A Miscellany of Type Compiled at Whittington
(Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1990). First edition. One of 55 deluxe copies, specially bound, and with a separate portfolio, out of a total edition of 530 copies printed. The broadsides include items from the Press's collection of handmade papers acquired from the Oxford University Press, and four items assembled by Erik Voss. They include marbled paper samples for the Press of Colleen Gryspeerdt a hand-colored illustration by Carmen Voss, a signed Miriam Macgregor wood-engraving, and three blocks designed for... Read More
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Kenneth Patchen: A Collection
Deep River, CT: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, (2021). First (only) edition of this booksellers catalogue devoted to the work of the poet Kenneth Patchen. The catalogue consists of 95 items including books and paintings. The collection was offered for sale en bloc and purchased by a major institiutional library. A useful reference. As new. 8vo, illustrated, original pictorial wrappers. As new.
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Catgut and Blossom. Jonathan Williams In England
London: Coracle Press, 1989. First edition of this tribute to Williams which includes contributions by Glen Baxter, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Spike Hawkins, R.. B. Kitaj, Roy Fisher, Charles Tomlinson, Edwin Morgan, Simon Cutts, among many others. Mint.. Oblong small 8vo, illustrated with drawings & photographs, pictorial boards. B. Kitaj, Roy Fisher, Charles Tomlinson, Edwin Morgan, Simon Cutts, among many others. Mint.
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Original photographic portrait of Rene Crevel
by ABBOTT, Berenice
c. 1929. Signed by Abbott in pencil on mount below image. Fine. Original silver print, 6 3/4 x 9 inches, mounted, matted & framed. Fine.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Three Tenant Families
by AGEE, James & Walker EVANS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition of "one of the great photography books of the 20th century - but one that languished on the trash heap for almost a quarter of a century before being recognized by the public. . . . The book juxtaposes Walker Evans's straightforward black-and-white documents, most of them portraits, with Agee's heated, often stream-of-consciousness text. Together these two viewpoints provide a glimpse into the 'cruel radiance' of life in the Deep South during... Read More
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Permit Me Voyage. With A Foreword By Archibald MacLeish
by AGEE, James
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. First edition of Agee's scarce first book, a collection of poems. Tipped to the front free endpaper is a slip of paper on which is inscribed a note from Stephen Vincent Benét: "Dear Miss Locke, Here is the Macleish book, my sister's, and one by a young poet who, I think, has great promise, Merry Xmas to you both! Stephen Vincent Benét.. Spine a little faded, inch-deep strip at top of the back... Read More
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The Morning Watch
by AGEE, James
Roma: Botteghe Oscure VI, 1950. First (separate) edition of Agee's autobiographical first novel, printed for private circulation in its entirety. One of an unrecorded number of offprints from Marguerite Caetani's distinguished literary journal Botteghe Oscure. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "to Bob Edwards / with warm good wishes / Jim Agee". The novel was not published until 1951 when Houghton Mifflin brought it out in the United States. A story of adolescent crisis, based on Agee's... Read More
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6 Mid-American Chants. 11 Midwest Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh. A Note on Anderson's Poetry by Edward Dahlberg. To Sherwood Anderson, in Heaven, a poem by Frederick Eckman
by ANDERSON, Sherwood
Highlands, NC: Nantahala Foundation Jonathan Williams, 1964. First edition, published as Jargon 45. One of 1550 copies printed. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page by the photographer to Paul Caponigro: "To you Paul, in appreciation of your love of the Landscape, Art Sinsabaugh." One of America's finest photographers, Sinsabaugh's work has been less well known than that of some of his less interesting contemporaries. However, the recent retrospective exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute and the accompanying monograph have... Read More
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Family Album. Poems
by ANDREWS, Betty
(Sherman Oaks, CA: Ninja Press, 1991. First edition. Limited to 120 copies printed in two colors in handset Spectrum on dampened vintage T. H. Saunders paper and bound in handmade papers "strewn with dried wild flowers from the Richard de Bas paper mill in Ambert, France.. A very fine copy. Oblong 4to, original handmade paper wrappers. A very fine copy.
