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195910178London: Victor Gollancz 1959. First UK edition first prnt. Includes "Author's Note" not in the US edition which was published by Harper & Bros. as The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures in 1958. 3x5 inch card laid-in signed by Updike. Upper board corners just tapped foxed page edges; dustjacket with interior foxing which is apparent on the outside. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Updike's first poetry collection. Signed Card Laid in. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Victor Gollancz hardcover books
80620Faircopy. 8.5 x 11 inch 30 lb tan stock. Signed by Williams. Complete text of the poem. Fine condition. Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Faircopy/Typescript. Paperback books
183419118Providence: Marshall Brown and Company 1834. First edition. Some soiling and sunning to the cloth; a few closed large tears across leaves from the gutter perhaps in production; in good condition. 8vo original rose diaper grain cloth gilt lettering 48 pages. A Phi Beta Kappa poem delivered in Rhode Island. Neat contemporary gift inscription to the lovely lilac endpapers "E. C. Sigourney from the attached & devoted Self. Marshall, Brown and Company, unknown books
199550233NY: Farrar Straus and Co. 1995. First edition first prnt. Signed by Ashbery on the title page. Rear board corner bump; otherwise an unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. Farrar Straus and Co. Hardcover books
19762208New York: The Ecco Press 1976. First Edition Thus. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm 95 1 pages in illustrated wrappers soft cover.<br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> by John Ashbery on the title page: "For William Targ /John Ashbery / 4/11/77." Targ was the editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons and was pps best known for acquiring Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" sight unseen. A nice literary association.<br /><br />A collection of 28 poems published here by Ecco Press; the poems originally were published by E.P. Dutton in 1970. The collection derives its title from a painting by Giorgio de Chirico in the Museum of Modern Art. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear mild soiling to lower wrapper but internally clean and bright. A Near Fine copy. The Ecco Press paperback books
1978005842Boulder Colorado: Colorado Quarterly 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "for Don - with friendship - Willis". RARE in the true 1978 First Edition the book was republished by Red Hen Press in 2011. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Karmen Effenberger . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colorado Quarterly Paperback books
1963000959Iowa City IA: Cummington Press 1963. # 79 of an edition limited to 250. His 1st published hardback book. Prior owner name and address neatly written on front endpage. Very faint foxing top edge. SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION. First Edition. Cloth. About Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Private Press. Cummington Press Hardcover books
1977005681Bloomington Indiana: The Raintree Press 1977. #17 of 81 copies printed SIGNED BY AUTHOR on colophon page. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Thin 8vo . Chap Book. The Raintree Press Paperback books
1959WRCLIT50824Toronto: Canadian Author's Assoc. 1959. III:2-3; X:1&2; XI:3&4; XII:2; XIII:1-6 XIV:3&4; XVI:4; XVIII:1/3; & XXIII:1. Eighteen issues. Printed wrappers. One issue has library discard stamp a few issues smoke darkened at edges tea stain at top edge of two issues good to very good. Edited by E.J. Pratt et al. Founded in Jan. 1936 as a quarterly then for a time monthly and back again to quarterly. A mixed somewhat representative lot. HOFFMAN et al p. 399. Canadian Author's Assoc. unknown books
1977006447Bloomington IN: The Raintree Press 1977. SCARCE. Number 18 of 50 copies printed. Near Fine faint crease to wrappers. Shakespeare. Fine Printing. Fine Presses. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. The Raintree Press Paperback books
197249113San Francisco: X-Communications 1972. First Edition. First printing. Oblong quarto; unpaginated 144pp; illus. Minuscule bumps to wrapper edges at upper and lower corners else a tight Near Fine copy. Uncommon collection of concrete visual and computer-generated poetry by the celebrated San Francisco multimedia artist. About as pretty a copy of this unwieldy and damage-prone title as we have seen. X-Communications unknown books
19472111New York: Harper & Brothers 1947. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 140 mm x 197 1 pages in black cloth gilt title to upper board and spine in an unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A book of poems by one of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen selected these poems shortly before he died in 1946. <br /><br />CONDITION: Scratch to lower board light foxing to top and fore edges a couple of pages unopened in rear of book. The unclipped dust jacket shows some rubbing and soiling particularly on the lower wrapper. Overall Very Good or better. A nice copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1963003122London: Jonathan Cape 1963. First Printing. Contains 749 poems adding 113 poems to "Collected Poems" published in 1942 and reprinted several times. Near Fine prior owner name front endpage in a Very Good Plus dustjacket with a 1" closed tear at spine fold and light edge wear. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books
1965005564Middletown CT: Wesleyan Univ Press 1965. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket yellow at spine faded. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wesleyan Univ Press Hardcover books
60611Faircopy of the complete poems typed on 8.5 X 11 inch 30 lb tan stock. Inscribed by Eberhart. "For _ from Richard Eberhart with best regards 1984. This poem is now 51 years old." Fine condition. This and "The Fury of Aerial Bombardment" are Eberhart's most often anthologized poems. Eberhart was awarded Yale University's Bollingen Prize for distinguished achievement in American poetry the Pulitzer in 1966 the National Book Award for Collected Poems 1930-1976 and the Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America in 1986. He was a fellow of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. . Inscribed and Dated By Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Faircopy/Typescript. Paperback books
