CATALAN POEMS.
(n. p.): Oberon Press, (1971). 1st pb edition. [2 (blank)], 77, [5] pp. 8" x 4-1/2". Glossy white paper covers with full color graphic to spine & front cover. More
Literature
CHECKERS. A Hard - Luck Story.
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. 1st edition (Kramer 109; Wright III, 576). [4], 239, [5] pp. T.p. printed in orange & black. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding with white stamping. TEG. Story about horse racing. More
The LAST CHRONICLE Of BARSET.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1867. 1st Hardback Edition (Smith 20), issued simultaneously with a wrappered edition. [4], [9] - 362, [2] pp. Text double column. 2 page publisher advert at rear. Illustrated by George Housman Thomas. 8vo. Original publisher's dark green pebbled cloth binding with gilt..... More
The EUSTACE DIAMONDS. A Novel.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1872. 1st Hardback Edition (Smith 32), issued simultaneously with a wrappered edition. The UK edition was published "a few days later" per Smith. [2], 4, [7] - 351, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt..... More
NORTH AMERICA.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1862. Pirated edition, issued the same year as the 1st edition. Cf Sadleir 14. vii, 623, [1 (blank)], 4 pp. Last 4 pages publisher adverts. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine, and boards..... More
ALTON LOCKE, Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street, 1851. 2nd US printing, first issued the year prior. vi, 371, [1 (blank)], 6, 6 pp. Last 12 pages publisher adverts. 12mo. 8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine, and boards blocked in blind..... More
SIR HARRY HOTSPUR Of HUMBLETHWAITE.
New York: MacMillan and Co., 1871. 1st US Cheap edition (Sadleir 36). Varies from Sadleir in that the imprint only has "New York", w/o the "New Edition" slug. vii, [1 (blank)], 323, [1 (blank)] pp. MacMillan medallion facing t.p. Text typography conforms to "Hurst & Blackett B". Crown 8vo. 6-7/8"..... More
SIR HARRY HOTSPUR Of HUMBLETHWAITE.
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Street, 1871. 1st edition (Sadleir 36). vii, [1 (blank)], 323, [1 (blank)] pp. No adverts. Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Rebound in green patterned cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering. "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite was a mighty person in Cumberland..." So begins..... More
LOOK! WE HAVE COME THROUGH!
New York: Published by B. W. Huebsch, 1918. 1st US Edition (Roberts A10n). 162, [2] pp. Bound with the UK sheets. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-5/8". Orange cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. No dust jacket. More
AYALA'S ANGEL. In Three Volumes.
London: Chapman and Hall (Limited), 11, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1881. 1st edition (Sadleir 60). iv, 280; iv, 272; iv, 277, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's oranged silk-grained cloth binding blocked in black, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Vol II a bit brighter & more..... More
The AMERICAN SENATOR. In Three Volumes.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, 1877. 1st edition (Sadleir 46). viii, 293, [1 (blank)]; viii, 293, [1 (blank)]; viii, 284 pp. Half-titles present. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's pinkish ochre cloth binding blocked in black [Sadleir's primary binding]. Yellow eps. More
HUNTING SKETCHES.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, 1865. 1st edition (Sadleir 21). [4], 115, [1 (blank)], 32 pp. 32 page publisher catalogue at rear, dated May 1865 (according to Sadleir, the book published 10 May 1865). 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's maroon cloth binding, bevelled boards, dark green eps. Gilt..... More
FOOTLOOSE In ARCADIA. A Personal Record of Jack London, George Sterling, Ambrose Bierce.
New York: Carrick & Evans, Inc., (1940). 1st Edition. 330, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Brown dust jacket with white & blue lettering / highlights. More
POUR Les MORTS De L'UNION; édition bilingue poèms traduits par Pierre Alien
(n. p.): Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1970. 1st French edition. 151, [9] pp. Publisher post card laid-in. 7-7/8" x 4-3/4". White paper covers printed in black. Publisher's wax paper wrapper. French edition of "For The UNION DEAD", originally published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. More
PIG NOTES & DUMB MUSIC. Prose on Poetry.
Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, 1997. Uncorrected Proof. 183, [5] pp. 8vo. 9" x 6". Biege paper covers printed in black. More
JACK The GIANT KILLER. Loring's Tales of the Day.
Boston: Loring, Publisher. 1867 [1868]. 1st edition, 2nd issue [presumed]. 15, [1 (blank)] pp (double column). 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Printed buff paper wrappers, with 1868 date. Publisher advert to rear wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Because of the 1868 wrapper date, we are terming this the..... More
GNOMON. Number One. Fall 1965.
New York: The Gnomon Press, 1965. 1st Printing. 47 pp (including inside rear cover). 8vo. Light brown paper covers printed in black, stapled. More
FOLIO. Summer 1960. Volume XXV. Number 3.
Bloomington, Indiana: Published by the Department of English Indiana University, 1960. 1st Printing. 64 pp. 8 page center suite of b/w images. 8vo. Light brown paper covers, printed in black. More
LIFE STUDIES and For The UNION DEAD.
New York: The Noonday Press, 1967. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. [16], 90; [4], 72, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Red paper covers printed in black, yellow & white. More
JAPANESE TREASURE TALES.
London / Osaka / Kioto: Yamanaka & Co., [1906]. 1st Edition. 96 pp. Color frontispiece. 36 other b/w images on 14 inserted plates. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Marbled paper eps. More
JACQUES DUPIN SELECTED POEMS. Selected by Paul Auster.
Winston - Salem, N.C. Wake Forest University Press, 1992. 1st US Edition. 191, [3] pp. 8vo. Glossy paper covers. More
FRACTURED KARMA.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. 1st pb edition. 163, [5] pp. Photographic image of the author at rear. 8vo. White paper covers printed in black, blue & red, with colorful graphic image in center of front cover. More
The MOOSE HUNTER; or, Life in the Maine Woods. Beadle's Dime Novels. No. 72.
New York: Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street. (1864). 1st edition, Printing B (BAL 14916; Johannsen BEADLE, 72-DN). [4], [9] - 100 [= 96] pp. Frontispiece [included in pagination statement]. 16mo. 6-5/16" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's printed orange wrappers (Type V-DN). Per Johannsen, "Early part of the nineteenth century..... More
CALIFORNIA And The OPENING Of The GATEWAY BETWEEN The ATLANTIC And The PACIFIC.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. 1st Edition. vi, 34 pp. Textblock partially unopened. 12mo. Grey linen cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. No dust jacket. "A Poem Dedicated to the Cause of Peace." [colophon]. More
