Louisville, Kentucky: WL Newsletter, 1970. The rare first issue of a Louisville feminist newsletter. The contents include articles on childcare, self-defense, classes at the Women's Liberation Free University, pregnancy and abortion counseling, a women's library, a calendar of forthcoming events, plans for meet-ups, and more. The editors also..... More
Salt Lake City: Elik Press, 2002. First Edition Thus. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 22,[2] pages in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Anne Waldman on the title page. An interview with the poet on a variety of topics: the writing life, Buddhism, activism..... More
Rhinebeck, New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 2016. Second Printing. A collection of poems by Aliki Barnstone, who is a professor at the University of Missouri and was the poet laureate of Missouri from 2016-2019. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 1/2 inches; 228 x 164 mm), 121..... More
Easthampton, Mass. Warwick Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Carol Blinn on the colophon, one of 43 copies that were sold separately from the 112 copies included in Parenthesis 17, the journal of the Fine Press Book Association. "Paper Girls" is a heartfelt memoir about the..... More
Union, New Jersey: Get Fresh Publishing, 2022. INSCRIBED by Mary Brancaccio on the title page: "Thank you for supporting Maine Public and the Arts." She has signed her name above the inscription. A collection of nearly 30 poems by this New Jersey-based writer. SCARCE INSCRIBED. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small..... More
Brooklyn: Pivot Press, 2005. First Edition. Two selections from an epic poem, "The Gardens of Flora Baum," by Julia Budenz (1934-2010). These selections concern the cult of Carmenta, the Roman goddess of childbirth. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 152 mm), 46, [4]..... More
![Item #1182 Four Travels [SIGNED by Reed Bye, Anne Waldman, George Schneeman]. Reed Bye, Anne Waldman](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1182.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1484263723)
New York: Sayonara, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm), [5] leaves and 2 tissue guards in heavy stapled wrappers. SIGNED on the colophon by poets Reed Bye and Anne Waldman and cover illustrator George Schneeman. One of only 25..... More
New Orleans: Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., [1961]. First Edition. Scarce pamphlet about the Louisville civil-rights activist Carl Braden, who went to prison in 1961 for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. There's also plenty here about HUAC, racial justice, free speech, and the Red Scare of..... More
London: Chinese Contemporary, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. A look back at all the exhibitions staged by Chinese Contemporary in 1996-1998. The catalogue features a foreword by Julia Colman and Ludovic Bois, an essay by Li Xianting, artists' biographies, and numerous color plates. Besides a number of group shows, Chinese..... More
London: Chinese Contemporary Ltd., [1999]. First Edition. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches; 285 x 210 mm), 31, [1] pages in red printed dust jacket over heavy card wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by Guo Jin (b. 1964, Chengdu). Introduction by Julia Colman..... More
New York: PUSH, 2002. Startling poetry memoir by New Jersey writer Eireann Corrigan on her eating disorder as a teenager and her boyfriend's attempted suicide. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 x 5 inches; 178 x 127 mm), 123, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some..... More
València, Spain: IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2001. Catalogue for a Zao Wou-ki retrospective in Belgium, organized by the IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern in cooperation with the Musée d'Ixelles in Brussels. The Belgian exhibition took place from July 18 to September 30, 2001, following an earlier show in València..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Exhibition guide to "The Symbolist Aesthetic," which took place at the Museum of Modern Art from December 23, 1980 to March 10, 1981. Long essay by Magdalena Dabrowski on Symbolism, along with some black-and-white illustrations of mostly..... More
New York: Viking Penguin, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Diane di Prima on the title page. The poet's memoir of the first three decades of her life, written in her easy, conversational style. Di Prima (1934-2020) tells about growing up in Brooklyn and then getting involved..... More
Paris: Jacques Barrère S.A., 1991. Catalogue for an exhibition of sculptures by Wu De Ch'un (b. 1953, Taiwan) at Jacques Barrère in Paris. Essay, biography, and 14 plates in color. Text entirely in French. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 x 8 5/8 inches; 280 x 220 mm), unpaginated (20..... More
Easthampton, Mass. Warwick Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author ("Frieda Fitzenmeyer"), the alter ego of illustrator and printer Carol J. Blinn, who has also signed the book. One of 125 copies, the sixth in Carol Blinn's charming series of "duck books." This book tells..... More
Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011. First Edition. A collection of poems by Emily Kendal Frey, who lives in Portland, Oregon. This collection won the Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize in 2010. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 x 6 inches; 178 x 152 mm), 61..... More
Easthampton, Mass. Warwick Press, 2003. Carol J. Blinn. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author ("Frieda Fitzenmeyer"), the alter ego of illustrator and printer Carol J. Blinn, who has also signed the book. One of 45 copies, the eighth and last in Carol Blinn's charming series of..... More
Bristol, U.K. Shearsman Books, 2016. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. A collection of poems by the Argentina-born Luisa Futoranksy (b. 1939). Translated from the Spanish by Philippa Page; the book originally appeared in Spanish as Ortigas in 2010. This bilingual English-Spanish edition was published in the U.K. in 2016, with..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 504 pages, in quarter cloth over illustrated boards, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the half title. A novel about an..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 155 mm), 244 pages, quarter cloth over boards, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket. SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In this collection of essays..... More
![Item #632 [SIGNED] My Son's Story. Nadine Gordimer](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/632.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1424037715)
London: Bloomsbury, 1990. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 277, [1] pages, in blue cloth, titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Set in South Africa (like..... More
![Item #630 [SIGNED] Writing and Being. Nadine Gordimer](https://lebookiniste.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/630.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1424037990)
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 157 mm), 145, [1] pages, in quarter-cloth and boards, titles to spine, in an illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. The author's reflections..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm), 204 pages, in gray cloth, silver titles to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). SIGNED by Xiaolu Guo on the title page and dated 14..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by the acclaimed actress Uta Hagen on the front free end paper: "For Bob and Jane Emerson / with my / very / best wishes / Uta Hagen / Oct. 30th, 1974." The Emersons managed The Drama Book..... More