Norfolk, Conn. New Directions, 1942. Poet of the Month series for 1942, consisting of 12 pamphlets, all with wrappers and all with printed dust jackets; contained in the publisher's cardboard slipcase with a red printed label; occasional sunning along the edges, but in all a very good set. From the..... More
[New York]: Random House, 1929. Edition limited to 475 sets printed in Silvermine, Conn., each designed, printed and made by Paul Johnston; tall 8vo, each poem in separate printed wrapper, stitched, as issued, and enclosed in a yellow printed paper chemise; lacking the publisher's box, but otherwise fine throughout. Includes..... More
N.p. [1948]. 4to, 110-[112]pp., illus. with photographs, maps, & charts, with a printed insert, "To our Friends..." In original purple paper-covered boards, cover a bit faded, else a good copy. More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Small 8vo, pp. 247, [3] ads; vignette title page after a design by maybe Rockwell Kent; bookplate; otherwise a near fine copy in original pictorial wrappers with an illustration maybe by Kent on the front cover. I find no attribution to Kent but..... More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, [1948]. Edition of 500 copies designed and printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams in Poliphilus and Blado; 8vo, pp. [12]; 3 illustrations by Wightman Williams printed in blue; unsewn; near fine in original printed yellow wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. The entire..... More
Champaign, Illinois: The Finial Press, 1975. Edition limited to 50 copies on Shinsetsu (this, no. 12); small folio, pp. [20] frenchfold, 6 wood engravings printed directly from the wood on the versos; near fine copy in original decorative orange boards. From the library of Kim Merker. Printed as part of..... More
Providence: F. H. Townsend, 1889. First edition limited to 50 copies of which this is an unnumbered, out-of-series copy, 4to, 17 leaves; self-wrappers printed in red and black, text printed on rectos only; paper quite toned, covers separated but present. A rare example of a fragile but still attractive work..... More
New York: Charles S. Boesen, n.d. Four volumes bound together, 8vo; illus.; very good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt (a bit faded) with original wrappers bound in at the end. More
[New York]: Duttons, [c1927]. First edition limited to 500 copies, this one of 350 numbered and signed "Henry C. Smith, Secy.", 8vo, pp. [6], 120; hand-colored folding frontispiece after watercolor showing "The Old Corner Book Store, Boston, 1853," 26 plates included in pagination, and a few facsimiles and illustrations in..... 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
Providence: printed and sold [by Henry Trumbull] at no. 25, High Street, Providence, where are kept constantly for Sale 200 other kinds of the most new and popular Songs and Ballads ... great allowance made to Shopkeepers, Pedlers, &c, who buy to sell again, n.d. [ca. late 1820s]. Quarto broadside..... More
New York: American Art Association, Inc., 1924. Reprint of price catalogue; 8vo, pp. [258]; facsimiles throughout; original green cloth over boards, paper label on spine, some shelf wear, mostly fine. Manuscript notes in margins providing prices realized in auction. 1280 items, a very good reference book. More
Iowa City: Meadow Press, 1975. Edition limited to 45 copies (this, no. 14) signed by each of the poets; square 8vo, pp. [6], 3-23, [3]; 6 woodcuts by Leigh McLellan; fine copy in original pictorial cream wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. Original prospectus laid in. This is the..... More
Boston: sold wholesale and retail, by Leonard Deming, at the sign of the Barber's Pole, no. 61, Hanover Street ... and at Middlebury, Vt., n.d., [ca. 1830s]. Broadside (approx. 9½" x 8½"), text in triple column beneath the running head; toned, previous folds, the paper limpish; all else very good..... More
Columbus: Logan Elm Press, 1982. Edition limited to 200 copies printed on Kozo, 16mo, pp. [4], 15, [3]; 3 small linocuts; original handmade Gampi and Abaca paper wrappers stitched in the Japanese style, printed red paper label on upper cover. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1976. Broadside, 11.5" x 7" green print on beige heavyweight paper. More
New York: published by J. S. Redfield, [137 Nassau Street], n.d., [ca. 1845]. 32mo, approx. 3½" x 2¼", vignette title page, 5 wood-engraved illustrations (4 full-page); original orange printed wrappers; spine half-way cracked; all else very good. Back wrapper contains Redfield advertisements. Issued as Second Series, no. 9 in their..... More
La Crosse: Department of English, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, [1999]. Edition limited to "approximately" 275 copies printed from Eric Gill's Joanna types, 8vo, pp. 49, [3]; 2 pages are folding; 8 woodcuts (one printed in blue); original white paper-backed marbled boards, titling in black on spine; fine. From..... More
[Iowa City: Iowa City Women's Press Collective, sponsored by the Action Studies Program, University of Iowa, 1972]. Folio, pp. [68]; printed on craft paper; string-tied in original pictorial red wrappers; a little curling at the corners, but on the whole, very good or better. From the library of Allan Kornblum..... More
Boston: Wentworth & Co., 1855. 8vo, pp. iv, [3], 26-334; steel-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown blindstamped cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gray; frontispiece foxed in the margins, spine ends chipped level with text block, corners worn; good and sound. A series of "articles treating on..... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition, 12mo, pp. xiii, [1], 157; frontispiece; original blue cloth gilt; spine faded, else near fine. Originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces. More
New York: Garret & Company, 1856. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [2], iv, iv, [2], 356, [4]; original brown blindstamped cloth; gilt lettering on spine; spine extremities a bit scuffed; spine faded; binding a bit skewed; otherwise very good. The author of this anonymous work has been attributed either to..... More
[Monte Rio]: Doris Green Editions, 1984. Edition limited to 250 copies, 4to, 11" x 8½", [24] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only;cover art by George Mattingly; near fine in original pictorial wrappers, side-stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House..... More
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, [1972]. 4to, 11" x 8½", [15] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; paper toning, corners slightly curled, else fine in pictorial wrapper, side-stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. More
