Jean Genet in Tangier Introduction by William Burroughs Translated by Paul Bowles
The Ecco Press, 1974. Bright orange cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 76 pp.
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THIS QUARTER Vol. 2, no. 3 (periodical)
Paris: Edward Titus, March 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Pp. 369-554, ads. Contributions from Valery, Rimbaud, Aldington, Julian Green, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, and others. Worn and heavily foxed. Fair.
MARIANNE MOORE; A Descriptive Bibliography
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, no dust jacket as issued. 265 pp. Light shelfwear, else fine.
BITS 10
Cleveland: Case Western, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Poetry anthology with short poems Sheila Nickerson, Doyle Wesley Walls, Peter Wild, William Jay Smith, John Druska, Jared Carter, Leonard Nathan, Jim Handlin, Robley Wilson, Jr., Red Saner, Merry Speece, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Simmer, John Fandel, Dennis Trudell, Jean Balderson.....
KEITH ACHEPOHL; Prints 1970 - 1975
San Francisco: self-published, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled illustrated card wraps; square 8vo. [14pp.] Produced by the artist "to coincide with an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum..." [San Francisco]. Signed by the artist, additionally signed by James Tate who provides a brief surrealistic prose piece as a foreword. A......
DEEP PLAY
New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy in blue and white glossy wrappers. Prose on wide-rangeing subjects, but as always with this poet never veering far from science or literature.
JAGUAR OF SWEET LAUGHTER; New and Selected Poems
New York: Random House, 1991. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof in glossy blue, pink and black wrappers. Fine in Wraps.
WIFE OF LIGHT; Poems
New York: Morrow, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 64 pp. First printing of the poet's second collection. Very light foxing at top edges, slightly rubbed complete (not price-clipped) dust jacket Excellent copy of a scarce book issued simultaneously in paper.
POEMS
Ithaca: Stone-Marrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wrappers. Precedes her first regularly published book by three years. Published by poet James Bertolino in an edition of 500; all three poets were Cornell graduates. Inscribed to Burt (Britton), with two spelling corrections to one poem. Quite scarce signed. Burt Britton.....
ENGLISH MUSIC
New York: Knopf, 1992. First U.S. Edition. Paperback. In illustrated wraps, in matching publisher's cardstock slipcase. 8vo; 400 pp. Originally published in Great Britain, this is the first American edition, as stated. Signed on free endpaper. Slipcase rubbed; corners worn. Paperback appears unread. Fine in very good slipcase.
ANTS ON THE MELON
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. An unusual copy in that it has two jackets, one supplied. The jacket as published is on uncoated red textured paper and priced at $21. The supplied jacket is coated and is priced at $20, and stamped on back "PROOF". (These are.....
BELIEFS AND BLASPHEMIES
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The second collection for this octogenarian poet in a bright yellow jacket. A beautiful copy. Fine in like dj. Now protected by a Brodart Jacket.
BELIEFS AND BLASPHEMIES
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Advanced uncorrected proof copy in blue and white printed wraps. In shrink-wrap with publisher mailing label on front of the shrink-wrap. The second collection for this octogenarian poet. Fine in Wraps.
KEYRING
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. no binding. Printed in red on Dieu Donne cream-colored paper by Soho Letterpress in New York. A poem from the author's first collection Ants On The Melon. This is number 715 of 1000.
KEYRING
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition. no binding. Printed in red on Dieu Donne cream-colored paper by Soho Letterpress in New York. A poem from the author's first collection Ants On The Melon. This is number 446 of 1000.
"Margaretta's Rime"
[Minneapolis]: Bookslinger Editions, 1982. First edition. no binding. Broadside poem (14 x 10 in.) printed at The Toothpaste Press for the author's appearance at The Walker Art Center in 1982. One of 70 signed and numbered copies. This copy additional inscribed by the poet. Lovely production in two colors...
"Miss Laura"
n. p. White Rabbit, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Folded broadside (as issued) laid into purple printed wrappers. 100 copies: "for friends of the poet & the press". A long poem mostly rhyming couplets of a Southern love affair between a black man and a white girl gone bad: “Black is.....
"Third Eye Shining"
[San Francisco]: Intersection, 1980. First edition thus. no binding. Illustrated broadside with a poem by Adam. Designed and printed by Arion Press on Arches. Artwork by Adam tipped onto the broadside. One of 100 numbered and signed copies, this copy not numbered (hors commerce), but additionally inscribed: "for dear Bob.....
THE RAMPAGING HERD; A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry
Norman: Oklahoma, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8mo. Fine in green cloth and very good dust jacket, with moderate wear and toning to crown and tail of spine. 463 pp.
SIX-GUNS & SADDLE LEATHER; A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gumnen
Norman: Oklahoma, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8mo. Fine in green cloth and very good or better dust jacket, with moderate wear to extremities, and one short closed tear. 426 pp.
THE BLOOD OF ADONIS; Selected Poems
Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in complete (not-price-clipped) dust jacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one Arabic writer.....
THE BLOOD OF ADONIS; Selected Poems
Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the US. Signed by Adonis on the title page. Translated by Samuel Hazo. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize.....
CALENDAR YEAR
Riverdale, NY: Sheep Meadow Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Blue Cloth in dust jacket. Signed on the title page by the Poet Julie Agoos. The poet's second collection. Hardcover, first edition in fine/fine condition. Now protected by a Brodart Jacket. Scarce title signed. Signed by Author(s).
Lluvia En El Desierto / Rain in the Desert
Santa Fe: Sherman Asher Publishing, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Advance galley in clear plastic spiral bound covers. 112 pp. Bilingual poems translated from the Spanish by Celeste Kostopolus- Cooperman. Publishing material laid in.
MASTER BEDROOM POEMS
Athens: Ohio Review Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine with pink paper-wrapped boards; 8vo. .61 pp. A signed copy of the poet's first book with event card (with author photo) and bookstore business card (Lemuria) from the author's home town in Jackson, MI laid in. Hardcover issue near.....