A Philip Levine Collection


Chapbooks & Pamphlets

  • Title:  Five Detroits
    Year of publication:  1970
    Publisher:  Unicorn Press
    City:  Greenboro, NC
    Number of Pages:  16
    Cover:  paperback
    Comments:  This book was limited to 500 copies, 50 signed, 450 bound in black Holliston sail-cloth. 1000 copies, paperbound, constitute the trade edition.

  • Title:  Thistles
    Year of publication:  1970
    Publisher:  Turret Books
    City:  London
    Cover:  hardcover
    Comments:  This book was limited to 500 copies, 100 numbered and signed.

  • Title:  New Season
    Year of publication:  1975
    Publisher:  Graywolf Press
    City:  Port Townsend, WA
    Cover:  ?
    Comments:   A complete run of the Graywolf Pamphlet Series I, including: (I) New Season (by) Philip Levine, (II) The Stance (by) William Bronk, (III) The Sun On Your Shoulder (by) John Haines with illustration by Joy Williams, (IV) A Guide to Dungeness Spit (by) David Wagoner, (V) The Funeral Parlor by James Heynen, and (VI) Waiting to Be Fed (by) Ray A. Young Bear. (1975-1976). Each one limited to 60 numbered copies signed by the poet.

  • Title:  Out of the West
    Year of publication:  1979
    Publisher:  Lord John Press
    City:  Northridge, CA
    Cover:  hardcover
    Comments:  This book was limited to 350 copies. It consists of poems by 5 poets: Philip Levine, Clayton Eshleman, Jerome Rothenberg, William Everson, and Gary Snyder. Bound in brown cloth and orange paper boards with gold titling on spine; signed by each poet at the beginning of his section; printed by Vance Gerry, bound by Bela Blau.

  • Title:  Sources
    Year of publication:  1981
    Publisher:  Moe's Books
    City:  Berkeley, CA
    Cover:  folded cardstock
    Comments:  This book was limited to 175 copies. Printed folded cardstock. First separate printing of Levine's poem which was originally published in One for the Rose, and printed here as a "gift for the New Year from Moe's Books."

  • Title:  Blue
    Year of publication:  1989
    Publisher:  Aralia Press
    City:  West Chester, PA
    Cover:  hardcover
    Comments:  This book was limited to 175 copies. Printed on dampened Frankfurt.

  • Title:  Llanto
    Year of publication:  1991
    Publisher:  Aralia Press
    City:  West Chester, PA
    Cover:  hardcover
    Comments:  This book was limited to 200 copies. Printed by Michael Peich for a reading at West Chester University.

  • Title:  Dreaming in Swedish
    Year of publication:  1994
    Publisher:  Arundel Press
    City:  Los Angeles
    Cover:  paperback
    Comments:  This book was limited to 105 copies, all signed.

  • Title:  The Poem of Chalk
    Year of publication:  1995
    Publisher:  Land Marks Press
    City:  Huntington Woods, MI
    Cover:  hardcover
    Comments:   First (separate) edition of this poem which was collected in The Simple Truth. One of only 12 copies produced, all hors commerce, this being 1 of 3 Artist's Proofs signed by Levine & the printer/artist, Lynne Avadenka, & one of only two copies printed on Goyu paper. Produced in conjunction with the 1994 Arts Achievement Award at Wayne State University (Levine's alma mater), nine copies were presented to the recipients of the award, the printer retained one Artist's Proof & Levine received two, with this copy being one of those given to the poet. Accompanied by an ALS, 2 pages, from Avadenka, accounting for the different issues & noting that only the Artist's Proofs were signed by both Avadenka & Levine; all the other copies were signed only by Avadenka. In addition, only Levine's copies were printed on Goyu paper with Twinrocker Black Linen paper for endsheets & covers; all the other copies were printed on Twinrocker Cream paper with Twinrocker Black Denim for the endsheets & covers. So far as we are aware, the rarest of Levine's publications, & certainly one of the most beautiful. As new in the original paper case & shipping box. 4to, with an original etching printed on Magnani Italia paper, original black wrappers, green paper case with ribbon ties.

  • Title:  Smoke
    Year of publication:  1997
    Publisher:  Aureole Press
    City:  University of Toledo
    Cover:  paperback
    Comments:  This book was limited to 190 copies, all numbered and signed, 25 numbered copies specially bound in cloth, with illustration by J. Scott McCoy. Printed with a Vandercook Simple Precision-15 press from Bell types on Mohawk Superfine paper.

  • Title:  Peter's Gift
    Year of publication:  1997
    Publisher:  Salmon Run Press
    City:  Anchorage
    Cover:  paperback
    Comments:  This book was limited to 97 copies, all numbered and signed.