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1942008565Clinton South Carolina : Jacobs Press 1942. Poems in dialect that "explore the literary possibilities" of the "Gullah Negroes" of South Carolina while at the same time being utterly clueless as to the the casual harm caused in that exploration. Excellent and unsentimental black and white photographs by Carl Julien provide subtle yet clear counterpoint . Near Fine slight even toning small bumps at corners lacking the dust jacket. Photographic paper label front cover. . First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacobs Press Hardcover books
2325<br /><br />Six poetry titles by Howard Hart 1927-2002 all inscribed to Nathan May the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32 the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. Hart wrote poetry and plays and was an accomplished jazz pianist and drummer. In the late 1950s Hart Jack Kerouac Philip Lamantia and David Amram gave jazz poetry readings in New York. From 1959-61 Hart wrote theatre and book reviews for the Village Voice. He also spent many years in San Francisco and was part of the poetry scene there. <br /><br />The six books are: <br /><br />--Fountain Square. New York: Pennyeach Press 1954. Octavo unpaginated in wrappers. One of 200 copies. Soling and foxing to wrappers. About Very Good. <br />--The Sky of Orange Whispers. New York: Gallery: Gertrude Stein 1964. Octavo 55 1 pages in wrappers. Wrappers stained and soiled. Good. <br />--The Apple Bites Back. Mill Valley California: Klook Press 1974. Octavo 66 pages in wrappers. Some soiling to wrappers. Very Good. <br />--Selected Poems: Six Sets 1951-1983. Berkeley: City Miner Books 1984. Octavo 88 pages in wrappers. Wrappers stained and rubbed offsetting to verso of upper wrapper from a newspaper article. Very Good. <br />--Charmelle and the White Smoke. San Francisco: Despair Press 1980. Quarto unpaginated in stapled wrappers. Some soiling to wrappers lower wrapper a bit loose from staples. Very Good. <br />--Django. Alexandria Virginia: Deep Forest 1989. Octavo unpaginated in wrappers. One of 100 copies. Some soiling to wrappers. Very Good. <br /><br />Hart's books were often published in small editions so signed or inscribed copies are even more elusive. All six of these books are inscribed to Nathan May. <br /><br /> paperback books
1971011088NY: Grossman Publishers 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by poet Williams: "Johnathan Williams/ Highlands/ North Carolina" on ffe. Fine internally rare printed glassine better than very good - just a tad worn at spine ends. Grossman Publishers hardcover books
121818.5 x 11white 20lb stock with Levertov's embossed personalization. Dated "Jan 17th 1981."Levertov responds to another Levertov which fascinates her. She includes the coincidence as "one of the amazing consequences of being a writer in contact with other lives." She wants to know more about her correspondent. "I've always been told there is only one Levertov. family. so we are probably related. Do you know anything of your family's history. I would be very interested to know." She notes she will be sending a collection of poems which includes some poems her correspondent mentioned "Bedtime" and "Psalm Concerning the Castle" among which is "a poem my sister Olga wrote before she died." Also she explains that "some references" in the poems "may puzzle you so perhaps I should explain that my father was a Jew who became a Christian. and worked all his life to reconcile Jews and Christians." And for completness she adds "My mother was Welsh. I'll look forward to hearng from you again. Cordially - Denise Levertov." Levertov's holograph envelope postmarked "Boston 19 Jan 1981" included. Aprx 300 words written on both sides. Small foxed spot beginning toning one edge. Near Fine condition. Signed. Unbound. Near Fine/Not Issued. Holograph Letter. Paperback books
1990007852Montigny les Metz : Editions Voix Richard Meier 1990. # 21 of an edition of 250 copies SIGNED by poet Marina Temkina and artist Michel Gerard. Near Fine small creases top corners in Very Good French wrappers small top corners creases light foxing. Poetry translation by Alfred Corn. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Editions Voix Richard Meier Paperback books
1920005635New York: Macmillan 1920. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated Dec. 14 '20. First Printing same date title and copyright pages. Very Good no jacket slight spine lean gilt at top edge dulled a few pages with small marginal stains. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Hardcover books
1848012471Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackstone 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. In decorative binding typical of the period - green cloth elabaortaley decorated in gilt all over - front rear and spine aeg 8vo xiv 532 10. Covers modestly soiled moderately faded gilt dulled at spine lacking ffe lightly foxed prelims and rears internals fine solid binidng. WOMEN. POETRY. Lindsay & Blackstone hardcover books
