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1795réf. 009014Tours and Paris : chez Letourmy and Berry 1795. "traduction nouvelle adresse´e du Donjeon de Vincennes par Mirabeau l'aine´ a` Sophie Ruffey." No dates published 1795-96. A portrait of Mirabeau engraved by Voysard after Borel frontispiece to volume I; portrait of Sophie engraved by Elluin after Borel frontispiece of volume II; engraving by Dupreel after Marillier frontispiece of volume III 12 figures out of text engraved by Elluin after Borel. Finely bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles with added ruling and decorative gilt acorn motifs at corners on paste downs & flyleaves armorial book plate. Very Good corners and spine ends rubbed spines darkened light soiling to boards modest scattered toning. Laid into Vol. I an engraved portrait of Mirabeau engraved by Mariage after F. Bonneville that appears to have been taken from another publication. A handsome set in period binding. . First Translated Edition. Straight - Grain Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. chez Letourmy and Berry Hardcover books
1969réf. 53879Detroit: Broadside Press 1969. Third Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 64pp. Light wear to extremities else Near Fine. The Black Arts poet's third book featuring 25 poems a preface by the author and an introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks. Broadside Press unknown books
1973réf. 53877Chicago: Third World Press 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo 21.5cm; illustrated card wrappers stapled; 16pp. Fine unread copy. The Broadside Press founder's fifth collection of poetry dealing primarily with themes of race violence and death. Several of these poems first appeared in the pages of American Negro Poetry Black World Black Michigan Poets Broadside Series and Essence. Third World Press unknown books
1823réf. 008038London: John Murray 1823. Bound in contemporary half black pebbled morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers top edge gilt period bookplate front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing at ends of joints and corners toning to end paper edges and scattered toning first signature. 8 325 pp. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1972réf. 49113San Francisco: X-Communications 1972. First Edition. First printing. Oblong quarto; unpaginated 144pp; illus. Minuscule bumps to wrapper edges at upper and lower corners else a tight Near Fine copy. Uncommon collection of concrete visual and computer-generated poetry by the celebrated San Francisco multimedia artist. About as pretty a copy of this unwieldy and damage-prone title as we have seen. X-Communications unknown books
1972réf. 48675Detroit: Broadside Press 1972. First Edition. First printing. Slim octavo 21.5cm; printed card wrappers stapled; 22pp. Trivial dustiness to wrappers else Fine. First book by the Washington D.C. author a graduate of George Washington University whose poems largely focus on the Black urban experience. Broadside Press unknown books
1973réf. 48676Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company 1973. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 86 4pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $3.95 with scattered foxing to flap folds and edges. The Philadelphia activist and author's second book of poetry following his debut volume Guerilla Warfare in Philly. Jones strongly influenced by the upsurge in black militancy during the early sixties speaks through his poetry about the experience of being a black man in America. Dorrance & Company unknown books
1970réf. 48677Detroit: Broadside Press 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo 21.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 27pp. Publication information rubber-stamped on verso of front wrapper trivial wear to extremities else very Near Fine. Arkansas-born African American poet's first book at the time a PhD candidate at the University of Detroit. Includes several Detroit-themed poems. BAILEY p.26. Broadside Press unknown books
1979réf. 47411East Lansing MI: Hudson-Browning Printery 1979. First Edition. One of 150 copies. Bifolium 28cm; single letterpress-printed sheet folded once to create a 4pp booklet; signed by White on rear cover. Light wear and handling to extremities with a few faint creases along right margin; Very Good. Fine press production printed three poems part of the Michigan Signature Poetry Series. OCLC notes 2 holdings Library of Michigan SUNY Buffalo. Hudson-Browning Printery unknown books
1971réf. 27713Blantyre Malawi: Hetherwick Press Ltd 1971. Third 1972 Printing. Slim octavo 20.75cm; printed sheets hand-sewn into yellow card wrappers with titles printed in black; 36pp. Fine copy. Anthology published by the Writers Group in the University of Malawi collecting 39 poems by 19 contributors including Josephine Kaphwiyo Nellie C. Chirwa Scopas Gorinwa Innocent Banda and John A. Mapanje et al. Hetherwick Press Ltd unknown books
