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19781177Lenox Massachusetts: Angel Hair Books 1978. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by Bernadette Mayer on the title page with her initials. A collection by the New York School poet b. 1945; this is one of 750 copies. Small 4to 10 inches / 25 cm tall 40 unnumbered leaves in perfect-bound illustrated wrappers. Fine. A lovely copy with an illustration by Joe Brainard on the front cover and a photo of Mayer by Lewis Warsh on the rear cover. One of the last publications of Angel Hair Books founded by Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh. <br/><br/> Angel Hair Books unknown books
18992222015<p>First edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped olive green cloth t.e.g. Bookplate. No dust jacket. Good. 227 pages. No signatures.</p><p>BAL 4925</p> Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1922011832London: Constable 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition 8vo dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine covers with unblemished internals in original dustjcaket that is soiled an missing runs alongs its top edge and chipped elsewhere too. Constable hardcover books
19682264London: Cape Goliard Press 1968. <br /><br />Oblong 16mo 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 167 x125 mm 14 pages in saddle-sewn cream card wrappers covered by a wrapper made from brown rice paper. <br /><br />SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg on the title page and dated '73. A single poem inspired by a visit to Wales in 1967. The final page states: "An offering for a peaceful summer from Allen Ginsberg & Cape Goliard Press. Not for Sale." This edition should not be confused with a far more expensive hardcover containing a 45rpm record that Cape Goliard Press also issued in 1968. Signed copies of this edition are scarce to the market. <br /><br />CONDITION: A tear of about one-half inch 10 mm in the delicate rice paper where the paper meets the spine on the lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine. Cape Goliard Press paperback books
1911008478Chicago: Forbes and Company 1911. Publisher's green cloth binding with central floral bouquet and gilt lettering bordered by floral garland back with gilt lettering and floral decoration patterned brown end papers. Near Fine small rubs at tips slight toning at end pages facing the brown end papers. Michigan-born poet Ben King 1857-1894 spent much of his life in Chicago where he was a member of the Chicago Press Club and the Whitechapel Club. He was considered Michigan's favorite poet for at least 25 years after his death. These poems published well after his death are written in an African-American slave vernacular and the accompanying photographs are all of a nostalgic nature depicting happy or distinguished subjects. An exceptionally nice copy gift quality. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Forbes and Company Hardcover books
197151116Mount Horeb: The Perishable Press 1971. First edition limited to "100 copies or less" as stated on the limitation page. Set and printed by hand on shadwell paper with palatino typeface. Issued unsigned this copy is inscribed by Kinnell on the half title page. "For Margery from Galway At sunset at the Canoe Club April 30 71" or so appears; see description below. Sewn wraps in stiff paper with illustration. The book has dampstaining to the bottom inch to inch and a half of the pages which has discolored some pages and faded the date of Kinnell's inscription; the dustjacket is slightly affected by the damping on its bottom edge. Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket in a plastic cover. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Perishable Press Paperback books
19822090New York: Grove Press Inc. 1982. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />8vo 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 155 mm 110 pages in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Lydia Lunch in black marker on the upper wrapper. Poems by acclaimed punk rockers Lydia Lunch and Exene Cervenka. They collaborated on many of the poems which are set in two typefaces: Helvetica for poems by Cervenka and Times New Roman for poems by Lunch. Cover photo by David Arnoff.<br /><br />Lunch founded the group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks while Cervenka was lead singe of the band X. The band won awards for the 1981 album Wild Gift. While this book may not exactly be for all ages many readers will appreciate the camp humor and street vibe. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers slight toning to page edges small crease to top outer corner of a number of pages. Very Good or better. Grove Press, Inc. paperback books
19871171<p>Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 10 76 2 pages in illustrated wrappers.</p><p><b>INSCRIBED </b>by Alice Notley on the title page: "Alice Notley / for Joel / 10/29/06" and then again on the dedication page: "& for Joel / Alice." A collection of poems by the New York School poet b. 1945 that contains one of her most famous poems "At Night the States" a tribute to her late husband the poet Ted Berrigan. Cover design and drawings by George Schneeman. Signed copies are uncommon. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>.</p><p>CONDITION: Some edge wear and scuffing to wrappers and to spine old sticker to lower wrapper. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.<br /></p> Yellow Press paperback books
