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 about "Selected from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry"
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 about Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
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 about Stiletto One: "A Ship of Fools"
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 about The Translations of Ezra Pound
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 about Wagner Literary Magazine (Spring 1959
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 about The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
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 about Ruslan und Ludmilla: Ein Phantastisches Marchen
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 about Early Persian Poetry: From the Beginnings Down to the Time of Firdausi
New York: The Third Press, 1973. Cloth. 1st US edition, 1973, translated from the 1961 original French edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 141 pgs. Bilingual edition, with text on the verso in English and on the recto in French. More about Cadastre
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 about Kansas Days
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 about Stift Neuburg: Eine Gedichtfolge
New York: Lathrop C. Harper, 1928. Boards. The 1928 1st edition, #63 OF ONLY 130 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ALFRED A. FURMAN at the limitation. Tight and VG+ in its duotone boards, with light foxing along the preliminaries. Octavo, 165 pgs. in verse. More about The Isles of Khaledan: Topical and Other Poems of the Reconstruction Period
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 about The Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream, and Other Poems
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 about Locksley Hall: Sixty Years After, Etc
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 about The Lover's Tale
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 about Poems 1830-1833
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 about The Garden of Prosperpine
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 about Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals
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 about "Circle-in-the-Square" Poster for the Theatrical Production of Kaddish
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 about Empty Mirror: Early Poems
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Original wraps. A remarkable Association copy of the 1956 true 1st edition (preceded only by an impossibly scarce {purportedly 25 copies} 1955 mimeo of only the poem "Howl"). This copy not only conforms to all the original issue points required of the inaugural... More about Howl and Other Poems (SIGNED BY 5 OF THE BOOK'S PRINCIPALS!!
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 about Improvised Poetics
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 about Journals Mid-Fifties 1954-1958
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 about Mind Breaths: Poems 1972-1977
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. Cloth. SIGNED (AND DATED) BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A tight, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1982 stated 1st printing. Solid and Near Fine (faint, very minor tape ghosts at the endsheet edges) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to... More about Plutonian Ode: Poems 1977-1980
