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
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
Lenox, MA: United Artists, 1979. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of this 1979 1st printing, limited to 750 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, which were illustrated by George Schneeman. The book's publisher, United Artists, was edited by Bernadette Mayer and Lewis Warsh. More
New York: The Kulchur Foundation, 1981. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY ALICE NOTLEY on the half-title. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st paperback edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Front and back cover illustrations by George Schneeman. Publisher's errata slip laid-in as well..... More
New York: Flatiron Press, 1962. Original wraps. NICELY INSCRIBED BY ALLAN BLOCK ("TO SOPHIA: WHO WATCHED ME SCOWL SOME OF THESE INTO BEING...") on the copyright page. A solid copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition of this "Chrsitmas greeting for the poet's friends". Crisp and VG+ in its..... 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: Harper & Row, 1986. Decorative Cloth. A very unusual copy of the 1986 signed/limited. This copy #108 of 250 signed by Allen Ginsberg at the limitation (with an accompanying doodle) AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY CARL SOLOMON (TO WHOM "HOWL" WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED) AT THE TITLE PAGE OF THE..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Cloth. A very impressive copy of the 1986 1st trade edition. NOT ONLY SIGNED (AND INITIALLED) BY ALLEN GINSBERG, BUT ALSO SIGNED BY 1) HERBERY HUNCKE; 2) GREGORY CORSO; 3) CARL SOLOMON (TWICE); AND, FINALLY, 4) WILDLY INSCRIBED BY PETER ORLOVSKY. Sharp and very..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. Original wraps. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A crisp, bight, Near Fine copy to boot of the 1961 1st edition, with just a touch of very light soiling and one light crease along the rear panel. 16mo, "Dedicated to Peter Orlovsky..... More
Beach Books, Texts & Documents, 1968. Original wraps. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A very presentable copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition of this facsimile of Ginsberg's 1961 manuscript. Solid and VG+ in its stapled, light-brown wrappers, with just a touch of light staining along..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. Cloth. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1968 signed/limited. #42 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY ALLEN GINSBERG at the half-title. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing along the edges. (Also..... More
Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications Press, 1984. 1st. Cloth. 1984 1st edition, #3 of 1,111 numbered copies issued. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Francesco Clemente at the Kunsthalle, Basel, May 13th to June 24th, 1984". Elegant fusion of Clemente oils and pastels with Ginsberg text. Large Folio, unpaginated..... More
Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications Press, 1984. Francesco Clemente. Cloth. A wonderful Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ALLEN GINSBERG TO LEGENDARY GROVE PRESS EDITOR FRED JORDAN on the second blank endpaper ("For Fred Jordan from Allen Ginsberg February 12, 1986 New York City --Good luck with the art of publishing works..... More
The Sarabande Press, 1984. Original Wraps. A lovely copy of this 1984 Amy Clampitt signed/limited. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED BY AMY CLAMPITT and "letterpress printed from handset type on dampened Johannot paper at The Sarabande Press". Bright and Fine in its thick card wrappers. And in a Fine example..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Cloth. SIGNED BY AMY LOWELL ON THE TITLE PAGE ABOVE HER PRINTED NAME. A solid copy to boot of the April 1917 3rd printing. Tight and VG- in its duotone cloth, with light soiling at the rear panel. Thick 12mo, 245 pgs. plus publisher's..... More
Wayne, NJ: Zilch Publishing, Inc., 2000. Original wraps. The 2000 stated 1st printing of this uncommon posthumous collection of comedian Andy Kaufman's unpublished poems and stories. The poems range from late 1963 thru early 1966 and the stories span 1963 thru 1981. Clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers (wonderful..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. Cloth. SIGNED BY ANSELM HOLLO on the title page. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1970 1st trade edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, also includes a series of 5 laid-in, period postcards of Anselm Hollo's..... More
