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1968004802Cambridge MA: Pym-Randall Press 1968. "This edition consists of 200 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Each copyhas been signed by the author. Design by Raquel Halty. August 1968 Copy Z." . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pym-Randall Press Paperback books
1977006062Bloomington IN: The Raintree Press 1977. As New pages are uncut. Handmarbled cover stock from India. Edited and published by Fredric Brewer at The Raintree Press. SCARCE. First Edition. French Wrappers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Raintree Press Paperback books
1902008460Harrison Ohio : Major Ridgeway 1902. Author presentation slip laid in "Compliments of the Author to J.H. Fenton Editor of 'News'. Will you not kindly bear with me in the unavoidable delay in publication of the little book And will you not further give it a little fraternal 'jolly' to help it along financially ". Near Fine slight curl at corners of front wrapper. 89 pages with illustrations and frontis portrait. An early biography of Riley. Russo p.241. Last copy noted at RareBookHub was a 1978 dealer catalogue. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Major Ridgeway Paperback 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
008590No Place: No Publisher SCARCE the beloved James Whitcomb Rley poem "Away". No Publisher no date circa 1889-1925. Fourteen lines on stiff brown paper with author's name at end hand-colred and decorated with capital "I"and floral decorations. In original frame under glass the frame measures 8 1/2" x 6". Fine not examined out of frame. "I cannot say and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away.". Broadside. Fine. 8" x 5 1/2". No Publisher Paperback books
1942008591Indianapolis IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1942. RARE note card with the famous Riley poem "Away". 5 1/4" x 4 1/2" with ribbon-tied lock of an unknown person's hair. Near Fine 2 small spots faint soiling. Handwritten text to verso. A quite unique bit of Rileyana. . First Thus. Cardstock. Near Fine. 5 1/4" x 4 1/2". The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Paperback books
1915004496Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1915. "Indiana is proud of its "National Poet." The first official public celebration occurred in 1915 when Governor Samuel Moffett Ralston decreed October 7th as Riley Day. The state celebration swept across the country as the National Commissioner of Education issued instructions for a nationwide observance in all public schools. A birthday dinner in honor of the Poet was held in Indianapolis and attended by four hundred people. Many admirers were turned away and telegrams from countless well-wishers were cabled including one from President Woodrow Wilson. To mark the event a special birthday edition of Riley's Poems Here at Home was published and distributed to attendees."Lilly Library This copy one of those printed for the 400 dinner attendees. It is dated October Seventh Nineteen Hundred Fifteen on the title page and states Birthday Dinner Edition front cover. Top edge gilt Near Fine white cloth at spine lightly soiled. ASSOCIATION COPY from the library of Will H. Hays 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. Although no written indication in the book of Hays ownership the book was purchased from his estate and laid in is a printed 1 page foldedspeech Hays gave at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Sept. 22 1915 published and presented by The McKinley Club and a single page folded review of Hays from the New York Evening Post. This Birthday Dinner Edition is RARE in the marketplace and made even more so by this great Hoosier Association. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Kemble E.W. Association Copy. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
1910008608No Place: Bobbs-Merrill 1910. Compiled from the works of James Whitcomb Riley with each day having an excerpt from previously published poems. String-tied 64 leafs unpaginated. With photograph portrait of the author front cover. Very Good Plus lacking the rear cover first page of calendar loose. SCARCE. . First Printing. Calendar. Near Fine. 10 1/2" x 6 3/4". Bobbs-Merrill Paperback books
1890008491Columbus Ohio: Copyright W. H. Fisher G.P and T.A./ Printed by the Ohio State Journal 1890. First Edition 1890. Illustrated by W. H. Mullay. Oblong 8vo original printed wrappers printed on coated white paper tied with white string replacing original brown ribbon with buckeye attached. 10 unnumbered leaves. Each leaf contains one verse of Riley's poem in black and illustrations and part of the story "Tale of a Million" not by Riley in purple. BAL 16567. Russo pages 152-153. Very Good top left corner each leaf with triangular loss of the white coated paper leaving the underlying brown paper showing only affecting the edges of a few of the illustrations which appear to be hand-redrawn. RARE. A single copy at auction 1935 another copy as part of a large collection at auction in 1947.OCLC notes 6 library holdings. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Copyright W. H. Fisher, G.P and T.A./ Printed by the Ohio State Journal Paperback books
1913008607Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company/ Platt & Peck Co. 1913. SCARCE. Front cover illustration by Howard Chandler Christy calendar string-tied at top edge. A weekly calndar with apples in trees illustrations at top of each page. Very Good 1 1/2" chip left side front cover and first calendar page large triangular chip bottom corner rear cover and rear page smaller chips and edge wear to covers. Interior calendar pages clean and lovely. . First Printing. Calendar. Very Good. 9 1/2" x 6". Bobbs-Merrill Company/ Platt & Peck Co. Paperback books
