(La Quercia, Italy: John Van Sickle and Giulia Battaglia, 1971). First edition. Number 116 of 180 numbered copies. An additional 20 copies were printed on varying colored paper. THIS COPY INSCRIBED TO PRIZE-WINNING POET ANTHONY HECHT, "For Anthony Hecht, with great esteem, this volume that provoked my life-long study of... Item #54273 More about THE ARMINARM ECOLOGUES; With the Hexercises (for the Heclogues): Pieces
Norman Laliberte. Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, (1980). First edition. Illustrated by Norman Laliberte. Number 21 of 100 copies SIGNED by Norman and Laliberte. Publisher's letter and advertising broadside laid in. This copy in acetate and scarce publisher's dust jacket, which appears to be from the trade edition (there were 2000... Item #51181 More about THE WOE SHIRT: Caribbean Folk Tales
(Lake Oswego, OR: AMV Entertainment), 1992. First edition. "This volume is an attempt to bring together a reference source for the Beatles' available session work." Apparently issued in only 150 copies. This copy with "19/150" handwritten in the corner of the Introduction page, beside Todd's INSCRIPTION, "Dear - - Thanks... Item #50603 More about I'LL GET YOU: THE BEATLE MUSIC INDEX, 1958-1970
San Francisco: (Privately printed by Grabhorn Press), 1946. First edition, limited issues. Two volumes, each from the limited edition of 200 copies. The first volume as usually seen in 8vo dark yellow paperwraps printed in black and red on front and folded over crudely pasted flexible boards. INSCRIBED BY BENNETT... Item #55484 More about IN REVIEW: Poems; [Two presentation volumes: one in standard dark yellow wrappers over flexible...
(Buffalo, NY: University Press at Buffalo, 1970.). First edition. The Beau Fleuve Series Number One, edited by Allen DeLoach. One of 1000 copies. This one with "COMPLIMENTARY - NOT FOR SALE" sticker inside front cover. Fine in stapled paperwraps. Item #35898 More about THREE DREAMS AND AN OLD POEM
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. First edition thus: edited and with essay of appreciation by Bridges. With 29 illustrations, including the picture by Holbein etched in the author's time, to which is added Mr. Angarola's drawings of his conception of the period & drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene... Item #54686 More about ERASMUS: IN PRAISE OF FOLLY
[New York]: E P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition. One of 997 SIGNED, numbered copies issued in publisher's slipcase. Very good to fine with page top edges gilt and ribbon place marker. Slipcase shows some fading and wear on edges, but still intact and sturdy. Item #33976 More about NEW ENGLAND: INDIAN SUMMER 1865- 1915
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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 about THE OFFICE; [BOOK & ORIGINAL PAINTING
Samuel Warner. East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1901. Limited issue, first thus. Number 138 of 940 numbered and specially bound copies SIGNED BY HUBBARD, though it does not appear his signature is called for. Bound in limp, light brown suede with dark brown silk endpapers. Artwork designed by Samuel Warner. Very good... Item #50043 More about LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS: Robert Browning
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First edition. Edited by Steven Moore. Number 30 of 500 hardcover copies with a silkscreen print by Bukowski bound in. Martinelli published some of Bukowski's poems in her literary journal "Anagogic & Paideumic Review." In his letters Bukowski discusses Jeffers' poetry and usually counts... Item #55518 More about BEERSPIT NIGHT AND CURSING: The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli 1960-1967
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First edition. Edited by Seamus Cooney. Number 215 of 300 SIGNED, numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with a an original color silkscreen by Bukowski. Contains many strong references to Jeffers' work and Bukowski's admiration for him. Brick red cloth backed... Item #55515 More about SCREAMS FROM THE BALCONY: Selected Letters 1960-1970
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover trade issue. Colophon states 1,000 copies but there were actually 1,078. Includes the laudatory poem "Jeffers" which opens with "his blood-smeared horizons/ his hawks casting shadows of/ doom/ his stallions greater than/ men" (p.177) and lists Jeffers among other authors he... Item #55514 More about SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories & Poems
