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HIRSOHN Don
Appalachian Tale: The Adventures of the Poetry Man
Canoga Park: Canyon Publishing Company. Very Good. 1986. Paperback. 0942568141 . Illustrated. First edition paperback. Half-title page has been removed else very good in illustrated wraps. . Canyon Publishing Company paperback books
Bookseller reference : 29860 ISBN : 0942568141 9780942568141
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Jones David
The Tribune's Visitation
London: Fulcrum Press 1969. The First British Trade Edition after a numbered limited edition of 150 copies. Near Fine from the collection and with the ink signature of noted literary scholar and translator Joseph A Buttigieg also the father of current Democratic Party presidential candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. In a Very Good dust wrapper lightly soiled and a bit worn at top edge at spine. . First Trade Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fulcrum Press Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 007395
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Visual Poetry Axelrod Mark
Neville Chamberlain's CHIMERA or Nine Metaphors of Vision or Visions of Nine Metaphors
Milwaukee: Membrane Press 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. stapled 4to. 10 pp. A slender volume of visual poems and collage work by Axelrod. Printed in red and blue inks. A very good example. The first book by the prolific poet and novelist who now makes his home at Chapman University as a professor of comparative literature. Membrane Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 23467
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Bullen A. H.; Lang Andrew
An English Garner - Three Volumes from the Library of John Masefield O.M. Poet Laureate
London: Archibald Constable and Co. 1903. Three volumes of this 12 volume series all three with the small bookplate of John Masefield O.M. Poet Laureate. Bullen A.H. Shorter Elizabethan Poems 1903; Bullen A.H. Some Longer Elizabethan Poems 1903; and Lang Andrew. Social England Illustrated. A Collection of XVIIth Century Tracts 1903. All three Very Good light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners front hinge cracked but holding nicely Some Longer Elizabethan Poems. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Archibald Constable and Co. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008151
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Pound Ezra
Personae; The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound
New York 1926 1949: New Directions Gallup A27b. Near Fine in pale blue cloth the usual dulling to spine and offsets to end pages from dust jacket 1: faint stain bottom edge of spine in a Very Good Plus first issue oatmeal colored dust jacket lettered in pale blue spine a bit darkened small chips at spine ends 2" closed tear at top front edge spine fold 1" faint stain bottom edge of spine. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 008047
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Literature Literary History 20th Century Kentucky Poetry Review.
Kentucky Poetry Review Philip Appleman Issue Volume 25 Number 1 Spring 1989
Louisville Kentucky: Bellarmine College 1989. 67 pages; inscribed & signed by Philip Appleman on the front cover. Approx. 6" x 9" size; printed softcover binding with light wear; a few leaves with old paperclip impression; volume clean and in very good condition. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Bellarmine College paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26164
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John Fuller
EPISTLES TO SEVERAL PERSONS
London: Secker & Warburg 1973. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. no markings in text. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Secker & Warburg unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252028 ISBN : 0436168049 9780436168048
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Summers Hollis
THE PEDDLER AND OTHER DOMESTIC MATTERS Signed
Rutgers University Press 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Rutgers University Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 172693
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Poetry
Poetry London A Bi-Monthly of Modern Verse and Criticism No. 5 March-April 1941: Poets in Uniform Number
London: Poetry 1941. Small literary magazine numerated pages 125-160; Editor Tambimuttu black and color illustrated cover art by John R. Biggs; contributions by Herbert Read Stephen Spender George Barker G.S. Fraser Alan Rook Desmond Hawkins Alun Lewis Tom Scott Lawrence Durrell J.F. Hendry Paul Eluard John Waller George Scurfield Herbert Corby David Gascoyne & some correspondence from others; some light wear to paper wrap covers a little darkened; very good condition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Poetry Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 13027
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Poetry Reading Flyer Denby Edwin with Katie Schneeman & Tessie Mitchell
St. Mark's Church Poetry Reading Flyer
New York: St. Mark's Church No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Single sheet of paper 8 1/2 x 11" illustrated with a drawing and announcing poetry readings at St. Mark's Church in New York on Wednesday April 25th year not stated. Artist unattributed but likely was George Schneeman who here appropriates the Archie comic book characters of Archie Veronica Reggie Jughead and others. Sheet has some toning to edges but is otherwise in very good condition. One of the less common poetry flyers from St. Mark's. <br/><br/> St. Mark's Church unknown books
Bookseller reference : 22769
