The Fifty-Two Clerihews of Clara Hughes. With two drawings by Glen Baxter
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Atlanta: Pynyon Press, (1983). First edition. One of 100 special edition numbered copies signed by Williams & Baxter. Jaffe A145. Fine copy. BAXTER, Glen. 12mo, plain wrappers, dust jacket, envelope. Fine copy.
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Elite/Elate Poems. Selected Poems 1971-75. A Portfolio of Photographs by Guy Mendes. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Notes by the Poet
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Highlands): Jargon Society, 1979. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by JW, with an original black & white photograph, "Home, Cow & Country!", by Mendes laid in; the print is initialed & dated on the back by the artist. Jargon 91. The dust jackets for the limited signed edition were unavailable at the time of publication & were provided at a later date. Jaffe A119. Fine copy. MENDES, Guy. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy. ... Read More
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Glees, Swarthy Monotonies, Rince Cochon & Chozzerai For Simon. Poems 1979
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Roswell, NM: DBA Editions, 1980. First edition. One of 128 copies numbered & inscribed by JW, this one: "for Lord and Lady Rooksmoor with love from Stodge of Dent, Highlands, April 1980". Jaffe A124. Covers slightly darkened, acetate torn, otherwise a fine copy.. 4to, illustrations by R. B. Kitaj & David Hockney, pictorial card covers by John Furnival, spiral bound acetate wrappers. Covers slightly darkened, acetate torn, otherwise a fine copy.
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Jargon at forty 1951-1991. An Exhibition and Celebration
by (WILLIAMS, Jonathan)
(Buffalo, NY): The State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991. First edition. Signed by JW. Fine copy. Square 8vo, illustrated with photographs, wrappers. Fine copy.
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Le Garage Ravi de Rocky Mount: An Essay On Vernon Burwell. Cover Photographs by Roger Manley
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Rocky Mount, NC): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1988). First edition. Published on the occasion of the Annie Hooper Exhibition & Visionary Folk Art Symposium. One of 1000 copies. As new. 4to, pictorial glossy wrappers. As new.
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Elite/Elate Poems. Selected Poems 1971-75. A Portfolio of Photographs by Guy Mendes. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Notes by the Poet
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Highlands): Jargon Society, 1979. First edition, simultaneous paperback issue. Jargon 91. One of 850 copies. Identified as the second edition in the colophon, the paperback issue is identical to the limited issue except for the binding, colophon & price on the dust jacket. Jaffe A119. Fine copy. MENDES, Guy. 4to, wrappers, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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March 8: On Arriving at the Same Age as Jack Benny
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Champaign, IL: Finial Press, 1969). First edition. One of 40 copies printed by A. Doyle Moore as a study done in anticipation of doing Strung Out With Elgar On A Hill and as a 40th birthday present for JW. Jaffe A58. Fine copy. BODNAR, Peter. 4to, illustrations by Peter Bodnar, wrappers. Fine copy.
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The Loco Logodaedalist In Situ: Selected Poems 1968-70. Embellishments by Joe Tilson. Notes by the Poet
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
N. Y.: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, 1972. First American edition, with price sticker on back of jacket. Jaffe A67. Signed by JW. Fine copy.. 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Noah Webster to wee Lorine Niedecker
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Minneapolis, MN: Origin Books, 1986). First edition. One of 200 copies printed at The Bieler Press & signed by Williams. Jaffe A158. As new. 12mo, broadside poem in white envelope printed with the title, in larger white envelope printed with the publisher's address. As new.
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Eight Days In Eire. Or, Nothing So Urgent As Manana. Photographs by Mike Harding
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Rocky Mount, NC): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1990). First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Inscribed by JW to James Jaffe, his bibliographer. As new. 12mo, wrappers. As new.
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Paean to Dvorak, Deemer & McClure
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
San Francisco: Dave Haselwood, 1966. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. Jaffe A34. Presention copy, inscribed to A. D. Moore by JW: "blue-grass jazz for the Moore harp, thanks from Jonathan, 1966". A. D. (Doyle) Moore was a professor of art and a printer, whose Finial Press published numerous works of JW and Ron Johnson, among others. With the original mailing envelope. Fine copy. Oblong 16mo, original wrappers. Fine copy.
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Sharp Tools for Catullan Gardens. With 10 Lithographs by James McGarrell. Preface by Guy Davenport
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Bloomington, IN: Fine Arts Department, University of Indiana, 1968. First edition. One of only 36 copies (the entire edition), printed on Italia paper, signed by Williams and McGarrell, with each lithograph individually signed by the artist. Crane D44. Fine copy. Folio, 20 x 14 inches, 24 leaves, plus two guard sheets, in fabricoid portfolio with printed label. Fine copy.
