The BEACH At CLEONE.
Long Beach, CA: Applezaba Press, (1983). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. 73, [5] pp. Photographic b/w image to front cover. 8vo. White glossy paper covers, printed in black. More
Literature
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The BOOKMAN. May 1967. Vol. IX. No. 4.; The Journal of the Book Society.
London: 1967. 1st Printing. 48 pp. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Brown paper covers printed in white, green & orange. Stapled. More
SINS Of The FATHERS And Other Tales.
Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publisher, 1924. 1st US Edition (Collie XXIX). Copy #141 of 550. [22], 124 pp. Royal 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Tan buckram cloth spine, with printed paper title label, purple mabled paper boards. Introduction, 12 pages in length, by Vincent Starrett. More
BROWNIE.; Now first reprinted from The Chicago Tribune together with six other stories attributed to him. With Introductions.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. 1st US Edition (Collie XXXII). Copy #389 of 500. 107, [3] pp. Printed on Dutch Charcoal paper by Stephen Day Press of Battleboro, Vermont. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Linen cloth spine, gilt stamped lettering, over patterened paper boards. More
The PRIVATE PAPERS Of HENRY RYECROFT.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 31 West Twenty - Third Street, (n. d.). Later US Edition (2nd ?), ca 1912. First published in the US by Dutton in 1903. xii, [4], 279, [3] pp. Last leaf blank. Crown 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's deep maroon cloth binding..... More
BY The IONIAN SEA. Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st US Edition (Collie XXIIIc). [6], 235, [1 (blank)] pp. Fold-out map. Intratextual drawings. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8" Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
The WHIRLPOOL.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., (1897). 1st US Edition (Collie XVIIa, note). [], 424, [6] pp. 6 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" Pale green decorative cloth binding with dark green & brown stamping. More
The HOUSE Of COBWEBS And Other Stories.; To Which is Prefixed The Work of George Gissing An Introductory Survey by Thomas Seccombe.
London: Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd., 1906. 1st Edition (Collie XXVII). lv, [1 (blank)], 300, [16] pp. 16 page publisher catalogue at rear. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
The PAYING GUEST.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1895. 1st US Edition (Collie XVc). 191, [1 (blank)] pp. 6-3/8" x 3-5/8" Beige cloth binding with red & black stamping. More
SONGS For GAIL. GUIDRY'S GUITAR.
New York: New Rivers Press, (1969). 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Half-tone photographic image [presumably] of Knoepfle & Guidry. 10" x 7". Orange paper covers printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
MATTERS Of POETRY.; Based on a Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress on May 7, 1993
Washington: Library of Congress, 1993. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Blue paper covers printed in dark blue, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
CANDIDE
New York: Random House, 1975. 1st edition thus. A facsimile reprint of the 1925 Random House edition. With all the original Rockwell Kent illustrations, chapter heads & drawings. 8vo. Brick red cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No slipcase. Facsimile edition of the first book published with the Random House imprint, issued..... More
NEW POEMS.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. 1st Edition, ARC, with slip laid-in. 61, [3 (blank)] pp. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding. Purple dust jacket printed in white & pale blue. More
POEMS & EPISTLES.
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, (1973). 1st Edition, ARC, with slip laid-in. 127, [1] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Grey linen cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
COMPLICATIONS From STANDING In A CIRCLE. The Dictionary Poems.
Buffalo: Leave Books, (1993). 1st printing. 70, [2] pp. 9" x 6". Glossy grey paper covers with black printing. More
KYOTO In WINTER.
Wellfleet, MA: Privately Printed, (1971). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [2], 14 pp. With TN laid-in, with mss query underneath. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Manila paper covers, black printing, stapled. More
ANY DAY NOW.
Wellfleet, MA: (1987). SIGNED by the author. [2], 18 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Manila paper covers, black printing, stapled. More
A VICTIM Of CIRCUMSTANCES And Other Stories.
London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1927. 1st Edition (Collie XXX). xii, 308 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" Light blue cloth binding with dark blue stamping. No dust jacket. More
The TOWN TRAVELLER.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1898). 1st US Edition (Collie XXb). [4], 360 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-9/16" x 5-1/8" Olive green decorative cloth binding with light green, black & red stamping, design by George Wharton Edwards [monogram present]. More
In The YEAR Of JUBILEE. A Novel.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. 1st US edition (Collie XIIIc). [6], 404, [8] pp. 6 pages of adverts follow text. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering outlined in red. More
UNITY Of The STREAM. Selected Poems
Redding Ridge, CT: Black Swan Books, (1978). 1st edition thus. PRESENTATION copy from the Publisher. 123, [3] pp. Publisher's inscribed presentation [business] card laid-in. 8" x 5-3/8". Pale green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Green dust jacket. Watkins "was a Welsh poet, translator and painter. He was a close friend..... More
SELECTED POEMS
New York: New Directions, (1967). 1st US Edition. 80 pp. 8" x 5-3/8". Glossy white paper covers. Watkins "was a Welsh poet, translator and painter. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as 'the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English'"..... More
WILL WARBURTON. A Romance of Real Life.
London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd 16, James Street, Haymarket, S.W., 1905. 1st Edition (Collie XXV). 332, [3], 16 pp. 16 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" Red cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
WORKERS In The DAWN. In Two Volumes.; Edited by Robert Shafer.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. 1st US edition (Collie In). lv, [1 (blank)], 373, [1 (blank)]; [4], 436 pp. Bookseller slip laid-in. Frontispiece in volume I. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth bindings with gilt stamping. Printed orange dust jackets, with b/w photographic image of..... More
EVE'S RANSOM. A Novel.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. 1st edition (Collie XIVb). [4], 379, [3 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with red lettering outlined in gilt. US publication precedes that of the UK, with the Lawrence & Bullen edition being a reissue from the Appleton..... More