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197014303San Francisco: Two Windows Press 1970. 1st edition. Ltd to1000cc. Reddish-brown wrappers. Fine. Unpaginated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Two Windows Press unknown books
196944814New York: CCNY 1969. First edition. A near fine copy. 1 sheet. 44 x 32 inches. Large advertising poster for the literary magazine Promethean. The original measured 16 x 10 feet produced on twenty 40 x 32 inch sheets. De Melas was a Professor of Art at the City College of New York and a 1964 graduate who had won the Daniel Brophy Award for "the triumph of spirit and will over a major physical disability." With Promethean. Vol. XVI. 1968-1969. No. 2. New York: CCNY 1969. 10 x 10 inches. Illustrated paper wrappers with wrap-around illustration by De Melas. A reduced copy of the poster 10 x 18 inches is bound into the magazine. Authors include: Paul Blackburn Fielding Dawson Gilbert Sorrentino Robert Kelly John Wieners M.G. Stephens William Bronk Donald Phelps and others a number associated with the Black Mountain School. The original work on twenty sheets was lost in a warehouse fire in the early seventies. While OCLC locates a few copies of this issue of the magazine in contemporary poetry collections the print is unrecorded. [CCNY] unknown books
1735Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1962. . 8vo blue cloth dust jacket present but cut down. Five poets Holmes Sarton Eberhart Wilbur & Jarrell discuss the "purpose of poetry the role of the poet and the function of the critic." Taken from lectures given at the second Johns Hopkins Poetry Festival in the fall of 1961 sponsored by the Bollingen Foundation Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. hardcover books
19941776Ellsworth Maine: Backwoods Broadsides / Sylvester Pollet 1994-2006. First Edition First Printing. A rare complete set of the Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series featuring 100 different poets. Each is one of only 26 lettered and SIGNED copies. Our set is letter Y. Total edition sizes ranged from 300 copies at the beginning of the series in 1994 to 750 copies when the series ended in 2006. Each broadside appears on a single sheet folded to create 8 panels. 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches 215 x 90 mm when folded. The series contains a remarkable collection of writers including established poets such as Amiri Baraka Robert Creeley Jerome Rothenberg Anne Waldman Alice Notley Diane Di Prima Dick Higgins Jackson Mac Low Joanne Kyger Jack Hirschman Carl Rakosi Aram Saroyan Anselm Hollo and many others. But it's not just big names. There are many emerging or lesser-known poets as well. Please inquire for a complete list.Sylvester Pollet 1939-2007 was the mastermind behind this series. He was an associate editor of the National Poetry Foundation and taught creative writing at the University of Maine Orono. According to the previous owner of this set "He Pollet published work under the Backwoods Broadsides imprint for many years but the chaplet series was his 'heart' project." Included with the set is Pollet's "farewell" letter to subscribers ending the series in 2006. OCLC FirstSearch shows numerous institutional holdings of individual broadsides presumably unsigned copies. But as far as we can determine only the University of Wisconsin has a complete set of the series. There were no other sets in commerce as of March 14 2019. A rare complete set one of only 26 sets signed by the authors. #101776 <br /><br />CONDITION: Fine. Backwoods Broadsides / Sylvester Pollet books
1776007993London: Printed for H.Baldwin T. Longman R. Baldwin C. Robinson T. Caslon C. Kearsly and J. Ridley 1776. SCARCE. 4 xiii1 6 236; 8 276 pp. With title page engravings both volumes. Armorial bookplate signed A Bouverie bearing the Latin inscription "Patria Cara Carior Libertas" "Dear homeland freedom dearer". Two volumes in contemporary calf later expertly rebacked 19th c. calf with five raised bands and lettered in gilt. Very Good corners rubbed light foxing to end papers only. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed for H.Baldwin, T. Longman, R. Baldwin, C. Robinson, T. Caslon, C. Kearsly, and J. Ridley Hardcover books
1749008681London: Published by Mr. Warburton Printed for J. And P. Knapton 1749. 2 preliminary leaves xix-xxxviii 1-163 1 leaf 1-78 lxvii-lxxxviii . Title in red and black. Frontispiece facing the title by N. Blakey 1749 engraved by C. Grignion. Includes index and errata page. Bound in contemporary calf Good spine darkened edges rubbed front board nearly detached and hanging by one string. This edition SCARCE in commerce. OCLC locates three university holdings for this Thomas "S" edition. . Later Edition. Calf. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Published by Mr. Warburton, Printed for J. And P. Knapton Hardcover books
1851008698London: William Pickering 1851. Three volumes in unsigned contemporary polished calf ornate gilt backs with black and brown morocco labels end papers and edges gilt the ticket of 1850's San Francisco bookseller Marvin & Hitchcock at front end pages likely their binding. Very Good the boards soiled small rubs at corners moderate toning at end papers with some light toning scattered throughout. 6 1/2" tall a set quite pleasing to hold. . Aldine Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
1956008212Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1956. RARE the complete set in SCARCE dust jackets. Near Fine publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering prior owner name and date front end pages light foxing at end pages only a few widely scattered light pencil check marks in margins.In Near Fine dust jackets stain at spine of Vol. III. Jackets in mylar. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
200423758Kent: Kent State University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 087338797X . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Kent State University Press hardcover books
190940855London: Elkin Mathews 1909. First edition first issue. Bibliographer David Gallup's copy from his collection with his characteristic hologrpah slip laid in with "A3a 1st binding" in pencil. A rebacked copy with original boards and endpages and original spine affixed to gray-linen quarter-cloth. Gilt lettering on front board and spine intact. Original spine chipped on one edge; boards with minimal edgewear mostly at the top corners. All pages in Fine condition. Very Good condition. Pound's first trade book. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Elkin Mathews Hardcover books
