Elegies and Celebrations. (Preface by Robert Duncan)
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Highlands: Jonathan Williams, 1962. First edition. One of 750 copies. Jargon 13b. Jaffe A22. Presentation copy, inscribed by JW: "for Kenneth [Rexroth] with love from Jonathan, Highlands 1963. Fine copy. SISKIND, Aaron. 8vo, illustrated with photographs by Aaron Siskind, photographic wrappers by JW, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Jonathan Williams' Quote Book 1992-1993
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Highlands, NC: Press of Otis the Lamedvovnik, 1994). First edition of this 37-page addendum to Williams' previous compilations of enlightening quotations from Plato to RuPaul. Limited to 125 copies signed by JW. As new.. 4to, pictorial wrappers by James McGarrell. As new.
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A Blue Ridge Weather Prophet Makes Twelve Stitches in Time on the Twelfth Day of Christmas
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Frankfort, KY): Gnomon, (1977). First edition. One of only 26 lettered copies handbound in boards by Deborah Bosley of the Bittersweet Bindery & signed by JW & the publisher, Jonathan Greene. Jaffe A107. Fine copy. Rare. WHITESEL, Carolyn. 12mo, illustrations by Carolyn Whitesel, cloth-backed boards. Fine copy. Rare.
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The Map of Kentucky and Its Litany of Glorifications
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Vancouver, B. C.: Slug Press, 1990. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by JW. As new. Folio, broadside poem. As new.
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I Shall Save One Land Unvisited. Eleven Southern Photographers. Selected by Jonathan Williams. Organized by Ray Kass. Texts by Ray Kass, James Baker Hall & Jonathan Williams
by (WILLIAMS, Jonathan)
(Frankfort, KY): Gnomon Press, (1978). First edition. Featuring photographs by Lyle Bonge, Alex Harris, Paul Kwilecki, John McWilliams, Sally Mann, Robert C. May, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, John Menapace, Guy Mendes, Bart Parker & Evon Streetman. With an introductory essay by JW. Jaffe B28. Fine copy. 4to, black & white photographs, black wrappers. Fine copy.
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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 100 special edition numbered copies signed by Williams & Baxter. Jaffe A145. Complimentary copy from the publisher to advance subscribers for the deluxe edition of this book as a compensation for the deluxe edition's delay. With publisher's note laid in. Fine copy. BAXTER, Glen. 12mo, plain wrappers, dust jacket, envelope. Fine copy.
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In the Azure Over the Squalor: Ransackings & Shorings
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(N. Y.: Jordan Davies, 1983). First edition. One of 75 copies printed on Opale de Rives paper and signed by JW. Jaffe A146. Fine copy in chipped acetate. Large 8vo, original green cloth-backed burgundy boards with printed spine label, publisher's acetate dust jacket. Fine copy in chipped acetate.
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A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan & Guy DAVENPORT
Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Williams and Davenport out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist and short story writer from Anderson, South Carolina." - Guy Davenport. "It is clear that G.... Read More
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In the Field at the Solstice. Seven Epitaphs for His Friends
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Champaign, IL: Finial Press, 1976. First edition. One of 103 copies printed by Alvin Doyle Moore at the Finial Press. Jaffe A101. Inscribed by JW: "David's [Wilk] from Jonathan". David Wilk was the founder of Truck Press & later the distributor for the Jargon Society at Inland Books. As new. Rare.. Square 8vo, 8 loose sheets in red Americana paper portfolio. As new. Rare.
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Mahler
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
N. Y.: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, (1969). Second edition, paperback issue. Covers a little dusty, otherwise a fine copy.. KITAJ, R B. 8vo, title page illustration by R. B. Kitaj, wrappers by Kitaj. Covers a little dusty, otherwise a fine copy.
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Get Hot or Get Out: A Selection of Poems, 1957-1981
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Metuchen, NJ & London: Scarecrow Press, 1982. First American edition. Signed by Williams. As new.. 8vo, original red cloth. As new.
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Ripostes. With a serigraph by William Katz
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Stuttgart, (Germany): Edition Domberger, (1968). First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by JW & Katz. Jaffe A56. Fine copy.. KATZ, William. 8vo, printed wrappers, pale blue blind-stamped paper portfolio. Fine copy.
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Aposiopeses (Odds & Ends). Frontispiece Drawing by R. B. Kitaj
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Minneapolis: Granary Books, 1988. First edition. One of 65 hardbound copies on Frankfurt White signed by JW & Kitaj, out of a total edition of 165 copies. Jaffe A172. With prospectus laid in. Very fine copy. KITAJ, R B. 8vo, cloth-backed boards with printed cover label. Very fine copy.
