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author: Donald Hall
Cookson, William (ed.) Donald Hall; Ezra Pound; David Jones et al.
AGENDA; Vol. 2, Nos. 11-12
New College, Oxford: n.p., March-April 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled orange printed wrappers; small 8vo. 24 pp. Two poems by Hall "In the Kitch of the Old House" and "The Days"; David Jones contributes a prose poem with a glossary by Vernon atkins of Welsh words "The Tutelar of the.....
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THE BLUE WING
Chicago: Steracle Press, 2005. First Separate Printing. Paperback. Illustrated broadside, letterpress printed in two colors on heavy cream paper for a Poetry Foundation dinner at Gramercy Tavern, NYC on 15 April 2005. Signed by the poet. One of 50 numbered copies (no. 7); not issued signed. Approx. 6 x 10.....
"Carol"
[Concord, NH]: Ewert, 1988. J. J. Lankes. First edition. no binding. Illustrated broadside poem signed by Donald Hall as called for. Approx. 10 x 8 in. Original J.J. Lankes woodcut of the first Christmas. One of only 25 copies. (There were 436 chapbooks/Christmas cards, also.) Fine and rare copy. Revised.....
"Elbows"
[Norfollk, VA]: Mummy Mountain Press, 1993. Karla Elling. First Separate Edition. no binding. Broadside poem, tall, approx, 11 1/2" x 17". Design, relief cuts and printing by Karla Elling. Signed by Hall and Elling. One of 150 commemorating the tribute to Hall at the AWP conference. (Due to heavy paper.....
EXILES & MARRIAGES
New York: Viking, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 118 pp. w/ index. Awarded the Lamont Prize for best first book (he had published three previous books, including two Fantasy Press editions in GB.) Inscribed by the poet "For Roy, Visiting my first books.....
THE HAPPY MAN
New York: Random House, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 79 pp. First trade paper edition issued simultaneously with the hardcover which is quite scarce. Signed by the poet. Very near fine copy, never read. Kelleher A-25. Hall comments in Kelleher that this "is his best miscellaneous book of.....
"Jane at Pigall's"
Highland Park, MI: The Red Hanrahan Press, 1973. First edition. no binding. Illustrated poetry broadside; approx. 8 x12 inches. Maroon paper printed in raw sienna and black, with grapevine border. The poet's first broadside (after one sold as part of an art portfolio). Specially signed by the poet. About Jane.....
KICKING THE LEAVES; A Poem in Seven Parts with a Colophonic Boxwood Engraving by Reynolds Stone
Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. 12mo, oblong gray sewn wrappers, with matching paper covers. [20 pp.] No. 43 of 125 copies printed by Walter Hamady at his press. First publication of the seven part poem which has become one of the future poet laureate's signature poems.....
"Mouth"
East Lansing: Arts Workshop Press, May 1, 1973. First edition. no binding. First printing of the poem. Broadside, approx. 14" x 8 1/2" tall. One of 30 (#3) signed by the poet and printed on special paper (of a total edition of 350 - the bibliographer does not note that.....
East Lansing: Arts Workshop Press, May 1, 1973. First Edition. no binding. Broadside, approx. 14" x 8 1/2" tall. One of 350 copies (there was a signed and numbered - 30 total - issue printed on special paper) of the poet's second published proadside. Inscribed to William B. Ewert, his.....
East Lansing: Arts Workshop Press, May 1, 1973. First Edition. no binding. Broadside, approx. 14" x 8 1/2" tall. One of 350 copies (there was a signed and numbered - 30 total - issue printed on special paper) of the poet's second published proadside. This copy specially signed. Printed for.....
NYMPH AND SHEPHERD
West Chester, PA: [Aralia Press], 2009. First edition. no binding. Poetry broadside; approx. 7 12 1/2 inches. A Villanelle originally published in the NYer. One of 140 copies "from Romanee types on the occasion of 'Exploring Form & Narrative' at West Chester University of PA". Though not on the colophon.....
The Old Life; New Poems
New York: Mariner Books, 1996. Second Printing. Paperback. Soft Cover, second printing in unread near fine condition. Signed on the title page by the Poet Donald Hall. 134 pages. Signed by Author(s).
PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS OF PORTUGAL; Prose Pieces
Boston: Beacon, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 271 pp. Signed by the poet ton the title page. Essays about poetry: Marvell, Robinson, Wright and others, and baseball among many other things not unconnected to artists and athletes. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. (In a......
A Roof of Tiger Lilies
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 63 pp. Inscribed by Hall on the title page, to friends, with "love from us all," and dated 30 December 1964 Ann Arbor (Michigan). Jacket shows slight browning, and top edge wear. Book is otherwise immaculate. (In a removable archival protective.....
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Hall's third collection. This is the true first edition, published in the UK before the US. Near-fine copy with very light rubs at bottom corners of book, and a minor crease at top of jacket. Signed by Hall on the title page. Near.....
SEASONS AT EAGLE POND
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. Stated FFirst Editionirst Edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Hardcover in slipcase. Signed by the poet. Prose pieces reminiscent of A STRING TOO SHORT TO BE SAVED in a gift-like packaging. With Thomas Nason illustrations reproduced from prints in the Boston Public Library.....
SELECTED POEMS 1946 - 2006
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. First paperback edition. Paperback. Trade paperback issue of this collection; 431 pp. With CD. This copy briefly inscribed and signed by the poet in 2009. Printed on cheap paper which is beginning to tone, else fine.
"Surface"
{Concord, NH}: William B. Ewert, 1995. R. P. Hale. First Edition. no binding. Broadside poem, approx. 11" x17". Calligraphy and illustration by R.P. Hale. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Hall & Hale. Printed for the New Hampshire Science Teachers Association. Fine. Kelleher G-17.
TO THE LOUD WIND
Cambridge: The Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Plain card covers with printed blue dust jacket; 8vo. 26 pp. Signed by Hall on the title page. Volume 1, Number 1 of the Pegasus Publication Series. A near fine copy, covers bright, with trace wear and without the usual toning of.....
TO THE LOUD WIND; And Other Poem
Cambridge: The Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Plain card covers with printed blue dust jacket; 8vo. 26 pp. Volume 1, Number 1 of the Pegasus Publication Series. An about very good copy, with trace wear, the extremities toned. The poet's first book published in the US. Kelleher A5.
THE TOWN OF HILL
Boston: Godine, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Patterned boards, without jacket (as issued); 8vo. 44 pp. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author with a small drawing of a hillon the title page. The Godine Poetry Chapbook, Series II; nicely printed at The Stinehour Press. Near fine copy.
Boston: Godine, 1975. First edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Patterned boards, without jacket (as issued); 8vo. 44 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. The Godine Poetry Chapbook, Series II; nicely printed at The Stinehour Press. Fine bright copy. with slight bump to top of spine.....
The Toy Bone
Brockport: BOA, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Original stapled wraps with printed jacket.. Limited to 500 copies (of which 25 were in cloth). Signed on the title page. 14 pp. Kelleher A-20. Fine copy. Seldom seen signed. Signed by Author(s).
UNPACKING THE BOXES
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket; 8vo. Second printing of this collection of seven diverse essays from the poet's childhood, his time at Exeter, Harvard and Oxford, and the poets he met along the way to his days as Poet Laureate. Briefly inscribed and signed.....