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197923467Milwaukee: Membrane Press 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. stapled 4to. 10 pp. A slender volume of visual poems and collage work by Axelrod. Printed in red and blue inks. A very good example. The first book by the prolific poet and novelist who now makes his home at Chapman University as a professor of comparative literature. Membrane Press paperback books
19302221976<p>First edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth with printed labels. Dust jacket unclipped; chipped and stains. Very good. 99 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>First book of the press.</p><p>Printed by Young & McCallister Los Angeles.</p> Primavera Press hardcover books
40327n. p. n. d. 1st printing presumed ca early 20th C. SIGNED by Crawford under the 2nd poem. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 2 faint horizontal fold-lines. VG. One sheet printed recto only. 'Kids' an 8 line verse; 'Maxim' 3 stanzas of 8 lines each. Photographic image 2-1/8" x 1-1/2" of Capt Jack in upper left corner. Facsimile signature to right between the printed verses. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>"John Wallace Crawford 'Capt Jack' also known as 'The Poet Scout' was an American adventurer educator & author. 'Captain Jack' was a master storyteller about the Wild West and is known in American history as one of the most popular performers in the late 19th C. His daring ride of 350 miles in 6 days to carry dispatches to Fort Laramie for the New York Herald to tell the news of the great victory by Gen. George Crook against the village of Chief American Horse at the Battle of Slim Buttes during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 made him a national celebrity. Crawford was a prolific writer and published seven books of poetry wrote more than one hundred short stories and copyrighted four plays. Captain Jack’s written accounts of life on the frontier are noted for their true representation of the real dangers of harsh pioneer life. Many of Captain Jack’s books and poems are still performed and recorded as songs such as "The Death of Custer" "Rattlin' Joe's Prayer" which became the basis reset as narrated by a soldier of the song "Deck of Cards" where a miner preaches a sermon from playing cards and "California Joe and the Girl Trapper". His poem "Only a Miner Killed" has been cited as the basis for Bob Dylan's song "Only a Hobo". Not found on OCLC. Rare thus. unknown books
1882008755Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. SCARCE in collectible condition. Near Fine light soiling to boards. Decorative paper covered boards with illustrations front and back covers all edges gilt dark brown end papers. 20 leaves including front. illustrations written in verse. Elizabeth Akers Allen who also used the pen name Florence Percy 1832 - 1911 was an American poet and journalist best known for this poem which was popular during the Civil War. After it was published as a song she was forced to fight a series of court battles over her authorship which she was finally able to establish. . Illustrated Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover books
189020304Boston: Roberts Brothers 1890 1890. First edition. BAL 14664. Cloth a little soiled; one corner slightly bumped; very good copy. 8vo original decorated green cloth spine and white cloth boards gilt lettering t.e.g. 13 illustrations and vignettes. ¶ A collection of over 100 poems lyrics and sonnets by Louise Chandler Moulton 1835-1908 the prolific and influential writer who was at the center of the post-Civil War New England literary scene. See Wikipedia for an excellent brief biography. <br/><br/> Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890 hardcover books
183619445New-York: George Dearborn Publisher 1836. Second edition. Spine a few portions of the boards a little sunned; a few small spots of foxing; a very good copy. Large 8vo original ribbon embossed blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt 98 1 pages. With an autograph ink gift inscription dated January 1836 on the front paste-down "B. M. Mumford Esqr. from his son J. Jones Mumford Jan'y 1836." An early reader presumably Mumford pËre has here exposed himself as a Halleck aficionado marking striking passages on nearly every page. An attractive early American publisher's cloth case binding. American Imprints 37878; BAL 6971: "Reprint of the 1827 first edition save for the following three poems which are here first collected. . . . George Dearborn, Publisher, unknown books
19911090936Helsinki: Eurographica 1991. First edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed and dated "June 1991" by Ashbery on the title page. Copy #173. Perfect-bound stiff wraps with printed dustjacket. No.13 in the publisher's "Contemporary Poets" series. Edited by Rolando Pieraccini. Printed by Tipografia Nobili on special Michelangelo paper. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Eurographica Paperback books
196629535New York: New York Workshop in Nonviolence 1966. First edition. Record LP. Very Good. 33 1/3 LP recording in sleeve. Recorded and edited by Ann Charters. Portents Records. A recording done for the benefit of the New York Workshop for Nonviolence ion April 7 1966. Record and sleeve all in very good playable condition. New York Workshop in Nonviolence unknown books
