Charlotte, NC: The Jargon Society, 1979. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (17.75cm); unprinted red card wrappers, glued into pictorial dustjacket; unpaged. The author's underlined portions and corrections that appear throughout the text are in copy (not in ink). Inscribed by the author on ther title page to Herb..... More
Highlands, NC: The Jargon Society, 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23cm); unprinted black card wrappers; pictorial dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to Herb Leibowitz: "February, 1977 / For Herb Leibowitz / Cheers! / Paul Metcalf." Faint crease to upper spine, else very Near..... More
Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.5cm); dark yellow pictorial paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [xii],[1]-178,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to Herb Leibowitz: "February, 1977 / For Herb Leibowitz / Cheers! / Paul Metcalf." Spine ends gently nudged, else a clean, very Near Fine..... More
Asheville, NF: Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1956. First Edition. First Printing, one of 500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [vi],68,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author to Herb Leibowitz on the preliminary leaf: "February, 1977 / For Herb Leibowitz / Warm regards / Paul Metalf." Light wear to extremities..... More
The Jargon Society, 1982. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue, one of 1,000 copies. Square quarto (21.75cm); unprinted purple card wrappers; dustjacket; [12],13-105,[7]pp, with a frontispiece portrait of the author illustrated by David Hockney. Inscribed by Meyer on a preliminary leaf to Herb Leibowitz and his wife: "For Susan &..... More
London: The Cresset Press, 1936. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); navy blue cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [9],10-96pp. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Frank Swinnerton / from H.G. / Bless him." Hint of sunning to spine, some..... More
London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1983. First Paperback Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip loosely laid in. Octavo (20cm); original pictorial card wrapeprs; [6],9-183,[1] + [10]pp ads. Inscribed by Ishiguro on the half-title page to author, critic, and literature professor David John Lodge (1935-2025): "To David..... More
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Thick octavo (23.5cm); two-tone dark brown cloth, blocked, titled, and decorated in red on the backstrip; dustjacket; xvi,654,[2], with 32pp of illustrations (halftones). Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to Julia and Paul Child: "To Julia and..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and publisher's "M-P" code on copyright page. Octavo (22cm); russet cloth, titled in black and gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,259,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to his friend and fellow urbanologist Melvin..... More
Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Small quarto (26cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in orange on spine, and pictorial elements stamped in black on front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-140,[4]pp. Inscribed by the author to Herb Leibowitz on the preliminary blank: "February, 1977 / For..... More
Highlands, NC: The Nantahala Foundation / Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1965. First Edition. First Printing. Tall octavo (26.5cm); dark yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations printed in black on spine and covers; dustjacket; [viii],190,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the preliminary blank to Herb Leibowitz: "February, 1977 / For Herb..... More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1985. First Edition Thus. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 409 copies. Octavo (26.25cm); navy blue cloth boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [112]pp. Inscribed by Williams on the half-title page to Herb Leibowitz, who wrote the introduction: "Herb and Susan's copy..... More
Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1973. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Slim octavo (16.5cm); original unprinted black card wrappers; pictorial dustjacket; [48]pp. Signed by Jonathan Williams on the preliminary blank to Herb Leibowitz: "For Herb / Love from Jonathan / North Carolina / 1974." Fine in a Near Fine..... More
London: Coracle Press, 1982. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, this being copy no.62. Slim octavo (20cm); original pictorial card wrappers and integral acetate overlay; [30]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the preliminary blank to Herb Leibowitz and his wife: "For Herb and Susan / Love from Jonathan..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: Hanes Foundation / Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [2],3-32pp; illus. Inscribed by Williams on the title page to Herb Leibowitz: "Love to Herb from Jonathan / Highlands et Croisset / 1989."..... More