What you know with no name for it
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1976. First edition limited to 300 copies; oblong 12mo (approx. 5" x 5¾"), pp. [16]; illustrated title page and front cover by Michael Myers; fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1976. First edition limited to 300 copies; oblong 12mo (approx. 5" x 5¾"), pp. [16]; illustrated title page and front cover by Michael Myers; fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. Edition limited to 175 copies, 4to, 11" x 8½", [12] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; paper toning, corners slightly curled, else very good in pictorial wrapper, side-stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House..... More
London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition, 8vo., frontis., jacket clipped and slightly rubbed, else fine. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1980. Edition limited to 1150 copies, this one of 150 numbered and signed by the author and artist (this, no. 140); tall 8vo, pp. [32]; 6 full-page drawings by Ann Mikolowski; fine copy in original cream cloth, printed paper label on upper cover. Peich 47..... More
N.p. printed for Léonie Adams, 1947. 12mo, pp. [4]; fine in original blue handmade paper wrappers. "An educator, consultant, editor, and poet, Léonie Adams was best known for her lyric poetry reminiscent of both the Romantic and Metaphysical periods. Her poetry won her several awards, including the Harriet Monroe Poetry..... More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. Limited edition in 900 copies, 50 of which were bound in cloth (not this); oblong 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in black, gold and green; 8 illustrations by Ferguson; fine in original pale green printed pictorial wrappers. Agee's second book. Peich 58..... More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. Edition limited to 900 copies, this one of 50 bound in cloth, signed and numbered by Agee and Ferguson; oblong 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in black, gold and green; 8 illustrations by Ferguson; fine in original pale green cloth, illustrated paper label..... More
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 150 on Strathmore Text; square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain tan wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The poems are in Spanish..... More
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 60 on Suzuki handmade, square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain blue wrappers; short tear in the fore-edge, else fine. From the library of Kim..... More
[St. Louis: printed by S.A.T. Press], June, 1971. 8vo, pp. [16], 9-33, [5]; printed from typescript; 4 full-page uncredited illustrations; original black cloth-backed drab wrappers; generally fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, fine press printer, poet, and founder of the Coffee House Press. Contributors include Allan Kornblum, John Knoepfle..... More
n.p. [the author], [n.d.] (c. 1955). 8.5 x 5.5", 1 sheet folded; poem printed in red and black; "With all the good wishes of this Holiday Season... Conrad & Mary Aiken" printed on front, with Aiken's 21-line poem, 'The Fluteplayer' on the inside; outer edge of fold toned, else fine..... More
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1921. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 80; near fine copy in original patterened boards, orange wrap-around label. More
New York: Athenaeum, 1968. First edition, 8vo., price clipped jacket; else fine. Adaptation of the play by Giles Cooper. More
New York: Atheneum, 1973. First English edition, 8vo, pp. [2]; xii, 141, [5]; maroon paper covers; weak crease to spine, else fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
[Santa Cruz: Kayak Press, n.d. Edition limited to 800 copies designed and printed by George Hitchcock at the Kayak Press; 8vo, pp. [52]; printed on paper of various colors; illustrated throughout with drawings; original pictorial wrappers with cover design by Matta; snags at the top and bottom of the spine..... More
Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1985. First edition of the author's first book, 8vo, pp. 86; fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
New York: Macmillan, [1963]. First edition, 8vo., jacket clipped and tanned on inside spine and folds; else near fine. More
Baltimore: Baltimore Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966. Staplebound chapbook, 8.5 x 7 inches, pp. [12]; white paper wrappers; paper aged at edges, overall very good. Although not stated, this copy is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village..... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: Hub, 1934. Small 4to (approx. 8½" x 7"), pp. 57, [1]; printed from typescript by spirit process; a few small breaks in the spine; very good. A quarterly literary magazine of which apparently only two issues were published. Stories by Harry Bernstein, Warren C. Huddlestone, Thomas Cummings..... More
Silver Spring, MD: Fall, 1972. 4to, pp. 59 leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; original printed wrappers side-stapled; fine. With interviews with both Dorn and Raworth, with contributions by them, and with other contributions by Robert Kelly and Donald Davie. "Vort is an unfortunately unfinished encyclopedia of the New..... More
Silver Spring, MD: Winter, 1972. 4to, 44 leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; original printed wrappers side-stapled; fine. With extensive interviews with both Hollo and Berrigan. "Vort is an unfortunately unfinished encyclopedia of the New American Poetry, but is still very useful for the information it contains and still..... More
[San Lorenzo]: Shameless Hussy Press, 1971]. First edition, square 8vo (approx. 8½" x 7"); pp. 71, [1]; printed from typescript in various color inks; price sticker on front cover, else near fine in original printed red wrappers, stapled. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher..... More
Chicago: University of Illinois, [1972]. 8vo, pp. [6], 48, [2]; cover and graphics by Rochelle Kraut; light toning, else near fine in original color pictorial wrappers. Contributors include Richard Friedman, Peter Kostakis, Donald Nisonoff, Darlene Pearlstein, Bob Rosenthal, and Barry Schechter. More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Iman, 1937. First Argentinian edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 11-364, [4]; spine slightly darkened, some toning of the text, previous owner's signature and some underlining on a few early leaves, else near fine in original printed wrappers. More