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First edition. Number 98 of 400 SIGNED, numbered and specially bound hardcover copies. In his rambling stream-of-conscience poem "goodbye," Bukowski bids farewell to many literary heroes including Jeffers: "be angry at the sun, said Jeffers, goodbye Jeffers, I can only/ think that the death... Item #55512 More about WAR ALL THE TIME: Poems 1981-1984
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition, limited issue. One of 777 copies, most signed. Issued as "Gypsy Lou Series No. 1" by Jon and Louise Webb's Loujon Press. SIGNED AND DATED BY BUKOWSKI IN SILVER INK, "Charles Bukowski 12-14-63." Hand-fed letterpress printed one sheet at a time by the... Item #55506 More about IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS: New and Selected Poems 1955-1963
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First edition. Edited by Seamus Cooney. Number 362 of 600 SIGNED, numbered copies. Contains many strong references to Jeffers' work and Bukowski's admiration for him. Yellow cloth backed white paper boards printed in several colors as is the paper spine label. Few wrinkles in... Item #55516 More about SCREAMS FROM THE BALCONY: Selected Letters 1960-1970
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1989. First edition. By Charles Willeford, who died before he could sign the edition, with an introduction by Burke. An out-of-series, unlettered copy in the same binding as the 26 lettered ones, SIGNED BY BURKE. Fine as issued, in full black leather with lettering and design stamped... Item #54529 More about COCKFIGHTER JOURNAL: The Story of a Shooting
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. First edition. Notes on symbolism in Cabell's FIGURES OF EARTH, by John Philips Cranwell and James P. Cover. One of 865 numbered copies. Fine in original glassine dust jacket. Includes broken publisher's slipcase with top missing. Item #30955 More about NOTES ON FIGURES OF EARTH
New York: Rariora Press, 1930. First edition of his second book. One of 1,000 numbered copies; illustrated by Alexander Couard. Blue buckram boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Spine very slightly sunned, much less than usual, otherwise very good to fine without dust jacket, as issued. Item #25904 More about POOR FOOL
Andrew Wyeth. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). First edition, limited issue. Number 25 of 650 copies in the "special Delaware edition ... printed exclusively for the Greenwood Book Shop" SIGNED BY CANBY AND WYETH. Very good or better with light edge wear and spine slightly faded; in like dust... Item #53698 More about THE BRANDYWINE; (In the Rivers of America Series
Hardwick: The Four Zoas Press, [1975]. First edition. SIGNED by Carr and numbered "XVI" (16). Limitation unstated but judging from the number of offerings of the book we've seen, there can't have been many copies and not all were signed. Near fine in plain green, unprinted paperwraps. Item #51412 More about LI PO'S SANDALWOOD BOAT: Poems in Light
Franklin Hughes. New York: Cheshire House, 1931. First edition thus: limited edition, #1194 of 1200 copies, with illustrations by Franklin Hughes. Quarto, white silk-moire boards somewhat soiled, scattered foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Very good, lacking slipcase. Item #49723 More about THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: And What Alice Found There
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986). A reprint of the President's autobiography in Easton's Library of the Presidents. Originally published in 1982. A SIGNED edition but no limitation stated. Fine to new in full gray leather with two raised bands on spine; gilt decoration on covers and spine; gilt page edges;... Item #48312 More about KEEPING FAITH: Memoirs of a President
New York: Random House, (1931). First edition thus: limited edition printed July 1931 by Grabhorn Press. Number 74 of 980 numbered copies. The first and only book to be completed in a planned series of three. Title page illustration, 24 headpiece vignettes and tailpiece by Valenti Angelo. Title and 24... Item #55479 More about THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE; AN EPISODE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition. SIGNED by author on colophon page. Unnumbered or out of series copy of a limited edition of 294 copies. Cover soiled and age toned spine, water damage evident on endpapers and first and last few pages with narrow short spots near hinge... Item #54070 More about THE STORY OF MY LIFE
London: Harvell Secker, (2008). First edition, limited issue. Number 54 of 100 SIGNED copies. Fine in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued. Item #49474 More about A PARTISAN'S DAUGHTER