In the Aviary
University of Missouri Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1974. Cloth hardcover, clean unmarked text, New copy, no dust jacket, in original shrink-wrap.
University of Missouri Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1974. Cloth hardcover, clean unmarked text, New copy, no dust jacket, in original shrink-wrap.
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1974. Hardcover. Signed by Costanzo on title page. Octavo, oatmeal cloth covered boards, 64pp. Book is near fine with minimal shelfwear, text clean and unmarked, binding tight.
Derry, PA: Rook Press, 1976. Broadside poem measuring 8.5 x 11 inches, printed on vellum-colored stock, no. 250 of 250 signed copies. Usually found as part of a set of twelve broadsides comprising the "Rook Folio." This one inscribed to Ernie and Cis Stefanik "with gratitude." -- they were the.....
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 128pp., not illustrated. Book has handsome wrap and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Cleveland: Bits Press, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards, signed by Costanzo on the titlepage and inscribed to a fellow poet named Ed (Ochester?), clean unmarked text, near fine copy, no dust jacket, light wear to the dust jacket.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, fine copy, signed by Costanzo and Daniels on title page and with small pink post-it on dust jacket: "Jim: Thanks -- Jerry" which is intriguing but we don't know what it means. 308 pp. Selections from the.....
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, good copy, erasable pencil-check-marks to some pages, wear to the covers, previous owner's last name in ink on the half-title page (looks to be the signature of editor Jim Daniels's wife?).
Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Press, 1987. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1987. Softcover, 86 pp. + ads., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy. Featuring work by Wayne Dodd, Mary Ruefle, William Stafford, Gerald Stern, C.D. Wright, Paul Zimmer, and more.
Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by all three editors! Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of shelfwear.
Kyoto, Japan: Nicholas Crome, 1970. Wraps. 2 issues. 9 x 8.5 inches, wraps, very good. Poetry by Bly, Levine, DeMarinis, Everwine, Ochester, Costanzo,poetry from a variety of nationalities and languages. 48 & 56 pp.
Saline, MI / Pittsburgh: McNaughton & Gunn / English Department, CMU, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1998. Hardback, no jacket, 291 pp, about fine; issues of the Oakland Review are near fine, light cover soil. Contributors include Paul Zimmer, Greg Kuzma, Joseph Drexler (aka Dieter Weslowski), Michael Wurster, Ann.....
Derry PA: Rook Press, 1976. Wraps. Printed red folder measures 11.25 x 8.75 inches, housing 12 broadsides, nicely printed, plus title page. Each numbered and signed by the author, limited to 250 copies. Authors/titles: Heyen -- Cardinals / Milosz -- Ars Poetica? / Zimmer -- Zimmer at the Diggings /.....