Gists From A Presidential Report On Hardcornponeography
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(No place: no publisher), 1975. First separate edition of a poem included in the portfolio Chapel Hill Gravel by Marvin Saltzman, 1975 (Jaffe B21). One of 200 copies signed by JW. Jaffe A88. With original envelope addressed to John & Astrid Furnival. Fine copy. 8vo, broadside poem folded in half, original envelope. Fine copy.
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Affilati attrezzi per i Giardini di Catullo. Con quattro disegni di James McGarrell. Testo a fronte, versione e note a cura di Leda Sartini Mussio
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Milano, Italy): Lerici Editori, (1966). First edition. With English & Italian texts. Jaffe A39. One of 1000 copies. With publisher's note tipped on to verso back cover. Presentation copy, inscribed to Jorge & Cynthia Fick in Italian "a signor e signora Fick, allegro con giacoso con amore suo Jonathan, Aspen 67, chow!. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy.. McGARRELL, James. 8vo, wrappers. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise a 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, paperback issue with price sticker on the back cover. Jaffe A67. Inscribed by JW: "SDW's copy*, Col. Sanders sez: Keep your chicken lickin'! Sage advice sez Col. Williams, DC 73, *not to be sold to Asphodel Bookshop. Spine a little darkened, otherwise a fine copy.. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Spine a little darkened, otherwise a fine copy.
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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 specially bound copies; this one inscribed by the poet on the half-title page: "This copy of The Lucidities is Dorothy's who has always brought so much light herself love from Jonathan Aspen March 1968. Some light damp-staining to plates & some soiling to endpapers, else fine copy in jacket a bit sunned along spine. Small 4to, tipped-in plates, gold foil endpapers, boards, dust jacket. Some light damp-staining to plates... Read More
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Who Is Little Enis
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(No place: Jonathan Williams, 1974). First edition. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by Williams: "For Dr. Ward From Big Jeeter". Published as Jargon 82. Fine copy in original mailing envelope. Broadside, 10" x 25", illustrated, folded in thirds. Fine copy in original mailing envelope.
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Dilmus Hall, of Athens, Georgia, Who Tells Us He's Been Here About 4004 Years One Way or Another, Delivers the Gospel
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Rocky Mount): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1991. First edition. Limited to 500 copies printed on the occasion of JW's reading at the College. Signed by JW. Fine copy.. Small 4to, broadside poem. Fine copy.
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Five From Up T'Dale
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Corn Close: Finial Press in Great Britain, 1974). First edition, illustrated with prints by A. D. Moore, the printer. Limited to only 50 numbered copies signed by Williams and Moore. Fine copy. Square folio, loose sheets in portfolio. Fine copy.
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No-No Nse-Nse. Limericks . . . Meta-Fours . . . and Clerihews . . . With seventeen apropos illustrations by Henrik Drescher
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press, 1993. First edition of this collection of JW's bawdy poems. Limited to 150 copies printed on handmade Sekishu paper at the Perishable Press; Publisher's "Trial Copy", as stated in pencil on the colophon page; signed by Walter Hamady, the printer/publisher on the same page. A fine copy of a rare book: according to the prospectus, only 48 copies in the edition remained for sale upon publication and they soon sold out. 12mo, original... Read More
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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 numbered copies inscribed by JW, "this copy for John and Astrid* with love from Jonathan, Highlands 1980, *Whistler's other Mother's Mother". Jaffe A129. Offsetting from adhesive to front cover, front acetate wrapper detached, but still a very good copy.. FURNIVAL, John. 4to, pictorial card covers by Furnival, acetate wrappers in white Velo binder. Offsetting from adhesive to front cover, front acetate wrapper detached, but still a very good... Read More
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Affilati attrezzi per i Giardini di Catullo. Con quattro disegni di James McGarrell. Testo a fronte, versione e note a cura di Leda Sartini Mussio
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Milano, Italy): Lerici Editori, (1966). First edition. With English & Italian texts. Jaffe A39. One of 1000 copies. With publisher's note tipped on to verso back cover. Presentation copy, inscribed "Tom [George] and LaVerne's from Jonathan, Aspen 1967". Thomas George illustrated Ronald Johnson's A Line Of Poetry, A Row of Trees, published by the Jargon Society in 1964. Light foxing to covers & fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy.. McGARRELL, James. 8vo, wrappers. Light foxing to covers & fore-edge,... Read More
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The Concise Dentdale Dictionary of English Place-Names
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Highlands, NC: Otis Edition, 1987. First edition. One of 175 copies printed hors commerce for friends of the poet. Jaffe A168. Presentation copy, inscribed by JW to Joel Oppenheimer & his wife: "for the Associate Professor of Communications & Theresa, Love from JW. Fine copy. Thin 8vo, black wrappers, pictorial dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Petite Country Concrete Suite. (Rude Signs & Portents, for Col. Al Lingo, Alabama Director of Public Safety, and Custodian of the SBI Files on 'Civil Rights Advocates' Kept Quietly near the Holiday Inn in Montgomery)
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Flint, MI): Fenian Head Centre Press, (1965). First edition. One of 100 Author's limited edition copies, inscribed by JW: "for Kolonel [Bill] Kinter from Jeff Davis 1864, 1964". Additionally annotated on the back page by JW. Jaffe A33. Fine copy. 12mo, printed wrappers. 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. Jaffe A27. Printed at the Press of Villiers Publications, Ltd. Presentation copy, inscribed by Williams to Kenneth Rexroth: "Kenneth's copy from the happy South land from Jonathan, Highlands 1963. Fine copy. KITAJ, R B. Oblong 16mo, glossy wrappers. Fine copy.