008047New York 1926 1949: New Directions Gallup A27b. Near Fine in pale blue cloth the usual dulling to spine and offsets to end pages from dust jacket 1: faint stain bottom edge of spine in a Very Good Plus first issue oatmeal colored dust jacket lettered in pale blue spine a bit darkened small chips at spine ends 2" closed tear at top front edge spine fold 1" faint stain bottom edge of spine. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
1948008048New York: New Directions 1948. Second Printing stated. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket spine toned to brown faint mark front flap. The first collected edition of the Cantos. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked . Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
19542167Rome: Privately printed 1954. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 215 x 160 mm 12 pages in brown stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Transcript of a Vatican Radio broadcast by Portuguese poet and academic José V. de Piña Martins appealing for the release of Ezra Pound from incarceration in the United States. Piña Martins using the pseudonym Duarte de Montalegre maintains that Pound is not anti-American or anti-Semitic. <br /><br />Vatican Radio broadcast the talk on March 30 1954 while Italian Radio rebroadcast it later that evening. "A sustained campaign of articles editorials and letters followed in the Italian press" according to Pound's biographer A. David Moody. "Many of these articles were aimed at or were brought to the attention of Clare Boothe Luce the American ambassador in Rome who would as a matter of course pass them on to the State Department in Washington." See A. David Moody Ezra Pound: Poet. A Portrait of the Man and His Work Vol. III page 337. <br /><br />Pound's friend and correspondent Olivia Rossetti Agresti translated the talk into English for this publication. She was active in the international campaign to free Pound which culminated in his release from a mental hospital in 1958. Foreword by Leo Magnino. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some sunning to wrapper edges light vertical creases to wrappers and internal pages. Overall a Very Good or better copy. Privately printed books
1864008654London: Edward Moxon & Co. 1864. Two volumes in fine unsigned contemporary binding of half dark green morocco over marbled boards the backs with gilt floral decorations marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine spines a touch sunned newspaper clipping dated 1910 concerning Praed tipped at first blank front end page Vol. I with corresponding browning to those white end pages. A quite handsome set no additional editions or printings stated. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Edward Moxon & Co. Hardcover books
198237749NY:: Greenwillow Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 068800198X . Fifth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Greenwillow Books, hardcover books
1784008378Edinburg : At the Apollo Press By the Martins 1784. Three volumes in contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and black morocco labels gilt. Marbled end papers ribbon markers the red leather labels of G. Welsford at paste downs. With a portrait and an extra engraved title page in each volume. The Poets of Great Britain Complete From Chaucer to Churchill. Near Fine tiny rubs at corners light soiling top edges. A lovely little set. . Bell's Second Edition . Tree Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. At the Apollo Press, By the Martins Hardcover books
1869007930Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label matching marbled end pages and page edges xx 475 pages frontispiece portrait . Near Fine light rubbing to edges light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor lawyer poet and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William P. Nimmo Hardcover books
200641229Boston:: David R. Godine. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1567922724 . Translated from the Russian by Antony Wood. First edition thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . David R. Godine, hardcover books
19368608New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1936. First Limited Edition. One of 275 signed copies signed by Benet on limitation page. Octavo 22cm.; full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine VG or better. Benet always a "people's poet" was at his most socially engaged in this collection published at the height of the Great Depression. Includes his stridently anti-Fascist long poem "Litany for Dictatorships" and the powerful suite of Depression poems beginning with "Metropolitan Nightmare" and ending with "1936. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
19288574New York: Boni & Liveright 1928. First Edition. Cloth boards; paper spine label; dustjacket; 141pp. Fine tight copy in bright Near Fine dustwrapper. Uncommon thus. Volume of radical poems. Boni & Liveright unknown books
1970130102San Francisco: Hoddypoll Press 1970. Paperback. unpaginated 8.5x11 inches illustrations stapled foil wraps with plastic spine. Hoddypoll Press paperback books
1974005837Middletown CT: Wesleyan Univ Press 1974. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Near Fine small bump top rear corner to last few pages wrappers light soiling. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wesleyan Univ Press Paperback books
1972900145Amherst: University Massachusetts Press 1972. First edition first prnt. Signed by Reed on the title page to which he has added "Best Wishes." Beginning foxing on the top edge; dustjacket bottom corners just touched. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University Massachusetts Press Hardcover books
1867008995Paris: Academie Des Bibliophiles 1867. Printed by D. Jouaust Paris 1867. Edition Louis Lacour. xviii 309 pp. Of an edition of 500 copies on Papier verge 15 on Papier de Chine 15 on Papier Whatman and 2 on velin this is copy # 23 on Papier Whatman initialed twice at Limitation Page. With the small ticket front paste down of Librairie Raymond Clavreuil the noted French bookseller and history editor a pencilled annotation in margin of 1 page of Preface that may be in his hand. Bound in contemporary red morocco over marbled boards the back intricately gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers ribbon marker. Near Fine small rub at head of spine and at corners. . Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Academie Des Bibliophiles Hardcover books
1966005545New York: New Directions 1966. Two Volumes First Editions. The Shorter Poems published 1966 Near Fine top edge lightly soiled in a Near Fine dust jacket brown at spine a bit faded. The Longer Poems published 1968 is also Near Fine top edge a bit dulled in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny bit of rubbing at the tips. Overall a quite handsome set. First Editions. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
