CHERRY - STONES.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. 1st US edition. 69, [3 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. Poetry. More
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SATANIC DELUSION.
Zarephath, N. J. Pillar of Fire, 1918. 1st printing. 40 pp. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's printed grey paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Godbey "was one of the most significant evangelists in the early stages of the Wesleyan-holiness movement. He was born in Pulaski, Kentucky..... More
BORN From ABOVE.
Greensboro, N. C. Published by The Apostolic Messenger Office, (n. d.). 1st printing presumed, ca early 1900s. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's printed grey paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Godbey "was one of the most significant evangelists in the early stages..... More
CATALOGUE Of S & S NOVELS 15¢ Revised to January 1926.; The Right Books at the Right Price.
New York City: Street & Smith Corporation, 1926. 1st Printing thus (i.e., of this catalogue). 32 pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/4" White paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership in 1855 when they..... More
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At The STEVENSON FOUNTAIN [Portsmouth Plaza, San Francisco].; The California Poetry Folios : Part 3 : March 1947
[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, printed by the Platen Press, Orinda, California. 1947. 1st Printing. Limted to 750 cc. One sheet, folded twic, printed french-fold. Laid-in a typed member announcement detailing this publication from the BCC's keepsake series. Ship graphic to p. 1 & p. 3. 9-7/8" x...... More
NEAR The WALLS Of LION SHADOWS
Syracuse: The Salt Mound Press, (1969). 2nd Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from the author to Harold Witt, SIGNED by the author. 79, [1 (blank)] pp 8vo. B/W photographically illustrated paper covers. More
The JEWISH PROBLEM.; Reprinted from The American Scholar, Volume 60, Number 2, Spring 1991.
(n. p.): 1991. Offprint, and the 1st separate appearance. Pp 199 - 200 [i.e., 2 pages]. 8vo. Printed white stiff stock covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A 12 stanza poem, subtitled "For Stanley Burnshaw" More
The GREAT WHIRL Of EXILE.
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1999. 1st Edition. 59, [5] pp. 8vo. Red glossy paper covers. More
LOVE In The CITY; A Comic Opera. As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden.; The Words Written, and the Music Compiled By the Author of Love In A Village.
London: Printed by W. Griffen, in Catherine-Street in the Strand, 1767. First Edition (NCBEL II, 825). 69, [3] pp. Last 3 pages advert for W. Griffen. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
NORTH SEA ROAD.; Including the Phytogeography of the Islands of the North Pacific by Misao Tatewaki.
(n. p.): [1974]. 1st printing (McNeil A48). Unpaginated, though 8 pp. Maps and layout by Maurie Heald. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 7". Red paper covers printed in black, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Snyder "is an American man of letters. Perhaps best known as a poet (his early..... More
WHITE SCREEN.; Poetry and Graphics by John M. Bennett
New York: New Rivers Press Books, distributed by Serendipty Books, Berkeley, California, (1976). 1st Edition. Limited to 750 cc. 90, [2] pp. Frontispiece of the author. Square 12mo. 7" x 7". White glossy paper covers printed in black. More
WILLIAM BRONK. An Essay.
Carrboro: Truck Press, 1976. 1st Printing. 109, [3] pp. Bibliography of Bronk's works, p. [111]. Square 12mo. 6" x 6". White paper covers printed in black & green. "Bronk was an American poet. For his book, Life Supports (1981), he won the National Book Award for Poetry. He was also..... More
LETTERS From A FATHER And Other Poems.
New York: Atheneum, 1982. 1st PB Edition. ARC, with slip laid-in. 63, [1] pp. 9-1/8" x 5-9/16". Brown glossy paper covers printed in orange & yellow. More
As IF; The National Poetry Series Selected by Amy Clampitt
New York: Persea Books, (1992). 1st Edition. 78, [2] pp. 9" x 6". Pale green glossy paper covers printed in white & black. More
FLYING The RED EYE.
Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications, (1986). 1st Edition. 52, [4] pp. 9" x 6". Printed grey paper covers with color artwork to front cover. More
The MAGELLANIC CLOUDS.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 1st PB edition. Limited to 1000cc. 150, [6] pp. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Grey paper covers printed in maroon. More
CHALKMARKS On STONE.
Albuquerque: La Alameda Press, (1998). 1st Printing. 121, [7] pp. Frontispiece. 8" x 5-7/8". Orange paper covers. More
LIKEWISE LIMERICKS.
Boston: The Carol Press, 1910. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 98 pp. 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Parchment spine over blue paper boards, printed paper title label to front cover. One limerick per page, a total of 96. Somewhat uncommon book with OCLC recording just 5 institional holdings of this 1910 first edition [also..... More
BREAKING OPEN.
New York: Random House, (1974). 1st edition. Advance Proof (Uncorrected). 89, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 10-5/8" x 5-1/4". Red paper wrappers, with "Advance Proof" slip taped to front wrapper. More
The FLUTES Of GAMA.
Salt Lake City: Litmus, (1972). 1st Edition. Limited to 500 cc. 64 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Red paper covers, printed in black, stapled. More
The LIVES Of The NOBLE GRECIANS & ROMANS, Compared Together, by that Grave Learned Philosopher & Historiographer PLUTARCH of CHÆRONEA.; Translated out of Greek into French, by James Amiot Abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings Privy Counsel, and great Almner of France. With the Lives of Hannibal & Scipio African; Translated out of Latin into French, by Charles del Escluse, and out of French into English, by Sir Thomas North Knight. Hererunto are added the Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, Tyrant of Sicilia, of Augustus Cæsar, of Plutarch. and of Seneca: With the Lives of Nine Other Excellent Chieftains of Warre: Collected out of Æmylius Probus, by S.G.S. And Englished by the aforesaid Translator. And now also in this Edition are further added, the Lives of Twenty Selected Eminent Persons, of Ancient and latter times; Translated out of the Work of that famous Historiographer to the King of France and Poland; Andrew Theuet. To which, for clearer Explanation and Emendation of the former Translation (in several places) are subjoyned Notes and Explications upon Plutarch’s Lives; Collected out of Xylander, Crushus, Henry Stephanus and Others; with the Synchronisms and Cotemporary Persons with Them; Shewing the several Ages in which They lived.
London: Printed by Abraham Miller, and are to be sold by William Lee, at the Signe of the Turks-Head in Fleet-street, over against Fetter Lane, 1657. 1st edition thus, in this version (Wing P-2633). Cf PMM 48, for the importance of Lives. [16], 443, 446-687, 690-798, 797-861, 842-857, 860-861, 860-1031..... More
SUNDRY BALLADS.; Text from John Payne's Translation Out of the Old French.
San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn and James McDonald, 1922. 1st edition thus (Heller & Magee 49). Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Cover, t.p. & initials by Joseph Sinel. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4". Bound in brown paper boards with fleur-de-lis decorations & lettering in burnt orange, parchment back. More
A CANTICLE Of PRAISE.; First Delivered in the Greek Theatre at the University of California, Berkeley, Sunday, December First and Now Imprinted for the Joy of the Making by John Henry Nash.
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1918. 1st edition (O'Day, p. 8). INSCRIBED by Bynner to the preliminary blank. [4], IX, [3 (blank)] pp. T.p. printed in red with blue rules, with title page vignette, by Lawrence B. Haste, printed in black. 11-7/8" x 8-1/2". Bespoke simple green cloth binding with..... More