Santorini: Stopping the Leak
Worcester: Metacom Press, 1982. 8vo. 19, [1] pp. Sewn in original wrappers, printed label on cover. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 57 of 300 copies signed by Merrill from an edition of 326.
Worcester: Metacom Press, 1982. 8vo. 19, [1] pp. Sewn in original wrappers, printed label on cover. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 57 of 300 copies signed by Merrill from an edition of 326.
London: Chatto and Windus; The Hogarth Press, [1972]. 8vo. 47pp. Original cloth; dust jacket. Fine in a clipped jacket. FIRST EDITION. Hagstrom & Morgan A27a.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. 8vo. 83, [1] pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: New Directions, 1987. 8vo. 184 pp. Original cloth; dust jacket with an image of 'Gyrostasis' by Robert Smithson. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. An early anthology of the so-called Language Poets, by Sun & Moon Press founder and poet Douglas Messerli.
New York: Triangle Books, [1938]. First Triangle Books reprint. 8vo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. From the library of Steven Heller, renowned art director as well as author of "Jackets Required: An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design, 1920-1950." This copy, in an unsigned dust-jacket, is featured on page.....
London: Faber and Faber, [1960]. 8vo. 126 pp. Original red cloth; printed dust jacket. FIRST UK TRADE EDITION. One of 2,290 copies. This was published after the Milan, 1959 signed limited edition and the American edition of the previous year. Gallup A77.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. 222, [5] pages. Cloth-backed pictorial boards; acetate. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 103 of 225 hardcover copies signed by the author.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 8vo. 534, v, [1] pp. Original maroon cloth, abstract design on front cover and spine in gold, silver-lettering on front cover and spine; printed dust jacket. In a later board slipcase. First edition, limited issue, number 1843 of 2,500 copies. With the exception of.....
New York: Covici Friede, 1929. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 inches). 237 pp. Original parchment-backed boards, uncut and unopened; dust jacket. Section of jacket cut out at bottom of spine panel, cello-tape stains on covers. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 385 of 1050 copies signed by the editor. The selections.....
One page, 8vo. Four lines in Toklas's fine, miniscule hand. On her stationary. In fine condition. Alice B. Toklas writes to Drue Parsons anticipating her upcoming visit. Parsons was married to Geoffrey Parsons, chief editorial writer of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1952. Toklas writes: “Virgil Thomson.....
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1970. 8vo. 75 pages. Original black cloth; dust jacket designed by Jasper Johns. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Towle on the half-title. This won the Frank O'Hara Award, and was Towle's first commercially published book (there were two earlier privately printed volumes).....
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. Two volumes, 8vo. 225 pp, [2] ads; 222 pp, 6 pp. ads. Original pink cloth. Bindings worn, one section and label of vol. 1 lacking; some pale dampstaining, vol. 2 p. 61 with marginal paper flaw, p. 167 with tear crossing text. FIRST.....
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989. 8vo. Original gilt-decorated leather, all edges gilt. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED.
New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1985. 4to. 130 pages. Illustrations by Hall. Original decorated boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Waldman on the title-page. Edited and designed by Lita Hornick.
Charleston IL: Tel-let, 1992. 6 leaves. Stapled as issued in printed wrappers. Fine save some rust to the staples. FIRST EDITION, one of 150 copies.
New York: Duffield & Co, 1909. First American edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (a few pale stains on cover, mild blind circular puckering on front).
Jackson, Miss. New Stage Theatre, [1980]. Tall 8vo. 20, [3] pp. Title printed in red and black. Original marbled boards, printed paper label on front cover; original plain paper wrapper (somewhat frayed). A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 400 copies signed by Welty from an edition of.....
San Diego, New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1982]. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Light spotting to sheet edges, near-fine. FIRST EDITION, second printing. WITH A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION by Willard to Myra Cohn Livingston, with a drawing on a crescent moon and star.
New York: New Directions, 1947. 8vo. Original boards; dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig. A near-fine copy with slightest wear at extremities; fresh price-clipped jacket with some toning and pale shadow. Overall a very handsome copy of a jacket so susceptible to fading. FIRST EDITION, first printing. This classic play.....
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Small 8vo (7½ x 5½ inches). Original maquette for the novel, comprising: dust-jacket [watercolor on paper]; board binding [watercolor reproducing design on jacket]; text [half-title, double-page title, colophon, author's note, and beginning of text, all in pen-and-ink on paper]; the remainder of the.....