198010874Roslindale: Pym-Randall Press 1980. First edition limited to 500 copies 50 of which were numbered and signed by the author. Glossy wraps. This is one of the unnumbered issue which has been inscribed by Eberhart on the last page of text where he has also added a new line to "New Hampshire Ferbruary" "The wasps had no explanation." Eberhart has also written on the page "I don't think I know H.H's work. Warmest regards to _- and best wishes for the future. Richard Eberhart Gainesville Florida 1/18/89." Two shallow compressions on the front wrap; otherwise in Fine condition. Unique as such. . Inscribed By Author with Note. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Pym-Randall Press Paperback books
1884006620Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. One of 275 small-paper copies printed for subscribers. Very Good in the original red cloth light soiling to cloth ribbon marker the usual offsetting to endpapers spine label with complete lettering the label with small chip and darkened and a bit rubbed. Overall a handsome copy. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1966003879New York: The Smith/Horizon Press 1966. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - " To Bernard Perry Cordially Jim Farrell March 9 1971 NY NY". Bernard Perry was the founding Director of Indiana University Press which he led from 1950-1976 and in 1951 he published Farrell's book "Poet of the People; an Evaluation of James Whitcomb Riley" . A nice Association Copy. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light rubbing and a pin-hole along rear spine fold. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Association Copy. The Smith/Horizon Press Hardcover books
1980007259No Place: Harper & Row 1980. Publisher's promotional poster 18 1/4"w x 26"h featuring the same artwork as the cover of the book an iconic image of a man reading on a cable car. Printed in limited supply for distribution at an ABA trade show now quite uncommon. Fine on a single sheet of heavy cardstock. Well suited for framing. All posters will be shipped rolled loosely in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 18 1/4" x 26". Harper & Row books
19291017Spoleto: Presso Claudio Argentieri 1929. Limited Edition. Three quarter leather. Good /missing. Giuseppe Maria Crespi. A good plus limited edition no. 82 of 1000 printed. No dust jacket. Three quarter leather over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Front joint cracked but still sturdy. Four raised bands with bright gilt title stamping on spine and at leather edges.Small rub on spine see photos. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore and bottom edge. Limitation stamped on copyright page. Held by 6 libraries in Europe. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text in Italian. XXVII 278 p. 20 gorgeous copper engravings all present. Quarto 9 x 11 1/2 inches tall. Vicenza 800 AD. The crude but world-savvy peasant Bertoldo is invited to the court of the Longobard King Alboin and manages to ingratiate himself with the sovereign through his wit and pranks. Returning to his small village from the naive wife Marcolfa and son Bertoldino the farmer Bertoldo finds out that they fell victim of a Fra Cipolla from Frosolone a swindler monk Alberto Sordi who sells fake relics. He sets to recover his property and take vengeance of the monk with whom ultimately a truce and friendship begins. After various adventures and involvement with court intrigues mainly due to the young princess refusal to marry an ugly Bizantine nobleman for political reasons and the queen's pursuit of feminine rights and equality Bertoldo and his entire family get richly rewarded by the king and ultimately admitted to the court of Alboin. The peasant finds however in this his demise as he cannot adapt to the life and food of the noble class and soon dies of a broken heart. ---wikipedia From the 1984 film adaptation Presso Claudio Argentieri hardcover books
1917006001Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co. 1917. RARE in Arts & Crafts tooled leather binding. Top edge gilt. Marbled end pages. Near Fine slight toning. . First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reilly & Lee Co. Hardcover books
1939005674Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1939. One of 380 copies printed 325 for sale . Fine in the SCARCE original and fragile glassine dust wrapper Near Fine 3 small closed tears. Cheever 27. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1928004219New York: Harold Vinal Ltd. 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. 2 pieces of publisher's promotional material laid in and from that "Mrs. Heflebower "Dee Dee" is one of the National Vice-Presidents of the League of American Pen Women.She is known.for her National and State connection with Motion Picture activities." A fascinating Hollywood ASSOCIATION COPY straight from the era of the black lists ! Very Good Plus lacking the dustjacket and boards faded at spine and at the tips. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Patterned Paper Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Presentation Copy. Harold Vinal Ltd. Hardcover books
1985006998Detroit: Lotus Press 1985. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - " To Eleanor A brilliant mojo hand in the field. As ever Houston". . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lotus Press Paperback books
19811746San Francisco: Self-published 1981. <br /><br />Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 135 mm 42 pages in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers.<br /><br />INSCRIBED on the lower wrapper to Nathan May the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32 the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. A collection of poems by the Berkeley street poet 1943-2018 reflecting her street-smart sensibilities.<br /><br />OCLC shows these institutional holdings: Berkeley Harvard Fuller Theological Delaware Emory and Texas at Arlington. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Creasing to lower corner extending throughout the book. Small stain to lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Very Good or better. Self-published paperback books
