The border. Poem and drawings
West Branch, Iowa: Coffee House Press, 1985. Broadside announcement for a reading by Clark and the publication of his book, 6" x 8", illustration by the author. More
West Branch, Iowa: Coffee House Press, 1985. Broadside announcement for a reading by Clark and the publication of his book, 6" x 8", illustration by the author. More
West Branch, Iowa: Coffee House Press, 1981. Broadside announcement 5" x 8" for Clark's forthcoming book Heartbreak Hotel printed by the Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger at A.B.A. More
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1994. Edition limited to 450 copies, small folio, pp. [22]; 8 photogravure portraits after paintings by Tom Clark; original natural linen over boards, paper label on upper cover and spine. Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at the Artichoke Press. The publisher in his own words..... More
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1980. First edition limited to 100 copies (this, no. 42) signed by the author; 8vo, pp. 87, [9]; original quarter brown cloth over printed paper-covered boards, acetate dust jacket; fine. An exposé and renunciation of Chogyam Trungpa, spiritual head of the Naropa Institute. It describes the..... More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1981. Edition limited to 550 copies, this one of 500 numbered and signed by Clark; square 16mo, pp. [14] frenchfold; original Indian Bengal stab-sewn wrappers; fine. Fifty copies were marked for review and were not for sale. More
Berkeleii: e typographeo Poltroniano, 1978. 8vo, pp. [34]; fine in original wrappers. Signed by Clark on the verso of the last leaf. More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions, University of Nebraska, [1976]. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 131); 8vo, pp. 59, [1]; original hand-made paper-covered boards, paper label on upper cover and spine, original tissue dust jacket; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. More
London: Fortune Press, 1926. Edition limited to 575 copies on Vergé Montgolfier hand-made paper, and printed at Dijon by Maurice Darantiere; 8vo, pp. [4], 273, [2]; printer's device on title-p.; original quarter mottled calf over marbled boards; front joint cracking, else very good. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Joseph Low, large 8vo, pp. [iii]-xiv, 301, [3]; 95 illustrations throughout text, 38 in color, by Joseph Low; printed at the Stinehour Press after a typographic design by Peter Oldenburg; original orange, brown, and black..... More
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1976. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies (this, no. 4); 8vo, pp. [30]; original terracotta cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. A previously unpublished translation by Clemens of a portion of a popular German story by Wilhelm Hauff..... More
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Limited edition, one 15 out-of-series copies, with out of series stamp on colophon and "office copy" inserted instead of a number, signed by Honoré Guilbeau and numbered as "office copy", folio, pp. viii, [4], 275, [1]; text illustrations, blue and gilt initials; quarter blue..... More
[n.d. n.p., Anno 1931. Edition limited to 500 copies; 8vo, pp. [2], 10, [2]; staple bound in gray printed wrappers; wrappers edge-worn, one-inch closed tear near gutter just touching first line of text on a few pages, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Maledicta Press Publications, 1976. First edition printed in a limited but unspecified number; small 4to, pp. [6], 25, [1]; green cloth with gilt illustration of a cod; unclipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed; near fine. Bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. Contains a...... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1981. Letterpress broadside, edition limited to 90 numbered copies (this, marked 'os' - ?), approx. 14¼" x 10¼", printed in purple and black; printed on the occasion of the author's reading at the Walker Art Center, November 24, 1981. This copy signed..... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1928. Edition limited to 315 copies, this one of 45 copies on Etruria hand-made paper and numbered and signed by the editor, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 20; red cloth, near fine, dust jacket chipped at spine ends and small piece torn away from the lower outer corner..... More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1928. Edition limited to 315 copies, this one of 270 numbered copies on Ellerslie mould-made paper, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 20; green and black cloth, near fine, dust jacket lightly worn on top edge. With a long introduction by the editor and printed by the Curwen Press..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Edition limited to 1800 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 163, [1]; frontispiece after a charact=cature by Gillray, original gray cloth-backed marbled boards lettered in gilt on spine; very good and sound. With the original slip with the copy number (756) penciled in at the top. Dreyfus 41..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Edition limited to 1800 copies, 8vo, pp. [6], 163, [1]; frontispiece after a caricature by Gillray, original gray cloth-backed marbled boards lettered in gilt on spine; very good and sound. With the original slip with the copy number (757) penciled in at the top. Dreyfus 41..... More
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, 1971. Edition limited to 432 copies (this, no. 406), 8vo, pp. [20]; original brown paper wrappers; fine. Stella Cobden-Sanderson's letter of appreciation on receiving the book this pamphlet is meant to supplement. Lundeen 25. More
Berkeley: Arif Press, 1978. Edition limited to 350 copies, this being one of 325 copies in wrappers; 8vo, pp. [12]; title page printed in blue and black; original cream paper wrappers printed in blue; fine. With the requisite errara slip laid in. From the library of Kim Merker. Designed, hand-set..... More
Toronto: Aliquando Press, 1980. Edition limited to 100 copies designed, printed and bound by William Rueter, of which copies 16-100 are printed on Fine Art Etching Paper (this, no. 29); 8vo, pp. [22]; printed in red, yellow, and black; original orange wrappers printed in yellow and red; fine. In the..... More
Iowa City: The Qara Press, 1961. Edition limited to 190 copies (this, no. 115); 4to, pp. 33, [3]; 2 mounted portraits; fine copy in original gray paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. From the library of Kim Merker. "Hand set & printed by Gerald McMonies Stevenson, Jr. as a part..... More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1990. Edition limited to 250 copies, signed by the artist, 9¾" x 5½"; fine copy, tri-fold sewn in rose printed St. Armand wrappers; 1 illustration by Leslie Ross; designed by Allan Kornblum. More
Berkeley: Ārif Press, 1973. Edition limited to 350 copies, 26 of which have been lettered and signed by the author; oblong 12mo, pp. [22]; title page printed in red and black; original tan wrappers printed in red and black; back wrapper with a few small, light coffee stains; all else..... More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, [2012]. Limited edition of an unknown quantity, 8vo, pp. [8]; fine in original printed hand-made paper wrappers from the St. Armand Mill in Canada. Signed by Codrescu on the flyleaf. "Master Manole to Anna was reprinted from So Recently Rent a World: New and Selected Poems..... More