London: Turret Books, 1968. Stanislaw Gliwa. Pictorial cloth. The 1968 1st edition. #37 of 180 numbered copies (of which 150 are for sale), published by Turret Books of London. Clean and Near Fine in its off-white cloth, with pictorial gilt (of the "Three Women") adorning the front cover. And in..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1971. Cloth. A crisp, very presentable copy. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with 2 very small areas of spotting at the rear panel. More
Surrey, England: The Sceptre Press, 1970. Original wraps. A lovely copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its stapled wrappers. And in a crisp, Fine example of the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacket. #45 of 100 copies issued on Glastonbury laid paper. More
Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times Publishing Co., 1906. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR T.A. DALY on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1906 1st edition. VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and decoration to front panel and spine. Light foxing to prelims, otherwise..... More
San Francisco: 1969. Original wraps. The March 1969 printing of "AMPERS&ND", an impressive poetry journal with contributions from Charles Bukowski, Doug Blazek, T.L. Kryss, D.r. Wagner, etc. Tight and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with even offsetting along the spine (where a plastic binder had once been). Internally immaculate..... More
New York and London: The Fountain Press and Faber & Faber, 1930. Cloth. The 1930 signed/limited and stated 1st edition. #87 OF 600 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT at the limitation. FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY INCLUDES THE PUBLISHER'S SCARCE GLASSINE DUSTJACKET, WITH ITS UNPRINTED PAPER FLAPS. A solid, VG+ copy..... More
New York: Little Light Books, 1981. Original wraps. One of Ted Berrigan's scarcest limitations. #12 OF ONLY 26 COPIES ISSUED. EACH NUMBERED COPY IS SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN AND EACH "CONTAINS AN ADDITIONAL POEM HANDWRITTEN BY THE POET" on the verso of the limitation page. IN THIS CASE, THE POEM..... More
Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1976. Cloth. SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN on the front free endpaper. A crisp, near-pristine copy to boot of the 1976 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, rear photograph of Ted Berrigan by Gerard Malanga. THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES 2 CANCELLED..... More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Windflower Press, 1978. Original wraps. The 1978 stated 1st printing of this unusual Ted Kooser tale --told through captioned, engraved illustrations-- of his character "Hatcher". Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with inconspicuous staining along the bottom-edge. Otherwise clean as could be. Quarto, written by the former..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Cloth. The 1941 stated 1st edition of Theodore Roethke's first published book. #211 of 1,000 copies isssued. Tight and VG+ (decorative former owner bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, which is clean and bright. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951. Boards. The 1951 stated 1st edition of Roethke's 3rd published book of poetry. Solid and VG+ (neat former owner name and very light offsetting at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing --and one..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1953. Cloth. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the 1953 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with a touch of light soiling along the rear panel. Roethke's 5th published book of poetry. More
The University of Chicago Press, 1967. Cloth. SIGNED BY THOM GUNN on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st American edtion of the poet's third published book. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends..... More
San German, Puerto Rico: Editorial La Nueva Salamanca, 1957. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original cream wrapers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel..... More
Hugh Maxwell, Philadelphia, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition, 1804. In its original brown calf with modest flaking along upper edges of the front panel, minor fraying to outer hinges and a bit of rubbing to the spine and a small amount of scufffing to the back panel. 12mo, 301..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1928. Original wraps. The April 1928 2nd printing of Ezra Pound's translation of "The Great Learning" by Ta Hio. Solid and VG- in its dark card wrappers, with notable chipping along the spine and the panel edges. Internally, clean as could be, with no..... More
Paris: Editions de la Revue Fontaine, 1946. Hans Arp. Original wraps. The 1946 1st edition, #658 of 750 copies published. Clean and VG in its printed, off-white wrappers, with very light offsetting along the front panel's fore-edge and light wear at the spine ends. 12mo, nicely illustrated in woodcut by..... More
Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. Lynd Ward. Decorative Boards. A handsome copy of the 1977 1st edition. #22 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED AT THE LIMITATION BY LYND WARD (the illustrator), ANTHONY HECHT (who translated the text from its original French) AND ARTHUR WILSON (who wrote the Introduction). Clean and Near Fine..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1935. Cloth. A crisp, pleasing copy of the 1935 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the lower-edges and just a touch of light chipping to the spine crown..... More
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. Cloth. SIGNED BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS on the half-title. #191 of 600 copies signed by the poet and distributed (300 to America via Random House and 300 to Great Britain via Grant Richards and Humphrey Toulmin at the Cayme Press Limited). The entire limitation..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1966 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 94 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box. More
Ilkley, England: Privately Printed, 1973. Original Wraps. The 1973 facsimile re-issue of W.H. Auden's very scarce 1st book. Originally published in 1928 in an edition of "about 45 copies", this facsimile --which in itself is uncommon-- is #65 of only 100 copies issued. An attractive miniature (64mo), crisp and VG+..... More
New York: Random House, 1974. Cloth. The 1974 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 61 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1952. Boards. The uncommon 1952 1st edition of poet W.S. Merwin's first publiished book. Solid and VG in its light-blue boards, with fading along the spine and a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Lacking the dustjacket. Octavo, edited by W.H. Auden..... More
New York: The Gotham Book Mart, 1948. Kurt Seligmann. Original wraps. A handsome example of the March 1948 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. Designed and printed by the Banyan Press, published by the legendary Gotham Book Mart. Clean and Near Fine in its hand-sewn, light-green wrappers, with very light..... More