1976réf. 25411New York: Vantage Press 1976. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original simulated cloth in pink pictorial dust jacket; 1034pp. Jacket spine a bit faded some light foxing to extremities else Near Fine. Love poetry by California-based African American author and registered nurse. OCLC locates 5 copies only NYU Illinois Southern Mississippi Radford and Farleigh Dickinson. Vantage Press unknown books
1973réf. 25410New York: Vantage Press 1973. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; x11-44pp. Light foxing to jacket spine else Fine. Poetry collection "about black people" by the Panamanian choreographer and dancer formerly the manager of Thelonious Monk's saxophonist Charlie Rouse. OCLC notes 17 holdings. Vantage Press unknown books
1974réf. 25370Detroit: Broadside Press 1974. First Edition. First Printing wrappered issue. Octavo 21.5cm.; original yellow pictorial card wrappers; 63pp. Fine. First book by the native Berkeley poet. "The poems that make-up my first volume.are the articulation of my vision the illumination of my experiences they are that part of my survival kit I'm willing to reveal and share. I try to write poems that are magical black and beautiful since I am black and since magic and beauty are basic to love life and living - things I'm committed to." BAILEY Broaside Authors and Artists p.26. Broadside Press unknown books
1974réf. 16070Erin Ontario: Press Porcepic 1974. First Edition. Octavo illustrated card wrappers; 136pp; illus. Presentation copy from McCaffery to Jackson Mac Low inscribed on half-title with small original drawing dated 1975. Minor external wear; Near Fine. Excellent association copy of the influential Canadian poet McCaffery's scarce second book. Includes a brief postscript in which McCaffery outlines his experimental poetics: ".these poems were attempts to produce text which directly presented language-material without the intrusion of my own consciousness. Press Porcepic unknown books
1928réf. 8574New York: Boni & Liveright 1928. First Edition. Cloth boards; paper spine label; dustjacket; 141pp. Fine tight copy in bright Near Fine dustwrapper. Uncommon thus. Volume of radical poems. Boni & Liveright unknown books
1936réf. 8608New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1936. First Limited Edition. One of 275 signed copies signed by Benet on limitation page. Octavo 22cm.; full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine VG or better. Benet always a "people's poet" was at his most socially engaged in this collection published at the height of the Great Depression. Includes his stridently anti-Fascist long poem "Litany for Dictatorships" and the powerful suite of Depression poems beginning with "Metropolitan Nightmare" and ending with "1936. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
1933réf. 11043Sofia: Imprimerie La Bulgarie 1933. First Edition. 16mo. Printed wrappers; 75p. Faint soil and creasing; text clean and unmarked. Text entirely in French. Scarce work. Not found via OCLC. Imprimerie La Bulgarie unknown books
1990réf. 007852Montigny les Metz : Editions Voix Richard Meier 1990. # 21 of an edition of 250 copies SIGNED by poet Marina Temkina and artist Michel Gerard. Near Fine small creases top corners in Very Good French wrappers small top corners creases light foxing. Poetry translation by Alfred Corn. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Editions Voix Richard Meier Paperback books
1969réf. 25656California US: Oyez Press 1969. Broadside with this poetic effort printed in black on heavy white paper with the initial letter and publisher name in red. Affectionately inscribed signed dated and numbered on the lower margin "4/25 Andrea Wyatt For Mickey - With my Love Candy 27 July 1969". Title taken from the first printed line. Approx. 13" x 20" size; accomplished on heavy paper deckle right edge. Slight edge-wear; faint old paper crease-line at left margin in very good condition. Inscribed By Author. Broadside. Not Bound. Very Good. Oyez Press paperback books
1984réf. 1171301984. First revised edition. Softcover. Includes a preface by Levertov along with her revised text. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Levertov. unknown books
1963réf. 105352Iowa City IA: The Stone Wall Press 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Levine's important first book. Number 99 of 220 copies. Laid in is a hand addressed postcard from the publisher with a printed announcement about the publication of the book. A very good plus copy in boards that have some bumping to the bottom corners some minor wear at the spine ends and a small abrasion to the front panel. Although not called for this copy has been signed by Levine on the title page. Despite the minor flaws this is still a nice copy of a rather uncommon book. The Stone Wall Press unknown books