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14 Poets, 1 Artist. December 12-14, 1958, New York
by (ANTHOLOGY)
(Highlands, NC: Jargon Society), 1958. First edition. Jargon 31. One of 1000 copies. A "New York Portfolio" with poems by Paul Blackburn, Bob Brown, Edward Dahlberg, Max Finstein, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Denise Levertov, Walter Lowenfels, Edward Marshall, E. A. Navaretta, Joel Oppenheimer, Gilbert Sorrentino, Jonathan Williams, & Louis Zukofsky; poets' portraits by Fielding Dawson. Jaffe B1. Presentation copy from Max Finstein to his wife, Rena, inscribed: "For Rena - as if you weren't busy enough, Max. Fine copy.... Read More
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14 Poets, 1 Artist. December 12-14, 1958, New York
by (ANTHOLOGY)
(Highlands, NC: Jargon Society), 1958. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A "New York Portfolio" with poems by Paul Blackburn, Bob Brown, Edward Dahlberg, Max Finstein, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Denise Levertov, Walter Lowenfels, Edward Marshall, E. A. Navaretta, Joel Oppenheimer, Gilbert Sorrentino, Jonathan Williams, & Louis Zukofsky; poets' portraits by Fielding Dawson. Jargon 31. Jaffe B1. Signed by Dawson on the envelope. Fine copy. DAWSON, Fielding. 8vo, loose sheets in folder, portraits by Fielding Dawson, original printed... Read More
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Boulevard Transportation
by [ART - BURCKHARDT] KATZ, Vincent & Rudy BURCKHARDT
N.Y.: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1997. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the artist and poet, and with an original photographic print, signed with the title "Rain Pavement" and dated 1995 in pencil on the back by Burckhardt, tipped in as a frontispiece. The image "Rain Pavement" is not one of the images reproduced in the book. A fine copy. Tall 8vo, illustrated with photographs by Rudy Burkhardt, original pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. ... Read More
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Locus Solus. (Edited by John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Harry Mathews & James Schuyler)
by ASHBERY, John, editor
(France): Locus Solus, (1960-1962). First edition, second (trimmed) state of the first volume. Kermani D3. The artist Nell Blaine's set, with her ownership signature on the title-page of each volume. With contributions by Barbara Guest, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Paul Blackburn, Kenneth Koch, Diane di Prima, James Merrill, among many others. Fine set of this important little magazine. 4 volumes, 8vo, original printed wrappers. Fine set of this important little magazine.
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Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat. The Dial-A-Poem Poets
by ASHBERY, John, et al.
New York City: Giorno Poetry Systems Records, 1980. First edition of this omnium-gatherum of spoken word recordings, nearly all recorded in NYC venues, ca. 1979-1980. The poets recorded include Ashbery (from "Litany", w/ Ann Lauterbach), Berrigan ("To Jack Kerouac"), Ron Padgett ("Zzzzz"), Eileen Myles ("Lorna & Vicki"), Paul Violi ("Whalefeathers"), John Cage, Burroughs (from Nova Express), Patti Smith ("Parade"), Ginsberg ("C.I.A. Dope Calypso"), Kathy Acker (from "The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec"), and Steve McCaffery ("Viking Log Part 2"),... Read More
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A collection of twenty-five books by John Ashbery, each inscribed by the poet to Pierre Martory
by ASHBERY, John
Pierre Martory [1920-1998] was a French poet and novelist, who made a career as the drama and music critic for Paris-Match. Ashbery met Martory in 1956, when he was in France on a Fulbright Fellowship, and the two writers lived together for nine years until 1965 when Ashbery returned to the USA. Ashbery dedicated two of his own books of poetry to Martory, including The Tennis Court Oath (1962) and Flow Chart (1991), and translated a number of Martory's... Read More
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The Kaiser's Children
by ASHBERY, John & Eric STOTIK
Portland: Charles Seluzicki, 1997. First edition of this eccentric collaboration in which Stotik's illustrations are paired with excerpts from Ashbery's poem, "Dreams of Adulthood". Limited to only 50 sets numbered and signed by Ashbery and Stotik. Fine copy. Small 8vo, 12 illustrations mounted on loose letterpress printed cards designed by Marc Blocker with faux gilt frames, in hand-colored folder with gold tassel. Fine copy.
