Knowing My Place
by MULDOON, Paul
[Belfast: Ulsterman Publications], 1971. First edition of the author's first book, published when Muldoon was a nineteen year old student at Queen's University, Belfast. Signed by Muldoon and inscribed by the editor and publisher of The Honest Ulsterman, the poet Frank Ormsby, on the title-page: "Enjoy these poems! / Frank Ormsby. Fine copy of a very rare book. 8vo, original printed wrappers, stapled as issued. Fine copy of a very rare book.
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Lines for Peter B. Lewis on the Opening of The Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts
by MULDOON, Paul
(Princeton, NJ: Typography Studio, Princeton University, 2006). First edition of this occasional poem. One of an unspecified, though likely very small, number of copies printed. Although not called for, signed by Muldoon. Very fine copy. Broadside poem, 8 x 17 inches. Very fine copy.
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Unapproved Road. Intaglio prints by Diarmuid Delargy
by MULDOON, Paul
Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Printers, 2002. First edition. One of 125 numbered copies signed by the poet, the artist, and the printer (the entire edition). Very fine copy, without dust jacket as issued. Small folio, two full-page illustrations, original cloth over boards, printed paper labels. Very fine copy, without dust jacket as issued.
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Origin. Third Series. Featuring Lorine Niedecker
by [NIEDECKER, Lorine]
(Kyoto, Japan: Cid Corman, July 1966). First edition. Prints numerous poems by Niedecker along with excerpts from her letters. Presentation copy, inscribed by Niedecker to the poet and publisher Jonathan Williams on the inside front wrapper: "To my friend Jonathan Williams from Lorine." Williams published Niedecker's Tenderness & Gristle: The Collected Poems (1936-1966) in 1968 and From This Condensery: the Complete Writing of Loring Niedecker in 1985. Wrappers lightly dust-soiled with a few small stains on the back wrapper,... Read More
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North Central
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition. One of 100 copies printed on mould-made deckle-edged paper & signed by Niedecker, the late oracle of Black Hawk Island, one of America's real poets. Fine copy.. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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My Friend Tree. Poems. (Introduction by Edward Dorn). Linocuts by Walter Miller
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
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, '69). So good of you to keep it on hand. Best wishes, Lorine". In 1968, Williams' Jargon Society published Niedecker's... Read More
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From This Condensery: The Complete Writing of Lorine Niedecker. Edited by Robert J. Bertholf
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
(Highlands, NC): Jargon Society, 1985. First edition. Jargon 100. Patron's edition, limited to 100 copies specially bound & signed by the editor & Jonathan Williams, the publisher. Fine copy. Tall 8vo, full leather with printed labels. Fine copy.
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New Goose
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
Prairie City, Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, (1946). First edition of Niedecker’s rare first book, published by the same press and in the same year and format as Louis Zukofsky’s third book Anew; in 1941, Decker had published Zukofsky’s second book, 55 Poems. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Niedecker to “A. O. Barton from Lorine Niedecker.”It is just conceivable that the recipient was Albert Olaus Barton (1870 – 1947), a distinguished journalist in... Read More
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My Life by Water. Collected Poems 1936-1968
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
(London): Fulcrum Press, (1970). First edition. One of 100 copies printed on glastonbury antique laid paper & signed by Niedecker. Fine copy. 8vo, original black cloth. Fine copy.
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My Life by Water. Collected Poems 1936-1968
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
(London): Fulcrum Press, (1970). First edition. One of 100 numbered copies printed on glastonbury antique laid paper and signed by Niedecker. Fine copy. 8vo, original black cloth. Fine copy.
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Six Buildings
by NORTH, Charles
(Putnam Valley, NY: The Swollen Magpie Press, 1977). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Barbara Guest on the title-page: "For Barbara - who would have received one of the 1st copies even without a dinner invitation! Love, Charles. A fine copy, lightly rubbed along the spine. Large 8vo, printed stapled wrappers. A fine copy, lightly rubbed along the spine.
