Highlands, NC: The Jargon Society, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Square quarto (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-45,[3]pp; illus. Wrappers toned at spine and extremities, a bit dust-soiled, with a few faint stains to left edge of rear cover; contents clean; Very Good or better. Issued by Jonathan Williams as Jargon..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Deluxe issue of Ashbery's 1975 experimental book-length poem, often overlooked in favor of his critically-acclaimed Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror published the same year. "In fact, The Vermont Notebook has often been elided entirely from the Ashbery canon: excluded from Ashbery's bibliography..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Exhaustive, richly-illustrated bibliography of the works of Robert Duncan, with a preface by Robert Creeley. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, signed by the author, Robert Creeley, and Robert Duncan, this being copy 'H'. Quarto (27.5cm); decorative paper and..... More
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this collaborative work between Bowles and Swiss photographer Peter Haeberlin, who capture in text and images accounts of daily life among the desert and hill country tribes of Northwestern Africa. Miller A8b. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Quarto..... More
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); black paper-covered boards and maroon cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xviii,[3],4-697,[5]pp. Faint finger-soil and a faint scuff to text edges, else very Near Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $29.95). A substantial..... More
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Chicago: HMH Publishing Co., Inc., 1954. First Editions. Three slim quarto volumes (28.25cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 52pp per issue; illus. The March issue has a faint vertical crease at center of front wrapper, with a thin 3" abraded spot along the center of the spine-fold; complete, and Very Good..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper covered boards and plum cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-331,[5]pp. Very light foxing to lower edge of front board and textblock edges, else..... More
New York: Kunst Editions, 2001. First Edition. One of 35 numbered copies (from a run of 65), this being copy no.3. Eight preliminary and four terminal leaves (11" x 12.75"), with text letterpress printed in red, black, and blue, together with 18 bifolium gatherings, each containing a letterpressed poem, with..... More
Compton, CA: Greybeard Press, 1990. First Edition. Bifolium (25.5cm); single sheet of heavy white card (measuring 14" x 10"), folded once to create a 4pp prospectus, with text letterpress printed in black and red, and an etching by James W. Johnson on front cover. Laid in is an original Kodak..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. A travelogue of the author's trip to Germany, where he was treated as something of a celebrity, and illustrated throughout with numerous photographs by Montfort. Krumhansl 143d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Michael Montfort..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1979. First Edition. First Printing, one of ca.300 hardcover copies. Oblong quarto; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [120pp]; illus. Hint of foxing sprinkled at upper edge of text, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $14.95), with a 1" closed tear..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of a handful of copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this copy marked "Binder's Copy" and is signed by the editor on a preliminary leaf tipped in. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered..... More
Carmel, CA: Brent Enterprises / Granger Graphics, 1967. First Edition. Humorous collaborative work, an illustrated volume featuring hippies and narcs as the central characters, written in the style of "See Spot. See Spot Run" ("See the hippie chick. See the hippie chick bake cookies. See the hippie chick eat the..... More
Westlake Village, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 1987. First Edition. First Printing, limited issue, one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Crumb on the colophon, this one being an overrun from the binder (copy no.154). Quarto (29cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with printed title label mounted..... More
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1972. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator. Octavo (22.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and brown cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-94,[4]pp; illus. Hint of sunning at crown, else Fine in..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1958. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); white textured paper-covered boards, titled in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-104pp; illus. Subtle tanning to spine and text edges, else internally clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. First American Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo (21.25cm); goldenrod paper-covered boards and russet cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; vi,[2],3-170pp. Tiny wrinkle to cloth at crown, else..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. First Edition. The 30th Anniversary Edition of Howl, annotated through by Ginsberg, including a wealth of previously unpublished material, correspondence, and facsimiles of variant versions. A distinguished copy, inscribed to fellow Beat poet and publisher Diane Di Prima (1934-2020), whose association with Ginsberg..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2006. Limited Edition. One of 400 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.200. Quarto (29cm); full blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and pictorial label inset on front cover; [ii],[4],5-169,[5]pp; illustrated with 14..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1983. Limited Edition. A masterful production by The Limited Editions Club of Hersey's 1946 book, chronicling the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hersey's work comprised the entirety of the August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker, and..... More
Boston: South End Press, 1984. First American Edition. First Printing, wrappered Issue. Square octavo (21cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; 168pp; illus. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, else a tight, Near Fine copy. An early, important account on the evolution of hip-hop music and culture, exploring its roots and various manifestations. Contents..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.23. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; [10],11-103,[4]pp. Light foxing to textblock edges, hint of dust-soil..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. An early anthology of James's work selected and edited by Ruth Head, who had James's blessing before he died, giving her permission to publish extracts from his many works. Edel & Laurence A76a; BAL 10692. First Impression, English Issue, one of 700 copies..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Second Edition (and First Illustrated Edition). Ordinary Issue, one of 2,030 copies. Octavo (20.25cm); dark green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt, cream, and dark red on spine and front cover (binding designed by Bruce Rogers); top edge gilt;..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First U.K. Edition. An important posthumous collection of Kafka's work, selected and edited by his friend Max Brod, who provides an invaluable section of notes in the end matter. Includes Wedding Preparations in the Country (the fragments of one of Kafka's early, unfinished novels), "Reflections..... More