New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (17cm); cobalt blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, with gilt-stamped titles within a decorative border on front cover; all edges gilt; dustjacket; publisher's original two-piece cardboard box with printed title label; xxxii,390,[2]pp, with a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece..... More
Detroit: Schuman's, 1937. First, Limited Edition. Association copy of Porter's tragic short novel, set on a small South Texas dairy farm between 1896-1905, which the author described as "the history of an innocent man pursued to his death by the will to do evil of another man, a will to..... More
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[Durham, NC: Duke University, 1959]. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first appearance in print, a 3pp autobiographical essay titled "The Galax." "...it describes an event from Anne's childhood when she and her three brothers lived with their idealistic parents in a quasi-pacifist community called Celo deep in the North..... More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991. First Edition. A long and touching homage to Ted Berrigan, collecting stories, essays, poems, photographs, and illustrations by friends and colleagues. In addition to those who have inscribed this volume, contents include contributions by Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, Bernadette Mayer, Ed Sanders, Amiri Baraka, Robert..... More
New York: The Kulchur Foundation, 1985. First Edition. A warm association copy from Waldman to poet Tom Clark (1941-2018), a long-time friend and collaborator. The book is accompanied by a dense and revelatory letter in which she expresses her displeasure over Lita Hornick's handling of this publication. "Alas there are..... More
Boulder, CO: Rodent Press, 1994. First Edition. One of 200 copies. Slim octavo (21.75cm); original letterpress printed card wrappers, stapled; [6],7-28,[4]pp; illus. Signed by Waldman and Schelling on the title page, inscribed directly above by Waldman to Kenward Elmslie: "For Kenward / with love." A Fine copy of this brief..... More
Erie, CO: Smokeproof Press, 1998. First Edition. One of 350 copies. Slim octavo (20.5cm); original unprinted white card wrappers, stapled; dustjacket; [8],9-28,[4]pp. Inscribed on the title page by Waldman to poet and librettist Kenward Elmslie: "For Kenward / B'day / Love, Anne." Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $4.50)..... More