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17896474Paris: Chez líAuteur 1789. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 137 x78mm. xiii 16pp. Calendar 288pp. original final blank. Engraved frontispiece by ìC. S. Gaucher 1788.î Near contemporary full mottled calf marbled endpapers edges gilt; margins shaved close affecting some pagination p.24 with light impression of p. 1 p.27 with deckled edge; spine headcap chipped joints tender extremities lightly rubbed. An ephemeris plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros ìdailyî is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times. Different kinds of ephemerides are used for astronomy and astrology. Even though this was also one of the first applications of mechanical computers an ephemeris will still often be a simple printed table. Contents in this copy include a Calendar with gold numbers a Sun cycle and Age of the Moon and dates for important liturgical holidays among them Ash Wednesday Easter and Pentecost. The majority of text is romance lyrics with 27 pages of music dedicated to particular men at the end. <br/><br/> Paris: Chez líAuteur hardcover books
200140761NY:: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine. 2001. Paperback. 0374527830 . First paperback edition. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, paperback books
19991367Place of Publication Not Stated: Smokeproof Press/Erudite Fangs Editions 1999. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches / 144 x 216 mm 16 pages in illustrated wrappers over stapled card stock. A Fine copy. INSCRIBED by Anne Waldman on the title page to poet Clayton Eshleman and his wife Caryl: "For Caryl Clayton / Warmly / Anne Waldman." A nice association between major American poets. One of 500 copies. Striking cover illustration by George Schneeman. An interesting collaboration between two poets and an artist closely associated with the New York School. <br/><br/> Smokeproof Press/Erudite Fangs Editions unknown books
196748967Trumansburg N.Y.: NEW / BOOKS 1967. 1st Printing. Grey paper covers with front cover printed with large graphic of a young man. Original price sticker to rear cover. Modest wear small glue stain to rear cover still VG. 38 ll printed french-fold. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Author's first book. NEW / BOOKS unknown books
1666019th century Handwritten Composition book filled with handwritten poems and verses from a young lady in Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1880-1883. Original cloth boards. 8 1/4 x 7 in. "Compositions" embossed on front cover. 100 pages. Each page filled with handwritten poems and reflections including writing about attending school and nostalgia for being a student. "Mary A. Dunlap Willow Grove School 1880" written on first page. Original poems such as "Away to School" and "The School House on the Hill" "Fond memory paints the scenes of other years Green be their memory still And bright amid those joyous scenes appear the school house on the hill. // Cho. Oh I never can forget no I never can forget The old school house on the hill. // There hands the swing upon the maple-tree Where you and I once swung; There flows the spring forever flowing free As when we both were young. // There climb the vines and there the berries grow which once we prised so high; And there the ripe nuts glisten in the glow Of rich October sky."<br/><br/>Includes original history reports on American Literature and The Colonial Period 1640-1760. "The Colonial Age was mainly one of fighting and manual industry.The drama then the most popular form of literature in England was not tolerated by the Puritans and did not flourish therefore in America. Libraries were few and the means of communication but scant; hence the age was not favorable to literary development and the growth of American literature was slow indeed." Includes list of prominent American writers including: Thomas Jefferson John Greenleaf Whittier and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Excerpts from several of Shakespeare's most famous works including Twelfth Night "Music/ That strain again; it had a dying fall; Oh it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets Stealing and giving odor" and As You Like It. "Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which like the toad ugly and venomous Wears yet a precious jewel in its head". Seven drafted letters at end of book regarding dinner invitations letters of condolence and a subscription to The Atlantic Monthly. Last several pages are ledger book of loans and debts. Brown stain in upper inside corner of book affecting last 40 pages. Very good condition. unknown books
1937005680Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1937. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. One of 225 copies printed. Fine in Fine and SCARCE THUS original glassine dust wrapper. Cheever 10. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
19941365Boulder Colorado: Erudite Fangs Editions 1994. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 5 x 8 5/8 inches / 125 x 220 mm 4 5-151 pages in saddle-stitched wrappers. Some paste residue at bottom of cover drawing where it's attached to the wrapper. A Near Fine copy. SIGNED by Andrew Schelling and Anne Waldman on the colophon. Inscribed to poet Clayton Eshleman and his wife Caryl: "For Clayton and Caryl / with love --." A single poem printed in an edition of 125 copies; this is No. 57. No other copies in commerce as of Sept. 3 2017. SCARCE. <br/><br/> Erudite Fangs Editions unknown books
1943005695Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1943. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. His first book. One of 300 copies on laid paper. Cheever 51. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Paperback books
199538316NY:: Columbia University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0231107064 . First printing. Fine in a near fine sun fading dust jacket. . Columbia University Press, hardcover books