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Beats; Art & Poetry Ephemera Paul Alexander / Jorge Fick / Ralph T. Field / Nemi Frost / Harry Jacobus / Jess / Keith Sanzenba
Borregaard's Museum Advertising Flyer Mailed to Philip Whalen
San Francisco: Borregaard's Museum 1961. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Tall folded sheet of paper measuring over 17" tall x 8" wide. Folded twice for mailing. An advertisement flyer for the museum the seven artist's whose work was exhibited there plus the poets who have read at their arts center. Folded twice for mailing. A very good example. This example was mailed to poet Philip Whalen at his 24th Street address in San Francisco. The postmark places this document at April 7 1961. Scarce beat art and poetry ephemera. Borregaard's Museum unknown books
Bookseller reference : 30288
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African American Poetry
Afro-American Review Fall 1968
Washington DC: Howard University 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Literary magazine published by the Liberal Art Student Council at Howard University. 48 pp. name on cover and prior owner inscription to inside front cover. Very good overall. <br/><br/> Howard University paperback books
Bookseller reference : 11911
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American Poetry Magazine
American Poetry Magazine Volume 36 Number 4 Fourth Issue 1955 James E. Cronin Guest Editor
Milwaukee Wisconsin: American Literary Association 1955. 20 pages; contributions by Morton Blatt William E. Wilson Raymond Tong Wilbert Snow Vera T. Marshall more; more; light wear to paper wraps; very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. American Literary Association Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 16558
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Canadian Poetry. Dunsmore Roger
On The ROAD To SLEEPING CHILD HOTSPRINGS
Vancouver: Published by Pulp Press 1972. 1st Edition Review copy. White glossy stock paper covers printed in black with b/w photographic image to front cover. Age-toning. Very Good. 67 1 pp. 8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Published by Pulp Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 48647
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Skelton John
PITHY PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE WORKS
Yorkshire England: Scolar Press Limited 1970. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Spine slightly darkened. Very Good binding. Scolar Press Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242099
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Poetry Magazines Ron Padgett Bill Berkson Philip Whalen Joanne Kyger Anselm Hollo Tom Clark Clark Coolidge et al.
Mike & Dale's Younger Poets Issues 2 5 6 7 9 10
San Francisco and Austin: M/D Younger Poets 1997. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Broken run of this poetry magazine edited by Michael Price and Dale Smith. All in fine condition in stapled decorated wrappers. M/D Younger Poets paperback books
Bookseller reference : 31327
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Japanese Poetry Tetsuya Taguchi Editor James Laughlin Gerard Malanga John Ashbery Allen Ginsberg Ricky Jay Kazuo Ando I
Electric Rexroth # 1 and 2 All Published Plus T.L.S.
Kobe: Tetsuya Taguchi 1992. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sold here as a lot are three related items: 1 Issue #1 of Electric Rexroth edited by Tetsuya Taguchi. Comprised of a single poem by James Laughlin. Single sheet of paper folded once to form a booklet. Fine condition. 2 Issue #2 of Electric Rexroth. Published in 1994. Text in English and Japanese. Comprises an eclectic collection of contributors ranging from Cid Corman and Ricky Jay to John Solt and Masafumi Suzuki. Book reads both forward and backwards. Bump to one corner. A very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. 3 A brief one page Typed Letter Signed by Taguchi. Written in March 1993 to a poetry magazine editor in the states. <br/><br/> Tetsuya Taguchi paperback books
Bookseller reference : 18684
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Japanese Poetry Tsuji Setsuko
Volume of Japanese Poetry Inscribed
Japan: Editions O. 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Small hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. A volume of poems written in Japanese. A very good copy in simple printed white dustwrapper. Short split to front hinge near base of spine. Integral silk bookmark present. This copy briefly INSCRIBED by the author in both English and Japanese. A rare signature from an important Japanese poet whose works extend back into the 1950's. <br/><br/> Editions O. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 18683
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Galvin Brendan
ATLANTIC FLYWAY
Athens: The University of Georgia Press 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Inscribed. Inscribed by author on short title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Covers clean; binding souind;. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. The University of Georgia Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 206028
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Andrea Wyatt author
POEMS OF THE MORNING & POEMS OF THE STORM
Berkeley: Oyez 1973. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed by Wyatt on title page. Light rubbing and small closed tear to dust jacket; dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover; pen mark to page forty two otherwise no markings in text. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Oyez unknown books
Bookseller reference : 256570
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Jazz Poetry Joe Dale Editor Kenneth Patchen Henry Miller Bern Porter Kid Ory Dave Brubeck Sibyl Moholy Nagy Arnold Sch
