De Bello Germanico. A Fragment of Trench History Written in 1918 by the Author of Undertones of War
by BLUNDEN, Edmund
Hawstead: G. A. Blunden, 1930. First edition, regular issue. Limited to 250 copies signed by Blunden. Spine label a trifle rubbed and darkened, lower portion of spine lightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy, in a custom-made cloth slipcase. 8vo, original printed boards with printed label on spine. Spine label a trifle rubbed and darkened, lower portion of spine lightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy, in a custom-made cloth slipcase.
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Silence in the Snowy Fields and Other Poems
by BLY, Robert
London: Jonathan Cape, (1967). First of this new and enlarged edition. Signed by Bly on the title-page. So far as we know there was no equivalent American edition. Fine copy. Scarce. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket. Fine copy. Scarce.
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The Photographs of Lyle Bonge. With an Introduction by A. D. Coleman, an Afterword by Jonathan Williams, & Writing by Lyle Bonge
by BONGE, Lyle
(North Carolina): Jargon Society, (1982). First edition. Published as Jargon 89. Mint copy.. 4to, boards, dust jacket. Published as Jargon 89. Mint copy.
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The Photographs. With an Introduction by A. D. Coleman, an Afterword by Jonathan Williams, & Writing by Lyle Bonge
by BONGE, Lyle
(Highlands): Jargon Society, (1982). Jargon 89. Text by JW on front flap of jacket. Jaffe B38. Fine copy.. 4to, illustrated, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Self Portrait
by BRAINARD, Joe & Anne WALDMAN
(N. Y.: Siamese Banana Press, 1972). First edition. Fine copy.. 4to, with self-portraits of the poets, original wrappers. Fine copy.
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Reading at the Poetry Project: Flyers by Joe Brainard
by BRAINARD, Joe
N. Y.: Poetry Project, (1997). First edition. One of 250 numbered sets, reproducing 15 flyers. Fine copy.. 4to, 19 loose sheets in printed paper envelope. Fine copy.
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The Baby Book
by BRAINARD, Joe & Kenward ELMSLIE
(N. Y.: Boke, 1965). First edition. One of 40 numbered copies signed by the author and artist, out of a total edition of 500 copies. Fine copy.. 4to, illustrated, original wrappers. Fine copy.
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Pay Dirt
by BRAINARD, Joe & Kenward ELMSLIE
Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1992. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Elmslie & Brainard. Price label on back cover, short closed tear in margin of rear cover, otherwise a fine copy.. 4to, illustrations by Brainard, original glossy wrappers. Price label on back cover, short closed tear in margin of rear cover, otherwise a fine copy.
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The 1967 Game Calendar. Drawings by Joe Brainard. Words by Kenward Elmslie
by (BRAINARD, Joe). ELMSLIE, Kenward
(No place: no publisher, 1967). First edition. Fine copy.. 4to, original wrappers. Fine copy.
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On the Wing / Highjacking
by [BRAINARD, Joe] WALDMAN, Anne & Lewis WARSH
(N.Y.): Boke Press, 1968. First edition, published in dos-a-dos format. Limited to 500 copies. Lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. 4to, original pictorial wrappers designed by Joe Brainard. Lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy.
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Selected Writings 1962-1971
by BRAINARD, Joe
(N. Y.): Kulchur Foundation, (1971). First edition, hardcover issue. A fine copy.. Small 4to, original printed boards. A fine copy.
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Brainard-Freeman Notebooks. With introductions by John Ashbery & Phil Demeyes
by BRAINARD, Joe & Herm FREEMAN
(N. Y.: Gegenschein Quarterly, 1975). First edition of this book of Brainard's & Freeman's art. Published as Gegenschein Quarterly 1112, edited by Phil Smith. Covers lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.. 4to, original illustrated wrappers. Covers lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.
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The Champ. Drawings by Joe Brainard
by BRAINARD, Joe & Kenward ELMSLIE
(Great Barrington, MA): The Figures, 1994. Reprint of the 1968 Black Sparrow edition, though in a slightly smaller format. One of 650 copies. As new.. Small 4to, original wrappers. As new.
