William Stafford

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1.
STAFFORD, William.
Absolution.

Knotting: Martin Booth (1980).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. One of 75 (of 125) numbered copies on Abbey Mill paper. Two poems, “With Neighbors One Afternoon” and “Incident.”
$25

2.
STAFFORD, William.
The Achievement of Brother Antoninus: A Comprehensive Selection of his Poems with a Critical Introduction.

Glenville: Scott, Foresman and Company (1967).

First edition. 86 pp w/index of first lines & titles. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with some light edgewear. Compliments of the press label inside front cover.
$15

3.
STAFFORD, William.
All About Light.

Athens: Croissant & Company (1978).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with light sunning along spine. One of 176 numbered copies SIGNED by Stafford. Ten poems.
$75

4.
STAFFORD, William.
Allegiances.

NY: Harper & Row (1970).

First edition. ix + 82 pp. Foxing along top edges, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
$45

5.
STAFFORD, William.
The Animal That Drank Up Sound.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1992).

First edition. Horizontal 8vo. [36 pp]. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Debra Frasier.
$25

6.
STAFFORD, William.
The Answers Are Inside the Mountains: Meditations on the Writing Life.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2003).

First edition. x + 177 pp. Fine in full cloth; no dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Paul Merchant and Vincent Wixon.
$75

7.
STAFFORD, William.
Around You, Your House and A Catechism.

Knotting: Sceptre Press (1979).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 (of 150) numbered copies on Abbey Mills laid paper. The two title poems.
$35

8.
STAFFORD, William.
Assurance.

(np): Bookslinger, 1983.

First edition. 5 x 8 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Printed by Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger for distribution at the A.B.A. in Dallas, Texas, June 1983. The single title poem.
$20

9.
STAFFORD, William.
Border Incident.

[Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, 1976].

First edition. 13 x 10 ½ inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Very near fine.
$35 –SOLD–

10.
STAFFORD, William.
Brother Wind.

Rexburgh: Honeybrook Press, 1986.

First edition. 24 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 250 copies handset and printed on Gutenberg Laid paper. Cover and title page drawings by Donnell Hunter, who also printed this book.
–SOLD– $150

11.
STAFFORD, William.
Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer’s Vocation.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1998).

First edition. 157 pp. Fine in full cloth; no dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Paul Merchant and Vincent Wixon.
$45

12.
STAFFORD, William.
The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford.

NY: HarperPerennial (1993).

First edition. 138 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Bly.
–SOLD– $50

13.
STAFFORD, William.
The Design on the Oriole.

[Mt. Horeb]: Night Heron Press (1977).

First edition. 16mo. [28 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine integral dust jacket with pasted-on cover label. Poems with two wood engravings by Elizabeth Coberly. Printed at the Perishable Press. One of 200 numbered copies on handmade paper SIGNED by Stafford.
$450

14.
STAFFORD, William E.
Down in My Heart.

Elgin: Brethren Publishing House (1948).

Second printing. 94 pp w/epilogue. Inked name and date to front free endpaper, else near fine in very good dust jacket that is edgeworn with a few short tears, and missing the front flap.
$500

15.
STAFFORD, William.
Eleven Untitled Poems.

(np): Perishable Press, 1968.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine dust jacket that is lightly toned to extrems. One of 250 numbered copies on Medway and Shadwell papers.
$250

16.
STAFFORD, William.
Even in Quiet Places: Poems.

Lewiston: Confluence Press (1996).

First edition. x + 120 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Afterword by Kim Stafford. One of 1500 copies.
–SOLD– $45

17.
STAFFORD, William.
Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions (2003).

First edition. ix + 168 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Edited and with an introduction by Kim Stafford.
$15 –SOLD–

18.
STAFFORD, William.
Fin, Feather, Fur.

Rexburgh: Honeybrook Press, 1989.

First edition. 25 pp. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 274 copies printed letterpress by Donnell Hunter. Though not called for, SIGNED by Stafford on the half-title page.
–SOLD– $125

19.
STAFFORD, William.
A Glass Face in the Rain: New Poems.

NY: Haper & Row (1982).

First edition. 126 pp w/index of titles & first lines. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$125 –SOLD–

20.
STAFFORD, William.
Going Places: Poems.

Reno: West Coast Poetry Review (1974).

First edition. 47 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers.
$75

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