975-1983
Mill Valley, CA: Syzygy Press, 1983. First edition. 8vo. 123 pp. 1/200 copies. Signed. Gilt stamped cloth binding, very good copy. (88279). Limited edition of 200 hardbound copies. Inscribed on half-title with card laid in to his friend Ruth, August, 1985. More
Pocket Poems
Folsom, CA: Sacramento Poetry Exchange, 1980. First edition. 32mo. [21] pp. Inscribed on title-page. Pictorial wraps, overall good condition. (96183). More
Imperatives
La Jolla, CA: Starhavan, 1978. First edition. 12mo. 60 pp. Softcover binding, pictorial wraps, good condition. (84202). More
William Everson; Poet from the San Joaquin
Newcastle, CA: Blue Oak Press, 1978. First edition. 8vo. 105 pp. Illustrations. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good copy. (81159). More
Flutist; And Other Songs
Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1925. First edition. 12mo. 44 pp. Presentation copy. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering, very good conddition. (76577). More
Ranch Verses
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. First edition. 12mo. [xi], 189 pp. Frontispiece, tissue-guard. Illustrations. Gilt impressed lettering & cover design, overall very good condition. (80785). More
A Genesis; 15 Poems by John Ciardi; 15 Original Etchings by Gabor Peterdi
New York: Touchstone Publishers, 1967. First edition. 17 leaves (55 cm.) includes title-page and colophon page. Colophon signed: J. C. 9-10 and Peterdi 67. Sheets laid loose in titled paper portfolio, overall very good condition. (78620). Portfolio lacks suite of 15 signed and numbered original etchings. John Ciardi (1916-1986) was..... More
Against a Background of Fire; 1938-1943
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First edition. 12mo. 154 pp. Inscribed. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, overall very good condition. (80783). Inscribed: For Eda Lou [Walton] with cordial remembrances from F. M. C. / Dec. 2. 43. More
At : Bottom
Bloomington, IN: Caterpillar, 1966. First edition. 4t. 36 pp. Mimeographed test. Stapled printed wrappers, good condition. (43443). More
Sea Faring; And Other Poems
New York: Henry Holt, 1947. First edition. 12mo. 55 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, wear along spine, else good copy. (95158g). Ex Libris American poet and teacher Lee F. Gerlach. More