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The Friendly Way
by BRAINARD, Joe
(N. Y.): Siamese Banana Press, (1972). First edition, regular issue. Light soiling, but a very good copy. Scarce. 4to, original illustrated wrappers with cover design by Brainard, stapled as issued. Light soiling, but a very good copy. Scarce.
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I Remember
by BRAINARD, Joe
(N. Y.): Angel Hair Books, (1970). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Brainard. Covers a little dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy.. Small 4to, original wrappers. Covers a little dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy.
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An Anthology of War Poems. Compiled by Frederick Brereton. Introduction by Edmund Blunden
by BRERETON, Frederick
London: W. Collins Sons & Co, (1930). First edition. With works by Richard Aldington, Edmund Blunden, Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Ford Madox Hueffer, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, among others. Some offsetting & foxing to endpapers, covers lightly foxed, else fine copy in a little worn jacket. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Some offsetting & foxing to endpapers, covers lightly foxed, else fine copy in a little worn jacket.
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The Intimate Stranger
by BREYTENBACH, Breyton
(Sherman Oaks, CA: Ninja Press, 2006. One of 100 copies printed. [34] pp. A second inner cover of flax holds the text and is sewn into the spine with a thin silk purple cord. Several leaves are bound in diagonally and cut at an angle; some images throughout the text are cut to reveal previous and following leaf. Housed in a purple cloth-covered tri-fold case, with green leather-like triangle mounted on inner flap, with matching opening on outer flap,... Read More
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The Book of Silences. Photographs by Carolee Campbell
by BRINGHURST, Robert
(Sherman Oaks, CA): Ninja Press, 2001. First edition. Limited to 100 copies printed on Moulin du Verger handmade paper and bound in Barcham Green Renaissance, signed by the author. The illustrations are platinum photographs. A very fine copy of one of Carolee Campbell's flawless creations, with publisher's prospectus laid in. 8vo, original hand-made paper wrappers with printed label on the cover, publisher's matching embossed board portfolio. A very fine copy of one of Carolee Campbell's flawless creations, with... Read More
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75 Life Lines
by BROUGHTON, James
(Highlands, NC): Jargon Society, 1988. First edition. One of 75 specially bound copies signed by Broughton, Jonathan Williams, who wrote the introduction, and Joel Singer, who designed the covers. As new.. Oblong 8vo, frontispiece, cloth & pictorial boards. As new.
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A Long Undressing. Collected Poems 1949-1969
by BROUGHTON, James
N. Y.: Jargon Society, 1971. First edition. Jargon 55. One of 100 specially bound numbered copies signed by Broughton. Fine copy. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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The Gallery
by BURNS, John Horne
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1947). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Burns to his literary agent, Helen Strauss: "For Helen Strauss the best literary agent in the world. Without her understanding this just wouldn't have been possible. Affectionately, John Horne Burns, New York, 14 July 1947". A gracious inscription to his literary agent, who had tried desperately to find a publisher for The Gallery. However, as David Margolick put it... Read More
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Compression Wood
by BURROUGHS, Franklin
(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 1999. First separate edition of this essay which was originally published in The American Scholar in 1998 & selected for inclusion in The Anthology of Best American Essays for 1999. One of 85 specially bound copies signed by Burroughs & Gill, with an original frontispiece etching by Bryan Nash Gill, out of a total edition of 500 copies printed under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy. Franklin Burroughs is... Read More
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Passion or Conquest
by BURROUGHS, Franklin
(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2001. First edition of Burroughs' superb 57-page essay on Audubon. One of 400 copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy and bound in wrappers out of a total edition of 500 copies. As new. 8vo, illustrated in color, original green paper wrappers. As new.
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Passion or Conquest
by BURROUGHS, Franklin
(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2001. First edition of this long essay on John James Audubon by the author of Billy Watson's Croker Sack. One of 100 numbered copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy and signed by the author. As new. 8vo, illustrated in color, original green boards, dust jacket. As new.
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Letters To Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
by BURROUGHS, William
N. Y.: Full Court Press, (1982). First edition. One of only 100 copies signed by Burroughs. Very fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece, cloth, dust jacket. Very fine copy.
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