(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
(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
Longwood, FL: Christopherr-Burghardt Associates, 1990. First edition. Paperback original, in dust jacket. INSCRIBED on title page, "For Allen Mears/ with best regards/ Bruce Aufhammer/ 6/10/91." 8vo white pictorial paperwraps printed in black on front and spine only; matching dust jacket with additional text on rear panel (both flaps blank); presumably..... Item #72225 More
(Madison, Minn.): The American Writers against the Vietnam War / The Sixties Press, 1966. First edition. Expurgated due to lack of permission to include Cummings poems. This copy with formerly blacked-out portions on cover and several pages softened to gray so that while a tad messy they are nonetheless readable..... Item #72089 More
New York: Harbinger House, (1942). First edition. Poetry collection from the "King of Greenwich Village Bohemians" who descended into dereliction after making a name for himself in the 1920s and '30s (Wikipedia). ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, "To [William] Saroyan/ A poet to another poet/ --- is there/ any difference?/ Maxwell Bodenheim."..... Item #55982 More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1917. First edition. Poetry published in American magazines from October 1916 - September 1917; as well as lists of volumes of poetry published during the same period and of selected books about poets and poetry, etc. Brown cloth spine, brown paper boards, printed paper labels..... Item #55648 More
(Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995). First edition and only edition. A paperback original. Issued in "The Modern Canadian Poets Series." INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on title page, "for Allen Mears,/ with all good wishes,/ Robert Bringhurst/ Vancouver November 1995." Photocopies of letter from Bringhurst to Mears and of Mears response laid..... Item #55637 More
![Item #55877 THE OLD IN THEIR KNOWING; [Signed limited edition, additionally inscribed]. Robert...](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55877.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585003508)
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition. Number 52 of 200 SIGNED and numbered copies. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on the title page, "for Allen Mears: / an ancient bottle of old wine / Robert Bringhurst / 6 October 2005." A sequence of 12 poems and translations by Bringhurst based on pre-Socratic..... Item #55877 More
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005. First edition. The Center for Book Art's innovative 30th-anniversary publication. Number 3 of 75 copies SIGNED BY BRINGHURST (poet), HENRY (printer), KYLE (designer), and RICHARD MINSKY, The Center's founder and the project's coordinator. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears,/ who..... Item #55884 More
![Item #55513 SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories & Poems; [uncorrected proof]. Charles Bukowski](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55513.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1579125643)
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Uncorrected proof in beige softcover wrappers listing a publication date of June 1, 1990. Proof reader's ink marks (in the copy vs. original) scattered throughout. Near fine with lower front corner lightly bumped and subtle toning to spine extending slightly to covers..... Item #55513 More
London: The O.T.O., 1946. First edition. Selections from his poetry covering the years 1897-1946 published by the occult Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), of which Crowley was an influential member. In the rare Frieda Harris-designed dust jacket (Harris also illustrated his BOOK OF TOTH). One of only 500 copies. Quarto gilt-stamped..... Item #71679 More
(Amador City: Quintessence Publications, 1981). First edition. Number 4 of 100 numbered copies, per the colophon. Drew's poem printed by Marlan Beilke at his Quintessence press, inscribed beneath the colophon on verso, "For Marlan Beilke, who prints my Irish poem, teaches me ever more about our poet Jeffers, brightens my..... Item #72256 More
Grants Pass, Oregon: Castle Peak Editions, 1992. First edition, the simultaneous paperwraps issue of which there were only 200 copies. (An additional 100 copies were issued in hardcover.) Quarto glossy white perfect-bound paperwraps printed in blue; 441 pages including index. Essays, poems and reminiscences by friends, scholars, and fellow poets..... Item #55770 More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997, 1998, and 2000. First edition thus: each volume includes a selection of uncollected and previously unpublished poems. Volumes I and III in the deluxe hardcover edition of 100 copies (numbered 57 & 95, respectively). Volume II in the hardcover trade issue, of which there..... Item #55687 More
(Stanford: Stanford University Press), 1986 - 1988. First edition. High-quality copy of an advance typescript draft preceding publication of the book by two years, INSCRIBED BY EVERSON ON TITLE PAGE, "Specially inscribed for John Knight/ who helped mightily in [expediting] this project/ Bill Everson/ July 21, 1986/ Kingfisher Flat." Perfect-bound..... Item #72530 More
New York: Doubleday, 1967. First edition. INSCRIBED BY ANTONINUS on half-title page, "Inscribed for Ray and Chris Howe/ in appreciation for these/ days with Trenton State Museum,/ the many journeyings to far/ colleges, the many long/ conversations, and the joust/ with Alan Burke!/ Brother Antoninus/ April 7, 1968/ Pennington N.J."..... Item #55686 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
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
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
(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
Saint Paul, Minn. Bieler Press, (1982). First edition. Number 126 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED BY FOSS AND SCHANILEC. Printed on dampened Gutenberg laid paper with covers of plain hand-made bark paper from Mexico. Laid in printed paper chemise. An attractive, understated production. Fine. Item #55509 More
Various places: Various publishers, 1978 - 2007. Collection assembled by Allen K. Mears. Includes 2-page TLS from Gallagher with extensive handwritten portion and two enclosures; Autograph Postcard Signed from Gallagher; 4 books (2 are later printings) signed and/or inscribed by Gallagher; a broadside signed by Gallagher; a few items of..... Item #56185 More
San Francisco: (Grabhorn Press), 1943. First edition. One of 100 copies privately printed for Schwabacher in May 1943. His personal selections from the poetry of William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, et al. 4to tan cloth-backed paper-covered boards with dolphin patterned design printed in orange and pale orange..... Item #55492 More
Cambridge, et al: Granta Publications, 1980 to 2014. First edition of the "new series" issues 2 - 126 lacking issues 3, 13, 14, 20, 49, 63, 104, and with 4th edition of issue 1 published May, 1994 (originally published 1979) and 2nd edition of "The Granta Book of Family." In..... Item #54388 More