1815réf. 008943Hartford CT: Sheldon & Goodwin Printers 1815. RARE in contemporary binding of full marbled calf Lydia Huntley Sigourney's first book which was originally issued in printed boards. Last seen at auction in 1985 only other copy in current commerce has a modern binding. Very Good 1/2" loss of calf at head of spine calf rubbed gilt title and rules at spine a bit dulled. scattered light toning. 267 pages unnumbered errata page and 8 pages listing subscribers. Known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford" Lydia Huntley Sigourney was one of the first female authors in America to have a successful career as a writer. BAL 17615 . First Edition. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sheldon & Goodwin Printers Hardcover books
1933réf. 2245Brussels: Éditions Nicolas Flamel 1933. First Edition First Printing. Small Quarto 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 265 x 215 mm 36 pages in original orange wrappers titles to upper wrapper in black and housed in a black slipcase. INSCRIBED by Belgian Surrealist artist and writer E.L.T. Mesens on the half title to French Surrealist artist and poet Georges Hugnet: "À Georges Hugnet / très cordialement / Mesens / décembre 1933." A wonderful association between two Surrealists. This alphabet book written entirely in French features short poems or phrases following each letter of the alphabet. Paul Éluard has written a preface while the frontispiece collage is by Mesens himself. One of 500 numbered copies printed on Featherweight vélin following 3 copies on Japon nacré and 13 on Hollande van Gelder. Mesens founded the publisher Éditions Nicolas Flamel and named it after the medieval scribe and manuscript seller. "There can be no doubt that Alphabet sourd aveugle is the key work in Mesens's literary oeuvre" writes Erich Weiss. "It took Mesens only two days to compose the twenty-six poems of his alphabet during a story stay at the Edith Cavell Hospital in Ukkel in August 1930." He goes on to say: "With regard to typography and layout the work is truly pioneering." Erich Weiss in "The Star Alphabet by E.L.T. Mesens: Dada and Surrealism in Brussels Paris and London" Mu.ZEE 2013 page 222. An alphabet book notable for its typography and association between two famous Surrealists. SCARCE INSCRIBED. CONDITION: Some edge wear and creasing to wrappers sunning along spine scattered foxing to pages almost all of which are unopened at the top edge. Very Good or better in a Fine slipcase. Éditions Nicolas Flamel books
1968réf. 2301Cleveland: Zero Edition 1968. First Edition. Quarto 11 x 8 3/4 inches; 280 x 222 mm 28 mimeographed pages with drawings on paper attached to the stapled card wrappers. A long poem by the celebrated Cleveland poet and publisher d.a. levy 1942-1968. In a "pre-face" levy writes: "you don't understand poetry -- poets gamble with life on occasion -- but usually they're just pimps for the system -- the total real meaning of this poem is i dont understand what its all about." Except he really did know what he was writing about: east Cleveland hopelessness despair dreams reality and unreality. The book features front and rear cover drawings by Barb O'Connelly "drawings are mimeo stencils cut with a can opener." An interesting addition to the Cleveland poetry scene published in 1968 just months before levy committed suicide at age 26. CONDITION: Some soiling to wrappers light edge wear internally clean bright and unmarked. Easily Very Good or better. Zero Edition paperback books
1969réf. 2302San Francisco/Cleveland: Zero Publications 1969. First Edition. Quarto 11 x 8 3/4 inches; 280 x 220 mm 45 yellow and white mimeographed leaves printed rectos only in illustrated black and gold stapled wrappers ragged edged along fore and bottom edges of the upper wrapper. An anthology of poems pulled together by Cleveland author and artist T.L. Tom Kryss a friend of the legendary poet and publisher d.a. levy. According to the title page "Panama Gold" was published "in extremely limited editions of under 200." The anthology appeared in July 1969 seven months following levy's suicide and includes a poem by levy "Tomb Stone as a Lonely Charm." Both levy and Kryss were key members of the Cleveland Mimeo Revolution of the 1960s along with Kent Taylor whose "Western Poem" appears here. There's also Don Foster's long poem "Rifle" dedicated to levy. In addition the anthology includes works by Charles Bukowski Douglas Blazek D.r. Wagner Dennis Saleh Pete LaRouche Larry Eigner Neeli Cherry James Sorcic John Haines Thomas McGrath William Matthews Kell D. Robertson Jr. Gene Bloom Roger Sauls and Duane Locke. The striking wrappers titled "the sand children" are by Barbara O'Connelly while Tom Kryss has contributed a screen print that depicts among other things a rabbit -- an image that appears in other Kryss-levy collaborations. OCLC shows 22 institutional holdings of "Panama Gold." Scarce in the antiquarian book trade. CONDITION: Minor scuffing and light edge wear to wrappers which don't fully enclose the text block light creasing to some pages final page detached from staples but holding firm due to vertical edge being glued to the lower wrapper. A beautiful Near Fine copy. Zero Publications paperback books
