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1875169799Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie 1875. First and original edition not a reprint. Hardcover. Fair outer hinges almost completely cracked chipping and loss to spine at extremities ancient library label at base of spine stamp on TP of "Union League of Philadelphia" as well as their bookplate inside front cover and inscription from the author to this club. Publishers red cloth with paper label on spine. 184 pp. no illustrations. The text block is solid and clean socers are clean with sharp corners. Cloth covering boards has become brittle along the point of flexibility hence the tenderness of the hinges. Gebbie & Barrie hardcover 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
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
1957105438Paris: Artheme Fayard 1957. paperback. very good. 286pp. 12mo printed wrapper; a few pages unopened. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard 1957. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Artheme Fayard unknown 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
194525563Paris: GLM 1945. First edition. Portrait de Valentine Hugo. 19 cm. Poems. Number 789 of 820 copies printed one of 200 on vélin. Original wrappers a fine unopened copy. <br/><br/> GLM unknown books
2003181372San Juan Puerto Rico: Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 2003. Softcover. VG. edge-wear to covers; rubbing to corners. interior clean. blush & white illustrated wrappers. illustrated interior covers & endpapers. 23 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in parallel Spanish English & French. Many near-full-page color illustrations and video still details. Includes a lengthy essay on the artists work followed by an artist statement. Also includes exhibition publication and collection listing. Uncommon. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 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
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
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
197310984Los Angeles: The Laurel Press 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce first issue of this little poetry magazine edited by Bob and Elizabeth Brown. Notable for the inclusion of two early poems by Larry Levis Into The Late Show and Nights. Clean very good copy in stapled decorated wrappers. The Laurel Press paperback 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
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
199225815Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. A 102 pp short story collection by this well known poet. Age spotting to page edges and a few scattered pages. Else a very good copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Rear cover blurb by Mark Strand. Peregrine Smith Books hardcover books
1977RLEVAFT00LAWUniversity of Iowa Press 1977. Very Good. Levis Larry. The Afterlife. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1977. 1st edition. 61pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners. name and number of former owner penned on front pastedown beneath front flap. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with slightly chipped corners and two tiny closed tears in upper edge of front panel. Upper edge and spine subtly sunned. Small pink smudge on lower corner of rear panel. In dust jacket protector. The 1976 Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of America Poets. University of Iowa Press unknown books
198328036Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1983. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. 61 pp. Stated second printing from 1983. When first published in 1977 it won the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets award. Very good condition with some toning to edges of covers. Uncommon even in this second printing. University of Iowa Press paperback 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
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
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
199229167Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1992. Second edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Tall tarde paperbound volume. 71 pp. Stated second edition. Originally published in 1981. A near fine example of this uncommon edition. Carnegie Mellon University Press paperback 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
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
198527277Pittsburg: University of Pittsburg Press 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/none. First edition of the poet's uncommon second book. Simultaneous first paperbound edition. 87 pp. Includes the folded publisher promotional sheet for this title laid in. A very good copy with light spotting to edges. University of Pittsburg Press paperback 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
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