The NORTH WELL. New Poems.; With publisher ALs.
Boston: David R. Godine • Publisher, 1985. 1st edition, ARC with letter laid-in. 70, [2] pp. 8vo. Blue & grey cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. More
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SKYLIGHT ONE. Fifteen Poems.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. 1st printing. 48 pages. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-5/8" Light blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. No dust jacket. More
JOURNAL Of A HERMIT.
Cherry Valley, N.Y. Cherry Valley Editions, (1974). 1st printing. Limited to 250cc. [4], XXII, [2] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Printed brown paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Plymell provides a 2 page Introduction, saying of the author, [she] "is the new romantic with classic purity."... More
DR. RUMSEY'S PATIENT. A Very Strange Story.
New York: Hurst & Company Publishers, (1896). 1st US Edition (?). 305, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's pale green decorative cloth, stamped in dark green, red & white. Pictorial eps. Mrs Meade a prolific writer of books, primarily for young ladies (some 280+ works). Putting toghether..... More
The DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, GETTING MARRIED, & The SHEWING - UP Of BLANCO POSNET.
London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1911. 1st Edition in English (Laurence A108a). xciv, 407, [5 (adverts)] pp. Partially unopened. Publisher's leaflet, "Sixpenny Novels", laid-in. Crown 8vo. 7" x 4-3/4". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. Custom clamshell case. More
MINUS TIDES. Vol. 3 #2, Fall '89
Denman Island, B. C. 1989. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily with drawings & b/w half-tone photographs. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-3/4". Printed paper covers, stitched. More
The EYE Of The CEDAR. Edited by Alice McConnell.
Vancouver: Klanak Press, (1970). 1st Edition. 22 pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Off-white hardback, printed in green & black. More
BEST POEMS Of 1967. Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards 1968. Twentieth Annual Issue. Volume XX.; A Compilation of Original Poetry Published in Magazines of the English-speaking World in 1967.
Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition, ARC, with review slip laid-in. 142 pp. 8vo. Grey linen cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Gold dust jacket printed in maroon. More
SIGNED CHECK, No. 605. $21.35 Pay to Bohemian Club. SEP 15 1912.
San Francisco: The Merchants National Bank, 1912. SIGNED by London. Check: 2-5/8" x 6-1/8". Holder: 3-5/8" x 6-7/8". Now housed in a clear acrylic check holder. "The Bohemian Club is a private club with two locations: a city clubhouse in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California and the..... More
NICODEMUS. A Book of Poems.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. 1st edition. 90 pp. 8vo. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
HIGHLY COLORED.
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1921. 1st edition (Smith C-557). Not in Hubin. [6], 331, [3] pp. Frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor. Crown 8vo. Black cloth binding with yellow stamping. No dust jacket. The 4th title in Cohen's works "starring 'Florian Slappey', a fictional black detective who appeared both..... More
HEARTBREAK HOUSE, GREAT CATHERINE, And PLAYLETS Of The WAR.
London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1919. 1st UK edition (Laurence A149b). l, 266, [2] pp. Partially unopened. Crown 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Custom clamshell case. More
MISALLIANCE, The DARK LADY Of The SONNETS And FANNY'S FIRST PLAY.; With a Treatise on Parents and Children
London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1914. 1st Edition in English (Laurence A128a). cxix, [3 (blank)], 234, [2] pp. Partially unopened. Publisher's leaflet, "Constable's 6d Novels. New Titles for 1914" laid-in. Crown 8vo. 7" x 4-3/4". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. Custom clamshell case... More
FLEAS 189 - 195
New York: Aloe Editions. Printed by Ronald Gordon at the Oliphant Press, 1974. 1st printing thus. SIGNED by the author, copy 100 of 150 cc. [20] pp. 10" x 6-1/2". Light tan paper wrappers printed in maroon, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
GOING-To-The-STARS.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1926. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy, elaborately INSCRIBED and SIGNED in full by the author on the front eps. viii, [2], 102 pp. Illustrated by the author. Tall 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamping. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
GOING-To-The-SUN.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1923. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the ffep. viii, [2], 101, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by the author. Tall 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamping. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
The CANDLE In The CABIN. A Weaving Together of Script and Singing.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1926. 1st edition. x, [2], 130, [2] pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dust jacket. More
The CUSTODIAN Of CHAOS. Pomes.
London, Ontario: Applegarth Follies, (1975). 1st Printing. 71, [3] pp. Illustrations by Susan Porter O'Shea. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" Grey paper covers printed in white. More
MOVEMENTS Of LIFE.
Richmond [British Columbia]: Crestwood Press, [1970]. 1st Printing. SIGNED by the author on p. 1. 53, [1 (blank)] pp. Image of author to front cover. 10" x 7-1/2" White glossy stock paper covers printed in black. OCLC records only 5 institutional holdings of this work of poetry, none in the..... More
MOVING OUTWARD.
Toronto: New Press, 1970. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Drawings by Robert Markle 8" x 7-1/2" White glossy stock paper covers printed in black. More
NOTHING SPEAKS For The BLUE MORAINES
Delta, British Columbia: The Sono Nis Press, (1973). 1st Edition. 175, [1] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Silver binding with blue spine lettering. Photographic eps. Silver dust jacket. More
The IMMORTAL CHILD. A Christmas Letter to an Unknown Friend.
Montreal: Privately Printed, 1941. 1st Edition. Limited to 270 cc. 24, [2] pp. Frontispiece drawing by Adam Sherriff Scott. 10-7/8" x 7". Patterned paper boards with printed title label to front board. No slipcase. More
AMERICA. A Government Publication.
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972. 1st printing. Limited to 1000 cc. Unpaginated, though 84 pp. Cover, collages & other illustrations supplied by Ken Coupland. 8" square. Wraparound full color photographic cover. Short 5-line poem by Ginsberg, entitled "Coleman's America", to inside front cover. More
For The NEW YEAR. Poems.
New York: Atheneum, 1984. 1st edition. [14], 65, [3] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Yellow topstain. Black dust jacket lettered in blue. Winner of the 1984 Walt Whitman Award, with Academy of American Poets "Complments" card laid-in. More
The HEATHEN CHINEE.
Boston: James R Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. 1st separate book edition, and 1st illustrated edition, printing B (BAL 7248g / 7425). 21, [1 (blank)] pp. P. 21 an advert. Illustrations by S[olomon] Eytinge Jr [1833 - 1905]. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2"..... More