Authors starting with A from Derringer Books, Member A.B.A.A.

New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Lovely copy of Abbey's uncommon third book. Very clean and bright. Book shows very minor wear to corners, slight dustiness to top of pages, overall straight and tight, no writing. Unclipped dust jacket has some wear and small tears to bottom front panel and light wear along gutter of jacket spine. Bright and unfaded. One of the nicer copies of this fragile jacket we have seen. ... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with rear board slightly longer than fore board, else clean and tight. Near fine slightly rubbed price intact dustwrapper. ... more information

4to. Two long prose pieces by Abbott and Sowl along with a poem by Tom Clark. Very good condition in decorated side-stapled wrappers. ... more information

Folio. Thick paperbound quarto fitted into paper truss and contained in an oversized decorated folding folio. Published in an edition of only 35 copies by John Deason at the Prairie Rose Press. The first book publication by this press. A collection of photographs, poems, diary entries and more by dozens of poets celebrating the sixtieth birthday of poet Merrill Gilfillan. Laid into this copy is a handwritten note from Deason to one of the contributing poets. Contributions by Geoff Hewitt, Chuck Miller,... more information

New York: New Rivers Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Small squarish 8vo. One of 750 trade copies in printed stapled wrappers. 42 pp. Small prior owner name. A very good copy. ... more information

Oakland: Loose End, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall side-stapled wrappers. Two books published dos a dos. In very good condition. The Nolan book is Signed by Allen Ginsberg. The Abbott book is one of 25 copies SIGNED and with a drawing by the poet. Quite scarce. ... more information

San Francisco: Soup, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First editions. The first two issues of this artist periodical edited by Steve Abbott. Issue One containing an interview with poet Robert Duncan as well as poems by Thom Gunn, Diane Di Prima, Lyn Hejinian, Jack Kerouac, Anne Waldman and many others. Issue Two contains poems, photographs and articles by Bruce Boone, Julia Vose, Lyn Lonidier, Kathy Acker and others. Both issues in near fine condition in bound wrappers. ... more information

New York: Tibor De Nagy, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition of the author's first book, a collection of poems. Near fine in decorated wrappers. This copy SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author ... more information

Literary anthology edited by John Laughlin. Fine clothbound condition in near fine dustwrapper. An exceptional series. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early printing of this two volume set. Exceptionally clean and bright with unmarred gilt spine lettering. ... more information

Fort Wayne: Lincoln National Life Foundation, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition presumed with no indication of later printings. 93 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Lincoln statuary from around the country. Text by Franklin Mead. A clean very good copy. Quarter cloth spine over boards. No dustwrapper. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two volume set of books in hard printed slipcase. Introduction by Carl Sandburg. Prior ownership name to half title pages else very clean copies in thick cloth bindings. Dustwrappers are unclipped and show only minor wear. Slipcasea bit worn. ... more information

4to. First revised edition of this survey of the works of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Over 240 pages with bibliography. Numerous color reproductions. One of the best books on this subject. ... more information

Issue 4 of this small press literary magazine edited by Suzanne Zavrian and Joachim Neugroschel. Covers by Dubuffet. Ink markings to rear cover else a very good copy in stapled wrappers. ... more information

New York: Poetry Project, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First issue (and only?) of this small press poetry magazine featuring work by Kathy Acker, Steve Hamilton, Arthur Rimbaud (translated by Jim Hanson) and others. Very good in tall stapled decorated wrappers with small New Mexico Library Accession stamp to front cover. Rear cover starting to come losse from staples. Uncommon. ... more information

Toronto: Rumour Publications, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition in bound wrappers. Clean near fine condition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Signed by Author ... more information

New York: Grove Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition of one of the author's last books before her untimely death in 1997. This copy nicely INSCRIBED "For Brian, All my love, Acker". Signed by Author ... more information

Fine copy of this literary magazine subtitled The Monthly Journal of the Next Savage State. This issue given over in its entirety to a story by Kathy Acker. ... more information

First issue of this small press poetry journal published out of Detroit. Contributions by Acker, Hejinian, Maureen Owen, Chris Tysh, Carla Harryman and more. A near fine copy in tall side-stapled wrappers. ... more information

Collection of short prose pieces intersperced with photographs. A very good copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information