Northridge, Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Letter "W" of 26 lettered, specially bound copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. (There were also 125 signed numbered copies in a different binding.) 4to gilt-stamped three-quarter brown leather with simulated wood-grain marbled paper boards. Fine. Item #55677 More
Davis: Library Associates, (1979). First edition. Edited and with introduction by Sandra Kirschenbaum. Catalog for University of California Davis exhibition February 22 - April 10, 1979. Includes short biography of and statement by each printer as well as a photograph of each and examples from their works. Oblong, 11 x...... Item #55393 More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Deluxe issue. Number 36 of 50 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON beneath the colophon at rear and with SIGNED HOLOGRAPH POEM tipped in following the title page. (There were also 250 signed, numbered copies in slightly different binding without the holograph poem..... Item #55698 More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1986. First edition, limited issue. First separate appearance of Everson’s poem. Number 55 of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON, WIENER, & REAGH on colophon leaf (the first 10 copies were not for sale). Illustrated with five mounted black-and-white photographs of Everson – EACH ONE..... Item #55621 More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition, trade issue. SIGNED BY EVERSON. Preceded by the 1981 limited edition published by Everson and his Lime Kiln Press. Fine in fine dust jacket with faint sticker shadow on front flap. Item #55685 More
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1976. First edition. One of 1,000 softcover copies (there were an additional 500 copies issued simultaneously in hardcover). INSCRIBED BY EVERSON on first blank page, "To the Kresge Steno Pool/ who typed the manuscript/ Bill Everson/ July 19, 76/ Kresge." After leaving the Dominican Order, Everson was..... Item #55700 More
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1976. First edition. One of 500 hardcover copies (also issued in paperwraps). Although not called for, this copy SIGNED BY EVERSON on first blank page. Fine with only minor rubbing to tips; in very good or better dust jacket with few tiny, rubbed tears and rubbing to..... Item #55697 More
New Haven: Henry W. Wenning, 1966. First edition. Number 41 of 218 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON (the first 18 of which were reserved for friends of the poet and publisher). 8vo slender decorated paper boards; calf spine lettered in blind. Printed by Claude Fredericks on Kochi paper. Spine a bit..... Item #55688 More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. First separate edition, first edition thus. One of 125 SIGNED numbered copies of this illustrated single-sheet poetry broadside designed and printed by Henry Morris for the Lord John Press. Approximately 20 x 14". Suitable for framing. Fine. Item #55439 More
(New York): New Directions, (1974). First edition, simultaneous paperback issue. There was also a small hardback issue. INSCRIBED BY EVERSON, "To Betsy/ who heaved at this book/ on her trusty IBM/ with deep gratitude/ Bill Everson" His first published collection after leaving the Dominican Order in 1969. White paperwraps with..... Item #55760 More
Santa Barbara: Capra / Blue Oak Press, 1977. First edition. Number 96 of 100 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. Illustrated with drawings by Richard Hotchkiss and photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann. 8vo quarter brown cloth with natural linen covered boards and gilt-lettered spine; 44 pages plus colophon leaf followed by photo..... Item #55684 More
(Santa Cruz): Peter and Donna Thomas, 1995. First edition. Number 14 of 75 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHERS / ILLUSTRATOR (there were an additional seven lettered copies in boards). Posthumously published collection of six previously unpublished poems written from 1972 – 1974. Peter Thomas studied under Everson and was his..... Item #55620 More
Aromas, CA: Cayucos Books, 1973. #215/250 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Hand-bound by Cardoza-James Bindery, San Francisco, with a quarter-leather spine and decorated paper-covered boards. The type is Goudy Thirty, set by Mackenzie and Harris of San Francisco. The mould-made paper..... Item #55679 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. Author's first book. A great book about obsession with the New York Giants and Frank Gifford. Crisp and fine with only the lightest of rubbing to edges; in near fine dust jacket with just a few tiny nicks and touch of light..... Item #53965 More
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1934). First edition. TWO-PAGE INSCRIPTION (recipient not named) beginning on the front endpaper and continuing on the pastedown -- "Here are some of my first stories, written between 1927 and 1934. They contain -- obvious to a reader who is fair minded and intelligent --..... Item #54602 More
New York: Theodor Herzl Press, 1958. First edition. "Farrell's observations made in the course of a recent study trip to Israel" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY FARRELL on the front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With fraternal regards/ Jim Farrell." Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979) was a social..... Item #72769 More
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New York: The Vanguard Press, (1956). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Charles & Mrs. Zimmerman/ With warm regards / Jim Farrell." Both Zimmerman and Farrell were prominent members of various socialist parties who corresponded from at least 1948 to 1961. Farrell referred to Zimmerman as his “old friend and comrade.” Very..... Item #71957 More
New York: The Modern Library, (1938). Later printing, circa 1950s, of Modern Library Giant G41. Collects the three volumes in Farrell's "Studs Lonigan" trilogy: Young Lonigan; The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan; and Judgment Day. INSCRIBED TO CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN on front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With affectionate regards/ Jim..... Item #72762 More
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1947). First editions thus: with new introductions by Farrell. Published one per month from February to May 1947. “MY DAYS OF ANGER concludes the tetralogy dealing with the history of the O’Neill and O’Flaherty families” (from Farrell’s introduction). Note: The eventual fifth and final volume in..... Item #72763 More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1945 – 1948). Inscribed association copies of 1940s reprints (first published in the 1930s). From the collection of famed sportswriter Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman. ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED TO ZIMMERMAN’S FATHER, CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN, Farrell’s “old friend and comrade.” Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979)..... Item #72760 More
New York: Random House, (1951). First edition. Gilt spine lettering a little dulled otherwise near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with touch of light soiling, spine ends nicked and rubbed and spine slightly toned. Item #54044 More
New York: Random House, (1957). First edition. First issue in red cloth with gray threaded endpapers and gray top edge stain. In presumed second-issue dust jacket (priced correctly and with photo of Faulkner on back but without the "5/57" at base of front flap). Near fine in very good to..... Item #48568 More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First edition. Introduction and notes Arthur Mizener. Near fine with foxing to page fore edges and a few spots on front endpapers; in lightly soiled dust jacket a little tanned on spine edges but otherwise near fine. Item #54102 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, second or third printing with battered type to pp. 38, 248, and 90. Few small spots of foxing, pastedowns mildly darkened, few roughly opened leaves at front; otherwise bright and near fine lacking original dust jacket but with facsimile provided. Item #56128 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. A play. 8vo green cloth boards. Front endpaper neatly repaired at hinge, gilt spine lettering perished otherwise quite good with corners sharp and binding strong. Lacking dust jacket. Item #54000 More