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2000001726New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 2000. First Printing. Warmly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author in October 2000- " For my dearset.with much love and friendship kissing the bread of our mutual life in Paris Sandra October 2000". Near Fine very light soiling to the edges of the page block in a Near Fine dj that has faint rubbing at the tips. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation Copy. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover books
1994138Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf 1994. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Fine in Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare sewn wrappers. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. 12 pp. This edition was handset in Eric Gill's Joanna type and printed by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl in Athens Georgia. With a tipped-in color frontispiece by Janice La Motta. Limited issue one of 150 copies. Signed by Gilbert Gregg and La Motta. <br/><br/> The Captain's Bookshelf paperback books
1994137Asheville: The Captain's Bookshelf 1994. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Fine in sewn Phthalo Blue Simpson Filare paper wrappers and fine Ichimatsu Blue handmade paper dust jacket. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 9 in. 16 pp. One of 30 hors commerce copies from a total of 180. The text consists of two previously published poems one each by Gilbert and Gregg. Signed by Gilbert Gregg and the artist Janice La Motta who did the frontispiece. <br/><br/> The Captain's Bookshelf paperback books
199222915Northampton MA: Adastra Broadsheet 2 1992. First edition. A fine broadside of Gilbert's poem "Going Wrong" printed on Genesis Bone recycled paper. Faint silhouette image of a fish behind the text of the poem. Signed by Jack Gilbert. One of 100 copies. Available unframed. 8.75" x 11.5" Broadside. 1 Sheet. <br/><br/> Adastra Broadsheet 2 unknown books
20189868Dublin: The Salvage Press 2018. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Printed in an edition of 80 books. Copies numbered 1 – 50 have been bound in marbled paper over boards housed in a transparent perspex slipcase. Four similar copies marked i – iv are for collaborators. Copies lettered A – Z have been half-bound in salmon leather and marbled paper and are presented accompanied by a folded down printing of the complete woodcut on 120 gsm Zerkall in a cloth covered solander box. Presented in a cloth covered solander box accompanied by a folded print copies A — Z make up the deluxe edition. <br/><br/>"In this series of poems Doireann Nà GhrÃofa responds to art by Alice Maher. Nine Silences is a consideration of the embodiment of female silence mermaids and the monstrousness of the feminine deepening into an exploration of the otherness of female desire and domesticity." artist statement <br />Designed typeset and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy with great assistance from Sarah OÂ’Neill Lorcan Rush and Lauren Shannon OÂ’Brien at Distillers Press NCAD Dublin. The type is hand-set in 14 and 24 point Méridien designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1954 this foundry type released by Deberny & Peignot Paris 1957. Alice MaherÂ’s fragmented woodcut has been printed from scorched and brushed ash. The 150gsm Hodgkinson handmade paper was produced for the Stanbrook Abbey Press in 1974 and kept dry until now by John Purcell in London. The marbled paper design has been prepared by Jemma Lewis using Irish Carrageen Moss. The bindings were executed by Tom Pat Tommy and Patricia Duffy at their workshop in DublinÂ’s Five Lamps area. The Salvage Press hardcover books
1812007813Paris: L. Duprat - Duverger 1812. Four volumes 5 1/4" x 3 3/8" From the library of John Masefield O.M. Poet Laureate his small bookplate front paste down Vol. I. With gift inscription to Masefield recto of frontispiece dated Geneva 1921. Very Good bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over diced red calf the backs ornately gilt page block edges marbled the marbling dulled the boards lightly rubbed. . New Edition. Quarter Morocco . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. L. Duprat - Duverger Hardcover books
1875WRCLIT23197Milwaukee: Druck und verlag des "Freidenker" 1875. 62pp. 16mo. Printed wrappers. First edition. One signature loose coated wrappers a bit soiled two old German library stamps and shelf label otherwise a good copy. Druck und verlag des "Freidenker," unknown books
200712275Asheville NC: The Captain's Bookshelf 2007. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. As new in vertically ribbed brown cloth with the poet's initials stamped in blind on the upper cover and with a black morocco label lettered in gilt affixed to the spine. Housed in a matching slipcase with a color reproduction of Albrecht Durer's Hirschkopf Stag's Head adorning the front panel. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xiv; 91 pages. One of 60 numbered copies. Signed by Gerber. <br/><br/> The Captain's Bookshelf hardcover books
1917WRCLIT55957Atlanta: Johnson-Dallis Co. 1917. 16pp. Sewn decorated wrappers. Marginal decorations. A gift anthology of works by Georgia poets including Stanton Lanier Harris et al. 1917 gift inscription on final blank page else very good. Johnson-Dallis Co. unknown books
19082221877<p>"Greek and/or George" various places including San Francisco Carmel New York City Oakland all to author and poet Joseph Noel 70 pages 1908-1921 six holograph and signed envelopes one letter from Carrie Sterling eight Millergraph Company signed stock certificates and a few other items. Very good.</p><p>This important archive relates to Jack London's and Sterling's investment in the Millergraph Company with discussions about their personal lives works in progress mutual friends and Sterlings marriage and divorce.</p><p>Jack London lost a large amount of money when the company failed. See London's Collected Letters for details of the investment as well as his relationship and eventual falling out with Noel.</p> unknown books
1882007925London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1882. SCARCE. # 49 of an edition of 50 large paper copies SIGNED by R. & R. Clark Printers Edinburgh at limitation page. Finely bound in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards five gilt ruled raised bands with gilt stamped devices each section matching marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine toning only at frontispiece engraved portrait of Gay small rubs at corners else Fine and bright. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Hardcover books
