Can You Hear, Bird
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, [1995]. 8vo. 175 pp. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. Fine. FIRST EDITION of Ashbery's seventeenth collection of poems.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, [1995]. 8vo. 175 pp. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. Fine. FIRST EDITION of Ashbery's seventeenth collection of poems.
New York: The Fuck You Press, 1965. Square 8vo. [12] pp. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. One of 300 copies of the "Trade edition" (there was also the "Rough Trade Edition" of 5 copies; an edition of 3 unnumbered copies; and the "Turkey Edition" of two copies). "According to persistent.....
New York: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1973. Bifolium. 4 pages. FIRST EDITION. The program for Auden's memorial service, held 3 October 1973 at New York's Church of St. John the Divine. The service included readings by Robert Penn Warren, Galway Kinnell, Muriel Rukeyser, Richard Wilbur, William.....
One page, 8vo (8 x 5 inches). On Barnes's printed letterhead, with original matching envelope. In fine condition. The Chicago author replies to a request for an autograph: "I was delighted to receive your friendly note telling me that you enjoyed reading 'Within This Present'. It is always a pleasure.....
London: Writers Forum, 1987. 4to. [40] pp. Stapled as issued in printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly cockled, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION of this scarce early Barone work.
Np: Granite, 1976. 8vo. [64] pp. Original printed wrappers. Soft vertical crease to wrappers and endleaves, lightly rubbed. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in 1977 on the front free endpaper by Bertolino: "in the hallowed bowels of Roger Wm's with vino et cheez, Jim Bertolino."
New York: Caterpillar, 1967. 4to. 7 multilithed leaves. Stapled in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second issue, one of 300 multilithed copies (100 mimeod copies were issued in 1966).
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., [1931, but 1948]. 1948 reprint. 8vo. 318pp. Illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs. Original grey cloth, blue lettering; pictorial dust jacket.
San Francisco: Coffee House Press, 1994. 8vo. 131, [3] pp. Original printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION.
New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1968. 8vo. Original cloth; original printed dust jacket. Small tear to upper front joint of jacket, a few small areas of rubbing, otherwise fresh and clean. FIRST EDITION. This was a Frank O'Hara Award winner, and was the first book granted that prestigious.....
London: The Colophon Press, 1993. 8vo. 17, [1]pp. Original wrappers, printed paper label on cover. Slight shadow at edges of wrapper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 6 of 175 copies from an edition of 211. With a lengthy presentation inscription from the publisher on the second leaf beneath the introductory.....
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, 1967. 16, [1] pp. Sewn in original Japanese-style wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, 1969. 16, [1] pp. Sewn in original Japanese-style wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies.
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, 1972. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Fine, without the slipcase. FIRST EDITION, one of 400 copies.
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, 1974. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Slightly toned, without the slipcase. FIRST EDITION, second printing.
New Rochelle, NY: The Elizabeth Press, [1968]. 8vo. [104] pp. Original cloth; dust jacket. Fine. FIRST EDITION.
Kyoto and Boston: Origin Press, 1978-1982. 16 issues of the Fourth Series, 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Minor spot to the corner of issue three, but a fine set. FIRST EDITIONS. Issues devoted to André du Bouchet, Cid Corman, Mark Karlins, Harrah Pornoff, David Miller, Michael Heller, Philippe Denis, George Evans.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. 8vo. Original white printed cloth, the cover designed by Robert Indiana; printed clear acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Creeley on a slip with an image of a bird, mounted on front free endpaper.
Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964. 8vo. [24] pp. Original green printed wrappers. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of "about 1000 copies" according to the colophon. A series of 15 short poems.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. 8vo. 186, [1] pp. Original red cloth, reproduction of a collage by Dawson mounted on front cover. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 27 of 250 hardcover copies signed by Dawson from an edition of 1,276. Introduction by fellow Black Mountain College poet Robert Creeley.....
Bowling Green, OH: Blue Chair Press, 1972. Oblong 8vo. [24] pp. Original printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 191 of 200 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO THE POET JOHN PERLMAN in 1983 on the title: "some early poems writ in Ohio 1970."
Two pages, 4to. On Dreiser's letterhead. Small stain on verso, otherwise in fine condition. Dreiser writes in to Geoffrey Parsons, the editor of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924-1952, describing a writing submission that he has attached with the letter: “Your general and varied courtesies to me, but more.....
[San Francisco]: [Clifford Burke], [1970]. 4to. 6 leaves. Sewn in original green wrappers, printed label on front cover. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 33 of 50 numbered copies on Tovil paper signed by Duncan from an edition of 300. This is Maya Quarto Eight. Bertholf A34a.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. 4to. 24, [1] pages. Original cloth-backed patterned paper boards; acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 128 of 250 copies signed by Duncan from an edition of 1,276. With the 16-page facsimile of the holograph notebook and of the final typescript in pocket on rear.....
Brooklyn: Jordan Davies, 1979. 8vo. [11] pages. Sewn in original wrappers, printed paper label on cover. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 191 of 200 signed copies. Bertholf A53a.