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Super-Duper Zuppa Inglese (and Other Trifles From the Land of Stodge). Drawings: Barbara Jones. Texts: Jonathan Williams
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Belper, Derbyshire): Aggie Weston's Editions, 1977. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Jaffe A106. Fine copy.. JONES, Barbara. 12mo, plain wrappers, dust jacket. 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
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1971. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by JW. Jaffe A67. Fine copy in slightly worn glassine.. 8vo, pictorial endpapers by Lyle Bonge, red cloth, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in slightly worn glassine.
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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): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1988). First edition. Published on the occasion of the Annie Hooper Exhibition & Visionary Folk Art Symposium at North Carolina State University. One of only 50 numbered copies signed by JW, Burwell, Manley, & Jonathan Greene, who designed the pamphlet (out of a total edition of 1000 copies). Jaffe A173. Fine copy. MANLEY, Roger. 4to, pictorial glossy wrappers. Fine copy.
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An Ear In Bartram's Tree. Selected Poems 1957-1967. Introduction by Guy Davenport
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1969. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Jaffe A57. Inscribed by JW on half-title page: "from the Ear-Poet, Love or Love to Cynthia, C. H. 69". With comments on the front flap of the jacket by William Carlos Williams, James Dickey, James Laughlin, Edward Dahlberg & Gilbert Sorrentino. Small stain on top edge, otherwise a fine copy in a stained, lightly worn jacket.. 8vo, green cloth, dust jacket. Small stain on... Read More
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The Lucidities: Sixteen in Visionary Company. Poems. Drawings by John Furnival
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(London): Turret Books, 1967. First edition. One of 30 copies specially bound for the author with the orange jacket over the regular white one, out of a total edition of 280 copies printed by the Trigram Press. Jaffe A48. Presentation copy, inscribed by JW: "for Edward [Dahlberg], who sheds light like a human sun, love from Jonathan, Aspen March 1968. Fine copy. FURNIVAL, John. 8vo, 4 tipped-in illustrations, gold foil endpapers, white boards, white & orange dust jackets.... Read More
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The Lucidities: Sixteen in Visionary Company. Poems. Drawings by John Furnival
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(London): Turret Books, 1967. First edition. One of 30 copies specially bound for the author with the orange jacket over the regular white one, out of a total edition of 280 copies printed by the Trigram Press. Jaffe A48. Inscribed by JW: "for One Light Poet from Another, love to Jimmy [Broughton] from Jonathan, Aspen March 1968. Small faint stain on front cover, otherwise a fine copy.. FURNIVAL, John. 8vo, 4 tipped-in illustrations, gold foil endpapers, white boards,... Read More
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Super-Duper Zuppa Inglese (and Other Trifles From the Land of Stodge). Drawings by Barbara Jones
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Belper, Derbyshire): Aggie Weston's Editions I., 1977. First edition. One of 50 copies signed by Williams & Jones. Very fine copy.. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. Very fine copy.
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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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Homage, Umbrage, Quibble & Chicane. Poems 1980. Drawings by John Furnival
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Roswell, NM: DBA Editions, 1981. First edition. One of 120 copies numbered & inscribed by JW, "this copy for Satch from the Late Harland Sanders, Highlands, 1981". Jaffe A129. Velo binder starting at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine copy. FURNIVAL, John. 4to, pictorial card covers by Furnival, acetate wrappers in white Velo binder. Velo binder starting at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine copy.
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Niches Inches: New & Selected Poems, 1957-1981. Introduction by Eric Mottram. Notes by JW. Cover by Karl Torok. Frontispiece by John Furnival
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Corn Close, Dentdale: (no publisher), 1982. First edition. One of 75 copies. Signed by JW, Mottram, Torok, & Furnival. Jaffe A137. Fine copy.. FURNIVAL, John. 4to, card covers with color print xerox by Torok, glassine wrappers in white Velo binder. Fine copy.
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Open Wide
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Derby: Artlocate, 1992. First edition, regular issue. As new.. 4to, wrappers with tipped-on photograph. As new.
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Hasidic Exclamation On Stevie Smith's Poem "Not Waving But Drowning
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut, 1974). First edition. One of 300 copies. Jaffe A82. Fine copy. 16mo, broadside poem. Fine copy.
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