New York: Avon Books, 1959. First US Paperbound Edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound book. 349 pp. First US paperbound edition of Behan's best known work, a memoir. A well-thumbed copy in very good condition. Should be handled with care. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by Behan to a fellow writer..... More
Ashland, MA: Origin, 1955. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. The Spring-Summer 1955 issue of Cid Corman's notable small press poetry journal. Featuring work by Creeley, Olson, Rene Char and others. A very good example. More
Eugene: Coyote's Journal, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Fourth issue of this literary magazine edited by James Koller. 52 pp. Includes To The Chinese Comrades by Gary Snyder plus work by Thomas Clark, Robert Kelly and others. A clean very good copy in decorated stapled wraps. More
Springfield, IL: Apple, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated. Scarce second issue of David Curry's small press poetry magazine. A very good example. Featuring poems by Terry Stokes, William Matthews, John Judson and more. More
Buffalo: Audit/Poetry Incorporated, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Small press poetry magazine edited by Michael Anania and Charles Doria. 35 pp. Special issue devoted to poet Frank O'Hara. A clean very good copy in stapled wrappers. More
Belfast and London: Blackstaff Press and Jonathan Cape, 1980. First UK edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 152 pp. A handsome near fine example in price-intact dustwrapper. The author's second book. SIGNED by Mac Laverty on the title page. Nice copy. More
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1956. First edition. Paperback. Slender stapled wrappers. Foreword by Bell I. Wiley. Collects papers read at a session of the twnety-first annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Memphis, Tennessee, November 10, 1955. 29 pp. A very good example. More
London: Transatlantic Review, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound format. Issue number 13 of this London-based literary journal. A very good example. Includes a portion of "How it is" by Samuel Beckett plus stories by B. S. Johnson, poetry by Stanley Moss and more. 144 pp... More
Waldron Island: Brooding Heron Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Slender sewn wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook published in a trade edition of 300 copies. Slight offset to the top of the front cover else a fine copy. More
Waldron Island: Brooding Heron Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Tall, slender sewn wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook. Published in an edition of 300 copies. Some offset to the rear cover and thin line of fading at spine. Otherwise a near fine example. Fine press poetry... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's third book, a novel set in the world of rock music. A fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper. One of the nicer examples of this title we have seen. Often the jacket is found quite..... More
New Rochelle: James L. Weil, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Slender sewn wrappers. A keepsake printed by James L. Weil in an edition of fifty copies. A two page essay by Woodhouse. Fine condition. In publisher's mailing envelope. More
Knotting: Martin Booth, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Nearly square slender stapled wrappers. A single two-page poem. This is copy number 92 of an edition of 125 numbered copies, the first 50 of which are signed. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Weil on the colophon page. With some small stains..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound book with quarter cloth spine. In clear acetate wrapper. 90 pp. This is copy number 3 of 175 specially bound copies numbered and SIGNED by the poet. A near fine example with a light stain to the front cover... More
Omaha: University of Nebraska / Abattoir Editions, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Small paper edition bound in Japanese thread. Linocuts by Denise Brady. 80 pp. One of 248 copies printed by Harry Duncan on Goyu paper. A fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. Poems. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 22 pp. First edition of this slender volume of poems. #82 of only 100 numbered copies handbound in boards and SIGNED by the poet. A fine copy. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo with clear acetate wrapper. 158 pp. Selections from Stein's writings edited by Robert Bartlett Haas. A fine copy in clear acetate and housed in a decorated hard slipcase. This is Copy #10 of only 60 specially bound copies each..... More
London: W. H. Allen, 1977. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo in dustwrapper. 410 pp. First UK edition of this novel and source for the film of the same name starring Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson. Paper lightly tanned from age else a near fine copy in clipped, but otherwise near..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in clear acetate wrapper. 343 pp. Some faint age spots to edges. A very good copy in acetate wrapper. This is copy 39 of only 50 special copies SIGNED BY THE POET AND WITH A HOLOGRAPH POEM tipped in..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 144 pp. Stated first edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize winner. A most handsome fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Wright on the title page. More
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Slender cloth 4to. First edition. Unpaginated poetry chapbook by Merwin. This is copy 68 of 125 casebound copies and SIGNED by the poet. Some edgewear and offset to the inside gutters. Handsome fine press book. Protected in a clear acetate wrapper... More
No Place: Cayucos Books, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter leather spine over patterned boards. First edition of this volume of poems by Everson. Printed on rectos only. A lovely fine copy designed and printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press in San Francisco. According to the colophon the edition..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound book with decorated cloth spine. In clear acetate wrapper. 101 pp. First edition of this volume of poems by Bromige. One of 200 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Some offset to the front panel else a very good copy... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in hard slipcase. Issued without dustwrapper. 99 pp. First edition limited to 500 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Light sunning to spine else a near fine example. The slipcase is somewhat worn at spine area. Book and slipcase both numbered..... More
