One Hundred Years of Solitude
by GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel
N. Y.: Harper & Row, 1970. First edition, first state dust jacket, with the exclamation point in the first paragraph of the jacket copy. This copy inscribed by Garcia Marquez on the dedication page following the printed dedication which reads "for jomi garcia ascot and maria luisa elio, to which Garcia Marquez has added: ", y para El Terrific Gabriel / 93. A fine copy in dust jacket which is very slightly rubbed. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket.... Read More
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Blues. An Anthology. Edited by W. C. Handy. With an Introduction by Abbe Niles. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias
by [GERSHWIN, George] HANDY, W. C.
N. Y.: Albert and Charles Boni, 1926. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by George Gershwin to Hellen Ingram Merrill, the wife of Charles Merrill, founder of Merrill Lynch, and the mother of the poet James Merrill, on the front free endpaper: “To Hellen - All the best on her birthday from George Gershwin”. Beneath his inscription, Gershwin has written a single bar of music, followed by the identification “Rhapsody in Blue” and the date August 14, 1926. The particular... Read More
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Krindlesyke
by GIBSON, Wilfrid
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Gibson to Thomas Hardy on the front free endpaper: "To Thomas Hardy / in homage / from Wilfrid Gibson / 1922. Extreme fore-tips lightly bumped, offset on free endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket, stained on the front panel. With Hardy's Max Gate booklabel on the front pastedown. 8vo, original tan boards, printed paper spine label, dust jacket. Extreme fore-tips... Read More
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Collected Poems
by GILBERT, Jack
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First edition. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Kochan. With Four Poems by Michiko Nogami
by GILBERT, Jack
Syracuse, NY: Tamarack Editions, (1984). First edition. One of 250 copies printed on Mulberry rice paper, this copy an unnumbered out-of-series copy marked "Review Copy" on the colophon page. Fine copy. 12mo, original Manilla hemp wrappers. Fine copy.
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The Great Fires. Poems 1982-1992
by GILBERT, Jack
N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Signed by Gilbert. Very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Very fine copy.
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Kochan. With Four Poems by Michiko Nogami
by GILBERT, Jack
Syracuse, NY: Tamarack Editions, (1984). First edition. One of 26 lettered hardcover copies signed by the poet out of a total edition of 326 copies. One of Gilbert's retained copies. Fine copy. 12mo, original cloth-backed boards. Fine copy.
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Kochan. With Four Poems by Michiko Nogami
by GILBERT, Jack
Syracuse, NY: Tamarack Editions, (1984). First edition. One of 250 numbered copies printed on Mulberry rice paper. One of Gilbert's retained copies. Fine copy. 12mo, original Manilla hemp wrappers. Fine copy.
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Views of Jeopardy. Foreword by Dudley Fitts
by GILBERT, Jack
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1962. First edition of Gilbert's first book. One of the poet's retained copies, initialed by him on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Monolithos. Poems, 1962-1982
by GILBERT, Jack
N. Y.: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Signed by Gilbert. Fine copy.. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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Firstborn
by GLUCK, Louise
(N. Y.): New American Library, (1968). First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's scarce first book. A fine copy. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. A fine copy.
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Proofs & Theories. Essays on Poetry
by GLUCK, Louise
(Hopewell, N. J.): Ecco Press, (1994). First edition. Signed by Gluck. Very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Very fine copy.
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Lyric Verse: A Printer's Choice. Compiled & Printed by David R. Godine
by GODINE, David
(Lunenberg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press), 1966. First edition. One of 280 copies printed on Tweedweave paper out of a total editiion of 500 copies. A fine copy. Tall 8o, original quarter linen and marbled boards, publisher's cloth slipcase. A fine copy.
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The Slumbering Virgin. Illustrated with 10 elimination linocuts, and a linocut
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1958. Chambers 2. First edition of the first book to have the Gogmagog Press imprint, a set of unbound proof sheets laid into a blue paper folder, with a short typed note signed by Cox reading, "The Slumbering Virgin / A set of proofs / presented to Arnold Yates, Esq., / by the author / Morris Cox / August 1960" laid-in.