1913008467New York: Bobbs-Merrill 1913. In the RARE dust jacket. Illustrated with 16 color plates by Franklin Booth each with descriptive tissue guard. Near Fine scattered spots of toning at tissue guards faint horizontal crease frontis illustration in a Very Good Plus dust jacket small edge chips. . First Illustrated Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
1898008606Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1898. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page in his distinctive penmanship -" For Mrs. J.G. Hutchinson With best greetings and esteem James Whitcomb Riley. A souvenir of public readings Ottumwa Dec. 1 1903 .In the golden olden glory of the days gone by." Original olive green cloth decorated in gilt front cover and spine 4 preliminary leaves xv-xx pages 1 leaf 24-188 1 pages illustrations by Hoosier artist Will Vawter. Later Edition 1898. Originally published in 1890. Near Fine sunning at edges of front board and spine have toned the olive to a khaki color. Capt. Joseph G. Hutchison 1840-1910 served in the Civil War in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Army of the Potomac. He also served in both chambers of the Iowa State Legislature and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1889. SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 61 editions published between 1890 and 2017 in English. "Charming endearing enduring; these 39 poems by James Whitcomb Riley touch heart mind soul. Vignettes of childhood a century ago their humanity endures and connects." -Nuvo Newsweekly December 8 2010. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. The Bowen-Merrill Co. Hardcover books
1986008817Graywolf Press 1986. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster 25" h x 13"w featuring a portrait of Rilke. Fine. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 25" h x 13"w. Graywolf Press books
19841101020Albany: State University of New York 1984. First edition first prnt. Perfect-bound pictoral wraps. Inscribed by Roberts on the half-title page. "4/5/84 for Ken best of luck Len." Beginning toning and foxing on wraps and edges.Tight copy in Very Good condition. Roberts' second collection of poems. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. State University of New York Paperback books
1980198828Richmond VA: Palimpsest Press 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Small stain on rear cover below middle at center. Covers slightly soiled. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Palimpsest Press unknown books
1933500508<p>Original Etching by Richard Hood of Robinson Reading a book Signed in Ink by Robinson also signed by Hood in pencil 1933. 9 3/4" x 8" faint creases.</p> books
19691968New York: Entelechy Press 1969. First Edition First Printing. Small 4to 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 275 x 214 mm 32 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers. The first issue of "New York Poetry" a short-lived magazine. Poems by Frank O'Hara Richard Eberhart David Galler David Posner Clark Coolidge Walter Kerr Merrill Sparks William Cassegrain Christopher Collins Antonio Beccadelli Colette Inez and Richard Monaco. <br/><br/> CONDITION: Soiling and small closed tear to lower wrapper pages heavily toned. A Very Good copy. Entelechy Press unknown books
19492221926<p>First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth vellum spine stamped in red and gilt t.e.g. Publisher's plain board slipcase minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. 151 pages.</p><p>Copy #2 of thirty specially bound. Signed in green ink on colophon.</p> New Directions Books hardcover books
198931575Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0819521566 . First edition. Publisher's blind-stamp on half-title page else fine in a very near fine hint of fading along the spine dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
1942005683Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1942. Fine in string tied wrappers. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. SCARCE.One of only 125 copies printed. Cheever 42. . Limited Edition. String Tied. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thin 8vo. The Prairie Press Paperback books
200434879NY: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0743234464 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1988002978New York: Ecco Press 1988. Introduction by Robert Hass. First Printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket prior owner name front pastedown hidden by front flap has been marked out. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Ecco Press Hardcover books
1827007776London: Printed for David Booker 1827. Near Fine bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards back ornatelt gilt top edge gilt marbled end papers light rubbling at tips scattered light foxing. "Illustrated with humorous wood-cuts and portraits of Butler and Thyer". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for David Booker Hardcover books
11186Holograph note dated "6/30/82" on a decorated non-personalized notecard to poet/publisher Louis McKee. A thank you for "words that give me the strenghth to continue" and a permission to "xerox all & any of my poems - they are for the people - any & all." Signed "Your sister in strength/words." With holograph envelop with same date postmark. Fine condition. . Signed. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Paperback books
1963007829New York: The Lower East Side Guild of Motherfuckers / Fuck You Press 1963. Published Dec. 1963. Near Fine tiny corner creases to covers else Fine. Features the first appearance in this seminal Mimeograph Revolution publication by Allen Ginsberg - his 4 pp. poem "The Change - Kyoto - Tokyo Express July 18 1963". Also contributions from Robert Kaye Tuli Kupferberg Isis Lenore Kandel Peter Orlovsky Mary Mayo Robert Nichols Diane Wakoski Julian Beck John Keys Jim Standish Harry Fainlight Herbert Huncke and Nelson Barr. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Lower East Side Guild of Motherfuckers / Fuck You Press Paperback books