Song
by WILBUR, Richard and Vinícius de Moraes
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd, 1982. First edition. Poetry postcard part of Boacards Series E. Measures 8" wide by 5" high. Features a poem by Vinícius de Moraes translated by Richard Wilbur and from "The Whale and Other Uncollected Translations." A clean near fine copy. Scarce, with only 2 copies listed in OCLC.
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4/5/74 (Signed Broadside)
by WILBUR, Richard and Dwight Little
Lenox, MA: Arts Action Press, nd. First edition. Broadside that measures 8" wide by 16" high. Number 64 from an edition of only 80 copies that were printed by Keith Thompson at Hawthorne Press. Features a poem by Wilbur and an illustration by Dwight Little. A near fine copy with some soft creasing to the top and bottom edges. Signed by both Wilbur and Little.
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Seven Poems
by WILBUR, Richard
Omaha, NE: Abattoir Editions, The University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1981. First edition. Small softcover. 16 pages. Printed in an edition of 200 copies. Includes the poems: "Gnomons," "Alatus," "Shad-time," "For W.H. Auden," "Transit," "Icarium Mare," and "On Having Mis-identified a Wild Flower." A fine copy in wrappers with printed paper label affixed to the front cover. A nicely printed book.
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On My Own Work (Signed First Edition)
by WILBUR, Richard
Isle of Skye, Scotland: Aquila Publishing Company, 1983. First edition. Softcover. [16 pages.] Aquila Essays number 20. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear. Signed and inscribed by Wilbur on the title page. Uncommon thus.
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Walking to Sleep: New Poems and Translations
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 79 pages. A tight close to near fine copy with some minor wear to the bottom edge of the boards in an about good dust jacket that has some minor wear and some small chipping along the bottom edge of the front panel.
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The Whale and Other Uncollected Translations (Signed Limited Edition)
by WILBUR, Richard
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 55 pages. Letter N from an edition of 26 specially bound copies. A fine copy in marbled paper covered boards with a cloth spine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Wilbur on the limitation page.
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The Whale and Other Uncollected Translations
by WILBUR, Richard
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 55 pages. A fine copy in black cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with few small edge tears.
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Mayflies: New Poems and Translations
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 80 pages. A later anthology of poems from this two time Pulitzer Prize winner. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Bone Key & Other Poems
by WILBUR, Richard
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, West Chester University, 1997. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. One of 180 copies that were done with Van Dijck & Weiss types and printed on dampened Johannot paper. A slim collection of eleven poems by Wilbur. A fine copy boards. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book.
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Two Riddles from Aldhelm
by WILBUR, Richard
Derry, PA: The Rook Press, 1975. First edition. Broadside that measures 11" x 14". Number 156 from an edition of 300 copies. A fine copy and with a folded prospectus/information sheet.
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Hamlen Brook
by WILBUR, Richard and Robert Dunn
np: Albondocani Press / Ampersand Books, 1982. First edition. Softcover. One of 400 copies used as a holiday greeting by the author and publishers. Includes an illustrations by Robert Dunn. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces 1963-1995
by WILBUR, Richard
First edition. Hardcover: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 242 pages. Anthology of poems from this prolific and well regarded writer. Wilbur was the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and also won two Pulitzer Prizes. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.
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Some Atrocities
by WILBUR, Richard
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2000. First edition. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Printed in an edition of 200 copies. Michael Peich printed the handset Romanee and Romulus open types on dampened Somerset book paper. A fine copy. Uncommon with only 7 copies listed in OCLC and no other copies in commerce.
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The Ride
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. First edition. Broadside that measures 7" wide by 14.5" high. Features Wilbur's poem that was originally published in "Ploughshares" and was then published in this format as a keepsake for members and guest of The Grolier Club on November 10, 1982. A fine copy.
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Ceremony and Other Poems
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 55 pages. The second of poems from this very well regarded writer who won numerous awards. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear to the base of the spine and some slight sunning to the spine as well. Still, a nicer than usual copy.
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The Season's Greetings: Advice to a Prophet
by WILBUR, Richard
np: Richard and Charlee Wilbur, 1959. First edition. Single sheet folded twice to create 4 pages. Includes the poem "Advice to a Prophet" which first appeared in The New Yorker. A very near fine copy. Inscribed by Wilbur "our love to you both-" but not signed. Uncommon.
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On My Own Work
by WILBUR, Richard
Isle of Skye, Scotland: Aquila Publishing Company, 1983. First edition. Softcover. [16 pages.] Aquila Essays number 20. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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Pedestrian Flight: Twenty-One Clerihews for The Telephone (Signed Limited Edition)
by WILBUR, Richard
Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press, 1981. First edition. Softcover. Number 43 from a total edition of 181 copies. Features 21 short poems by Wilbur. A fine copy in string tied wrappers and in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Wilbur on the limitation page. A very nicely printed chapbook.
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The Ride
by WILBUR, Richard
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. First edition. Broadside that measures 7" wide by 14.5" high. Features Wilbur's poem that was originally published in "Ploughshares" and was then published in this format as a keepsake for members and guest of The Grolier Club on November 10, 1982. A near fine copy with some creasing to the bottom left corner. Signed and inscribed by Wilbur.
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A Little Aubade
by WILBUR, Richard
np: np, nd. Single small sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Printed as a "Season's greetings from Charlee and Richard Wilbur, and Ellen, Christopher, Nathan and Aaron." Features the poem "A Little Aubade" which first appeared in The New Yorker. A near fine copy with some slight toning to the edges and one of the principles has handwritten: "our love to you both" at the bottom of the poem. Scarce, with only 3 copies listed in OCLC: Cornell,... Read More
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Emma Wilcox: Where It Falls (Signed First Edition)
by WILCOX, Emma, Luc Sante, and John Caperton
Philadelphia, PA: The Print Center, 2013. First edition. Softcover. 28 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 13 through July 28, 2012. Acknowledgements by Elizabeth F. Spungen. Essay by Luc Sante. Features the text of an interview of Wilcox by John Caperton. Includes numerous black and white images. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Wilcox on the title page.
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Polite Sex
by WILCOX, James
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The fifth novel from the author of the terrific "Modern Baptists." This work is a departure for him in that it is set in New York. A close to near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottom of the page edges in a near fine dust jacket.
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Heavenly Days
by WILCOX, James
New York: The Viking Press, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A later novel from the author of "Modern Baptists." A clean very near fine copy in glossy wrappers. Seemingly uncommon in this format.
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North Gladiola
by WILCOX, James
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The underappreciated author's second book. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a few small edge tears and very minor wear.
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Modern Baptists (Signed First Edition)
by WILCOX, James
New York: The Dial Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Wilcox's well received first book, a terrific novel set in Louisiana. A tight very good plus copy with some foxing to the page edges and noted book collector Rolland Comstock's bookplate on the front pastedown in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and nicely inscribed by Wilcox to Comstock in 1989.
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