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Fruits Confits. Crystalized and Glace by Mr. J. Williams and Mr. T. Meyer. Decorations by Mr. I. Gardner
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Corn Close: Ian Gardner & N. Marshall), 1972. First edition of this holiday greeting, published "For certain Cultivated Friends". One of 75 numbered copies designed by Ian Gardner & N. Marshall. Jaffe A71. Fine copy.. GARDNER, Ian. Narrow 8vo, wrappers. Fine copy.
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Blackbird Dust: Essays, Poems, and Photographs
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(No place): Turtle Point Press, (2000). First edition, a paperback original. Signed by the author. A worthy successor to JW's earlier collection of essays, The Magpie's Bagpipe (North Point Press, 1982). As new. 8vo, original glossy wrappers with cover design by Trevor Winkfield. As new.
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Uncle Gus Flaubert Rates The Jargon Society In One Hundred One Laconic Presale Sage Sentences. Presented by Jonathan Williams
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation / University of North Carolina, 1989. First trade edition of this annotated catalogue of the Jargon Society publications. With a preface by JW. Signed by JW. As new. 8vo, illustrated, glossy wrappers. As new.
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Elegies and Celebrations. (Preface by Robert Duncan)
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Highlands: (Jargon Society), 1962. First edition. One of 750 copies. Jargon 13b. Jaffe A22. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Denise (Levertov) from Jonathan Sept 1963, From Hampstead to Golders Green. Glassine chipped, otherwise a fine copy. SISKIND, Aaron. 8vo, illustrated with photographs by Aaron Siskind, photographic wrappers by JW, glassine dust jacket. Glassine chipped, otherwise a fine copy.
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Lines About Hills Above Lakes. Postals. With 2 drawings by Barry Hall & a Foreword by John Wain
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Fort Lauderdale: Roman Books, 1964. First edition. One of 750 copies printed at the Auerhahn Press. Jaffe A29. Inscribed: "like the Lakes for Bill [Kinter] from Jonathan, Baltimore, December 1964. Fine copy. HALL, Barry. 8vo, wrappers. Fine copy.
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A Wee Tot for Catullus
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Nailsworth, Glos: Moschatel Press, 1975). First edition. Jaffe A86. Signed by Williams. Mint copy.. Oblong 16mo, plain wrappers, dust jacket. Mint copy.
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Portrait Photographs
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1979. First edition of this superb collection of portraits of poets, photographers, composers & artists, including William Carlos Williams, Pound, Zukofsky, Mina Loy, Basil Bunting, Merton, Olson, Ginsberg, Coburn, Siskind, Minor White, Hockney, Kitaj, Oldenburg, Carl Ruggles, John Jacob Niles, among others. Fine copy.. Square 8vo, tipped-in colorplates, plain wrappers, printed & glassine dust jackets, slipcase. Fine copy.
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My Quaker-Atheist Friend (Who Has Come to This Meeting-House Since 1913) Smokes & Looks Out Over the Rawthey to Holme Fell
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(London: Larry & Ruby Wallrich, 1975). First edition. Published as a New Year greeting. Jaffe A83. Fine copy.. 8vo, drawing by Ian Gardner, wrappers with photograph of Basil Bunting by JW. Fine copy.
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Lullabies Twisters Gibbers Drags (a la maniere de M. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Late of the City of New Orleans). Covers executed by R. B. Kitaj
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1963. First edition. Jargon 61. Limited to 100 copies signed by Williams & Kitaj. Jaffe A27. Fine copy. KITAJ, R B. Oblong 16mo, original glossy wrappers. Fine copy.
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Mahler
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
N. Y.: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, (1969). Second edition. Signed by JW on the half-title page. Fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket.. KITAJ, R B. 8vo, title page illustration by R. B. Kitaj, boards, dust jacket by Kitaj. Fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket.
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Long Taters: Jonathan Williams' Quote Book 1994
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Scaly Mountain, NC: The Press of Otis The Lamed-Vovnik, 1996. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by JW. As new. 4to, title page drawing by Glen Baxter, plain wrappers, dust jacket. As new.
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Metafours For Mysophobes
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Twickenham & Wakefield: North and South, (1989). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by JW & with a holographic metafour: "if michael angelo had used / a roller he would / have gotten the ceiling / done quicker reckons Kitaj, Jonathan Williams. As new. 8vo, glossy yellow wrappers with front cover photograph by JW & back cover photograph of JW by Douglas Lewis. As new.
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The Fifty-Two Clerihews of Clara Hughes. With two drawings by Glen Baxter
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Atlanta: Pynyon Press, (1983). First edition. One of 25 deluxe edition copies with handcolored drawings, handbound by Jeffrey Moore and signed by Williams & Baxter. This edition was not published until February 1984 due to production & postal delays. Jaffe A145. Very fine copy. BAXTER, Glen. 12mo, one tipped-in handcolored drawing, green cloth with handcolored drawing tipped onto front cover, dust jacket with glassine cut-out window, acetate dust jacket. Very fine copy.
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