Occident Spring 1950
Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California Berkeley 1950. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Spring 1950 issue of Cal Berkeley's literary magazine. Edited by Dale Joe. This issue featuring numerous writings on jazz by Brubeck Kid Ory Turk Murphy and others plus Patchen Miller and more. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. Decidedly uncommon issue. <br/><br/> Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley paperback books
Bookseller reference : 16320
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INSCRIBED Rothenberg Jerome
Altar Pieces
Barrytown New York: Station Hill Press 1982.<br /><br />Single sheet of cardstock intricately cut and folded to create a book of 12 panels each measuring 8 3/4 x 6 inches 222 x 151 mm. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> and dated in the year of publication by Jerome Rothenberg and inscribed to fellow poet Clayton Eshleman and his wife Caryl "fellow travelers with love." A nice association. Clayton Eshleman died in January 2021. <br /><br />This collection of four poems was designed by Patricia Nedds and George Quasha with beautiful collages by Patricia Nedds. A stunning production. Scarce inscribed. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some light soiling. Near Fine. <br /><br /> Station Hill Press books
Bookseller reference : 2313 ISBN : 0930794486 9780930794484
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SIGNED by Ferlinghetti and Cherkovski Cherkovski Neeli and Raymond Foye Editors
Beatitude #29
San Francisco: Beatitude Magazine 1979. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 278 x 213 mm 83 1 pages in photo-illustrated wrappers soft cover. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Neeli Cherkovski on the title page. The 20th anniversary issue of Beatitude "the most important Beat-associated little magazine out of San Francisco in the late 1950s." Steven Belletto <i>The Beats: A Literary History</i> Cambridge University Press 2020 page 29. <br /><br />This issue is especially notable for a lengthy tribute to Bob Kaufman 1925-1986 a Black poet who was one of the founders of Beatitude. There are several poems by Kaufman from 1975-78 as well as an analysis of his poems by Raymond Foye. <br /><br />Other contributors include a "Who's Who" of the San Francisco poetry scene including Gregory Corso Lawrence Ferlinghetti Jack Kerouac Carol Bergé Harold Norse Anne Waldman Jack Micheline Allen Ginsberg Peter Orlovsky David Meltzer Neeli Cherkovski and many others including some who are published for the first time. Besides new poetry this issue also includes previously published works. <br /><br />Copies of this 20th anniversary issue are scarce to the market and even more elusive when signed by two important members of the San Francisco poetry scene: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Neeli Cherkovski. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some soiling to wrappers a bit of foxing to the top edge. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A Near Fine copy of this important San Francisco poetry magazine. <br /><br /><br /> Beatitude Magazine paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2319
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SIGNED Cherkovski Neeli
Juggler Within
San Francisco: Harwood Alley Monographs 1983. First Edition. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm 20 pages in illustrated stapled wrappers soft cover. <br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> on the title page to San Francisco poet Kirby Doyle 1932-2003. A chapbook containing 16 poems mostly from 1983. <br /><br />Cherkovski b. 1945 has been a key figure in the San Francisco poetry scene for decades. In addition to his own poems he has written biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski as well as a collection of essays about Beat poets he has known "Whitman's Wild Children." <br /><br />This chapbook is scarce in commerce. <br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling and sunning to wrappers corners bumped. A Very Good copy. Harwood Alley Monographs paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2324
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INSCRIBED Cherkovski Neeli
Clear Wind
San Diego: Avant Books 1984. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 15/16 x 6; 227 x 151 mm vi 66 pages in perfect-bound illustrated wrappers soft cover. <br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> on the title page to Nathan May the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32 the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. A collection of 43 poems with an introduction by Gerald Nicosia. Cover art by Dali Hartman. <br /><br />Cherkovski b. 1945 has been a key figure in the San Francisco poetry scene for decades. In addition to his own poems he has written biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski as well as a collection of essays about Beat poets he has known "Whitman's Wild Children." <br /><br />Scarce in commerce. <br /><br />CONDITION: A couple of nicks to wrappers and light edge wear. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine. <br /> Avant Books paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1766 ISBN : 0932238211 9780932238214
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Ginsberg Allen
Wales -- A Visitation July 29 1967
