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1972140941061Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1972. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition cloth issue. Signed by Larry Levis on title page additionally inscribed on half-title to former owner "These poems not far from adolescence & probably they show it. signed Larry." viii 62 2 pp. Orange cloth front stamped in blind spine lettered in black. Fine in an attractive unclipped dust jacket with a tiny closed tear along the fore edge and a little rubbing else Fine. The poet's first book winner of the 1971 United States Award of the International Poetry Forum. University of Pittsburgh Press unknown books
197258225Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1972. First edition. 62 pp. Hard erasure to second leaf else very near fine in like dust jacket. Levis’ first book winner of the 1971 United States Award of the International Poetry Forum. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press unknown books
1977132982Iowa City IA: Windhover Press The 1977. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. Windhover Press. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. 61 3 pages. Limited to 175 signed copies of which this is one of 70 copies on rives light paper. Table of contents. The 1976 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Binding by the Black Oak Bindery. Errata laid in. A tight bright and unmarred copy. Windhover Press, The unknown books
1991007447Pittsburg: University of Pittsburg Press 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition the rare issue in cloth. A fine clean copy with small push to one corner in near fine unclipped dustwrapper with very minor wear to same corner. <br/><br/> University of Pittsburg Press hardcover books
1977131916Iowa City IA: Windhover Press The 1977. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. Windhover Press. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. 61 3 pages. Limited to 175 signed copies of which this is one of 70 copies on rives light paper. Table of contents. The 1976 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Binding by the Black Oak Bindery. Errata laid in. Windhover Press, The unknown books
181356607Paris et se trouve à Londres: éhez L. Deconchy . New Bond Street 1813. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf richly gilt spine with leather label gilt arms stamped on upper cover marbled endpapers. Hinge off otherwise a lovely copy. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brief portraits of various contemporaries by Pierre-Marc-Gaston duc de Lévis 1755-1830 -- including a vivid reminiscence of Benjamin Franklin whom the author met as a boy. Lévis was the son of the French general François Gaston who took over the French troops after Montcalm's death in the French-Indian War. There is a portrait of his father of Mirabeau Calonnes Madame Necker Cardinal Rohan and many other liminaries of the century. OCLC: 14868518 4 copies éhez L. Deconchy ... New Bond Street unknown books
19775920Iowa City: Windhover Press 1977. First edition. One of 70 copies on Rives Light paper out of a total edition of 175 copies. Signed by Levis. Berger 67. Spine very slightly faded as often otherwise a fine copy with errata slip laid in. 8vo cloth-backed boards with printed spine label. Spine very slightly faded as often otherwise a fine copy with errata slip laid in. Windhover Press unknown books
197027534Kyoto: TransPacific 1970. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Wide stapled wrappers. Six consecutive issues of this poetry magazine whose focus is on poetry and literature from world-wide writers including those from Japan Vietbnam Ireland Mexico Yugoslavia and many other places but also includes in each issue a selection of poems and writings by Americans such as Simic Levis Merwin and others who variously contribute to these issues. Published between 1970 and 1972. All in clean very good to near fine condition. Sold together. TransPacific paperback books
19152348London: Ellis 1915. cloth-backed boards. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 166 2 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Extracts from these two 17th century diaries. Illustrated. Both men were authorities and collectors of engravings. Information on the artists of their day. Spine age darkened. Ink ownership inscription at top of free endpaper. Ellis unknown books
1913WRCLIT18338New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Quarto. Cloth and boards. Facsimiles. First edition. One of 300 copies printed at the Chiswick Press on Japan vellum. Boards lightly dust soiled but a very good largely unopened copy. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1936141Peiping: Vetch 1936. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. Illus. with musical compositions in Western & Chinese styles. Dust jacket chipped. Biblio. index. <br/><br/>Includes a Typed Letter Signed by the publlisher laid in. Vetch hardcover books
1946WRCLIT77242Paris: GLM 1946. 532pp. Quarto 28.5 x 19 cm. Loose bifolia laid into printed wrapper. A few stray pen strikes on recto of terminal leaf otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies of 512 printed on vélin du Marais by Mano. The first of two numbers published printing poems by Garcia Lorca "Le Roi de Harlem" translated by GLM Corbiere Lautréamont Walt Whitman "Children of Adam" translated by H. Bokanowski - French and English printed in parallel and a selection of African songs and poems. Illustrators include Ernst Picasso and Priéto. GLM unknown books
1808030883Paris: Xhrouet 1808. 1/4 Leather. Near Fine. 1/4 leather over marbled boards in a modern period binding. Very light wear to boards. Top edge dusty internally largely unmarked. A lovely copy of the Second edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 030883. <br/><br/> Xhrouet hardcover books
19774894Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1977. 1st edition full gray cloth w/printed dj. A "new still in the original shrink wrap never opened" copy of the author's second book of poems. The present offering is the first trade edition following the Windhover limited edition of 175 copies. Perhaps a one of a kind copy very bright and fine. University of Iowa Press unknown books
