Published by Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1987
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff burgundy wrappers with gilt lettering. v, 44pp. Illustrations. Fine. Handsome first edition of this chronological verse gathering featuring one poem for each of the first half century's worth of Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress, ranging from Joseph Auslander (1837-41) to Robert Penn Warren (1986-87 but also 1944-45) -- and a "Who's Who" in between that includes Gwendolyn Brooks, Conrad Aiken, Karl Shapiro, Howard Nemerov, William Meredith, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell and many more. Best of all, the front wrapper verso bears a finedecorative bookplate signed boldly by Richard Eberhart (Consultant 1959-60), who also dates it 1991 at lower right. Eberhart (1904-2005) published numerous verse volumes over a lengthy career and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1966 for "Selected Poems, 1930-1965" and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1977 for "Collected Poems, 1930-1976.".
Published by Grant Family Association, Westfield, Mass., 1922
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
46 pp. Illustrated from photographs (some folding). 8vo, publisher's printed wrappers. First edition. Tiny chips and tears to the yapp edges of the wrappers. Laid in this copy is an autograph letter signed from Frank Grant, 1929, enclosing copies of Grant family reunion reports, the recipient's reply (carbon) and an annotated (signed) receipt for Grant Family Association dues, 1915.
Published by Library of Congress, Washington, 1987
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Quarto. 44pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. This copy belonged to poet William Jay Smith with his bookplate and has been signed, and or inscribed by: Karl Shapiro, Richard Eberhart, Howard Nemerov, Reed Whitmore, Stephen Spender. James Dickey, William Jay Smith, William Stafford, Josephine Jacobsen, Daniel Hoffman, Stanley Kunitz,William Meredith, Maxine Kumin, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Photos and poems by Joseph Auslander, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Louise Bogan, Karl Shapiro, Robert Lowell, Leonie Adams, Elizabeth Bishop, Conrad Aiken, Randall Jarrell, Robert Frost, Richard Eberhart, Louis Untermeyer, Howard Nemerov, Reed Whittemore, Stephen Spender, James Dickey, William Jay Smith, William Stafford, Josephine Jacobsen, Daniel Hoffman, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Hayden, William Meredith, Maxine Kumin, Anthony Hecht, Robert Fitzgerald, and Gwendolyn Brooks.