1973005786Iowa City IA: The Prairie Press 1973. This copy is SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the book's designer Carroll Coleman on the colophon page - "for Wayne and Jeanne Davis - good people - good friends Carroll Coleman 28 August 1973". Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny tears at head of spine. One of 650 copies printed. Cheever 171 the final Cheever numbered Prairie Press book. Copies of Prairie Press books INSCRIBED by Coleman are SCARCE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
19592152New York: Totem Press 1959. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 145 mm 8 pages in illustrated stapled wrappers.<br /><br />INSCRIBED by Michael McClure on the title page to book editor William Targ: "This copy for Bill Targ / and / all / cause / Baraka /published / it / Michael." The reference is to Amiri Baraka known as LeRoi Jones until 1965 whose Totem Press published the book as Blue Plate #2 in an edition of 750 copies. Besides Targ a previous owner of this book was poet Tony Weinberger; his signature is at top of the title page. Nice literary associations here.<br /><p>Michael McClure who was instrumental in launching the Beat movement died on May 4 2020 at age 87. McClure took part in a legendary poetry reading at the Six Gallery in San Francisco in October 1955. Other readers were Allen Ginsberg who read an early version of Howl Philip Lamantia Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen with Kenneth Rexroth acting as master of ceremonies.</p>CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers heavy toning to title page and colophon. A Very Good or better copy. Totem Press books
1993003337New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1993. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page directly under his printed name. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Fine in a Very Near fine dustjacket with faint rub rear panel. Excellent memoir by one of America's best poets the winner of every major poetry award in the United States. SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Alfred A Knopf Inc Hardcover books
1958003300Paris: Mercure De France 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "Pour Gyorgy Sebok homme de Musique et il me semble a moi profane homme de tres-grand talent: interprete maitre enau service dedu genie. Son admirateur et ami Henri Pichette" on the front endpage. Gyorgy Sebok was a world-renowned pianist and Distinguished Professor at the Indiana Jacobs School of Music for many years. Near Fine spine slightly darkened and tiny spot of soil top edge of page block. Original wrap-around band laid in SCARCE THUS. Pages are uncut interior of book is As New. With illustrations by Pablo Picasso Jean Bazaine Jacques Villon Edouard Pignon Antoni Clave Aristide Caillaud Marcel Gromaire and Felix De Boeck. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Mercure De France Paperback books
1917WRCLIT61468Chicago 1917. Volume IX. Bound up without wrappers in contemporary limp pebbled calf t.e.g. with 'Monroe' stamped at crown of spine. Extremities worn with shallow loss at crown of lower joint but sound and internally very good or better. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Austin Corbin "Edward Eastaway" Ficke Fletcher Hueffer Ford and Violet Lowell Isaac Rosenberg W.C. Williams et al. unknown books
1922WRCLIT61473Chicago 1922. Volume XIX. Bound up in gilt buckram original wrappers and volume index bound in for J. Laughlin. Spine faintly sunned else about fine. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Butts Bynner Carnevali H.D. Sandburg Stevens Walsh Williams et al. hardcover books
1919WRCLIT61469Chicago 1919. Volume XIII. Bound up in gilt buckram original wrappers and volume index bound in for J. Laughlin. About fine. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Aldington Corbin D.H. Lawrence Lowell McAlmon Pound Ridge Sandburg Williams Yeats Hartley et al. hardcover books
1916WRCLIT61467Chicago 1916. Volume VIII. Bound up without wrappers in contemporary limp pebbled calf t.e.g. with 'Monroe' stamped at crown of spine. Extremities worn with split and chip at crown of lower joint but sound and internally very good or better. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Bodenheim Bynner Eliot Lindsay Lowell Pound Rhys et al. unknown books
1921WRCLIT61471Chicago 1921. Volume XVII. Bound up in gilt buckram original wrappers and volume index bound in for J. Laughlin. About fine. Edited by Harriet Monroe assisted by Alice Corbin Henderson and with advisors including Ezra Pound Henry B. Fuller et al. The grand dame of U.S. literary periodicals of the 20th century and through successive editorships a survivor unto this day. As Hoffman et al note "the most exciting years of POETRY were the first ones 1912-1917 when the debate over free verse and imagism seemed vital." Pound's association with POETRY as foreign correspondent was an integral part of that vitality and lasted in a formal sense from the first issue up through February 1919 and it was via his efforts that so many significant poets from abroad found regular publication in POETRY. Contributors to this volume include Austin Bryher Fletcher Gould McAlmon Taggard Williams Winters et al. hardcover books
