San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Small nearly square pocket paperbound book. First printing of the New York School poet's best known work. A handsome very good plus copy. Published as Number Nineteen in the Pocket Poets Series of books by City Lights. More
New York: New York University, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. One sheet of paper, folded once to form a small booklet. Announcement flyer for an exhibition sponsored by the New York University Art Collection. Collaborations between poet Frank O'Hara and painter Norman Bluhm. Scarce piece of New York School ephemera. Text..... More
New York: Totem Press, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, first issue of this poetry chapbook. Paper label attached to the front panel. 95 cent price on the rear cover. Very good plus condition in small stapled wrapperes with cover drawing by Larry Rivers. Scarce in the correct first printing..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proofs of this influential New York School poetry collection. Containing 20 numbered and gathered and unbound signatures in very good condition. With numerous inked hand corrections within the text (possibly by Mr. Allen?). Publisher's Review Slip taped on to the..... More
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1974. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet containing two poems: Macaroni by Frank O'Hara and In memorium by Patsy Southgate. Folded twice, as issued. Sheet measures 6 1/2 x 18" tall. Paper a bit toned with age else very good. More
New York: Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 233 pp. A very good copy in white cloth with light wear to spine ends. Price intact dustwrapper has typical spine fade and some wear at the spine tips. Still, a better than typical example. Boards slightly bowed. An uncommon and..... More
New York: Brownstone Press, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. First issue of this short lived poetry magazine edited by Bret Rohmer. Contributions by Diane Di Prima, Le Roi Jones, Frank O'Hara, Jerome Rothenberg, David Meltzer, Hart Crane, Frank Lima and others. Near fine. More
France: Generations, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo. #68 of 100 trade copies. Artwork by George Schneeman. Some scuffing and wear to covers. An uncommon Padgett book. n.d. More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2013. First edition. Cloth. Thick oversized 8vo. 810 pp. A compendium of fifty year's worth of work including some previously unpublished works. A fine clothbound copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Stated first edition, first printing. A large and heavy book... More
Chicago: Poetry Center, 2002. First edition. Loose Sheets. Large single sheet of rag paperstock. Contains a single poem by Padgett with illustration by K. C. Clarke. Broadside measures 11" wide x 14" tall. Published March 20, 2002. Printed on Somerset paper. A near fine copy of this uncommon "A" item..... More
Chicago: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Gorgeous fine copy in fine unclipped jacket. Collector's copy. More
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this volume of poems with cover illustration by Joe Brainard. A very good hardcover copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. INSCRIBED to fellow New York School poet Harris Schiff. A nice Association. Cover art by Joe Brainard. Signed..... More
New York: C Press, 1965. Second Printing. Paperback. Second edition, limited to 200 copies (this issue numbered 167). A near fine copy, mimeo with artwork by Joe Brainard. Printed on rectos only. Edited by Ted Berrigan. INSCRIBED by Padgett "For ___, Thirty-eight years later, Ron Padgett" More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 112 pp. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Quarter cloth over boards. Cover artwork by Joe Brainard. Rear cover blurbs by Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler, Tom Clark and David Lehman. New York School. More
Poland: Wiersze, 2008. First Polish Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo. Black suede covers lettered in white. First Polish edition of this 103 pp volume of poems. Afterword by Jacek Gutorow. Text in Polish. A fine copy. Title translates as "You Never Know". Only two copies found in OCLC. For the deep..... More
Boston: Pressed Wafer, 2001. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of paper, folded once to form a booklet. Contains a single poem by Padgett entitled Medievel Salad Dive. This copy not lettered, but SIGNED by the poet. Very good condition. More
New Orleans: Trembling Pillow Press, 2007. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet poetry broadise. Measures 6 x 9" tall. This is number 29 of only 75 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. With two small unattributed illustrations. A fine example. More
New York: Un Poco Loco, 1979. First edition. Paperback. February 1979 issue of Un Poco Loco edited by Larry Fagin. This issue given over to poems by Ron Padgett. Folded for mailing and with address sticker to rear cover else a very good copy in stapled wrappers. It look like..... More
New York: SUN, 1976. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 104 pp. This is copy 12/35 hand-numbered and SIGNED clothbound copies in dustwrapper. Other than a tiny amount of wear at spine tips, the book is in fine condition in gray cloth binding. The unclipped dustwrapper is quite rubbed. Rear cover photo..... More
No Place: Yanagi, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet broadside poem printed in red, blue, black and white on stiff paper stock. Illustrated by George Schneeman. Measures 11 x 17" tall. Fine condition. No date, but from c. 1973. Scarce and attractive. New York School rarity suitable for framing... More
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Unbound 8 1/2 x 11" sheets. A set of typed proof sheets for this New York School collaboration between Padgett and Veitch. This set of pages is hand-labeled "my copy of corrected 1st proofs, TR." These proof pages have numerous hand corrections..... More
New York: CUZ Editions, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Small stapled unprinted wrappers in stiff paper dustwrapper. Illustrations by Schneeman. One of the special copies of this chapbook SIGNED by both Padgett and Schneeman and with a small drawing on the colophon page. Fine condition. More
Tulsa: White Dove Review, 1960. First edition. Paperback. Fifth and final issue of this scarce small press poetry magazine. Edited by Padgett, Brainard and Kennedy. Includes contributions by Ted Berrigan, Robert Creeley, Gilbert Sorrentino, Dan Teis and more. Some stains to front cover. A good to very good copy in..... More
