This list represents our remaining stock of poetry books and ephemera of all periods but with emphasis on modernist poetry published by small presses.
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Thomas Norton
Ordinal of Alchemy
Ed. John Reidy
Published by OUP for the Early English Text Soc. 1975
Edition 1st thus
Condition Near fine
Cloth in somewhat worn dustjacket discoloured at spine.
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Price £18.00
List ref
WB1223
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Jeff Nuttall
Sun Barbs
Published by Poet & Peasant 1976
Edition 1st
Condition Near fine
Poems. Cover drawing by the author. Trimmed A5 landscape mimeo, card covers with tape over side staples. A few small splash-stains on lower cover otherwise fine.
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Price £12.00
List ref
WB2011
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Frank O'Hara
Second Avenue
Published by Totem New York 1960
Edition 1st
Condition Very good
Publisher’s address on title page verso, 95c price printed on lower wrapper. Cover drawing by Larry Rivers with red portion and title label tipped on (no established priority with printed title). Wrappers slightly darkened, staples starting to rust, otherwise a near-fine copy.
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Price £50.00
16pp
List ref
WB1984
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Frank O'Hara
Lunch Poems
Published by City Lights 1964
Edition 1st
Condition Fine
Pocket Poets 19. Wrappers slightly chipped, mostly at spine edges.
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Price £220.00
74pp
List ref
WB1683
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Kikuko Otake
Masako’s Story
Surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Published by Ahadada 2007
Edition 1st
Condition Mint
Poetry. On August 6, 1945, when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living about one mile away from the hypocenter. Five-year-old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier father was not so fortunate. Masako never talked about her family’s experiences on that day and the days following the bombing. Then one day, Masako started to talk about what happened -- breaking a silence of nearly fifty years ...
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Price £8.00
94pp
List ref
WB994
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Thomas Parnell
Poems on Several Occasions
Published by Mr. Pope
Published by B.Lintot London 1722
Edition 1st
Condition Very good
With verse dedication by Pope. D8 cancel. Some foxing & soiling. Name & date, 1770, on title page. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with most of the backstrip laid down. Wear to head of spine. Lacks label.
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Price £90.00
List ref
WB407
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Thomas Parnell
Poems on Several Occasions. With the Life of Zoilus
and his Remarks on Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice
Published by Thomas Ewing Dublin 1773
Edition Reprint
Format
Quarto Condition Very good
Reprint of the 1770 edition with the Life by Dr Goldsmith. Headpiece portrait p.[1]. Contemporary calf, joints weakened, fragment lost on upper board. Internally near-fine with ample margins.
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Price £95.00
List ref
WB1952
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[Thomas Percy]
The Hermit of Warkworth
A Northumberland Ballad
Published by T. Davies & S.Leacroft London 1771
Edition 1st
Condition Very good
Disbound. Half-title. Title page vignette. Some occasional slight soiling.
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Price £45.00
List ref
WB869
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