1947002842New York: New Directions 1947. First Printing of his 1st book. Erratum slip laid in and Scarce thus. Near Fine boards lightly soiled in a Very Good dustjacket with small chips along top edge and at flap folds and 2 dime sized stains front panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. New Directions Hardcover 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
197736463NY:: Knopf. Very Good. 1977. Hardcover. 0394934830 . With additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy Joel Joan and John Gardner. First edition library binding. Ex-library copy with typical markings else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1980206028Athens: The University of Georgia Press 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Inscribed. Inscribed by author on short title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Covers clean; binding souind;. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. The University of Georgia Press unknown 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
188221975Wash. DC: Watershed Tapes 1882. Cassette tape. Illustrated insert signed by Gallagher. Readings recorded at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Fiolger Guest House in Feb. 1982. Insert with beginning toning and tape label with few foxed spots. Very Good condition in original plastic case. . Signed by Author. Unbound. Very Good. Watershed Tapes Paperback books
1979006077Baltimore Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1979. 1979 2nd Printing of the Johns Hopkins paperback edition. Near Fine price rear cover neatly blacked out very light rubbing to edges of wrappers at spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. The bilingual edition woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. SCARCE. . Second Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Johns Hopkins University Press Paperback books
1962007103Highlands NC: Jonathan Williams Publisher/ The Nantahala Foundation 1962. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To William.With gratitude for his fine letter on me Colorado University day - April 10 1963. Buckminster Fuller." The day referenced was during the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder where Fuller spoke on several occasions over the years. The book is Near Fine lightly read in Near Fine French wrappers 1/8" tears at head and base of spine. In a protective mylar jacket. Issued as Jargon 44. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Jonathan Williams, Publisher/ The Nantahala Foundation Paperback books
1917304846<p>First edition. Octavo. Original gray boards lettered in red small chip at head of spine. Good. 157 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Includes six poems by Robert Frost. Printed at Chiswick Press.</p> Constable and Company Ltd. hardcover books
196210957NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1962. First edition first prnt. The dustjacket rear panel is black with white lettering rarther than the more common white with black lettering. Minimal shelfwear and beginning page toning; dustjacket has a price-clip and edgewear. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. lettering. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Holt Rinehart & Winston Hardcover books
1921005343New York: Henry Holt 1921. Second Edition copyright page states 1916 1921. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "Robert Frost Amherst & Ann Arbor". Although undated a mid-1920s signature. as Frost spent two years in Ann Arbor beginning in 1924 after receiving an appointment with the title Fellow in Letters at the University of Michigan. Lacking the scarce dust jacket the front panel of which is laid in the book is Very Good small hole to cloth near bottom of spine gilt at bottom of spine dulled minor rubs at corners of boards period Ann Arbor book store label rear paste down. Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard of Frost from a plaster cast by Aroldo Du Chene. His third published collection of poetry which includes the poems "The Road Not Taken" "Christmas Trees" "In the Home Stretch" "Birches" "Snow" and "The Bonfire" among many others. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt Hardcover books
19321509London: Ernest Benn Ltd. 1932. First Edition. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm 32 pages including the wrappers in stitched self-wrappers. <br /><br />A collection of 24 poems including some of his most famous works such as The Road Not Taken Mending Wall Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and others. <br /><br />The binding is rather odd to say the least. The publishers took simulated linen paper and pasted it over the original self-wrappers. They cut a panel in the front cover exposing only "Robert Frost" in the title. Indeed you can see the original lettering if you hold both wrappers up to the light. This is "Binding B" according to the standard Frost bibliography Robert Frost: A Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library University of Virginia. Compiled by Joan St. C. Crane. Crane A16. <br /><br />Copies of this fragile volume are scarce to the market. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some paper loss to spine closed tears to lower wrapper creasing to both wrappers general handling wear. A Good or better copy in the "B" binding. Ernest Benn Ltd. books
19281080820NY: Henry Holt & Co. 1928. First edition first state. No first edition slug on copyright page; misprint "roams" on p.44 Crane A10. Signed by Frost on the title page. Gilt illustrated label on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Neat place name and date on half-title page "Cambridge 12-14-28" touch of shelfwear at spine bottom edge; dustjacket with minimal edgewear mostly on the front panel topedge and spine edges three corners with slight loss faint beginning toning on the spine and shallow crease on the front panel. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Crane A10. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover books
1979005841Indianapolis IN: Writer's Center Press 1979. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "Feb. 17 1980 To Julie - Truly wonderful people are named Julie & come from the Bronx. Alice Friman". Fine but for stray ink mark rear cover. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Writer's Center Press Paperback books