London: Cape Goliard Press 1968. <br /><br />Oblong 16mo 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 167 x125 mm 14 pages in saddle-sewn cream card wrappers covered by a wrapper made from brown rice paper. <br /><br />SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg on the title page and dated '73. A single poem inspired by a visit to Wales in 1967. The final page states: "An offering for a peaceful summer from Allen Ginsberg & Cape Goliard Press. Not for Sale." This edition should not be confused with a far more expensive hardcover containing a 45rpm record that Cape Goliard Press also issued in 1968. Signed copies of this edition are scarce to the market. <br /><br />CONDITION: A tear of about one-half inch 10 mm in the delicate rice paper where the paper meets the spine on the lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine. Cape Goliard Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2264
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Berrigan Daniel
No One Walks Waters
New York: The Macmillan Company 1966. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8.375 x 5.75 inches; 214 x 144 mm xi378 pages in blue cloth gilt titles to spine in a printed dust jacket.INSCRIBED by Daniel Berrigan on the front end paper: "Michael -- / Gratefully for your / visit and much more! / Dan SJ / April 1966." In addition a letter in Berrigan's hand is laid in along with a newspaper clipping featuring a poem by Berrigan.The Jesuit activist's fourth collection of poems. Jacket design by Sister Mary Carita I.H.M. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />CONDITION: Top corner of upper board bumped light offsetting from newspaper article to front end paper heavier offsetting to pages 32-33. Otherwise clean and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly sunned and has a small stain to the bottom of the lower flap light crinkling along top of jacket. Overall Very Good in a Very Good jacket. The enclosed letter is Fine the newspaper clipping heavily toned. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2268
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INSCRIBED Vinograd Julia
Clown Jewels
San Francisco: Self-published 1981. <br /><br />Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 135 mm 42 pages in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers.<br /><br />INSCRIBED on the lower wrapper to Nathan May the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32 the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. A collection of poems by the Berkeley street poet 1943-2018 reflecting her street-smart sensibilities.<br /><br />OCLC shows these institutional holdings: Berkeley Harvard Fuller Theological Delaware Emory and Texas at Arlington. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Creasing to lower corner extending throughout the book. Small stain to lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. Very Good or better. Self-published paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1746
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SIGNED Vinograd Julia
Street Spiels
n.p.: Earthsign Press n.d. but ca. late 1970s. First Edition. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm 36 pages in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers.<br /><br /><b>BOLDLY SIGNED</b> by Julia Vinograd on the front free end paper. A collection of poems by the Berkeley street poet 1943-2018. Many of the verses are extremely short: "Everybody / is an oppressed minority." What It All Comes Down To while there are longer meditations on life such as "I Remember When I Was Human."<br /><br />"In approximately 50 poetry books one titled 'Eye Contact Is a Confession' Vinograd channeled her thoughts and observations into verse. Or as she put it in a July 2017 profile on the Quirky Berkeley website: 'Poems walked by and I wrote them.'" Online obituary from the East Bay Times.<br /><br />OCLC shows only a handful of institutional holdings: Berkeley California State Long Beach Fuller Theological Yale and Harvard. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light wear and sunning to wrapper extremities. Internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better. Earthsign Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2255
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SIGNED by Michael McClure Wieners John; Michael McClure Philip Lamantia Philip Whalen
Broadside for Auerhahn Press
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press No date but ca. 1959.<br /><br />First Edition First Printing. Single sheet folded to create a broadside with printing on five of the eight panels. Measures 5 5/8 x 5 inches 143 x 128 mm when folded. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Michael McClure one of the authors featured in this broadside for Auerhahn publications. The broadside features excerpts of poetry by McClure John Wieners Philip Lamantia and Philip Whalen. The idea was to promote Auerhahn's books and pamphlets. Although the broadside doesn't contain a publication date we estimate 1959 based on the broadside's list of forthcoming publications. <br /><br />Dave Haselwood founded Auerhahn in 1958 and published works that increased the influence of the Beat movement. His publications "were known to those on the scene as thoughtfully designed beautifully produced aesthetic objects showcasing some of the finest voices of the 'new poetry.'" Steven Belletto <i>The Beats: A Literary History</i> page 252. <br /><br />Michael McClure who signed this broadside was instrumental in launching the Beat movement. He died on May 4 2020 at age 87. McClure took part in a legendary poetry reading at the Six Gallery in San Francisco in October 1955. Other readers were Allen Ginsberg who read an early version of Howl Philip Lamantia Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen with Kenneth Rexroth acting as master of ceremonies. <br /><br />A beautiful broadside from Auerhahn Press signed by the late Michael McClure. Copies of the broadside are scarce to the market signed copies even more so. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light crease running throughout toning to extremities. Very Good or better. Auerhahn Press books