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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 280 copies printed by the Trigram Press; this one with the orange jacket reserved for the specially bound for the author copies. Jaffe A48. Presentation copy, inscribed by JW: "for Doyle [Moore], one light-bringer to another, love from Jonathan, Aspen 1968. Fine copy. FURNIVAL, John. 8vo, 4 tipped-in illustrations, gold foil endpapers, white boards, orange dust jacket. Fine copy.
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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: "#95 for SDU, amigo over the years from Big Enis, Highlands, North Carolina, May 1980". Jaffe A124. Fine copy.. 4to, illustrations by R. B. Kitaj & David Hockney, pictorial card covers by John Furnival, acetate wrappers in white Velo binder. Fine copy.
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Lord Stodge's Good Thing Guide To Over 100 English Delights. Texts. Cover Xeroxes: Karl Torok
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Roswell/Denver: DBA/JCA Editions, 1985. First edition. One of 175 copies inscribed to friends by JW as a reverse birthday present on his natal day. Jaffe A153. Inscribed for "Lord Batty and Lady Nettle-Bottom by Lord Stodge, with love. Fine copy. TOROK, Karl. 4to, color-xerox covers by Torok, acetate wrappers in green Velo binder. Fine copy.
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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 20 unnumbered hors commerce copies signed by JW, out of a total edition of 280 copies printed by the Trigram Press. Jaffe A48. Fine copy. FURNIVAL, John. 8vo, 4 tipped-in illustrations, gold foil endpapers, white boards, orange dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Jubilant Thicket: New & Selected Poems
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Port Townsend, WA): Copper Canyon Press, (2005). First edition. Signed by Williams. As new. 8vo, glossy wrappers. As new.
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Shankum Naggum
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College), 1979. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by JW, out of a total edition of 550 copies printed. Jaffe A123. Fine copy.. Narrow 4to, pictorial wrappers. Fine copy.
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Strung Out With Elgar On A Hill. With drawings by Peter Bodnar
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Urbana, IL: Finial Press, 1970. First edition. One of 101 numbered copies printed on Rives paper & handbound by Mary Ellen Chapdu. Jaffe A64. Fine copy. BODNAR, Peter. Oblong 4to, red cloth, ribbon bookmark. Fine copy.
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A Palpable Elysium: Portraits of Genius and Solitude. Introduction by Guy Davenport
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Boston: Godine, (2002). First edition. With essays on Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Merton, Robert Duncan, Jess, Lorine Niedecker, among others. Signed by Williams on the title-page. As new. 4to, illustrated, photographic wrappers. As new.
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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 100 numbered copies signed by JW, out of a total edition of 280 copies printed by the Trigram Press. Jaffe A48. Fine copy. FURNIVAL, John. Small 4to, 4 tipped-in illustrations, gold foil endpapers, original white boards, white dust jacket. Fine copy.
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In The Azure Over The Squalor: Ransackings & Shorings
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(No place: Jordan Davies, 1983). First edition of this collection of favorite quotations from Williams' commonplace book, which has gone into numerous editions issued by a variety of presses. One of 25 copies on Penshurst or Japanese etching paper (out of a total edition of 100 copies) signed by Williams. As new.. 8vo, quarter vellum & green patterned boards with printed label. As new.
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A Discrete Sign on the Steinway in the Phillips Memorial Gallery Suggests
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Minneapolis: Hermetic Press, 1986). First edition. One of only 30 numbered copies initialed by JW, out of a total edition of 130 copies printed especially for Granary Books. Jaffe A159. Fine copy. Broadside, 10" x 6 3/4" Fine copy.
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The Empire Finals at Verona. Poems 1956 1957. Drawings, Collages (by) Fielding Dawson
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
(Highlands: Jargon Society, 1959). First edition. One of 1000 copies. Jargon 30. Jaffe A12. Presentation copy, inscribed to Paul Goodman for Paul with much regard Jonathan NYC March 1960. Fine copy. DAWSON, Fielding. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Fine copy.
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