18898382Groton NY: Published by the Compiler 1889. 1st edition. Original green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration in the form of a 'grip'. Fine. A very nice bright copy. 72 pp frontis of Streeter 12mo. <br/><br/>The author compiled these 'gems' in response to requests from fellow traveling salesmen met on the road. Published by the Compiler hardcover books
199563192Pittsburg: Caliban Bookshop 1995. Second edition. 4to. 40 pp. Very good plus in side-stapled wrappers with a few small spots to front cover. Cover art by Jack Gilbert and Joan Hartmann-McLean. Colophon slip laid in. One of 26 numbered copies. A reproduction of this collection originally produced in 1957. Poems by Michael Grieg Laura Uronovitz Robert Stock Jack Gilbert Gerd Stern Carol Christopher Drake and Jean McLean. [Pittsburg: Caliban Bookshop, unknown books
192171163Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1921. First edition. xiii 294 pp w/index of first lines. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a few minor chips and edge-tears. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
197549998Cleveland: Black Rabbit 1975. First edition. 4to. 106 pp. Fine in wrappers with pasted-on cover screen. Cover serigraph by Reed Thompson. Laid in serigraph by Carolyn Kryss. One of 150 copies. RJS Bukowski Plymell Norse Blazek Willie McCord Cauble Baxter Szuter Taylor levy “thinking of rimbaud†and several others. Cleveland: Black Rabbit, unknown books
1902005501Indianapolis IN: Bowen - Merrill 1902. Near Fine cloth lightly rubbed at the tips sticker scar front end page. In original maroon decorative cloth gilt lettering wonderful Howard Chandler Christy illustrations. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Unpaginated pale red lettering at end pages. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Bowen - Merrill Hardcover books
1947007578New York: William Sloane Associates Inc. 1947. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR Mark Van Doren AND ILLUSTRATOR Waldo Pierce on front end page. Near Fine gilt front board a bit dulled in a Very Good Plus dust jacket spine a bit sunned small chip at head of spine. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Waldo Pierce . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Sloane Associates, Inc. Hardcover books
008595New York: Pagan Publishing Co. No Date 1918. Original beige quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards. Very Good edges and corners lightly rubbed soiling to covers slight even toning the book plate of Fannie Scott Rumely of LaPorte Indiana front paste down tear to front end page at top edge. Contains two poems marking Hart Crane's first book appearances. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pagan Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1916WRCLIT75629Cambridge: At the University Press 1916. Gilt cloth t.e.g. Portrait. Spine extremities worn a bit of foxing but a good sound copy. Third expanded edition. This edition includes for the first time the section of "Illustrations in Prose" pp. 111-144. The Preface by W. R. Sorley is accordingly revised. The first edition appeared in January a second slightly enlarged edition appeared in February and was reprinted three times and this edition was published in October. Sorley was killed at the Battle of Loos in October of 1915. In its expanding iterations one of the most important volumes of verse of its generation. REILLY WWI p.299. At the University Press hardcover books
19791335<p>New York: The Poetry Project 1979. First Edition First Printing. </p><p>Quarto 8 1/2 x 11 inches / 216 x 280 mm 2 70 pages plus 3 pages of illustrations in stapled wrappers illustrated by Trevor Winkfield. <br /></p><p><b>INSCRIBED</b> by Trevor Winkfield "For Peter" on the contributors' page and dated March '92. Issue #32 of The World the magazine of the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church-In-the-Bowery. Contributors to this issue include John Ashbery Eileen Myles Tony Towle Barbara Guest Paul Violi William Corbett Michael Palmer Ann Kim and many others.</p><p>Besides Winkfield's illustrations for the front and back covers there are also drawings by Rae Berolzheimer Michael Madore and Vicki Hudspith who also has an accompanying poem.</p><p>A nice collaboration between artists and poets one of the hallmarks of the Poetry Project. <b>SCARCE</b>. </p><p>CONDITION: Some soiling to the covers and a few small nicks especially on the rear cover. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><p><br /></p> The Poetry Project books
