Columbus: Isaac N. Whiting, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4] ads for the author's Young Lady's Companion, iv. 243, [3]; iv, 243, [1]; lightly foxed, else a near fine copy in original brown blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on spine. On the rear flyleaf in vol. I a...... More
n.p., n.d. [Fern Hill, Windsor: privately printed, 1839.]. First printing? Certainly the first separate printing. Large 8vo, pp. [4]; bound in contemporary, and likley original, purple velvet-covered boards, maroon morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover; recently rebacked; the boards worn, with loss to the velvet, corners worn, but..... More
Harrisburgh: Boas & Coplan, 1839. First edition of the revised Pennsylvania Constitution of 1838, 8vo, 19-[20], 28 & [20]pp. (Sabin 60020 calling for just 28pp.), this copy adding the U.S. Constitution, and lists of members of the Pennsylvania Senate, House, Standing Committees, etc.; institutional bookplate marked withdrawn, old library sticker..... More
Evanston: Northwestern University, 1917. First edition, 8vo, pp. cxiii, [1], 140, [3]; uncut and largely unopened, frontis, double page map, the whole slightly rubbed, but generally a good, sound copy in original three-quarter brown cloth; nicely printed at the Lakeside Press. The author was priest of the Franciscan Mission of..... More
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts: October 22, 1718. One-page folio holograph document (approx. 12¼" x 7½"), docketed on verso: "Settlement of ye line between the Massachusetts & Rhode Island - copy" and in a lighter hand beneath "Sandford's copy." Previous folds (professionally reinforced on verso), the whole lightly toned; very good..... More
Barcelona: en la imprenta de Brusi y Ferrer, n.d., [ca. 1784]. Small 8vo, pp. [4], xii, 191, [1]; 9 engraved plates at the back of alphabets; contemporary and likely original full calf, gilt fillets on spine, gilt lettering rubbed away; tiny wormhole pervades the top of the last dozen or..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1909. 4to, pp. xv, [1], 325, [1]; 40 mounted colored plates, 55 black and white illustrations in the text, some full page; contemporary three-quarter green niger over green cloth-covred boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, t.e.g.; hinges profesionally strengthened; near fine. More
Boston: COMSEP, 1973. Approx. 11" x 8", pp. 44; printed paper wrappers; wrappers with a touch of toning, else fine. Articles on mimeo production, fanzines, poets of India, film magzines, and so on. More
Chicago: Journal of Irreproducible Results, 1975. Staple bound journal, pp. 32; green printed paper wrappers; a touch of soiling to cover, near fine. A journal of scientific humor and satire. This issue covers medicine (including a pro birth control article), economics, poscietry, obstetrics, and entomology. More
Chicago: Journal of Irreproducible Results, 1975. Staple bound journal, pp. 32; green printed paper wrappers, one corner bumped, near fine. A journal of scientific humor and satire. This issue covers linguistics, physics, ceramics, "librarianship", and genetics. More
Bolinas: Big Sky, 1974. Large 8vo, pp. [112]; cover and text illustrations by Joe Brainard and Tom Clark; printed paper wrappers; some toning to edges, top corner bumped, very good and clean. With errata slip laid in. Includes contributions from Anne Waldman, Bill Berkson, Clark Coolidge, Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett..... More
Niagara Falls: Slipstream, 1998. 8vo, pp. 78, [2]; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. With contributions from Gerald Locklin, Lyn Lifshin, J. P. Dancing Bear, and many others. More
Kensington, CA: L Publications, 1976. Large 8vo, pp. [2], 124, [2]; stiff brown paper wrappers; light toning to the edge of wrappers, else fine. More
West Branch, IA: Dog Hair Press, 1983. Staplebound zine, 11" x 8.5", pp. 44; stiff paper wrappers; light toning to covers, else fine. With contributions from Paul Metcalf, Nathaniel Tarn, Ray Young Bear, Dinu Flamand, and others. More
New Mexico: Duende Press, 1974. Staple-bound zine, 11"x8.5"; pp. [46]; white pictorial paper wrappers; light spotting to cover edges, else near fine. With contributions from Allan Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Anne Waldman, Richard Snyder, and others. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition, paperback issue limited to 750 copies, pp. 66, [6]; original brown paper wrappers; touch of sunning to spine, else fine. More
[Santa Cruz]: [c. 1975]. Staple bound mimeo newsletter, 11" x 8.5", pp. [8]; printed paper selfwrappers; fine. With an excerpt from Paul Goodman's People or personnel, an article on direct action, and a declaration of secession from the United States. Produced "by two people" at Merrill College UCSC. Rare, no..... More
Boston: COMSEP, 1974. Approx. 11" x 8", pp. 60; printed paper wrappers; wrappers lightly soiled, one book blurb in the "books received" section clipped out, else very good and sound. With an open letter to Alexander Solzhenitsyn on cover, and articles on Black writers in the 70s, A. D. Winans..... More
New York: Bill Berkson, 1969. Small 4to, pp. [174]; text illustrations, illustrated stiff paper wrappers; wrappers lightly rubbed, near fine. With material from Joe Brainard, William Borroughs, Anne Waldman, Gerard Malanga, Ron Padgett, Clark Coolidge, Tom Clark, Ted Berrigan, Henry Pritchett, and others. More
London: Edward Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 374, [2] ads; an 8-p. Moxon catalogue dated November, 1849 is inserted between the front endpapers; original full purple blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine; newspaper shadow on first page of ads, cloth irregularly faded, especially the spine, joints worn..... More
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1822. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 103, [1]; uncut; contemporary quarter tan calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, the whole a bit rubbed and worn, and the text lightly spotted; a...... More
Chiswick: from the press of C. Whittingham, College House, and sold by R. Jennings, Poultry [et al.], 1828. 12mo, pp. [2], 211, [1]; engraved vignette title page, 4 engravings heading each section and 4 engraved tailpieces; contemporary full paneled calf, elaborate gilt borders on covers enclosing a central blind panel..... More
