Nights and Days
Chatto and Windus (The Hogarth Press). Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1966 1st UK edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thin octavo, 47 pgs. More
Poetry
Voices from Sandover SIGNED
Self-published, 1982. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL TO AUTHORS SHIRLEY HAZZARD AND FRANCIS STEEGMULLER on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of this 1982 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its stapled wrappers. Octavo, 48 pgs. More
Water Street SIGNED
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL TO NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST SHIRLEY HAZZARD on the title page. A tight, very presentable copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel top-edges... More
CKROWWW SIGNED
Kathmandu, Nepal: Ira Cohen, 1977. Petra Vogt and Lee Baarslag. Original wraps. Uncommon 1977 collection of 7 inspired poems about crows, written by Jane Falk and edited and published by the redoubtable Ira Cohen in Kathmandu. This is #317 of 500 copies issued on handmade Nepali rice paper and, ADDITIONALLY... More
Just Dogs
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1927. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1927 1st edition of this charming love-song to dogs in the form of verse. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the wonderful --and very fragile-- dustjacket. 12mo, 64 pgs., including wonderful black-and-white photos thruout. More
Oeuvres de Jean-Arthur Rimbaud
New York: Brentano's, 1943. A handsome copy of the 1943 1st thus, published out of New York but in Rimbaud's native French. Tight and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with darkening along the spine. Octavo, 231 pgs., preface by Robert Goffin. More
Sightings I-IX & Red Easy a Color SIGNED
London: Circle Press Publications, 1968. Ian Tyson. Original wraps. #37 of only 125 copies issued of this 1968 1st edition. SIGNED BY BOTH THE POET JEROME ROTHENBERG AND THE ARTIST IAN TYSON at the limitation and published out of London by Circle Press Publications. A near-pristine copy to boot. Tight... More
Symposium of the Whole: A Range of Discourse Toward an Ethnopoetics
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983. 1st. Cloth. 1983 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dusjacket. Quarto, 503 pgs. More
The Road Not Taken SIGNED
Amsterdam: De Appel Foundation, 2000. 1st. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST JOB KOELEWIJN on the limitation page AND ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY HIM on the half-title. An immaculate copy to boot of this wonderful catalogue issued after the Amsterdam show in June-August 2000. Limited to only 123 copies. Bright and... More
you were a bastard for being so fucking good in bed or THE UNMENTIONABLE SIGNED
New York: Chelsea Copy Press, 1982. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY JOE LESUEUR IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION TO NEW YORK CONCEPTUAL AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST CARL MORSE (1934-2008). A solid copy to boot of the 1982 1st edition. Tight and VG in its printed wrappers, with light soiling (including one stain) to the front... More
Here I Stand SIGNED
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
Homage to a Subversive SIGNED
Scottsdale, AZ: Rampart Press, 1961. 1st. Original Wraps. A single folded sheet, containing on the recto the poem "Homage to a Subversive". INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary critic and biographer. A VG octavo, with mild darkening along the edges. Signed by Author. More
Yours in the Bonds SIGNED
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
His Thought Made Pockets & the Plane Buckt
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
Death Drag: Selected Poems 1948-1979 SIGNED
Pocatello, Idaho: The Limberlost Press, 1979. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN CLELLON HOLMES on the 2nd free endpaper. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1979 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light foxing at the rear panel... More
Outsider #3 (Inscribed by Charles Bukowski)
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI on the front pink tissue-guard (to fellow writer Dan Georgakas). A very sharp copy to boot of the 3rd issue (of only 4 all told) of this highly-influential small press poetry magazine. Published by the formidable Loujon Press of... More
The Outsider 4 & 5 (Double Issue)
Tucson, Arizona: Loujon Press, 1969. Original wraps. A handsome copy of the 4th and final issue --a double issue--of this highly-influential small press poetry magazine. Published by the formidable Loujon Press (the imprint of John and Gypsy Lou Webb), Outsider #4-#5 is "handset, mostly, & hand bound at Loujon's desert... More
Poems (Lettered Copy) SIGNED
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. Full leather. Letter F of 26 lettered copies bound in a full black leatherette and signed by John Gardner at the limitation. A very sharp copy to boot, tight and Near Fine. Octavo, designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom for the Lord John Press. More
CUM
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971. Original wraps. The 1971 1st trade edition of this John Giorno performance piece, limited to 500 copies (there was also a signed/limited edition of 26 copies and an "hors commerce" edition of 10 copies). Clean and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with light... More
Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems (in Dustjacket)
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
Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books PLUS Paradise Regained. A Poem, in Four Books. To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes: And Poems Upon Several Occasions
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
SANGAR to Lincoln Steffens
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
Tamburlaine and Other Verses (in Dustjacket)
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