(San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982). First edition thus: Number 12 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased..... Item #71816 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. First U.S. edition with imprint of New York printer at base of copyright page. First issue sheets without "October" on copyright page; in second issue binding [Richards A58]. Short stories and a poem. 8vo half light-olive cloth stamped in gilt and black, dark-olive cloth lettered..... Item #54277 More

Boston: Alfred Bartlett / (The Village Press), No-date [1905]. Second edition. But first edition to be printed by the Goudys at their Village Press. Corrects several mistakes in the printing done by Carl Rollins. Both editions and a third done by Cornhill Press in 1909 were unauthorized printings of Kipling's..... Item #55777 More

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1961). First edition. Her first book, a collection of poetry. INSCRIBED on first page and on her laid-in business card "to Elaine and Sam, her guardian angels." Very good in pictorial paperwraps (a simultaneous hardback was also published) with minor fading on spine and edges and..... Item #54401 More

Woodside, Heyeck Press, 1990. First edition. The Flowering Quince Poetry Series Number 6. One of 200 copies handsewn in “Heyeck hand marbled paper” from a total edition of 950 (the rest were issued in plain gray stapled wraps). Although not called for, this copy SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on page preceding..... Item #71934 More

Chicago: [Privately Printed], 1919. First edition, and only one. Printed by Carbery & Reed. "[A] subscription (or mug book) sold to the men included in the text. Unknown number of copies" [Bruccoli & Layman A10]. Limericks by Lardner illustrated with caricatures by various "regular cartoonists" of friends and/or associates, mostly..... Item #54556 More

Williamsburgh: Heron Press, 1971. First edition. Number 88 of 200 numbered copies. Poems by Lavin illustrated with woodcuts by Chandler, who also designed and printed the book. Slender folio beige cloth boards with gilt-stamped red leather spine label. Bottom front corner bumped otherwise near fine. Issued without dust jacket. Item #45673 More

(Northampton): Gehenna Press, 1958. First edition. Scarce offering from the Gehenna Press. Prints Leyda's poem about the home of Emily Dickinson in black alternating with lines in red from the house's deed. Wood engraving by Lockwood of Dickinson printed on tissue. Number 102 of a stated 100 copies SIGNED BY..... Item #53657 More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1908) [circa 1929]. Later printing. Illustrated with color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth, "Hiawatha's Fishing," drawings in the margins by Remington, and with the full-plate Remington illustrations from the 1890 edition reduced to head pieces for bordered plates with text. In dust jacket with MAXFIELD PARRISH illustration..... Item #71765 More

(Greenfield Center / Cuttack, India): (Greenfield Review Press) / Chandrabhaga Society, (1980 & 1982). First edition of each. Prints the 12-part epic poem considered to be his best. Winner of India’s prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award -- the first English-language book of poetry to receive the award. TWO VOLUMES: the true..... Item #72135 More

Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles, 1974 - 1976. First edition, first printing of DEVOTION. "22," is a second printing. Whole issues of Sparrow 22 and 48, respectively. Both in stapled wraps. A fine set. Item #55124 More

Penmaen / Black Sparrow Press: Lincoln / Los Angeles, 1974 - 1978. First edition, first printing of each of the volumes except "22," which is a second printing. FOUR OF THE VOLUMES SIGNED by Malanga (all but ROSEBUD are signed). All are in soft cover, with "22," "Devotion," and "This..... Item #55121 More