Literature
A NEAR COUNTRY. Poems of Loss.
Carpineria, California: Solo Press, (1999). 1st Edition. 71, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Black paper covers. More
The CIRCLE DANCERS
Riverdale-on-Hudson: Sheep Meadow Press, (1999). Uncorrected Proof. 111, [1 (blank)] pp. PR sheet, with quotes by James Merrill & Adrienne Rich, laid-in. 8vo. Pale blue paper covers printed in black. More
A THOUSAND And ONE YEARS. De SOLA ODYSSEY.
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, Inc., (1966). 1st Edition. x, 63, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6". Purple cloth binding with silver stamping. "This narrative poem is the story of an actual family -- a family of Sephardic Jews known first by the Arabic name 'Ibn Daud' (son of..... More
ANNE SEXTON! WHAT ABOUT IT?; A Works in Progress Chapbook.
San Francisco: Smoking Mirror Press, (1975). 1st Printing. Limited to 300 cc. Unpaginated, though 12 cc. 8vo. Black & white printed paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The CATS In The COLOSSEUM.
Trumansburg, NY: the crossing press, (1972). 1st Printing. 35, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue paper covers printed in dark blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The FORCES Of PLENTY. Poems.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1983). 1st pb edition. 63, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers printed in white. More
MEMORY EFFECTS. Poems.
Chicago: Calhoun Press, (1999). 1st Edition SIGNED by the author on the t.p. 79, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Green glossy-stock paper covers, with white, orange & red lettering and color graphic to center. Hoffmann "is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also..... More
WHO BURIED The BREAST Of DREAMS
Berkeley: Emily Dickinson Press, 1981. 1st Edition. 45, [3] pp. 8vo. Off white glossy-stock paper covers, with black spine lettering & black graphic/lettering to front cover. More
HER MAGNIFICENT BODY. New & Selected Poems. 1968 - 1985.
South San Francisco: Manroot, 1986. 1st Edition. 107, [5] pp. 8vo. White glossy-stock paper covers, with blue spine lettering & blue graphic/lettering to front cover. More
BLACKBIRD. A Book of Poems on the World and Work of Franz Kafka.
Lewiston / Queenston / Lampeter: Mellen Poetry Press, 1993. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. 88 pp. Frontispiece b/w photograpic image of Kafka. 8vo. Pale grey wrappers printed in black. More
A MINIATURE CATHEDRAL And Other Poems.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1987). 1st pb edition. xv, [3], 132, [8 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Grey paper covers printed in purple & black. More
EMPTY SLEEVES. Poems.
Athens and London: The University of Georgia, (1985). 1st pb edition. [10], 72, [6] pp. 8vo. Black glossy-stock paper covers. More
CONTRASTING POEMS or A Blond Girl in a Photo by a Dressing Table.
Richmond [British Columbia]: Crestwood Press, (1969). 1st Printing. SIGNED by the author on p. 2. 48 pp. Cover design by D. Fryatt 8vo. White paper covers printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Scarce publication by this Canadian poet, we find no other copies on the market..... 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
SAITÕ MUSASHI-BÕ BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei); Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kur Yoshitsune and Ssit Musahi-b Benkei the Warrior Monk.
Yokohama: Published by the Author, 1910. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth bindings with gilt stamping. More
CATONINETALES.; A Domestic Epic.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 169 New Bond Street, W, 1891. Limited Edition of 35 printed on Japanese Vellum, of which this is 16. [4 blank], [i-xiii], [1-3], 4-100, [4 blank] pp. Small vignettes throughout done by J. W. Linton. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Tan half-calf with marbled boards. TEG. Marbled eps..... More
SUNDAY WATER. Thirteen Anti Ghazals.
Victoria, British Columbia: Morriss Printing Company [for the] Island Writing Series. 1982. 1st edition, SIGNED by the author. Copy I of 26 lettered copies. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Brown hardback, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
WILSON'S BOWL.
Toronto: The Coach House Press, (1980). 1st edition. 89, [7] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Blue paper wrappers. Color photographic dust wrapper. More
A CHRIST Of The ICE - FLOES.
London / New York: MacMillan / St Martin's Press, 1966. 1st Edition. viii, 77, 3 (blank)] pp. Small 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Light blue dust jacket, printed in black. More
FIREBREAK. Poems.
London / New York: MacMillan / St Martin's Press, 1971. 1st Edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 68, [2 (blank)] pp. Small 8vo. Red cloth binding. Grey glossy-stock paper dust jacket, printed in red & black. More
The REQUIEM JOURNALS.; Fiddlehead Poetry Book No. 194.
Fredericton, N. B. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1976. 1st printing. Limited to 600 cc. 64 pp. 9" x 6". Blue & white glossy-stock paper covers. Plain white spine. More
TALES From The DECAMERON Of BOCCACCIO. The Hand of John Paul Jr. For Private Issue.
(n. p.): 1927. Presumed unique. 35 pp. Untrimmed. Illustrated with hand-colored drawings. Folio. 13-3/8" x 8-7/8". Modern maroon quarter-calf binding over marbled paper boards. The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana Commedia ("the Human Comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine"), is a collection..... More
The BRASS CHECK.
Pasadena: Published by the Author, [1920]. 2nd edition. Cf. Ahouse A26. 445, [3] pp. Crown 8vo. Tan cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. In this work, Sinclair makes "a systematic and incriminating critique of the severe limitations of the 'free press' in the United States. Among..... More
The BROTHERS KARAMAZOFF. MISTRESS Of The INN. IVANOFF. ENEMY Of The PEOPLE. ENOUGH STUPIDITY In EVERY WISE MAN.; The Moscow Art Theatre Series of Russian Plays. Second Series.
New York: Brentano's, (1923). 1st Edition. Divers paginations. Partially unopened. Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dark green topstain. No dust jacket. More