19662268New York: The Macmillan Company 1966. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8.375 x 5.75 inches; 214 x 144 mm xi378 pages in blue cloth gilt titles to spine in a printed dust jacket.INSCRIBED by Daniel Berrigan on the front end paper: "Michael -- / Gratefully for your / visit and much more! / Dan SJ / April 1966." In addition a letter in Berrigan's hand is laid in along with a newspaper clipping featuring a poem by Berrigan.The Jesuit activist's fourth collection of poems. Jacket design by Sister Mary Carita I.H.M. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />CONDITION: Top corner of upper board bumped light offsetting from newspaper article to front end paper heavier offsetting to pages 32-33. Otherwise clean and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly sunned and has a small stain to the bottom of the lower flap light crinkling along top of jacket. Overall Very Good in a Very Good jacket. The enclosed letter is Fine the newspaper clipping heavily toned. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
19721381New York: Siamese Banana Press 1972. First Edition First Printing. 4to 8 1/2 x 11 inches 216 x 280 mm 78 pages on rectos only in stapled wrappers. Foxing to front cover rubbing to rear cover staples a bit rusty. Interior clean and bright. A Very Good copy. Terrific collaborative effort by two giants of the New York School. Joe Brainard and Anne Waldman respond in their own handwriting to a subject such as Age Romantic Smoking I Must Be Growing Old Scattered-Brain and a variety of other prompts. Here they are on Four O'Clock: Brainard: "When it gets to be around four o'clock and I have no plans for the evening I start getting nervous." Waldman: "One of the best times in the morning. Most often ambiguous or just plain boring in the afternoon." <br/><br/> Siamese Banana Press unknown books
198018112Iowa City: Typewriter / B'rd in the B'sh 1980. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 9th issue of this magazine devoted to visual poetry. Cover by Betty Radin. Loose sheets laid into ilustrated paper covers. A very good copy. Small hand-drawn figure above the title on the title page. All issues of this magazine are scarce. <br/><br/> Typewriter / B'rd in the B'sh paperback books
19751372New York: Full Court Press 1975. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />8vo 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches / 145 x 215 mm 14 3-186 8 pages in gray cloth with silver lettering to spine. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED </b>by Edwin Denby on the colophon one of 100 copies signed by the author. A collection of poems by Edwin Denby 1903-1983 who was associated with the New York School and was a well-regarded dance critic. This collection includes an appreciation by Frank O'Hara reprinted from Poetry magazine February 1957. Also includes a short bibliography. <b>SCARCE.</b> <br /><br />CONDITION: Bright clean interior. Top edge has a tiny bit of soiling. Some rubbing to extremities of dust jacket with moderate toning and creasing to verso of jacket. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket.<br /><br /> Full Court Press hardcover books
1971008717New York: Caedmon Records Inc. 1971. CAEDMON TC 1326 for stereo or monaural phonographs. Fine as Issued unopened in original shrinkwrap. Photograph of Eliot by Angus McBean design by Brooks-El essay on Eliot back cover by poet Richard Howard. Side 1 - The Waste Land conplete Timing 25:35. Side 2 - 1. The Hollow Man 4:20 2. Journey of the Magi from the Ariel Poems 2:27 3. La Figlia che Piange 1:22 4 Landscape: New Hampshire Virginia Usk Rannoch by Glencoe Cape Ann 3:60 5. Morning at the Window :37 6. Difficulties of a Statesman from Coriolan 3:20 7. Sweeney Among the Nightingales 1:54 8. Whispers of Immortality 1:43 9. Macavity: the Mystery Cat 3:35. . First Printing. Record Album. Fine as Issued. 12 3/8" x 12 3/8". Caedmon Records, Inc. Paperback books
1945004744New York: Random House 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Alice Edwards with Monmouth greetings. Paul Engle Oct. 1946." Additionally laid in is a Typed Postcard Signed dated Mar.25 1947 addressed to C.A. Owen who was a professor of English at the Monmouth College in Illinois that reads -" Iowa City March 23 1947 Dear Mr. Owen At Grinnell April 242526 there will be a writer's conference. I don't know all the speakers but I am talking the evening of April 24 John Crowe Ransom twice April 25 and Allen Tate twice April 26. Prof. Paul S. Wood at Grinnell College is the man to write to for exact information. My visit to Monmouth was a pleasant interlude of a rainy autumn week. I should like to come back again. I had the feeling you were doing a good job with that group of young students there. Keep it up. Sincerely Paul Engle." Book is Fine in a Very Good Minus dustjacket 1/2" chips at head of spine and bottom corner front panel vertical tear at spine fold separating the jacket into two parts virtually undetectable inside Brodart sleeve. A nice ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Random House Hardcover books
