Poetry
The To Sound
Amherst, Massachusettes: Verse Press, 2004. Paperback. Clean pages except for a pair of pale spots at the upper right edge of the book; no owners' marks; the spine is faded, otherwise excellent. More
Fugitive Pigments
Hayesville, North Carolina: FutureCycle Press, 2013. Softcover. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; except for light rubbing at the front corners of the soft cover, excellent, nearly as new. More
A Coral Tree
Iowa City: Self Published, 1981. Softcover. Signed and inscribed by the poet to named individuals at the title page, this copy shows only the gentlest hint of shelving rub at the corners of the soft cover and an area of age-toning at the last (blank) page and is otherwise crisp..... More
All-American Girl
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, with a dated inscription to a named individual. Crisp, clean pages; the soft cover has a small crease at the left front edge and a few small edge chips at corners and spine ends, otherwise..... More
Ancestor Worship
Salmon Poetry, 2008. Softcover. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; except for a spot of wear at the bottom right front corner of the soft cover, as new. More
Horizon Note
The University of Wisconsin Press, 2001. Paperback. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; as new. First paperback printing. More
Mars Being Red
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2007. First Printing. Paperback. Signed by the author on the first (half-title) page, with date and an inscription to named individuals. Clean and bright; the soft cover shows just a touch of wear at corners, otherwise excellent. 83pp.; Signed by Author. More
A Marvin Bell Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose (A Bread Loaf Contemporary)
Middlebury College Press, 1994. First Printing. Paperback. Signed and dated by the poet on the half-title page, with a warm inscription to another poet. That prior owner's name is penned at the top of the page; pages are otherwise clean and crisp, the soft cover faded along the spine and..... More
New and Selected Poems
New York: Atheneum, 1987. Paperback. Signed by the author on the half-title page with his usual doodle, the date, and a fond inscription to a named individual. That prior owner's name appears on the first (blank) page and on the title page, and there are small checkmarks along a few..... More
New and Selected Poems
New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the poet on the title page, with no date or inscription. Crisp, clean pages except for pale foxing at the endpapers and around the outside edges of the page block; no owners' marks; full cloth cover shows only mild..... More
Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2000. Third Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, with date and place and an inscription to two named individuals. The prior owner's name is on the front free endpaper; hard cover and jacket show light corner wear, and jacket has..... More
Poems for Nathan and Saul
Mt. Vernon, Iowa: The Hillside Press, 1996. Limited First Edition. Staple-bound Softcover. From the limited first edition of 350 copies, this copy is crisp, bright, and clean; except for a very faint line of fading at the upper left front of the soft cover, as new. More
After the Fact: Scripts & Postscripts
White Pine Press, 2016. Paperback. Signed by Marvin Bell on the half-title page, with a dated presentation inscription to a named individual. Clean, with no owners' marks; there is a slight fold at the bottom front edge and a touch of sunning along the spine, otherwise excellent.; Signed by Author..... More
Orenoque, Wetumka, & Other Poems
Treadwell, New York: Bright Hill Press, 2012. Paperback. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, with an inscription to a named individual. Crisp, bright, clean; except for mild shelfwear at spine ends and corners, excellent. 86pp.; Signed by Author. More
Angel Heirs: An Anthology of Closely Inspected Ordinary Events
Half Angel Press, 1996. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by Margo Berdeshevsky at the title page. Pages clean, beautifully mixed in fiber and texture; binding is square and secure; highly textured hard cover has a few pale gray adhesions barely noticeable around the bottom edges and some..... More
The Body Electric: 25 Years of America's Best Poetry from the American Poetry Review
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Hardcover. More
Secret Wounds
BkMk Press, 2011. Softcover. Clean, crisp, and bright; no owners' marks; binding is square and tight; there is some gentle corner wear on the soft cover, otherwise as new. More
The Spoonlight Institute
Adventures in Poetry, 2009. Trade Paperback. More
Blind Witness: Three American Operas
Factory School, 2008. Paperback. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks or wear; as new. More
21 Poems from First Credo
Anacortes, Washington: Stone Marrow Press, 1990. Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Staple-bound Softcover. Poems reprinted from First Credo, 1986, Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series, Princeton University. Signed by the author at the title page, dated, and inscribed to another author. Crisp, bright, clean pages; securely stapled binding; gentle toning starting..... More
Ceremony
Milwaukee: Morgan Press, 1969. Staple-bound. Signed and dated by the poet, with a brief inscription to a named individual, on the final leaf. Clean except for a clear droplet mark at the top right front corner and another at the lower right rear of the cover; modest fading/toning to verticals;..... More
The Best American Poetry 1994
Touchstone Books, 1994. Trade Paperback. More