1987rif. 243634New York: Delacorte Press 1987. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. In wrappers. Fine. Delacorte Press unknown books
1998rif. 227376New York: Carroll & Graf 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine in wrappers. Book shows light rubbing to top and bottom edges. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. Carroll & Graf unknown books
1973rif. 535112San Jose: Firesign Press 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A tiny sticker shadow on the half-title else fine in near fine toned jacket with a couple small tears. Signed by the author. African-American poet's scarce first book published by an obscure press. Firesign Press hardcover books
1991rif. 505781New York: Pushcart Press 1991. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Introduction by Edward Hoagland. About fine in blue printed wrappers. Contributions by Joyce Carol Oates James Merrill Gwendolyn Brooks William Stafford William Kennedy and more. Pushcart Press unknown books
1975rif. 6931New York: Vanguard 1975. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. Vanguard unknown books
1982rif. 596647New York: E.P. Dutton 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A small stain on the top page edge else near fine in a very good dust jacket with edgewear and an abrasion on the real panel. Signed by the author. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
2000rif. 274340New York: Plume 2000. Softcover. Near Fine. First Plume Printing. Near fine in wrappers with a slight touch of edgewear and a hint of browning on edges. Plume unknown books
rif. 91471No place: no publisher no date. Unbound. Fine. First edition of this poem bookmark. Illustrated. A fine copy. OCLC locates no copies. no publisher unknown books
1980rif. 70778New York: E.P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1980rif. 42193New York: E.P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1969rif. 47931NY:: Kraus Reprint Co. . Near Fine. 1969. Hardcover. Illustrations and a fold-out map. A reprint of the 1920 Philip Lee Warner edition. Near fine in green cloth. No dust jacket. . Kraus Reprint Co. , hardcover books
1930rif. 616727New York: G. Schirmer Inc 1930. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Quarto. Single bifolium making four pages. Owner name on the front cover edgewear including some small tears about very good. For low voice and piano. The lyrics to this piece are from Joyce Kilmer's most celebrated poem "Trees. "Joyce Kilmer full name Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American Catholic poet journalist and lecturer who died in the First World War. G. Schirmer, Inc unknown books
1995rif. 45876Chicago IL: Chicago State University / Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing 1995. Very Good. Chicago IL: Chicago State University / Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing 1995. First Edition. Quarto 25cm; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 168pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit rubbed and worn with long crease across upper cover contents clean and sound. Very Good overall. Inscribed and signed by Brooks on title page. Inaugural issue of this literary journal which ran from 1995 through 2004. Chicago State University / Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing unknown books
1971rif. 46178Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1971. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1971. First Edition stated. Octavo 21.5cm; photo dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in light blue cloth with silver lettering to spine; xxvi304pp. Jacket shows a few closed tears and creases along edges and chipping at spine ends with some smudging and soiling to rear panel. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends Binding sound and pages unmarked. Sociologist civil rights activist and editor Joyce Ladner's first book a study of black womanhood. Doubleday & Company unknown books
1964rif. 202390University of Michigan Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.Red cloth boards under illustrated hardcover priced at $12.50. Fine copy in DJ with slightly toned spine panel. A great anthology of Wobblies' writings including many songs. Illustrated. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. University of Michigan Press hardcover books
1876rif. 616244Boston: Roberts Brothers 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition Issued anonymously in the No Name Series of novels. 12mo. Black cloth titled and decorated in red. Contemporary gift inscription spine cocked a little nicking at the crown about very good. Roberts Brothers hardcover books
1972rif. 578598New York: Albondocani Press / Ampersand Books 1972. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. 16mo. 4pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine in envelope with card stiffener. One of 300 copies to be used as a holiday greeting by the author and publisher. Albondocani Press / Ampersand Books unknown books
1979rif. 68619Cambridge Massachusetts: Pomegranate Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Printed papercovered boards very slightly rubbed else fine. One of 20 lettered artist proof copies this being copy I bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp the artist with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. Pomegranate Press hardcover books
1954rif. 77733London: James Barrie 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. One corner bumped thus very good in very good plus price-clipped dustwrapper with some small tears and nicks and a small stain on the rear panel. Author's uncommon second novel set in Southern Rhodesia. James Barrie hardcover books
1969rif. 79112London: Victor Gollancz 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine with tiny bumps on the spine and bottom edge of board in a price-clipped near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear and some minor chipping to the spine. Novel set in Roman Britain and based on the tradition that pilgrimages were made to the Scilly Isles off Cornwall to honor the mermaid goddess. Told through events in the life of the girl Astria chosen to be the mortal embodiment of the goddess. Victor Gollancz hardcover books
rif. 30064Derry Pa: The Rook Society 1976. First edition. Broadside. 215 x 280 mm. An unnumbered copy from the planned but never published edition of 100. Perhaps the rarest Oates "A" item.Signed by Oates; she has also corrected the spelling of the dedicatee's name. Only a few presumably proof copies were printed. OCLC records six library holdings none numbered or signed. The Rook Society unknown books
1925rif. 29280Paris 1925. 1 "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages musical partition in red and black ink with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2 "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages musical partition in pencil with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm. Inscribed by Benoist-Méchin to Adrienne Monnier. Before becoming a politicianthe young Benoîst-Méchin tried his hand as a composer. He was not yet 20 years old when he wrote the first piece. At Adrienne Monnier's request he also translated the "Penelope" section of Joyce's "Ulysses" for which he supplied musical notation that Joyce had photographed and used in print. When he was an official in the Vichy government Benoîst-Méchin was able to use his influence to have Sylvia Beach released from internment. unknown books
1968rif. 28660Paris: La Soleil Noir 1968. First edition. Alechinsky Pierre. Wrappers spine faded otherwise fine. One of 1900 numbered copies. La Soleil Noir unknown books
1927rif. 28729Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First edition. Original green printed boards some fading as usual light wear to spine. contents in excellent condition. Signature on front free endpaper. Errata slip present. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1929rif. 25938Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First edition. 3-194 2 p. 191 x 140 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Original printed paper wrappers. Copy no. 60 of 96 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Mogens Boisen's copy the Danish translator of Ulysses inscribed to him by Sylvia Beach and with two letters from him to a former owner explaining the circumstances. Small chip from rear wrapper edge light creasing on front wrapper otherwise a fine copy. In a folding box with the announcement. "Dante.Bruno. Vico.Joyce" published here constitutes Samuel Beckett's first appearance in print. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown books
