Charles Reznikoff: A Critical Essay
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First edition, one of 400 copies. 8vo. 67 pages. Cloth-backed pictorial boards; acetate wrapper.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First edition, one of 400 copies. 8vo. 67 pages. Cloth-backed pictorial boards; acetate wrapper.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. 8vo (21.3 x 15 cm). 79 pages. Frontispiece, illustrations in text. Printed on rectos only. Original decorated beveled cloth, decorated endpapers, edges gilt. FIRST TRADE EDITION, first issued privately without a title-page nor identification of the author. Holmes read this poem on 6 June.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 8vo. 1195 pages. Plain tan printed wrappers. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition, stated "Not For Sale," and noting tentative publication date of November 2003.
London: Faber and Faber, [1963]. 8vo. 46 pages. Illustrated by R. A. Brant. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. One of 3,000 copies of Hughes' third book for children. Sagar and Tabor A7.
Knotting, Bedfordshire: Christopher Skelton for Sceptre Press, 1979. Square 8vo. 4 pages. Stapled in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 46 of 100 copies signed by Hughes from an edition of 450. The colophon states that Hughes retained 50 of the signed copies for himself. With errata slip.....
Viking, 1976. 8vo. 86 pages. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
London: Faber & Faber, [1992]. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards and wrappers. Together in a cloth slipcase. Number 164 of 250 copies signed by Hughes from an edition of 280.
Knotting, Bedfordshire: Christopher Skelton for Sceptre Press, 1977. Square 8vo. [8] pages. Sewn in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 7 of 100 copies signed by Hughes from an edition of 450. The colophon states that Hughes retained 50 of the signed copies for himself. Sagar and Tabor.....
New York: W. W. Norton, 1979. 8vo. ix, [1], 161 pages. Printed wrappers. First edition, first printing, paperback issue. Presentation copy, inscribed in a shaky hand on the half-title: "For Stephanie Pazienza chi ha pazienza sempre con affetto Dick Hugo."
London: C. Wittingham for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, and others, 1810. 8vo. xxx, 315, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait after Nash by Romney. Contemporary calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, black morocco lettering-piece. Light wear at extremities; frontispiece offset onto title, some light browning. Later edition of 'The Village Curate,' but the.....
East Montpelier, VT: Heaven and Earth Publishing, [2005]. Small 8vo. [30] pages. 10 full-page illustrations by Arthur Okamura. Stapled as issued in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING BY BLY on the title. Bly's simple abstract sketch evokes a bird, or fish, surrounding the text.....
London: The Sunday Referee, 1934. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 12mo. Frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth. First edition of the author's first book, the first title issued in the Sunday Referee Poets Series. The dedication copy ("Dedicated Gratefully to Victor B. Neuburg"), inscribed by Johnson on the front free endpaper.....
Verona: The Verona Press, 1937. 8vo. 70 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket with a wood engraving by Fritz Kredel; printed wraparound band. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Totem / Corinth, 1961. 8vo. 48 pages. Stapled in printed wrappers, front cover with a design by Basil King. First edition of the author's first book, first issue ($1.25 cover price; bold print ads on last page).
Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 12mo. Original pale green boards. First trade edition of Joyce's second collection of poetry; errata slip tipped in at rear. Contains thirteen poems. Actually a very good copy. Slocum & Cahoon A24.
Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1987. 8.5 x 6.25 inches. 54 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on title-page. First Edition, the hardcover issue, of the author's acclaimed first book. An extensive collection of Karr's poetry.
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, [1964]. 8vo. xvi, 202 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Kavanagh. Original two-toned cloth; printed dust jacket. First American edition.
Catskill, NY: Lunar Chandelier Collective, 2018. 8vo. 322 pages. Printed wrappers. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed to another poet on the title-page by Kelly. This is the fifth and final volume in a cycle of long poems, collectively forming The Island Cycle.
Palo Alto, CA: Chimera Books, 1981. 14 x 11 inches. On handmade Fabriano paper. One of 150 unsigned from an edition of 150.
New York: Doctor Generosity Press, 1970. 13.5 x 8.5 inches. The Doctor Generosity Press was run out of a tavern in New York City at 73rd and 2nd on the East Side.
Anchorage, AK: Salmon Run Press, 1995. 8vo. [8] pages. Sewn in original pictorial wrappers with a photograph by H. Jagerbauer. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 9 of 100 copies signed by Kinnell. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half-title to Dartmouth President James Freedman. The poem originally appeared in the.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press, 1960. 8vo. 83 pages. Original cloth-backed boards; printed dust jacket with photographic portrait of the author by Betty C. Brown on the front cover. FIRST EDITION, first printing of the author's first book.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. 8vo. [8] pages. Stapled as issued in printed wrappers; green cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes. Ricvhardson A312; Stewart 461.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. 8vo. [8] pages. Stapled as issued in printed wrappers; green cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes in an edition of 70 copies. Richardson A318; Stewart 528.
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.