Bookseller reference : 2278
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Pound Ezra Montalegre Duarte de
Prometheus Bound: Vatican Radio broadcast on the case of Ezra Pound
Rome: Privately printed 1954. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 215 x 160 mm 12 pages in brown stapled wrappers. <br /><br />Transcript of a Vatican Radio broadcast by Portuguese poet and academic José V. de Piña Martins appealing for the release of Ezra Pound from incarceration in the United States. Piña Martins using the pseudonym Duarte de Montalegre maintains that Pound is not anti-American or anti-Semitic. <br /><br />Vatican Radio broadcast the talk on March 30 1954 while Italian Radio rebroadcast it later that evening. "A sustained campaign of articles editorials and letters followed in the Italian press" according to Pound's biographer A. David Moody. "Many of these articles were aimed at or were brought to the attention of Clare Boothe Luce the American ambassador in Rome who would as a matter of course pass them on to the State Department in Washington." See A. David Moody Ezra Pound: Poet. A Portrait of the Man and His Work Vol. III page 337. <br /><br />Pound's friend and correspondent Olivia Rossetti Agresti translated the talk into English for this publication. She was active in the international campaign to free Pound which culminated in his release from a mental hospital in 1958. Foreword by Leo Magnino. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Some sunning to wrapper edges light vertical creases to wrappers and internal pages. Overall a Very Good or better copy. Privately printed books
Bookseller reference : 2167
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Ashbery John
The Double Dream of Spring
New York: The Ecco Press 1976. First Edition Thus. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm 95 1 pages in illustrated wrappers soft cover.<br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> by John Ashbery on the title page: "For William Targ /John Ashbery / 4/11/77." Targ was the editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons and was pps best known for acquiring Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" sight unseen. A nice literary association.<br /><br />A collection of 28 poems published here by Ecco Press; the poems originally were published by E.P. Dutton in 1970. The collection derives its title from a painting by Giorgio de Chirico in the Museum of Modern Art. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear mild soiling to lower wrapper but internally clean and bright. A Near Fine copy. The Ecco Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2208
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Lunch Lydia and Exene Cervenka
Adulterers Anonymous
New York: Grove Press Inc. 1982. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />8vo 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 155 mm 110 pages in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Lydia Lunch in black marker on the upper wrapper. Poems by acclaimed punk rockers Lydia Lunch and Exene Cervenka. They collaborated on many of the poems which are set in two typefaces: Helvetica for poems by Cervenka and Times New Roman for poems by Lunch. Cover photo by David Arnoff.<br /><br />Lunch founded the group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks while Cervenka was lead singe of the band X. The band won awards for the 1981 album Wild Gift. While this book may not exactly be for all ages many readers will appreciate the camp humor and street vibe. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers slight toning to page edges small crease to top outer corner of a number of pages. Very Good or better. Grove Press, Inc. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2090
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Cullen Countee
On These I Stand: An Anthology of the Best Poems of Countee Cullen. Selected by Himself and Including Six New Poems Never Before Published.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1947. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 140 mm x 197 1 pages in black cloth gilt title to upper board and spine in an unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br />A book of poems by one of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen selected these poems shortly before he died in 1946. <br /><br />CONDITION: Scratch to lower board light foxing to top and fore edges a couple of pages unopened in rear of book. The unclipped dust jacket shows some rubbing and soiling particularly on the lower wrapper. Overall Very Good or better. A nice copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2111
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Voznesensky Andrei
Antiworlds and The Fifth Ace
