PREPOSITIONS. The Collected Critical Essays of Louis Zukofsky.
New York: Horizon Press, 1968. 1st US Edition. 158, [2] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White dust jacket with blue printing. More
Literature
DEEPER INTO The FOREST. Indian Files Books No. 1.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1948. 1st Edition. 76, [4] pp. 8vo. Red cloth spine over grey & yellow patterned paper boards. Dust jacket. More
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA. SPIDERMAN, A To Z. Volume 4.
New York: Marvel Comics, (2003). 1st Printing. 240 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily in color. Royal 8vo. 11" x 7-3/8". Full color composition binding with large image of Spiderman to front board. Full color glossy paper dust jacket. More
PICKINGS From The PORTFOLIO Of The REPORTER Of The NEW - ORLEANS "PICAYUNE".
Philadelphia: Getz, Buck & Co., 1852. 1st Edition (presumed). 216 pp. Illustrations by Felix O. C. Darley. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Fairly scarce title, we find no others currently on offer, with OCLC recording just 3 holding institutions. More
HONEY. Poems.
Montreal / New York: A Vehicule / CrossCountry Press Book, 1977. 1st printing of the Revised edition. Unpaginated. Photographic image of the author at rear. 8vo Stiff-stock yellow covers with full color title onlay to front cover. More
On My OWN TWO FEET.
Fredericton, N.B. / London: Published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books. Printed at the Press of Villiers Publications Ltd., 1973. 1st Printing. 20 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Printed green paper covers, stapled. More
CUTTY SARK. Poems.
Kingston, Ontario: The Quarry Press, (1970). 1st edition thus, and apparently 2nd printing overall. [6], 21, [1] pp. "Produced by photo-offset from copy printed at The Basement Cage Press, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, by the students enrolled in English 800, as an exercise in bibliography." 9" x 6". Light..... More
CRANKFORD; or, A Semi - Detached Ghost.
Buxton: John Cumming Bates, "Advertiser" Office, 1880. 1st Edition. Not in Hubin. 56 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding stamped in black, silver & gilt. Pale yellow eps. This a liberally illustrated Victorian crime & mystery novelette, set in a fictional Derby village, written with a extensive use..... More
BLACK BEADS.
Nelson, B.C. Printed by Ron Delorme. Published by Parsnip Press, (1977). 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Illustrated and designed by Patty Rivard. 8vo. White stiff-stock textured paper covers, stapled. More
The COURT And CAMP Of BONAPARTE. Harper's Family Library No XXIX.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1832. 1st US Edition. 389, [1 (blank)], 6 pp. 6 pp of adverts conclude volume. Frontis + folding genealogy chart of Bonaparte family. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Original publisher's printed linen cloth binding. More
In The EARLY MORNING RAIN.
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Cover & drawings by George Schneeman. 8vo. 9-7/8" x 6-5/8". Blue composition binding. Signature presumed to be that of Michael Andre, a Canadian-born disc jockey, poet, critic and editor, currently living in New York City. More
MUSCLED APPLE SWIFT.
Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, (n. d.). "Pirate edition", 1st edition thus, and 2nd edition overall. 1st published 1968. Unpaginated. Text printed recto only, on 8 leaves of blue paper. Landscape format: 8-1/2" x 11". Printed paper wrappers, stapled. Black & white photographic image to each cover. More
The END Of A COIL.; The Golden Ladder Series.
London: James Nisbet & Co., 21 Berners Street, 1880. 1st UK edition (BAL 21303n). viii, 514, 5, [1] pp. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. Frontispiece. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. More
A KIND Of WAKEFULNESS
Fredericton, N.B. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1973. 1st Printing. 48 pp. 12mo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Original printed white glossy paper covers, design by Beverly Dagg. More
EARTH CHARMS HEARD SO EARLY
Fredericton, N.B. Fred Cogswell (Fiddlehead Poetry Books), 1970. 1st Printing. 64 pp. 12mo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original printed green paper covers. More
COWBOY POETRY. A Gathering.; Edited and with an Introduction by Hal Cannon.
Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc / Peregrine Smith Books, (1985). 3rd Printing. 201, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Brown glazed paper covers. Dust jacket. More
The STORY Of The FILES. A Review of Californian Writers and Literature. Issued Under the Auspices of the World's Fair Commission of California, Columbian Exposition, 1893.; Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
San Leandro: Yosemite Collections, 1982. Facsimile edition. Cf. Cowan II, p. 152; Zamorano 80, #24 for the 1st edition published in 1893. [12], 460, [4] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Tan cloth binding with dark brown printing, design after the original. Per Cowan [1914], "an exceeding valuable collection, which, with the numerous..... More
HOW The RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN. "Just So Stories" Series.
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., (1942). Unpaginated. Illustrated by F. Rojankovsky. 8vo. Color pictorial hardcover. Color pictorial eps. Dust jacket replicates binding graphics. More
ON OCCASION.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1943. 1st edition. # 219 of 262 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, from McCord to Farquhar, SIGNED by McCord. [10]. 44, [2] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's red cloth spine over grey-green paper wrapped boards, printed paper title labels to spine & front cover. McCord..... More
SELECTED POEMS
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1980. 1st edition, ARC, with card & TLs from OUP. 128 pp. 9" x 6". Pictorial grey paper covers, lettered in red. More
SIX SELECTIONS From MOUNTAINS And RIVERS WITHOUT END. Writing 9.
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. 1st edition, 1st state (McNeil A11a). 42, [2 (blank)] pp. Publisher ornament to t.p. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Textured ochre paper covers, printed in black. More
HOURS In The GARDEN And Other Poems. Cape Poetry Paperbacks.; Translated by Rika Lesser.
London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square, (1979). Uncorrected Proof. 89, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Red paper covers, printed in black. More
EROGENY.
South San Francisco: ManRoot Books, (1976). 1st Printing. #22 of 50 cc. SIGNED by the Author. Unpaginated. 8-9/16" x 5-9/16". Black & white photographic covers, printed in red, black string stitching. "This poem was written for my film called EROGENY (1976) which is distributed by Serious Business Company of Berkeley..... More
MEDITATION SEEDS.
(n. p.): Published by James Bertolino at Stone-Marrow Press, 1970. 1st Printing. Limited to 300 cc. Unpaginated. 4-1/4" x 5-3/8". Orange paper wrappers printed in black, stapled. More
The BLUE SILK UNDERWEAR Of The INCREDIBLE MISS RAINWATER.
Toronto: The Coach House Press, (1986). 1st Edition. 76, [4] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Pale blue glossy paper covers. "The ironies of sex. The metaphysics of angels. These and other concerns find a clear voice in Gail Harris's first published book of poetry." [rear cover blurb]. More