188733009London: Houlston & Sons 1887. 1st edition. INSCRIBED to John MacCarthy in the year of publication. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Boards beveled. AEG. Hinges starting otherwise a VG copy. 217 1 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Author's second book. Accompanied by 4 2p. ALs 1889 - 1920 other associated ephemera. Houlston & Sons hardcover books
19792319San Francisco: Beatitude Magazine 1979. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 278 x 213 mm 83 1 pages in photo-illustrated wrappers soft cover. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Neeli Cherkovski on the title page. The 20th anniversary issue of Beatitude "the most important Beat-associated little magazine out of San Francisco in the late 1950s." Steven Belletto <i>The Beats: A Literary History</i> Cambridge University Press 2020 page 29. <br /><br />This issue is especially notable for a lengthy tribute to Bob Kaufman 1925-1986 a Black poet who was one of the founders of Beatitude. There are several poems by Kaufman from 1975-78 as well as an analysis of his poems by Raymond Foye. <br /><br />Other contributors include a "Who's Who" of the San Francisco poetry scene including Gregory Corso Lawrence Ferlinghetti Jack Kerouac Carol Bergé Harold Norse Anne Waldman Jack Micheline Allen Ginsberg Peter Orlovsky David Meltzer Neeli Cherkovski and many others including some who are published for the first time. Besides new poetry this issue also includes previously published works. <br /><br />Copies of this 20th anniversary issue are scarce to the market and even more elusive when signed by two important members of the San Francisco poetry scene: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Neeli Cherkovski. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some soiling to wrappers a bit of foxing to the top edge. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A Near Fine copy of this important San Francisco poetry magazine. <br /><br /><br /> Beatitude Magazine paperback books
19962393Washington D.C.: Counterpoint 1996. Limited Edition. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 inches; 211 x 130 mm in beige cloth titles to spine in a pictorial slipcase hard cover. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED AND NUMBERED</b> by Gary Snyder on the half title one of only 150 copies of the limited edition that was published with a slipcase. Snyder began writing his epic poem in 1956 and finally published it 40 years later in 1996. <br /><br />CONDITION: Both the book and slipcase are Fine. Counterpoint hardcover books
19372221740<p>Folio sheet of Dartmoor paper folded to forms four pages. Printed in red and black. 10" x 6". Very good small stains upper left edge.</p><p>Together with: The Abalone Song. San Francisco Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs 24-25 October 1998. 6 pages San Francisco The Tuscan Press. Fine.</p><p>2 Items</p> Albert M. Bender unknown books
198540128NY: Knopf 1985. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Updike on the front free endpage to poet/critic John Malcolm Brinnin. "for John Malcolm Brinnin with my warm regards John." Foxing to boards; one corner of the dustjacket touched. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Knopf hardcover books
198024169Gennaio: Archivio Denza / Museo Laboratorio Di Arti Visive 1980. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Text in Italian. Scarce volume published to coincide with an exhibition focused on visual poetry at the Museo Laboratorio Di Arti Visive in 1980. Text by Matteo D'Ambrosio who has INSCRIBED this copy on the title page. 20 pp of text followed by 20 pp of visual poems and images. Includes work by Decio Pignatari Jochen Gerz Jiri Valoch Shimizu Toshihiko and others. A near fine copy in bound printed wrappers. Archivio Denza / Museo Laboratorio Di Arti Visive paperback books
19791974New York: Richard Marek Publishers Ltd. 1979. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 220 x 150 mm xiv 193 1 pages black quarter cloth over gray boards gilt titles to spine in a price-clipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1932-2017 on the front free end paper: "To _____- / to the / most beautiful / statuette / of America. / I like you / much more than / the giant one. / Yevtushenko." Then again inscribed by Yevtushenko to another recipient on the half title: "To _____ / with my deep / gratitude / for hospitality / in your college. / Yevtushenko." A collection of poems translated by Arthur Boyars and Simon Franklin. U.K. and U.S. editions of this book were published in 1979. Signed copies of the U.S. edition such as this one are far scarcer than the U.K. edition. It's also unusual to find a single volume inscribed to two different recipients. SCARCE SIGNED. <br/><br/> CONDITION: Sunning to top and bottom edges of boards ghost of old price sticker to front paste down embossed ownership stamp to title page. Otherwise pages are clean bright and unmarked. Dust jacket panels soiled heavily on rear panel closed tear to rear panel. A Very Good copy. Richard Marek Publishers, Ltd. hardcover books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover books
