Language to Cover A Page: The Early Writings of Vito Acconci (Signed First Edition)
by ACCONCI, Vito and Craig Dworkin
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 411 pages. Anthology of performance artist Acconci's early writings edited by Craig Dworkin. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine with some minor rubbing and slight wear. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Acconci on the front free endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Uncommon signed.
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Things Fall Apart
by ACHEBE, Chinua
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Everyman's Library, 1992. Hardcover. 181 pages. Review copy with laid in slip sent to John Leonard. Achebe's best known work. A near fine copy in cloth boards with bound in bookmarker and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear and light crease to the top of the front panel. A nice copy with an interesting provenance as Leonard was an important literary and cultural critic.
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Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems (Signed Association Copy)
by ACHEBE, Chinua
Garden, City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1973. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. 92 pages. A slim book of poetry from the author of the classic "Things Fall Apart." A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Achebe to African American poet and writer Michael Harper. Harper was a longtime faculty member of Brown University and he also edited a collection that featured a work by Achebe. An... Read More
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A Man of the People
by ACHEBE, Chinua
New York: The John Day Company, 1966. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 166 pages. The fourth novel from the author of the classic "Things Fall Apart." A clean and tight near fine copy in yellow cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the base of the spine and some other very minor wear. A pleasing copy.
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Surviving Desire (Signed First Edition)
by ACKER, Ally
San Luis Obispo, CA: Garden Street Press, 1994. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original collection of poems. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Acker to poet Marie Ponsot on the title page. A nice association copy.
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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: Random House, 1989. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 254 pages. Review copy with laid in slip, author publicity photograph and publicity sheet. A clean and tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket.
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The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 184 pages. Non-fiction work from this prolific and talented writer. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine dust jacket.
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Bats: Shadows in the Night
by ACKERMAN, Diane and Merlin Tuttle
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1997. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 30 pages. A children's non-fiction book with text by Ackerman and photographs by Merlin Tuttle. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1980. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 222 pages. An early memoir from this well regarded poet and author. Includes some photographs. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some minor wear and in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear. Signed by Ackerman on the title page. Uncommon as such.
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Lady Faustus
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1983. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 94 pages. Ackerman's third collection of poems. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket.
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The Planets: A Comic Pastoral
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 159 pages. Ackerman's first book. A very good plus copy in printed wrappers with some slight soiling to the rear panel. A scarce format of this debut to an important literary career.
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Monk Seal Hideaway
by ACKERMAN, Diane and Bill Curtsinger
New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first children's book from Ackerman. Includes photographs by Bill Curtsinger. A near fine copy with some minor wear and in a near fine dust jacket.
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The Planets: A Comic Pastoral
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. Ackerman's first book. A clean and tight very near fine copy i paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. A lovely copy of this debut to an important literary career.
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Lady Faustus (Signed First Edition)
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 94 pages. Ackerman's third collection of poems. A very good plus copy with some light foxing to the page edges in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ackerman on the half title page to poet Linda Pastan. A nice association copy.
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Wife of Light (Signed)
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 64 pages. Slim collection of poems from this well regarded poet and writer. A near fine copy in yellow printed wrappers. Signed and generically inscribed by Ackerman on the half title page. Scarce in format.
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On Extended Wings
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: Atheneum, 1985. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Ackerman's fifth book, a work of non-fiction. Dust jacket blurbs by Carl Sagan, Maxine Kumin and William Gass. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very good dust jacket with a tear to the top of the front panel and some tape repairs to the verso.
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We are Listening (Signed Broadside)
by ACKERMAN, Diane
Berkeley, CA: Black Oak Books, 1990. First edition. Broadside printed and designed at Okeanos Press and measuring 8" x 11." A poem from her book "Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems." Printed on the occasion of her reading at Black Oak Books. A very fine copy. Signed by Ackerman. Uncommon.
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Lady Faustus
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 94 pages. Ackerman's third collection of poems. A very good plus copy in green printed wrappers with the title handwritten on the spine. Uncommon in this format.
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A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: Random House, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 305 pages. A clean and tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
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Wife of Light
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 64 pages. Slim early collection of poems from this well regarded poet and writer. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top of the rear panel, some other minor wear and some slight sunning to the spine.
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Animal Sense
by ACKERMAN, Diane and Peter Sis
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A colleciton of poems by Ackerman accompanied by illustrations by Peter Sis. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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The Human Age
by ACKERMAN, Diane
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A non-fiction work from the author of the bestseller "The Zookeeper's Wife." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A clean and tight unread copy.
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The Dragonfly Volume III, No. 2 Summer, 1972
by ACKERSON, Duane (editor)
Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University, 1972. First edition. Softcover. 62 pages. Literary journal. Includes contributions from John Haines, Greg Kuzma, James Tipton, Thomas Johnson, Michael G. Culross, Lyn Lifshin, R.T. Wilkinson, Bruce Guernsey, William L. Fox, Larry Neal Bowers, William Matthews, Douglas Lawder, Kathleen Grimes and several others. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Inscribed by the editor Duane Ackerson. Scarce.
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UA Flight to Chicago
by ACKERSON, Duane
Lincoln, NE: The Best Cellar Press, 1971. First edition. Softcover. [20 pages.] A collection of of nine poems by Ackerson. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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Pussy King of the Pirates
by ACKER, Kathy
New York: Grove Press, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 277 pages. A grrrl pirate story loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." A tight near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
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