New York: Adventures In Poetry, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Tall side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume of poems by Godfrey printed on rectos only. Cover artwork by Michael Goldberg. Some light staining to blank rear cover else a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. This is Copy G of 26 lettered..... More
New York: Croscup & Sterling Company, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Tall hardbound quarto. A volume of verse on the perils and pleasure of the grape and other beverages with 26 magnificent dry-point etchings by Jean Paleologue. This is number 447 of 750 special subscriber copies which has been Signed by..... More
Italy: EDSai, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Tall, paperbound quarto. 126 pp. Text in Italian by Giuseppe Barbieri. Terrific illustrated monograph on Meneguzzo published on the occasion of an exhibition. A fine copy in bound illustrated wrappers with French flaps. This copy has been boldly INSCRIBED by the artist and dated..... More
New York and Los Angeles: Hudson Hills Press and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986. First edition. Cloth. Tall quarto. 239 pp. Stated first edition. Text by Julie Sylvester with an essay by Klaus Kertess. With 313 color plates plus 371 black and white illustrations. Still probably the best..... More
Los Angeles: Self - Published, 1968. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Self-published artist book with words and images by Keefer. This is copy #47 of an unspecified limited edition that has been SIGNED by Keefer. Simple unprinted black wrappers. A brief history and explanation of vampyrism with images drawn by Keefer..... More
Paris: Futuropolis, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Diminuitive staplebound volume measuring 5 3/4 x 4" wide. Illustrated by Dutch cartoonist and graphic designed Joost Swarte. Text in French. 12 pp including printed covers. SIGNED by the artist. Includes a separate artist multiple in a cellophane bag attached to the inside rear..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1958. First edition. Loose Sheets. A single long sheet of paper, folded accordian style to make eight panels. An early incendiary poem by Corso. Toning to paper. Some small stains and signs of wear. A good to very good copy. Gasoline and The Vestal Lady..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the Chicago author's novel of Artur Sammler. Quarter blue cloth over boards. A handsome very good plus copy in lightly used dustwrapper. 313 pp. SIGNED by the Nobel Prize winner on the title page. More
Sarnia, Ontario: Wagtail, 1970. First edition. Paperback. First three issues of this scarce Canadian little poetry magazine edited by John Highfield. All three issues in clean very good condition. Poems by Blazek, Kooser and more. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition of this poetry chapbook containing two poems: Family, Family and A Little Atomic Bomb. One of 99 numbered and SIGNED copies. Among the earliest of the Black Sparrow Bukowski publications. More
Crescent City: Epos, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in printed stapled wrappers. An extra issue of this poetry quarterly completely devoted to the work of Charles Bukowski. Considered his second major work. A near fine copy. With the dated ownership signature, name rubberstamp and Chinese character stamps of Bukowski's..... More
Tunbridge, VT: Center for the Study of Cultural Morphology & Mutation, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Scarce first issue of this short lived journal. 8 1/2 x 11" sheets, stapled at top left corner. Folded once for mailing else fine condition. Includes separate loose single sheet broadside poem by Basil Bunting..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Wide hardbound volume issued without dustwrapper. A fine press poetry book hand set in Romanee type and printed on Hayle paper by Harry Duncan and Kim Merker. Number 275 of three hundred copies. Publisher's promotional slip laid in. Faint toning to cover..... More
Richmond: Westover Publishing, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. An unpaginated monograph on the talented cartoonist Jeff MacNelly. Foreword by Ross Mackenzie. Bump to lower front corner of front panel. A solid and handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. This copy comes INSCRIBED by..... More
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in glossy bound wrappers of the poet's scarce third collection. This copy SIGNED by the poet on the title page. Near fine copy. Signed by Author. More
London: Orion Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 394 pp. First UK edition of this terrific Inspector John Rebus detective novel. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper, clipped at bottom of front flap. An Edgar Award nominee. More
Hopewell: Ecco Press, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition thus of Dante's Inferno as translated by 20 contemporary poets. Introduction by James Merrill. Edited by Daniel Halpern and with an Afterword by Giuseppe Mazzotta. A fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED BY 15 CONTRIBUTORS!. A one-of-a-kind copy... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Stated first edition of this massive 848 pp memoir by the well known film director. Illustrated with some black and white photographs. Very light cover soiling to navy cloth covers. Prior owner bookplate to blank front endpaper. Otherwise a sound handsome copy..... More
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition. A Letter About Howl 1956, An Explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication Howl and Richard Eberhart's New York Times article "West Coast Rhythms" together with comments by both poets and relief etchings by Jerome Kaplan. A fine copy..... More
Sacramento: Self Published, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Fine copy of this self published poetry volume with elaborate hand painted orignal covers. SIGNED and Dated by Kennedy on title page. Quite scarce. Signed by Author. More
No Place: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill Book Company), 1945. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Elaborately illustrated clothbound book. A 482 pp novel with similar themes to Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Prior owner name. A very good copy overall with light cover wear and faint toning..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of the South Rhodesian author's uncommon fifth book. A follow-up novel featuring Martha Quest. A truly handsome near fine copy in black cloth binding in a stunning unclipped dustwrapper which includes the rare belly band. The band promotes Lessing as..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition thus. Paperback. 8vo. Slender eight page pamphlet in stapled illustrated wrappers. Priscilla Johnston's version of this Michaux poem. About very good condition. No publication info provided [1970?]. In anny event, a scarce booklet. More
New York: Viking, 1981. First Thus. Hardcover. First edition thus of Miller's iconic play. One of 500 copies SIGNED. A fine copy in brick cloth in fine clothcovered slipcase. Signed by Author. More
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Miller's "cinema-novel". Source for the film of the same name starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. Light discoloration to oatmeal cloth binding else very good indeed in a very good clipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Miller on the..... More
