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(MA): Wells College Press & Cummington Press, 1948. First edition. One of 60 Roman-numeraled copies on hand-made paper signed by Williams, out of a total edition of 310 copies (the regular copies were printed on an all-rag paper & not signed). Wallace A26. Fine copy in slipcase. Although the regular issue of The Clouds is fairly common, the signed… Ler mais sobre este item

Roma: Botteghe Oscure VI, 1950. First (separate) edition of Agee's autobiographical first novel, printed for private circulation in its entirety. One of an unrecorded number of offprints from Marguerite Caetani's distinguished literary journal Botteghe Oscure. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "to Bob Edwards / with warm good wishes / Jim Agee". The novel was not published… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Published By Laurens Maynard At 287 Congress Street, 1897. First (trade) edition, first issue, following a limited edition of 35 large-paper copies, signed by Dr. Bucke, of which 25 were for sale. Myerson A14.1.b1. In addition to the letters by Whitman, who died in 1892, this book contains a very interesting interview with Peter Doyle, conducted by Bucke… Ler mais sobre este item

Amherst: Shanachie Press, 1980. First edition. One of only 10 lettered copies reserved for the author and artist (this being copy "J") out of a total edition of 35 copies produced, of which 25 roman-numeraled copies were for sale; all copies were signed by the poet and the artist, with each of the original prints also numbered and signed… Ler mais sobre este item

West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1979. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies (the entire edition) printed on Barcham Green deWint paper, signed by Helen Siegl, with the woodcuts hand-colored by the artist. Very fine copy of Siegl's most beautiful book, and certainly one of the most beautiful books from the Janus press. Scarce. (SIEGL, Helen).. 4to,… Ler mais sobre este item

Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1979. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies signed by Kinnell and Van Vliet (the entire edition). Fine copy. Oblong 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Fine copy.

(No date). A unique collaborative work of art by Conner & McClure, signed by the poet & artist, formerly in the collection of Donald Allen. In 1959, Bruce Conner (b. 1933) & Michael McClure proposed that "artists and poets repudiate the term beat and call themselves 'rat bastards' instead, and they announced the formation of the Rat Bastard Protective… Ler mais sobre este item

N. Y.: Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies (out of a total edition of 126) signed by Bishop. MacMahon A11. As new. Thin, oblong 12mo, decorated wrappers. As new.

Haverford, PA: Green Shade, 1996. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Davenport out of a total edition of 550 copies. The definitive bibliography of Davenport's work to date. As new.. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dust jacket. As new.

Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1961. First edition of Niedecker's second book, published by the press of the Scottish concrete poet & gardener extraordinaire Ian Hamilton Finlay, with the introduction by Dorn on a separate sheet laid into the book. Inscribed on the inside front wrapper to her later publisher, Jonathan Williams: "Jonathan: My best book so far (Sept. 3,… Ler mais sobre este item

N. Y.: Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First edition. No. 16 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series. Limited to 126 copies signed by Bishop. MacMahon A11. Fine copy. Thin oblong 12mo, original decorated wrappers. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First edition of Williams' first trade publication. Wallace A9. Signed and dated at the time of publication on the front free endpaper by the author: "William Carlos Williams, Dec. 5, 1925." One of Williams' most important prose works, an imaginative appropriation of America: "only by making it my own from the beginning… Ler mais sobre este item

N. Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1980). First edition of Schuyler's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, which was dedicated to the artist Darragh Park. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schuyler to Barbara Guest: "for Barbara all love Jimmy Feb. 1980". The Morning of the Poem, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 in part owing to the advocacy of John Ashbery, one… Ler mais sobre este item

(London): Gogmagog Private Press, (1980). First edition. One of 35 numbered copies "designed, cut, modelled, hand-printed & bound" and signed by Cox. "Plates & text printed on Japanese Hosho & Kuzo-shi papers.... Binding material woven in Hong-Kong, supplied by Mr Corrie Guyt". Chambers 33. Presentation copy from Cox to Guyt, who supplied the binding materials, with Guyt's bookplate on… Ler mais sobre este item

N. Y.: Random House, (1974). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schuyler to Barbara Guest: "'this beauty that I see...' for Barbara from Jimmy with love, March 12, 1974. A fine copy of one of Schuyler's scarcest trade publications.. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket designed by Fairfield Porter. A fine copy of one of Schuyler's scarcest trade… Ler mais sobre este item

Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. First edition. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by Strand & Welliver, with two separate prints laid in at the back; the only signed issue of this publication. As new.. Folio, original wrappers with Japanese style clasps. As new.

(Frankfort, Kentucky): Gnomon Press, (2006). First edition, limited issue, one of 50 numbered copies signed by the photographer and with an original signed and numbered print ["Juana Paloma, 1998"] enclosed in a separate envelope and laid in. By the author of The Neugents (Jargon Society, 1993). As new. 4to, illustrated, original cloth, matching cloth slipcase. As new. … Ler mais sobre este item

N. Y.: Grenfell Press, 1993. First edition of these seven poems inspired by seven black and white paintings by Clemente. Limited to 70 copies (the entire edition) printed accordion-fold on Arches, signed by Creeley and Clemente. Mint copy of this exquisite book. 8vo, illustrated with seven original photogravures after paintings by Francesco Clemente, gilt-stamped Japanese tea chest paper,… Ler mais sobre este item