New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild fading along the spine. Ashbery's 6th published volume of poetry. More
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. Jane Freilicher. Decorative Wrappers. John Ashbery's first published work. The November 1953 1st edition, limited to 300 copies and published by the formidable Tibor de Nagy Gallery of New York. A solid, bright copy of a notoriously fragile item but with modest chipping..... More
New York: Twice A Year Press, 1941. 1st. Cloth. The 1941 limited edition, 1 of only 100 copies issued. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 42..... More
Phoenix: Rampart Press, 1963. Limited. Nicely-printed single folded sheet, containing the John Beecher poem "Yours in the Bonds". 1/300 copies "handset & printed by John & Barbara Beecher at the Rampart Press". This copy INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). Clean and..... More
Claude Fredericks/ Pawlet, 1958. Soft Cover. 1958 limited edition, 1 of 526 copies. Hand-sewn, printed wrappers. A bright, VG+ to Near Fine copy. 8vo, unpaginated. More
Pawlet, Vermont: Claude Fredericks, 1958. Original wraps. A sharp copy of the 1958 1st edition, #389 of 526 copies issued. Clean and Near Fine in its handsewn wrappers. Also includes a solid, VG+ example of the publisher's printed envelope. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1942. Boards. The 1942 1st edition of poet John Berryman's first published book. Solid and VG+ (offsetting at the pastedowns and the endpapers) in a crisp, price-intact ($1.00), VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing and one small closed tear along the spine crown. Part of New Directions'..... More
New York: The Kulchir Foundation, 1970. Les Levine. SIGNED BY JOHN GIORNO on the front free endpaper. A crisp, unusually sharp copy to boot of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its multi-colored wrappers (and multi-colored paper throughout). Quarto, cover by Les Levine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1970. Cloth. A one-of-a-kind copy of the 1970 1st edition, having belonged to the legendary bookseller Burt BrItton (1933-2018), co-founder of New York's much-loved "Books & Company" on Madison Avenue. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO BRITTON BY 2 OF THE BOOK'S CONTRIBUTORS (JOHN ASHBERY AND MURIEL..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1917 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON PRINTED DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the title page) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 53 pgs. More
London: J. and R. Tonson (Printed by John Baskerville), 1758. Full leather. A very impressive example of the 1758 1st John Baskerville edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ in their handsome late 18th-early 19th century full calf. 5 raised bands along each spine, fine gilt-tooling within..... More
Riverside, CT: Hillacre, 1913. Hardcover. A lovely, near-pristine copy of the 1913 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-brown boards, with bright, completely unflecked or unrubbed gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine. Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Lincoln Steffens. A poem "made into a book for..... More
Riverside, CT: Hillacre, 1917. Hardcover. The 1917 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON GLASSINE DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a Near Fine example of the fragile jacket, with a tiny amount of chipping along the spine and at the spine crown, and light chipping to the rear panel's..... More
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927. 1st. Cloth. The 1927 1st edition, limited to 375 copies. Solid and VG, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 32 pgs. With very nice hand-coloured engravings on wood by Hester Sainsbury. More
Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Books/The Nantahala Foundation, 1962. Single sheet. #217 OF 300 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS at the foot of the poem. Folded single sheet, clean and Near Fine. "Written and published by Jonathan Williams at the Winter Solstice, 1962 for his friends". An impressive broadside, "printed..... More
Jordan Davies, 1983. 1st. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 1983 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 1 OF 75 COPIES PRINTED ON OPALE DE RIVES AND SIGNED BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS. Signed by Author. More
Princeton University Press, 1983. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1983 1st edition of Jorie Graham's 2nd published collection of poetry, in its less common hardback. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing along the spine crown and a light band of foxing at..... More
Sci-Art Publishers, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 1939. Hardcover. 1939 stated first impression. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with a bit of darkening along the spine and a minor amount of soiling along the back panel. Thick octavo, 910 pgs. An exhaustive compilation of Yiddish poetry translated into English verse..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1945. 1st. Cloth. The 1945 1st edition of this Joyce Cary poem. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling to the panels. Thin 12mo, 28 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box. More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968. Cloth. INSCRIBED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY ADAM GILLON, WHO SELECTED AND TRANSLATED THESE POEMS (FROM POLISH INTO ENGLISH). A very solid copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light spotting and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Kahlil Gibran. The 1934 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original Arabic by Andrew Ghareeb. Solid and VG (pronounced rubbing to the rear panel) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavo, with a Foreword by..... More
Madison, N.J. 1927. Lee Thayer. Decorative Cloth. THIS COPY (#71 OF ONLY 100 ISSUED) "WAS PRINTED AND BOUND AS A GIFT FOR WE. RUDGE" (THE PRE-EMINENT PUBLISHER AND PRINTER WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE) AND IS FURTHERMORE INSCRIBED BY THE BOOK'S PRINTER ARTHUR W. RUSHMORE. A clean, very solid copy to boot..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1960. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1960 1st edition, in its infinitely less common hardback. Clean, tight and Near Fine to Fine in its pink boards. Internally pristine as well, with no writing or markings of any kind. 16mo, the 13th title in..... More
Lausanne, France: Edition des Freres Gonin, 1935. Jean Berque. Original wraps. #40 OF ONLY 150 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR JEAN BERQUE at the limitation. A bright, crisp copy to boot in its cream-colored wrappers. Clean and Near Fine, with lovely color prints complementing the text. Attractive layout and..... More
