![JEFFERS: Some Recollections of Robinson Jeffers; [Proof sheets in trial covers]. Ward Ritchie,...](/pictures/thumb/55842.jpg?v=1583205091)
Laguna Beach, Ca: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1977. First edition. Unstitched folded proof sheets in trial covers with marbled paper design differing from that on other copies examined and THREE DIFFERENT TITLE PAGES – one with color blocking matching that in the finished book, one with the brown blocking a little..... Item #55842 More
![VALENTINE'S DAY AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL; [Limited edition signed broadside print]. L. M. Rosenberg](/pictures/thumb/71851.JPG?v=1651095209)
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
![Bookwork: "An Instauration for Gaspereau Press" [Broadside Poem]. Peter Sanger, Gaspereau Press](/pictures/thumb/55979.jpg?v=1592180113)
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press, 2004. First edition. Limited edition broadside poem. Number 172 of 200 signed by Sanger, who wrote the poem to commemorate the grand opening of the new Gaspereau Press printshop on September 9, 2004. Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Andrew Steeves on a...... Item #55979 More
Baltimore, MD: The Norman, Remington Co., (1917). First edition, limited issue -- so stated but without any quantity noted. With thirty-eight illustrations in color, and black and white, including a colored portrait of John H. B. Latrobe painted by Thomas Sully. Bound in green cloth pictorial boards with bright, gold..... Item #52388 More
Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. Printed at the Janus Press. Number 218 of 300 copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, who translated the folk songs herein from the collections first made by Bartok and Kodaly (1906 and 1929, respectively). Illustrated with decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Stiff, unlettered, tan paperwraps, with..... Item #54275 More
San Francisco: James Linden, 1986. First edition. Designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. Number 17 of 50 numbered copies (of a total edition of 226), SIGNED BY SNYDER AND MUNDY. There were also 150 unsigned copies and 26 lettered copies. Snyder's broadside poem, "Tree Song," signed by him beneath..... Item #55387 More
(London: Turret Books / Steam Press, 1973). First edition. Number 30 of only 100 copies (of 1,000 in total) SIGNED by Steadman and Lucie-Smith. A six-line poem by Lucie-Smith illustrated by Steadman: "The virile rabbit has no use / For solitary self-abuse. / He copulates with dash and vim; /..... Item #53290 More
London: Turret Books, (1972). First edition. Number 66 of 100 SIGNED copies (of 1,000 copies in total). Poem by Smith and illustrations by Steadman and signed by both. Minor creasing otherwise bright and fine in stiff paperwraps (oblong, 8 x 10"). This copy also INSCRIBED by Smith to an old..... Item #53291 More
[Tucson: Furtherrr], 2015. First edition. A remarkable rendition in bronze of Ralph Steadman's iconic image of Hunter S. Thompson's most infamous character. ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES, numbered and signed by Steadman in the bronze. Approximately 22 inches high, 34 inches wide and 26 inches long, including wood base. San..... Item #54263 More
Portland, Maine: Coyote Love Press, 1985. First edition. #191/300 as issued. Printed on Mohawk letterpress and sewn into green Fabriano wraps. Three beautiful woodcuts by Mary Azarian and a nice example of modern fine printing. His poems have appeared in The Sun magazine and the Progressive. An award-winning touring artist..... Item #55632 More
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. Styron's tribute to Warren. Number 197 of 250 SIGNED copies (there were also 26 lettered copies). Black-and-white frontis photograph of Warren. Plain white heavy wraps and blue dust jacket with printed paper label. Fine. Item #54474 More
(New York: Random House, 1987). First edition and only edition. One of only 2,000 printed. Includes many authors and others with memories of Klopfer, who was Chairman Emeritus and co-founder of Random House. Styron's 3-page contribution is SIGNED by him (at the end of his piece). Fine in clear acetate..... Item #54417 More
Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, (1977). First edition. One of 350 copies SIGNED BY STYRON. His commencement address at the Episcopal college-preparatory school he attended for two years. Blue sewn printed paperwraps. Edges very slightly faded still fine. Item #54472 More
John Held. New York: Vanguard Press, (1930). First edition. Limited edition especially printed for the author's and publisher's friends, #33 of 117 numbered copies. SIGNED on page preceding title page. Very good in blue cloth binding with full-color cover art by John Held on paper affixed to the front. Corners..... Item #51389 More
![YUN-MENG: The King & YUN-MENG: The Goddess; [A set of 2 illustrated broadside poetry prints]....](/pictures/thumb/71803.jpg?v=1648762673)
Oneonta, NY: Swamp Press, 1980. First edition and only edition. “At Kao-t’ang Pavilion in Yun-meng Marsh, the King of Hsiang was visited by the Goddess of Wu Mountain, who shared with him pillow and mat. Yun-meng means, literally, Cloud Dream.” – from the colophon. Printed by Edward Rayher and Jo..... Item #71803 More
(Soho: Privately Printed), [1954]. "Photostat proof" of the original edition which was published by Gawsworthy, self-proclaimed "King Juan of Redonda," in an edition of 30 numbered copies. Issued as a memorial after Thomas's death for members of the "Redonda Court." Small booklet printing Thomas's epigrams, "Upon King Juan's Return from..... Item #56089 More
Stanford: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. INSCRIBED BY MILLER on front free endpaper, "To Joseph Whitnah, during a recess at Big Sur. Best of greetings. Henry Miller 9/1/46." Whitnah, a "re-write man" for the Oakland Tribune, compiled two books on California in the mid-1940's A...... Item #54179 More
[Washington DC]: 1949. First edition, limited issue. Program from Truman's second inauguration, SIGNED BY HARRY TRUMAN on May 13, 1967. One of an undesignated number of copies of the "Limited DeLuxe Edition," this being number 781 and signed by MELVIN D. HILDRETH, General Chairman of the Inaugural Committee, presumably as..... Item #53710 More
!["KINDLING"; [Untitled color photograph signed by photographer and subject]. Tasha Tudor,...](/pictures/thumb/71852.JPG?v=1651095210)
[No Place]: Corgi Cottage Industries, 1996. First edition. 12 x 18" color photographic print of Tasha Tudor collecting twigs for kindling in a meadow on the edge of the woods. (Image itself measures 8.5 x 12.5". Number 150 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED BY BOTH TUDOR AND BROWN. Issued by..... Item #71852 More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. A selection of "Talk of the Town" stories by Updike published in The New Yorker in the 1950s. One of 300 SIGNED numbered copies, this one designated "PRESENTATION COPY." Gray-and-blue patterned paper boards, gilt-lettered plum cloth spine. Mild tanning to edges otherwise fine..... Item #54798 More
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1984. First edition thus. SIGNED by Updike, with "special message" by him and illustrations by Michael Deas not in the trade edition. Basis for the movie of the same name starring Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon as the three repressed women who accidentally conjur what..... Item #54959 More
Champaign, Illinois: The Ceres Press, 1972. First edition. Poet laureate Van Duyn's fourth book, following her National Book Award-winning TO SEE, TO TAKE. Poetic recollections from the perspective of her grandmother written in Germanic dialect. One of only 300 copies hand printed and hand bound at the Distaff Bindery. This..... Item #54271 More
(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
Sherman Oaks, Ca: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. The first book published by Wagener's Mixolydian Editions. SIGNED BY WAGENER, the author/publisher/ printer AND INSCRIBED on the colophon page "For Allen / With Best Regards / Richard Wagener / 1/15/07" This 5.5 x 10 inch tall book contains four full-page wood..... Item #55876 More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First edition. One of 500 copies. Printed by Graham Mackintosh at The Greenwood Press. Bound in decorated boards. Includes mention of Robinson Jeffers, George Sterling, Jack London, Lincoln Steffens, et al. Illustrated with photographs. [BCC #122]. Good. Item #55661 More