Includes: 7 typed letters or notes, signed from James Wright to Lawder, some are on postcards, some are short letters, a few with original envelopes. Also a short hand-written note on a card from Annie Wright, addressed to Lawder shortly after Wright's untimely death. * Bly, Robert, editor. Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems. Cloth-backed boards, dj (price-clipped). Inscribed from Bly to Lawder on front free endpaper. Beacon Press, [1971]. * The author's own copy of: Trolling. Half green morocco and cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, bound by Harcourt Bindery, Boston. First Edition. Little, Brown, [1977]. * Inscribed presentation copy of: Trolling. Boards, dj. Inscribed to "Stan and Moira" on the front free endpaper. First Edition. Little, Brown, [1977]. * 3 more first editions of Trolling. 2 in boards, dj; 1 in wrappers. * Stafford, William. Traveling through the Dark. Boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Lawder wrote his name on the front free endpaper. Harper & Row, 1962]. * 3 Northwest Poets. Wrappers. Inscribed on blank front leaf "Hang on to this copy-forever!" Also signed by Albert Drake next to his name on the title page. Included poems by Drake, Lawson Inada and Douglas Lawder. [Quixote Press, 1970]. * 2 copies of: Lillabulero Vol. 1, No. 1. Lawder was a contributor as well as William Stafford. Wrappers. One with piece of candle wax/stain on front cover. 1967. * Bly, Robert, editor. The Sea and the Honeycomb. Wrappers. Sixties Press, 1966. * Neruda, Pablo. Twenty Poems. Wrappers. Sixties Press, 1967. * Bly, Robert. The Teeth Mother Naked at Last. Wrappers. City Lights Books, [1970]. * 2 books of poetry by James Wright, and two biographical books about James Wright. * Wright, James. Moments of the Italian Summer. Wrappers. Dryad Press, [N.d.]. * Vallejo, Cesar. Twenty Poems. Wrappers. Sixties Press, 1962. * Bly, Robert, editor. The Sixties: Numbers Four, Six, Seven Ten, and 2 copies of Eight. * The Fifties: The First and Third Issue. * The Seventies: 2 copies of One. *The Thousands: Number One. Signed by Bly on the title page, and inscribed. Also includes laid in typed letter signed from Bly to Lawder.
Douglas Lawder (1934-2009) was an American poet and occasionally contributed to or co-edited various journals with the writers included in this lot. His work is described by his peers as sensuous and surreal. This diverse collection of letters and volumes of poetry and various journals, includes many signed by other authors, and a small few with Lawder's name in ink at the endpapers.