New York: Thomas Y. Cttowell Company. Decorative Cloth. Gilt-decorated cloth edition of The Rubaiyat, inscribed by the redoubtable Willy Pogany on the half-title. "The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald", c. 1940. Solidly-bound and VG-, with light staining at the front panel and light fading to... More
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. A pristine copy of the catalogue of the May-June 1993 exhibition sponsored by and held at the University of Pennsylvania. Bright and Fine in its stapled blue wrappers. Octavo, "selected from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. Decorative Cloth. 1928 1st thus--with the magnificent Harry Clarke illustrations. Solid and VG, in its gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries, former owner name at the half-title, very light soiling to the panels and at the spine crown. And... More
Kansas City: Howling Dog Press, 1989. 1st. The 1989 1st edition of this impressive compilation. SIGNED BY ANNE WALDMAN, DIANE DI PRIMA AND ANDRE CODRESCU in their respective chapters. Near Fine in its black leatherette. And in a bright, VG example of the silver pictorial dustjacket, with very light wear... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1953. Cloth. The 1953 1st edition of this impressive collection of translations from Ezra Pound. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the rear panel's top-edge. Octavo, Introduction by Hugh Kenner. More
Staten Island, NY: Wagner College. Original Wraps. Ther Spring 1959 issue of Wagner College's literary magazine. Includes contributions from Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, etc. VG in its stapled wrappers, with llight soiling and creasing to the rear panel. Octavo, 73 pgs. plus "Haiku Party" at the rear. More
London: William Heinemann, 1919. Decorative Cloth. The 1919 correct 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its red cloth with paper title labels to front panel and spine. 16mo, 95 pgs. Neat former owner inscription to front free endpaper. More
Munich: Orchis-Verlag, 1922. Wassilij Masjutin. Cloth. Very handsome 1922 German translation (by Johannes von Guenther) of Pushkin's 1820 epic poem "Ruslan and Ludmila". Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Wassilij Masjutin. Tight and VG+ in its off-white printed boards, with light, forgivable soiling to the panels. Folio, 67 pgs., lovely... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. 1st. Cloth. 1920 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (in pencil) on the title page. VG in its dark-green cloth, with one closed tear to the half-title and very light spotting at the panels. Octavo, 125 pgs. Signed by Author. More
New York: Columbia Review Press, 1968. Original wraps. The 1968 1st edition, #99 of 450 copies issued. Solid and VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of offsetting at the rear panel. Quarto, this "is the seventh publication of the Columbia Review Press, the first of the... More
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Society, 1965. Original wraps. A clean, tight copy of the 1965 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its beige wrappers. Octavo, "the last poems of a poet who died in 1961 in his early 20s, collected from his writings by David Rattray, with an Introduction by Allen Ginsberg" More
Mannheim: Gengenbach & Hahan, 1926. Joachim Lutz. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1926 signed/limited. #8 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED AT THE LIMITATION BY BOTH THE POET ALEXANDER VON BERNUS AND THE ARTIST JOACHIM LUTZ, WHOSE 10 SUPERB WOODCUTS ADORN THE TEXT. ALSO, ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER VON BERNUS IN... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. 1st. Cloth. The 1892 1st edition. VG in its dark green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Light soiling to the panels, light foxing to the endsheets. 12mo, 111 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. 1st. Original Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1886 1st edition. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. 12mo, 201 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-leather box. More
London: C. Kegan Paul and Co., 1879. 1st. Cloth. The 1879 1st edition, following the small "pirated" edition of 1870. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Mild soiling to the front panel, photograph of Tennyson at the rear pastedown. 16mo, 95 pgs. plus... More
Toronto: 1862. Original Wraps. This scarce volume was compiled and edited by J. Dykes Campbell. It consists of poems which Tennyson did not reprint in his first collected edition of 1842 but which had appeared in the "Poems Chiefly Lyrical" in 1830 and "Poems", 1833. This is a pirated edition... More
Cumbria, England: Simon King Press, 1990. Original Wraps. The 1990 1st thus, #19 of 150 copies issued. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrator/publisher Simon King. An immaculate copy: bright and Fine in its beige wrappers. Handsome wood-engravings complement Swinburne's text. Signed by Illustrator. More
Toronto: The House of Anansi, 1968. The 1968 correct 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Tight and VG- (light soiling to the panels, pronounced offsetting --and a bit of soiling-- at the inner hinges) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling and abrading along the rear panel. Thin... More
New York: Original poster. Scarce poster announcing the theatrical premiere of Ginsberg's Kaddish at the Circle-in-the Square on Bleecker St. in NYC's West Village. Circa 1967. Handsomely framed in a simple black. 14 1/2" x 22". Clean and unblemished and Near Fine, with no creasing or soiling to speak of... More
New York: Totem Ress in Association with Corinth Books, 1961. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1961 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original stapled wrappers. Light, forgivable spotting to the panels, still though very... More
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Original wraps. A remarkable Association copy of the 1956 1st City Lights edition (preceded only by an impossibly scarce {purportedly 25 copies} 1955 mimeographed edition of only the poem "Howl"). This copy not only conforms to all the original issue points required of... More
San Francisco: Anonym, 1972. Cloth. The January 1972 stated 1st printing. In a limited edition of 2,000 copies, THIS IS #98 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY ALLEN GINSBERG at the limitation. A pristine copy to boot in its dark-red cloth, with bright, completely unrubbed silver-lettering at the front... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. SIGNED AND DATED BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1995 1st trade edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, edited by Gordon Ball. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1977. Cloth. SIGNED (AND DATED) BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (faint, very minor tape ghosts at the endsheet edges) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just... More