Voznesensky Andrei. <b>Antiworlds and The Fifth Ace. </b>New York: Basic Books Inc. 1967. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 9 x 6 1/4 inches; 227 x 158 mm xxiii 1 296 pages in black cloth titles to spine in pink and red pink topstain in an illustrated unclipped dust jacket. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Andrei Voznesensky 1933-2010 in black marker across the title page. First edition in English of this collection of the Russian poet's work edited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward with an introduction by W.H. Auden and featuring translations by Auden Jean Garrigue Hayward Stanley Kunitz Stanley Moss William Jay Smith and Richard Wilbur. This is a bilingual edition with the poems in Russian and English. <br /><br />Two pieces of ephemera are laid in: a card announcing a reading by Voznesensky at the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA dated November 14 no year given and inscribed by Voznesensky "For Riva." The other is a folded program for an appearance by Voznesensky at another reading also at the Poetry Center in 1991 with fellow reader Allen Ginsberg.<br /><br />This edition contains a final section of poems called The Fifth Ace as in the title of the book and should not be confused with other "Antiworlds" editions lacking The Fifth Ace. <br /><br />While copies signed by the translators are readily available in the market copies signed by Voznesensky are far from common. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Slight rubbing to cloth internally clean bright and unmarked. Light fading to spine of dust jacket a bit of soiling to the lower panel. Overall a Near Fine copy. Basic Books, Inc. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2136
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INSCRIBED Cornish Sam Boston Poet Laureate
People Beneath the Window
Cornish Sam. <b>People Beneath the Window</b>. Baltimore: Sacco Publishers 1962. First Edition First Printing.<br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 135 mm 48 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers.<br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> to Izzy Young former owner of the Folklore Center in New York with Young's ownership note on the last page. <br /><br />Scarce first book by Boston's first poet laureate a collection of poems. Cornish died in August 2018 at age 82. "On his many walks from his Brighton home Mr. Cornish traveled Boston's streets watching the world through his thick glasses missing nothing." The Boston Globe August 23 2018. <br /><br /> CONDITION: Light sunning to spine small stain to upper wrapper internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. Sacco Publishers books
Bookseller reference : 2023
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SIGNED Ferlinghetti Lawrence
Endless Life
Amsterdam: Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1980. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm 9 leaves plus cover sheet printed rectos only stapled twice along the left margin. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the last page one of only 25 copies. Ferlinghetti describes this scarce edition featuring a single poem printed in typescript with corrections as a "Xerox manuscript edition printed Oct 1980." With a drawing of an angel by Ferlinghetti on the cover sheet.<br /><br />This edition should not be confused with other Ferlinghetti books that have "Endless Life" in the title such as those issued by New Directions. OCLC shows four institutional holdings: the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara and at North Carolina and Virginia. A must-have for the Ferlinghetti completist. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />Condition: A bit of soiling to the cover sheet and some light handling wear. A Near Fine copy of an extremely scarce Ferlinghetti publication. Lawrence Ferlinghetti books
Bookseller reference : 1701
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SIGNED Menebroker Ann
Trying for the Ten Ring: Poems
Mt. Aukum California: Mt. Aukum Press 2000. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 37 1 pages in stapled wrappers soft cover.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Ann Menebroker on the title page. A collection of 26 poems by the Sacramento poet 1936-2016. It contains a short introduction by the author in which she says "I write from experiences that have taken place that I wish had taken place and that I imagined too place." <br /><br />She explains the meaning of "ten ring" in the title: it's the highest possible score one can achieve on a shooting range. And even though she has never shot a gun the idea behind the expression "merges with my desire to hit that ten ring as close as I can in the exactness of the poem's meaning." SCARCE especially when signed. <br /><br />CONDITION: Staples slightly rusted. A Near Fine copy. Mt. Aukum Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1554
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Schuyler James
Hymn to Life: Poems by James Schuyler
New York: Random House 1974. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />8vo 8 ¼ inches / 208 mm 139 pages in illustrated wrappers. <br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> by James Schuyler on the title page: "For Tom / with all love / Jim / 3/80." A collection of more than 50 poems including the title poem Hymn to Life as well as The Fauré Ballade. Schuyler 1923-1991 was one of the giants of the first generation of the New York School of Poetry. <br /><br />The cover of Hymn to Life features an attractive watercolor by his friend Fairfield Porter. Signed copies of this volume are unaccountably scarce to the market especially in the softcover version there was also a hardcover edition. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some wear to the extremities long crease to rear panel soiling to the page edges small closed tear to lower left of front panel. Still a Very Good copy with a beautiful cover design by Fairfield Porter.<br /><br /> Random House paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1441 ISBN : 0394706811 9780394706818
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Johnathan Williams poetry and Nicholas Dean photography
BLUES & ROOTS/ RUE & BLUETS: A GARLAND FOR THE APPALACHIANS
NY: Grossman Publishers 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by poet Williams: "Johnathan Williams/ Highlands/ North Carolina" on ffe. Fine internally rare printed glassine better than very good - just a tad worn at spine ends. Grossman Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 011088
