Acts of Love
Vancouver: Standard, 1978. 4to. [11] pp. Illustrated by Bryan Wert. Original printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 40 of 40 copies signed by the author and illustrator from an edition of 350 copies.
Vancouver: Standard, 1978. 4to. [11] pp. Illustrated by Bryan Wert. Original printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 40 of 40 copies signed by the author and illustrator from an edition of 350 copies.
New York: Nightboat Books, 2015. 8vo. 396 books. Printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, signed on the title. "Pink Trance Notebooks is the product of the year Wayne Koestenbaum stopped keeping the traditional journal he had maintained for three decades and began a series of “trance notebooks” as a way to reflect.....
New York: The Oliphant Press, 1975. 4to. 16 pages (including blanks). Original printed wrappers, sewn. One of 100 copies, designed and printed by The Oliphant Press. This copy unnumbered and unsigned, out-of-series, and from the printer's personal collection.
RK Editions, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Kostelanetz on the front end paper.
New York: Jordan Davies, 1980. 4to. 18 pages (including blanks). Original printed wrappers, sewn. One of 200 copies, designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press. This copy unnumbered and unsigned, out-of-series, and from the printer's personal collection.
Hessle: The Marvell Press / Listen Records: The Poet's Voice Series, [1965]. Broadside (13 x 8 inches). A fine copy, with three manuscript corrections presumably by the publisher. Scarce advance subscription form, complete with blank entry form at bottom. "This new recording has benefited from being made away from the.....
Wakefield, RI & London: Moyer Bell, 1994. 8vo. xxxi, 574 pages. Printed wrappers; dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Laughlin on the half-title: "For Jack from J / all 2 1/2 lbs of it." The recipient was the poet John Allman.
Portland, OR: Yes! Press, 1971. 11 x 7 inches. No. 8 in the series from the Yes! Press.
Florence: G. Orlioli, 1929. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original boards, printed paper label on spine. Number 279 of 750 copies, of which 700 were designated for sale. Edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli.
London: Faber and Faber, 1941. 8vo. 80 pages. Red printed boards; printed dust jacket. First edition.
New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, blue cloth spine. The first catalogue devoted totally to American literary first editions. As it listed all of the known works of the selected authors, it was also the first bibliography of American first editions.....
New York: Leon & Brother, 1885. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Engraved title (as used on the front cover of the original wrappers.) Maroon half morocco gilt, marbled boards, gilt edges. The first catalogue devoted totally to American literary first editions. As it listed all of the known works.....
West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1975. 8vo. Color relief print by Claire Van Vliet. Grey cloth, printed paper spine label. Number 227 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Handset by Nancy Southworth, printed on Mohawk Superfine by Susan Johanknecht, bound by James Bicknell.
Norman, OK: Point Riders Press, 1978. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Nearly fine with some age darkening. FIRST EDITION, signed by Levendosky on the title-page.
[Cambridge, MA]: Hovey Street Press, 1973. 8vo. [20] pages. Stapled in printed wrappers; outer paper printed wrapper. One of 800 copies from an edition of 1000. Designed by Judy Katz, reproducing the calligraphy by Peggy Johnstone. Hovey Street Press was founded in 1971 by Richard Edelman to fill the need.....
Oyez, 1970. First edition. One of 300 copies in wrappers.
Woodstock: The Countryman Press, 1981. 11.25 x 7 inches. 47 pages. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. "Poems chronicle the exploits and reveal the character of a Vermont pig named Sylvia."
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1971. 8vo. 12 leaves. Photographic illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Small bump at foot of spine. FIRST EDITION, one of 550 copies in wrappers (there were also 200 casebound and 50 signed/numbered copies). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Levine to fellow poet Michael Waters: "For Michael Waters with.....
N.p. no publisher, n.d. 18.5 x 7 inches. Printed in colors. Signed by the poet. Presumed first edition.
[Cleveland]: [1964]. Typescript, two pages, 4to (11 x 8.5 inches). With mailing folds. Two inked corrections. Published in 'The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle' and anthologized in 'The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry,' ed. Alan Kaufman, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999. This typescript shows two corrections made in levy's.....
Cleveland: Zero Edition, 1968. 11 x 8.5 inches. 28 pages. Cover design by Barb O'Connelly. Side-stapled mimeo sheets bound into illustrated wrappers. First edition. One of 500 copies. Lowell A42; Taylor & Horvath B-14.
Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967. 11 x 8.5 inches. 24 pages. Illustrated with silkscreens by T. L. Kryss. Stapled sheets laid into illustrated wrappers, lower corner with soft crease throughout. First edition, one of 150 copies. Persecuted Poets Series #2. Lowell A31; Taylor & Horvath B-08.
Cleveland: Ayizan Press, 1968. 11.75 x 7.5 inches. 32 pages. Saddle-stitched offset printed on newsprint. Inscribed "To allen pasternak / d.a. levy." 4000 copies printed though 3000 are rumored to have been destroyed by the author. Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Robert Aitken, Phillip Kapleau, Paul Reps, and Philip.....
Cleveland: Ayizan Press, 1968. 11.75 x 7.5 inches. 32 pages. Saddle-stitched offset printed on newsprint. 4000 copies printed though 3000 are rumored to have been destroyed by the author. Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Robert Aitken, Phillip Kapleau, Paul Reps, and Philip Whalen. “An experiment in destructive writing other.....
Sacramento: 1967. Mimeographed. Saddle stitched illustrated wrappers. First edition, one of 500 copies. This is not to be confused with the 1975 reissue by Falling Down Press. Not in Taylor & Horvath.