1999121229Calais: Z Press 1999. First edition limited to 200 copies and 26 lettered copies and an unspecified number of hors commerce copies. Original print by Elizabeth Murray. Sewn wraps with French-fold flaps and printed label on the front wrap. No. 3 in the publisher's series. Designed by Kenward Elmslie and C.W. Swets. Fine condition. Ashbery is the only poet to have received the Pulitzer the Nat'l Book Award and the Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Z Press Paperback books
1967002297Chapel Hill North Carolina: Lillabulero Press 1967. "300 copies numbered one through three hundred of which 150 are not for sale this is copy number 95." Perhaps poet Peter Wild's copy as it is SIGNED AND DATED "30 Dec 67 Peter Wild" inside front wrapper. 6 poems and a colophon page printed in red on cream paper laid loosely into a yellow folder. Poems and colophon page are Fine folder is Very Good with light soiling and a few small edge tears and edge creases. Scarce early Russell Banks publication. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition. Lillabulero Press unknown books
008069London No date 1928: The Fanfrolico Press No date 1928. #392 of 750 copies printed. xxxv 257 258-590 pp. Two volumes Frontispiece portrait Vol. I. Very Good Plus offsetting to endpapers corners rubbed. Quarter black cloth over decorative cloth covered boards. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. The Fanfrolico Press Hardcover books
1964110065NY: Braziller 1964. First trade edition first prnt. Cloth-covered boards in slipcase. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Issued without dustjacket. Signed by Berry on the front free endpaper. Additionally Berry has written "We know the long approach of summers toward the healed ground. " which he quoted from the poem's concluding line. Near Fine condition. Slipcase has beginning toning. Berry's first poetry book containing a single poem an elegy commemorating the death of Kennedy. Signed By Author with Quotation. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Ben Shahn. Braziller Hardcover books
2007002788No Place: Ray Bradbury 2007. Single page 8 1/2" by 11" with Bradbury's 22 line Christmas poem "Dogs Think That Every Day Is Christmas" printed in red with red double border on white paper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in red marker "Matthew Love Ray". Near Fine center fold for mailing and small faint corner crease at 2 of the corners. A great item for any Bradbury collector suitable for framing. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. One Page. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Ray Bradbury Paperback books
196859364Boston: Impressions Workshop 1968. First edition. Bump to one lower corner else all items fine in a very good plus printed portfolio. Maximum dimensions are 13 x 9 1/2 inches. One of 80 numbered copies. Broadsides SIGNED by Helen Chasin William Corbett Sam Cornish Arthur Freeman Sidney Goldfarb Paul Hannigan Fanny Howe Gail Mazur Geoffrey Movius Yvonne Ruelas Kathleen Spivak Richard Tillinghast Andrew Wiley Ruth Whitman and an unsigned work by Ron Loewinsohn. Boston: Impressions Workshop, unknown books
1893008392New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co. 1893. A lovely example of late 19th century fine American binding. Bound in half white and half baby blue linen inticately tooled in gilt front cover and spine patterned floral end papers top edge gilt. Illustrated. Very Good Plus small chips at top edge front end paper light soiling to linen covers. prior owner name in ink front end page a few spots of toning to frontis illustration. The two blank front end pages each with full page manuscript in pencil the firtst dated Dec. 2nd 1894 the 2nd Dec. 2nd 1944. The first speaks of the value of these poems "to stretch to suit a great grief and shrink to fit a small one" and the 2nd a poem by an unknown author that clearly relates to a WW II loss. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Thomas Y Crowell & Co. Hardcover books
1906007646London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1906. Finely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards matching marbled end pages five raised bands with gilt lettering and devices at spine. top edge gilt. frontispiece engraved portrait of Juvenal xii 382 pp. The Temple Greek and Latin Classics. Near Fine scattered light foxing. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J. M. Dent & Co. Hardcover books
1983006200Marvin SD: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press 1983. First Issue rear wrapper lacking postal mailing information and quite SCARCE THUS. Blue Cloud Quarterly Vol. 29 No. 4 The Native American author's SCARCE second book consisting of poetry and one short story Near Fine small faint abrasion bottom edge rear wrapper. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chap Book. The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press Paperback books