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Poems 1970-1971. Illustrated with 8 reverse/direct offset prints
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1972. Chambers 22. Copy number 49 of 50 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Japanese handmade Kozu-shi, bound in black paper boards covered in Japanese Amime net-mesh handmade paper with a pink Japanese handmade paper spine and acetate dust jacket.
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Selected Early Poems. Illustrated with an original embossed offset double-page print
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1970. Chambers d. First edition thus, privately issued. These poems were "first published under the title of The Whirligig and Other Poems in 1954 by Routledge & Kegan Paul (London). Cox rebound the original sheets from that edition with an original signed print, and issued the book privately. Copy number 19 of 35 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by the author on the print, bound in Japanese handmade Kyoseishi paper boards with... Read More
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Intimidations of Mortality: Poems on Victorian Themes With Psychological Implications
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1977. Chambers 29. Copy number 58 of 90 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Hodgkinson's and Japanese Mingei handmade papers. Red-brown Mingei paper boards with black and white title and designs by Cox and acetate dust jacket.
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From a London Suburb. Illustrated with a double-page-spread title-page reverse-offset print from lace and four reverse/direct offset prints on colored papers
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1975. Chambers 25. Copy number 2 of 24 copies, numbered and signed by the author on the colophon. Corrie Guyt's copy. Printed on Japanese handmade Yamato-Chiri and Mingei papers, bound in green silk boards with acetate dust jacket. Laid in is a long TLS, 1 page, 4to, 28 November 1975, from the author to "Corrie" who provided some of the silk for the bindings: "You will see that I have bound the book in some of... Read More
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Forty-five Untitled Poems. Illustrated with 6 double-page embossed reverse/direct offset prints
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1969. Chambers 21. Copy number 34 of 50 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Text on brown Cha-uke and prints on white Shoji Japanese handmade papers. Bound in brown Sugikawa paper boards with acetate dust jacket. Prospectus laid-in.
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The Slumbering Virgin. Illustrated with 10 elimination linocuts, and a linocut
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1958. First edition of the first book to have the Gogmagog Press imprint. Chambers 2. Copy number 21 of 30 copies on cream wove paper, out of a total edition of 45 copies, bound in quarter maroon cloth, with natural boards, numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Regrettably lacking the small label from the front cover, with glue residue in its former place (approximately 1 x 2 inches), otherwise a fine... Read More
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14 Triads. Illustrated with 3 offset prints
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. Chambers 18. One of 60 copies out of a total edition of edition of 100 copies, bound in Rakusuki paper boards, numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on damped Japanese Hososhi, with illustrations on blue Mingei.
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Studio Book: 50 Original Colourprint. Illustrated with 50 reverse/direct prints in a variety of styles
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1980. Chambers 33. Copy number 17 of 35 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author and Colin Franklin on the colophon. Printed on Japanese Hosho and Kuzo-shi papers bound by Morris Cox and Gemma O'Connor in natural silk boards with brown designs, in paste-patterned paper slipcase with orange draw ribbon.
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The Warrior and the Maiden. Illustrated with 10 reverse-offset linocuts in black on colored backgrounds printed from the offset-sheet
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. Chambers 19. Copy number 13 of 65 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Barcham Green Dover Castle handmade paper, bound in natural felt boards with orange flame pattern at covers. Japanese endpapers, matching paper slipcase with silk draw ribbon. Prospectus laid-in. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of... Read More
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In Line: 8 Collages by Morris Cox, and In Line: Poems by Alan Tucker to 8 Collages by Morris Cox
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris, and TUCKER, Alan
London: Gogmagog Press, 1988. Chambers 70. Copy number 34 of 50 copies, numbered and signed in ink by Tucker and Cox. Green cloth boards, printed on Japanese handmade paper. In green cloth slipcase with black paper sides. 2 volumes, illustrated with a total of 10 double-page and one single-page collages.
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Mummers' Fool. Illustrated with a frontispiece hand-colored offset print and 6 double-page reverse/direct offset prints
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
London: Gogmagog Press, 1965. Chambers 13. Copy number 53 of 60 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Barcham Green Roger Powell handmade paper, bound in quarter natural linen with paper boards containing actual dried grasses under transparent tissue paper. Prospectus laid-in.
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