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

No Place: Self Published, 1961. Original collage art by beat artist LaVigne. Photo, paper and paint. 16" x 10". Framed under glass. Signed by the artist. This piece was featured in the Art As A Muscular Principle show in San Francisco in 1975 which featured San Francisco artsists such as Wallace Berman, Jay De Feo, Jess, Bruce Conner and others. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by LaVigne, Robert. ... more information

Troy: Whitson Publishing Company, 1981. First edition, one of 500 copies issued in green cloth without dustwrapper. Bookplate to inside front board. This copy has been SIGNED by Baraka and quite scarce thus.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1974. First Four Seasons edition of this poetry volume. A fine copy in bound decorated wrappers.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

No Place: Oyez, 1966. Fine first edition in wrappers with photo of a young Lamantia on cover. One of fifteen hundred copies. Beautiful copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition of this early work. One of 1,250 copies in wrappers. Near fine condition. Cover collage by Bruce Conner. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Conner, Bruce. ... more information

Berkeley: Bern Porter Books, 1946. First edition of the surrealist poet's uncommon first book. This, the issue in bleached offwhite patterned boards. Mild wear to spine ends, else a clean tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

San Francisco: Oyez, 1966. First edition of this poetry collection. One of only 50 copies bound in boards and SIGNED by the author. Fine condition. Scarce.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition of the poet's second regularly published book. Prior owner name inked out at front endpaper else a very good softbound copy with darkening to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition in stapled wrappers with cover artwork by Wallace Berman. A very good copy with mild soiling to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Berman, Wallace. ... more information

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Very nice copy of this Edward Gorey illustrated collection of verse, parodies and drawings. A near fine copy in lightly tanned unclipped dust jacket. First edition.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. ... more information

Boston: Branden Press, 1972. First edition of this collection of poems by this Minnesota native. SIGNED by the poet. Very good copy in thick decorated bound wrappers.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Birmingham: Palladium Press, 1999. Special leatherbound edition with silk endpapers and gilt page edges. A fine example. 413 pp.. First Thus. Leather. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

London: Boswell Printing & Publishing, 1932. Third edition, Revised and Enlarged. A very good copy without dustwrapper with dings to corners. . Third Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

New York: Rizzoli, 1990. 1990 edition of this illustrated book on ceramic form and pottery. Near fine clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. 221 pp.. Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First edition of the author's uncommon second crime novel. Fine in fine price intact dustwrapper. Cape Cod setting. A collector's copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1995. Advance proof copy of Lanier's first book, an Anthony Award Winner. Uncommon book in any format, this is a particularly scarce format for a first book from a small press. About near fine in plain red wraps. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Galley/Proof. ... more information

New York: The Century Company, 1906. First edition. Quarto. Near fine condition in green cloth binding with raised gold design to front cover. Beautifully illustrated by Guerin. 363 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Guerin, Jules. ... more information

New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. First edition in tall decorated stapled wrappers. Translation by Ron Padgett. One of 250 copies. Very good condition. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Chicago: Carbery & Reed, 1919. First edition. Bruccoli & Layman A-10. Very thick quarto with semi-stiff green suede covers tied togther with a silk cord. A collection of caricatures of friends and associates of Lardner separated by tissue guards. Quite scarce. A good copy with inevitable chips and wear to yapped edges of the suede covers. Spine darkened with age. Internally in very good condition. An unknown number of copies were produced... First Edition. Suede. Good/No. Quarto. ... more information

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. First edition thus of this poetry collection. An unusual early publication by St Martin's Press. A fine copy in red cloth in very good unclipped dustwrapper with typical fading to spine.. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. ... more information