1979004577Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1979. Number 86 of an edition of 150 copies. Designed by William Everson and Richard Bigus SIGNED by author John Fowles. Fine As Issued. 22" x 15" Broadside Poem. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. One Sheet Illustrated. Fine. Broadside Poem. Lord John Press Paperback books
19781200338Port Townsend: Graywolf Press 1978. First edition. Limited to 390 copies 26 of which were signed. Printed sewn wraps. This copy one of the unsigned issue has been specially signed by Gallagher on the contents page. Also laid-in is Gallagher's illustrated postcard unaddressed and without postmark with her holograph note. "Thank you for so treasuring my poems & stories. Warm wishes - Tess." Book with slight wrinkling at upper edge. Near Fine condition. . Signed By Author with Note. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. <br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Graywolf Press paperback books
1893006197London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. 1893. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Very Good bound in ornately decorated leather with gilt inlays of cherubs with trailing vines and rose-filled vases. All edges gilt decorative silk endpapers and marbled end pages 5 raised bands at spine. Includes a First Lines Index and 7 illustrations all present. Front end page loose rear marbled endpage with 1/3 of page paper loss leather rubbed at spine folds white end pages darkened. A quite lovely example of turn-of-the-century binding. . Later Edition. Decorative Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co. Hardcover books
1978005809Oakland CA: Diana Press 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "Dec. 29-78 Karen- Best wishes - Judy Grahn". Near Fine spot of soiling to rear cover in a Very Good dust jacket chips at spine ends spine faded jacket soiled and rubbed with small chips and edge tears. RARE in the First Edition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Diana Press Hardcover books
1976000102New York and Massachusetts: Eudora Press 1976. First edition. Limited to 80 copies this is #17. Contains two original etchings by Nell Blaine both SIGNED by her. Fine in stiff grey hand-made paper wrappers with paper label. Thirty copies were reserved for friends of the late poet 10 for the printer and artist and 40 were for sale. Not signed at the colophon this was probably one of the 40 for sale to the public. Signed by Illustrator. Limited and numbered. Handmade Paper Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Blaine Nell. Large 8vo. Privately Printed. Eudora Press Paperback books
1925004944London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1925. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket jacket a bit wrinkled bottom edge at spine faint mark around price at base of spine. Pages are uncut and a quite lovely copy of Hardy's last work published while he was still living. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
20021010157West Chester: Aralia Press 2002. First edition limited to 150 unnumbered copies in sewn wraps with French-fold flaps of a total edition of 204. Introduction by Harrison and Kooser. Printed by Michael Peich with Romanee type on Johannot paper; printed label on front wrap. Fine condition. Unattributed haiku-like poems but pretty apparent who wrote each. First Trade. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition. Aralia Press Paperback books
1975004290Chicago: Privately Printed 1975. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage "For Henry 'infelices culpae' Easter 1978 Daryl". Privately printed in an edition of only 200 copies of which only 125 were for sale. A tight Near Fine copy in wrappers cream colored wrappers lightly foxed. "Unsuccessful guilt"- quite an interesting inscription ! . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Privately Printed Paperback books
195016320Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California Berkeley 1950. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Spring 1950 issue of Cal Berkeley's literary magazine. Edited by Dale Joe. This issue featuring numerous writings on jazz by Brubeck Kid Ory Turk Murphy and others plus Patchen Miller and more. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. Decidedly uncommon issue. <br/><br/> Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley paperback books
200550759NY: Hyperion 2005. First edition first prnt. Paintings by Jon J. Muth. Signed by Kennedy and Muth on the half-title page. Illustrated flyer for the booksigning event laid-in. Poems by Bishop Borges Dickinson Frost Heaney Milne Tolkien Yeats et al. Weak bump to spine bottom edge with corresponding shallow small wrinkle on the dustjacket; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jon J. Muth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hyperion Hardcover books
1997009186Marseille: Thierry a Nimes 1997. First French Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Eleven issues of this French poetry magazine edited by Henru Deluy John-Charles Despaule and others. Published between 1997 and 2004. Articles poems and photographs. Text in French. Contributions by or about Gertrude Stein Jack Spicer Iain Sinclair Dennis Cooper Bernard Noel Frank O'Hara Elizabeth Bishop Henri Lefebvre Ad Reinhardt and much more. All issues in tall bound wrappers and are in near fine condition. Issue #23 retains the original obi. <br/><br/> Thierry a Nimes paperback books