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Turandot and other poems with four drawings by Jane Freilicher
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition of Ashbery's first book. One of 300 copies printed under the supervision of the artist Nell Blaine. Kermani A1. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page "To John B. / John Ashbery / 11/20/53 / 'What is it that you do,' I said, / 'And how is it you live?' / The answer trickled through his head / Like water through a sieve." Ashbery is here quoting four lines from "The... Read More
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Selected Writings, edited with an introduction by Miron Grindea
by BARNEY, Natalie Clifford
(London): Adams Books, (1963). First edition. One of 100 copies signed by Barney, this being press-numbered copy 9. The book was also issued in red boards. In addition to a selection from Barney's writings, this volume includes occasional pieces about her by Richard Aldington, George Painter, Renee Lang, Jean Cassou, Thornton Wilder, Lucienne Desnoues, Anne-Maraie Kegels, Yanette Deletang-Tardif, Bernard Berenson (from his letters to Barney), Georges Cattaui, Jean Royere, Edmond Jaloux, Samuel Putnam, Germaine Beaumont, George Antheil, Francis Mars,... Read More
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Blake and the Youthful Ancients, Being Portraits of William Blake and His Followers Engraved on Wood by Leonard Baskin and with A Biographical Note by Bennett Schiff
by BASKIN, Leonard
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1956. Limited to 50 copies signed by Baskin and with an additional presentation inscription by him on the colophon page. As Baskin noted in the Gehenna Press Bibliography: "This was the last book which was made with my hands, that cessation a benefaction since I was a compositor and pressman of no distinction. This book is an homage to Blake and the dear youths who plied him with honour in his late age. My... Read More
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Original pen-and-ink drawing of Walter and Mary Hamady's farm in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, 6 x 7 inches, with a pencil note in the lower margin in the artist's hand identifying the drawing as "The happy homestead of Mary Laird and Walter Hamady by Jack Beal" (no date, but 1975)
by BEAL, Jack
A superb pen-and-ink drawing, which was reproduced on the small broadside birth announcement of the Hamadys daughter Laura. The announcement is entitled "Laura Evans Hamady - Printer's Devil". Laura Hamady was born January 5, 1975, and the proud parents printed a broadside to mark the occasion. The broadside reads in part: "Mother Father & Daughter are well and thriving at home, pictured above in a view from the barn drawn by Laura's Uncle Jack who is so modest he... Read More
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Company. With 13 Etchings by Dellas Henke
by BECKETT, Samuel
(Iowa City: Iowa Center for the Book at The University of Iowa, 1983). First edition thus. One of 52 press-numbered copies signed by the author and the artist (the total edition) printed by hand on dampened Arches Cover paper by Cheryl Miller, L.J. Yanney, K.K. Merker and Cynthia Rymer. Berger 80. A very fine copy. Rare. Henke, Dellas. Folio, thirteen full-page etchings by Dellas Henke, original quarter black morocco, black morocco fore-tips, and paste paper over boards, speckled... Read More
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As the story was told
by BECKETT, Samuel
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1987. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 25 numbered copies signed by Beckett, the only signed issue of this book, out of a total edition of 325 copies printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, this is copy number 1. Very fine copy. Square 4to, original quarter morocco & paste-paper boards, publisher's slipcase. Very fine copy.
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Company... with 13 Etchings by Dellas Henke
by BECKETT, Samuel
(Iowa City: Iowa Center for the Book at The University of Iowa, 1983). First edition thus. One of 52 press-numbered copies signed by the author and the artist (the total edition) printed by hand on Arches Cover paper by Cheryl Miller, L.J. Yanney, K.K. Merker and Cynthia Rymer. Berger 80. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase, which is slightly sunned at the edges. Henke, Dellas. Folio, thirteen full-page etchings by Dellas Henke, quarter black morocco, black morocco fore-tips,... Read More
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The Roman Sonnets. Translated by Harold Norse. Preface by William Carlos Williams. Introduction by Alberto Moravia
by BELLI, Giuseppe Giachino
Highlands: Jonathan Williams, 1960. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Jargon 38. Fine copy.. 12mo, wrappers by Ray Johnson. Fine copy.
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Recent Visitors. Cover and drawings by George Schneeman
by BERKSON, Bill
(N. Y.): Angel Hair Books, (1973). First edition. Fine copy.. 4to, wrappers. Fine copy.
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