New York: Knopf, (1991). First edition. Final installment in the three-volume series on the life and work of Georgia O’Keefe (1987-1986) covering the years from 1916-1932. Folio gray linen boards stamped in silver on spine; illustrated with 91 full-color plates including the frontis; 130 pages plus list of plates. Includes..... Item #71964 More
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1981 PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER, CHRIS FELVER.
No-place: No-publisher, (1981). First edition. Felver’s piercing black-and-white photograph of Burroughs. 11 x 14" with image measuring a little over 8.5 x 11.5" -- SIGNED BY FELVER on front at lower right corner just beneath the image and stamped on back with Felver's copyright notice and handwritten date (1981). Presumed..... Item #71729 More
2006 CENTER BROADSIDES READING SERIES; [Portfolio of 12 Signed Broadsides].
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2006). First edition. One of 50 copies (each broadside with stated limitation of 100 however, according to Sarah Nicholls, Program Coordinator for the Center, only 50 were to be made). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio..... Item #55776 More
ANABASIS; [Signed, limited edition with original signed etching].
München [Munich]: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1982. First edition. German-language graphic novel of sorts with the narrative conveyed only by the pictures and their titles, which appear on opposing pages, by the award-winning German poet and artist Christoph Meckel (1935-2020). Number 24 of 80 SIGNED, numbered copies with ORIGINAL SIGNED PRINT..... Item #71931 More
APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS [Limited edition broadside poem].
[San Francisco: Peter Koch, 1986]. First edition, second printing per Broomfield [A87b] but certainly the first printing in this form. ONE OF ONLY 11 COPIES SIGNED BY KOCH. Issued from the same setting of type as the James Linden production which featured 4 mounted photographs by Michael Mundy and the..... Item #71855 More
BILLY RAY'S FARM: With Engravings by Barry Moser.
Decatur, Georgia: Wisteria Press, 1997. First edition. Letter "Z" of 26 COPIES BOUND IN FULL LEATHER and housed in handmade clamshell box, each copy SIGNED BY BROWN AND MOSER and with TWO LOOSE LITHOGRAPHS SIGNED BY MOSER in glassine envelope laid in (one is the frontispiece illustration, the other appears..... Item #53542 More
CENTER BROADSIDES 2004 READING SERIES; [Portfolio of 12 Signed Broadsides].
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2004). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings at the Center by established and emerging..... Item #55775 More
CENTER BROADSIDES 2005 READING SERIES; [Portfolio of 12 Signed Broadsides].
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2005). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center’s binder-in-residence. Produced in honor..... Item #55773 More
CRACKED SIDEWALKS.
Sherman Oaks: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. Number 27 of 65 SIGNED numbered copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY WAGENER to collector Allen K. Mears, "For Allen / With Best Regards / Richard Wagener / 1/15/07" and – though not called for -- with separate suite of 4 loose SIGNED..... Item #55876 More
THE GRAPHIC WORK OF PHILLIP EVERGOOD
New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. First edition. Number 96 of 150 SIGNED copies. With an original SIGNED etching, "Girl with Sunflowers" laid in. Foreword by Abram Lerner & "Proem: An Opinion" by James A. Michener. 160 pages with 117 drawings and 59 prints in black and white. Also contains a...... Item #53159 More
LA VIE ARTISTIQUE [ARTISTIC LIFE]: 8 volumes, the complete series.
First edition. French language. Eight volumes in French-style paperwraps with covers printed in red and black. Geffroy's impressions, criticism, and reviews of art and artists of the day. Each volume covers the Paris Salons of the period (the first, published in 1892, covers the 1890 and 1891 Salons, and so..... Item #71544 More
LITTLE MOVIE WITHOUT A MIDDLE; [Limited edition signed broadside print].
[Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. “Palaemon Broadside Number Eight.” Broadside poem printed in black and dark orange on buff-colored heavy paper measuring 9 x 12." Number 89 of 100 SIGNED numbered copies (of 126 copies total). Fine. Item #71850 More
MISSING IN ACTION.
(Lexington, KY: Joe Petro III, 2004). First edition. "Vonnegut's searing and wry recounting [that] laid the foundation for his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five" (publisher Joe Petro). Prints Vonnegut's heartbreaking May 29, 1945, letter to his parents informing them he is no longer missing in action and recounting his capture and escape..... Item #53795 More
MUSEMAIL ONE: Nine Postcards for the Nine Muses.
St. Paul: Center for Internationalising English (CIE), 1975. First edition. Nine postcards each measuring approximately 4.125 x 6.25” with colorful portrait on front and text on back including a quote from each subject (e.g., “I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man”-- Robinson..... Item #72086 More
THE OFFICE; [BOOK & ORIGINAL PAINTING].
Joe Servello. (Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications), (1987.). Original uncut version, first edition thus. One of 450 numbered copies SIGNED BY PHILIP JOSE FARMER, who wrote the foreword for this edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL, SIGNED PAINTING BY JOE SERVELLO used for the dust jacket..... Item #54963 More
ORIGINAL CARICATURE DRAWING OF TRUMAN CAPOTE; Signed by the artist.
1977. Original pen-and-ink drawing on 11 x 14" illustration board depicting Capote as a 1930s gangster wearing a pinstripe suit with combat-style U.S.-flag patch on his left arm, a banded fedora atop his head, and carrying a machine-gun style "violin" case with what looks to be an F-16 protruding from..... Item #56034 More
ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK DRAWING WITH WATERCOLOR WASH; ["You may not live to be 100. But you'll feel like it ... Brother, you'll feel like it."]
No-place: No-publisher, 1962. On approximately 8.125 x 10.75" off-white cardstock with image covering lower third. Dated "Nov 11. 62" at top right and boldly inscribed, "Brad: 'Believe it or not'...this is Staggs recipe for longevity. Abstain from tea, coffee, alcohol, and sex (after 39) ... stay on a strict diet..... Item #72052 More
"TEXAS IS RICH IN UNREDEEMED DREAMS" [From IN A NARROW GRAVE].
Austin: Texas Library Association / Encino Press, [1971]. First edition and the only edition. REPORTEDLY UNAUTHORIZED. Large, 19 x 25" broadside poster designed and printed by William Wittliff at The Encino Press featuring an excerpt from McMurtry's IN A NARROW GRAVE ("Texas is rich in unredeemed dreams, and now that..... Item #42082 More
THEY MADE THEIR DREAMS FOR THEMSELVES: Plaster Bas Relief Sculpture of Robinson and Una Jeffers.
[Pacific Grove, CA]: (2005). First edition. Number 27 of a stated 75 numbered plaster bas relief sculptures of the couple in profile. Approximately 13 x 13 x 1"; with numbered, printed label on back along with embedded wire hook for hanging and two felt circles. Housed in original numbered white..... Item #55469 More
VALENTINE'S DAY AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL; [Limited edition signed broadside print].
No-place: Richard Bigus / Neville & Yellin, 1978. First edition. Stated limitation 200 copies. SIGNED BY ROSENBERG. Broadside poem printed in black and red on off-white heavy paper measuring approximately 14.75 x 21.5". “Designed and printed by Richard Bigus during the fall of 1978 for [Maurice] Neville & [Herb] Yellin..... Item #71851 More