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The Drunken Baker (Signed)
No Place: Unicorn Press Poetry, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Poetry postcard. One side containing a poem by Matthews entitled The Drunken Boat. Matthews has SIGNED the card. On the reverse side, a 9 line hand-written note to poet Doug Blazek from Alan Brillanl (sp) and hand-dated in 1971. Clean very..... More
Flood (Signed)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. A 72 pp poetry collection. SIGNED by the poet on the title page. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
It #15 (Inscribed)
Platteville: IT, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet of paper, folded once to form a small booklet. Containing five poems by William Matthews. INSCRIBED by Matthews on the front cover to fellow poet Doug Blazek and dated in 1969. Uncommon. Very good condition. More
Matthew's Compleat Palmistry (Broadside Poem)
Amherst, NY: Slow Loris Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet broadside poem. Measures 8.5 x 11" on deckle edged paper. Near fine condition. Published in an edition of two hundred unnumbered copies (plus 25 signed copies). More
Sticks & Stones
Milwaukee: Pentagram Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 39 numbered pages. Illustrtaed by Ray Kass. One of six hundred trade copies in bound illustrated wrappers. A fine copy except that a former owner name is written on the text block. More
Time & Money (Signed)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A 69 pp poetry collection. A fine hardbound book in equally fine price-intact dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by the poet on the title page. More
Sanskaras Volume 1 No. 1
Clark Township: Sanskaras, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Illustrated stapled wrappers. The first issue of this small press poetry magazine edited by and with a contribution by William Matthews. A near fine copy. Also includes early work by Waldman and Schiff among others. More
Tennessee Poetry Journal Volume 3 NUmber 3
Martin, TN: Tennessee Poetry Journal, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Spring 1970 issue of this poetry magazine edited by Stephen Mooney. Contains early work by Matthews, Banks, peter Wild and others. Very good condition in bound wrappers. More
Hard Pressed Number 2
Sacramento: Ellen's Old Alchemical Press, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A collection of broadside poems printed on quality paper stock and laid into printed envelope. Includes 24 separate broadside poems by Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, William Matthews, John Haines, Gregory Orr, Russell Edson and Marge Piercy among others. Broadsides..... More
Provisions: Lost Prose
Winona, MN: Sutton Hoo Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. Fine press poetry volume by Matthews. Edited and introduced by Sebastian Matthews and with original artwork by Cris Cristofaro. 79 pp. One of approximately 200 copies set up by hand from composition Bembo by C. Mikal Oness and printed by him..... More
Selected Letters of Don Marquis; Father of Archy The Cockroach and Mehitabel The Cat
Stafford, VA: Northwoods Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 324 pp plus detailed glossary and appendix. Collected and edited by William McCollum, Jr. A near fine hardbound copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wrapper is lightly faded at spine and has a short closed tear to the top of the front panel..... More
A Time To Remember (Inscribed); An Autobiography
Philadelphia: Institute for Clinical Science, Inc., 1998. First edition. Full Leather. Royal 8vo. Full leatherbound book with integral silk bookmark. An autobiography by the physician, Chemist, Clinical Scientist, researcher and teacher who was also an ardent violinist. 641 pp. Illustrated with numerous photographs. A very good example. INSCRIBED by Sunderland..... More
Homage to Paul Mellon, I. M. Pei, Their Gallery, and Washington City (Broadside Poem, Signed)
No Place: Privately Printed, 1979. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper. Contains a single poem by Meredith reproduced in the poet's hand. Dated January 1979. Additionally INSCRIBED in pencil by the poet and Signed "Bill" Folded once in the middle and toned around that..... More
CUZ #2
New York: The Poetry Project, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound octavo. A 99 pp literary magazine in paperbound form. Edited by Richard Hell. There were three volumes done in the Cuz series. Faint cover crease else a clean very good copy in flesh-colored wrappers printed in red. Somewhat uncommon..... More
Chicago Review Volume 17 Number 1 (#54); Supplement on Contemporary Latin American Writing
Chicago: Chicago Review, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound literary journal. 175 pp. Unaccountably uncommon issue of this long-running literary journal. This issue with many features to recommend including a section on Latin American writing with contributions by Borges, Neruda, Dario and more. Also includes "The Boys Magazine", a contribution..... More
Two Foolish Men; The True Story of the Friendship Between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers
Portland: Moorop Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 89 pp. Erratum slip laid in. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. The book argues for the innocence of these two men convicted of treason. More
The Impercipient June 1995 Issue (#7)
Providence: The Impercipient, 1995. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Seventh issue (of eight total) of this small press poetry magazine edited by Jennifer Moxley. A fine copy in side-stapled wrappers. More
Kenny's Twenty Poems For A Lost Tavern
Iowa City: The Windhover Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo. Issued without dustwrapper. A volume of twenty poems by the likes of William Stafford, Philip Levine, Anselm Hollo and many others. Foreword by William Murray. Book comes with erratum slip / obi stating "For legal reasons, a paragraph has..... More
William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in American Music (Signed)
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. In printed paper dustwrapper. 201 pp. One of only one hundred deluxe hardcover copies of this title SIGNED by Still.. A handsome near fine example in faded and lightly worn dustwrapper. One of the..... More
Dead Man Blues
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of seven noir suspense stories. Lovely fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper with just some insignificant wear at crest of spine. Superior copy. More
The Papers of Tony Veitch (Silver Dagger Winner)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Second of two Laidlaw crime novels written by McIlvanney (both of which won Britains's prestigious Silver Dagger Award) set in Scotland. A sharp fine copy in clipped, but otherwise fine bright dustwrapper. More
A Death In China
New York: Atheneum, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. The third and final book written in collaboration by these two authors. A clean near fine example in near fine price intact dustwrapper. More
First Selected Poems (Inscribed)
New York: Pylon Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 104 pp. A collection of his poems. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author to what looks like poet Karl Shapiro. Rear cover blurbs by James Dickey, Richard Eberhart and Muriel Rukeyser. This copy in good condition overall..... More
The New York Quarterly Winter 1972 Number 9
New York: New York Quarterly, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound literary magazine. This copy in good condition with toning and cover soiling. Includes "Style" and "My Literary Fly" by Bukowski. More