19854646Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press 1985. 1st edition gold boards with printed dust jacket. ". . . one of the most original and most highly praised of contemporary American poets . . . a book of love poems and elegies Levis engages in a process of relentless self-interrogation about his life about losses and acceptances . . . a 'representative life' of our time" from the jacket. Among the most elusive of all Levis titles in the first hardbound edition this copy is very bright and tight and appears in 'as new' condition. Very scarce in this condition. U of Pittsburgh Press unknown books
1869174004Cambridge Mass: Welch Bigelow and Company 1869. Hardcover. VG- small label residue on bottom front cover aging/taning to block edges museum label inside front cover small museum stamp on corner of frontispiece interior is tight. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine gilt stamp on front cover top edge gilt xliii 529 pp frontispiece of F.C. Gray. List of the principal works on art consulted or referred to": pages xi-xliii. "The engravings described in the following Catalogue were collected by the late Hon. Francis Calley Gray LL.D. a graduate of Harvard College of the class of 1809." -preface. Welch, Bigelow, and Company hardcover books
19811341024New York: E.P. Dutton 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First edition; G-/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black print; DJ has tears at spine ends and flap corners tears along front top and bottom edges tanning to endpapers peripheral toning general soiling; Boards quarter bound with cream cloth to spine and cream paper to boards wear to spine caps and corners small surface tear to top edge else clean and strong; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers cracked rear hinge clean text; Inscribed in ink with doodled image by the author on front flyleaf; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; 72 pages. 1341024. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
19774318Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1977. 1st edition full gray cloth with printed dust jacket. A lovely copy of the author's second book of poems. The present offering is the first trade edition following a limited edition of 175 copies. An uncommonly bright fine copy. University of Iowa Press unknown books
199954365Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books 1999. cloth. thick 8vo. cloth. xix 571 141 pages. Reprint of the 1912 and 1913 volumes bound in one as issued. Besterman p.2028; Arntzen & Rainwater N6; Bridson & Wakeman A6. An excellent bibliography with full descriptions and some annotations. Illustrated. With about 3000 books described. Reduced in size from the original. Martino Fine Books unknown books
1912107789London: Ellis 1912. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. thick 4to. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. xix 571 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Besterman p.2028. An appendix volume was issued in 1913 140 pages which is not present. About 3000 entries which are fully described in annotated. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Soiled covers. Ellis unknown books
1913175666New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Hardcover. VG slipcase is in poor condition with foxing and tears the boards and book are VG with some uncut pages. Light tan boards with dark tan cloth spine tan book label with red and black lettering on upper spine 3 prelimary leaves v-xviii 188 pp 1 leaf illustrations including portraits II plates including frontispiece. Issued in white cardboard slipcase. One of an edition of 300 copies. "The object of this volume is to determine if possible what portraits belong to the Baziliologia as issued by Henry Holland in 1618"--Introd. note. The two plates are facsimile reproductions of the title pages of the editions of 1618 and 1630. Includes bibliographical references pages xi-xiv. The Grolier Club hardcover books
200156061Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2001. First edition. 135 pp. Fine in full cloth. No dust jacket as issued. Essays edited by James Marshall Andrew Miller and John Venable with the assistance of Mary Flinn. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press hardcover books
189029020780Philadelphia PA 1890. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to be used for various finger arm or leg injurious. The splints in the set came in both child and adult sized. There are seven illustrated examples of the splints in use. The creator of this splints was Richard J. Levis a Civil War doctor who was a surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital. While the there is no date on the circular Leach & Greene appear to have been in business at the Tremont Street location in the late 1880 to the early 1890s. Some of the same illustrations found on the circular were also used in a variety of medical supply catalogues around the same time. Single sheet double-sided green paper. Measures 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
1876185884London: G. Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. G Cover has wear discoloratio edge fdamage. Spine has tearing peeling . Cover entirely seperate from bookblock. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing water staining some pages seperate from bookblock edge damage. Green cloth boards with black design elements. vi 4 228 pages frontispiece. With introduction and notices of the various schools: Italian German Dutch and Flemish Spanish French and English. By Louis Fagan. G. Bell and Sons hardcover books
1913181427New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Hardcover. VGinternally many pages unopened. Soiling to covers otherwise solid and clean. Light tan boards with dark tan cloth spine tan book label with red and black lettering on upper spine 3 prelimary leaves v-xviii 188 pp 1 leaf illustrations including portraits II plates including frontispiece. Issued in white cardboard slipcase. One of an edition of 300 copies. "The object of this volume is to determine if possible what portraits belong to the Baziliologia as issued by Henry Holland in 1618"--Introd. note. The two plates are facsimile reproductions of the title pages of the editions of 1618 and 1630. Includes bibliographical references pages xi-xiv. The Grolier Club hardcover books