Illinois: The Rainbow Party, 1915. Original wraps. Uncommon 1915 Vachel Lindsay offering by the Rainbow Party of Illinois, in anticipation of the state's 1918 centennial. 3 Vachel Lindsay poems, a "triad", here re-issued in 16mo and (in 2 of the 3 cases) re-titled. "The Illinois City", "The Illinois Village" and..... More
Platteville, Wisconsin: American Haiku Press, 1967. Original wraps. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1967 1st printing, limited to 350 unnumbered copies. Crisp and Near Fine in its stitched, dark-gray card wrappers. 52 separate haikus, all beautifully printed. More
University of Texas Press, 1973. Cloth. The 1973 1st US edition, translated from its original Spanish by Ruth L.C. Simms. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with sunning along the spine and along the panel top-edges. Octavo, 281 pgs. More
Philadelphia: Ritten House, 1937. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1937 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (who was also a noted book collector) on the front free endpaper. VG- in its pictorial wrappers, with staining along most of the spine and its edges. Dedicated to Jean Cocteau, "for his perverse genius"..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1972. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1972 1st US edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 153 pgs., bi-lingual text (Spanish on the verso, English on the recto). More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Broadside. An all-but-pristine copy of this early, original Patti Smith broadside, issued by New York's legendary Gotham Book Mart in 1973. #36 OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PATTI SMITH (within a larger limitation of 300 copies, the remaining 250 unsigned). A single..... More
Paris: Edition Fear Press, 1976. Original wraps. The 1976 1st French edition, SIGNED BY BOTH PATTI SMITH AND TOM VERLAINE at the rear (across the photo --the negative-- taken of them by M. Esteban). Crisp and very presentable in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light wear along the spine..... More
Cumbria, England: Simon King Press, 1992. Original Wraps. 1992 1st thus, #56 of only 100 copies issued. Bright and Near Fine in its red wrappers. Handsome wood engravings by Simon King. More
Providence, Rhode Island: Burning Deck Press, 1974. Linda Lutes. Original wraps. A pristine copy of this 1974 poetry portfolio, issued in a tiny edition of 75 copies by Burning Deck Press of Providence. This is a Proof copy, INSCRIBED BY THE DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR LINDA LUTES TO NEW YORK PERFORMANCE..... 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
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 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
New York/Rome: Inanout Press, 1990. Silk. A pristine copy of the 1990 signed/limited. #3 OF ONLY 100 COPIES ISSUED IN THIS DELUXE EDITION, WITH ITS SILK BINDING AND ITS NAVY-BLUE FELT SLIPCASE. This copy includes a long, year-of-publication inscription by Ricard at the rear panel and is also signed by..... More
Hanover, NH: 1969. A politically-charged letter from poet Richard Eberhart to Miriam Reik of the "Committee for Biafran Artists and Writers". Dated 1969 and typed and signed by Eberhart. 8 1/2"x11". Very readable--bright and clean and VG+. 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
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
New York: Random House, 1930. Cloth. The 1930 true 1st edition. #69 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST at the half-title. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth, with very light bumping to the front panel's lower-tip. Boards very clean, crisp gilt-titling within the light-brown morocco..... 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
Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST TO A DARTMOUTH SENIOR on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st trade edition. Tight and VG in its dark-gray boards, with the college student's name and address on the front free endpaper, several lines of handwritten verse at..... 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
Omaha, Nebraska: Bradypress, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1988 1st edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. Clean and VG+ in its decorative dark wrappers, with very light chipping along the front panel's fore-edge. Beautiful hand-stitched binding. Tall quarto, 26 pgs. Also includes bradypress's original announcement. Signed..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1929 1st trade edition. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown, light soiling to the panels and mild darkening to the spine. Still though, a very presentable copy. Octavo, 129 pgs. More
New York: Random Houe, 1931. 1st. 1931 1st edition, 1 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON JEFFERS on the limitation page. Tight and clean and VG+ in its vellum spine over brown cloth. Quarto, 29 pgs. Somewhat-torn bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be. Also includes a VG+..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. 1st. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1954 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small closed tears --and light age-toning-- along the panel edges. Octavo, 115 pgs. More