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Berrigan Ted
A Feeling for Leaving
New York: Frontward Books 1975. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 8 1/2 x 11 inches 215 x 280 mm 54 mimeographed pages rectos only in stapled wrappers. <br /><br />SIGNED by Ted Berrigan on the tissue guard before the title page. A collection of poems from an edition of 400 copies 25 of which were numbered and signed by Berrigan plus 3 hors commerce. Although Berrigan signed this copy it was not actually one of the 25 signed and numbered copies. With a hand-colored cover as issued by Rochelle Kraut. An attractive collection of poems by one of the key members of the New York School. SCARCE SIGNED. <br /><br />This book was published by Frontward Books which was started by Bob Rosenthal and Rochelle Kraut. According to Rosenthal Berrigan taught him how to use a mimeograph machine when Berrigan was teaching at Northwestern and Rosenthal was attending his classes. "In all the press published nine mimeographed books noteworthy for their often hand-colored covers with drawings by Rochelle Kraut" according to Steven Clay and Rodney Phillips "A Secret Location on the Lower East Side" pages 218-219. The New York Public Library and Granary Books 1998.<br /><br />CONDITION: Soiling to wrappers some edge wear one-inch stain at fore edge. Interior clean and bright. A Very Good copy. Frontward Books books
Bookseller reference : 1390
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SIGNED Hirschman Jack
Talking Leaves
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press 2013. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches / 245 x 308 mm 26 loose leaves housed in a red cloth box lettered in black. Black ribbon attached inside the box. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Jack Hirschman on the title leaf. A limited edition of only 30 boxed sets featuring facsimiles of poetry broadsides produced in 1979 by Hirschman and the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco. Hirschman wrote many of the poems but he also translated the works of others such as Vladimir Mayakovsky. As he explains in a two-page introduction Hirschman artist Kristen Wetterhahn and poet Jack Mueller d. 2017 formed the Union of Street Poets in December 1978. The group made photocopies of poems in editions of 100 copies which they gave to fellow poets and artists as well as the general public. This edition reproduces 23 of the broadsides on multicolored paper most with striking art work by Wetterhahn.<br /><br />A typically beautiful production by Soheyl Dahi and his Sore Dove Press known for high-quality limited editions of works by poets and artists.<br /><br />OCLC lists seven institutional holdings: SUNY at Buffalo San Jose State Berkeley Colorado Yale Delaware and Texas. No others in commerce. SCARCE.<p>CONDITION: Contents and box Fine.<br /></p> Sore Dove Press books
Bookseller reference : 1371
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SIGNED Sanders Edward
1968: A History in Verse
Santa Rosa California: Black Sparrow Press 1997. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x158 mm 260 4 pages in quarter blue cloth and illustrated paper over boards with a dust jacket. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by Edward Sanders on the colophon one of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author; this is No. 53. Sanders recounts the tumultuous year 1968 through a single long poem. "Out of the Summer of Love /came an Exorcism Fall / & a chilly winter" the poem begins. <br /><br />CONDITION: Fine in the publisher's clear acetate dust jacket. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1373 ISBN : 1574230395 9781574230390
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Waldman Anne; Illustrations by Joe Brainard
West Indies Poems
New York: Adventures in Poetry 1972. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 8 1/2 x 11 inches / 217 x 280 mm 18 leaves in side-stapled wrappers. <br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> on the colophon by the author Anne Waldman and the illustrator Joe Brainard. One of only 26 copies lettered A-Z and signed by both author and artist from a total edition of 300 copies. Besides the striking front and back covers Brainard has also contributed three leaves of illustrations. <br /><br />A typically beautiful collaboration by two major figures of the New York School of poetry. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light soiling to edges of covers otherwise Fine. Adventures in Poetry books
Bookseller reference : 1319
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Yau John Guest Editor
The World #32
<p>New York: The Poetry Project 1979. First Edition First Printing. </p><p>Quarto 8 1/2 x 11 inches / 216 x 280 mm 2 70 pages plus 3 pages of illustrations in stapled wrappers illustrated by Trevor Winkfield. <br /></p><p><b>INSCRIBED</b> by Trevor Winkfield "For Peter" on the contributors' page and dated March '92. Issue #32 of The World the magazine of the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church-In-the-Bowery. Contributors to this issue include John Ashbery Eileen Myles Tony Towle Barbara Guest Paul Violi William Corbett Michael Palmer Ann Kim and many others.</p><p>Besides Winkfield's illustrations for the front and back covers there are also drawings by Rae Berolzheimer Michael Madore and Vicki Hudspith who also has an accompanying poem.</p><p>A nice collaboration between artists and poets one of the hallmarks of the Poetry Project. <b>SCARCE</b>. </p><p>CONDITION: Some soiling to the covers and a few small nicks especially on the rear cover. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><p><br /></p> The Poetry Project books
Bookseller reference : 1335
