The World of Atget
by ABBOTT, Berenice & Eugene Atget
New York: Horizon Press, 1964. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Abbott was in no small measure responsible for helping to reintroduce Atget. Includes 176 of Atget's photographs. A clean and tight very near fine copy in black cloth boards with embossed lettering to the front cover and in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear and no review to the rear cover. A nicer than usual copy.
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Changing New York
by ABBOTT, Berenice and Elizabeth McCausland
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1939. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. A project that was the direct result of the Works Progress Administration. Features text by Elizabeth McCausland. A collection of 98 black and white images by Abbott. A very good plus copy in blue cloth boards that have some light wear and some of the usual toning to the endpapers and in a very good dust jacket with some long edge tears and creasing to... Read More
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Berenice Abbott: American Photographer
by ABBOTT, Berenice and Hank O'Neal
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 255 pages. Features an introduction by John Canaday along with text by Hank O'Neal. A wide ranging retrospective collection of some of Abbott's best images with commentary by her as well. Also includes a list of previous exhibitions, and bibliographic information. A fine copy in a red cloth boards and in very near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. A fresh and clean copy.
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Berenice Abbott: Documentary Photographs of the 1930s
by ABBOTT, Berence and Michael G. Sundell
Cleveland, OH: The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1980. First edition. Oblong softcover. 64 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 7 through December 6, 1980. Essay by Michael G. Sundell. Includes numerous black and white images. A very near fine copy in wrappers.
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Rhino Ritz: An American Mystery with Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein & Friends (Signed Association Copy)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1979. First edition. Softcover. 166 pages. An about good copy in wrappers with a crease to the top front corner, some soiling to the rear panel and some other minor wear. Signed and inscribed on the half title: "This Copy is for John Veglia 6/20/79 Keith." Veglia edited and proofed the manuscript. A very nice association.
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Erase Words (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1974. First edition. Softcover. A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some rust near the staples an dsome other slight wear. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus.
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Red Lettuce (Signed Association Copy)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Fremont, CA: The Fault, 1974. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems by Abbott with drawings by Opal L. Nations. A very good copy in stapled wrappers that are somewhat soiled and with some light creasing to the top corner of the pages. Signed and inscribed and with a drawing: "This Copy is for John Veglia 3/27/74 Keith Abbott." Veglia edited a number of Abbott's books. A nice association copy of an uncommon book to find signed.
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The Closet (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Abbott's first book published by his own press. Printed on mimeographed sheets. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus.
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Moving Postures (Signed Limited Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Bellingham, WA: Snazzy Wah Press, 1970. First edition. Softcover. 21 mimeographed sheets printed on one side only. Copy L of only 22 from a total edition of 100. This copy with a "special sheet of diagrams" glued to the last page. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Scarce.
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Gush: A Novel About Unemployment in California Starring the Gush Family (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. A fine copy in green cloth boards. No dust jacket. Signed by Abbott on the half title page. Uncommon in this version.
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Treys / Our Fashion Plate (Signed Limited Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith and Pat Nolan
Oakland, CA: The Loose End / The Other End, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Copy 2 of only 25 signed and with a drawing by Abbott. Bound dos-a-dos and printed on mimeographed sheets. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Additionally signed a second time by Abbott on the title page. Scarce.
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Dump Truck (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Monterey, CA: Polygon, 1967. First edition. Oblong softcover. Edition of 500 copies. Abbott's first book, a collection of poetry. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Abbot on the title page and uncommon as such.
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Hero Pills: Stories 1968-69 (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Abbott's first collection of stories. Printed on mimeographed sheets. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some foxing/tanning to the edges. Signed by Abbott on the title page. Uncommon thus.
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Good News Bad News
by ABBOTT, Keith
Monte Rio, CA: Doris Green Editions, 1984. First edition. Softcover. A collection of poems printed in an edition of 250. A close to near fine copy in side stapled wrappers.
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Rhino Ritz: An American Mystery with Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein & Friends (Signed Limited Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Copy 28 from an edition of only 50. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Abbot. A very fresh copy.
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Twelve Shot: A Photopoem (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1975. First edition. Softcover. One of 474 numbered copies, this copy out of series though. Includes several black and white images. A close to near fine copy in stapled die-cut wrappers with some minor fading to the edges of the rear panel. Signed by Abbott on the title page.
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Harum Scarum: Short Stories (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Keith
St. Paul, MN: Coffee House Press, 1984. First edition. Softcover. 89 pages. A collection of six short stories. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: "for John in gratitude for making it a better book - Keith." The recipient was John Veglia who proofread and edited the book. A terrific association copy.
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Love is the Crooked Thing (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Lee K.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1986. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 182 pages. A terrific collection of short stories from this master of the form. A fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Abbott on the title page and dated in 1990.
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Strangers in Paradise (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Lee K.
New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1986. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 255 pages. . Abbott's third collection of short stories. A clean near fine copy with some slight toning to the pages and in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Abbott on the title page and dated in 1990. Uncommon signed.
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The Heart Never Fits Its Wanting (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Lee K., Jr.
Cedar Falls, IA: The North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, 1980. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 119 pages. Abbot's first book, a collection of ten short stories. A clean very near fine copy with some slight pushing to the base of the spine and in a very near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Abbott on the title page in the year of publication. Uncommon signed.
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Dreams of Distant Lives (Signed First Edition)
by ABBOTT, Lee K.
New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1989. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. Abbott's fourth collection of short stories. A clean near fine copy with some slight toning to the pages in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Abbott on the title page in 1990.
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Dreams of Distant Lives
by ABBOTT, Lee K.
New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1989. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. Review copy with laid in publisher sheet's. Abbott's fourth collection of short stories. A clean near fine copy with some slight toning to the pages in a near fine dust jacket.
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Personae and Other Selected Poems
by ABBS, Peter
London: Skoob Books Publishing, 1995. First edition. Softcover. 174 pages. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket.
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This Was Railroading
by ABDILL, George B.
New York: Bonzanza Books, 1958. Hardcover. 192 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. A fine and fresh copy in a fine dust jacket.
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A Fortune Your Disaster
by ABDURRAQIB, Hanif
Portland, OR: Tin House Books, 2019. First edition. Softcover. 98 pages. A paperback original collection of poems. A fine copy in French style wrappers.
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