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A City Winter and Other Poems. Two Drawings by Larry Rivers
by O'HARA, Frank
N. Y.: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1951. First edition of O'Hara's first book, the birth of the New York School of Poetry. One of 130 copies printed on French Arches paper out of a total edition of 150 copies (there were 20 copies on Japanese Kochi); this copy number 38. According to the colophon, A City Winter was published in March-April 1952 in an edition of 150 numbered copies, in two forms: a regular issue of 130 copies printed... Read More
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A City Winter and Other Poems. Two Drawings by Larry Rivers
by O'HARA, Frank
N. Y.: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1951. First edition of O'Hara's first book, the birth of the New York School of Poetry. One of 20 copies printed by hand in Bodoni types on Japanese Kochi paper by Ruthven Todd for Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, specially bound with an original drawing by Larry Rivers as a frontispiece; this copy number 8. The drawing in this copy, a beautiful drawing of a reclining nude woman, is signed by... Read More
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Lunch Poems
by O'HARA, Frank
San Francisco: City Lights Books, (1964). First edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Cook 50. In 1959, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg met O'Hara at Larry Rivers' studio. Intrigued by the idea that O'Hara was writing poems on his lunch hour, Ferlinghetti proposed publishing a book of his Lunch Poems. O'Hara began corresponding with Ferlinghetti and Donald Allen, who was helping to select the poems for the book, which was finally published by City Lights Books nearly six years... Read More
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American Primitive. Poems
by OLIVER, Mary
Boston: Little Brown, (1983). First edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Signed by Oliver on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Provincetown. Wood Engravings by Barnard Taylor
by OLIVER, Mary
(Lewisburg, PA): Bucknell University/The Press of Appletree Alley, 1987. First edition. One of 145 copies signed by Oliver. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jcket. Fine copy.
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No Voyage and Other Poems
by OLIVER, Mary
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Unrevised, uncorrected proofs of the expanded American edition of the poet's first book. The American edition added nineteen new poems to the selection published in England in 1963. Laid in is the publisher's mimeographed announcement, dated in red ink, "February 17, 1965 price not set", which quotes Richard Eberhart and J. Price Turner on Oliver's poetry. On the inside front wrapper, a label has been added noting the tentative publication date of "1/65?" and... Read More
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Anecdotes of the Late War
by OLSON, Charles
(Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956). First edition. Jargon Broadside 1. One of 500 copies. Publisher's presentation copy, inscribed on the back cover to Kenneth Patchen: "Happy Birthday to Kenneth, Dec/55, from Jonathan. Covers sunned and slightly chipped, the broadside hsa come loose, otherwise a very good copy.. 12mo, folded broadside poem tipped into wrappers. Covers sunned and slightly chipped, the broadside hsa come loose, otherwise a very good copy.
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'West'
by OLSON, Charles
London: Goliard Press, 1966. First edition. One of only 25 specially bound copies signed by Olson. Creased slightly, head & foot of spine a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.. 8vo, frontispiece photograph, original boards, dust jacket. Creased slightly, head & foot of spine a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.
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Projective Verse
by OLSON, Charles
(N. Y.: Totem, 1959). First edition of Olson's most important critical essay. Boughn A14. Butterick A13. Presentation copy to his Black Mountain College colleague M. C. Richards, author of the influential book on pottery Centering, inscribed in pencil on the inside front wrapper: "For MC (Richards) . . April 19th for the good she brought me Charles." Olson's most influential essay, which was originally published in "Poetry New York" in 1950. William Carlos Williams called it a "keystone" work,... Read More
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Anecdotes of the Late War
by OLSON, Charles
(Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956). First edition. Jargon Broadside 1. One of 500 copies. A fine bright copy. 12mo, folded broadside poem tipped-into wrappers. A fine bright copy.
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The Dancer
by OPPENHEIMER, Joel
Black Mountain, NC: Printed by The Sad Devil Press at Black Mountain College, 1951. First edition. One of 150 copies printed on Bristol card stock (the total edition). Published by Jonathan Williams as Jargon Two. One of Rauschenberg's earliest graphic publications. Fine copy, in a custom-made folding box.. RAUSCHENBERG, Robert. Large 8vo sheet folded to four panels,illustrated with a drawing by Robert Rauschenberg. Fine copy, in a custom-made folding box.
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The Dutiful Son
by OPPENHEIMER, Joel
(Highlands): Jonathan Williams, 1956. First edition, regular issue in the blue wrappers. One of 200 copies printed by the Windhover Press. Jargon 16. Fine copy.. FIORE, Joseph. 8vo, frontispiece by Joseph Fiore, blue wrappers with printed label. Fine copy.
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You Never Know
by PADGETT, Ron
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (2001). First edition, a paperback original. As new. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. As new.
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Kodak. Translated by Ron Padgett
by PADGETT, Ron, translator. CENDRARS, Blaise
(N. Y.): Adventures in Poetry, (1976). First edition. Inscribed by Padgett: "Another one for Burt the Implacable Collector from Ron Apl 1976. Mint copy.. 4to, original black wrappers. Mint copy.
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