Literature
For YOU / For SURE; Tuumba 9. April 1977.
Willits, California: Tuumba Press, 1977. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Publisher order blank laid-in. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Textured yellow paper covers, printed in black. More
For JAZZ. 21 Sonnets.
Lafayette, CA: Hit & Run Press, (1995). 2nd Printing. Unpaginated. Linoleum cuts by Nina Mera. 9" x 6". Textured gray paper covers, printed in black. More
The CLASSIC SHADE. Selected Poems; With an Introduction by M. L. Rosenthal.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1978). 1st Printing. 96 pp. 9" x 5-3/4". Dark green glossy stock paper covers, printed in red, black, light green & pink. More
MODERN SLAVES. A Profound Study of the Forces of Destiny.
New York: Issued Privately for Collectors by The Gargoyle Press, (n. d.). 1st Edition. #128 / 1350 cc. Ca 1920s? 270 pp. Frontispiece. 9 internal full-page illustrations, included in the pagination. 8-3/8" x 5-3/4". Orange plaid cloth binding. No dust jacket. More
The WALRUS & The CARPENTER.; Broadside Club Series, Number I. Sponsor: T. W. McDonald.
Berkeley, California: The Archetype Press, 1938. 1st printing, limited to 200 cc. Broadside, printed triple column. 18-7/8" x 12-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. First two lines: "What shall I repeat to her?" / said Tweedledee, looking round at Tweedledum with great solemn eyes." OCLC records 6 holding..... More
The HAND - BOOK Of USEFUL And ORNAMENTAL AMUSEMENTS And ACCOMPLISHMENTS,; Including Flower Making, Engraving, Etching, Painting in All Its Styles, Modelling, Carving in Wood, Ivory, and Shell, Also Fancy Work of Every Description. By A Lady.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1845. 1st Edition. xviii, 315, [1], 24 pp. 24 page publisher catalogue, dated January 1845, at rear. 6 inserted lithographic plates. Intratextual cuts. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with decorative gilt stamping to spine & gilt stamped device to front board..... More
AVENTURAS De TRES RUSOS Y De TRES INGLESES En El Africa Austral.; Obra Escrita en Francés por Julio Verne. Version Española. Edicion Ilustrada con Grabados.
Madrid: Saenz de Jubera, Hermanos, 10, Calle de Campomanes, 10 Editores, (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. 77, [1] pp. Text double column. Illustrated with wood engravings. 11-1/8" x 7-1/8". Period black half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. More
FO' MEALS A DAY.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 1st edition (Baird & Greenwood 2616). [8], 306, [2] pp. Crown 8vo. Black cloth spine over red & black patterned cloth boards. Patterned paper eps. Red topstain. Dust jacket. Per B&G, "A collection of stories about 'Wildcat', a suave and flambouyant" African American... More
The PROWLER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. 1st edition (Baird & Greenwood 2619; Smith W-621). 272 pp. Crown 8vo. Black cloth spine over red & black patterned cloth boards. Dust jacket. Per B&G, "More stories about 'Wildcat'", an intrepid African American, who, in this volume, "runs a shoeshine parlor in Los..... More
The SUGAR BOWL.; Written by Edward F. O'Day for the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company.
San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1930. 1st printing. One sheet, folded once vertically to form a bifolium. 6 stanzas, 47 lines of text, p.1. Pp 2 & 3 blank. Colophon & holiday greeting, p. 4. Wood engraved headpiece p.1, by William Wilke. 15" x 10". Now housed in..... More
For REXROTH. The Ark 14.
New York: The Ark, (1980). 1st Edition. 413, [3] pp. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with black stamped spine lettering. Grey dust jacket. Includes works by Everson, Acker, Whalen, Levertov, Merwin, Ferlinghetti, et al. More
The WORKS Of HANNAH MORE.
New - York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff - Street, and Sold by the Principal Booksellers Throughout the United States, 1835. "First Complete American Edition" Cf. American Imprints 33130. First 2 volumes [of an eventual 7]: vi, [4], [viii] - [13] - 562, [2]; iv, [5] -..... More
EMBRYO. A Book of Verse. Lot of 6 issues, 1931 - 1932
Akron, Ohio: Pearl Adoree Rawling, 1931 - 1932. 1st printing(s). ~ 20 pp per issue. 8" x 4-7/8". Green paper covers, printed in black, stapled. Issues in the lot: Vol 3, No 4 February - March 1931 Vol 3, No 5 April - May 1931 Vol 3, No 6 June..... More
LOT Of 9 MISCELLANEOUS POETRY REVIEWS / JOURNALS / MAGAZINES.
(divers places): 1944 - 1984. 1st printings. Different paginations. 8vo, varying sizes. Printed paper covers. Lot comprising: Stand Magazine Winter 83-84 Lobby Press Newsletter Sept 82 The Review November 1962 The Review December 1964 The Review April/May 1962 The Honest Ulsterman Jan/Feb 73 Mondo Hunkamooga May 85 Horizon December 1944..... More
DUSTY DOG REVIEWS #1. Reviews of Small Press Poetry Magazines & Chapbooks
Zuni, NM: 1990. 1st Printing. 28 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Pink paper covers, printed in black, stapled. Cover art by David Transue. More
MICA MOUNTAIN POEMS; Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet Number Five
Chapel Hill: Lillabulero Press, 1968. 1st Printing. Limited to 300 cc. [6], 20, [2] pp. 8" x 6-1/4". Cream colored paper covers, printed in brown. More
THREE NIGHTS In The CHIRICAHUAS.
Madison, Wis. Abraxas Press, 1969. 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. Unpaginated, though 4 pp [last page blank]. 7" x 4-1/4". Pale yellow card stock covers, printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
WILD'S MAGICAL BOOK Of CRANIAL EFFUSIONS.; A Little Magazine Supplement, Volume Five, Number One, Spring 1971.
New York: New Rivers Press, 1971. 1st edition. 48 pp. With Illustrations Selected from Various Sources and Modified by Thomas T. Beeler. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Brown cloth hardback. Buff paper jacket, printed in dark brown. More
MAD NIGHT With SUNFLOWERS.
Sacramento / Cleveland, Ohio: Runcible Spoon / Distributed by Asphodel Bookshop, (1968). 1st printing. Limited to 500 cc. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. 7-7/8" x 5-3/8". Yellow paper covers printed with black ink, stapled. More
THEODORE ROETHKE. An American Romantic.
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1979. 1st Edition. ARC, with slip laid-in. xi, [1], 203, [1] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. Roethke "was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize..... More
The SMALL HOUSE At ALLINGTON. A Novel.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1868. Later printing, cf Smith 14 [for the 1st edition of 1864]. 273, [9] pp. Text double column. 6 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's blue green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine... More
The CLAVERINGS. A Novel.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1866. 1st Hardback Edition (Smith 18), issued simultaneously with a wrappered edition. 211, [5] pp. Text double column. 4 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Illustrated by Mary Ellen Edwards. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