20128159NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 2012. First edition first prnt. Signed by Williams on the title page. Backstrip ends lightly pushed. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Uncommon signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover books
2001110247Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press 2001. First edition. Hardcover issue. 500 hardcover copies printed 100 of which were numbered and signed by the author. This is one of the unnumbered copies specially signed by Ha Jin on the title page. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. <br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Hanging Loose Press hardcover books
1994509Hopewell: Ecco Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 088001380X . Winner of the National Book Award for poetry in 1994. Dust jacket bears the award seal on the front panel. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Ecco Press hardcover books
1885008636New York: A. C. Armstrong 1885. RARE. Complete set in publisher's original blue cloth gilt spines dark brown end papers tops gilt. Near Fine slight rubs to cloth at tips. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. C. Armstrong Hardcover books
2002007406Cambridge U.K.: Salt Publishing 2002. Warmly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page to a colleague and friend. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Laid in is a pre-publication pamphlet 14 pp in stapled wrappers also Fine as issued. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Salt Publishing Paperback books
1981006852New York: Macmillan 1981. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "For Tom Kendrick a good ragtime pal. Best regards Jeb Carter". First Printing with complete number row. Review Copy with publisher's review letter laid in. The 1980 Walt Whitman Award winner for a first book; chosen by Galway Kinnell. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket a few small edge tears light soiling. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Macmillan Hardcover books
1987001605LaCrosse WI: Juniper Press 1987. Cream-colored wrappers are lightly soiled. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page to another poet. She is best known for her children's books. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Juniper Press Paperback books
1966005524New York: William Morrow & Co 1966. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half - title page - "Dear Dan Johnson : This is a sort of advance swap because I want to be one of the first to read what you are writing. Meanwhile I am grateful beyond measure for what you have contributed to this book and if you like some of the poems I am richly rewarded. Sincerely Thomas Hornsby Ferril November 21 1966". Fine in a Very Good dust jacket spine darkened and faded title still barely legible small chip top edge rear panel. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Presentation Copy. William Morrow & Co Hardcover books
198027991Reno: Regional Editions 1980. First edition. 100 pp. Near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. The first in a series. Contributions by Josephine Miles Sandra Gilbert Medeline Defrees Joy Harjo Kathleen Fraser Mary Crow Ann Stanford Tess Gallagher and others. Reno: Regional Editions, hardcover books
197751614Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1977. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Williams on the front free endpage. "For Dick With admiration and affection Love Charlie 5/11/77." Dustjacket with minimal shelfwear and slight rubbing on rear panel. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Williams' fourth book of poems. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
198638603London: Tate Gallery 1986. First trade paperback printing. 164 pp. US$ price sticker on rear cover else very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Work from more than 50 commissioned poets accompanying color reproductions of works from the Gallery. London: Tate Gallery paperback books
198660004Hitchen: Mandeville 1986. First edition. Small 4to. 8 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Poems by Mary Norman John Mole and Peter Scupham. One of 125 of 175 copies printed for friends of the Press. Hitchen: Mandeville unknown books
1928004219New York: Harold Vinal Ltd. 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become 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. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. 2 pieces of publisher's promotional material laid in and from that "Mrs. Heflebower "Dee Dee" is one of the National Vice-Presidents of the League of American Pen Women.She is known.for her National and State connection with Motion Picture activities." A fascinating Hollywood ASSOCIATION COPY straight from the era of the black lists ! Very Good Plus lacking the dustjacket and boards faded at spine and at the tips. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Patterned Paper Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Presentation Copy. Harold Vinal Ltd. Hardcover books
2007007433Emeryville CA: Shoemaker & Hoard 2007. First Printing with complete number row 10-1. Fine no jacket as issued. Foreword by James Baker Hall. A lovely book. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Wood Engravings by Wesley Bates . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Shoemaker & Hoard Hardcover books
199269501Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1992. First edition. 183 pp w/biographical noes. Two small corner creases to front cover else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated 2/8/92 and INSCRIBED by Harteis and SIGNED by Meredith. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, unknown books
195872045San Francisco: Golden Mountain 1958. Second edition. 28 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with toning along spine. A collection of twenty-six poems. San Francisco: Golden Mountain unknown books
