Sal Mimeo Nr. 8
New York: Sal Mimeo, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Jerome Hiler. A fine copy of the eighth issue of Larry Fagin's small press poetry magazine. Unpaginated. More
New Arrivals
Sal Mimeo Number One
New York: Sal Mimeo, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 4to. First issue of Larry Fagin's small press poetry journal. With illustrations by Win Knowlton. A fine example in side-stapled wrappers. This issue includes a number of letters of James Schuyler. More
A Few Swimmers Appear / Fucking / At The Grave of Walt Whitman (3 Poetry Chapbooks)
No Place [Philadelphia]: No Publisher [Eye & Ear], No Date. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are three rare poetry chapbooks by second generation New York School poet Don Yorty. Identical formats. Simple stapled wrappers printed in black. No publication info provided on any of them. These may be some..... More
Skanky Possum Issue Number 1
Austin: Skanky Possum, 1998. First edition. Paperback. First issue of this poetry journal edited by Hoa Nguyen. 92 pp.. A handsome near fine copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. Eileen Myles, Anselm Berrigan, Bill Berkson, Michael Gizzi and much more. Publisher slip from the editor laid in which states that there..... More
Highway To The Sky (Inscribed Review Copy)
New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Author's first regularly published book following one small press publication entitled Behind The Wheel, edited by Ted Berrigan. Highway To The Sky was a Frank O'Hara Award Book. A near fine copy in lavender cloth binding in very..... More
Poems 1963 - 1988
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 50 pp. A handsome near fine clothbound copy in spine faded, but otherwise near fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans
Chicago and New York: Big Table / Follett Publishing, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition of Bill Knott's first book of poems written under this alias of Saint Geraud. A thin band of sunning to lower board edges else a clean very good copy in handsome clipped dustwrapper. 61..... More
Selected Poems
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. The author's first book to be published in Great Britain. Clean very good hardbound copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with light toning to spine color. Beat poetry. More
The Elephant Vanishes
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1993. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of this collection of stories translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. Stated first edition. Light reading wear. A very good or better copy in dustwrapper with small chip at the top of the front..... More
Cities of the Plain (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof of the third book in McCarthy's Border Trilogy. Near fine in yellow wraps printed in black. Uncommon in nice condition. More
Collected Poems (Leatherbound Edition)
Franklin: The Franklin Library, 1981. Reprint. Leather Bound. 8vo. Lovely full-leatherbound reprint edition. 207 pp. With an introduction by T. S. Eliot. Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Part of this publisher's 100 Greatest Masteroieces of American Literature series. Lovely edition. Fine. More
Stories of Georgia
Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Reprint of the 1896 edition. A very good or better copy in clipped and somewhat spine faded dustwrapper. More
Horseplay (Signed)
New York: Fethra Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Wide trade paperbound volume with French flaps. 74 pp. With illustrations in both color and black and white. Art inspired by horses. A fine copy. SIGNED by the artist and scarce thus. More
The Borrowers Afield
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 215 pp. Stated first edition. A book in the author's "Borrowers" series. With illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. A handsome very good copy in green cloth covers in very good price-intact dustwrapper. Closed tear to front panel..... More
Long Hill South Windsor Connecticut "Reminiscences"; A Family Record of Early American Life
South Windsor: The South Windsor Historical Society, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 125 pp. Connecticut colonial history. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by Jean Klein and Doris Burgdorf (illustrators). More
Salem and the Indies; The Story of the Great Commercial Era of the City
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 468 pp. Illustrated with photographs. The story of one of America's first great commercial seaports. A sound very good copy in price intact dustwrapper. More
The Fierce Pawns
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 352 pp. Subheaded " A fascinating authentic record of conquest, folly and intrigue, leading to the revenge of the Afghans on the British military and governmental officals, their wives and retainers, in the terrifying retreat from Kabul in..... More
Twelve Book Catalogs from the Phoenix Bookshop in New York (from the library of artst Nell Blaine)
New York: Phoenix Bookshop, Various. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. Sold here together are twelve miscellaneous book catalogs published by Robert Wilson of the renowned Phoenix Bookshop in New York. They include Catalog 71, 100, 128, 146, 173, 174, 175, 176, 195, 203, 209 and 210. Spanning the years 1981..... More
East Coker
London: Faber and Faber, 1940. Second Impression. Paperback. Slender stapled wrappers with integral printed paper dustwrapper. Stated second impression. 15 pp. Part of the poet's celebrated four quartets. This copy only in good condition. Numerous faint handwritten notes to the text with the rear endpaper completely covered with faint pencilled..... More
Braddock's Defeat (Review Copy)
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 134 pp. Subtitled "Three eyewitness accounts - hitherto unpublished - describing the ambush of General Braddock and his army of superbly trained British regulars by a handful of French and Indians in 1755 - one of the..... More
Abstract Landscapes
W Cornwall: Privately Printed, 2008. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 73 pp. Words and pictures by the artist. Privately printed in 2008. A fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Steam Its Generation and Use with Catalogue of the Manufacturers of the Babcock & Wilcox Co.
London: Babcock & Wilcox, Limited, 1902. Later printing. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto. Stated 33rd edition. 131 pp. With many black and white illustrations. A very good copy in dark blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and general cover wear. Internally well-bound. This copy comes from the library..... More
Pure Invention: The Tabletop Still Life; Photographs by Jan Groover
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 63 pp. Text by the artist. A handsome very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Some toning to the lower edge of the front cover. More
Two Artist Catalogs (David Salle Mario Diacono Gallery and David Salle ICA )
Pennsylvania and Arlington: Mario Diacono Gallery and ICA, University of Pennslyvania, 1986 and 1990. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quartos. Sold here together are two artist catalogs on the work of David Salle.(1) Mario Diacono Gallery, Arlington, MA One of 500 copies, 25 pp. A near fine copy, plus (2)Institute of..... More