Berkeley: Oyez, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Original stapled wraps. Elegant copy of the poem that Brother Antoninus (William Everson) read at 18 April 1969 ceremony commemorating the San Francisco earthquake. One rear corner of wrap slightly bumped, else fine.
New York: Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed later printing - no first edition statement. Red cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. Inscribed for Crimilda Pontes, "on the occasion of her gracious showmanship at The Yale University Press, [and signed in full] Brother Antoninus, New Haven, Feb. 21, 1963". Pontes.....
Rome: Botteghe Oscure N. XVI, [1955]. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled sheets in printed stiff wrappers; thin 8vo. Offprint: A verse play published here as an off print from Botteghe Oscure N. XVI, pp. 251 - 263. Signed by Broughton. James Broughton was a well-known filmmaker as well as a poet.....
San Francisco: Kayak Press, 1968. George Hitchcock. First edition. Paperback. Blue patterned stapled wrappers; 8vo. 68 p. Inscribed to Allan Brilliant, publisher of Unicorn Press, with a letter Tls on onion skin laid in thanking him for the Unicorn Folios (not present) and conveying this book. illustrated with prints by.....
Berkeley: Cody's Books/Oyez, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Blue printed, stapled wrappers; 12mo.; [16] pp. Produced by the great Telegraph Ave. Bookstore for the legendary conference with bibliographic listings for Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Richard Duerden, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Leroi Jones, Joanne Kyger, Ron Loewinsohn, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Jack.....
San Francisco: First Unitarian Church, 1973. First Edition. no binding. Poster for a poetry reading on Friday, August 31 [1973?] with Creeley, Dorn and Kyger. 9 1/2 x 14 inches on yellow paper. A benefit for the Committee for Prisoner Humanity & Justice. Heavily worn along the right side, though.....
n. p. n. p., 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled card covers with pasted on photograph; square 12mo. A long poem. Unusual association copy, inscribed to the printer Lawton Kennedy in appreciation of the beautiful books he crafts. No indication of author's full name or where this was printed, but it.....
Stinson Beach: Enkidu Sur Rogate, 1960. First Edition Thus. Paperback. First complete edition, preceded by a mimeograph edition for performers and audience at the Six Gallery reading, and a White Rabbit publication of the first act only. Yellow illustrated wraps. 71 pages. One of 750 total copies. An about very.....
[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. First issue; one of 250 (of 350 total) in white boards (this regular issue also in blue boards which are regarded as second issue) with blue-green dust jacket. Poet's first book. Inscribed in full to Berkeley librarian and book dealer Al[l]an Covici on.....
[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies in dark yellow-green cloth, signed at colophon by Duncan and Mary Fabilli (artist), with two poems in Duncan's hand (not in the regular issue of 250). Poet's first book. Additionally inscribed on title page to Allan Covici, Berkeley librarian.....
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers; 8vo. Signed by the author. One of 500 (28 of which were issued in cloth and signed) but surprisingly uncommon especially signed. A play originally performed at Black Mountain College in 1956. A few small faint stains on the ffep, some transfer.....
[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. First issue. Black and red illustrated, stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. One of 1000 copies (there were an additional 6 copies in hardcover - NFS). This copy inscribed to his friend "Allan [Covici] with two Els/ Robert". Duncan's inscription refers to the fact that with.....
Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Unbound folio sheets printed in two colors laid into portfolio with paper label. Signed by the author. Corner of portfolio creased else fine. According to the bibliographer 80 copies printed. Bertholf A19c.
[Berkeley]: Oyez, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Signed first issue. Black and red illustrated, stapled wrappers; thin 8vo. Unpaginated [16 pp.]. One of 1000 copies (there were an additional 6 copies in hardcover - NFS). Bertholf A19A, A19b. This copy signed by Duncan on the title page. Wear to extremities. Pages.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First U.K. Edition. Paperback. First UK edition. Red and white printed wrappers; small 8vo. Uncorrected proof in printed wrappers and paper label. Small loss at heel, else fine. (In protective mylar removable covers.).
[New York]: Grenfell Press, 1985. R. B. Kitaj. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter leather over illustrated boards; tissue wrapper; small folio. illustrations by R. B. Kitaj. One of 110 numbered copies printed on handmade Indian paper, bound by Claudia Cohen, and signed by the author and artist, from a total edition.....
[San Francisco]: The Tenth Muse, 1969. Second Edition. Paperback. Second edition, but first authorized edition. In greenish stapled, illustrated wraps; 5.5” x 7”. Unpaginated [24 pages]. One of an unknown number of copies published in December 1969. Includes Duncan’s preface explaining the story of the first edition intended for the.....
[Berkeley]: Maya Quarto Eight, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Sewn green wrappers with paper label.; 4to. Copy 31 of 50 printed on Tovil paper, of 300 total. A near fine copy in sewn wrappers with paper label affixed to the front panel with a small spot to the front panel. Signed.....
[Berkeley]: Maya Quarto Eight, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Sewn green wrappers with paper label.; small square 4to. One of 300 total. Published as No. 8 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. A good copy unevenly sunned, a bit wrinkled and worn;.....
San Francisco: Privately Published, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated stapled wrappers; 8vo. [30 pp.] One of 250 total copies (125 were presentation copies, half for sale) signed and numbered. This copy as with all copies has a colophon in Duncan's holograph, and numbered in red with "public sale" and the.....
[San Francisco]: Privately Published, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo. Unpaginated [32 pp.] Textured and illustrated stapled wrappers. No. 185 of 250 total copies (125 were presentation copies, half for sale) signed and numbered. This copy as with all copies has a colophon in Duncan's holograph. Numbered in red, with.....
New York: House of Books, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. blue cloth, in glassine; this is one of 300 numbered and signed copies (total of 326). Fine in original tissue dust jacket which is lightly chipped at edges (in removable mylar protective covers). Bertholf A26a.
Brooklyn: Jordan Davies, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Signed limited edition. Square 8vo (6” x 6”). Unpaginated [20 total pp.]. In deep pink/rust sewn wrappers. Cover has front and rear flaps. Pasted label on the front cover with title and the poet’s name. Pages are both deckled and trimmed, as issued.....
Portland: Trask House, 1971. First Thus. Paperback. First sub-edition (Bertholf). First printed in 1964 by SUMBOOKS. Large 8vo (6.75” x 8.5”). Unpaginated [60 pp]. In stapled blue wraps illustrated by Duncan; printed on light yellow-brown paper. One of 1,000 copies printed by Trask House. Made from plates from first edition.....
Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. One of 170 copies of the hardcover issue (of 200 total). Inscribed by Duncan "in the month of publication" to Alan [Covici]. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Included is a typed (Tls) 2pp. letter addressed to Covici in Duncan's hand discussing little magazines to buy.....
