Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967. Original wraps. August 1967 1st edition, published by Ghost Press of Cleveland and limited to 250 copies. Silkscreened front cover designed by poet T.L. Kryss, frequent d.a. levy collaborator. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Octavo, "another one of a series of unpatronized booklets... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1952 1st thus. Solid and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown, very light offsetting to the endsheets) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear to the spine crown and... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1977 1st thus of these 2 major works of Rilke, here published together in The States for the first time. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, translated from Rilke's original German by A.... More
New Rochelle, NY: James L. Weil, Publisher, 2002. Hardcover. First Thus. A lovely example of this elegant Rilke fine press offering, limited to only 60 copies. Fine in its gray patterned boards. 12mo, dual text (German and English), translated by Cid Corman and Henry Lyman. More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937. Original wraps. The 1937 true 1st French edition. #7 OF ONLY 35 COPIES PRINTED ON "VELUN PUR FIL". Clean and VG+ in its printed light-green wrappers. And in a well-preserved, VG+ example of the fragile glassine dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends and... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1987. 1/4 cloth. #10 of 150 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury at the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot: Clean and Near Fine in its 1/4 cloth over gray patterned boards. Quarto, an entire volume devoted to Ray Bradbury's poetry. More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1987. 1/4 leather. Letter C of 26 lettered copies specially bound in its 1/4 leather over marbled boards and signed by Ray Bradbury at the half-title. A very sharp copy: Clean and Near Fine. Quarto, designed by Robert Schneider, printed by Carl Benett of Pace... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University, 2008. Cloth. A crisp, tight copy of the 2008 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (just a touch of soiling along the bottom-edges) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 79 pgs. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY RICHARD EBERHART IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with light toning at the top-edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the front... More
New York: W.J. Johnston, 1896. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER on the front flyleaf. A handsome copy to boot of the 1896 1st thus. Clean and tight and VG+ in its decorative brown cloth. Bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine, all edges gilt. Octavo, 320 pgs. Small, neat... More
Berkeley: The Undermine Press, 1966. Original wraps. The 2nd issue of The Avalanche, an impressive mid to late 60s poetry journal published out of Berkeley and edited by Richard Krech. Contributors to this issue include Charles Bukowski, Richard Krech, Brown Miller et al. Tight and Near Fine in its stapled... More
Berkeley: The Undermine Press, 1967. Original wraps. A sharp copy of Avalanche #3. Solid and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Tuli Kupferberg, Clarence Major, D.r. Wagner et al. More
Berkeley: The Undermine Press, 1968. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the 1968 4th issue of Avalanche, the poetry journal issued out of Berkeley by the Undermine Press. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Contributors to this issue include d.a. levy, D.r. Wagner, John Sinclair, Doug... More
Cleveland: Ghost Press Cleveland, 1967. Original wraps. Very scarce May 1967 hand-made chapbook by Cleveland poet RJS (Robert J. Sigmund), "number one" in the "persecuted poet series". One of only 150 "stamprinted copies", published by the Cleveland-based Ghost Press. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, dark wrappers, with one... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1872. F.A. Chapman. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1872 1st edition, IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL DECORATIVE BOX. Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-lettering and floral design to the panels. 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout by F.A. Chapman (and engraved by J. Filmer). And in a.... More
New York: New Directions, 1978. Cloth. SIGNED BY ROBERT CREELEY on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light spotting to the panels) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 85 pgs. More
Self-published, 1930. Original wraps. Uncommon 1930 "farmer's" book of poetry, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ROBERT F. LAWRENCE on the title page. Crisp and VG+ in its stapled beige wrappers, with light wear at the spine crown and very light creasing along the panel edges. Internally, clean as could be, with... More
Cambridge, MA: Dard Hunter, Jr., 1939. Original wraps. An impressive, early effort by Dard Hunter, Jr., offering up this first separate edition of Frost's delivered poem at the Annual Dinner of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on November 21st, 1939. A folio, in this case constituting a single folded, printed... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. Cloth. SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST IN A STRONG BLUE INK on the half-title page. A very solid copy to boot of the November 1916 1st issue of the 1st edition (with the repeated lines on pg. 88 and with 'Come' for 'Gone' on... More
Paris: Marcel Sautier, 1957. Jacques Villon. #181 OF 185 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH THE POET ROBERT GANZO AND THE ARTIST JACQUES VILLON at the limitation. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its original wrappers, with a crisp, Near Fine glassine... More
New York: Doubleday, 1969. Cloth. The 1969 stated 1st American edition, #914 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBERT GRAVES on the limitation page. A very sharp copy to boot: A clean, Near Fine octavo in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box. Signed by Author. More
New Orleans: Self-published, 1968. Original wraps. The January 1968 maiden issue of Copkiller, limited to 450 copies and published in New Orleans by Robert Head and Darlene Fife. Contributors to this 1st issue include Charles Bukowski, Richard Krech, Doug Blazek, Margaret Randall, D.r. Wagner, George Montgomery et al. Clean and... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. Cloth. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1946 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel edges. Octavo, 69 pgs. More
New York: Random House, 1968. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT PENN WARREN TO AUTHORS FRANCIS STEEGMULLER AND SHIRLEY HAZZARD on the title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st printing. Clean and VG+ (bumping to the lower tips) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with... More