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Elmslie Kenward
Inscribed Album
New York: Kulchur Press 1969. First Edition. <br /><br />Small 4to 10 x 7.5 inches / 252 x 190 mm 176 pages in publisher's original gingham wrappers. <br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> by Kenward Elmslie on the half title: "For Terry -- / Kenward / Elmslie / March / WashingtonD.C." And below that in his partner Joe Brainard's hand: "Where the ochre went / where / the toker / went." <br /><br />A collection of often-humorous poems stories and song lyrics by Elmslie b. 1929 with the cover and drawings by Brainard 1942-1994. Many of the poems and stories in this volume are dedicated to poet and artist friends. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Covers lightly toned spine sunned several small dampstains on rear cover one on the front. A bit of rubbing to front cover top corner lightly bumped price sticker at front free end paper some pages creased. A Very Good copy of a book by a sometimes under-appreciated figure of the New York School of poetry.<br /><br /> Kulchur Press books
Bookseller reference : 1251
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Warsh Lewis with art by George Schneeman
SIGNED Immediate Surrounding
So. Lancaster Massachusetts: Other Publications 1974. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 1/2 inches x 6 inches / 235 mm x 155 mm 20 pages in stapled card wrappers.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED</b> by poet Lewis Warsh and artist George Schneeman and featuring an original drawing by Schneeman. A nice collaboration between poet and artist two important figures in the New York School of poetry. <br /><br />This slender chapbook contains one long poem in which Warsh muses about life in the East Village; the poem originally appeared in ZZ magazine. This volume is letter I of 26 special copies signed by Warsh 1944-2020 and Schneeman 1934-2009; there also was a trade edition of 500 copies. Cover and frontispiece illustration by Schneeman the frontispiece is based on a photo by Rudy Burckhardt. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Mild toning to the wrappers. Otherwise clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy of a publication that is not often found signed by both the author and artist.<br /><br /> Other Publications books
Bookseller reference : 1252
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Myers John Bernard Editor
SIGNED Poets of the New York School
<p>Square Octavo 8 1/8 inches; 205 mm 219 1 pages in publisher's original blue cloth titles in silver to spine in a photo-illustrated dust jacket.</p><p><b>SIGNED</b> by many of the contributors to this important and now classic anthology of New York School poets featuring works by nine poets and illustrations by an equal number of artists. Signed on the table of contents page by: Frank Lima Red Grooms Norman Bluhm Joe Brainard Alex Katz John Bernard Myers Alan D'Archangelo Tony Towle Barbara Guest Kenneth Koch John Ashbery Robert Goodnough and Kenward Elmslie. <br /></p><p>Interesting lengthy introduction by John Bernard Myers who championed many poets of the 1950s and published early works by Frank O'Hara John Ashbery Kenneth Koch and others either in separate editions or through his poetry journal Semi-Colon. <br /></p><p>Unsigned copies of this book are easily obtainable but copies signed by so many of the contributors are not often seen in the market. A beautiful copy of this landmark anthology signed by numerous important poets and artists. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: A bit of soiling to the top edge boards slightly splayed. Otherwise Fine in a dust jacket with light sunning to the upper panel and spine and some rubbing.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> University of Pennsylvania hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1247
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Notley Alice
At Night the States
<p>Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 10 76 2 pages in illustrated wrappers.</p><p><b>INSCRIBED </b>by Alice Notley on the title page: "Alice Notley / for Joel / 10/29/06" and then again on the dedication page: "& for Joel / Alice." A collection of poems by the New York School poet b. 1945 that contains one of her most famous poems "At Night the States" a tribute to her late husband the poet Ted Berrigan. Cover design and drawings by George Schneeman. Signed copies are uncommon. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>.</p><p>CONDITION: Some edge wear and scuffing to wrappers and to spine old sticker to lower wrapper. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy.<br /></p> Yellow Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1171
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Corbett William; Lee Harwood and Lewis Warsh Editors
The Boston Eagle #2
Boston: The Boston Eagle 1974. First Edition. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 8 1/2 inches / 280 x 215 mm unpaginated printed on rectos only in stapled wrappers.<br /><br />The second issue of a short-lived poetry magazine. Contributions from John Wieners Fanny Howe Lewis Warsh Lee Harwood Michael Palmer William Corbett Jonathan Cott Paul Evans Gerard Malanga Pat Nolan Larry Fagin and Bill Berkson. Both wrappers feature photographs by Judith Walker. These wrappers may be a variant; we have seen others with art work by Joe Brainard for this second issue. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some soiling and nicks to the wrappers small closed tear to lower wrapper and toning to page edges. Staples a bit rusty. A Very Good copy. The Boston Eagle paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1161
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